Glad Taekwando worked out well for you and yours, listener. My skepticism about such things may well be because in grade school I was the punching bag; to not be aggressive was "unmanly."
Re fencing, it was the only sport I truly enjoyed--but I didn't exercise enough (running, weightlifting) for the modest level to which I rose, and injured both my knees. I also moved to an area where there was no competition of any significance--no one to spar with. So it came to an end. It's a mind game--a really good fencer can reach out from thirty or forty feet away and control you; scary. There's no safe distance from such a person.
Cat--I absolutely agree with you about homeless vets.
Hmmm. Interesting, Alan. Did you see anybody you know after all?
There is a book that was all the rage on Library Thing a while back called Stiff. Can't remember the exact subtitle, something like "The Amazing Life of Cadavers." it doesn't appeal to me, but everybody who read it raved about it.
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Well, I was trying to post from my netbook, away from home. Really wanted to be away from home for a while. I was going to post the link for the chat, but ALL browsers were failing on me.
And now that I'm home and on a (currently, slightly) less flaky computer, we've got a thunderstorm with power surges. So I could very well disappear suddenly.
The West Wing did an episode on homeless vets. In the story one of the main characters, Toby, gets a phone call because a homeless man has died with only Toby's phone number in his coat pocket. Toby is mystified because he doesn't know the man, so he investigates. Turns out the man was wearing a coat Toby had donated to Goodwill, accidentally leaving one of his business cards in the pocket. Toby learns that the man served in Vietnam (as did Toby), and out of deep respect, and deep sadness over the man's plight, Toby pays for the man to have a nice funeral with full military honours. He also looks into what can be done for the homeless vets.
Alan....you're talking to the person who was always the shortest and scrawniest of the bunch! :-) Mah*Sweetie and I have no love lost on organised sports. I am sooo glad I married someone who doesn't watch football and we both stopped watching baseball in the 80's. (In New England you absolutely grow up watching baseball. But we got tired of always losing. We're not sorry that our kids got to see the Red Sox finally win, but I'm still sad for my dad that he died one month before that happened. As for me, I liked archery!
Speaking of lab results, Sis got hers the end of last week. It's not an infection. This means she's going to have to go back in for more testing. A bit unclear on exactly what. The words endoscopy and colonoscopy have booth been bandied about. In any case, she's not a happy camper. We had hoped for the infection, which could have been treated with a course of antibiotics and she'd have gotten better. Not necessarily well, she has a lot of problems, but better in one way would have been real nice.
My dear friend Margaret is 97 and was recently in hospital for back pain. I gather she has had trouble walking, so she was in rehab for some PT and so on. However, she is home now, with at-home nurse visits and is still in pain. The hard part is that they haven't been able to find a pain reliever that doesn't upset her stomach. I just spoke with her dear daughter-in-law and it doesn't sound to me like the doctor there is trying very hard! The nurse phoned the office at 12:30pm and said that if they hadn't heard by 3:00pm to call again. They did, but are STILL waiting for some real response. Grrrrr.
So what I'm wondering is what you all can recommend for a way to send some caring note to Margaret. She has macular degeneration so doesn't see well anymore, and has hearing aids that don't always help. She isn't up to a phone call at the moment, anyway, of course. So far all I've come up with is to send some flowers that smell amazing, because she was always a gardener. I don't have much $ for that, but may do it anyway. If you can think of something additional, I'd be very appreciative.
Maybe sending her something she can hold in her hand that has meaning? I'm thinking of a small cross or prayer beads. Other idears? Thanks, folks. It's been a hard week for my friends. Holly's funeral is Wednesday at 2:00pm and I'll be there. She was ten years younger than me.
I don't want my young friends to die and I don't want my old friends in pain~!!
Flowers are always good. I myself love fresias(sp?) and gardenias because they have beautiful scents.
Something to hold... Would she like seashells? They can be very tactily interesting. A coin or small stone that is meaningful to you, sort of like passing on a lucky charm? I don't know. If she likes the outdoors, then an interesting feather or feathers that might be brightly enough colored for her to see and/or might have interesting texture?
Back to scent: Might she like a bottle of cologne or something like rose or lavender water?
Does she have a favorite candy or snack you could send her?
Na. I'm not. They've been about the same for five or six years. But the law needs the thyroid, so they insist on sticking me every year (in fact, the thyroid hasn't changed since 1985). . . .
The aftermath of the thurnderstorm we had this morning included lower temps but even higher humidity. And power outages over much of the area, although no problems here.
In my experience there is never room for complacency when it comes to medical tests. But I am hopeful that this will be the same old same old for you. :-)
Sadly, she had to give up chocolate about 8 years ago.
I'm thinking of sending her a 3" x 2" cross I have. It's nice and thick, made of metal and has a three dimensional image in relief of a southwestern style Christ.
Another friend gave it to me some years ago, and I would be okay about passing it along.
Howard Dean and Vermont's Mount Mansfield are first.
ReplyDeleteI left a bunch of notes on the last thread.
ReplyDeleteGlad Taekwando worked out well for you and yours, listener. My skepticism about such things may well be because in grade school I was the punching bag; to not be aggressive was "unmanly."
ReplyDeleteRe fencing, it was the only sport I truly enjoyed--but I didn't exercise enough (running, weightlifting) for the modest level to which I rose, and injured both my knees. I also moved to an area where there was no competition of any significance--no one to spar with. So it came to an end. It's a mind game--a really good fencer can reach out from thirty or forty feet away and control you; scary. There's no safe distance from such a person.
Cat--I absolutely agree with you about homeless vets.
Caught up with my side jobs; now to see an expose on Frontline via Netflix that I hear features some people I have known from my work..."Post Mortem."
ReplyDeletePretty, warm, sunny. No A/C, but maybe soon. Going to be hanging around inside today.
ReplyDeleteGoing to town tomorrow ~~ shopping and Doc's appt. No biggie: just need to get the numbers from my last test. The shopping's *more* important. . . .
I tried to log in with my Google account, but the login function is being evil. In *multiple* browsers.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Interesting, Alan. Did you see anybody you know after all?
ReplyDeleteThere is a book that was all the rage on Library Thing a while back called Stiff. Can't remember the exact subtitle, something like "The Amazing Life of Cadavers." it doesn't appeal to me, but everybody who read it raved about it.
ARG! Sorry about that, Renee.
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Sigh. I don't think I'll be changing back to a cheerful profile image any time soon.
ReplyDeleteWish I could come visit you, listener. It is not possible; but, a thing's being impossible has never stopped my wishing for it.
ReplyDeleteI'm old, or at least really out of shape. Going up the stairs makes me out of breath and sometimes dizzy/nauseous. It's a little scary.
That's not the point. The point is, it worked!
ReplyDeleteWell, I was trying to post from my netbook, away from home. Really wanted to be away from home for a while. I was going to post the link for the chat, but ALL browsers were failing on me.
ReplyDeleteAnd now that I'm home and on a (currently, slightly) less flaky computer, we've got a thunderstorm with power surges. So I could very well disappear suddenly.
The West Wing did an episode on homeless vets. In the story one of the main characters, Toby, gets a phone call because a homeless man has died with only Toby's phone number in his coat pocket. Toby is mystified because he doesn't know the man, so he investigates. Turns out the man was wearing a coat Toby had donated to Goodwill, accidentally leaving one of his business cards in the pocket. Toby learns that the man served in Vietnam (as did Toby), and out of deep respect, and deep sadness over the man's plight, Toby pays for the man to have a nice funeral with full military honours. He also looks into what can be done for the homeless vets.
ReplyDeleteCat, have you had your BP and blood sugar tested recently? Might be worth the trouble.
ReplyDeleteAnd I can wish for a visit too!! I'm glad we at least have this way of being in touch!! ♥
Waiting impatiently with you for the test results. ♥
ReplyDeleteAlan....you're talking to the person who was always the shortest and scrawniest of the bunch! :-)
ReplyDeleteMah*Sweetie and I have no love lost on organised sports. I am sooo glad I married someone who doesn't watch football and we both stopped watching baseball in the 80's. (In New England you absolutely grow up watching baseball. But we got tired of always losing. We're not sorry that our kids got to see the Red Sox finally win, but I'm still sad for my dad that he died one month before that happened. As for me, I liked archery!
My sympathies. Some days are like that...crappy.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, no I haven't. You might be right.
ReplyDeleteYes, this blog is wonderful! I'd be totally lost without my friends here.
Speaking of lab results, Sis got hers the end of last week. It's not an infection. This means she's going to have to go back in for more testing. A bit unclear on exactly what. The words endoscopy and colonoscopy have booth been bandied about. In any case, she's not a happy camper. We had hoped for the infection, which could have been treated with a course of antibiotics and she'd have gotten better. Not necessarily well, she has a lot of problems, but better in one way would have been real nice.
ReplyDeleteHow very frustrating to still not have answers! My heart goes out to Sis and all of you as you wait for some relief.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for some good idears.
ReplyDeleteMy dear friend Margaret is 97 and was recently in hospital for back pain. I gather she has had trouble walking, so she was in rehab for some PT and so on. However, she is home now, with at-home nurse visits and is still in pain. The hard part is that they haven't been able to find a pain reliever that doesn't upset her stomach. I just spoke with her dear daughter-in-law and it doesn't sound to me like the doctor there is trying very hard! The nurse phoned the office at 12:30pm and said that if they hadn't heard by 3:00pm to call again. They did, but are STILL waiting for some real response. Grrrrr.
So what I'm wondering is what you all can recommend for a way to send some caring note to Margaret. She has macular degeneration so doesn't see well anymore, and has hearing aids that don't always help. She isn't up to a phone call at the moment, anyway, of course. So far all I've come up with is to send some flowers that smell amazing, because she was always a gardener. I don't have much $ for that, but may do it anyway. If you can think of something additional, I'd be very appreciative.
Maybe sending her something she can hold in her hand that has meaning? I'm thinking of a small cross or prayer beads. Other idears? Thanks, folks. It's been a hard week for my friends. Holly's funeral is Wednesday at 2:00pm and I'll be there. She was ten years younger than me.
I don't want my young friends to die and I don't want my old friends in pain~!!
Thanks, listener.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I was going for...
ReplyDeleteNOT losing you.
Please keep us posted! ♥
I'll be interested to hear whether the aftermath of the thunderstorm includes lower humidity and cooler temps. If so, please send it my way!!
ReplyDeleteFlowers are always good. I myself love fresias(sp?) and gardenias because they have beautiful scents.
ReplyDeleteSomething to hold... Would she like seashells? They can be very tactily interesting. A coin or small stone that is meaningful to you, sort of like passing on a lucky charm? I don't know. If she likes the outdoors, then an interesting feather or feathers that might be brightly enough colored for her to see and/or might have interesting texture?
Back to scent: Might she like a bottle of cologne or something like rose or lavender water?
Does she have a favorite candy or snack you could send her?
Hope these random thoughts help.
Here's the lyric, I haven't yet found the video I wand of Michael Feinstein singing it...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/merrilywerollalong/oldfriends.htm
Na. I'm not. They've been about the same for five or six years. But the law needs the thyroid, so they insist on sticking me every year (in fact, the thyroid hasn't changed since 1985). . . .
ReplyDeleteApparently the "biohazard" symbols are an indication that I need to approve a comment to let it go through.
ReplyDeleteThe aftermath of the thurnderstorm we had this morning included lower temps but even higher humidity. And power outages over much of the area, although no problems here.
ReplyDeleteI vote for chocolate.
ReplyDeleteBut mine *did* go through. . .
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's saying: suspicious?
ReplyDeleteWell, yes, there's always chocolate. 8)
ReplyDeleteYes, if it had been H. pylori everything would have been so simple.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree with you about Cat having her blood pressure and blood sugar checked.
In my experience there is never room for complacency when it comes to medical tests. But I am hopeful that this will be the same old same old for you. :-)
ReplyDeleteSadly, she had to give up chocolate about 8 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of sending her a 3" x 2" cross I have. It's nice and thick, made of metal and has a three dimensional image in relief of a southwestern style Christ.
Another friend gave it to me some years ago, and I would be okay about passing it along.
I also love the idea of sending something scented, like lavender water.
ReplyDeleteWhere does one purchase lavender water?
Yeah, 'cuz we write such radical stuff here. 8-)
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