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Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:26:41 GMT

Welcome Friends Old and New to the Back Fence for September.

I'm leaving a pan of heart healthy apple coffee cake. As you can see I took a piece this morning

Re: Back Fence September 2021

viva923 — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:22:11 GMT

hello all

AM HERE

Ida due in about 5pmish today

was able to get most chores done,some are to heavy to complete wait till dh comes home from work to finish them up.

was able to get walk in this morn, not much else. later guys

have doc check today with surgeon who did back stuff, i think it is with a nurse practionier today. ok later guys

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:47:07 GMT

Glad you made it @viva923 Good luck with whatever is coming your way from Ida.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Epicurean — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:51:04 GMT

Thanks for the new thread Birdmama. I think we all are looking forward to fall after this brutal summer.

sorry,but this will be full of complaints,so move on if you do not want to hear it. My back pain has been beyond bad. I have lived with back pain for ages. Ive had a 7 hour surgery for degenerative disc disease. My spine is held together with rods,pins and screws. I have had P T. ,injections,to many to remember, back brace,etc,and pan meds. Can't do much for muscle pain,yes,I take muscle relaxers.Lately it has gotten worse. We bought a new mattress,no help. Have had CT scans,urogram,Series of X rays. Nothing different shows up. My pain Dr. suggest I get a back brace. So I ordered one. He said I now has a little scoliosis on my left side. That is probably pulling my muscles from the right side,where the pain is. So,we'll see. Hubby wants me to see my back surgeon. NOPE! Like him,but don't think he can help. If the brace doesn't help I may have to take a ride to Johns Hopkins...really don't want to ! Sorry,just sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

geezerette — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:56:13 GMT

@Epicurean

That sounds like total misery! I'm sorry you have to endure such pain. I hope your back brace will help.🤞

Re: Back Fence September 2021

viva923 — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:28:42 GMT

hey all

EPI glad we are hear for you with your back pain. we know these boards are for us to just yell and scream because we have to complain somewhere,we are those shoulders that you can punch and kick at and just lay it all out and you know something we do understand.we all have our daily problems with life. right now it is my implant surg. I have scolosis of spine, when it gets bad, which it does at a drop of a thread, man it can kick you around the block.

we are here for each other, we can handle it.

had my 1st follow up from implant surg today. with nurse practionier lady. am on 2 month follow up right now, she wants to make sure i am doing ok as the months go on, will begin to spread follow ups further apart.

can take a shower without being bagged up over incision. i can be clean in that area, a month since i last washed the small of my back.

have to keep a log again on pee times how many time and how often and so on. the nurse lady was asking how often do i peeduring day and during night i could not give her a figure so back to keeping logs till she can get an idea of how well this implant is working for me.

YES, IDA,she is a wet lady

under tornado warnings for dover/smyrna,DE till 545, rotation on radar, weather radio is busy today. i live about 13-30 minutes from these cities.

under flash flood warnings . we drove home from hospital today it was just coming down in horse troughs, make it a million hole shower head, it was was raining it was more deluging.skies opened up and Ida is dumping on us.

ok guys later.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:20:34 GMT

That's why we gather here @Epicurean I don't think I would have the grace to deal with the back pain for as long as you've had to deal with it. I pray the back brace gives you some kind of relief.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:24:15 GMT

Yea I'm seeing tornado warnings left of right on the east coast. I'm glad you can finally wash the small of your back. Geez one more thing to try to remember - keeping a log of how many times a day you go pee. Now that your bladder knows that you are watching it, you might get shy and not be able to go. I guess it's a blessing that they are not asking you to measure how much exactly that you are peeing out. (fingers crossed and knock on wood).

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:16:51 GMT

It was a fabulous day weatherwise. I threw open all of the windows in the house and mowed the grass. We had alot ot rain and I hadn't done the grass in 2 1/2 weeks (too hot and humid) and wow did I fill the lawn waste bags. I think it was in the upper 60's when I did the front and maybe cracked 70 degrees when I did the back. A yellow jacket kept swarming me for the first quarter of the backyard and I got 2 mosquito bites. I think it's supposed to be in the 70's for the next week or so. My kind of summer weather

Re: Back Fence September 2021

viva923 — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:39:38 GMT

hey guys

not much here

listening to radio this morn while floors dry (bath-kitchen).

dh was walking up front steps, his knee gave out,he had those shots some 2 yrs ago and worked wonders till this morn, he fell going up front steps, scared me. going to call that ortho doctor and see when i can get him his 1st appoint.

don't know extensive damages from tornadoes yesterday. heard mullica hills , PA and NJ got hit severely. this is all in the philly area. newscasters were shocked to see the damage done to such a huge area, philly has not had a tornado in so many years i guess that is what is the shocking part.

well guys back to cleaning. later

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:44:03 GMT

The weather patterns are like nothing we've seen before @viva923 Last month when that tornado touched down in Armada (MI) and stayed on the ground for over 5 minutes the weather folks here were freaking out. They kept saying that doesn't happen here in Michigan and I thought ooh you guys are talking about how it used to be and used to be don't live here anymore. Climate change is real.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Epicurean — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:07:40 GMT

WOW,what a beautiful day it is here. Opened up all the windows.There is even a breeze,finally! Hope it last's. Last night we only had a short shower,we were lucky.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

viva923 — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:30:11 GMT

hey all

birdmama

climate change is real, it is happening now even tho some say NO WAY.

delightful beautiful

opened up the windows, fans in windows. has not been this nice since early june.

did get walk in, not much else guys later

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:27:25 GMT

Doesn't it feel great @Epicurean ? I'm actually waiting for it to warm up a bit because it's been that chilly this morning. Incidentally, I love it Air conditioning is nice and can save a life when it gets super hot and humid...nothing compares to fresh crisp air though.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

yock — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:15:36 GMT

Just checking in. Having a few problems with old veins. Messy.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Bird mama — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:37:47 GMT

Hi Betty @yock it's so good to see you. I'm sorry to read that you are having vein issues. I hope it's not messing with your circulation too bad.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

viva923 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:03:47 GMT

hey all

not much here today

did some chores this morn

did my morn walk

clothes ready for folding

hair cut today at 1pm

going to meet up with 3 of the grandkids today at walmart to see if we can fare any better than what DD is trying to find around her town. kids are driving up tonight meet at walmart and see what we can find here. this is the school supply lists

not much else,later guys

Re: Back Fence September 2021

Epicurean — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:49:43 GMT

Another beautiful day. Got all my bath mats/throw rugs washed and drying on the deck. Hubby asked me if I needed anything done? He should better after 51 yrs 😆. I had him take down and wash all the ceiling light fixtures.
If my back brace comes today I'm think tomorrow I'll start on the downstairs windows.
hope you all are enjoying nice weather like we are here.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

hellie jo — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 20:00:54 GMT

@Epicurean Pain sure does make life difficult and takes over your life. I sure hope that the back brace will help you. Sending positive vibes your way.

Re: Back Fence September 2021

viva923 — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 20:40:17 GMT

hello all

not much now.

just unpacked the grocery items dh just got home from grocery store with. he does a great job getting the stuff, he is able to spend just a fraction of what i would shop for. i was buy this,buy this,buy this and then get it home and think why did i spend soooo much money on JUNKl

ok guys later.