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Graham, good luck and success with your exercises. I hope they're beneficial until time for the surgeries.

Our Dallas friends originally from Chicago and somewhere in FL say y'all. None of my friends originally from different parts of NY say y'all. I have yet to hear anyone say fixin'. 🤨 On another note, I found out our non-refundable economy plane tickets to NJ do not allow us any carry on luggage, just "a personal item" no larger than 17x10x9. Should be enough for my kindle, laptop, medication, phone, wallet, eyeglass case, etc., etc. Our daughter booked the tickets, and we had no idea how restrictive they were. Tickets were $214 p/p round trip so we really can't complain.

When I lived in NY it was "Ayeeee, Lady!" I can't imagine a time when I would be comfortable enough to say y'all. I'm just not there yet. 😏 When my daughter came home from her first day of high school in TX she was amazed that the students called their teachers "ma'am". I told her she better get used to doing the same.

We'll be in NJ in a few weeks, and I already told my daughter to stock up on Friendly's Vienna Mocha Chunk ice cream. Pure heaven! Wishing @OurusualbeachKen and his son, Toby, a wonderful cruise. I didn't know they will be joining you. What fun!

Hey Debi, the flowers are Bluebonnets, the ice cream is Bluebell. Look at me!! After living here for 19 years I'm finally getting to be a real Texan! I just need to develop a taste for Dr. Pepper and say y'all when talking to one person. I wanted to quote your previous post where you mentioned "bluebells" but quoted the above instead. So funny!

Someone gave me an address of a park not far from me that has beautiful bluebonnets. I'll take pictures and attempt to post. For now, this is a stock picture somewhere in TX.

Perfect gift! @FromSea2ShiningSea Helen, Marty @Ozark_Kid @MsOzark_Kid John, Sharon - Welcome to our happy, caring group @CruiszBug Denny, Tom, Phoebe, Nurse Brittany Have a fabulous, wonderful cruise with lots of sunshine and smooth sails.

Thanks, I'll let him know.

I know there are agencies that specify in medical house calls when patients are unable to get to a doctor's office. I doubt none of my or Jack's established doctors make house calls and we live in a very safe area too.

Wow! Seriously? Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan was not in the area.

Happy Birthday to your granddaughter. A Barbie party. What fun!

I can remember our Pediatrician making house calls from where his office was in Brooklyn to where we lived in lower Manhattan. If I needed a shot *gasp* he would walk out of my bedroom with my mother not saying a word, to set up the needle. I just KNEW! If no shot, he would say goodbye and smile. I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating: My father had surgery when he was in his 70s. My mother told the doctor in the Manhattan hospital that she knew his father, many years ago in Brooklyn, also a doctor. The young doctor told my mother his last name was not uncommon at all and asked how she was sure she knew his father. My mother smiled and told him she remembers him running in and out of his father's office when he was a young child. She said "You look the same as that little boy in your father's office".

31 years ago, one Saturday, my daughter, 5 at the time, had bad burning when peeing. I KNEW it probably was a UTI. I called her Pediatrician for advice and he advised me to get to his office as soon as we could. He opened up the office, did whatever test he had to do, prescribed an anti biotic. Those were the days!

Totally agree. According to my surgeon, for me, crutches were not an option. Probably because of my age and the fact that I fell in the first place. Goodness!! Your DH sure went through a lot.

Sorry this happened to your husband. The only way I would have been able to get into the ER myself would have been to hop on my good leg. In fact, my ankle was so misshapen/crooked/swollen, the bone almost broke skin. No cast for me. Directly to surgery and 6 weeks of in-patient rehab where I was on no weight bearing on that foot for all that time. I had to learn how to strengthen my good foot to take the place of my operated foot. I had great medical insurance but premiums got so expensive we switched to a plan that only allows 21 days of in-patient rehab.....sigh.

How does someone who might have a broken ankle physically leave the ER to get home? I sure couldn't when I broke my ankle. It wasn't long after my xray in the ER that a surgeon was called and I was notified that I would need surgery. There is no way I could have made it home and then back to the ER. Pain was major even after they gave me pain meds since it was dislocated as well as broken.

Dani, I 2nd that!!

Using heat in Israel in April? Wow! I always loved hearing children's excited shouts up and down the street in Israel when the first rain of the season fell after a long hot rainless summer: "Imaleh, imaleh, geshem yawred" - "Mommy, mommy, it's raining"!!

Thanks, Maryann! That's enough for me. Yes, I've had them. Not a tremendous fan. I would rather eat both ingredients separately.

My hair stylist is in that shopping area in Allen/Fairview. Lots of restaurants.

I love those narrow wood slat fences. Makes the beach seem so natural and windswept.

Speaking of Dolphins, we usually see them as our ship departs Galveston. Such a nice sight. On another note, can anyone help with the comfort of those zero gravity loungers? Are they comfy for reading with my legs up? The following is just an example of the type of lounger I mean: I went to my favorite food store Central Market today. They sell crisp NY Macintosh apples in season, in addition to real NYC pastrami. The pastrami name is Carnegie even though the famous deli in the theater district closed. The most authentic I've had in the Dallas area. Tonight's dinner will be pastrami sandwiches on crusty sourdough rye, potato salad, cole slaw, all from Central Market. NOT your usual store bought salads or bread. Trust me on this. I also bought something I had never seen before; dark chocolate covered pistachios. Unbelievably delicious. .

Picture perfect. So sweet! Can you post the name of the restaurant? We love Italian food. Rockland County/NJ diners are the best!! I'm not surprised at the portion size you were served.

As @Luckynana Maryan said, I hope your symptoms are mild.

Goodness those are low! Glad, we never checked them out. Same with toilets in some hotels. Most Hampton Inns we've stayed in were so low they looked like kiddy toilets.