Chat-a-Thon 2017-18 Thread!

[Lynn49]

Good morning!

A sad day for little Preeda, the wee thing broke all her stitches (neutered last Wednesday), because she just couldn't adjust to her cone, wouldn't settle, kept jumping on and falling off furniture, while Suda pretty much contentedly slept most of the time. Our DD took Preeda back to her vet this morning, the gals said it can happen to very active kittens, so she'll of course need surgery again, and they suggested they may use staples this time. Poor wee muffin.

Rain, rain yesterday, all night and this morning which is killing the snow out there. Jenny isn't pleased that her preferred piddle areas (snow, ice) are disappearing.

Enjoy the day, everyone!

She's in surgery now, only the surface stitches broke, the inner ones held thank goodness...

[Newfiescreech]

[wendymac]

@Lynn49 Good thoughts broadcast to Preeda. I am headed to bed...in the middle of the day! DH is off to the gym and everything is under control. So..."me" time? What does it say about "me" that my preferred gift to myself is sleep? Going semi-comatose... See everyone on the "up" side.

[Lynn49]

Thank you, @wendymac , she came through her surgery nicely, is stapled together...gosh, that makes her sound like a stuffed toy...and DD will pick her up after work. Shell be on an antibiotic as another precaution, now they'll just have to keep a very active kitten still!

[Natalka]

Good morning!

Just waiting for someone to take me for a walk. I don't have a physio session til the aft, and that is group exercise, but I wanted to walk now, on my new knees!

Had the knee injections yesterday after lunch, two nurses watching the Dr do it. She did right knee first, it wasn't terrible, but the left hurt a lot more. I asked why, she apologized and said she may have hit a nerve. When I responded to the pain, the mail nurse came up to the head of the bed, put his arm on me and calmed me down.

Dr. said it would probably hurt a lot when the freezing came out, and actually it was ok in the evening. They drugged me well for the night, so I was okay. I was up a lot during the night and stood to walk a bit each time, all was good.

Made the big trip to the washroom this morning, I was a bit instead, but it wasn't as painful as usual - surprized the aide who walked me, she didn't know I had the cortisone.

More to tell, but I will come back. I will get my shoes on and do stretches before a walk.

Have a great day, a magnificent Monday!

[Newfiescreech]

Hi, @Newfiescreech!!

Hahahaha....sooooo, I'm guessing you don't Christmas shop all year long? Like you, I want summer to come so we can all go back to camping, campfires, cozy evenings playing games...but we still have over a foot of snow on our yards here, so it looks more Christmas than spring!! I know what you're waiting for: walking on that beach of yours! And picking up beach glass which is just so beautiful! You're in such a wonderful location, Screech!! I don't blame you for wanting to breathe in that fresh sea air again without getting frostbite!

I hope you're having a lovely weekend now that the madness of all your paperwork is over and done for another year! You'll have to keep us up to date on all the OTHER events you're involved in, in your community.

Take good care, Screech!!

Hi Lynn ..I don’t normally shop for Christmas items all year around ..unless i see something that someone ...in my family was talking about ..I normally take few days off work ..either in November or December and go out town ...do my Christmas 🎄 shopping 🛍 ...last 2 years now i went to Ontario.this way i make a shopping trip and little getaway from work and everything else around LOL

ohhhhh yes Lynn ..every day i look out at the ocean ..from my living room window ...i’m Just thinking .. when will that ice move out and off the beach ...i need get down there and walk for miles and enjoy a salty breathe fresh air ..it does wonderful things to the soul and makes me feel so alive ..maybe time last April ..i’ll Be able finally walk on beach .

Yes ..madness is over now and audit was completed by Government...everything was done perfect 👌 .So now my life is almost back to normal now LOL No !!! now all my spare time going to fire dept again and our firettes ..keeps me busy busy.

it was a lovely weekend ..I went back to my hometown.. spent the weekend with my mom ..it was great get time do this and take her out shopping ..hope you and your hubby had wonderful weekend ..hope all is well with you guys ..take good care yourself sweetie

last thing i want to see this morning was snow ❄️ ⛄️ OMG !!! all our snow in the yard was gone ..Now darn stuff is back again .hoping this is last of the snow for this winter or spring..get this was Sheila ‘s Brush that hit us ..though she missed us this year LMAO knew she couldnt cause she likes controlling snow and wind .

[Natalka]

@Lynn49 - snuggles for Preeda, rub her velvety ears for me, hope all is better for her! Oh, how I miss kitteh snuggles!

[flemeth]

@Lynn49 glad Preeda came through her surgery with any other complication. Hope she can stay still so she can heal quickly .

[flemeth]

@walkonby hope you got Hamlet safely to the vet and he is home and doing good

[Lynn49]

Oh gosh, @walkonby, with all this Preeda news, I'd forgotten all about Hamlet. I hope you came through the "shoving him into the cage" grapplings with little or no permanent scarring. Is he home resting now?

A little different, but I thought of you just now:

[avoncallingu]

Poor Preeda! Poor your daughter's pocketbook!

Perhaps a little gravol or some other kind of "sleep inducer" might keep her quiet. What about a -how dare I say it?- crate for a few days. Just inform the neighbours that the yowling does not mean that any cat is in danger. Or a cat sitter for a few days??


How's everything in the State of Denmark, Hamlet? Hope it's not rotten.

I was up-perky-ready to see my financial advisor when I got an e-mail saying the time I had booked by e-mail had already been assigned.

So-all dressed and nowhere to go. But I had been meaning to go to Walmart after to get some squash and a couple of new undergarments considering that my torso seems to have expanded over the winter.

All was well. But suddenly, I just got the most blinding migraine. Had to get out, rush home and have a small sandwich -take a headache pull and get in bed. The weather is changing again, but the cashier said she has a few customers who can't stand the fluorescent lights. That has happened to me before. She said one fellow wears special dark glasses as he is in danger of having a seizure.

So the rest of the things on my "to do" list just got bumped down a notch.

@Natalka -so glad you were able to get your injections. Sounds like they are helping.

Will read your catch-ups later.

[Natalka]

My morning walk - down the whole hallway to the entrance of the ward, pulled a uey and walked back to my bed - with NO stop. I was floored! Nothing nurt badly, just a niggle in my left knee, but I was out of breath.

I took 22 pills this morning, gah. Most are new, scariest is methotrexate, yes the cancer drug. A drug I avoided for over 20 years because it scared me so.

This morn, an aide came and was pinning on a red sheet to the dividing curtain. I jokingly asked if it said Beware of Natalie! Well she turned very pink, and said - kinda.... I asked to read it, so she handed it to me, I started asking questions, so she went to get a more experienced aide who came to talk with me and explain things. It's a drug precaution to alert staff, since I am on the chemo drug. It has to do with it being excreted through urine. I sure wish someone had explained it to me earlier, because I sure didn't want to be putting staff at risk. However they say they are used to it, it is not uncommon.

After lunch, went to do standing group, which means exercises at the barre which is past the entrance to our Ward, in front of huge windows. First time doing them, some quite hard, but I did more than fine. It was the left knee which almost gave out trying the last one - I make a noise when I am in trouble, and one PT was there at my left, the other a patient to away to my right - it was amazing how in seconds I had these two women ready to hold me and ease me to sitting.


So much new today - had a TB test done around 7 am, on my inner forearm. It will be read Wednesday. The Dr is just very thorough, ruling it out.

Now just waiting for the call to see the specialist, they couldn't give a time.
@walkonby - hoping Hamlet is doing okay. Big scritches from me, please!

[Natalka]

My brekkie dessert!

Had to down them in sections....

[GoodBoy]

Well g'day g'day SC peepers!!! Glad to be back in Canada for 1 day. Had a blast in Beijing for the China Open and now off to Sheffield for the World Championships at the Crucible! Going to have a blast and a few pints! LOL

I see all is still the same here and the same old continues unabated! LOL

Well que sera sera all and stay cool and watch your backs!

Tara!!!

[Lynn49]

My brekkie dessert!

Had to down them in sections....

Welll....they're pretty spring colours, Nat! Um, you're just missing something in pink...perhaps your staff could do something about that....

@avoncallingu, although I don't get migraines like you do, when I'm in our RCSS, I get very dizzy, almost disoriented and have to keep hold of the cart. Perhaps that cashier wasn't too far off wrt the lights, coupled with the barometer change?
I hope you're feeling better this evening. I've also noticed that when RCSS sometimes dims the lights it's so much better for me. Anyone else affected by store lights?

As to Preeda, she's home now with a 'soft' collar on so she can't hurt her tummy, and no, no extra cost, the surgery today was all covered under "follow-up care". Just the bottle of antibiotic was extra.

Have a great evening, everyone!

From the Chelsey Flower Show in London..2018..it's just a happy photo!