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on 1/2/26 10:03 am
https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20250625/why-covid-razor-bl ade-sore-throat-hurts-so-bad
It sounds like it's normal for the current Covid unfortunately! But I hope she's got something to offer...
It does sound like worse than the usual Covid throat. I hope your doctor can help.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
You might want to get tested for strep too. Could possibly have that along with Covid. Sorry you are feeling so bad! My throat is super red but only feels scratchy right now.
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
on 1/2/26 8:29 am
This sore throat is excruciating. Giving me flashbacks to my strep throat filled youth. I lost count of how many times it woke me up last night. I contacted my doctors office early this morning to see if she had any magic remedies for me, but I have low expectations. At least my fever is pretty much gone. I'm not even particularly tired or worn out, it's just agony to swallow.
I hope everyone is obsessively hand washing!!
The decorations are still up. It's gray and gloomy outside so they are still kind of cheerful. I'll worry about them when I'm better.
Nothing else to report!
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Must remember to type 2026 vs 2025.
I hope our ailing tribe members are recovering. DH is slowly improving and plans to play golf today. I don't think I would if I were him, but it's his choice. We didn't do much yesterday other than take 2 Justice walks. It was actually warm enough in the afternoon to take my jacket off. Today is supposed to be another 5 degrees warmer and by tomorrow be back to normal average temperatures for this time of year.
I finished reading This Tender Land yesterday. Thank you for the recommendation DD! Now I am in a dilemma as to what to recommend for my book club. I loved this book which is an uplifting coming of age story of four orphans fleeing a brutal school and making their way to a future during the depression. The other book under consideration is Maybe You Should Talk to Someone which is a memoir and contains some very moving accounts of both the authors therapy and the therapy of several of her patients. Very different books but both excellent choices. I may ask the woman who coordinates the club which one she thinks will resonate better with the group.
Not much planned yet for the day. Maybe I will take the Christmas decorations down. Or maybe I will go look at a china cabinet I saw on FB Marketplace which is a repainted older cabinet. It is about 1/2 hour from here so that may not be practical as I just remembered that I have yoga at 11.
Have a fulfilling Friday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I never heard of that Vernors either. Must look it up. Tai-chi does sound like something all us older folks could use. Weird how our sense of balance declines.
ETA: Just found this: "Today, Vernors is property of Keurig Dr Pepper of Burlington, Massachusetts, and Plano, Texas, and the flagship bottling plant serving Michigan is the Keurig Dr Pepper bottling plant in Holland, Michigan." Apparently it was first served in a drugstore in Detroit Michigan, but now is owned by a company partly based in Massachusetts LOL.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Here is the link for the 8 minute Tai Chi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L43P1MY2KA
and for the 20 minute one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhNvdxbi-Jc
Yay on the induction stove, I think you will love it!
So nice of you to continue to pay your house cleaner while she is healing!
Have fun watching the game with coworker and eating pizza. Who is your team again?
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
I thought Bonnie was referring to something a bit more sinister legal in MI but not all states!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
