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It seems like every day I'm bumping into articles about foraging for mushrooms, is this some kind of TikTok trend or what's driving it? In my life the one main thing I've learned about eating wild mushrooms is DON'T, because most people can't tell the difference between food and poison.
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I hate Sundays!
Today, I drove my son to a meeting with his ex football team.
I received a call from some unknown relatives who wanted to greet my mom... I said I would call them back as soon as I was back home.
This man told me it was to ask her to look for a flat for his son and girlfriend in the nearby university (30km from our house).
I wondered who gave him my mobile phone number. It turned out it was a cousin who he lied to saying he wanted to know how my mom was.
The craziest thing: he already has a son living in the same town! Working in the city hall!
I arrived home... Found my mom bleeding as she tried to get out of bed through the rails. She didn't say what she had done. I found it myself as I saw blood on the rails and on the floor but not at her feet height.
Thank God I go back to work tomorrow. I love Mondays! I must be a white fly!
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Oh no Anche, that's why bed rails have been banned in North American facilities, they can cause horrific injuries.
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Cwillie how do you prevent them from falling from the bed? Our rails are round, no edges, but her skin is so thin she bleeds easily. Luckily, it was not serous and I can do myself what is needed.
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Anche: So sorry that your mother tried to get out of bed and hurt herself. I pray that she heals well. You're right about the thin skin of an elder - mine is.
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Polar: Thanks for that information.
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Polar Bear, Good information. Thanks.
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Funny you all cite Sweden when similar choices have been made right next door

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-recommends-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-over-moderna-for-people-18-to-24-effective-immediately-1.5605370
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It is the same in this country. The difference is that the media reports that Pfizer is approved for the youngers. Nothing about Moderna not being safe.
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Saw neurologist today about my presyncope. He rx'd an M.R.I. Hope to finally get resolution.
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Thanks CWillie - Sent the link to a friend who has young adults in family.
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SNOWING! A bit here, but lots in the mountains, roads are awful, too many not ready for this.
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Name calling is not nice.
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I’m in rehab/skilled nursing - NH. The NH unit is on another hallway. I can hear what is being said at large nurses station. Today a lady was sent home to her family. She had been admitted Medicaid pending.

During the mandatory look back they discovered very large cash gifts and real estate transfers. The family had spent all of the money and was unable to pay for care. The NH had given them 60 days to try to find a solution. The sum transferred was said to be $500,000. She was sent to her sons home. Her daughter accompanied her. I hope they take good care of her.
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Oh my goodness! Half a million dollars in assets transferred out to be given/hidden away so that tax payers would have to pick up the tab for her NH care. Nice!

I feel sorry for the elderly lady. Her $$ is gone. Will her children take good care of her after they spent/ squandered her $500,000? I have my doubts.
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Polar, I don’t know them personally, but they seemed to live a very comfortable lifestyle. Lots of boats, cars, travel, etc. I hope they take care of her. She’s in her 90’s.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/first-person-covid-19-senior-care-residence-herron-1.6209015

😖😢😠
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Bridge: I also hope that they take care of the elderly lady. Perhaps the family would be called "cash poor." I've known some people like that.
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Re Transferring 500k... I'm not surprised it was caught by look-back but I think many more situations fly under the radar.

Random insert: I'm waiting for full moon correlation studies to come out. I have never found anything scholarly (haven't looked that hard), but I know what I know.

Happy Hunter's Moon, all. I've been wondering what my problem is tonight, why I can't concentrate for 10 seconds at a time. Like so many times before, someone mentions "full moon" or I look up in the sky, and sure enough. Hard to explain. I can live with being superstitious but it's a heck of a coincidence for me! 😁😱

*(If I did this study, I'd have to control for female cycles, which happens to coincide for me...🤔 I think I just debunked my own theory. Hope this makes someone laugh. I seriously just put it together. Oof.)
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AliBoBali - moon cycles affect a lot of things from ocean tides to animal mating cycles. I don't see why we humans would be impervious to the moon's effect.
Also, you can't debunk your own theory based on just one subject (you). Don't you need a minimum number of subjects for a study. One is certainly not sufficient.
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I haven't been very present on this particular thread but has anyone heard from NeedsHelpWithMom lately? Last I saw they were recovering from a hurricane and some possible other issue?
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I agree with everything you said, Polar.

I was "bouncing off the walls" last night, so unusual for me... since I'm usually feeling tired. I could not concentrate at all to read my school text. It was very strange.

You can do a case study on a single subject or a within-subjects design on a single subject, before-and-after and can repeat (ABAB), on a single case, but depends on what you're studying. A lot of information about the brain/body started from single case studies, such as the study of Phineas Gage. I could act as my own subject and measure different variables... but expect it wouldn't hold much academic weight since lower/single participants mean lower internal and external validity. 🤓

There are different human physiological correlations for full/new moons -- e.g., heart rate and blood pressure. I think moon phases do affect human behavior, even if the bulk of scholarly studies find no correlation with whatever they're looking at. There is a lunar hypothesis, that lunar phases directly affect human behavior, but it's controversial. "Lunatic" is from lunar, and this has been a belief commonly held in human history, as we all know.

I think it's all verrry interesting. lol

I need to stop eating all the Halloween candy because that's a confounding variable for my hyperactivity! 😆

https://www.healthline.com/health/full-moon-effects
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COVID spreading rapidly again here. Laying low, staying in, enjoying my own company. Son is coming this weekend. It will be great to see him!

NHWM has been gone a few months now. Yes there was a hurricane and one of her daughters was ill. Hope all is well with her.
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I’m home from NH. Sitting outside looking at river and enjoying my garden. Husband, housekeeper and sons did a great job keeping things the way I like them. Grand babies are coming this afternoon after naps. Can’t wait to see them.
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Went to Hospital ED on Thursday for COVID-19 test as I was weak AND could not smell a pot of coffee I had made for DH. Was COVID negative and also negative for Flu A and B and Respiratory Syncytial Virus. I have a nose like a bloodhound so that was a red flag for me.
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Bridge: Glad to hear that you are home. Nothing like your own bed, right? I told the nurse at the hospital ED that I just wanted to go home and get in my own bed.
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Llama, so what is the cause for your weakness and loss of smell?
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polar: Weakness = presyncope (waiting on neurologist ordered and accomplished on Friday head M.R.I. results)
Loss of smell = sinus blockage
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As we age, wondering when it is that we can say: "I've forgotten more than you will ever learn." (joke).
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Glad: Yes, code orange for COVID-19 at the hospital. I, too, miss NeedHelpWithMom.
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