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Okay, now I feel bad for being grumpy about clouds and inky getting to 63° today.
I think we are going to have a fine, lovely day.

Stay warm and safe. -5 brrrrrrr!!
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EB: How is your mother doing as she had Covid the last you wrote? And yourself? Praying you are both better.💚
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Just dashed out to purchase a newspaper. Quite cold at 18°, but real feel is colder than actual temperature.
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Temperature got up to 4 F. this afternoon. Forecast to be -5 F. overnight and snow tomorrow. Winter seems to be settling in for awhile.
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Llama,
Sending you a private message....you asked about EB.
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Send: Thank you. I'll locate it.
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Anyone else have Meat Loaf songs running through their heads the past couple of days..? Just me..? It's been fun to revisit many of his most popular hits. I somehow forgot he was in Rocky Horror though I know the song (and most from RHPS) by heart.

It's been a fun distraction to revisit those belter tunes and sing along.
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Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday in 1947 (the same year as me). I haven't had the pleasure of hearing his songs, but I've a friend who posts 4 daily songs on social media. I'm sure he may be including Meat Loaf's songs.
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what's for dinner....Meatloaf!!! (rocky horror picture show)

I saw the movie at the drive in with a carload of girlfriends back in the day, one of whom had seen it before and coached us in what she knew of of the required audience participation.
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Down to -7 F overnight. three more inches of snow. Good day to be in the NH nice and warm. My granddaughter brought me a sugar free, fat free blueberry muffin. Good treat for me.
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Surgery must have been a cake walk this morning. Great to see you posting already this morning and it was only about 7:30 am following a procedure with prep to begin at 4:30 am.
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Surgery was started at 4:15 am - took 1.5 hours. Because of Covid they take you back to your room. No recovery room. It went okay. Couldn't fix everything. I'll have another surgery in a week or so. Have to stay in hospital until then. I wanted to go back to NH but no go on that. I got a 4" rod in my leg and a plate and screws in the top of my foot. Going to do the ankle part in the next surgery. He said he doesn't expect me to be up on my leg for at least 5 months maybe longer or not at all. Not the news I wanted but could have been worse.
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Becky, I'm sorry the news isn't better, but as always, you choose to have a great attitude about adversity.

It's so wonderful to know someonne like you.

Heal quickly.
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Barb, Thank you. My grandma always told me I was having a good day if I was still above ground. She lived to be 98 and always had a good attitude.
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The difference between a vaccinated person and a double vax and boosted person getting covid. This is not stats but my experience; however, I think there is a lesson.

I had the house appraised the other day and the appraiser was a nice middle aged lady. She didn't look well - had dark circles under her eyes and dropped her camera twice and her clip board once. I asked if she was not feeling well and she replied that she had covid last year after only one vax and hasn't felt right since. Her muscles still ache.

My sil had two vax and a booster and got covid just over a week ago. He felt and looked bad one day and within 3 days was recovered. Dd has the sniffles one day - who knows if that was covid or not.

I feel badly for the appraiser lady. She may have had the delta variant and sil may have had omicron so that could account for the difference, as well as the state of vaccination. I am so glad I and my family are vaccinated. Dd's cancer treatment has had to be pushed back because of exposure to sil's infection.

Poor 16 year old dgs had a meltdown the other day - his dad had covid (at that time) and his mum has cancer. I think he was pretty scared. Fortunately dgd was a support for him and dad got better soon.
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Today marks 8 years since my mother passed away from an ischemic stroke while I was living with her. Tonight I am taking care of Nancy, my given name.💙
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Becky: So sorry that the surgeon couldn't repair all while you were under anesthesia. I do hope that you can be mobile once again. Barb is correct; your positive attitude is truly admirable. Hugs and love.💛
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Nancy, it’s high time that you are taking care of yourself. You are worth it.
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PB: Thank you. I usually put myself last, similar to what my late mother would do.❤
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Becky, you had a nerve block instead of general anesthesia? It took me a few posts to pick up on that. I didn't know how common that was but it's reported to have much better healing times and post-surgery symptoms for all kinds of surgeries

I had a septoplasty a few years ago. The doctor told me later, when I was asking about something, that I didn't have general anesthesia and I was awake the whole time... but I don't remember a thing. I've never bothered to investigate how that could happen.

Being "out" during anything more than minor surgery is a blessing imo. This was accomplished in my surgery without me being aware of anything during or after for quite a while, but it wasn't general anesthesia.

Anyone know more about this? Just curious and Google doesn't have a quick answer.

Seems like an option for elders -- no general anesthesia but also no increased anxiety during surgery -- that could be very helpful since there are unique side effects and risks for elders. My father never regained his ability to urinate after general anesthesia was used during his cancer reconstruction surgery. It took years and two additional surgeries to correct that problem, and there was sepsis and other complications from the catheter in the meantime.
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Ali: I did not pick up on the nerve block possibly used in lieu of anesthesia. My DD had a crush injury of her foot several years ago. She used a pain management doctor for a nerve block a few separate times AFTER surgery as an alternative to pain medication. She's lucky to have kept her foot, btw. The bucket to her husband's bobcat machine slipped, landing on her foot. How scary for your father, having to have additional surgery. Last year, when I had each separate cataract surgery, I had, I believe, twilight anesthesia so that my opthamologist could work on each OPEN eye.
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Ali, Llama, I had general anesthesia. Used a nerve block at the end of surgery to try to avoid some of the post op pain. I had a second nerve block last evening but it's run out and I'm waiting on a pain pill. They won't do another nerve block now. Just trying to make do with fewer opioids and those side effects. No one here to do block until 8:00.
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My aunt (87) in West Virginia tested positive for Covid. She had had both jabs and booster, worn masks etc. Very mild case and she's in good general health. She's the first person I know who has gotten the virus. Exposed by family visiting from Florida who had the virus but were unaware. A young man (29) from my hometown in WV died from Covid yesterday. He had an 18-month old son and wife. So sad for the family.
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Ali - as far as I understand for major surgery the nerve block is coupled with sedation so to the patient it feels the same as general anesthesia but it's not? I had some type of epidural/nerve block when I had my hysterectomy that was left in place following the surgery, I opted for that because the anesthesiologist said it would cut down on or eliminate the need for opioids.
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CW My surgeon explained the nerve block much like your doctor. I'll have a pain doctor consult after the next surgery.
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My explanation is mostly from my compulsion to seek information after the fact. I was being prepped for surgery when someone realized nobody had been sent to explain the options for anesthesia to me so what I got was very brief, and to be honest my mind wasn't exactly on what was said - so you recommend option A? Okay I'll go with that one.
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I see, Becky. I thought you must've had some alternative to general because you recovered so quickly. When I had a general, I felt out of it that entire day and most of the next.

You guys are brave to opt for no opioids. If I don't need them then I don't ask for them but one time I couldn't sleep at all because I was so uncomfortable. I called in for something and was Rx'd hydrocodone and took it for a week. It helped to get through the worst of the discomfort and help me rest. I think it was very worth it and I went into it knowing I would want to discontinue them quickly. Is there another reason to avoid opiods that I'm not aware of? My dad didn't need his Rx'd opioids after his surgeries. I was surprised.

I've gotten very sick on some pain medication, though. During my 40th birthday getaway, my girlfriend gave me a dilaudid when I couldn't sleep. We were in Mexico and she had gotten them locally to help her terrible teeth pain after having her braces adjusted and she didn't have wax to keep from rubbing her mouth raw. I had a terrible reaction and threw up several times that night and the next day. It was the most miserable flight I've ever been on the next day coming back.
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I'm not somebody who would rather grit my teeth and endure and I'm not afraid of addiction from opioids, after dealing with my mother's bowel dysfunctions I didn't want to take anything that might cause problems in that department 😉. And I was completely numb for the first couple of days so I didn't experience any pain. The worst was the post operative nausea that showed up on day 2...
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I looked for the most recent AC site issues thread but didn't see it. I have a question about site changes.

My News Feed used to display recent activity across the site to the right of my NF. Now it just lists the NF and no recent activity. Anyone else? Tried changing some AC settings but it's still gone and I feel like I could be missing something to fix it. Did it change? I also changed some privacy settings recently on my laptop and have some new ad blockers. Wondering if that could be affecting my display. Thank you.
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I still have the recent activity beside my news feed comments on my desktop PC.

And I'm happy the lag between pages has gotten better, it was getting really annoying.
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