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betty rose

betty rose

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Gabe1 said:
I WANT A DOG!!!!!!

AnyWho yeah Walt, the lab was awesome and he was pretty good with storms and fireworks but the Golden Retriever I was speaking of was Jethro Bodine. I had him and a female Golden at the same time before I had Walt. Jethro Bodine was MY dog. I rescued him from a loving family who couldn't care for him. He was living in a crate in the basement with his litter mate sister, they were 4 months old. The lady didn't know she was pregnant when they bought them and then she was confinded to bed for the duration and already had a toddler. So one person to the girl dog and I took the boy dog. It was a road trip to get them and he nicely sat in the back seat of my truck. Then there was an accident on the highway. We sat still for another hour waiting for cars to move again. We bonded. He seemed to love me for bringing him to a big yard that he could run in. He had his own crate, his own dog bowl and lots of walks. Wherever I went, Jethro went. If I told him to sit, come lay down, he did. Didn't have to train him he just wanted to follow me EVERYWHERE. But when I eventually let the girl Golden out in the yard he fell in love with her big time. He'd always nap right next to her. He really loved her, she on the other hand could careless about him, she was all about following my DD everywhere DD went and even slept outside her door. Golden girl and my DD were 2 months apart in age, babies together.

Someday I'll tell you about my first born, my Shepard.
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Thanks for sharing. Dogs are the nicest creature's God ever gave us. They show unconditional love, every day.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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CherylM said:
Thanks! It was actually a great experience overall...not for the weak of heart, but a character builder, for sure. :) I was actually sort of proud that I was on my own (I had 2 room-mates, but none were family), and doing what I needed to do. It really helped ground me in a lot of ways, too.
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Life's hard knocks, when you are younger make you a much stronger person. Hubby say's I will not go out of this world without a major fuss.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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StarWarsGirl said:
I ended up going to the doctor because my migraines have been BAD lately. Especially after last week when I had a migraine starting Sunday and it didn't go away until Saturday night, it was time for a change.

So he put me on a preventative medication. I actually qualified because I've been getting migraines basically weekly for 1-3 days, and I have aura with them. So we shall see if this helps.
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My new Dr. warned me about the aura's before migraines...I get the too. It makes us in danger of a stroke. Learn the symptoms. And have aspirin on hand. I didn't do that and now I know.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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MinnieM123 said:
@StarWarsGirl , I hope the new medication helps. Migraines are awful, and it would be great to get them under control. (My mother used to get them a lot, up to her early 40s. I've had combo headaches--migraine/tension variety, but only an episode every few years. I've also read that migraines decrease as you get older.)
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Not with this years air pollution. Smoke and fireplace smoke drives me crazy. The subdivision next to us allows wood burning fire places. We get to smell that all winter. Then the forest fires come. This state is not good for me.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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betty rose said:
People too, I now have something called Plax Psoriasis. It really itches and makes it worse, but the meds. are worse than lousy skin on my leg. It's funny you go along, and then things start breaking down slowly in your body. My Dr. calls it old age. Hey, who is calling me old?;);););)
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Much to my surprise I was just told (unofficially) by my Doctor that she thinks I might have Spinal Degeneration. Nice words for "man are you old".
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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betty rose said:
My new Dr. warned me about the aura's before migraines...I get the too. It makes us in danger of a stroke. Learn the symptoms. And have aspirin on hand. I didn't do that and now I know.
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I've had migraines for years, and I've always taken Excedrin (which has asprin) to control it. But they've gotten worse, to the point where I'm taking medicine at least once a week, and it's not always working. And that six day migraine was just absurd.

I'm not super worried about a stroke at my age, but it is something to consider when I get older, especially since my grandfather had one that was basically the beginning of the end. I'll have to discuss them in detail the next time I see my one uncle. He's a neurosurgeon. I'd be interested to get his take.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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betty rose said:
Yes, we are seeing more and more people not being able to drive in the snow. If it's a blizzard, they get in their SUV and barrel down the highway. Pretty soon they are in the ditch.
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Gabe1 said:
Still some of my fellow 4x4 drivers fail to understand is 4 wheel drive doesn't do much on ice and doesn't nothing for the distance you need to leave to stop your truck. Me if I don't have to drive in the snow I do avoid it 'cause if I am cautious that doesn't stop other fools from hitting me.
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You guys both hit the mark on this one. It's the idiots who think that just because they have an SUV, they're invincible on snow & ice-covered highways and roads.

I know at some point in the past few years, I posted about when hubs and I had our dinky 1997 Ford Escort, and we drove it in a blizzard up on the Maine Turnpike. We were going at about 30 mph, and all these SUVs were flying past us. As we drove further up the Pike, we saw quite a few of these SUV speed jockeys off the road in ditches, due to their dangerous driving. Maine State Troopers had their hands full that night, pulling these fools out of the roadside ditches.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
Meh, spinal degeneration probably won't affect you until you're around 100 anyway. You're still a spring chicken.
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Actually, if that is what it is, it is affecting me right now. Over the last three weeks I have been unable to walk any distance without a lot of pain in what feels like my hip joint, but, apparently isn't. Nerve situations. I'm hoping that something can be done about it soon before lethargy takes over and I hit the rocking chair and shawl stage way to early.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Goofyernmost said:
Actually, if that is what it is, it is affecting me right now. Over the last three weeks I have been unable to walk any distance without a lot of pain in what feels like my hip joint, but, apparently isn't. Nerve situations. I'm hoping that something can be done about it soon before lethargy takes over and I hit the rocking chair and shawl stage way to early.
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This is a band-aid approach, but have you thought about applying some topical pain cream like BenGay (for those times when you want to take a longer walk, or if you go out golfing on the golf course).
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
This is a band-aid approach, but have you thought about applying some topical pain cream like BenGay (for those times when you want to take a longer walk, or if you go out golfing on the golf course).
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Right at the moment nothing seems to affect it at all. It laughs at pain killers, even serious ones. One day it is everything is back to normal and the next day I can't move over 50 steps before intense pain sets in. I never know what or when it is going to happen. It's not pleasant I can tell you that right now.
 

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