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Hey miz! I'm sorry that you aren't feeling well! I hope that you'll be better soon! I'm glad that your husband is there to help you! Enjoy watching the ballgame with your Mom! Which team are you watching? We're watching the Braves. That's why I'm back on the computer! LOL I know that you know this, but drink plenty of fluids. "The best SOLUTION for the POLUTION is DILUTION!" A doctor told me that a long time ago.
tennessee, is it Tennessee orange?? Now, that would be a hoot! LOL
Hope eveyone else is having a easy going weekend! Glad that we're still here for each other! We gotta be...No one else is! thinkofhteboat...
Hi Tenn! I like the idea of orange hair! When I was young I watched "Harry meet Sally" and I liked very much Meg Ryan's hair. So I decided to become blonde. I went to the coiffeur. But, as i have brown hair (not too dark, but not too light either), the blond did not stick on me and I had a strange colour which might be defined "orange", too. I tried and tried and tried, there was nothing to do, so I decided to be brown again! Occasionally I had black hair (which was simpler to obtain), I had henné hair... I tried everything! I'm Soooo tired! I have a big problem of tiredness. I am so tired that when I get up I have vertigos. When I sit on a chair I glue to that chair and I can't get up anymore. I have to bid every single fiber and cell of my body to "STAND UP!" I fell asleep everywhere. What can I do? Do you have suggestions? I already drink 6 coffees a day (it's like drinking camomile) I shall go to the doctor and ask him if he has some legal drug that I can take to feel better! I know I should take a rest, but I can't. I have to work a lot, and next week I will be completely alone with my mother as my two helpers will be both on vacation. They will come back on September 6th, but next week will be very hard! I am so tired that tonight.... Cocaine, my youngest cat, who is named Cocaine because she is so active that it seems she has sniffed, uses to poop at home. She goes into the garden, she plays, she stays one hour in the garden, then she comes home and poops home. I tried to explain to her that she should make it while she is in the garden... Well, many of you have cats, you know what I mean. Cocaine poops under a kitchen's cabinet; it's her restroom. Lilli, the dog who belongs to Daniela, one of my helpers, is here for summer. Lilli is the dog who pisses on the couch, I do not know if you read another post of mine. Well, Lilli always tries to eat Cocaine's poop. I know it is disgusting, but you are women with a strong stomach. Lilli plunges under the cabinet and tries to eat Cocaine's poop, and I always drag her by her paws and say: "No, Lilli!". Well, this afternoon I said: "Yes, Lilli, go, so I will not have to clean the poop!" It is true. Disgusting but true. Have you any suggestion against extreme tiredness?
Georgia,I'm not into sports,but yes, it is leaning towards that hideous orange color.Maybe I will lie to people and tell them I am a Volunteer fan-then I will be cool.Good idea.
Rossella,Are you iron deficiant-lack of iron and B vitimans can make you tired.Drank a bottle of wine in your honor-small bottle Rosa Regale sparkling desert wine- good with chocolate-have you heard of it.
Rossella, I used to have a 6lb poodle that would eat the poop of our neighbor's 100lb German Sheppard! Now that is GROSS! She would have poop all around her muzzle and we would have to clean her off. YUCK!!! The best thing for tiredness is rest, but we all know that's not going to happen. How's your appetite? Getting the right nutrition? You should have a blood test, too. You may be anemic. I was for years. My body would not absorb iron from the foods I ate and I had chronic fatigue for years. Once I started taking 2 iron pills a day, I perked right up.Sorry you are so tired. Wish we could be there to help. Italy, are you kidding? I would be there tomorrow if I could!! Georgia, Like the SOLUTION for the POLLUTION! Doctor was a comedian. Tennessee, I'm told the hair color will tone down after a few washes. That's why I just let the grays come! Afraid of the color I might end up with if I ever dyed my hair. Besides, I earned every one! Everyone have an easy weekend if possible. Kathy
Deefer ,thats what the girl told me it tones down fast,she said I am getting grey hair-I know who gave me those! Right now its a sight to behold.My dogs like cow poop and then they try to kiss you.
TKS Deefer and Tenn. I think I eat enough and well, and I am used not to eat meat. So I think I will try with the iron and the vitamins. Maybe I just need an extra help!
Hello??? It's Rip again ... Miz ~ I to ohave felt like I am ill the past few days. Physically. My mouth seems to be filled with cobwebs, no appetite, completely exhausted ... Aching body ... oh... Poor Me Syndrome attacking?
I hear there is a flu bug going around. Since I don't subscribe to Flu Bugs International, I rarely know whats out & attacking. My neighbors with kids all acknowledge the symtoms & deal with the illnesses. Those poor kids who go to school & pick up many new bugs, their parents on the couch for days along with sick kids..
My immune system is usually OK these days. I remember chicken pox & measles. I suffered many spring vacations with bronchitis! Stuck home alone on the couch under blankets when I should have been running, biking & playing. I was best at that!
I hope everyone feel better soon .... at least enough to post. I haven't felt up to doing much of anything, especially thinking, the past few days. Dad AKA Sir says Thank YOU all for his birthday wishes!
Dinner didn't work so well ... like many of you experienced, he had the squirts that night too.] Long night on the throne & in the shower. Freshly laundered sheets for his bed. Y'all know the drill. He probably would be ashamed that I shared it with you , but on the other hand ... he knows how close I feel to everyone here.
Tennessee ... how about your daughter starting her own thread? TJ - Tennessee Junior, or something. Did anyone see the post from the 12 years old grand daughter trying to get her Grandmother to drink?' What a kid!
Time to grdually see what works for Dad's digestive system this evening ... another long process ... he is a grateful participant!
Cheers ~ Rip
SH*T!!! I even need spell check with every word! Not my style!
Rosella,iron kicks in fast if that is the problem-I don't eat alot of meat myself,so I have to take iron or I'm wiped out.O.K. daughter told me I'm ready for Halloween-then she explained its a compliment.
Iron will be! Do I have to use demineralized water? Do I have to press the "steam" button? Do I have to lay on the ironing board? That was a very bad pun!
For crying out loud! Dogs champing away in the litter box is universal? My dopey dogs are unusal? Cripes!!!! What don't we know about their instinctive dietary needs?
One vet suggested adding Brewers Yeast to their diet. I don't know .. she also suggested it repells fleas ...
Something is supposed to be a common nutritional need, like when they are outside grazing on grass.' But they find it in cat crap??? I don't get it. Guess we need to do some research to cure our puppies with kitty litter breath. I also don't dine on meat but iron supplements, or any other minerals, don't agree with my system,. I felt like a metal robot the two weeks I added 'supplements'. The flavor in my mouth was awful! I went back to my standard diet of greens, oats & pasta ... with lots of tomatoes ... Ice Cream!!!
RIP-the flu already,its still summer,darn.I hope you feel better soon.Its hard takin care of yourself and someone elese. I told daughter of your suggestion-she laughed-not sure what that means.First time she posted she got accused of being me posing as a ten year old---twisted folks---she took it as a compliment that someone thought she was fifty or were they saying I sounded ten....tooooo funny.LOL
Rossella, Start out slow with the iron. A lot of people get constipated when they take it. It gave me the opposite. By the way, good pun. Tennessee, Got to love daughters. Who else would tell you exactly what they think. Rip, Sorry to hear you are also not feeling well. Could be you have what dad has. I know every time Mom gets the soups, from the flu, I end up with it too. Can't help it when you are elbow deep and breathing those wonderful toxic fumes! Not happy you are sick, but glad that's the reason we haven't heard from you. Hope you both feel better soon. Anybody heard from Bobbie?
Am I the only carnivore among us? Nothing like a rare steak! Although since Weight Watchers, don't eat much beef anymore. Had grilled swordfish tonight. But I do love my veggies and grains, just with meat on the side!
Thanks Deefer ... yeah, been feeling really lousy! Can't understand why. I guess sometimes life & our future becomes overwhelming ...
but I think it's a virus. I can usually kick off the blues ... especialy here ... with my friends who understand isolation & also miss the outside world. Wish i had my energy ...
I read a post of "Little Tennessee" a while ago, where she said that she wanted to go to the hospital to see her ill relatives because she was strong enough to face it. (More or less, I read iy a while ago and I do not remember anymore where it was)- It was a really good post and she is a rocking little lady
Tenn. I do believe you and your daughter could start a new hair trend! Rip, The blues, isolation? What are those? I'm being a smart ass. I felt very lost and lonely, earlier in the week. All the hoopla gave me back some spirit and made me want to make everyone else feel better about themselves. Nothing makes you stop feeling sorry for yourself like trying to lift someone elses spirits!
Darling Deefer ... Its OK! Eat whatever you want! I can't digest it ... you don't want to know the results when I eat it. Ok ... My stomach Knarls with meat inside. Tells me I am not to introduce it to my tender digestives. Nasty screaming enzymes or something. They yell & scream like an Alaka Seltzer ad!
Dad will have Pot Roast tonight. I'll mash some potatoes & add broth ...& that GD brocolli! We will laugh as he eats. I am lucky ...
Rip I am sorry that you feel down. I am afraid that if we don't react immediately, we go down a slippery slope... Which we can't afford. I grab the edge of the ravine every day, because I know that if I fall, I end up with both broken legs.
So true Rossella! We are soo for down, it doesn't take much to put us over the edge. Just have to keep on plugging. Watching Turner Classic Movies. Peter O'Toole day. "Lawrence of Arabia" is on right now. Good movie!
Thank you sister Rossllea... It will pass. Usually I feel confident to be alert to Dad's needs. The last few days I have felt my body is a heavy weight which I need to drag around. He calls for me & I drag to him. His funny humor & silly dragon.
Every movement is an effort. Like his body is. I think I am OK mentally, just exhausted & missing what life used to be & still can be.
Poor Mary Syndrome ... I doubt my lethargy is anything else. Dad is safe. That's all that matters for now. oh... guess not! All the cats & dogs, birds & squirells have good food too! The gathering of the animals, both domestic & wild ....
I have watched "Ghost town", a very sweet movie with Thea Leoni and Ricky Gervais (Englishman, the author of "The Office"), while working and posting in the same time
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APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
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We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
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tennessee, is it Tennessee orange?? Now, that would be a hoot! LOL
Hope eveyone else is having a easy going weekend! Glad that we're still here for each other! We gotta be...No one else is! thinkofhteboat...
I'm Soooo tired! I have a big problem of tiredness. I am so tired that when I get up I have vertigos. When I sit on a chair I glue to that chair and I can't get up anymore. I have to bid every single fiber and cell of my body to "STAND UP!" I fell asleep everywhere. What can I do? Do you have suggestions?
I already drink 6 coffees a day (it's like drinking camomile)
I shall go to the doctor and ask him if he has some legal drug that I can take to feel better!
I know I should take a rest, but I can't. I have to work a lot, and next week I will be completely alone with my mother as my two helpers will be both on vacation. They will come back on September 6th, but next week will be very hard!
I am so tired that tonight.... Cocaine, my youngest cat, who is named Cocaine because she is so active that it seems she has sniffed, uses to poop at home. She goes into the garden, she plays, she stays one hour in the garden, then she comes home and poops home. I tried to explain to her that she should make it while she is in the garden... Well, many of you have cats, you know what I mean. Cocaine poops under a kitchen's cabinet; it's her restroom. Lilli, the dog who belongs to Daniela, one of my helpers, is here for summer. Lilli is the dog who pisses on the couch, I do not know if you read another post of mine. Well, Lilli always tries to eat Cocaine's poop. I know it is disgusting, but you are women with a strong stomach. Lilli plunges under the cabinet and tries to eat Cocaine's poop, and I always drag her by her paws and say: "No, Lilli!". Well, this afternoon I said: "Yes, Lilli, go, so I will not have to clean the poop!"
It is true. Disgusting but true.
Have you any suggestion against extreme tiredness?
Don't know that wine. Is that a rosé? If you like rosés, there is a very good one, Matheus!
The best thing for tiredness is rest, but we all know that's not going to happen. How's your appetite? Getting the right nutrition? You should have a blood test, too. You may be anemic. I was for years. My body would not absorb iron from the foods I ate and I had chronic fatigue for years. Once I started taking 2 iron pills a day, I perked right up.Sorry you are so tired. Wish we could be there to help. Italy, are you kidding? I would be there tomorrow if I could!!
Georgia, Like the SOLUTION for the POLLUTION! Doctor was a comedian.
Tennessee, I'm told the hair color will tone down after a few washes. That's why I just let the grays come! Afraid of the color I might end up with if I ever dyed my hair. Besides, I earned every one!
Everyone have an easy weekend if possible.
Kathy
It's Rip again ...
Miz ~ I to ohave felt like I am ill the past few days. Physically. My mouth seems to be filled with cobwebs, no appetite, completely exhausted ... Aching body ... oh... Poor Me Syndrome attacking?
I hear there is a flu bug going around.
Since I don't subscribe to Flu Bugs International, I rarely know whats out & attacking.
My neighbors with kids all acknowledge the symtoms & deal with the illnesses. Those poor kids who go to school & pick up many new bugs,
their parents on the couch for days along with sick kids..
My immune system is usually OK these days.
I remember chicken pox & measles. I suffered many spring vacations with bronchitis! Stuck home alone on the couch under blankets when I should have been running, biking & playing.
I was best at that!
I hope everyone feel better soon ....
at least enough to post.
I haven't felt up to doing much of anything, especially thinking, the past few days.
Dad AKA Sir says Thank YOU all for his birthday wishes!
Dinner didn't work so well ... like many of you experienced, he had the squirts that night too.]
Long night on the throne & in the shower. Freshly laundered sheets for his bed. Y'all know the drill.
He probably would be ashamed that I shared it with you , but on the other hand ... he knows how close I feel to everyone here.
Tennessee ... how about your daughter starting her own thread? TJ - Tennessee Junior, or something.
Did anyone see the post from the 12 years old grand daughter trying to get her Grandmother to drink?'
What a kid!
Time to grdually see what works for Dad's digestive system this evening ... another long process ... he is a grateful participant!
Cheers ~
Rip
SH*T!!! I even need spell check with every word! Not my style!
That was a very bad pun!
Dogs champing away in the litter box is universal? My dopey dogs are unusal?
Cripes!!!!
What don't we know about their instinctive dietary needs?
One vet suggested adding Brewers Yeast to their diet. I don't know .. she also suggested it repells fleas ...
Something is supposed to be a common nutritional need, like when they are outside grazing on grass.'
But they find it in cat crap??? I don't get it.
Guess we need to do some research to cure our puppies with kitty litter breath.
I also don't dine on meat but iron supplements, or any other minerals, don't agree with my system,. I felt like a metal robot the two weeks I added 'supplements'. The flavor in my mouth was awful!
I went back to my standard diet of greens, oats & pasta ... with lots of tomatoes ...
Ice Cream!!!
Tennessee, Got to love daughters. Who else would tell you exactly what they think.
Rip, Sorry to hear you are also not feeling well. Could be you have what dad has. I know every time Mom gets the soups, from the flu, I end up with it too. Can't help it when you are elbow deep and breathing those wonderful toxic fumes! Not happy you are sick, but glad that's the reason we haven't heard from you. Hope you both feel better soon.
Anybody heard from Bobbie?
yeah, been feeling really lousy! Can't understand why.
I guess sometimes life & our future becomes overwhelming ...
but I think it's a virus.
I can usually kick off the blues ... especialy here ... with my friends who understand isolation & also miss the outside world.
Wish i had my energy ...
Thanks
Rip, The blues, isolation? What are those? I'm being a smart ass. I felt very lost and lonely, earlier in the week. All the hoopla gave me back some spirit and made me want to make everyone else feel better about themselves. Nothing makes you stop feeling sorry for yourself like trying to lift someone elses spirits!
Its OK! Eat whatever you want! I can't digest it ... you don't want to know the results when I eat it.
Ok ... My stomach Knarls with meat inside. Tells me I am not to introduce it to my tender digestives. Nasty screaming enzymes or something. They yell & scream like an Alaka Seltzer ad!
Dad will have Pot Roast tonight. I'll mash some potatoes & add broth ...& that GD brocolli!
We will laugh as he eats. I am lucky ...
Watching Turner Classic Movies. Peter O'Toole day. "Lawrence of Arabia" is on right now. Good movie!
It will pass. Usually I feel confident to be alert to Dad's needs.
The last few days I have felt my body is a heavy weight which I need to drag around.
He calls for me & I drag to him. His funny humor & silly dragon.
Every movement is an effort. Like his body is.
I think I am OK mentally, just exhausted & missing what life used to be & still can be.
Poor Mary Syndrome ... I doubt my lethargy is anything else. Dad is safe. That's all that matters for now.
oh... guess not! All the cats & dogs, birds & squirells have good food too!
The gathering of the animals, both domestic & wild ....
Dad is watching the same movie! What time zone are you in?