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  • Lily55
    Lily55 Member Posts: 3,534
    edited January 2015

    THANK YOU.........

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  • magdalene51
    magdalene51 Member Posts: 2,214
    edited January 2015

    I am back from dinner. It was lovely, and the food was divine. I am not doing great though. Coming home, DH took a road that is under construction and it shook up everything in my tummy, and rattled my aching bones. Hit the wall when we got home and had to be helped out of the car. Tummy still unhappy and I have ice on both shoulders. I did try a couple of the stretches in the hot shower, but it's just too much. I actually have a pretty high pain tolerance but this is just beyond. My whole body is fighting it, tensed up, teeth clenched. I'm actually trembling. I can't take anything with my tummy like this.

    But I did get pics. The sunset.

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    My sweet cousin. Can you believe she's 78?

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2015

    Mags- I love the photos and what a beautiful spot as well as beautiful lady in that photo. I am sorry the ride home was so rough on you. I hope the ice and the recliner will help you to feel better tonight.

    Made good progress on the bedrooms today. Tomorrow will be another day of the same.

    Good night hermits!

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited January 2015

    We got the snow angel variety!

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited January 2015

    Hermits.............Blondie fell down the steps...........broke her ankle in 3 places and also dislocated it......she is in the hospital and will have surgery tomorrow.........trying to find out more info........her and I live about 20 minutes from each other............damn like she needed this shit.......ugh

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  • Lily55
    Lily55 Member Posts: 3,534
    edited January 2015

    My goodness me, please give her my love when you see her, horrible......but she did it in style, 3 breaks and a dislocation!!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2015

    Ducky- thank you for letting us know. I woke this morning thinking about her. You are right, she does not need this at all! I am very sad to hear this news.

    Please tell her Jazzy is sending her love and healing energy.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited January 2015

    Jazzy will do........

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited March 2015

    Ducky, Thank You for keeping Hermits in the loop.

    Please give Blondie my love!

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  • daisylover
    daisylover Member Posts: 310
    edited January 2015

    Ducky -- thank you for the news.

    Blondie -- sorry for the pain and aggravation. sending love and miss you here. hope the twins are taking special care of you. (sitting by your side?) hope that you didn't injure yourself heading to the birthday party and miss the fun as well... positive thoughts for the surgery Monday. stay strong.


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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited January 2015

    Thank you Ducky..... Can you let Blondie know we are all thinking about her? So sorry for all that she has gone through.....

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited January 2015

    Jazzy, Teka, Daisy, Chevy.....will absolutely keep you all in the loop............I am going to try to contact her daughter.........I have Blondie's phone number, so will try to call and see if I can find out anymore..........will certainly let you all know.....................

    If I get to talk to her will give her you love.......

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited January 2015

    Ok, got Sandy's phone numbere.....called her......here is a laugh.....she was on the bed pan......LOL.....they were going to take her vitals, so I am going to call her back later.......she sounded worn out..........more to come

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited January 2015

    Oh no not the dreaded BED PAN!!!!!! Tell her to tell them she would prefer a potty-chair instead of that ice-cold bed pan!

    But I remember them getting me up to the wheel-chair to be wheeled down the hall to go pee.... then left me in there, to hold onto the sink, and try and sit-down, with a broken hip! I got back up, and fell into the chair, and they got me back to the bed, and THEN decided I needed a catheter.... which was MUCH smarter I thought. With all the pain meds they give you, I don't think you can even GO for DAYS after.


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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2015

    Sigh, our poor Blondie. Probably stuck with that bed pan because she cannot get out of bed with the broken ankle. My mother had that same type of injury and surgery back in 2007. Once they get her through surgery and get a cast on her, she will be able to get up on the commode.

    Chevy- I am sorry to hear you went through a broken hip. My mom had that happen too. I hope you are well past that now and recovered?

    Everybody else here be careful. We all seem to have fragile bones now......

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited January 2015

    Yes thanks Jazzy... Wasn't easy, but it's been almost a year now! That pole dancing is not as easy as it looks....

    Just glad it wasn't my right arm.... my puttin' on make-up and hair-rollin' arm!

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  • daisylover
    daisylover Member Posts: 310
    edited January 2015

    Mommy -- love that snow! tried to get my 6'1" daughter to make an angel for me at college last winter and snap chat it - no go... all grown up.

    Mags -- I was so thrilled to see the beautiful pics. Your cousin looks so young! I am very sorry for your discomfort. Hoping sleep was restorative. -- My brother just had minimally invasive total hip replacement in NYC. He is just over a week out from surgery and able to walk without a cane! I looked up minimally invasive shoulder replacement - it looks like they are performing a few of these. At least you can look forward to that in the future when it becomes mainstream. Praying for you.

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  • daisylover
    daisylover Member Posts: 310
    edited January 2015

    Chevy, Nice to meet you. You crack me up.

    Jazzy is right - everyone needs to be careful. It's dangerous inside and outside. Hermits should definitely stay in. Sending hugs, warm wishes, positive vibes to all.


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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited January 2015

    Duckyb1- tell Blondie we are all sending her love and well wishes for a good outcome tomorrow on the surgery. Whew she has been through the wringer! Damn that is bad luck.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2015

    Rose- hi and welcome to our thread! Perhaps you have been here for awhile. We love our Blondie.

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  • SweetHope
    SweetHope Member Posts: 439
    edited January 2015

    Hello all!

    The best Hermit Vacation...hop on a train. Pick a destination where you arrive in daylight. Get a sleeper car, roomettes are inexpensive, or a full sleeper with a toilet (still cheaper than a lot of plane fares). Have the porter deliver your meals (included in fare and very good). You will see some spectacular vistas that you can't see by car. No cramped airports, no noisy claustrophobic planes, no lost directions or traffic jams. Then, at night, you are rocked like a baby in a cradle in a very roomy, starched-sheet bed.

    I can't wait to get my treatments over with because I want to go somewhere I have never been. I want to hop on Amtrak in New Orleans and end up in downtown Manhattan at Penn Central. DH and I have made two trips elsewhere and I have even traveled alone on an overnight trip north to Chicago.

    No, I don't work for Amtrak, but if I wasn't so old and such a hermit, that would be the career for me. And it's pretty ankle-cast friendly, too.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited January 2015

    Sweet.............sounds wonderful..................

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2015

    Sweet- I am really interested in traveling by train in the future. I have cousins that travel from east coast and back on Amtrak and swear by it. If they want to stop somewhere for a few days, they get off the train, go to a hotel and go sight seeing. My cousins mom traveled this way a lot in her golden years. Flying and airports are getting too hard anymore, right?

    When are you going to be done with your treatment? I think a train trip sounds like a great idea.

    Did you hear they are working on developing high speed rail here in the US?

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  • SweetHope
    SweetHope Member Posts: 439
    edited January 2015

    Jazzy, it wil be months before I can travel. I'm just starting a clinical trial which will decide (by computer) whether or not I get chemo. That's this Tuesday. If I get chemo, it will be ACT, then radiation, so my wanderlust must wait 'til probably Fall.

    The best train trip is to board in Denver in the morning and travel through the Rockies, through the Continental Divide, beside the Colorado River and disembark at one of those beautiful, Colorado resort towns before dark. You don't need to rent a car; restaurants and hotels (all price ranges) are right there. I would turn right back around and take the next day trip back!

    I love organizing these vacations and this trip to New York really appeals to me, because there are so many historic stops along the way. I'll plan one way direct with a sleeper, and the return trip with as many stops I can manage. It will depend on the trains timetable and getting a rental car delivered to the station. It's no fun having to return a car before closing at 6pm then waiting out in the cold for three hours in a strange city. It's doable if there is no other option, but avoid it if you can.

    Amtrak.com has routes, timetables, even menus on their website. It is so much fun dreaming about this. Check it out.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2015

    Sweet- you hold that in your heart to do the trip when you get through treatment. It helps to have something to look forward to on the other side of this stuff. My sister and I met up in Hawaii the summer after I finished treatment and the month after she finished her Herceptin treatments.

    I hope the trial works and you don't have to do chemo.

    I will have to check it out the Amtrak web site. I have some other trips planned for this year that involve planes or road trips, but do want to do an train trip at some point. I am just finishing a book now called Christmas Train that sort of got me thinking about this!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited January 2015

    Watching the Golden Globes tonight as I wind down from another busy day. House is almost ready now for the painters, just a bit to do tomorrow to finish up. Ready to get this show on the road.

    Teka- did you see your boyfriend, GC, get his special award tonight on the GG? You Tube it tomorrow if you missed it.

    I hope everyone here is okay at the end of this weekend. Blessings to you if you are continuing on with treatment in the new week, and special prayers for our friend Blondie on her surgery tomorrow.

    Good night hermits!

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited March 2015

    Yes, I saw George and Amal.Winking

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  • SallyS70
    SallyS70 Member Posts: 947
    edited January 2015


    Shelley, I am thinking of you ... Hope you are sleeping ... Please post as soon as you can so that we know that you are okay ... Remember to pamper yourself as you recover from tomorrow's surgery.

    Ducky, add my well wishes to everyone else's for Blondie. Thanks for keeping us updated

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited January 2015

     Princess got her first sink bath since she has been with us yesterday. She didn't give me much trouble except for when she got hosed down in the kitchen sink and then the kitty shampoo got rinsed off.

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited January 2015

    For Blondie! I know she posts on a few threads, but hopefully she will see this....!


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    And now we have a CLEAN kitty Momom! Can you post her picture?

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