Gin

Brings back memories. Not good ones.

Kay, I have a lot of hand/thumb pain and saw an ortho guy. He gave me a cortisone shot in my hand and it did not help much. He told me to try Glucossmine and Chondroitin with MSM. I have been taking it for a few months. It has helped to some extent. Pain still there, but not debilitating. Might be worth a try. Gin

Thanks for the info.

So sorry to hear of your fall. Keep up posted! Gin

Kay, unfortunately my daughter is not with me. It just records the ECG FOR 24 hours. Someone reads it and reports to doc. Sounds so simple but there was a lot of walking from registration to cardiology. Maybe I am done with it now. Gin

Gwen...only have to wear it for 24 hours. Irregular heart beat. I would think my pacemaker would take care of that. Gin

Thanks. Got a heart monitor on and my daughter is home. On to the next adventure.

My dear husband Al has bee gone for 5 years. Some ways it seems like yesterday. Other times It seems like forever since I saw him. We were only married 15 years. The best years of my life. I miss him so very much and hate facing so much alone. Have to get a heart monitor put on this week. Doctor wrote an order. He does not realize all the anxiety it produces. Where do I get it? Where do I park? Will they put it on for me? I think I have it figured out. And my brother is now in a nursing home with his dementia. And my daughter is having hand and elbow surgery tomorrow. I need Al with me now.

My brother has dementia and is now in the hospital. He lost his wife a few months back and really deteriorated since. His daughters thought he would be going to a memory care place but I don’t think so. They have him restrained almost all the time. Now he has a UTI and they put him on an IV and a catheter. He keeps trying to pull them out. Life gets hard at times. Gin

Kay, glad to hear you are OK. We were all concerned about you! Gin

Happy Birthday Marg. Gin

These anniversaries are so very hard. We had our rituals for special days, also. Wish we all could have them back. Gin

Kay, I have arthritis in both hands and thumbs. I can’t imagine not being able to use my hands at all. Praying for a good outcome for you. Storms took out my power for many hours yesterday. Gin

Ok by me.

Marg, you are still a baby...81 here.

Decided to get a haircut today. All went well until Intried to leave. Tripped on a wire on the floor. Went down on both knees. Two ladies helped me up. Felt so stupid that I could not get up. Got home and iced everything. Two very sore knees and a sore arthritic foot. Able to hobble around with a walker. I assume it will be worse tomorrow. I guess I am in for quite awhile. My daughter did not want me to go, but I did! Gin

Another birthday (81) without my Al. Saw one daughter over the weekend. The other one is working overtime at the hospital. Maybe in another week or so. My son called, but his phone was hard to understand. Things sure are different. My friend came over and sat in the yard with me today. Never thought I could last this long without him. But here I am still missing him terribly. Gin

I so miss the physical closeness, also. Especially painful when I see a sexual scene on tv. Gin

I feel the same. Al has been gone for 4 1/2 yrs. Not much point in getting up. No where to go and no one coming over. This isolation is crushing. Gin

My daughter had 3 cats. She took in a stray a few years ago and nursed her back to fairly good health. The cat (Gracie) was very old and had lots of issues. Finally, she could barely get out of litter box. Walking very hard. She called for a vet to come to her apt. and euthanize Gracie there. The vet was very kind and gentle. They put Gracie on my daughters bed (where Gracie always slept.). Still very sad, but the cat was not traumatized. Hard to do it, no matter how it is done. Gin

My daughter and SIL came over today for a short visit.my niece and brother came, also. We sat in the yard far apart. My brother is sinking further into dementia. He seemed pretty good today and was happy to see us. When they left, I came in and cried. I will probably never see my brother again. They are taking him to Florida in another week. And it will be many weeks to see my daughter. More and more losses. It’s hard to keep fighting! Gin

They are opening up Chicago slowly. I really worry the numbers will spike and they will have to close it again. I need to go to the foot doc, cardiologist and lawyer. Eventually. Gin

Kay, it flew away with mine! Gin

Stay safe, Karen. Sure hope it stays FAR away. Gin

Kay, thoughts and prayers are with you today. So hard to deal with. Gin