MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

Dianarose

Barbe1958- Mine is silver metalic. It's an 2009, but only has 33k on it. An elderly man owned it and couldn't see to pass to re-new his license. It is like brand new. I have to go back to have the salesman go over all the fancy gadgets as it was getting dark when I picked her up. I love the comfort and the room too. It seems good on gas too. I haven't had a car with a radio in 4 yrs. I am in heaven.

Momine- I will keep you posted on the scandal. You are right, it takes your mind off all the other crap. They said that there is a chef on the list. We are all wondering who it is as we are all chefs. Should be interesting to find out who.

Have a good night. Cooking pasta tonight for my daughter and family. I got to meet my new granddaughter today, Lydia Grace. She is so beautiful.

NativeMainer

Dianarose--I've been sort of following that scandal, too.  It is good distraction!

barbe1958

Rebecca, I have a pacemaker too, and know that they could get a reading of what had transpired in my heart during an "incident". Why can't they see what is causing your Mom's high BP? Or does her heart itself seem fine all over? Have they checked her kidneys?

Dianarose, what a GREAT colour of car!!!! Looks clean even when dusty/dirty. I've had a number of silver cars and that probably would have been my choice. Enjoy it in good health! This is the first time I've ever wanted to get the SAME car as I've already had and I've had cars all the way up to a Jaguar Vanden Plas!!!!

Can you imagine the blood pressure of the 150 men on that list??? Bet they never thought they'd see this day coming? Why is it being published? Or is it just threatened to be published to see who comes out? 

Dianarose

The list is coming out because they are all going to be summons to court and that becomes a public record that will be on the news and all the papers. We all have personal bets of who is on the list. We (who are not involved) are having fun with it. They have t-shirts and bumper stickers already that say "I am not on the client list" and the profit is going to the fuel assistant programs. So, see there is some good coming out of it. I do feel bad for all the wives and kids who will be devistated from it though.

Making another treasure chest cake for my granddaughters birthday today. I have this week off so I actually stayed up past 7 and slept in until going on 8. It felt wonderful.

barbe1958

Post pics of the cake!!!

Dianarose

I posted a picture once, but don't remember how I did it. Help????

                                                                             

Eph3_12

Ok, I know I haven't been posting much lately, but I am reading & keeping up.  

Beckers, what's happening with Mom & bro?

E-once again you had me roaring in laughter out loud-scared the crap out of the animals because up until then it had been fairly quiet around here.  Your "note to self" was hysterical!!!!

Saw "Pitch Perfect" yesterday.  Fun, good movie, but if you don't like singing shows probably not your cuppa!

Started a Zumba class the beginning of this month.  Keep in mind, I'm 58, have been separated from my not DH for 8.5 yrs, have not had any flings or romanaces since then & this young pup instructor is trying to get me move my hips, shake my bootie & bounce my 1.5 boobs.  I can't even imagine how ridiculous I look, but if it's anything like my fellow classmates-Lord, help me!  BUT~~~~~~~~~~~I have quite a bit of energy after class & am getting things done around the house that have been undone since my Mom went sick on me in March! So, if ya'll need a good laugh come on over to Medford OR sometime & come to class with me!    

justmejanis

Eph...I would love to come to Medform and JOIN you in a class.  I too am 58 and the last time I did any serious exercise was a few decades ago.  I do walk, and ride my bike (although not now while recovering from neck surgery).  I was thin in HS but never athletic.  I always felt clunky and akward.  Yeah I was the tall lanky kid in the back row who always got called last for teams.

So I really admire you trying the class.  I have seen videos and thus far that is enough to keep me from trying!

I don 't post much either but I read and try to keep up.  Just wanted you to know your post made me smile tonight! 

Beckers

Barbe, they hooked her up and the pacemaker showed she was in A fib for 9 days!!! One of those days, my brother took her to doctor and they took her off lasix, did EKG and had her on IV fluids. Why did the EKG not see she was in A fib then??? Do you know if Afib makes you nauseated? She was d/c'd from hospital Sat with instructions to call cardiologist for appt for stress test and to take it easy until then.



Eph, update above on Mom and my brother is doing ok. I offered to take him for xray tomorrow but he's sure he didn't hurt anything. He just elevating with ice.



I started Tamoxifen. I feel bleh. Put big girl panties and trying to wear them proud. Just hate this sometimes.

SusannahW

Bleckers, I just started Aromasin, and ditto what you said in your last paragraph. But you are inspiring me to keep on it.

Beckers

I know Susannah. 5 years. Wow. My friend told me it does get easier. She takes it at bedtime so she doesn't feel nauseated. Last night was my first one. I'm doing 2 years of Tamoxifen and then 3 of AI. Hope you can hang in there. I will try. I want to be one who is off pain meds at day 5, jogging by 4 weeks, has absolutely no SE's except for weight loss and I'm just not! Darn it.

Beckers

Elimar, I'm laughing so hard at your note to self!!!!

elimar86861

Funny you should mention that about bike riding, janis, because I love to ride mine but the forward shift of my body does put pressure on my shoulder joints, which in turn goes right to my neck.  I still ride, but then put a sports creme on the neck which helps only a little.

Welcome, SusannaW!  I had the right side lumpectomy too.  Now on the Tamox for almost three years.  I still get hot flashes, most notably after meals.

barbe1958

Susannah, I LOVE how you called Rebecca `Bleckers` as she was feeling icky....Freudian slip, of course, but apt.

Rebecca, 9 days in A-fib!!!! And they discharged her?????? Yes, she would be nauseated. Get her to her cardio asap. If an EKG doesn`t use extra leads (or not placed properly) it doesn`t pick up my Long QT so I bet it could miss A-fib but I don`t see how!!!! It will be interesting to see what her cardio says, for sure!!! 

Beckers

Thank you for your reply Barbe. We are on it. Not a lot of patience at this point. Lost my Dad in March, BC, brother's surgery, and on and on. I emailed her doc. I was quite direct in that we need referral to cardio ASAP. Enough is enough. Love, "Bleckers" lmao!

SusannahW

Barb, I wish I were clever enough to come up with bleckers!

justmejanis

Eli I  started PT today for my neck.  I have a lot of pain on my left side, neck down to to the top of my upper arm and a lot of pain in that shoulder.  I did some exercises with weights to strengthen the shoulder/neck.  Then I had ultrasound treatment followed by massage.  He did say I have a large knot in that left shoulder.  The massage felt great, but the therapist told me it is common to be dizzy afterwards.  Something about opening channels in the neck.  Not only was I dizzy, but horribly nauseated on the drive home.  I am so glad my DH took me, I was really feeling horrible.  I was barely in the door and got into the bathroom and vomited many many times.  I swear I have the best hubby...he actually had followed me in knowing I was so sick.  He held my hair up for me while I puked!  It was awful, but after a few minutes rest I felt much better.  I go back on Wednesday and hope this does not happen again.  I will tell them about it when I go.  The massage felt wonderful.  I have no idea why I got so sick though.  Weird!

barbe1958

Janis, if you had a knot you probably had a build of of lactic acid. Releasing that into your system is like a toxic soup. He would have opened up blood flow with good oxygen to your brain as well. Just a lot for your body to handle at once! He knew he had cleared something up by warning you. Let him know he was right! It probably wouldn`t happen again, as that would have to have been quite a build-up to make you puke. Better out than in!!!

elimar86861

janis, Send me a PM about those exercises you do with weights.  Ultrasound is supposed to be good for inflammation...at any rate it feels very relaxing, I think.  I had gotten a lot of massages this summer, trying to help my neck (which did not help but irritated it in some ways, felt good in others) but I have not gotten massage from a PT.  Despite feeling so queasy and terrible, I do hope that was a turning point for you to begin feeling better.

Beckers

So interesting that getting rid of the knots can affect you like that. I hope you are feeling relief today Janis! Necks can be so painful. A massage does sound good. I am stiff from sleeping on my back the past months since surgery. Getting closer to being able to turn on sides but still can't do it.

elimar86861

This thread sounds like a bunch of middle-aged ladies moaning about their creaky joints and achy backs, but you know SURGERY and RADS does cause that tightening in your upper mid-section, and our loss of estrogen from the drugs also robs us of some support to the bones and ligaments.  So that is how a neck or shoulder can be related to B/C.  (I don't know how chemo fits in there exactly, but did chemo ever make anyone feel younger and more  mobile???  I don't think so.)

Eph3_12

I'm jealous that you got to do ultrasound Janis.  I tried to have PT done to include ultrasound on my neck/shoulder kinks as it has worked so well before.  But when I asked for it a while back (this was 3 years ago when I was undergoing radiation) the physical therapist said that their office had a policy to NOT give ultrasound treatments to BC patients/survivors; my BS & MO both wrote letters on my behalf & the place wouldn't bend.  I love ultrasound treatment.  

elimar86861

Eph, I know where that is coming from, but I don't entirely get it myself.  When I was getting my PT after the rads, I asked for ultrasound, because I had read that it breaks up scar adhesions.  They told me there is something in the ultrasound (and it might be the heat created within the cells) that can stimulate cell growth, so they would not want to stimulate any cancerous cell growth.  That is very disturbing when you are under the impression that all your cancer has either been cut out, or nuked by the rads.  Just a not-nice little reminder that no one guarantees there is no B/C left behind. 

Before anyone gets the wrong idea, ultrasound therapy is different from the kind we get to image breast lesions.

Eph3_12

By the way-I love the middle earth gals.  Whoever drew them did well.

My DD was in her ART 101 class yesterday as a college freshman & in walked a woman in a robe, who promptly dropped it & the assignment for the day was to draw her!  DD was a bit taken aback, but said after awhile it was just a body!     

Dianarose

Just had a 4.5 earth quake here around 7:12. Did you feel it Native Mainer? I ran to get my granddaughter in the living room who was asleep in the chair. It was so loud and seemed like the house shook forever. We Mainers are used to blizzards, not earth quakes. The center of the quake was about 10 miles from my house. Now they are talking about after shocks. No thanks.

barbe1958

How very scary Dianarose!!! We`ve had a couple earthquakes over the years but they`re just novelties to us. It`s the ones on the west coast that scare me and some of my family that still live there!

I`ve had ultrasound treatment and thought it was a joke!! Seriously?! Describe what they did for YOU so I can see if it`s what they told me I was getting. Mine involved a big round metal tube for starters.....

barbe1958

What are `middle earth girls`?

Sherryc

I went to the endo today and had all the hormones checked again.  Estrogen and Testosterone are non existence.  He says I am definitely post menopausal.  My thyroid and everything else was good.  Called DH and told him I thought I was turning into an it since my body has decided to shut down in the hormone department.  He laughed and said an it with great boobs. He always manages to make me laugh.  The funny thing is with no hormones I actually feel better than I have since before BC.  I think the exercise and eating right are helping.

Eph3_12

"Ultrasound is another modality that physical therapists can use to help a patient with their pain. Ultrasound is essentially a machine that uses sound waves to generate heat within a body part. What the therapist will do with the patient is use a sound head or something that you would see similar in a doctor's office where they do sonograms on pregnant women, and they put a little gel on the sound head and your body part. And, in a circular motion, we just rub the sound head on, say, your shoulder joint, and what that will do is generate heat in that joint, which will help with overall blood flow circulation. It will also help loosen up tissues to allow them to respond better to stretch or any other manual techniques that the therapist will be using such as to loosen up tight joints or tight muscles."  When I had this done, literally, the knot that I'd been harboring for MONTHS went away within a day of the treatment.  And while I was getting the treatment it felt very warm and wonderful.  Loved it!

Valjean

Love The Lord of the Rings!!

Nice drawing of the ladies: Kate Blanchett, Liv Tyler & can't recall the gal's name on the far right at this time. They are the ladies of Middle Earth.

I enjoyed the beautiful fall colors in Marquette, MI for the last week. Couldn't go to the corn maze because it rained Saturday. And the guys were hoping to go salmon fishing, but they (the fish) had already passed through, so to speak; and it rained to boot. Lake Superior had some crashing waves pounding the shoreline on our way home. It was so beautiful......

Did get some Christmas shopping done for the little ones. Had DD there for ideas, that is a big help. I am always amazed to see what the grandkids have learned since I was there last. I love to watch them play.... and yell at each other....... and chase the poor cat..........

I had a wonderful time, can't ya tell?!? 

Had a call today to remind me of my Mamm appt Thursday morning. Like I could forget that!

Missed everyone!