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.
Just seemed so weird not having that tree there any more, in fact, many of the big old trees were gone from that street... sad, it just didn't feel like "home" as I remembered it.
Krakatoa east of Java
And I'm guessing big, strong and handsome Howard Keel didn't put up with triffids either
I can tell you factually, since I've experienced it personally, that One tree can sure shake itself hard while all the other shrubs and tall trees are not moving, no wind blowing their leaves. This happened a few years ago. I - the cowardly one of my whole siblings - stared at the shaking tree with its leaves making such a racket behind me - turned my back to it and Pretended I didn't see it doing that. =)
Think this through. Those triffids would first of all have to see off Himalayan balsam and Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed. Our natural earthbound plant life wouldn't put up with triffids for a moment, don't you worry.
Gershun, trees are true landmarks in our life and there is nothing remotely dumb about being attached to them. Hugs to you.
Remember that movie The Birds. There is a place here where I live where the crows gather. Thousands of them. It's eerie. Especially when you consider that a group of crows is called a murder. :P
I think the one that scared me the most and found believable was the plants/vines creeping slowly to kill people. I sometimes talk to plants and trees, telling it how pretty it is. I don’t think I ever got over my fear of that old black and white movie.
I might have to purchase+miles for my airline ticket to about $700.00 which will save me another $700 from just completely buying my ticket. My tax refund can cover that ticket. Oh.... Oops, I thought I was going to have to cancel my trip to Texas this year. I just remembered my boss will be covering for that ticket.
I just need to google if it's feasible if I should go on a cruise if I have vertigo problem. I hate to spend the whole time hiding inside the cabin... Actually, I have never ever had any desire to go on a cruise. You're stuck on a ship for days and days. I mean, I do have my books which I spend all my free time reading anyway. But... I would like to experience a cruise at least once in my lifetime.... Eek... I'm already panicking... Did I forget to mention that I'm terrified of water??? (I still panic when the bathtub water starts rising above my ankle.) When I go to the beach here on island, and wade into the water, I start panicking when the waves hit me anywhere above my knees. And we have Tame waves not like one sees in Hawaii or Virginia. Excited but scared...
Okay, confession time. I was looking at each and every free or $0.99 sales to see if their audio books were also on sale for $1.99. When I do find it does, I read the summary and then listen to the audio sample. I once bought a book series and the audiobooks - only to find out I couldn’t stand the narrator. .. I found one interesting series on sale for both - and the narrator had a nice voice but spoke with a very, very Pronounced “sssss” at the end of the word of ‘s’ sound. Her ‘wants’ ended up with ‘wantsssss’. I couldn’t even finish the end of the audio sample. .. In college, in the speech class that I dropped out of, I learned that was a common problem among speaking - the sssss sound. The instructor showed us how to not do that. I adjusted my speech to avoid the ssss. I still sometimes find myself falling back to it.
So, better safe than sorry in my opinion.
Bookluver, I agree. We should all appreciate more sunsets. Due to my insomnia, I appreciate sunrises as well. LOL
You really don't want to be getting either of these, they are both utterly miserable; but unless your GP is going to recommend you get both vaccines, and will tell you what order to do it in, I'd at least get the shingles one.
Any suggestion that you might check your immunity? I don't know if you can, or how, but I'd have thought it worth doing.
Daughter 2 was four months old when chickenpox visited our household, and exclusively breastfed (sorry if TMI). She got a total of nine poxes, not very long lasting, and it would have been quite easy to miss them altogether; whereas Son was wretched for days and Daughter 1 got cellulitis on top and gave us some serious heart-stopping moments.
BUT Daughter 2 then got shingles *aged 5* - we had paediatricians and infectious disease specialists poking their heads into the consulting room just to gawp at her - and has a mildly peculiar immune system in other ways too.
It's a really mean and horrible virus family. Be as fussy and demanding as you like, and whatever the doctors decide in the end make sure they've thought it all through properly.
Sis invited us to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. The chicken cashew was such a disappointment. It was darker color than it should have been. And very salty. Good thing I also ordered beef brocoli.
Anyway, on the way home around 6:45pm, we were driving down the side of the high hill (or small cliffside). I looked out towards the ocean and gasped. I said, "Look! The moon is so beautiful! It's so big and round! And it's orange!" I said that we should take a photo of it. {hint, hint} Hint was not taken.
As we continued driving down the cliffside, I said, "That is awfully big for a moon. I've never seen a moon that big. Maybe it's the sun????" Sis and hubby couldn't tell if it's the moon or the sun... Hubby said maybe it's the sun because it's setting on the opposite side of the sunrise. Wow... I didn't know we can stare right at the sun while it's setting. I mean, my eyes weren't hurting from looking at it directly. It was Orange!!! I mean the whole circle was orange. No other color in it... It's too bad sis and her hubby are not into natural beauty. I'm going to write a reminder note to myself to try to leave tomorrow around 6:30pm and find a beach where I can take a photo of the sun setting. FYI, someone on FB videotaped the sun setting behind the ocean line. The sky was purple, red and orange! Beautiful!
"Once exposed, the virus can lay dormant for years. Most adults with the dormant virus never experience an outbreak of shingles or any further problems."
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154912.php
I guess it's possible you have been exposed to the virus without actually breaking out in chicken pox? I imagine that's what your doctor is thinking, anyway. Is it possible to have NOT been exposed? Like, did you have a really isolated childhood? Otherwise, you could've been exposed a hundred times at school and just not had the actual pox.
I've been thinking about getting the vax, but I'm not quite 50 yet....
Edit: I just read that chicken pox is way more serious in adults - adults are more susceptible to complications like pneumonia, joint inflammation, and encephalitis, among other things. Maybe you should get the chicken pox vax!
https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/chickenpox-varicella-vaccine-guidelines-for-adults#1
Dr suggested it today
I told him I had never had chicken pox as a child - he found that odd and asked if I was sure
Yes I'm sure
He said I should get it anyway
Well, this sounds crazy, but my mind has been clearer and I am quicker on the recall than I have been in years. Hey I liked this :) I will be seeing my primary doctor next week for a routine check up and will ask her about this.
Yet I just checked on the internet and found medical reports that antibiotics can cause mental confusion. And here I had just the opposite. Oh well, I have always had some opposite reaction to meds, like pills to calm me down would make me nervous. Go figure.
Yaba daba do
word of mouth, not an agency.
in my field of medical assistant.
but look at me now, i cannot even capitalize properly at my age.
but once you get out into your neighborhood for a day or two,
you might find everyone else is having the same struggle, or worse.
promising myself to hide out at home more, it is a crazy world out there!