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I just had my anual physical check-up. I specifically requested from my personal physician "The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) test" that checks the level of inflammation in the body, because inflammation is the root cause of so many problems (although some are actually healthy.) My healthcare provider Kaiser (kp.org) says I should be lower than 7.4, but I am actually lower than 1. I am proud of this result.

"The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) test ... measures general levels of inflammation in your body. The hs-CRP can be used to find the risk for heart disease and stroke in people who don't already have heart disease." High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) Test | Kaiser Permanente.

What is inflammation, and why is it dangerous? "It's thought that this chronic state of inflammation can lead to numerous health problems, including heart disease, arthritis, depression, Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer." https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/what-is-inflammation-and-why-is-it-dangerous.

To keep my body's inflammation as low as possible, I am using anti-oxidants, specifically Alpha Lipoic Acid and a bunch of others. My orthopedic surgeon told me that, health-wise, I am in the top 10% of guys at my age. Well, sticking with the Mediterranean diet, walking daily 1 1/2 hours with my dogs, using my mini-gym daily, and just trying to be sensible keeps me going. Getting close to 89, I got my driving license renewed to my 93rd birthday, and I am doing everything in my power to make it to 100 being mentally and physically reasonably healthy.

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I have a family, but hiking with my buddies keeps me physically healthy (San Bernardino Mountains are about 11,500 feet high)

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I am also using daily my mini gym from where I can watch TV, and about two dozen nutritional supplements as an insurance that
my body gets what it needs. The body is a chemical factory, and at my age it's no longer very efficient. So, I'm giving it some support

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Took a cancellation time from my dentist. It was that or go on a waiting list for July 2025. There’s a shortage of dental hygienists. It’s not just my dentist, a friend has the same situation at her dentist. I walked to his new office. It’s a decent hike but DH needed the car and I needed the exercise. He picked me up afterwards and we went out to lunch.
 
The meatball soup must be really good because DGS is a foodie, and DD asked me to send him the recipe. What recipe? I use the By Guess and By Golly method of cooking.

I did text him and tell him how to make it and told him to remember how because after I assume room temperature, she's going to want to know how to make it.

The laundry got done today. It's folded and put away or hung up, and I'm sitting here in my clean Ladies Loungewear (with pockets). It's gonna be really cold here tonight, but I'll be nice and toasty.

How cold? The weatherdude said it'll be the coldest night in 247 days since it got down to 33 in March. As cold as that!
 
With winter and ski season coming and my weekly rock music d fun ending, self cut my wild hair (see avatar) from hanging down to chin to earlobes. So will take a photo soon and change avatar image.

No rain here in the SFBA south yet as huge atmospheric river storm is stalled just north. Even up north, is not as epic as news media is making it out to be except for being so early in wet season. Tahoe ski resorts will all open within a week. But very blustery with lots of fall leaves blowing about.

Blood test levels for my polycythemia vera condition diagnosed January 2020, are all nicely normal. Also picked up another 8 months pill supply for hydroxyurea for just $21 total under my KP plan or about an eighth of open market costs. Would already be dead by now were it not for my two awesome female Desi doctors. On way back stopped at a Walmart Neighborhood Market where I picked up some potato salad I just enjoyed for lunch.

Glad to see our big hospital is now requiring everyone to wear masks again. Me an NP-95. Was surprised today that I was able to set up a short notice appointment for tomorrow morning Friday 11/22/24 with my usually fully scheduled primary KP doctor.
 
Kaila said:
Definitely yes!(y):giggle::ROFLMAO:
She's been trying to hide her true identity from the rest of us here at SF! We're on to you now, @Trila :sneaky::LOL:

I know these posts are days old, but I am trying to catch up a bit.
And there's plenty that I am glad to be catching up on, in all of everyone's posts.
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I'm always behind, too, but it doesn't matter....I enjoy hearing from my SF friends!
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Today actually started with yesterday. I'd had a productive day of tail-end preparation for winter, as morning started out with about an inch of fluffy snow on the ground. DW had gone into town for sessions with a physiotherapist and chiropractor, intending to stay there overnight. In the evening I was eating some lasagne. After, I was reading posts here on SF, and happened to notice TV reception was getting terrible. I went out to clean snow off the satellite dish, came back in to make a post. The electricity suddenly went off at roughly 8:40.

So I was relying on LED lanterns and flashlights to do things around the house. Went to bed pretty early, got up about 5:30 this morning... and the power outage lasted until 7:30am. There was a foot of snow now on the ground & roofs outside. Ate breakfast and, unfortunately the power went off again at around 8:30. As I didn't need to rely on electricity, I started making paths with the snowblower. Did five sessions of that, plus clearing half the deck by hand, during the day.

I'd brought in the double-burner propane campstove to heat more lasagna for lunch about 2:30. Power finally came back at 4:05pm. It's evening now, and it was a tiring day, but here I am posting.🥱😌
 
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Morning folks.. It's 3.20 am... pitch dark and another white out. Everything covered in ice.. it's 0 degrees again. 🥶 Ive literally got 4 layers of clothes on, but even so, I've put the heating on just for a little while to just take the icy feel out of the house.. , can't do any more than that because of the huge cost of the utilites..

I woke up at 2.50am.. felt I'd had enough sleep, and got up...made some hot tea...

talking of soup, I make Bacon, lentil and veggie soup every winter... I always freeze some of it, because it's so delicious, and I make a whole load..

never had meatball soup @Georgiagranny , I should try that. I've got 5 pounds of Meatballs in the freezer...(y)
 
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@JBR, was your power loss because of the heavy snow or part of the bomb cyclone that hit the coast. I sure hate losing power. It’s nice that your wife got a break while in town.
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Hi Jules. The weather bomb, as I understood, mostly affected areas of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. But I'm no meteorologist, so it could be that an overall weather system pounded down as heavy rain and wind out there (maybe 700km to the west of me, as the crow flies) and by contrast just dropped snow here.
 
It's just after 9am.. the men have been, dimantled the one bed.. moved all the furniture from the 2nd bed into the first, so to assemble the new bed in the second bedroom.... the new bed looks fabulous, and so it should for the price tbh... but it matches into the decor exactly ...

I've got quite a lot of things to put back in the rooms, but I can take my time over that.

I asked if they would take the desk downstairs for me in prep for the buyer tomorrow, but they said they weren't insured for moving anything other than the beds up or downstairs ....oh well.. they did move it into the other bedroom for me tho'

The sun is out, the snow forecast has gone away.. but it is forecast for torrential rain and snow all weekend, so i'm just having a hot drink and I'm gonna get myself out, to drop a big bag of donations off.. and then run some errands..
 
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hollydolly said:
It's just after 9am.. the men have been, dimantled the one bed.. moved all the furniture from the 2nd bed into the first, so to assemble the new bed in the second bedroom.... the new bed looks fabulous, and so it should for the price tbh... but it matches into the decor exactly ...

I've got quite a lot of things to put back in the rooms, but I can take my time over that.

I asked if they would take the desk downstairs for me in prep for the buyer tomorrow, but they said they weren't insured or moving anything other than the beds up or downstairs ....oh well.. they did move it into the other bedroom for me tho'

The sun is out, the snow forecast has gone away.. but it is forecast for torrential rain and snow all weekend, so i'm just having a hot drink and I'm gonna get myself out, to drop a big bag of donations off.. and then run som errands..
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Sounds productive!
 
It didn't get as cold last night as predicted. 38 when I got up at 5. Today's going to be a repeat of yesterday, sunny, chilly and windy.

I dunno what's on the agenda today. It all depends on DD. I'd like to go browsing (not shopping, just browsing) at Kirkland's, Goodwill, AtHome. DD always says "I don't have any 💰 to spend." I don't, either, but I like to look👀.

I have some things to drop off at Goodwill so why not look around while there?

If there's any meatball soup left, I'll have it for a late lunch/early dinner.
 
Georgiagranny said:
The meatball soup must be really good because DGS is a foodie, and DD asked⁸ me to send him the recipe. What recipe? I use the By Guess and By Golly method of cooking.

I did text him and tell him how to make it and told him to remember how because after I assume room temperature, she's going to want to know how to make it.

The laundry got done today. It's folded and put away or hung up, and I'm sitting here in my clean Ladies Loungewear (with pockets). It's gonna be really cold here tonight, but I'll be nice and toasty.

How cold? The weatherdude said it'll be the coldest night in 247 days since it got down to 33 in March. As cold as that!
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hearlady said:
Sounds productive!
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Yesterday I found a frozen chunk of Jiffy corn pudding in my freezer that I thought I had eaten. It was so good after I heated it that I will make it again for Thanksgiving. Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix is the basic main ingredient and has many various ways to make this as a casserole or pudding if you google their site.
 
Good Friday morning folks!@ Coolish here at 39F, not warming
much today either, so very grateful for my warm home...not so
grateful for the sweats that kept me awake last nite....Housekeeper is coming today, otherwise I have dishes to
do, or may let her do them...back/hands still very painful but oh well......I need to focus on the positives not the negatives.......
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Well it's not quite 1.30pm..I cannot believe just how much I've got done today already

All the bedroom stuff.. got done, and then I made the bed up before I went out ... now I've just got to put the new duvet cover and p/cases on....

I drove to a nearby town to the Charity shop warehouse, ad dropped off a big bag of donations including a small bedside lamp..then I drove north..in the glorious sunshine .. to the next largest town.. got there at 10am.. and I am now throughly convinced hardy anyone goes to work in the UK now. There was big Christmas fete on at the Stately home in that , with a long queue of cars waiting to get in which were blocking the major roundabout and slip roads onto the Motorway ( Knebworth for the Brits).. but I didn't go, it's always overpriced....but this was 10am on a Friday :eek:

There wasn't a single space to be had in 3 large retail park... car parks.. not one parking space. People were driving around and around, waiting for anyone to pull out. I was beginning to think I;d lost a month and we were at Christmas Eve. ..there was literally swarming crowds



Absolutely freezing cold winds despite the sun.. ..so I went to Costa , to have coffee, and had a hot roll with sausage while I was there.. really deelicious

Then to Homesense.. and TKMaxx.. and bought a new potted plant ( silk )... and a beautiful Lime green glass bedside lamp... looks absolutely fab in the my new remodelled bedroom...

I didn't need a new Lamp.. I've got plenty here which are relatively new..but this green one caught my eye, and it was £20 off.. so I'm pleased I got it cuz it looks great..

Bought some cheese scones and some gammon steaks, and Lamb shanks in M&S.. and noticed on my way out of the store, that they have dried strawberries now. I would have got some but I didn't fancy standing in the long checkout queue again..


... I've been home an hour and a half.. and it's still only 1.30pm
 
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Buckeye said:
Snow cover this morning, but not a significant accumulation. Today's project is to fix the drain lines under the kitchen sink, so I'm off to the hardware/lumber store as soon as I have my second cuppa. Crawling around under a sink is my least favorite home handyman job.
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I find the main thing is to get comfortable while working under there. Have you come across the idea of using an old ironing board, where you lean that on the cabinet-base platform? Then you can lie on your back and use your tools more comfortably. Sometimes that's preferable to kneeling. Anyhow, hope it goes reasonably for you.
 
Sunny and chilly.
A quick dash through the house then a short idiot rally from groceries to soil. Priority is wine and kitty treats.
Cookies for SO's playdate tomorrow.
Izzi just sat on my key board and told me that all is well. She is absolutely correct. It is just a matter of what you make of your day.
 


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