Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was figure skating's superstar and professor
Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.www.usatoday.com
Super tough day in the world of figure skating
then on to your chopped groundhog post.
First chili out of the chuck of chuck
Wow, I guess they MEAN no slip! I have some sketchers....go run consistents, and they are machine washable, and I love them. I wore one pair to Disney in 2023 and completely wore them out in the year and a half I wore them, but I never got blisters, except at Disney when we got caught in a complete downpour and my shoes got absolutely soaked. Now I got a new pair that I've been wearing for the last year or so, and still no blisters. And I never get really tired, sore feet, either. I can walk all day and my legs will be really tired, but my feet are fine, so I love them. They were the only sketchers without memory foam in the shoe store.
One of my other sensory issues (that we now know is ADHD, lol) is that I only like the Asics brand ankle socks, and they better be as thin as possible. Because I can't feel the seams on those and they don't feel weird on my feet...
Typical life on a pair of sneakers is about a year, less if you're using them for things like running. I typically replace mine about once a year or if I start noticing new pain in my feet or legs, or if I get a blister that I wasn't getting before (for instance, I'm not worried about a blister that appears midtrip at Disney, but if I'm at Hershey one day or otherwise doing a lot of walking and a new blister appears, then it's time to replace the sneakers).
Sunday night
Just a quick warning... one gets there in a whole lot less time than you can imagine.
Mine has quite often dropped to 106/67 with no ill affects and no reaction from my Doctors except for them to say that is a good BP. Wait! Is it possible that they are trying to kill me too?Blood pressure. Both times were after going from reclined to standing, feeling dizzy and thinking that was normal and would go away in a few seconds, but it didn’t and I woke up on the ground.
My concern was that being under anesthesia for three hours at a time in both September and October may have stressed my heart to reveal some exacerbated issue. But my EKG yesterday was pretty much the same as before the surgeries. I’ll be doing a full Echo next week.
With the cuff on, reclined on the table, BP was 120/80. She asked me to sit up and it dropped to 115, then she asked me to stand up and it dropped to 110. I guess that kind of explains something.
She also advised me to add a little salt, so I won’t feel bad eating Disney restaurant food again in a few days.
Dad died of a heart attack at 45. His dad at 57. His dad at 41. I’ll be 54 in August. I’m going for the family record. Hate to get this close, all in shape and everything, and drop dead lol.
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I'm sure that they have many types of shoes. These were specifically targeted at older people because at some point in the aging process slipping and falling can be fatal or at the very least, uncomfortable. I had never heard of any problem from any other person about that situation so I'm pretty sure it is specific for that particular model,. I was thinking about trying the Sketchers "slip-on's" because one of the other joyous things that can happen as we get older is that it gets tough to put ones shoes on. Not so much putting them on as it is tying the laces with arthritic fingers.
My MIL broke a few fingers and is in a small cast for a few weeks. We suggested the Sketchers slip-ins shoes for her. She received them the other day, and absolutely loves them!! No two hands needed to lace them up -- just step in and go!!
Back in 1995 my dad passed away suddenly. At the time my mother was what my age is now. To help her cope with the loss, my sister had her come to her house for a few day until the shock wore off. That first night, my mother got up to go to the restroom and made the wrong turn in the dark and promptly fell down the basement stairs. They had left the door open because, frankly, it had never been a problem before. She fell down the entire staircase to the bottom. She only ended up having a dislocated thumb and a slight crack in one of the bones in her wrist. She was OK, but still needed a cast for a few weeks, but what a week that was.
