Thursday, May 1, 2008
We Marry Our Fathers
My husband is guilty of not leaving his stress at work. I run away from it when he comes home and starts in on his "woe is me-isms" because it adversely affects my Parkinson's disease. My foot starts to tremor and I find MYSELF feeling his pain and thus his stress. I had been calm and collected, feeling good about myself in the world, and that kind of talk plunges me into a panic mode. My heart starts to beat harder, I feel nervous and fidgety, my PD tremors return. I usually just remove myself...
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Friday, April 18, 2008
NO Pain!
What a difference a week can make! Last week I was explaining my pain to my orthopedic doctor and finding out I was looking forward to an eventual hip replacement. Since I have Parkinson’s, I was looking at it sooner than later, too. Since then, I have researched hip replacement and talked to people who have had them. I found out that if you have the shots for pain management, you most definitely will have to have the joint replaced; the shots turn it spongy. I also learned that the new hips...
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Titanium Sounds Good . . .
My body has been in so much pain lately. I had my hip x-rayed today because the pain from the right hip is interfering with ALL aspects of my life.* The results show a lot of arthritis and that I will need a hip replacement. The pain used to be controlled with Naproxin (Aleve) and now it's not handling the hip pain. I pointed out to the doctor that even though deep hip injections every 6-8 months may be effective in managing the pain for the next 5-10 years, I have Parkinson's disease that is a...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
I Can SCREAM...sort of!
In 1988, I'd been in front of the TV, beating on the carpet, as the Kansas Jayhawks won what was supposed to be the impossible game against Oklahoma. They won by a mere 4 points. My kids were in their rooms, asleep, ready for school the next day, and my husband and I celebrated much more quietly than this year! Instead of screaming, I was kneeling in front of the TV, beating on the carpet. This year, 20 years older, a Parkinson's disease patient, and my hip in such bad shape, that if I even...
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Isogenics - It's Working!
I paid a pretty penny to get into this program, but it's going to be worth it. Isogenics is a program of eating to improve your health, to rid you body of the toxins that make if dysfunctional. It is a program to help your body heal itself. I learned a new term. Instead of losing weight, I am releasing those extra pounds. Think about it. Is there anything that you ever lost that you didn't want to find again? Aha! That explains why I've been a yoyo dieter since age 35. You are supposed to wait...
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Hey, Blogit, GOOD News
I wondered what Jay had done for Nick’s science fair project (No, this is NOT my husband, Jay. It’s just a male fantasy!) The GOOD NEWS is I’m still in remission! I checked out clean Wednesday at oncology. I had my Mammogram and I'd been having some pain where I'd noticed a lump last year, all along the surgical site. They found a sack filled with fluid by some scar tissue last year -- not cancer. This year they did another sonogram because it had become painful over the past month. The...
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
DRINK YOUR WATER!
Your drinking water has been in the news this past week. The Associated Press conducted a survey of some twenty-odd American cities and found out what OTHER impurities are in the water we drink from the tap. They found several kinds of pharmaceuticals are in your tap water. These included human sex hormones such as those found in birth control pills. I wonder if my little PUR water filter can catch these minuscule particles? It's bad enough knowing the other flotsam makes up what we drink. I...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Newspaper Keeps Weeds Away
I can't wait to try this tip, provided I can still get around enough to garden! Start putting in your plants, and work the nutrients into your soil. Place newspapers in layers around the plants, overlapping as you go. Wet them down thoroughly. Cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic but they will not get through wet newspapers. (I think the key is to keep the newspapers wet!)
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Tip on Reheating Refrigerated Bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster. This really does work! Don't over heat or bread product becomes rubbery.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
Expanding Frosting Tip
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
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