"My how time slips away" today is the last day in November so Christmas is so close and to get you in the holiday spirit just go to the stores, Walmart, Kmart, the malls and yes the grocery stores too!! They are all ready for Christmas! Lowe's, Walmart, Home Depot and others are ready with fresh cut live trees and all the decorations you ever wanted for your yard, house top, doors or any place you want to put up decoration they got you covered for sure!!
The prices aren't bad because they al
Well all my dear members, the new year is upon us, I don't make resolutions, never have, but I pray we are all still above ground when it arrives on Saturday. I can't stress enough to be careful as in most cases it's the other person not paying attention that can take our lives in a second.
What worries me the most is people driving and texting resulting in a head on collision and certain death of innocent persons! So for me and my family, we stay home say our prayers count our blessings and
I just want to thank all of you that gave your thoughts and prayers in the loss of my sister in law, my wife's brothers wife! She passed from a heart attack with no prior warnings at the age of 60! So today, I say we all live without knowing when our last day will be on this earth! TO AWAKE EACH MORNING AND SEE DAYLITE IS A BLESSING! Some went to bed last night but didn't awake this morning!
We are blessed stroke survivors in that we are still alive and survived the stroke! I see many soldie
Do you feel your weak side is stiff, incorporable, and need to feel better?? Well you need to exercise that whole side daily! Just a little bit is better than sitting and doing nothing each day. Get up, get out, walk, swing your arm/hand, and squeeze a ball in your hand daily! Try using the weak arm/hand often in routine situations like flip the light switch catch the door knob even if you can't turn it! If you drink a bottle of water squeeze the bottle put the cap back on with your weak hand be
I'm praying for Ray, Sue's husband. He suffered a bad fall from a chair and broke his shoulder bone on the affected side. That hurts, but join me in sending prayers for his recovery. Then for our own Blog hostess Sue. Kim got the word to us so thought I would put it in my blog because some members and guess will read the blogs but not the message board.
Ray is in need of all the prayers that can be sent at this time, God hears our prayers you know! Sue has been care giver for Ray all these
This may bring tears to your eyes. The sad part is that it is true.
This is well worth the read.
"SOON TO BE GONE"
By Capt. Steven Ellison, MD
A MILITARY DOCTOR
This should be required reading in every school and college in our country. This Captain, an Army doctor, deserves a medal himself for putting this together. If you choose not to pass it on, fine, but I think you will want to, after you read it.
I am a doctor specializing in the E
Well members I just want to say tomorrow 15 January 2013 is the beginning of nine years to the day that I became a stroke survivor at 11am that morning. I shall never forget and here I'm praying it never happens again and so far so good. You never can prepare for any stroke and it's like an accident with so many ways it can occur. I remember so well there was no warning that I knew about while sitting at the computer my fingers on the left hand stopped working and went numb. While I was wonderin
It has been a long, long journey to recover some of what was lost nine years ago that Thursday morning, January 15th, 2004. I realize now it's been nine years ago and I could have been gone then but I really think and believe God had other plans for my living longer. So here I am a month into another year of recovery which I surely still need and have no complaints with what I have gained back over those last few years. I may never get back to where I once was but then again I won't be the only
I return to doctor's office end of this month then a stool speciment is due middle of February and at that time I hope they tell me all the bacteria is gone from my system so I can start to feel myself again! I will finish the three meds program in a couple more days. I'm back eating OK and I'm putting good stuff in my body replacing the bad bacteria that caused all my problems!
Since I had to drop out of my physical therapy I hope to ride my exercise bike to get physically fit again and leg
Life goes on and I got plenty rest the last few days now I'm ready to watch all the football games they can show on TV for the next few days..... I'm not going out shopping can't fight the big crowds and bargain hunters that will bust in the doors early as possible..... I guess that gets folks out the house but I stay home anyway so I am OK with that..... I just enjoy being home with the two little dogs as they keep me company all the time.....
Then the lady comes in at 9am to to fix me foo
Well this could be a long story but I will cut it short. I was glad to read in Ruth's Blog about a dog named Mumbles she got for William's pet and company that he loves just like he loves Ruth, his wife, and precious care giver of many years. It just so happens I got that same breed dog for my grand child a year and two months ago as a two week old pet for keeping her grades up in school. To this point in school she is still on the Honor Role and will get promoted to 5th grade when school ends i
I can't think of a thing to blog about this week except on this Saturday I plan on going to visit the grave of my mom to see if the headstone is still upright! The mowers knock down many of them plus that area is sandy making those heavy stones easy to shift! The 11th of June would be her 114th birthday as she was laid to rest just before her 83rd birthday! My dad was also laid to rest in the same general area of that cemetery but in 1955! I can't remember if he had a tall headstone but I think
As I sit here at home now and my wife has finished all her hospitalization and surgeries I feel it's time to go to the casino again..... It may have to be on the week ends since she is trying to also return to work at the bank while she is feeling much better..... She needs to be moving around and walking some to get her strength back...... We shall see what goes in the next few days......
It's almost that time of the year again while many folks are still shopping for bargains where ever they can find them...... Yes Christmas is coming pretty fast and the weather hasn't changed very much in my neck of the woods..... Football games are being played while many folks have done their shopping for gifts and decorations for their homes, roof tops and yards..... It's an annual thing many folks look forward to doing each Christmas...... Of course the children like to help get the house r
I'm looking at this issue as a private tax paying citizen in the lower income bracket and retired. That is enough to lose sleep when you just don't know if you wake up one morning and you owe more on your mortgage and automobile payments than you can afford on fixed incomes!
The scary part I imagine for many of us is the congress and senate members being so far apart in what should be done. We know 2 August is the deadline we have to make a decision about this issue. That's less than a week
FIRST: We got the little puppy for my grandchild and she's in dog heaven! She is up early each morning before get ready time for school to see where her little Princess is and what she is doing. She has the run of the upstairs area hallway and bathroom. We got pads down ti two places and feed her 2 or 3 times a day. She poops twice a day usually on the pad in the bathroom. I got a page of the newspaper folded to hit her butt when it's not on the pad and a puppy dog bone biscuit when he minds and
Here in Texas the Flu is hitting us pretty hard all over the state now. My wife is in bed since coming home on Friday evening from work. There has been several deaths too so she has my undivided attention, all the meds available, and she and I got our flu shots early on when they first became available.
So if she is able tomorrow morning she will try to go in for a little while if she get a little bit better tonight. A box of tissue don't last her very long. I will fix her a hot medical drin
I'm in the happiest and longest marriage of my adult life and today marks 16 years being with a lady I feel was God sent to be in my life forever more!! Considering my first three (3) marriages I can't help but feel this one was approved by God because I would have not gotten it right on my own!! So I'm celebrating 54 years total married life and this one makes the cake taste soooo sweet!!
Looking back I remember marrying my high school sweetheart in 1960 and producing two kids four and six
The bad bacteria in my body is now gone. Just a stool sample to turn in this morning is all I got left to do. My doctor called me yesterday at 433 and gave me the news. All I got left to do is turn in a stool sample this morning. I feel better already! Thanks again for all your support!
My next problem to solve is being able to stand up from my seat at church, home, or any place I sit down! That has to do with my knees and the arthritis I got. Other than that I can deal with everything else
Anyone ever felt they were going backwards in their recovery process?? I'm in both therapies OT and PT and my ability to stand, walk and move my arms, legs is nearly none existence anymore! For some odd reasons I feel pretty much like I did 10 years ago when I came home in a WC unable to walk.
I never would have imagined this would be the case with me this many years later. It all started when it got very difficult for me to stand up from a seat especially if it was very low. Now there is n
I appreciated all the prayers you all said for me. My God heard each of you and so far I can see so much better in both eyes although the doctor only operated on my Left eye for now. There is a chance I may not need the Right eye operated on for awhile! The Left eye came out better than she expected in correcting my vision. She said to me if I had gotten this done a few years ago I may not have needed glasses as strong as I got now.
She put in a lens that makes my vision closer in both eyes
Well, I decided to get out the house almost daily and I'm doing a little traveling to nearby cities. I got the little dog with me and lots of food for her. It's all on a small scale mile wise and it's giving me a chance to see how my old 2003 Ford Explorer is holding up after 10 years on the road with 190,000 plus miles on it already!!
I thought about going in debt to buy myself another new car but now that idea is slowly fading from my mind every day. This car will probably go for another f
This is Punography, a blog of my mind on a noonday Monday and morning after a week and weekend where I was with people more severe injuries than myself and many of them had prosthetic limbs! These people has fought in wars where they were ordered to go whether they wanted to or not they had no choice in the matter!
Actually one of the troops gave it to me in stressing how the mind works in a human brain when you have no choice BUT to live as long as you can with what you got LEFT of a brain
After the pain clinic appointment for a steroid injection my heart beat was slowed to around 33 to 40, that's super low and before the injection it was very normal. That caused a trip to the ER and a 4 hour stay only to continue to the heart doctor a few doors away. Nothing was found to be the reason for a slow heart beat and a monitor was ordered. I await it's arrival by FedEx probably Monday or Tuesday. In the meantime I have to sit and wonder what is going on or is it the steroid causing the
You ever noticed how humans act like animals at times and in certain situations almost daily??? It's very true if you haven't given it a thought. Most amazing is how animals act so much like humans in so many instances. Could that be why we love them so much and in certain crisis we refuse to leave them behind?? Human lives have been lost with their decisions to remain with the animals doing the Katrina hurricane 6 years ago and when the flood gates were opened to let water out of the Mississipp
