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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:27 pm | |
| You deserve to wallow. Do whatever seems best to you. I am sorry for your situation. Love you no matter what. |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:18 pm | |
| ... but you started a joy thread, Ann. That speaks volumes. |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:09 am | |
| I'm working on it, Shelagh. I was in a bit of a down mood last night, I'm afraid. A friend acquaintance gave me the "use in or lose it" lecture, saying all I needed to do was excercise more, rather than giving in to rollators and electronic grocery carts. It was only arthritis, after all, and everybody had to deal with that as they got older.
But RA isn't "only arthritis." Arthritis is the term generally used for osteoarthritis, which is an entirely different disease. The only thing they have in common is joint pain and the name. The causes, treatment, and degree of damage done are completely different.
As I said the other day, one of the steps involved in dealing with it is acceptance of its reality.
I took it too seriously and was in the middle of one of those inevitable wallowing periods.
I feel more positive this morning.
And thanks again, all of you, for your support. |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:27 am | |
| Ann, Your 'friend" is no friend, she is an enemy. Lose her. The last thing you need now is aggravation. I asked one of my doctors why everyone and everything made me angry. His wise answer: "They don't have a clue what you've been through." Your "friend" is ignorant and makes me mad.
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:50 am | |
| 1/28 Ann.. I admire you, your a fighter, keep up the great work and the attitude, you'll be the winner in the end, this is for you.. Cheers......Joe |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:53 am | |
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:20 pm | |
| Ann..
Read this very inetresting on Arthritis..
http://www.everydayhealth.com/arthritis-pictures/6-ancient-arthritis-remedies.aspx?xid=aol_eh-arth_2_20150126_&aolcat=AJA#04
Cheers..Joe |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:32 pm | |
| Thanks, Joe. The natural remedies can be effective for osteoarthritis, but are generally less so for RA. The one exception I've found is Capsaicin. It's the stuff in hot peppers that makes them hot. I keep a tube of it handy for my knees. |
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joefrank Five Star Member
Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:47 pm | |
| Ann..
Oh yes Chilli Peppers I know them well from living here for 17 yrs ! Put it this way I didn't know in the beginning you were suppose to wash your hands, hello lets just say it burnt like hell ! But I did discover it's great for a cold and congestion eaten raw !!
Cheers......Joe |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:15 am | |
| It's Thursday again. Tonight's dinner is being put together from several online searches. I started with looking for a new recipe for pork tenderloin, preferably in a crockpot. Found this one. It was especially nice for me since it didn't call for browning the tenderloin first, so I didn't have to stand over the stove: http://addapinch.com/cooking/balsamic-pork-tenderloin-recipe/
Next, Lynn loves Brussel's sprouts, and this salad sounded perfect (I'm making her alternative recipe, which calls for mandarin oranges and pecans rather than pumpkin seeds to go with the sprout leaves and avocado): http://www.wholeliving.com/191987/brussels-sprout-salad-avocado-pumpkin-seeds
And last, that pork recipe just shouted ot baked sweet potatoes to me. Here is the prep I'm using tonight for baking them in the microwave. (I've done this before, and found it works as well as the oven, and our temp this afternoon is supposed to reach 80. Beside, they will cook in 5 minute as opposed to an hour or more.):
Oops! lost the page. I'll save so I don't lose this and add it.
Ahh! Found it: http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/how-to-cook-sweet-potatoes/microwave-sweet-potatoes/ |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:25 am | |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:35 am | |
| !nterrestingb24 houps. 9 am yesterday fad a bit of brain surgery. Leaving neurosurgical ICUshortly too back to my room in internal medicine/ Surgery went well. Had a lesion successfully removed. Now more tests to see what hhappens next. More later. |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:19 am | |
| You are in my prayers and kind thoughts. |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:55 am | |
| Dear de
Dear Alice,
Thank you. Got your message but didn't have any answers. Will be leaving ICU soon and back too regular room. More news soon.
Annie |
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Domenic Pappalardo Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2557 Registration date : 2009-04-27
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:39 am | |
| alj,
Well kid…hold your mud. When I was younger the kids had a saying, “Live hard, fast, and die young and beautiful.” If they had told me pain went with age, I would have followed their advice.
I turned the corner of 79 last month. My doctor feels he can keep my heart going until I’m 80. I told him that wasn’t long enough to get a New York publisher! Truth be told, just learning how to write fiction was a joy. I hear you’re having your brain rebuilt? Take my advice; Get an Italian doctor. They know just the spot to probe…they can change your speech from English to Italian. Better yet, they can have you talking the Queen’s English. All kidding aside; Do what you do best…it’s all a part of the trip.
Domenic |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:01 am | |
| Hey, Dom. Don't worry about the typos in that last post. Typing from a bed leads to them. They did a great job oon my head. This hospita is one of the best and the staff is great. Right now I'm just waiting for an empty bed in the proper wing and I'll have a better setup. Test results for next step shouldd be available soon. Weird luck - was headed from car into house when my knee collapsed from the RA. Landed on my head on concrete drive, went to emergency room and found I had a contusion and bleed. No biggie but they ran tests and found a pre-existing lesion. If my knee hadn't failed, I wouldn't have known and it could have become worse. Having some follow-up testing done. Will keep everyone up. |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:18 am | |
| You are a real trooper.
Love ya lots. |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 11:20 am | |
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Domenic Pappalardo Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2557 Registration date : 2009-04-27
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:49 pm | |
| I'd call that a lucky fall. Did they have to shave all your hair off? |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:29 pm | |
| Luckily only lower back, which I wear short anyway. |
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Betty Fasig Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4334 Registration date : 2008-06-12 Age : 81 Location : Duette, Florida
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:33 pm | |
| Dear Annie, I have worried about you all day and felt helpless to help and not knowing how to express how much you have meant to me in the past years. Please get well. I love you with all my heart. Love, Betty |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 1:52 pm | |
| Thank you, Betty.
Love, Annie |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:15 pm | |
| I hope you have help when you go home. Change your pillow cases daily. Wear a cotton scarf tied loosely over your head. When it scabs over, do not scratch or pick at it Love you and wish we lived closer. |
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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:52 pm | |
| Me too. They're keeping me here for awhile. Possibly even a time of rehab. Will keep you up.
Annie |
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alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Ann's Joy Thread Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:30 pm | |
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