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[Alaskan]

Cross my fingers I can bring Richard home tomorrow.
I know we miss him!
This has been tough on both of us.

I hope he has improved enough!

 

[microchick]

Doing well.

Spouse and I are collecting more issues. But... nothing too bad yet.

Kid 2 got married this summer, did you know that? I love the woman, she is a perfect fit for my son AND for the family!

Kid 1 still wants to be a priest.. but is at a monastery for this year. So, we will not see him at Christmas!

But, the other 4, plus bride will be here for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

And... some little young thing is sniffing about son #3.



Time.....

No, I didn't know #2 got married. I was on hiatus over the summer whimpering and swallowing down pain pills from the dislocated rib and right shoulder injury. How wonderful! And the fact that his bride is a perfect fit all round, talk about a blessing.

And #1 at the monastery for a year with serious intentions of embracing the religious life! God Bless him is all I can say.

Al, you must be so proud of all your kids, but you and the missus need to pat one another on the back and do some high fives for the great job you did raising them.

Old fart stuff happens. We know first hand about that. DH had a doctor's appointment this morning and got cut loose for 6 months. He is still dealing with his skin problems and he's sure he's given his 'pound of flesh'. to the Derm surgeons. My last trip to the doctor over my shoulder injury, good news, I didn't tear my rotator cuff but injured a big rotator muscle that goes from my shoulder blade under my arm to the humerus bone and have tendonitis in the main shoulder joint. I also aced my 3 year labs after fighting my cholesterol and general blood chemistry for years. Only took loosing a little over 25 pounds and completely changing the way I eat. But it was worth it. While the doctor was working on my right shoulder I looked up at him and told him I wasn't going to stop riding my dirt bike....which is what I was doing when I hurt both my rib and my shoulder.

He said he didn't want me to!

Been going to that doc for over 10 years now and I finally have him properly trained!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hi

 

[SkyAJK]

Oh No!

Falling can be bad for old folks

My grandma that passed away at 102 of tender age, and I remember many stories about her. Grandma had a tiny frame and every part of her body was small except her knees were like to large rock and her bottom was big. She weighted just 35kg.

Grandma had many falls, end up in the hospital and was send back that she was fine. She fell on her bottom mostly and her bottom cushioned her fall and saved her many times over. Now my mom is telling me the same thing about herself.

My grandma passed away from a fall that hit her head on the floor, she was wake and knowing for 4 days then passed away.

 

[microchick]

My grandma that passed away at 102 of tender age, and I remember many stories about her. Grandma had a tiny frame and every part of her body was small except her knees were like to large rock and her bottom was big. She weighted just 35kg.

Grandma had many falls, end up in the hospital and was send back that she was fine. She fell on her bottom mostly and her bottom cushioned her fall and saved her many times over. Now my mom is telling me the same thing about herself.

My grandma passed away from a fall that hit her head on the floor, she was wake and knowing for 4 days then passed away.

When I worked at a big nursing home I used to tell 'my people', when head hits concrete, concrete wins. There are no negotiations. My dad used to fall a lot as he aged and one day his doc, all 5'2" of her got in his face and said, one of these days you are gonna fall and you will stop being you. Do you understand me?

He nodded and funny enough, it was his last fall. He died peacefully in his sleep at 94. We should all be so lucky.

 

[SkyAJK]

When I worked at a big nursing home I used to tell 'my people', when head hits concrete, concrete wins. There are no negotiations. My dad used to fall a lot as he aged and one day his doc, all 5'2" of her got in his face and said, one of these days you are gonna fall and you will stop being you. Do you understand me?

He nodded and funny enough, it was his last fall. He died in his peacefully in his sleep at 94. We should all be so lucky.

Concrete wins exactly!
Pass away peacefully in sleep like your dad is a blessing. We all wish that for ourselves.

 

[sourland]

Cross my fingers I can bring Richard home tomorrow.
I know we miss him!
This has been tough on both of us.

Hoping for a positive report tomorrow.

 

[Nomadicus]

It's been several months since I have fallen and am getting gun shy of being on my feet outside some days. After two bad balls here on cement and survived I'm more careful than ever. Years ago I had a slip and fall hitting the back of my head on a cement floor at a box store. Someone had purchased a leaking jug of milk in the checkout lane and the leakage hadn't been clean up. The cashier told me that's what had happened. It's hard to see milk on a white floor. I hit the back of my head and suffered only a mild concussion. Still it was a close call and I never want to repeat it. It's bad enough falling on the grass outside when the ground is like cement during a drought. The worst fall here on the farm cost me a couple of broken ribs that took over a year to be completely healed. I never want to repeat that either.

 

[microchick]

@Nomadicus Nothing wrong with being gun shy about falling. Been there done that got the T-shirt. I went down with my dirt bike when I dislocated my rib. I had folded my left arm under me so I didn't land on my wrist and break it and instead wound up landing on my arm chest first. The pain was memorable. DH was riding with me, came to my aid and asked if I was OK. All I could gasp was 'NO!' I could feel the cartilage joint in a false rib where it had 'popped out' but there wasn't anything I could do about it. I took over a week before the swelling went down enough for me to try to get it to pop back in then another 2 weeks before I could convince it to go back where it belonged. Much rather do it myself than have the doc do it. I knew how much pain I could take. It was 6 weeks before the pain diminished enough to venture out and about and then I hurt my shoulder. It just wasn't my summer.

I've fallen enough that I'm really really careful also. When my husband and I are out trail riding he always asks me why I'm going so slow and I tell him because I remember how bad it hurts to crash.

Glad to hear that you are starting to feel better. It's been a long haul for you.

 

[Nomadicus]

Goodnight Old Folks