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nacy - I think you mean way has a great guy, which she certainly does.

Mine is a great guy too. Like yours R (aged 73) loves shovelling snow. He'd shovel right after work or even after driving up from E'ton (5+ hr drive) he'd shovel the driveway before coming in.

send - I know the fibro pain is a b***h. I take Tylenol daily and dextromethorphan (Robutussin) and other stuff. Turmeric is good too. I've recently increased the Robutussin as a result of an article stressing that the brain inflammation causes the pain, and in turn is caused by the overactive immune cells. I am noticing a positive difference. Hope you feel better soon.

need - glad you are wearing sunscreen and a hat. R has to watch as he is prone to skin cancers. Fortunately i never took to sun bathing as I don't tan well - mostly burn.
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Golden,

From what you have said about R, he is a gem!
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A common problem AA, that shoulders thing, for those of us with mastectomy, both from affect on muscles and on our tendency to not throw our chest out anymore, but pull in hunches in a protective posture. It slowly becomes worse and worse over time.
My recommend is for PT consult because boy did that every help me. The exercises are EASY and can be done in 15 minutes and really helped. I was actually getting muscles in the cervical area, shoulder, underarm, scapula and even some nerve pain all playing together at it's worst. It has improve my posture a lot and at 81, likely due to the luck of the genes, I am acutally the same 5'71/2" I was as a young woman. BUT IT HAS TAKEN WORK. (hee hee).
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Lots of good exercises on YouTube as well, but you want to be careful about doing stuff without being assessed I think at a certain point, AA.
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Me and my mom found out last night that my grandmother has passed away. Things were progressing well with her rehab following the hip procedure and she was still as lively as she had been. According to her nurse at the NH when she called to break the news, there might've been something heart-related that led to her passing. When I get more details, I'll pass them along.

She was 96. She was able to live a long life despite dealing with alzheimer's, dementia, and diabetes during the autumn and winter of her life. It wouldn't surprise me if she goes down as the resident who lived at her NH the longest amount of time. Next month would've marked 13 years since she was admitted.

I lived to see 3 of 4 grandparents and my last remaining grandparent is gone. She was the last surviving relative of mine born during the 20s and when it comes to elders from both sides, I'm now down to a great-uncle from my dad's side of the family. He recently turned 90.

Pray for me and my mom.
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blickbob: Deepest condolences.
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Blickbob, so sorry for your loss.
96 is a long life indeed but a hip # in that age group can fatal.
May she rest in peace.
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blickbob - condolences and prayers for you and your mom. May you both have peace.
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Blick, I am so sorry for your family's loss.

May The Lord give you grieving mercies, strength and comfort during this difficult time.
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Blick,

I’m so sorry for your loss. Wishing you peace as you grieve.
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Blick ,

Sorry for the loss of your grandmother .
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Blickbob
So sorry to hear of your GMs passing.
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We have our daughter’s dog. It’s so hot outside. It’s too hot to take him to the park.

Our weather isn’t suitable for a husky this time of year. He needs some stimulation and exercise.

I think that I will fill up the kiddie pool that my daughter bought for him and let him play in there.

Maybe, I will take him out for a drive to a coffee shop to get a puppucchino. He loves those!
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Nacy,

Sounds like your stepdaughter is getting her life back in order. I wish her well.

I love my daughter’s dog. He is so sweet.

We can easily dehydrate in our heat. I try to drink plenty of water. I keep plenty of water in the dog bowl for our grandpup.
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🙂 “Thousands have lived without love. Not one without water.”
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dear nacy!
okey-dokey...

here's one... (not exactly a very cheerful one)

😊 "Remains to be seen if glass coffins become popular."
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This heat is horrible! Our heat index is over 100 degrees. The humidity is awful. We have been under a heat advisory. And it’s only May! August is brutal here!
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We might get some rain. I hope we do to drop the temperatures down a bit.
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Nacy, you should check into ductless mini-split systems.

Best air-conditioner/heater I have ever used. Not to mention they are super energy efficient.
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Our area was under a tornado watch. The atmosphere provided no rotation, though.
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Llamalover, Praise The Lord!
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If you are in the northeast you probably already have a duct system for your heating so I can't see any advantage of going with a ductless system. Many people here are going with heat pumps as an addition to their furnace system (although they are called heat pumps they are also air conditioners in the summer)
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Geez Need, feeling 100F and it’s not even summer! How does anyone work outdoors?!? I’d wilt very quickly.
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Ana.

It is stifling, zaps my energy. It’s very difficult to be outside when it is so hot. It doesn’t cool down at night either. The sun goes down but the humidity doesn’t.
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ITRR and Nacy: Thank you.
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llama - have you lost more weight? I seem to remember that you weighed more that 115 lb last year

need - summers in Ontario when I was a child were very hot and humid, but it never hit 100. It didn't cool down at night either. No one had AC in those days.

nacy - I remember one summer like that in Fort Mc about 15 years ago They were digging up the sewers in front of the house then started digging them up behind the house. The noise bothered me more than anything else. It was awful. You couldn't get away from it.
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Golden,

Our kids don’t know how good they have had it.

When I was younger, no air conditioning in schools or church. I remember seeing people pass out in church. Those paper fans didn’t cool us off too much!

I don’t know how the nuns at my school didn’t pass out while teaching us. They wore those full habits back then.

We didn’t have air conditioning in our house until I was a teenager.
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Oh I had forgotten about the paper fans, we had specially made ones with bible scenes! And when I was very young all the ladies wore gloves and hats to church too, and I can't remember any man ever taking off his suit coat. Today the elders serve communion wearing shorts lol.
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cw,

That’s right!

Our church had fans in the back of church for people to pick up before the service started.

Everyone dressed up. We wore our Sunday best!

Hats, gloves, of course, stockings for ladies to wear with their dresses. Bare legs wouldn’t have been acceptable. Men wore suits, always with a tie.
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cw,

You are correct about the dress being more casual these days in church, everywhere else too.

People dressed up in our parents’ day, and not just for church. We dressed up as kids.

On special occasions, during the holidays or attending a wedding and so on, we always wore a fancy new dress. New purse and shoes too!

I remember my parents dressing up to visit friends, shopping, going out to a restaurant, a movie, etc.

Clothing has gone up in price so much. Nowadays, casual blouses can cost as much as $100 and up.
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