Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Anyway, my balance is getting worse. Today, leaving work and quickly walking down the stairs (3 flights with terrible ventilation), I suddenly felt my body falling to the left and the stairwall tilting, I quickly grabbed the railing to stop my fall... When I got home, I asked nephew if he can build a railing on our front porch stairs because of my vertigo. I already fell. And showed him my lower face, scraped knee. I went in to get my purse to go buy window screens with him. (He's going to replace all the 25-year old screens of the house.) As I was walking up the stairs, I reached the top (3 steps only). And my body started to sway. Teacher niece was walking to me. Her eyes widened as I stood there swaying. Once I was steady, I rushed down the stairs and told her that we're going to put a railing (somehow) so that I won't fall again.
Home Depot doesn't have any ready-made and just put together railings. So, nephew said he will try to use plumber pipes (PVC?) and just attach it together. I told him that it's okay to just put it one side of the stairs. I will just make sure to walk up/down near his PVC railing.
No security camera footage of those mannequins ?🙈
Husband and I slept in a twin bed for five years when we first got married (we were much thinner then). One day we were wrestling around on top of it and both fell off and broke his glasses.... toned us down a bit.
That is because my tongue was in my cheek, and I was laughing, ouch. But thanks anyway.
Has anyone, really now, actually e n j o y e d receiving ALL the mail from AARP?
Or how about AAA (auto club, not AA.) OR, how about publisher's Clearinghouse?
OR, Neptune Society, really folks.
Many years ago, when I turned 55 (actually AARP hits you up for membership at age 50),
I disenrolled from AARP, unsubscribed from AAA, and now, not even a peep out of
Publisher's Clearinghouse because they cannot find me. It helps to never buy from catalogs like Carol Wrights gifts, etc.
Either I will finally be understood when I am joking around on the brat thread, or NO ONE will ever take me serious on the other threads.
Uh oh. Maybe they all think I am too too old now for a life insurance offer in the mail?
Then once I stuck a sock into a male mannequin's underwear, then we hid around the corner and laughed at people's faces when they saw it. I guess you can picture what it looked like. An excited male mannequin shall we say.
Yes, I am quite immature..............yep, yep yep.
Huh, Gershun do you roll though the grocery store parking lot on the back of the cart too like a scooter?
I am over 65 +
I believe I'm going to have scars on those abrasions. I tend to scar easily in the area above the lips. I already have a long scar that crosses a bit over my upper left lip.... I switched from using antibiotic cream to now Petroleum jelly. Hopefully it will help it to heal and not scar too badly.
On another note, I went to the grocery store today. I now have lots of gray hair that washes out my pale face. It makes me look so much older and plainer. I actually wear bright costume jewelry necklace pendants to draw people's eyes away from my bland face to the pop of color. Of course, I could try to learn to wear make-up. Nah!!!
Anyway, at the cash register, the male cashier asked if I was 55... 'Huh?'... Are you 55?... 'Huh?'... This was done 5 times before he finally asked, "Are you age 55 so that you can get the senior discount." Ohhhhh... I replied back excitedly, "No! I can't wait until I reach 55 though! Then I get discounts at the movie theater, Ross, stores..." He laughed. (The last time this happened, I reacted seriously and the cashier was quite embarrassed for mistaking me to be age 55.)
Take good care of yourself!
I've had my share of accidents due mostly to my own clumsiness. I remember one time Hubs and I realized that when we were wearing thick socks we could slide across the kitchen floor. So this became a thing. Then one day I said to Hubs, give me a little shove this time. So he shoved and I went careening across the floor and fell quite hard, actually knocked the wind out of me. Hubs was mortified, I just sat there and laughed really hard at how stupid we must have looked.
Thank goodness you're ok
Heal quickly, Book.
I read on yahoo that bud light is giving a free beer to everyone in California if Mexico advances to the next round in World Cup - they play Brazil on Monday
Since neither the US nor Norway even made it to the tournament, I'm routing for the Swedes but don't hold out much hope cause don't ya know
1,000 Swedes ran through the weeds
Chased by
One Norwegian 😱
I got to hoca about midnight tonight to do a quick check on the Viking - she woke on and off and said she was sick but we managed to get through prayers, drink some apple juice and make plans for the 4th of July - wish we could actually run away and do them
The Staff hadn't gotten down to my Mom's room, so I just stayed with Mom in the common area. Lo and behold, some more residents were out and about. Then I heard one Nurse say "Lord, give me strength". My gosh, it was like herding cats.
Sweden def Mexico but Mexico still advances with Germany knocked out by Korea
Ole ole ole ole
I'll probably be the only one at the office doing the Viking clap today