Wednesday Morning- Mom delivered back to her home

Hello Ladies

I haven't posted here in ages.  I do lurk.  I like the idea of the New Year goals.  I like having accountability.  How will it work?  Will there be a separate thread like we used to do for "What are you eating" ?  I will post my goals tomorrow. 

Hi Linda!  Long time no see!  Don't be a stranger.  Are you still living near Houston?

yes I am. Always busy but a lot of the time it's good busy. Still traveling and still singing. 

Heartbreaking to read about when parents get older.

It has to be a difficult situation to deal with and I have all the respect in the world for you.

I bow to you and Vicki and any others here who are taking care of elderly parents.

Since my parents were in their late thirties when they started having children back in the day.......which was unheard of then, my dad passed at 74 when I was 33 and mom passed at 83 when I was 46. Mom had a stroke and refused to live with her kids and lived in a nursing home till she passed. Her choice, not ours.

Hi all,

Just wanted to pop in to say hi.

Connie, you should move closer to your loved ones as Vicki suggested. Life is just too short to keep putting things off.

I have had this bug for the last week. (how exciting, right?) I have a wicked headache sore throat and dry cough. Am finally gonna go to the dr.

Getting doctor things out of the way. Finally having mammogram after putting it off for 2 years.

As I stated, I am going to look for part time work, I live in a small town here in Port St.Lucie. If I can't find work, I will volunteer. I need to get out and away. Not ready for the rocking chair yet.

All my love to all of you.

Have a great day.

Arlene

Hi Ladies,

My friend and I  went got haircuts this afternoon. I had a coupon for 6.99. Then we stopped at the library and the pharmacy. Got home my friend came over and said we got to go to the cable company and get a new box. Then tonight I will go to Bible study.  I finished off the cookies today so now I'll get back on plan with my eating  so I can get to my goal weight which I will changed since I'm almost to the goal I set. I won't make up my mind until I see the weight loss Dr in february.

Everyone have a good day. Thoughts and prayers for everyone.

Love and hugs,

Yvonne

Hi Cindi and my OFF family:

Glad you got your mom home. Vickie, glad you found the smart key.Hope you can get it working.

I had a whole post I wanted to write, but I think it will be much shorter ... I feel a nap coming on. 

I had a busy day yesterday and thought today would be not so busy ... but it was busier than I wanted it to be. I had an appointment with my new therapist; like her a lot. Then I had to run over to my PCP to pick up my vicodin script, then over to Walgreens to get it filled. Well, Walgreens said it would be 15 minutes .... that turned into a half hour because they forgot about me. Grrr.... I've asked to be changed to a pharmacy closer to home.

And on that, I'm closing. I'm started to doze off. Have a good day.

Good evening ladies.....

I am so frustrated with myself.  Went out today to run some errands...brought my ancient Radio Shak computer to a computer place to see if they can pull off all the pictures I have on it; the computer has been sitting in a corner for about four years because it kept shutting down and I couldn't seem to get it fixed, so I replaced it with a notebook computer.  Also went to post office to mail off a package; I had ordered a wig, but the style and comfort didn't work right for me, and I just learned there's a store locally where I can buy one. The frustrating thing is when I got home, there was a message on my answering machine that I missed a p/t appointment this morning.  Honestly, it never entered my mind.

I'm getting concerned about my memory - have been having too many episodes.  I know it's normal - to an extent.  But I can't tell you how many times I've locked myself out of my house and car in the past six months. And now I feel like I'm forgetting more things.  I put all my appointments on my calendar - but what good does it do if I don't look at it?  And I can't tell you how many times a day I go up and down the hall looking for my cup of tea or my phone or my glasses because I put them down for a sec and then forgot them.  I need one of those "CLapper" locators on everything!!  I try to stay organized and come up with systems....keys and wallet are always hung on hook by the front door, paper and pen are kept on the end table by the phone, etc.  It makes me nervous because I'm only 64 (can't believe I say "only") and I don't think my memory should be failing at this stage.  Maura and I laughed at it when it first started happening, but it's not so funny now.  

I feel like I have more structure to my life since I started going to church and doing volunteer work - I never forget those things.  Anyone know of any vitamins that may help?  {BIG sigh}

I think I may try to make note of these episodes to see how frequent they really are.  Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill, but my Mom had Alzheimers, but didn't show any beginning signs until she was in her mid-70s.

Mary

Mary with the weight loss some of your medications could be contributing to the "memory" issues.  Perhaps you need your meds adjusted down now that you've lost the weight.  I had to adjust my thyroid meds and anti-depressents when I lost all the weight.  Also cut yourself some slack, loosing glasses or a cup of tea are normal.  As Vicki's share with us, it takes a lot to become a swan.

Cindi