Hi all. i am much better now, found out why I was getting dizzy and falling down. It appears that i was dehydrated and simply needed to drink more fluids. My gentle little physical therapist comes twice a week and gives me exercises to do to help me get stronger, and today we took a walk down the hill to the meditation meadow. My leg is almost completely healed and i can now ignore it, just being careful not to bump it.
Tomorrow is my birthday, (88) and we will all gather at noon and have pizza and deviled eggs and cake and whatever else I can think up. I don't make big meals anymore, but we will all enjoy ourselves and it promises to be a nice warm day. Today got up to seventy or so, warm for us here.
Our new hearing aids are making it much easier for us now, and easier for everyone else too. i found out that I can get eyeglasses as well, so i think that is what i will do. But not for awhile. Well, take care and keep in touch.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
First rain of the season
This is a perfect time to blog - a gentle rain is falling and there is a lonesome fall feeling in the air outside. Bill is getting ready to cook dinner and i am in a blogging mood. We had a visit yesterday from the Home Help evaluator, and she has decided that Bill is in very good shape (I call him Super Bill now) but that poor frail me needs assistance in my daily life. I had hoped that she meant help with household chores, like cleaning the floors and cooking, but she meant help with walking. So for two days a week a physical therapist will visit the house and teach me to walk. (and do it without falling down, I suppose). Since we are not all that busy anyway, I will be happy to see if an improvement can be made.
Actually, my leg is somewhat better, and hurts very little. I vow never to fall down again.
I hear that the family reunion was a lot of fun, and wish that i could some day attend. Since we don't fly anymore, though, it isn't likely to happen. I look forward to the new family tree discs with great anticipation. Thank you, Paula, for all of your hard work getting them researched and assembled.
This is the time of year when the redwood trees shed their fronds and the yard and decks are covered with brown leaves, even though Bill blew them away yesterday. As i wrote above, it feels like fall has come already.
What are we having for dinner? Corned beef hash and egg, and wilted cabbage on the side. Yum, yum! If i don't have to cook it, I'll eat it! Keep in touch, I'll try to be more regular in future.
Actually, my leg is somewhat better, and hurts very little. I vow never to fall down again.
I hear that the family reunion was a lot of fun, and wish that i could some day attend. Since we don't fly anymore, though, it isn't likely to happen. I look forward to the new family tree discs with great anticipation. Thank you, Paula, for all of your hard work getting them researched and assembled.
This is the time of year when the redwood trees shed their fronds and the yard and decks are covered with brown leaves, even though Bill blew them away yesterday. As i wrote above, it feels like fall has come already.
What are we having for dinner? Corned beef hash and egg, and wilted cabbage on the side. Yum, yum! If i don't have to cook it, I'll eat it! Keep in touch, I'll try to be more regular in future.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The flea market
It is midnight - a good time to blog. I am up late because I have been watching "Murder, She Wrote," which runs from ten to midnight, and sometimes is quite fun to watch.
We went to the flea market on Saturday, and saw quite a crowd there. I bought some nice wine glasses and saw quite a few people I knew. i rode around in my wheel chair, pushed by my husband. It was quite hot down there, much hotter than it gets up on our hill under the redwoods.
I got a letter and a picture from my high school class on the 70th reunion of our graduation. Of course time has taken its toll and there were only eight there. I have no idea how many of us are left. I must answer and send a picture of myself, of course I have aged like everyone else.
I can't say my leg is a lot better, but i was able to walk down to my daughter's house and back, which is an improvement of sorts. Sure hope it gets better soon.
Well, take care and keep in touch.
We went to the flea market on Saturday, and saw quite a crowd there. I bought some nice wine glasses and saw quite a few people I knew. i rode around in my wheel chair, pushed by my husband. It was quite hot down there, much hotter than it gets up on our hill under the redwoods.
I got a letter and a picture from my high school class on the 70th reunion of our graduation. Of course time has taken its toll and there were only eight there. I have no idea how many of us are left. I must answer and send a picture of myself, of course I have aged like everyone else.
I can't say my leg is a lot better, but i was able to walk down to my daughter's house and back, which is an improvement of sorts. Sure hope it gets better soon.
Well, take care and keep in touch.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Good news and bad news
Hi all! I have good news and bad news today. First, the good news - my leg is getting better. Not completely healed, but i can walk on it again and it only hurts a little. The bad news is that my husband saw the neurosurgeon at UC Med and the risks of closing off his aneurysm outweigh the benefits, so they are going to leave it alone. That will mean that he will still be in danger of the aneurysm bursting, but the chances are good that it won't. Statistically speaking, most aneurysms have no symptoms and if he keeps his blood pressure down, he will be O.K.
We got our new hearing aids! What a joy to be able to hear conversations. Mine fit perfectly, and the sound is crisp and clear.
Wish I had gotten them years ago.
This is the weekend of the neighborhood flea market, which I hope to go to tomorrow. Judy will take us down and I will ride around in my wheelchair. It is a fun time and i get to see most of my neighbors there as well. Take care and keep in touch.
We got our new hearing aids! What a joy to be able to hear conversations. Mine fit perfectly, and the sound is crisp and clear.
Wish I had gotten them years ago.
This is the weekend of the neighborhood flea market, which I hope to go to tomorrow. Judy will take us down and I will ride around in my wheelchair. It is a fun time and i get to see most of my neighbors there as well. Take care and keep in touch.
Friday, August 20, 2010
My new owie
Well, I am limping around with an injured leg, due to a fall. I don't know how I did it, but i fell on my dustpan and rather severely skinned a rather large patch of skin from my shin. I called my very kind neighbor and my daughter and they rendered first aid, using neosporin and some patches of gauze I happened to have. This happened on the fourteenth, but is still quite painful. It is getting better, however. My family has been most helpful.
I am seeing my physician on Tuesday and will attempt to learn why I keep falling. It might be due to loss of balance, we will see. When I fall I go down like a beached whale.
We are having wonderful weather here, and the leaves on the redwood trees are turning brown, a very early fall. I hadn't planned on summer going by so rapidly, but here we are - almost fall.
Well, take care and keep in touch.
I am seeing my physician on Tuesday and will attempt to learn why I keep falling. It might be due to loss of balance, we will see. When I fall I go down like a beached whale.
We are having wonderful weather here, and the leaves on the redwood trees are turning brown, a very early fall. I hadn't planned on summer going by so rapidly, but here we are - almost fall.
Well, take care and keep in touch.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Allergies
Well, I am happy to report that my allergies are much improved. If I had known how allergic I was to my little cat, i would have given her away a long time ago. Oh, well, it is just a memory now. Even my itchy rashes are clearing up.
I went to Google and read about allergies, and it told me everything I needed to know, and probably more, as well. i read an article that we are all in danger of being over-informed by Google, and it certainly is true that I, for one, head for the computer whenever I have a question. I invariably find numerous articles with all kinds of information for me.
The weather continues to be cool, although the sun shines every day. An early winter, I suppose. Well, take care and keep in touch.
I went to Google and read about allergies, and it told me everything I needed to know, and probably more, as well. i read an article that we are all in danger of being over-informed by Google, and it certainly is true that I, for one, head for the computer whenever I have a question. I invariably find numerous articles with all kinds of information for me.
The weather continues to be cool, although the sun shines every day. An early winter, I suppose. Well, take care and keep in touch.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
A fall day
It is only August, but there is a lonesome fall feeling in the air. The redwood fronds are turning brown, and along the highway the maple trees are showing color. The hillsides are covered with wild sweet peas and Queen Anne's lace is blooming everywhere.
We went into the Guerneville Clinic for our blood tests today and had a lovely ride in and back. The sun was shining and the air was warm and balmy.
With sadness we buried our little cat yesterday. She was 26 years old and the end had come. She had lived a long and happy life, so we had to take her loss philosophically. We made a nice resting place down in the meditation walk and will plant flowers there.
I am baking pork chops in the oven, which is a good time to blog. I have been reading "Teacher Man" to my husband today and we are both enjoying it. Take care and keep in touch.
We went into the Guerneville Clinic for our blood tests today and had a lovely ride in and back. The sun was shining and the air was warm and balmy.
With sadness we buried our little cat yesterday. She was 26 years old and the end had come. She had lived a long and happy life, so we had to take her loss philosophically. We made a nice resting place down in the meditation walk and will plant flowers there.
I am baking pork chops in the oven, which is a good time to blog. I have been reading "Teacher Man" to my husband today and we are both enjoying it. Take care and keep in touch.
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