INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

feelingfeline

Smaarty beautiful picture of Evie in the snow,

Junie ouch, poor you! Don't you just hate it when you do it to yourself!! Hope you are healing fast.

susan3

hey... I am a night owl...or verybearly morning owl today. Been up since 3.

Lover, forgot to say how beautiful your niece is. Hope you get to see her soon

Junie, Hope toe is better.

Lover, going ou in the cold to let dog out is good. They go quickly, learn to understand the process faster cause they don't want to play. And I always through a towel in the dryer. Then picked her up in a warm towel and layed her back in her crate. Went back to sleep beautifully.

Maybe I need a warm towel :

susan3

Evie is adorable . Was she a bit cold in that picture outside? I have some of claire like that :

Chevyboy

Morning gals...... So NICE out right now! 5 degrees! Just KIDDING! It is NOT nice out.... And my shoulder is even more sore now than it was... meaning my shoulder just has fits when I take Cipro. I am taking it for yet another UTI that is gone...I think.... So I am not going to finish the Cipro!

MAN! It hurts in almost any direction I try and move it.... Pulling up my pants is the worst... So I quit. This happened before... but evidently not enough for me to remember just how MUCH it hurt!

Beautiful pictures Loverly! ... If you have your Dad's ears checked, go to an ENT.... If something needs removed or cleaned, only they can do it. Don't go gettin' out no garden shovel.... You can't reach in there far enough!

Good JOB JazzyGirl! Glad you wrapped another project. Okay.... just what is it that you do? What kind of project? Like wood-burning or something? Grafting rose-bushes?

Love that cartoon! Gonna be so much ice around here, as soon as the snow stops.... Not going anywhere until it is safe out there...

Junie! Man, I can't leave you gals alone for a minute! THAT TOE IS BROKE! IT NEEDS TO BE TAPED TO THE OTHER TOES !! "Uncomfortable???" she says! That toe makes MINE hurt! Don't go to no Doctor.... they will just tape it, or do nothing! Unless it falls off, don't worry.... "On the way to the bathroom"???? Like WHAT? A truck? Hauling a load of marbles????

My hip looked similar when I fell on it... but to a larger degree. Especially after the rod & screws.... It was psychedelic!

Kirby is a little sweetheart... Don't go paying any attention to those rat-fink neighbors of yours. They try to run everyone's life. Those old people are just snarky and cranky! They probably frown when they walk. Train Kirby to bite them when he walks by....

When we go see Theresa, in the Assisted Living...(she is 92) (and yes, she is crabby too) We take fresh bites of chicken to (Abby) ! Wilma has Abby, a tiny little poodle something! She is Theresa's neighbor.... and we always have to stop see them first, before going on to see Theresa. We LOVE dogs! Your neighbors are just jealous! Flip them off when you see them. Period. Give them something to holler about.... put a boom-box turned up to the loudest rock music you can find....out in the hall!

Spookie... we had a dog-door for both Chevy, and Lacee! But I remember training them.... when they were tiny! Same as waking up and nursing your babies! Right?

Susan!!!! Read what you just wrote! You let Marley out once a month to go potty? For an hour? She could REALLY hold it.... Hah!

Junie! Now you talk like me.... "obnoxiousnosness-ity?" I think it's obnoxiousnosiferous.... sort of........but yes they are.

Hey Tulip! Yes... the kirbmiester is home!

Smaarty.... glad your Mom's ears are better.... What does she do? Use her ears to store stuff in? I can't believe how much wax I get out of mine.... I could start making something useful, you would think!

Evie looks so happy! Sweet little girl!

Yes... "warm towels".... I just made a bunch of little "pillows".... like about 6" square.... Filled them with rice, and Lavender, or sage seeds, sewed them back up, and heat them in the micro-wave for about a minute. They are so good for little things that hurt.... like your ear, or your hand, or anywhere you want to be warm....

Like in this weather, you need a full-body-rice-bag.... Hah!

Chevyboy

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M0mmyof3

Not doing much today. Have been pretty busy the last couple of days.

Jazzygirl

Good morning ladies- got some questions here to answer today!

Junie- I don't think you are focusing on those unpleasant neighbors, but probably disappointed that they cannot let you just be to enjoy your puppy. They sound like really unhappy people who don't want others to have any joy. Misery loves company.....

I hope you are enjoying little Kirby! He is a doll and know you have looked forward to bringing him home for a long time!

Loverly- we are getting waves of storms coming from the west coast. We had three days of rain last weekend, and today the skies are grey and another storm is moving through. The mountains are getting more snow and the ski resorts are happy about that. The snow pack is our water supply so we need it for that too! I am glad to see CA getting more moisture, you guys need it as well!

Still doing yoga, but fell out of my routines with being able to go as regularly with a deadline in December. I am back to the gym though, and going to a Monday and Friday class now and also have two yoga retreats coming up, one in another 9 days and a second in mid February. I can recommend even doing 15 minutes of yoga a day can help a person, so don't put pressure on a full hour class or practice if you cannot do it.

Chevy- I am a self employed consultant and focus on IT program and project management work for clients. I work mostly in healthcare these days, although I have worked in other industries as well.

Wishing everyone else here a good day and see you again soon!

Chevyboy

Jazzy..... Oh, okay! My neighbor Vanessa works for "A Place For Mom"..... I think it is like she works with Hospitals, etc, and placing "Mom's" or people needing continuing care for their loved ones.... That is a great job, I think.....

When Grandma was in the Hospital, I was frantic not knowing what to do.... A Social Worker helped find her a "temporary" place in Assisted Living right by my house! But she never got well enough to go back to her home.... They also helped me find another place, and another way to pay for her when she ran out of money, and had to go to a nursing home! I was the only one she had, but we all made it work....

Man, I remember calling so many people asking them about Alzheimer's, Dementia, and any other place that could answer questions for me.... It's so hard to try and deal with those issues alone.... good for you, and all the other people who can help! I would go visit her, and there was nothing I could do to help her.... She was forgetting her whole life! I would drive to work crying, not knowing what to do...... Sometimes the caregivers need extra help trying to care for their loved ones.

Also, Doctors & nursing homes should KNOW when all the extra tests serve no purpose! Taking these people to useless psychiatric tests, and trying to determine just how BAD those people are, is not good for anybody. I took Grandma one time.... to an ordered evaluation.... She didn't know the difference between a picture of an orange or an apple! So what? I mean were they KIDDING???

So I said to them.... We won't be back.... this is too hard on Grandma.... it makes her feel bad, because she was looking at me like "I don't know what they are talking about"..... Anyway.... we stopped at Burger King on the way back to her nursing home.... and we both ate on her TV tray.... I helped feed her, and we both laughed.! We had each other...

susan3

Chevy, didn't go back and reread. My I pad needs to cleaned up or thrown out. It

Usually autocorrects to words that don't exist.....and if I try to backspace to change something, it erasses the whole paragraph. Starts acting up after a couple sentences. thatsvwhy I try to keep my posts short. Don't have a choice with this horrible machine

😖😣🤔

Chevyboy

Susan, I know.... My "smart-phone" sometimes isn't so smart.... I just like to tease you.... Hah!

But I have a Dell computer with a large screen.... At my age, it is beneficial....

Jazzygirl

Chevy- whoops, I did not say enough about my work to help you know what I do. I do not work on the patient care side but the IT side. I work on the electronic medical record system changes for the most part.

Chevyboy

Well, did you see how much I wrote about nothing Jazzy? Hah! Spookie is just sitting there laughing.... She thinks my mind is frozen..... and it is.

Spookiesmom

no comment from the peanut gallery.

Loveroflife

MamaJ, why did they challenge you with Cipro again knowing that it affected your tendon with the last course? Can you take Bactrim or are you allergic to it? They usually give me Bactrim or Keflex which I can't take anymore because of the tinnitus. Are you icing the shoulder? If only it's summer..,, Maybe you can ice it while you get the hot flashes. Ha! Tendonitis takes forever to heal. I have read that high dose of vitamin C and glutathione ( I think Shep mentioned it one time). Also, glucosamine chondroitin along with CoQ10, & magnesium might help speed up the healing.

Regarding car insurance, I don't mind helping mom out. She is on a very small fixed income from social security. She did raise me and it's the least I can do.

Thanks,Jazzy. Didn't think about doing shorter yoga, but you know once you get into the yoga pants you just want to..,,,

Jazzygirl

Chevy- no you wrote about good stuff. There are a lot of new clinical roles in healthcare to help people and more coming. Population Health is a big initiative around improved patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction is a much bigger deal than it used to be. When I tell people I work in healthcare, they always think I am a clinician. I work on the money side of IT stuff. But I also do enterprise projects that involved clinicians. My recent project was all about that actually.

You want to get a doctor to pay attention to you? I use something like "I am looking for a better outcome from all this". Outcome is a powerful term these days!

magdalene51

Jazzy, my son works for Nuance, the company that absorbed Dictaphone, and what he does is go with the sales force to their presentations and determines what features would be optimal for each facility, then helps with the set up and stuff. I think his actual title is something like Technical Liaison to Sales or some such. By the way, Nuance also makes the Dragon software - voice to text. That's how what used to be Dictaphone runs now. No more transcription.

But he does get to travel, which he loves, and explores wherever he goes, and sometimes is close enough for a quick visit. So proud of that guy

Jazzygirl

Mags- I know Nuance well. They just installed Dragon a couple weeks at my client site in December before my system change went in. The doctors love it!

Spookiesmom

Lover, isn't Keflex in the same class as Levoquin? and they both can cause tendon, muscle damage?

I've heard the damage can turn up years after use too. I'm allergic to them, but still worry as I took it several years ago.

susan3

spooks didn't know that. Levoquin is one of the few I am not allergic too. Luckily, I can't remember the last time I had to go on antibiotics. Fingers crossed

Chevy, we have the cold weather now...thanks for sharing

Ok, gotta get off this thing before it becomes possessed

Bb ladie

Loveroflife

Ms. Spookie, that is a good question. Keflex is in a different class of antibiotics. Cipro and Levaquin are related. Were you thinking about Avalox which is in the same class as Cipro? The two other classes of drugs that can weaken the tendon that I am aware of are Statins ( I don't think to the extend of the fluroquinolones) and steroids. It would be interesting to see how many people report tendon problems with Keflex. I read that tendon rupture can occur up to six months after taking Levaquin. Not sure about years later.

Susan, we will hit 28* tonight. Brrrrrrr

JunieB

Goodevening Ladies,

Smaarty - OMG! Evie IS SO VERY PRECIOUS! I cannot believe it has been a year already. What a pretty pic of her and her B-cake.

I managed the toe stunt by parking my walker in my bedroom on Monday evening and when I got up to go to the bathroom I forgot it was there and kicked one of the wheels. The pain was like when you see stars. I iced it initially. The toe is still several shades of purplish-blue and reddish, but thankfully is doesn't hurt as much now. But of course the pain meds I take for the Fibro and Osteo help the toe too.

Can we all say in unison "KLUTZ" ;0)

Got up at 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday and finally made it home by midnight. I changed my plans of staying in a hotel. I just wanted my own bed & pillows.

Susan - At this moment it is 21 degrees here and is projected to get down to 17. Yikes. The plane I was on to Spokane wasn't a big jet, it was one of those puddle jumper sized planes, so once we landed, we had to walk across a portion of the tarmac and it was 16 degrees and windy at noon. Way too cold for me. It only got up to 18 later in the day. It was 28 in Portland when we landed, but with the wind chill it felt like about zero degrees.

Kirby is afraid of unfamiliar sounds and freaks out, but then once he realizes these sounds aren't going to hurt him, he settles down. Today when I vacuumed, he barked at me a few times, and when I used my hair dryer he freaked, then on the bus he was afraid at first. He just needs to become familiar with all the new sights, sounds and smells. The noise of the plane even scared him, but when I tucked him inside my jacket, he went right to sleep. I think he is going to make an excellent Therapy Dog.

Hi Loverly - How is your Dad?

Mags - Good to see you. How are you feeling? Sounds like your DS has an exciting job. Traveling taboot. Cool! Before my Mets Dx I was going to school to try and complete my degree in Medical records, but alas, it was not meant to be apparently.

Spookie - Your baby is only 8 lbs.? How long did it take to completely get her potty trained? Kirby has had 6 accidents inside over the last 2 days, but I take him out every few hours and when I tell him "Go Potty", he goes like a little champ. 1 & 2. But then he comes in, plays, then pees. I bought pee pads today too. I know it takes time and I am glad I have a carpet shampooer.

Chevy - I had actually thought of doing exactly what you suggested. Copying the memes that Jazzy & Lover posted. I could post one in the lobby of each building or maybe give a copy to my landlord and have them post them in the next complex newsletter. Maybe both.

I also had a long conversation with my landlord today in regards to these particular neighbors. I wanted to cover my behind because these individuals are NOT above making up a story about my neglect or mistreatment of Kirby or him barking all night just to cause discord, drama and cause me harm if possible. I also put my concerns into writing and had the landlord put a copy into my rental file. As we discussed, these people could decide to come together and coordinate their stories and then en-mass file similar complaints to make them sound legit. Believe it. I have lived here over 10 years and am very familiar with their antics. And yes, they are very miserable people. It is only about 4-5 people involved, the rest of the neighbors pretty much stay to themselves and do their own thing.

Goodmorning Feline - Hope you have a good day!

And Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all sleeping well. I am headed to bed myself now. BB

JunieB

Okay, I just checked FB before going to bed. Anna (the breeder) snuck a picture of me and Kirby at the Red Robin where we had lunch, so here it is. I look awful, but Kirby steals the show.

feelingfeline

M0mmyof3

Long day ahead for me. Hubby woke up in the middle of the night sick. He came down with it from people at work who have been sick.

Anonymous

Susan, Good luck with chemo today.

Mags, Congrats on the mets reduction!

Shep, how are you feeling?

Sensi, I don't remember how long the chemo fog lasted, but I'm thinking it was at least a month. But, I noticed you are on Tamox and I think that can cause some fogginess, so you may has eased from one fog to another.

Jazzy, Congrats on finishing project!! I hope you have been able to breath and take time for you this week.

Smaarty, Evie is adorbs!

Chevy, Sorry to hear about your pain. Gross on the ear wax..throw it away. Period.

Loverly, I hope your Dad is feeling a little better each day. Do your parents live close to you? You have such a generous spirit. Your niece is beautiful! Yes, my joint pain is better. School started Wed and I got a call to work, but when I told them I had a weight restriction, they opted to call another sub. Yesterday got called, but I was busy.

More to say, but have to get kids up and ready for school. Hope to have more time to post again this AM.

Jazzygirl

Good morning friends- waking up to quite a surprise snow storm! Got a couple inches on the ground here, but the mountains are probably getting a whole lot more. I have some plans to do a yoga class and hit a movie later today, but today may not be a day to be out and about. We shall see!

Wildtulip- thanks for the good wishes and I am slowly getting recovered. Lots of good sleep and some daily exercise helping with that!

Susan- beautiful Evie, growing up so fast! Best wishes on your next round of chemo.

Loverly- I hope your dad is doing better

Mommy- I hope your husband is feeling better. Did you decide to stick with your college plans?

Junie- little Kirby is adorable

MammaRay- thinking of you and hope you are doing okay today?

Wishing everyone a good day. For those of you in the snowy areas of the US (bunch of storms around), be careful!

Chevyboy

Mom2 ! OMD! Isn't it just the WORST when these Husbands get sick? It is a disaster of major proportions when this happens! So we were sitting watching TV last night, and I ask my phone "things".... Like what is Tendonitis?... And she tells me... also a whole list of what to do... Then DH says "ask her why I clear my throat all the time, why do I get this inflammation?"

So I first tell him, "Honey! That is not "inflammation"... It is post-nasal drip from your sinuses, running down into your throat".... "BUT WHAT IF I CHOKE TO DEATH?".... And I say..."not likely, because it will go down in your stomach if you swallow it".... Then he says "ASK WHY MY ARM FALLS ASLEEP WHEN I AM SLEEPING?" So my gal Cortana pipes up with the same things I am telling him....... Then.... "ASK WHY MY ONE KNEE HURTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT"....... Cortana is one busy woman! She says basically the same thing I have.... If I tell him to take 2 Aleve before he goes to bed, he thinks he might over-dose & it wouldn't work anyway.

Yes! Same guy that won't go to the Doctor, unless his leg falls off! One time I even researched "WHY DO I SNEEZE LIKE 15 TIMES IN A ROW" I finally found an answer that shut him up.... Something about drinking a lot of beer, will cause in SOME people an allergic reaction from the yeast still fermenting in the stomach! THIS IS TRUE!!!

So no more questions about sneezing... And OH! The belching question.... "ASK HER WHY I BELCH AFTER I EAT, AND SIT DOWN"... Now I have told him, "when you drink anything carbonated, including BEER, and don't move around much, it will cause gastro issues, including expelling air, from the carbonation, and it then is either a belch or a fart. So I say "Why not take a Ranitidine when you have these issues?".....

So now tell me again what it's like when Husbands "have an issue."..... If he knew how to use my phone, and talk to Cortana, I could just sit there watching Sheriff Taylor and Opie.

Then sometimes I get "WHY DO I HAVE TO GET UP MAYBE 5 TIMES A NIGHT TO GO PEE?" But I ain't gonna bother Cortana with this one......... She would think we were both out of our MINDS! And he won't go to the Doctor... But NOW, I have told him...I am making an appointment with the Doctor next month, because our Insurance says you have to have a referral to see your Cardiologist every year, and you are going to see her! Maybe I should type out all his questions, so he could ask HER instead of Cortana why all these problems!

Then SHE would look at him thinking.... "are these people serious"..... WHAT? Did Cortana get tired of their questions?

So it is 1 degree out... Whose Daughter is here? Did she freeze into a Popsicle yet? People should not get out in this weather.... they say.

Also, someone asked me a question one time, and I forgot to answer.... sorry.....

Junie! Such a darling picture! The Kirbs is perfect! Glad you got things taken care of, when it comes to your neighbors! Some old people think the world revolves around them, and they have to run the world THEIR way! People who don't like dogs or cats never had any... they are to be ignored.... we don't like them.

You COULD copy a picture like this.... and tape it on EVERY damn door in the complex.

Chevyboy

WARNING! THIS LITTLE KIRBY IS ONLY CAPABLE OF LOVING ANYONE HE SEES....

(or post one of the actual Kirby)