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Mendalla said:
Yeah, I agree. I actually prefer my arms bare unless it's seriously cold. But I also have the option of wearing sunscreen on them.
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I do at least try to stick to the shade. I'll give sunscreen another chance on a hotter day. I haven't even used moisturizer in a while though because everything seems to be a problem. The phototherapy seems to help prevent burns, but really isn't the best way to get sun protection.
 
I'm of two minds, as well. I'm hardly a sun-bather, but garden work must be done. I have a lot of light long sleeved, full-leg clothing, which I wear when I can. And realistically, skin cancer risk is minor on your lower arms, because you can see any changes, quickly. It's stuff where you can't see that's the bigger problem.

And I found a perfect sunscreen. SPF 60, for babies, no fragrance. Now expired (and I'll give it a year, but). Do you think I can find it again?
 
Good morning! Tis the season for gardening, sunscreen, skin cancer concerns, and Van Gogh exhibits. Also remembering the tragedy in Texas, and any number of other items of greater or lesser import. The coffee cart is ready to host your discussions and to dispense hot beverages of your choice. Come and get it.

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IR and UV are still there even if you cannot see them one can be felt the other is penetrating ... except to thick skinned beasties ... toughs?

The search for power can get one burned ... have balance ...
 
Good article on the derecho that ripped through Ontario, Quebec, and even Maine this weekend. Apparently this is the first one in Canada since 1999. So my son was born in 99 and started "adulting" (finished university and started his career) this year. Coincidence?:unsure:


And I have an interview for my opening at work this morning. Candidate has a sister working for us and she's amazing. Gone from new therapist to branch manager in what feels like no time. Hope her sibling is comparable. Crossing fingers.
 
Good morning, all! Happy Ascension Day! The coffee cart is ready to go, come on in and help yourself. Tell the stories, share the comfort, find peace in strife, and calm in stress.

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Redbaron said:
Good morning, all! Happy Ascension Day! The coffee cart is ready to go, come on in and help yourself. Tell the stories, share the comfort, find peace in strife, and calm in stress.

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What about all the dissentions ... still descending due to the powers causing failures ... driving cosmological recycle of the oddest stuff and immaterial ... reusable essence? The ought popped up out of where else ... nowhere? Linguistic blithe or bliss ...

What the underdogs say in the dark ...
 
Maybe I should deny myself coffee after my 'interesting experience' yesterday. After twelve hours of being poked, imaged and measured in various ways I was told "You have A-Fib". Apparently there was no doubt that I was having a 'heart event'. Over 150 beats per minute is out of the normal range. The difficulty was deciding exactly what sort of 'heart event. Eventually it was one of the top cardiologists in the province who made the call based on the changing numbers on some blood test. It boiled down to two tests three hours apart and some arithmetic. Good use of telephone medicine I think. The alternate was an ambulance drive to Saskatoon.

Someone decided that it made sense to leave the sticky pads for the ECG in place as they would be needed again. Next time I will know to say "Please take them off as I blister under them".

There seemed to be a Covid patient across the hall being monitored by the same nurses. A bit disturbing - but I had to accept that it is what it is. Eventually he was trundled off elsewhere. Eventually I was allowed to go home.
 
12 hours is a long time! @KayTheCurler I hope you can manage it fairly easily. You can get wipes that help remove all traces of the sticky stuff, dermatologist who did my patch testing gave me a bunch. They work much better than rubbing alcohol.
 
Feeling a bit scattered today - vaguely tired mostly. I got meds - typical ones I think. A blood thinner to help prevent clotting and one that should lower my heart rate which is still a bit high. In exchange I have to stop taking two other meds. Not overjoyed at losing the arthritis stuff, though I only used it occasionally it was very helpful when needed. Time will tell what helps what ailment.
The sticky stuff seems to have disappeared but left slightly blistered areas. They'll heal in time same as rashes from the wrong type of sticky tape.
I feel like all my Warning Lights are going off lately.
 
Kay...let's hope the new meds do the trick. This is an unsettling time for you. In our world, we have been introduced to the Cancer Care Team. Wow. Amazing human beings, who are in the absolute right job. One doctor gave us his personal cell number. They study the charts ahead of time, phone to clarify things, listen to anything we have to say, respond with truth and compassion. My husband has an aggressive cancer, but they plan to try to 'put it to sleep' with hormone treatments and radiation. Even though this was tough news, knowing that there is an action plan is helpful.
 
A-fib may be caused by exposing a body to an alien field of some sort ... and we are left figuring!

I was warned the new heart piece could stimulate what I was sometime experiencing without it ... it is an exhausting experience!

May require tremendous thought input which is denied by powers that would rather not ... thus the incarnate (defined as something that appears as not or otherwise a hole in what the previous impression was as the eternal process takes off ... all was a flutter! Like a floc gathering ...
 
Good morning, all! With changes in meds, and some discomfort from one med's cancellation, it can be unsettling, for sure. Let us hope things do settle soon. For this and other topics, to chat, give and receive moral support, maybe just relax in the nice comfy sofas and cushions here, the coffee cart is ready to help. Come and get it.

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Had a work BBQ today, just on the worksite location.
It felt a bit strange to me, being in a group of people who aren't family, maskless. All other outdoor events I have done either involved more distance or were smaller (not that this was huge) other than an informative session thing on Canada Day which wasn't so social. I guess it felt stranger to me as these are people who are around each other all the time, I am the only one of the bunch consistently working at home (others are working at home but didn't show up for it). Even saw someone for the first time face to face despite working with her.
It was nice but I felt a degree of awkwardness too, just not used to the group dynamics in that type of setting.

I hope to do more things this summer, last summer a BBQ was planned with Chemguy's extended family but it rained and I really wasn't comfortable doing it inside with so many people.
 
We just survived Friday at Costco. I wore my mask which was wise since it appeared all of Kelowna was there. We survived and are now enjoying a light lunch with wine.
 
Nancy said:
Kay...let's hope the new meds do the trick. This is an unsettling time for you. In our world, we have been introduced to the Cancer Care Team. Wow. Amazing human beings, who are in the absolute right job. One doctor gave us his personal cell number. They study the charts ahead of time, phone to clarify things, listen to anything we have to say, respond with truth and compassion. My husband has an aggressive cancer, but they plan to try to 'put it to sleep' with hormone treatments and radiation. Even though this was tough news, knowing that there is an action plan is helpful.
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I just love it when I hear caring news from medical encounters. Glad to hear you feel supported by knowledgable people. Many people share that waiting and not knowing are hard to bear.
 
Good morning! Happy Saturday! As we give thanks for good people in medical and therapy positions, as we do BBQ's and survive a Costco Friday, as we regroup and plan for the next week, let us pause in our sojourning, and gather round the coffee cart. All is ready.

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