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ChemGal said:
I'm actually waiting for another one to ask my doctor about. It's basically the same thing that I'm on now, but is allowed to be advertised for prevention, not attacks. The half-life is longer. What I don't know is if that difference actually creates a difference in dosing. Needing to only dose every 5 days instead of 4 make a difference over a long period, especially if it also reduces the number of attacks in between.

The weird thing is it was approved a while ago, but currently there's no supply in Canada currently. Initially it was estimated this summer, but that's been delayed and I expect the date to be pushed back multiple times.

People in the US are currently excited about another drug that's been approved there - rabbit's milk instead of human blood. We might have that in 5 years, if lucky is my guess. Probably longer though. I don't think that one will be suitable for me either way with my allergies though.
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Well, if it's "lucky rabbit's" milk you should have it sooner! ;):D
 
Seeler said:
Yesterday Seelerman and I went picking strawberries at a local U-pick. Big, plentiful, ripe berries. I filled my first box in no time and emptied into a large plastic container. Picked another quart box -- emptied it. Felt myself slowing somewhat on my third. By the time I finished five boxes, I was panting and exhausted. Picked a few more to fill Seelerman's bigger container, and was almost too tired to carry my container out of the field. Seelerman took it from me part way back to the car. I still lagged behind him.
I'm concerned. I knew that I was getting weaker, that I can't do the things (like biking, climbing hills, etc.) that I once did, and that I tire easily - but I didn't know I was that weak. I've picked over a dozen boxes at a time before and still felt fresh enough to help my kids top theirs up.
Darn it!!! I've still got a lot of living to do. I'm not ready to sit in the recliner chair all day - although it does look inviting.
I have friends who are still active in their late eighties or their nineties.
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Don't get discouraged, Seeler. I have days when I feel like that and I'm only in my early 40s. I'm out of shape...less active than I used to be before I started using a cane, which I started to use to help me in winter weather - and now regret because I'm dependent on it. The cane helps me feel more secure from falls, but also slows me down. And my calves and ankles are weaker because I don't use them as much as I used to...so that affects my balance...and the extra effort affects my energy level. I have to work on it, because it's a bit of a vicious cycle to be stuck in. But I can relate a bit to your fatigue. I think you're doing really well, though. By the sounds of it you're quite active!


You picked 5 boxes of berries! That's a lot of berries. And you went out to pick berries. Pat yourself on the back.
 
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Kimmio said:
Well, if it's "lucky rabbit's" milk you should have it sooner! ;):D
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Every milked a rabbit? lol
It really reduces the risk of things like hepatitis, HIV, and the bigger risk with blood products - the viruses we don't yet know about, so can't test for. Unfortunately, it also increases the risk of having an allergic reaction :(
 
ChemGal said:
Every milked a rabbit? lol
It really reduces the risk of things like hepatitis, HIV, and the bigger risk with blood products - the viruses we don't yet know about, so can't test for. Unfortunately, it also increases the risk of having an allergic reaction :(
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No, but I can guess that's why it's taking awhile. :D

Let's hope you can tolerate it if you do try it in the future.
 
Hello folks, just catching up on the room.

I'm in a grump due to shifting priorities and late breaking stuff at work, which will result in me working tomorrow (sunday), plus, cancelling planned activities for Monday. I am trying to not be negative; but, it is frustrating to have to work tomorrow. I'm lucky , i think, that i read my email after 5pm on friday, or wouldn't even have known until i missed the deadline for the task being assigned. sigh. it is important to do the item that I will be working on, but, it didn't need to be last minute, and at minimum, it deserved a phone call to let me know what was inbound. i'm grumbly.

I also discovered why my hip was sore whilst canoeing. It didn't seem logical based on anything that we were doing. I have now had a flare-up of my arthritis. First one in a while that involves multple joints. Dang....fingers sore, hip, knee and toes, all on right side. Explains some of my fatigure this week, as well. Couldn't seem to get enough sleep. I thought it was the timezone difference but, guess not. Good news is it is relatively minor flare, and it is really only the hip that slows me down. Fingers are pretty common to be impacted, and I just move through it. Since I figured out what it was just picked up some Aspirin and started pumping them. Things will be better soon enough.

The good news is it was not a hindrance on the amazing canoe trip that Tabitha pulled together. She has great friends who I got to get to know over the course of the trip. As I indicated, I think, the amount of knowledge she has in her pinky is more than most have in their entire awareness. Great to see her in her realm.
 
It's ok Carolla. Received another email from a manager in another area at 8:30pm today, looking for info for Monday morning as well.
All related to actions which make it not a great place to work right now. I was made aware of 2 of my long-time friends and coworkers giving notice this week and another out on leave. the mood is not good (understatement). I was able to forget about it, and be away from it for two weeks in BC, and I am eternally grateful to Tabitha (and Myst) for those opportunities.

Good to be back to the room.

I am ready to go back to crossfit on monday. Hope my joints are in shape enough, if not, will just move slowly and carefully. some movement is better than none.

I think of those who are worried for their homes burning, for smoke bothering their breathing, for the heat in areas, and those who are facing war in their homelands, the families of those on downed airplanes and those who wonder where their kids are and i know that the things that i whine about are minor. I am grateful for a house, with food to eat, kids to laugh and a healthy husband home from backpacking.
 
Pinga, I do hope that your aches and pains are settling down, and that you are feeling on top of things at work soon. It's a shame to come back from vacation and have things dumped on you.

This is one of the reasons I'm glad I'm retired. I hated, after taking two or three weeks vacation, to come back and find two or three weeks work piled on my desk. It wasn't supposed to be this way - in a four person department, only one person took vacation at a time and the others were, in theory, supposed to cover for her. True, some jobs were long term, involved, and required one person to follow them through, but I remember one year in particular - I was away for the full three weeks. I showed the junior person (Irva) who was covering my secretarial duties how to do several daily routines, like opening, sorting and delivering the mail for the dept., and a tedious but not difficult job for a cemetery trust I usually looked after. I arrived back to have her superior dump all the correspondence for this particular trust on my desk. I ask Irva about it. She told me that the first day I was away, her superior took all the mail from her and looked after it herself, and that she, Irva, had never seen or been aware of anything coming in about the cemetery. It took me almost of week of trying to find a few minutes between my 'real' work to look after these little details - and our client was inconvenienced, as were his clients. A minor thing - let it go - but it keeps popping into my head after years of letting to go.
Another time I was off for three months for surgery. The company hired a 'temp' to replace me. A week before my sick-time was up I started going into the office afternoons. The temp was upset - she thought she would lose her job a week earlier than she expected. But I told her (and I had cleared it with the dept. head) that I just wanted to get caught up on what was happening before I plunged back in. She had done a reasonably good job, but there were accounts I had been working on before that still needed my attention, and I needed to get caught up on other accounts - an estate can take up to two years (or more) to wind up; a trust can go on for decades.
Sometimes I envied the customer service reps. They looked after each customer that came to their window. Sometimes they were busy, sometimes they had slack times, but very little of their work carried over til the next day. When the window closed, they could balance their books and go home.
 
There was a cute image about vacatio that I shared on linkedin, but don't think I shared here. May see if I can find it. My load and work isnt' related to my vacation, well, other than someone might have asked for it earlier, but given that someone else asked for it at 8:30pm Sat night, for Monday noon, I am guessing that this was a top-down expedite from senior level relatively late last week. Seeler, I remember those days as well, and have structured our teams to ensure that folks keep up on most of the operational tasks. Yes, there are items that typically wait for the expert, but, even then, we try to ensure the basics are done for the, and just have the person do the final review. I don't like to see anyone be indespensable.

I am thankful to see that there is a light rain in Kelowna. Thinking of all the forest fires.

Last night was a cool rainy night, and I admit to falling victim to stress-eating. At some point, if the situation doesn't improve with the current org, I will have to look for a different role (though, given my skill set, it is unlikely I would be allowed to leave my current position due to need in the org), or retire early and take the pension hit. Normally I can navigate this stuff, but, 8? months in, and it is starting to wear on me. Deep breaths.

As I head off to work, I am going to leave a fresh pot of coffee, and warm feelings for each of the folks who come to the room. May you have a wonderful day whereever you are, and may it be a day that gives you at least one, if not all of Beloved signature prayers.
 
Pinga, I hope that later in the week you're able to take it easy after taking care of the immediate need. Take care of yourself. Walk, swim, soak in a whirlpool, do some yoga, whatever works for your joints to take that inflammation down.
 
Message to Pinga's body:

To whom it may concern,

it has come to the management's attention that you have been giving Pinga too much lip lately. If you recall our discussion when you were hired, you remember some of the requirements to be a part of Pinga's body. You may recall under section 23, subsection orange that joints were to function well in accordance with proper movements and gainful gait. While that doesn't mean with the grace of a gazelle (see under section age and immortality) and without any lip, it does mean no painful arthritis, limitation of movement, or cessation of Pinga's coolosity and boisterousness which cannot be contained, as shewn under clause 333 of your contract.

Please do not take this as criticism but as a reminder that, as per section 66, subsection q, subsubsection qua, HR has been notified and you will be up for summary QA testing forthwith.

Thank you for working at PingaCo.

Yours,
The Mgmt.

cc:/rstlnemp3
 
So, the weather here has gone back to normal.

Nicely overcast. Mist-like rain. A breeze. Reminds me of fall.

Still bloody humid.

But my father and I were, thanks to this awesome weather, able to take the Seabus over to Lonsdale Quay and walk allllll the way along through the Squamish Nation Village (with a really neet Church, really neet 'private property' signs, no tresspassing sacred ground cemetary but with an overflowing garbage bin right in front of it, lovely fun blackberries, one of which i had never tasted such before--it probably had a bit of extra protein in it) through a small seawall, up and over the Lions' Gate bridge where we dodged oncoming BIKES OF INSANE SPEED and encountered vertigo at the same time (there were moments when i was all 'omg, i'm going to FALL UP INTO THE SKY' and couldn't get rid of it no matter how i tried to rationalize it away), through Stanley Park and the pretty blue flowers and berries all the way back to Waterfront station and here.

And the amazing thing is that, even though I am soaked, I am not in debilitating pain. I am still high from the exercise and the meeting of peoples. I feel 'grounded' and connected. Not afraid.

But man, that vertigo...:3
 
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Thanks Kimmio.

Innannawhimsey, that sounds like a delightful walk with your father. I'm glad you are full of awesomeness today.


So, I have whined & dumped on the room, on my first days back.

What good news or tidings from away do you travellers bring to the room? What treasures from your garden (or markets) bounty?


I sit smiling, thinking of the book left open on a shelf in the house last night. My youngestson is a voracious reader. One never knows wehre one might find a book that he has started and set down just before bed. I too was like that; wandering the house late at night with a book in hand, enjoying the peace of everyone being asleep.
 
:D My husband is like that. He's always asking, "Did you see where I left my book?" and I say, "Which one?" He's got three on the go right now. He reads little snippets to me and I often get interested but have to wait until he's finished the book. There's a large bookshelf in our shared laundry room where tenants leave books behind - you can contribute and borrow freely. It's pretty cool, I think. First building I've lived in that had something like that.
 
I struggle to get much reading in any more. Snippets here and there. Short stories, magazine articles, and such. I really find it hard to stick to long form nonfiction and novels with some much going on around me. I would help if I could drag myself away from the damn computer.:(
 
wow @Inannawhimsey - that was quite a walk you took! How long were you strolling? Sounds like a few hours at least. I've driven over the Lions Gate bridge - can imagine walking it would be an adventure for sure - vertigo or not! Does it have a solid deck on the 'sidewalk' portion, or open so you see through it?
 
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