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  • hightide1
    hightide1 Member Posts: 244
    edited February 2013

    Sorry for the delay in saying thank you for the translations. Had cataract surgery on Monday. All went well and the difference is amazing!

    What was the quote? 'Two english speaking countries separated by a common language'.

    It is good to know that Isabella's care is not the norm. I think the best care I have seen was in the Netherlands.

    When you need to be aggressive the most is when you don't have the energy but we have to be our own advocates and cheerleaders for anyone getting less than what is at least a reasonable minimum.

    These boards seem such an odd place for a 'stouch'. I can see it happening though...exhaustion, anxiety, pain can make all of us hypersensitive and a little weird. I have vented and then regretted it.

    We have to live like porcupines in a small room: quills down.

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited February 2013

    hightide, I like the idea of porcupines with quills down. 

    wow, cataract surgery, yesterday? And all ready you can read on the computer? Wasn't someone just asking if anyone had experience with that type of surgery?

    I am still struggling along with my eye trouble. Yesterday the eye doc said, usually in cases with so much swelling I put them on steriods. I said thanks, but no thanks! Had enough of those. It is getting better, just very slowly.

    have not heard from 3 jays lately. will send an email.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited February 2013

    Hi everyone..we have had houseguests for a week, my college roommate and her husband from Savannah

    we are seeing the sights of San Diego

    Speaking of eyes..





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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited February 2013

    I just love these flowers..



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  • lassie11
    lassie11 Member Posts: 1,500
    edited February 2013

    both photos are spectacular in very different ways Lisa. Thank you for putting them here.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited February 2013

    The poppy is blooming as we speak in my back yard..I love them

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  • marywh
    marywh Member Posts: 2,280
    edited February 2013

    Had to show off my new avatar, isnt he the cutest? Thats my gs Jordan. And yes hes as sneaky as he looks.... Dont know what I'd do without him...

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 2,042
    edited February 2013

    Marywh, your GS is adorable.  I can see why you feel the way you do.

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited February 2013

    Lisa, the pictures are gorgeous as always.  I just love the pictures you post!

    Hightide and Kathindc, I don't think I've welcomed either one of you and I'm sorry.  Glad to have you both!

    Your posting so soon after your cataract surgery relieves my mind, Hightide.  I have that looming over me also and think I just may do it sooner rather than later.  However, I'm not having any effects from the cataract at all, or I don't think I am!  Guess I could be compensating unconsciously.

    Mary, your GS is such a cutie!  I love to see little boys with hats like that.

    Kathy

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  • hightide1
    hightide1 Member Posts: 244
    edited February 2013

    Kathy,

    Thank you for the welcome. I have been lurking and trying to read the previous posts...still working on it. Ya'll can be very entertaining!

    You would be amazed at the difference in your vision. I had mets to both retinas and the radiation accelerated the formation of cataracts. My vision was very blurry.

    But correcting the blur wasn't so startling. It was the return of color. White is dazzling and blue is just gorgeous. Our lens get yellow with age and it is so subtle you don't realize it.

    The repair only requires a local and about 20 minutes. Easiest thing I have done in a long time. Being NPO was the hard part. My morning coffee is an emotional experience/crutch.



    Is that poor elephant crying? I still can't watch "Dumbo" with out kleenex. Gets to me faster than "An Affair to Remember".

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited February 2013

    My eyes have been playing up of late and it is downright annoying! I did make and keep an appointment with the optometrist to get them checked out thinking that my glasses may be the culprit but according to him, my eyes are very healthy. He did say that the vision has changed but not enough to change my lens prescription.......grrrrrr........what a pain. I am still having issues but can do nothing about it.......I guess it's just another little reminder that I'm ageing!........who said that?....me ageing?......not on your life! Can you tell I'm in denial?!.......lol.



    Have a good day all!



    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited February 2013

    Chrissy - I am in denial with you.  I am still wondering how I can have a daughter that is 40.  Love you.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited February 2013

    My mother told me she didn't feel old until I turned 70...

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  • lassie11
    lassie11 Member Posts: 1,500
    edited February 2013

    My father was about 93 when he decided he might be old. He will be 98 in April and is quite sure he is old now.

    As for eyes - there was a time when silently, several of us in the office where I worked were wondering about our eyes. No matter how often we cleaned our glasses, things still seemed fuzzy. (I was using my mother's advice always to clean your glasses before calling the optometrist). I came out of my office complaining. Two men and the secretary said the same thing. Then she realized that she had kindly been buying for each of our little offices,  really good tissue  - with lotion in it. The lotion was making a mess of our glasses!   Chrissy, I hope your problem is that simple to fix.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited February 2013

    Lassie I to buy the luxurious tissues with lotion and for that reason never use them on my glasses.  I buy the little glass cleaning towelettes from the optomotrist or use a microfibre cloth to clean them.  Sadly, this leaves me with nothing to blame but age and medication I guess......sigh.  Oh well at least Im still walking......lol.

    Love n hugs all.  Chrissy

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited February 2013

    Hi Gals: and thanks Sheila for asking about me...

      Life has taken an interesting turn for me...Long story short; two trips to the er. the 2nd one, a massive heart attack: the arteries by the "widowmker" were thinned, and not carrying the blood correctly.

     I wrote you a PM Isabella. sorry I missed your birthday!

      I had the heart attack after I PASSED a stress test. they now know the pain/.bloating i have complained about since chemo was the cause.

      During surgery, they had to use IVP dye, which i'm very alergic to, and they think i've had a stroke, along with the heart.

      The stents in the heart were successfull, but my speech is slurred, and thinking isn;t the best.. but i'm not so sure thats new lol

     Life is going to change again, i'm afraid, but have no idea how, or how much...

     Mur has gone back to work, so i'm home alone and choking some, but cant live with a nurse. Gonna see if one of my friends will come to lunch a couple of days. He's an old friend who's wife has died and very well may like to. He's a whiz at the computer, so may help me get my new tower up and running,. talkings hard, typing easier, even with neuropathy!

     Hope you all are well.. I sabella, i haven't caught if they've straightened out your pain yet..any progress?

     I've missed you all, i'm afraid my visits will be spotty for awhile longer, i'm very weak from the surgery et all..but know, i've thought of, and missed you all.......3jays

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited February 2013

    Oh 3 jays! So much has happened! I'm so glad the docs have gotten you back on your feet.....well sort of......and able to let us know you are still around. You have been missed even though we know you only post sporadically. Keep on getting better and post when you can.......know you are always in our thoughts and prayers.



    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited February 2013

    3jays, I'm glad you're back but so very sorry to hear about all your health difficulties. Visit with us a often as you can, even if you're not up to posting.

    Sending you lots of love.

    Leah

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  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 4,308
    edited February 2013

    So happy you have posted, was really worried about you.

    Big hugs

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  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited February 2013

    3Jays so happy to hear from you but sorry to hear of your medical problems.  We all miss you and will be thinking of you often. Pop in when you can. 

    Love ginger

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited February 2013

    3jays, Missed  you and so releaved to see you.  I will continue to hold you in my heart and prayers.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited February 2013

    3jays, so sorry you are going through all this...sending hugs..

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited March 2013

    my pictures will never messure up to Lisa's but thought I would share this. I forced these paper whites to bloom. I feel very powerful. LOL

    3jays, so good to hear you are still here with us!!

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited March 2013

    3 jays, you've been through so much and I'm sorry.  Figured you were still so busy with the move and had no idea.  It's so good to see you posting again.  Please come back as often as you feel up to it--we've missed you!

    Kathy

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited March 2013

    Lisa, as always you photos are stunning!



    Nancy, how on earth did you force the booming of the paper whites? They are beautiful!



    Isabella, how are you feeling? I sure hope your pain has subsided some and you are at least comfortable.



    I'm sitting in my chair with my iPad on my lap and typing while I watch and listen to a program on the story of the Taj Mahal and the Prince who built it. The good thing about this program is the accolades that are also given to the craftsmen that actually did the building and decorating..........it is truly fascinating and stunningly beautiful! The Pietre Dura work is amazing! Now that is one place I would love to be able to see first hand!



    Hoping you are all having a great day!



    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited March 2013

    thanx Ladies: all is well now. I got a call from Chrissy this morning, and your postings made me feel so much better. It'll def. be a slow recovery,, 2 stents isn't something to take lightly, but at least I NOW know whats' been wrong, and its fixed. Don't ever want to come that close again!!! Love and miss you all.3jay

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited March 2013

    this poppy just opened



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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited March 2013

    3jays - so good to hear that you got the problem fixed.  I really missed you and was wondering what was going on with you.  Sorry you have had to go through so much to get things fixed.  If only the doctors would  listen to us an find out the problem before they become so severe.  Hugs and prayers.  Pop in whenever you feel up to it.  AJ

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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited March 2013

    Isabella - did the ER doc ever get anything sorted out for you?  Hope your surgery is scheduled very soon and that you have been able to get some relief from the pain.  AJ

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited March 2013

    So glad to hear from 3jays.  Now we need to hear from Isabella!

    AJ, I'm so happy about your DGD!

    It was a strange day here in NC today--2 rounds of snow, but nothing stuck.  I went to the grocery store around noon amid the most beautiful snow I've ever seen.  Huge fluffy flakes!  Then another round (some actually stuck to the deck) this evening, but all has stopped now. We had the clan for dinner tonight with fried chicken, country style steak, rice, asparagus, and homemade angel biscuits.  No dessert though.  DH decided that he would give up sugar for lent and not to be outdone, I did too.  Sometimes I make dumb decisions.

    Kathy

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