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its funny, the surgery was a bigger thing than i realized at the time. the dressing kept everything hidden completely. i had no swelling and almost no pain but now that side is getting sensitive to chewing. bananas and grapes so far. therapy only today. did a costco run for a lot of...

Quiet day here. Everyone Ok?? DH had another dental appt today. he has an post surg eye check tomorrow. i did some cooking and baking to start getting ready for our trip in 10 days. last year was a tough year for us and we didnt use the camper much so its been a long time and we...

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. it was a very nice day. All went well and i got some nice things i can use on our planned trip soon. some new binoculars and some light weight hoodies for wearing in the sun. i hate sunscreen and camping does not make it easy to wash it off...

cathy I am a little shorter than i used to be, things were always a bit long. now its gotten ridiculous. petites are usually ok but its the waist to crotch length that often is not shortened. i hate it when pants wont stay up because of that. sometimes its not obvious until you wear...

My birthday today. i got catered to all around. we did our park walk this morning for 1 hr 20 minutes. got some nice useful gift and nice connections with a lot of favorite people. a good day! we are going on a hiking trip in 2 weeks in utah. DH got me 2 light weight sun block...

carolyn thats terrific your daughter can be closer to you and also Emory. hope she is doing well with her treatment plan. DH is using his medication eye drops as he is supposed to but also is using lubricant drops. the cataract surgery itself can worsen dry eye. at least temporarily...

Now dh is complaining about blurriness and feeling like he has something in one eye. it helps when he uses eye drops which is what i keep telling him to do its a surgery, and it takes a few weeks for most people to get readjusted to it. im bothered by dry eyes, was before the surgery...

we did a park walk this morning taking a little longer to do it. mostly there were lots of water birds to look at so it took us an extra 10 minutes. i am not sore at all and not swollen either. she warned me i might swell some in a couple days when I think its all over with. i have to be...

Im back and all went well. I need to take things easy for about a week. will get re evaluated then and see how healing is going. i can walk and ride because i am so used to doing it that I am not pushing anything much. . it was less major than expected because the tooth itself is...

I did a 35 min spin this morning and my therapy not sure how long I will need to take off for this dental thing. ill know soon.

Diane sure you probably hear this a lot. Swimming is suggested many times. I dislike swimming! my skin is too dry. the chlorinated water makes it worse. i dont float no matter what. even when i was a kid i always was so low in the water I was diagonal. it was a joke. my legs sink. i cant...

DH's surgery went fine today. even the drive wasnt bad, commute traffic had cleared out . We go back tomorrow for a brief check, then another check in 2 weeks. today I did 2 sets of therapy and then stacked upper body. I agree cathy, if its free i might let it slide but not on a...

later today after it warmed up we rode mt bikes around the neighborhood for 45 minutes. its not wilderness but its good exercise. judy thats what we are finding too. its hard to find things without forced advertising even if you are willing to pay more. if the ads are all at the...

mountain biked the neighborhood this afternoon along with therapy. tomorrow is DH's other eye surgery. we will be quiet fora few days. or he will. tried to watch one of the big movies. Sinners. on Prime. there are unavoidable commercials. that is becoming a deal breaker for...

did garden work today and then a 30 minute yard hike. and therapy. weather has been pleasant during the day but too cold in the morning to ride.

we were able to do our park walk this morning. first dry morning in a while, though the trail was very muddy. tomorrow will probably be dry too. maybe a ride depending on whether its too cold in the morning. forecast says 36 too cold to ride happily. its just the way things are...

did 20 on the treadmill walking uphill and 20 on the spin bike yesterday. not sure what to do today. its been raining too much to go anywhere. usually it is light rain but on and off and everything is very muddy. maybe tomorrow morning we can go to the park. we have to be careful...

Carolyn i dont go "full bore" Cathe on the spins. i have always had trouble standing for a long time and after my knee dislocation it makes me nervous. I do some standing now, but do a lot more sitting than she does. I know when Im working hard enough. some of the up and down stuff doesnt...

he is a really cute kitty and as long as he can go outside and burn off a little energy, everyone is happy. he climbs a lot of trees and big bushes,r right up the inside of rhododendrons. when we call him to come in, he rockets from where he is to come up on the deck. i have tried to...

our kitty learned our routines well. dog-like. he follows us around, begs for food and knows our routine. meets our car when we drive down the driveway. he gets fed his half can of soft food about 6:30 and reminds us if were late. he jumps in and out of cars and camper if we are...