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wishing you well at the doctors chemgal. I know it seems frustrating but you are really so much further ahead than you were. You have a diagnosis and a treatment for your symptoms. May progress continue.

and Pinga- as for backsliding-each day is a new day and offers the chance to move forward. It is a day by day journey.
 
Pinga said:
paradox - what are you knitting?
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Thanks for asking, Pinga. I am working on two prayer shawls right now. One is in garter stitch with a self-striping yarn which is taking care of the pattern.

The other is a nice lace pattern - - a 4 row repeat with all the action happening on row 3. Sometimes it is called the "time-out pattern" because rows 1,2 and 4 are so simple. But row 3 needs to be counted carefully. Nothing complicated but it is easy to miscount.
 
Tabitha, I'm sorry for your losses of friends and acquaintences. I know that you are not 'old', like Seelerman and I but as we get older these things seem to happen more frequently.
I checked into Facebook yesterday and saw an old grad picture of R** S**. Why would anyone post that? Reading a few comments I realized that it was people from 'back home' posting RIP for the boy they remembered. My old school friend's little brother. I phoned her and learned that he had died of a heart attack that morning. He was the youngest of seven. I have a picture of him sitting on our front lawn with my little sister (about 12 years old and just starting to be interested the opposite sex). R** can't be gone. He was the youngest. Seven siblings and now only my friend and an older brother left.

I think I am finally over my viral infection. I've decided that the itchy, watery eyes and the dry, scratchy throat are probably due to allergies. My pharmacist and I decided I should try antihistamines that won't interfer with high blood pressure medication.

Meanwhile, remember to watch CBC-TV tonight for the Nature of Things. - The Franklin Ships.
 
Seeler, Many of my church friends parents are now gone, as those friends are 10 years older than me...so in their late 60's. That puts all of their friends in their late 80's are older, anyone still alive is living good long life, like my Dad. I am at the age when on occasion we have a friend die..unusual but happens, as they are in their late 60's. That will increase over 10 years...and continue...I know...for what do they say about death and taxes?
 
I'm putting out some choices of various comfort foods. Everyone in need - help yourself to your favourite! So many folks facing challenges and tough circumstances today. Also (as is usual) some good things going on in peoples lives.

It looks like we will be getting some warmer weather finally. Forecast is for sun AND temperatures in the melting range. Woooo Hoooo. I'd like the leftover snow banks to just go away. Yesterday I noticed that my daylilies are showing some wee green spears :). We have some sparrows busy building a nest in one of our birdhouses, and I spotted a raven carrying nest building material too. Spring is really arriving!
 
Greetings everyone!

Thinking of Tabitha and all those that are dealing with losses (through death or other), and those who are not feeling good with either colds, allergies (which a lot of people are experiencing here, seeler - they call it "snow mold"), and those who are very busy with their lives.
 
My 3-4 hour appointment ended up lasting 6 hours, plus I got there early, but they weren't open until 5 min before my appointment.
I'm really happy with everyone at the hospital. They took everything really seriously. I might have a heart condition though, so need to follow up on that.
I'm really ticked off with my surgeon's office. They dropped the ball on a ton of stuff. I was on them multiple times about contacting my hematologist - right from the appointment I had back in the summer. It hadn't been done. Some incorrect information. I was told overnight was the plan, yet they booked me as day surgery only. Had I not been aware of things, I would have been put on a masculizing hormone leading up to the surgery date. It is a useful treatment, although not the greatest with side-effects including some major health effects, so it's no longer the go-to, even for males. Luckily the doctor who had done this research before I showed up still didn't have an issue contacting my hematologist - right then. And we waited to get the faxed instructions back.

No hormone, in hospital IV treatments will require me to be in the hospital overnight hopefully an observation room but maybe ICU.
I also have copies of the instructions for my hematologist, so if I need surgery again and he can't be reached in time there's a plan for another doctor to follow.
I'm confused about the heart. I had a bunch of cardiology tests in the last 3-4 years and it was all good. I just saw my internist in March. I just saw my GP for a 'physical' (short) for this surgery. It might be nothing, or it could be something that just needs to be watched, probably no big treatment. More precautions need to be taken for the surgery though if it is there. Good it was caught if that's the case. Not thrilled to have another thing wrong with me, but I'm just annoyed at that possibility, not upset which is a change.
 
Thanks! Yes overall it was quite positive. I met with multiple people and they were all helpful and I can go ahead now. Going in I knew cancelling was a possibility, so I am relieved that the proper things are going to be done to reduce my risk. This timing worked out really well with Chemguy, so I'm happy I'm sticking with this date.
 
I am headed to my US worklocation on Sunday. Today, I was chairing a conference call when my personal cell phone rang. I let it go to voice mail as I didn't recognize the number. As it turns out when I picked it up, it was my dad's family physician advising me they were sending him by cab to the ER for some tests. So, I shutdown at work, and headed to the hospital. and yes, i have added that number to my contacts

Now, it is a pattern that when I am leaving for a week, anxiety increases, problems that were being dealt with become big, or issues become high, and well, that is just the pattern, and this was partially that case. He had been concerned about something, not told any of us, and then decided to get it checked out just in case he was dying...and well, he wouldn't wnt me to go away then...

He wasn't. The symptoms were something that could have indicated a blood clot, so it was important to check it out; however, that wasn't the case.

Here is why I am writing, though. My dad is a schmoozer. He is someone who loves to talk. He talks to men about work. Sure enough, when I arrived, he was busy talking to a young man about work (and he clearly had been bragging about me, as the man said and his your daughter, she must be the ______ expert. lol. Anyhow, after checking in, I went to get a coffee for him and I expecting an hour wait. On the way back, i passed someone who told me "your Dad has gone into a room", sure enough, he had. Went, I walked towards the main set of rooms, three people flagged me, and said, nope, he is down there...lol. So, off we went, I got to him, and he is chatting up someone else. He gets examined, we are sent for tests, and when we come back, we are sitting in another area. Before you know it, he is chatting up the woman sitting beside us, who is my age. Now Dad pictures himself as a charmer. @PilgrimsProgress - its that genes, i think, . Next thing you know, he and she are singing Chattanooga Choochoo, and other songs from that era. It was priceless. When we were relased with teh all clear, she thanked him for helpign time pass.

So, that is my Dad. He is the guy who talks to anyone. He is the guy who will tell you about his career highlights if he meets you. He will tell you about how proud he is of his grandchildren.

and...he is the guy who loves to sing, loves to dance...and doesn't mind breking into song in the hospital with a complete stranger.
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Gotta love a guy like that pinga .... even when they're driving us nuts! Glad to hear his situation was not too serious & hopefully your time away will be relatively uneventful. He seems like a perfect personality to thrive in a retirement home type residence - lots of folks with whom to schmooze whenever the whim occurs ... maybe one day.
 
Just to let you know - I must be completely over my cold. Yesterday I started bowling with a spare, got a strike in the third box, and finished the string with a score of 98. The next two strings were 96 and 80. Not bad for a bowler with a 77 average. (boo, hoo - I didn't tell you that last week I bowled 74, 61, and 71.)
 
@Pinga I wonder if your Dad would join in activities at a Senior Centre. We have a couple in town that offer a wide variety of day or early evening activities. My quilt groups meet at one and there are always notices of dances, meals, cards, etc. No residential component.
 
Yes, he now goes to a program every other Thursday which includes lunch as well as an all day Saturday event. These programs have drivers so he isn't walking in alone. Makes a huge difference.

I think that is a learning for me a bit late. When running programs arrange drivers so people don't have to walk in alone
 
@Pinga My Dad was the same way - he would be "near death" and we would go to the hospital and he would be charming everyone. He also charmed my brother all the time - drove me crazy because my brother thought my Mom and I were crazy with our stories.

Could you ever get him to go into respite for a week or a weekend even? I think that is often the avenue into getting people to agree to a retirement home. It has worked for a few people I know - their kids say - well I'm going away for a week and it would make me feel so much better if I knew you were being well looked after - could you go for a week just as a favour - I promise it is temporary. Then they get there and love it and the next thing you know they're moving. My Great Aunt is at a fancy retirement residence - she can barely keep up with the social activities - plays bridge four or five times a week; movies; concerts; she doesn't do the arts and crafts; trivia. There's a pub and a pool even. It reminds me a bit of a university residence with all the gossip though lol.

Are you an only child Pinga?

As for walking in alone - I really think that mental health programmers need to understand this - it is so difficult for me to walk into a room alone. If someone (a peer, not a worker because I don't need my "parent" walking me in like a prisoner) greeted me at the door discretely and showed me the ropes it would be so much nicer. I'm trying to get that established at the CMHA, in fact.
 
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