The beautiful spring from hell continues around here. It’s a gorgeous morning, but intense storms tore through Monday and Tuesday evening. Both were of similar strength and came through right before dark; they were so similar it’s difficult to remember which storm did exactly what. On Monday straight line winds of nearly 70 mph toppled trees and knocked out power over several counties, and on Tuesday a storm only slightly weaker knocked out power and cable (i.e., internet) again. At my abode, lightning fried digital clocks, LED light bulbs, the dishwasher, two ceiling fans and two surge protectors. Thank you, surge protectors! You gave your all. I could not update the morning following either storm. Did I mention it’s a beautiful day today?
The Sound of Speed
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About cats and communication, my beautiful white shorthair, Fluffy Paws, used to visit the music studio next door and lie on the equally beautiful black grand piano as students played.
No matter whether thundering or delicate notes, she peacefully slept. This was with permission of piano’s owner who loved having her visit as she taught.
Anyone else experience cats and music?
This is Jackie Monies back as Mark in TTOWN again! This is tiresome.
I miss all our cat lovers who used to post here. I feel very alone mostly.
Skipper has been attached to my body the last several days as I have been ill and mostly just sleeping round the clock. One night Ghost left him outdoors overnight alone with the wildlife last week. He was at door waiting and ran in, never turned loose of me for 24 hours.
I love Ludwig. Jimmy could put him in every strip and I would be happy, even start a NEW strip called Ludwig. Forget those human children, grandchild and the farm.
Cats do well as comic strip characters. Look at Garfield. I used to use Garfield drawn up scale to four, six and eight foot sizes onto Foamboard and cut out to become window, shop and floral cooler characters during time Garfield became a spokesperson for the floral industry.
Once we designed a backyard patio with row of snoozing cats in our shop window on a privacy fence. Our three shop cats refused to join them, slept in wedding window!
Wish I had been well enough to do our Boutique windows and done my odd sense of humor but I wasn’t and left to our sales lady.
Have been eating 1200 per day calorie diet and exercising to lose weight before my knee surgery end of July. I have stayed on goal each week so far with a two pound loss.
If I can maintain this rate I will reach my first loss goal the day before my surgery. My second goal will fall in November rigbt before anniversary of breaking my leg. One year to recovery from leg fracture was original prediction.
Now that time includes the estimated time for me to recover from the second leg repair! Two legs instead of one.
I have not been well but made both physical therapy days last week. Not sure about Monday morning.
Jackie, I wish you hadn’t used the word “fall” in the discussion of your autumnal anniversary. Hopefully the last of the recovery will be painless and quick!
Hi Jackie. Good hearing from you again. People are still posting on your FB page asking about you and why you don’t post anymore. I told them Facebook locked you out without warning or explanation, which I understand is what happened. I told them that you were posting here and that they should put one here asking you to get in touch. I also explained that this site was mainly intended to discuss Jimmy’s strip and what we think about it, in hopes of getting them to look into it without taking over.
Technology isn’t always a weather reporter’s friend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykz_dbpYRPU
Well I lost nearly 8 lbs. since I last weighed myself 24 hours ago. Some of that can be attributed to the natural fluctuations, but I started on a liquid diet and an “aide” so that I am clean for my colonoscopy tomorrow morning. As I mentioned above, I got a 10 year reprieve 8 years ago, but, along with my doctor, just think that it is a good idea to get it done. I am still keeping things positive but a friend posted that her husband went in early and they cut out a foot of his colon… not exactly what I wanted to hear, but her husband is very much alive and going in early saved his life. That is why I posted on Facebook and I was surprised to hear folks who have been impacted, including 2 friends who lost their mothers and a couple others who had major surgery.
Prep for a colonoscopy is never fun- it’s worse than the actual procedure and probably why most people avoid having it down, despite the obvious benefit of early detection of problems.
I’m due in a few more years but my doctor tells me that it may be possible that in the near future those dreaded prep solutions may be a thing of a past for most people. There is now an effective home test, approved by most insurance companies, that can detect early signs of trouble- if the home test gives you a thumbs up, no need for the actual colonoscopy!
Blinky, I had one of those and it was easy. You have a sample card that you put two specimens on, close it up and return it to your doctor. If they detect any blood in the stool sample, you get the full test. And there is the capsule endoscopy, where you swallow the miniature camera and recover it in the course of time. It too goes back to the doctor for analysis and hopefully nothing will require the complete test. I’ve had the whole thing done twice, and the prep is the worst part of it. You sleep through the procedure, but the preliminary…
As a veteran of 20 or 25 colonoscopies over the span of 41 years, from smaller sigmoidoscopes upwards, and having had a foot of colon removed “resection” in 2002, probably saving my life thereby, I encourage all people to keep tabs on their nether regions. Be observant and check with your gastroenterologist according to what s/he says. Today’s prep solutions are FAR better than what they used to be and not to be feared.
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What I would NOT do is trust my life to what a small sample MIGHT tell an analyst or what a swallowed camera MIGHT just HAPPEN to see. I want human eyes & brain involved to view and recheck as necessary and to remove suspicious growths. Do it; it’s worth your life. [No backtalk!]
I would add that you might want not to use Frost Glacier Freeze Gatorade as a vehicle for Miralax (polyethylene glycol). Once you’ve knocked back the first eight ounces you realize that you have another 120 ounces do deal with. If your prep was like my most recent, the last half of the mix will be ingested at about 4 a.m.
Frost Glacier Freeze is cloyingly sweet. It one of the clear Gatorade products so I thought it would be a good flavor to use. Wrong! It took every bit of my self control and determination to gag this stuff down. If I had to do it again, I would probably use plain water. Your mileage may vary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_5FMij_-Rk
Not sure I should mention my first gastric tests were in 1961 or 62 at age 17 or 18. By late 1969 I had incurred three frankly bleeding ulcers and diverticulitis along with benign tumors at age 25.
By then I had precancerous Barrett’s esophagitis also. I am a 60 year survivor of innumerable gastric tests and biopsies. In the old days these were done inpatient and were considered a serious life threatening procedure.
That has all changed and it is far easier to have done. I have cancer but not the ones they kept looking for. My point is this is something that is not restricted to old people. Go at ANY age.
This is second time tonight I have been Mark in Town on a phone and a tablet. I was Jackie then Mark then changed me back to Jackie on it’s own. Now here I was Jackie and Mark appeared.
Wish Jimmy was back and blog was fixed. I am depressed but exercising a lot. I do that when I can’t sleep. I have muscles under fat rolls now.
Love, Jackie Monies
I had some annoying growths on my face and head over the last two years. When I had my inperson checkup this year I asked my primary VA doctor what could be done. He got me an appointment with a VA dermatologist who examined them thoroughly and then froze them with liquid nitrogen. For a couple of weeks I had some red patches very visible on my face, but things are healing now. Good news is they were precancerous and not cancer. Also discovered I had rosacea and got some prescription gel for that. Now, prevention and yearly follow-up to watch that those places don’t flare up again.
I have a new health problem now: Achilles tendinitis. I had it looked at and was put on a prescription NSAID which helped some. And I do ice the area when possible. And I can live with it being an ongoing issue… compared to skin cancer and an SCA, it’s merely a mild annoyance.
I noticed when I awoke this morning that I didn’t feel quite myself. A moment ago, when I started to post, I realized why. Today I am Nancy!
But, as I mentioned previously, when I was Ruth Anne, I do feel pretty. 😀
This is really Bookworm. Mark in TTown, you really get around!
There, saved. Wonder if it will really stick.
Ahem. Ghost, does that imply that when you are Nancy, you do NOT feel pretty??!!
I read it as that when he is one of us he feels pretty but not when he is himself.
Haven’t been posting anything, but… I AM still Galliglo!
Where is JJ?
Issues with his server. He posts a few things on Facebook.
So…Alls well that ends well. One tiny polyp (I even got pictures) that after pathology will dictate whether I come back in 5 or 10 years.
A funny moment was that they asked me 3-4 times what my name was and what procedure that I was going in for. When the scrub nurse asked me before I went it, I told her that when I had my hip replaced, I had to initial the left hip with a magic marker. I then said that I hope that I don’t have to do that today. She laughed and told me that I HAD to tell the Doctor. He enjoyed the comment and then commented something really funny….probably shouldn’t share it here! As I slept, I felt like I was on an airplane going up and down before finally descending for a landing. Even after eating, I am still at my pre-procedure weight. It sure would be nice to stay that way or lose even more.
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