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maryz · March 21, 2023, 07:09:31 AM

MaryPage, what a terrible set of circumstances. You and yours are definitely in my heart!

patricia19 · March 21, 2023, 01:09:28 PM

MaryPage, you and yours have been through a lot this past month. However, knowing you and knowing through you, your family, you will all come out stronger and closer. You are in my thoughts and heart.

MaryPage · March 23, 2023, 11:35:16 AM

Thank you. Another day is always a blessing. I've had a good long sleep in.

MaryPage · March 25, 2023, 10:33:43 AM

All settling down now. Anne & Greg think it will take a year to fix and move back into their home.

Charlie is hailed as the Wonder Dog (I think not!) of the World for barking and waking Greg up, saving both their lives. I say it was the neighbor who made a bathroom visit, Jim is his name, and looked outside and saw the flames. He ran over and pounded on the door,
Charlie started barking like mad (the only way he ever barks, actually) and Greg came running. The entire community hails Jim, and said community has totally rallied round, offering food and Everything.

Daughter Debi tests negative from Covid now, but is still quite congested. Pam goes on with her chemotherapy, which is winding down and will soon be over.

patricia19 · March 25, 2023, 12:38:19 PM

Good morning, MaryPage; perhaps Charlie and Jim can share the honors? However, it happened, and I'm thankful, along with everyone else, that the family is safe!

maryz · March 25, 2023, 03:29:09 PM

MaryPage, so glad all are safe!

I've heard there were some really bad storms in our area last night. Fortunately none in my immediate area, but I certainly was aware of a lot of lightning, thunder, wind, rain, etc., between about midnight and 2 a.m. And then it was gone, off to the east. Lots of nice sunshine and temps near 80 today.

Spring weather can be tough!

MaryPage · March 28, 2023, 04:28:23 PM

Mary, I have to admit to feeling quite guilty, because we have missed having the big storms. All in all, we have had a fine Winter and are now enjoying a gorgeous Spring. I am unable to get outside and ogle it, but from my windows I see pink cherry trees, yellow forsythias and daffodils, and many other delectable blossoms.

Cottoncandy · March 29, 2023, 10:10:54 AM

Good morning..haven't seen many posting...hope everyone is well and just busy...our weather has been a yo-yo pattern...hot..then cold..sure we will have a Easter spell to clear it all out...have a great day to all

patricia19 · March 29, 2023, 12:47:18 PM

We've had a couple of weeks of melting snow and icy rains to make it a slick mess out there. I've had the decluttering bug with both my place and my computer, keeping me busy.

maryz · March 29, 2023, 01:54:09 PM

Our weather has settled down - for at least this week. The dogwoods are blooming, as well as flowering crabapples, etc. The yellow things (forsythia, daffodils, etc.) are finished.

Nashville and our area are having to deal with another atrocity - another school shooting. Will our legislators ever learn to value children more than guns? My heart aches, and is very angry at the same time.

jane · March 29, 2023, 06:11:00 PM

MaryPage...your family situations will hopefully resolve, but stress level so high for your daughter and her BC and chemo and your daughter and husband and their house burning. GOOD GRIEF!!

I'm home from the wedding hoopla and so glad to be. There were some glitches for us. Hotel lost my sister and BIL's car in their valet parking. We got home finally and my sister's stress level, after also getting an IRS letter to "check their identity" which sounded like a SCAM...but wasn't. She got that taken care of. By Monday morning, her BP was sky high and my BIL took her to the hospital to be checked. We were sure she was having a stroke. She was finally released this afternoon and sees her cardiologist again on Tuesday. I think she has a tia. She was so stressed on Monday.

WHAT a weekend. I flew home Tuesday and am so glad to be back home.

Hope all is ok with the others here.

Now we're being warned of serious storms on Friday.

Take care,
jane

Shirley · March 30, 2023, 11:22:23 PM

I stop by to check on y'all but was especially looking to see if MaryPage had better news. Glad that life is starting to look brighter, so good to have a big family even if they all seem to step on a tack the same day!

MaryZ, I am still wondering if you had the TAVR procedure (I think you said 3 valves) but brain kinda fuzzy about what I read or just thought. I have 3 bad valves but they can only fix 2 of them here & no guarantees I can get off the oxygen to drive my motorhome again (I want it ALL).... seriously, I've swayed back & for a long time & will see the surgeon a week from next Monday to make the decision. Love to hear from you about what you had done & if you'd do the same or different. I hate decisions~~~

I got side tracked & now it's bedtime, so a "Hi to all, kind of like a reunion to bump into old friends".... Shirley/Tisie in the old days............

maryz · March 31, 2023, 07:11:16 AM

Shirley - I had two valves replaced (can't remember which ones at this point). It was an "open" procedure. I was told that, at that time, one valve could be replaced through the veins, but two had to be done "open". I was also told that the double replacement was being done through the vein in Europe, but hadn't been approved by the FDA at that time in the US. This was in September 2019. I see my cardiologist about every three months, and all is going well - to the best of my knowledge. I have shortness of breath, but that's because of my mild COPD. I don't use oxygen, but do use the albuterol rescue inhalers from time to time. I have definitely learned that every case is individual and wouldn't necessarily have the same treatment. Decisions are hard - and I hate having to make them, too. Good luck, and keep us posted. Hope you can keep up your RV trips.

maryz · March 31, 2023, 07:12:55 AM

Sorry about the smaller print above - thought I had fixed that.

MaryPage · March 31, 2023, 11:28:47 AM

Shirley, you made me laugh.
I've never heard that stepping on a tack expression before! As for heart valves, I have had one replaced. Don't know much more than that about it all.

Yesterday, Chip was very ill with his innards, so Debi left the company she had visiting all week (they left early, early this morning for Hilton Head) and took me to the doctor. I see my personal physician every month now.

The outside world was Beyond Gorgeous. Everything was blooming its hearts out! Cherry and magnolia trees, forsythia, many different types of bulbs! I could not converse with The Debster, as we call her, for all the exclaiming I had to do.
Add in a spectacularly sunny day, and you could not make up anything finer! Wow, but I enjoyed that excursion!

patricia19 · March 31, 2023, 11:35:49 AM

Good morning, Maryz, MaryPage, and all who are still to come!

We have a grey slushy day with dirty snow piles sinking into themselves. We were supposed to have another big storm of snow, wind, and rain, but it never made it out of the passes. We won't see any green until probably late April with our late snowfalls.

jane · April 02, 2023, 12:36:03 PM

Good almost Sunday afternoon. We've had that stretch of nasty, ugly weather. Lots of thunderstorms, 60-70 mph winds, etc.. Electricity went out about 5:30 pm Friday and returned about 11:15 pm. Gary and Kathy thought it a good idea to go out about 6:00 for supper. I declined as did Kay. I don't know what they found if electricity off everywhere!

I had cereal and milk and a banana for supper

No damage here that I can see. Finally a bit less wind and some bit of sunshine.

Nothing much going on here...my old joints hate this up and down ... 70 degrees before storms, 30 after.

Tomorrow I drive to Iowa City for cataract measurements.

MaryPage...did they find a problem for Chip?
Hope all gets better for everyone and their families.

jane

MaryPage · April 02, 2023, 01:48:25 PM

Oh, Jane, that has been a given for a very long time now. I am losing my memory something fierce these days, and I have that diagnosis written down somewhere around here, but cannot think where at the moment. It has something to do with his Diabetes; a frozen or paralyzed section of his stomach plus painful legs plus explosive gut. These all seem to pile in on him at once. More than that I cannot say, because I am not personally in and of the world of medicine and don't really understand these things. I do know he suffers greatly when an attack occurs, and they last a while. The hardest part for me, other than my children suffering the wages of Old Age, is having lived long enough to actually see them being old.

jane · April 05, 2023, 12:47:24 PM

Mother Nature seems angry again this week. Lots of lightning and rain last night.

These temps from 70 to 30s is not friendly to these old joints.

I needed some groceries, but didn't feel up to walking the store, so looked to see if I needed enough for pick up. I forgot how much prices have increased, so I more than made the $35.00 minimum for them to pick up my list and bring it to my car.

Tomorrow is the disliked mammo squeeze and then the following Thurs. I see my surgeon. He does a thorough physical exam...sitting up arms in different positions and lying down and arms up/down/ etc. I know some doc just do the mammo imaging, but not this doc.

Hope your weather is kinder and temps stable.

jane

patricia19 · April 05, 2023, 01:00:11 PM

I could just repeat my post from the 31st. Nothing new here other than a grocery shop and bill pay on the third.

I have a cataract and "floaters" eye surgery to be scheduled for sometime this summer, and that's about it. All my eye floaters or black spots are congregating and heading for the center.

maryz · April 05, 2023, 07:04:07 PM

jane, sorry you're so creaky from the weather. Like that here, too. High yesterday and today in the mid80s, and predicted to be in the mid50s tomorrow. However, in the meantime, a cold front with damaging winds and 1-1.5" hail is coming through in a couple of hours. Spring is such fun - weather-wise! Good luck with your mammogram. It's always a tense time for us.

Patricia, cataract surgery is usually a piece of cake - hope yours is, too. I don't know about dealing with the floaters. Is that like a detached retina? Keep us posted.

The weather is the only exciting thing going on around here. Hugs to al!.

patricia19 · April 05, 2023, 07:26:18 PM

All I know, Mary is these are like tiny black blobs or strings that float around on top of your eyes. My eye doctor told me he was concerned as they seemed moving toward or to collect in the center.

Here's what the Mayo Clinic had to say, "Eye floaters are spots in your vision. They may look to you like black or gray specks, strings, or cobwebs. They may drift about when you move your eyes. Floaters appear to dart away when you try to look at them directly.

Most eye floaters are caused by age-related changes that occur as the jelly-like substance (vitreous) inside your eyes liquifies and contracts. Scattered clumps of collagen fibers form within the vitreous and can cast tiny shadows on your retina. The shadows you see are called floaters.

If you notice a sudden increase in eye floaters, contact an eye specialist immediately — especially if you also see light flashes or lose your vision. These can be symptoms of an emergency that requires prompt attention."

maryz · April 06, 2023, 07:00:14 AM

Patricia, I have a floater from time to time. It always looks to me like a small black bug/gnat flying around. But so far it's only been one or two. The eye doc has always told me to call immediately if a bunch of them show up. Hope all is okay with you - keep us posted.

patricia19 · April 06, 2023, 12:06:23 PM

Thanks, Mary; evidently, it's the fact that they all seem to be converging on the center that has him concerned. I've known about the cataracts for some years, but they haven't been concerned for each exam before the last. This summer, I'll see it all resolved, hopefully.

MaryPage · April 07, 2023, 10:35:18 AM

Patricia, we are not all precisely the same lump of flesh, but I remember one of my daughters taking me to the eye surgeon to have each cataract removed; I think about 2 weeks apart, and it was all a jolly piece of cake. Seriously. Hope it will prove to be so for you, deed I do!

This old crone, due to be 94 next month, is frozen with fear this morning. It is not just the political news bulletins that are causing this, but the scientific ones. The thought of our now being able to reproduce and tinker with DNA absolutely stuns me.
I would like to have some other planet somewhere swoop by and drop off a book on how they dealt with reaching this stage in THEIR civilization. No chance of that, I suppose. The 94 years have rushed by in no time at all, while the history I have seen and heard are, in their scope, likewise stunning to perceive. I can remember riding in the rumble seat of a Model A Ford. Most of you won't know what I am talking about. I can remember listening to FDR's Fireside Chats on the radio. My Dad insisted I listen to those and the evening radio broadcasts, and I am grateful for that. We did not know from DNA. Now we own the ability to CHANGE how we and/or other animals are put together? Keep your hands off ME! And off, please, of my beloved Spirit Animal, the Beaver.

jane · April 08, 2023, 01:07:36 PM

This Saturday before Easter Sunday is a beautiful day...blue sky 63 degrees and little to no wind. I think I shall, when I finsh up here and catch up on my checking account, take this body out for a walk.

I'm having my neighbors for Sunday supper tomorrow. Nothing fancy as I'm not a fancy cook.

Hope you're all well and have a Blessed Easter.

jane

MaryPage · April 08, 2023, 02:21:39 PM

Praying a grandmother will see and hug her grandsons this Eastertide.

patricia19 · April 09, 2023, 12:50:03 PM

Good morning, plus one here, and we had an inch of snow overnight. We're not warming up until the fifteenth, according to forecasts. Winter is still staying unusually long here. In the past, up until 2016, all the snow was gone, and we were in the fifties by Easter.

More bad news.....Snow will continue over most of the Eastern Interior into Monday.
This will bring several inches of snow to much of the Interior
east of Tanana through Monday, including Fairbanks.

Areas of the Interior northeast of Northway, Twelvemile Summit
and Coldfoot could see storm total snowfall of 4 to 8 inches by
Monday.

Areas along the Alaska Highway east of Dot Lake and through Alaska
Range Passes have northwest winds gusting to 30 mph along with
blowing and drifting snow that will continue through early
Monday.

Snow is expected to taper off Monday afternoon across the Interior,
but another round of snow is possible across the Eastern Interior
from Tuesday into Wednesday.

jane · April 11, 2023, 11:28:01 AM

Patricia...winter doesn't want to let loose of you!

We've had a jump into July with temps at 80. Way too hot for mid April, for me. But it's only a sneak peek, as it's to be back to 50s next week.

I guesss it's time to switch my clothes around and get out the lighter ones and put away the winter ones.

Take care and stay safe,

jane

patricia19 · April 11, 2023, 11:36:44 AM

Jane, good morning; want to trade weather?

Nothing new to add for today; it's minus ten, and more wind and light snow are forecast for today and Friday. I've spent the past few mornings commiserating with local friends on our meet and greets and spending my evenings curled up with a good book. Between that, I'm amid domestic chores and peeking in on the computer.

I'm uncertain about summer; we seem to be getting more winter than usual this year, and even the wildlife is staying in their dens.

Its one of those Bah Humbug type of months.

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