The Old Folks Home

[Jac Jac]

Trust me, @chickadoodles, I know how stressful it is and don't blame you one bit. I think you will be surprised as time passes how those scars will fade.

@jacjac, I'm so sorry to hear that your mom is in hospice. I had it for my dad when he was slowly dying from dementia and heart disease. They are a Godsend.

Lots of us here at the Home are dealing with health issues and trying to keep flocks. For me, keeping a flock, keeps me active. It's getting harder every day though and I cut my flock by half last year. Looking to get rid of a bunch of roosters this summer...probably freezer camp for them. Hard decision for me as I love roosters but the hens are laying eggs that feed us and people we know who need eggs. I don't sell them, I pass on blessings so we depend on the hens laying eggs for us and them. I currently have 10 eggs under two broody hens. One is sitting on what I hope are from my Fayoumi hens and the other smaller hen is on 4 bantam eggs. I'm praying for a lot of pullets!

You can only do what you can do and as we get older, it gets harder. Don't worry, you are among friends here and only you know what you can do.

Your words of comfort and enlightenment are right on time. I left Mom only after one of my brothers pulled a gun on me for not doing his laundry when i did Mom's. Later, he said he was only joking...What?!?!

Anyway, I am here to tell everyone - I love getting aged with my flocks - the experience will last a lifetime. Eight of my 12 roos need to be freezer-bound, but my soft heart says NO.
I acquired so many roos when I rescued a flock of 22 Orpington "pullets" long before they were mature enough to show or tell me otherwise. Well, that's my cackle for the day...enjoy.

 

[microchick]

@jacjac, almost two years ago I was diagnosed with serum negative RA. Last year this time, I had a dexascan done and they found moderate to severe osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and a bunch of other osteos what they said was basically all through my body. My neck and shoulders along with my lower spine are shot cervical stenosis, degenerative disc disease, narrowed vertebral inter spaces. I'm taking Prolia for the bone loss which really does a number on me with side effects. I have one more shot to take before my next bone scan. Doc said if it showed bone repair he would let me skip the shots for awhile and 'maybe' let me do some things I enjoy like ride my scooter. Chronic pain is my constant companion, which is one of the reasons that I keep chickens, it keeps me active, keeps my brain on something other than what is happening to my body and makes me haul my butt outside at least twice a day to take care of them.

Lots of us here on at the 'Home' are dealing with chronic pain, blood pressure, cardiac problems (including me) and cancer.

Please be careful that you don't fall and hurt yourself. When body meets hard surface, hard surface always wins.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Way cool liftoff today!!!! I felt like a little kid again...

 

[ronott1]

Sending speedy healing vibes out to those dealing with health issues. I wish I could expedite some soothing chicken soup, but -- sadly -- it doesn't fax very well. The interim time to getting whatever ails you diagnosed is anxious, indeed. I'm hoping there's remedies abounding.
HUGS!

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Had to harvest my bok choy raised bed because some critter is gnawing on it. Rat? Squirrel? Rabbit? I'll set out the trap with some bok choy and nuts inside tonight and hope to get rid of whatever it is before it starts decimating the rest of my garden. In the meantime, I've got a whole shelf in the fridge full of rinsed and trimmed bok choy. We're seeing the accountant today for our taxes (finally! He got slammed with small businesses demanding paperwork for stimulus relief applications, so our personal taxes got put on the back burner with extensions) and will unload some on him.... Bok choy, the new zucchini.
I predict we may be very tired of stir-fry by week's end.

I hope you get it!

 

[ronott1]

Your words of comfort and enlightenment are right on time. I left Mom only after one of my brothers pulled a gun on me for not doing his laundry when i did Mom's. Later, he said he was only joking...What?!?!

Anyway, I am here to tell everyone - I love getting aged with my flocks - the experience will last a lifetime. Eight of my 12 roos need to be freezer-bound, but my soft heart says NO.
I acquired so many roos when I rescued a flock of 22 Orpington "pullets" long before they were mature enough to show or tell me otherwise. Well, that's my cackle for the day...enjoy.

Do stay away from people like that!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Waiting for a chick buyer. 2 or more juvenile polish. I brought the lf cochins just in case...

 

[microchick]

How are you feeling Becky?
87.8 here and sunny. Hello summer.

It's one of those what don't hurt don't work, days, Deb, especially my feet and shoulders. The old bod just doesn't like lawn mowing the way it used to.

How about you?

 

[microchick]

Way cool liftoff today!!!! I felt like a little kid again...

It was getting ready to rain and I rushed out to finish the day's quota of mowing...completely forgot about the lift off!

 

[drumstick diva]

I cut tons of wayward branches, then decided to do the kitchen floor. If I didn't keep going up to see if it was dry, and leaving new foot prints on it, it probably would have been done by now.

 

[perchie.girl]

Good to see you, been awhile.

Sorry about the clutch. I have a bumm knee that is fine... until I use the plow truck for too long. Yep, that clutch gives a quality workout!

So... I hope the physical therapy can help.

Therapy is doing a number on me. I had a panic attack during the evaluation. Then when the Actual therapist on Friday I actually Screamed when she had me lay on my back on the table. Bent knees helped some and rolling knees from side to side hurt all three ways side center and side. But surprisingly it partially mitigated after a while. My own stubbornness kept me going till she told me to stop.

I had no Idea how bad I was because I had been carefully avoiding pain for what a mounts to years now.

I am in pain today. I slept most of the day. But the pain is that which is from exercise mostly. I can be happy for that. She had me work on my leg ligaments and flexibility issues. And walk without the walker about twenty feet turn around and come back. I only staggered a couple of times Back was screaming when I got back. She sat me down in a soft-backed chair and put Moist heat behind my back.

Oh that was lovely. I sat there a good half hour it lasted that long.

I am ready to throw out my walker as soon as I can make it without. I almost pitched it at the clinic. It has no breaks the seat is broken and its partially the reason I am off kilter strength wise. Loading it in and out of the trunk.

I do Know I am a long way from being free from it. And My tears after the session were because I am soo overwhelmed by the journey ahead. These first weeks are going to be my hardest. But I REFUSE TO GIVE UP, as bad as I want to give in.

I am getting ex-rays soon of my back for the new Chiropractor. Hopefully they will Confirm one way or the other if I have Scoliosis developing. I have always had a sway back but its always been reasonably straight when it came to side to side.

I been falling a-lot these past couple of years. A sign? Maybe. Cause and effect? My left leg is definitely the weaker of the two. And I seem to fall on my left side mostly.

So there it is in a nutshell. As small of a nutshell as I can write.

There are some who have suggested I get this all looked in to. And now you know why I have been dragging my feet. Pun intended.

deb (who is cross posting three different places Sorry in advance)