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There is so much comedy material going on that I am going to pass, get my jammies on.
Goodnight everyone!
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Animal crackers are so good,but I can never tell what animal I'm eating.Only the camel looks like a camel....
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Gershun,
A loft condo is all the rage, hope you both get it.

That is serious what happened to you by the chiropractor, and could be responsible for some troubles you are having today. There are nerve conduction studies that might show what's up. Or, you might have had a pre-existing condition such as a bone spur that was aggravated by the adjustment. Hope that some kind of follow-up was done.

Best wishes for success with all your plans!
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I wouldn't have minded getting pregnant by "The Rock", Dwayne Johnson that is. LOL!
I don't usually like big men but he is so nice too. LOL My apologies to his wife. :)

So, Hubs and I saw a place today that we are putting an offer on. It's a loft style condo right next to a quay. It would need some reno but we are still fairly able bodied. It all makes me sick to my stomach though, the thought of moving after all this time. But onward and upward as they say.

As far as the planks go. Yeah, I think I have to stay at 60 sec. for a while. I was proudly showing my Hubs and he says "Ah, this is easy" Hmph..............Why can't men just say "Wow, you're doing great!" Considering I haven't been well..........:(

Good news Send, on the chiropractor and all that. I went to a chiropractor once. He cracked my neck and I felt numb down my left side for a couple of days. I was so scared. Never went again. But, glad it works for you.

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. My left forearm has been so sore. I can't even pick anything up with it and it keeps me awake too. Then Tuesday I have a phone interview for a job I applied for. Sort of a pre in person interview to see if I even want to work there. I'm not certain that I should even be thinking of jobs right now with everything else going on but I may not get an offer on it anyhow. And we may get outbid on the condo too. So no point counting my chickens yet.

Anywho, that's all my news folks. Hugs to all of you!
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The "Phallic: rock sure didn't work for me Send but I tried all kinds of things.I used to want to have a baby SO bad-and now,I'm glad we didn't.
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Luckylu,
Who wants to get pregnant by a rock anyway, right?
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On Molokai,Hi.,there is a huge penis shaped rock.It is believed that if you climb it and rub the tip and pray for a baby,you will get pregnant so Mom and I climbed to the top and rubbed and prayed but it didn't work & neither did standing on my head....
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They didn't run fast enough when the tsunami's hit Hilo in '46 and '60 and they were warned cwillie-
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And now they are running for cover.
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I like to check a local web cam at the lake west of here to see the weather coming my way and also to see what is going on at the beach. I just checked and see a massive shelf cloud just off shore, clicked over to environment canada and sure enough there are storm warnings. I just don't get what is wrong with all the people who are swimming and hanging around the beach, you would have to be blind not to see bad weather coming. At the very least they will get wet, at worst....? SMH.
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MsMadge, have you ever "cracked" your knuckles?
It sounds like that, but nothing breaks, it adjusts the joints.
The chiro adjusted my neck-gently, to coordinate with my breathing; both hips, down my spine (crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch) ahhh, relief.....!

Just the Physical Therapy menu sounds like this: By a board certified orthopedic physical therapy specialist, a licensed DPT, OCS.
Personalized treatment plans to Reduce Pain & Dysfunction, Improve Muscle Flexibility & Strength, Increase Balance & Coordination, Improve Postural and Muscle Imbalances, Eliminate Muscle Spasms, Shortened recovery times.
One does not need to see the chiropractor.
I am sharing this because everyone should be able to find expert health care without surgery- or surgery as a last resort. imo.
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Send
That's great news - did he crack anything? I'm so afraid of that

all time favorite inanimate name was my 1979 Doris Datsun
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Wow Gersun,
I'm impressed - you ever get cramps in your toes while doing it?

I saw an elite athlete be challenged to hold a plank on a fence post which looked more like a superman pose

I definitely need new glasses and to work on my balance -

20 years ago I hurt my foot running - and I think it makes my opposite hip hurt from trying to compensate for it - sitting at a desk for 10-12 hours a day doesn't help
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Gershun,
Well, that explains a whole lot, your feeling out of sorts. So happy you have the correct lens now, what a relief! Vision is an entire important feature of overall health! Let us know all the new and happy changes you notice in your outlook!

Not sure what boarding is: Are you lifting boards? Being water boarded? Doing an exercise that flattens your stomach tight as a board? Walking the plank? Building a wooden boat?

The personification of inanimate objects interests me.  After naming our walkers, shower stools, and B/P cuff's  (Mighty Tighty-thanks for that Luckylu, lol);  I was wondering if the shower stool has a name for us in return: "Oh no, here comes blubber butt, is she gonna sit on my face again?"
"Ow, ow, owie, that hurts, and the water is too too hot!"
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Yes, the chiro did pull my leg, both of them! Then he phoned to see if I was ok, left a message to re-instruct new patient to use ice, 20 min. 2-3 times daily, drink water, see him on Monday.

They give vitamin injections, taking an actual blood test to determine deficiencies; Physical Therapist, Neurologist, Acupuncturist, Non-surgical spinal decompression; Pain Management techniques without pain meds, tens unit, massage, and my favorite brand of nutritional supplements. This, and more! They smiled: "Yes, I am a wall walker".
They treated me well without being condescending.
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gershun - that sounds like a BIG increase, No harm in staying where you are at for a bit until you are ready.
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Madge, I plank on the floor. So far, the challenge was going smoothly, adding increments of 5 to 10 seconds every day. But today, it said to go from 6o to 90. Ye Gads! I ended psyching myself out. I know I could have done it but that little voice in my head that says "I think I can, I think I can, was saying, you kidding, no way!" I had a talk with it and tomorrow is a new day. LOL
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Do you plank on the floor or the back of the couch ?
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Send,
Fabulous news on the chiro - just curious if he pulled your leg ?
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Veronica,
Name your walker Jughead, Archie, Betty, Moose, or Reggie, friends of Veronica.

Now it was suggested I name my shower stool.  Much rather have it remain an inanimate object, rather shower alone, I will be in the buff, ya know?
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veronica - that stool sounds like just the thing!

ff - it is a choice. I have ongoing CFS/FM which makes exercising harder. But I figure out how to do some and build on that. Even a little helps a lot.

madge - It's all those inflammatory pies you eat!!! So sweet of your mother

cw - not quite 80 yet - another month. ;)

send - so glad the chiro is good for you

gershun - 60 secs is awesome for a plank. Well done!!! Glad you got good new glasses

lu - they come out in June here. Awful things!
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I wonder why June bugs come out in July and why they aren't called July Bugs......
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Golden, speaking of doing planks, Wow!............now there's a workout. I found some exercise challenge on Pinterest and there is this 27- day plank challenge. You start out holding a plank for 20 sec. and build on it every day. I am up to 60 sec. It definitely works your core but you are right, it is excellent for over all body strength and conditioning. Even though I have been sick with mono I still try to do my plank exercise every day. I know 60 secs. doesn't sound like a lot but just try it and you'll see.

Send, so glad you found a good chiropractor! Way to go and poo on your husband for not asking you how you are doing.

I found a new optometrist yesterday and he told me my prescription I had was over correcting. My eyes have gotten better with age. He gave me some sample pairs of monovision contacts. They are for people who are near sighted and can't see close up when they are wearing their lens. They are good for people who can't tolerate bifocal contacts. I walked out of the store wearing them and it felt like a whole new world. I was looking for a new book to read and I didn't have to take my reading glasses out to read the back cover.What a treat that was!
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Glad you found a great chiropractor. Hope you are feeling better. Have a good weekend everyone!
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Saw a really great chiropractor today, on a Saturday, after calling for a new patient appointment only yesterday! He is really excellent, and I am sooo encouraged, maybe I will not need a walker after all. Maybe I will get one anyway, if we get to name them, maybe I won't feel so lonely! Hubs never asked how my appointment went or how I am feeling.
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HaHa, FF, you are being outpaced by an octogenarian. It must be the viking blood, I was pleased with myself when after years of trying I could press 60 lbs and her dd could probably do more with one hand!
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golden23, wish I could do squats but at 70 my body isn't the same one I had at 65. Someone had switched it out !! It's like a light switch went on, all the weight shifted to the front of my body, for the first time in my life now I can see how I would look if I was pregnant :P

And here I was a gym rat for decades. Lifting weights was what I liked best. Good grief, to look at me now one would think I never even walked past a gym.

The extra 25 lbs was from stress of caregiving for me, because it wasn't from eating. It wasn't that long ago, ok maybe it was 6 years ago, my sig other and I hiked 22 miles in one weekend. Now trying to tie one's shoe is a major doing !!
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I'm so stiff when I get out of my chair at work that it's embarrassing

The other night at HOCA I bent over and half jokingly told mom I couldn't get up and to come help me - poor thing stretched out her arms and scooted in her wheelchair and said but I can't get up
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Veronica,
Name her Rhonda - that way you can sing, help me Rhonda
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Golden I have one of those gardening stools that you can use either way up. With the seat up you can sit and bend over (don't recommend doing that on a slope). The other way with the seat part down you kneel on the underside of the seat and have the legs which are U shaped to pull your self up. I am going to try indoors before I venture near any weeds. I just can't take the 8 ft thistles any longer.

Send get one of the reachers then you don't have to bend to pick something up.

My walker is my new best friend, I try not to go anywhere without her. Now what shall I name her?


Hubby is anxious to know when I can manage without a walker so I told him probably never. It provides so much confidence. I shoould have told him if he stopped leaving death traps all over the floor there might be a better chance.
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