ger_77 Posted May 15, 2021 #101 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 minute ago, rafinmd said: Thank you. I am actually just back from my spin, or actually half a spin. It may be a couple of days before a full spin (or perhaps tomorrow morning) but my tentative reaction was a significant improvement which I think will continue improving for a few more days. Roy You're amazing, you had a major heart procedure yesterday, and today you're walking around the neighbourhood . . . wow! Take care of yourself and try not to do too much! Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Gerry 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextOne Posted May 15, 2021 #102 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 hour ago, kochleffel said: Did they say anything about boiling water for a couple days? When I lived in an area where water mains were prone to breaking (steep hills), whenever one broke and was repaired they advised boiling water, or using bottled water for drinking and cooking for a while. I One of my neighbors brought me some jugs of distilled water -- I need to get more tomorrow, just in case. Thank you! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeniEncinitas Posted May 15, 2021 #103 Share Posted May 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, rafinmd said: Thank you. I am actually just back from my spin, or actually half a spin. It may be a couple of days before a full spin (or perhaps tomorrow morning) but my tentative reaction was a significant improvement which I think will continue improving for a few more days. Roy 🌺🌺🙏🙏 Yah! Doing a happy dance 💃 So amazing!! You enjoy your new life Roy! All those prayers from sooooo many and the grace of GOD! Amazing the miracles! I pray for all our other CCERS for the same! Goodnight😊 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted May 15, 2021 #104 Share Posted May 15, 2021 23 minutes ago, rafinmd said: My May 15 sunrise is from a 2017 string of cruises. On May 15 the Crystal Symphony was at sea from Cartagenia Colombia to Charleston SC: Roy It is lovely seeing this post, Roy. Even more special than the picture you shared. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted May 15, 2021 #105 Share Posted May 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, ger_77 said: You're amazing, you had a major heart procedure yesterday, and today you're walking around the neighbourhood . . . wow! Take care of yourself and try not to do too much! Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Gerry Gerry, Roy is spinning! Pay attention! Ah, the visual..... 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger_77 Posted May 16, 2021 #106 Share Posted May 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, cat shepard said: Gerry, Roy is spinning! Pay attention! Ah, the visual..... I was going to use the word "tootling", but didn't know if y'all down south would know what I meant. It's kind of like meandering or moseying. LOL Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Gerry 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon chaser 1957 Posted May 16, 2021 #107 Share Posted May 16, 2021 6 hours ago, kazu said: They are the bane of my existence, Deeni. I’m getting frustrated. Trying to move all my trays of plants inside and out. Can’t put them on the deck to get the good sun because it’s in the process of being stained. Can’t put them on the driveway where there is good sun because of the dam deer, so all I can do it put them in the fenced area of the porch which does not get enough sun 😔 I hope by Monday I can start to use the deck. I am way far behind now 😔 Jacqui, I’ve been trying out a spray called Bobbex that is supposed to repel deer, rabbits, and squirrels. I used it in Chilliwack to protect plants the Rieslings were destroying and it works like magic! They still use the birdbath for water, and pass through the garden, but they haven’t touched the plants I sprayed. I’ve brought it to Salt Spring (yes! I’ve been able to go home!) to try to save plants from deer. Between what I’ve heard about it, and my experience with repelling squirrels, I’d recommend giving it a try. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted May 16, 2021 #108 Share Posted May 16, 2021 24 minutes ago, Horizon chaser 1957 said: Jacqui, I’ve been trying out a spray called Bobbex that is supposed to repel deer, rabbits, and squirrels. I used it in Chilliwack to protect plants the Rieslings were destroying and it works like magic! They still use the birdbath for water, and pass through the garden, but they haven’t touched the plants I sprayed. I’ve brought it to Salt Spring (yes! I’ve been able to go home!) to try to save plants from deer. Between what I’ve heard about it, and my experience with repelling squirrels, I’d recommend giving it a try. We’ve tried it. Here’s the problem. If it rains through the night, everything is devastated. Every time it rains it’s ineffective. Even when it works here, the deer are determined. They will find one spot that hasn’t been sprayed. Our deer are too domesticated. They come in packs of 7 often and have no fear of anything. I can literally get within 6’ of one. The only thing that deters our deer are a fence or a gun. We don’t use guns so as much as I can is fenced. My retaining wall (2 levels) was a disaster with deer poop. It’s cleaned out now. The young ones walk on it when I can’t catch them and eat my “deer proof” plants. But thanks. Everyone here has tried everything from Bobbie to Irish Spring, etc. At one stage my dog hair kept them away if I spread it around. No longer. They know where the invisible fencing line is and disregard the dog hair elsewhere. They are truly a pest here. They have proliferated to the point they are a risk and yet Northern New Brunswick is risking losing them and our Department of Natural Resources won’t send some there with the line “some will die”. What happens when they are culled in the Fall? Sheesh. I hate stupidity. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon chaser 1957 Posted May 16, 2021 #109 Share Posted May 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, kazu said: We’ve tried it. Here’s the problem. If it rains through the night, everything is devastated. Every time it rains it’s ineffective. Even when it works here, the deer are determined. They will find one spot that hasn’t been sprayed. Our deer are too domesticated. They come in packs of 7 often and have no fear of anything. I can literally get within 6’ of one. The only thing that deters our deer are a fence or a gun. We don’t use guns so as much as I can is fenced. My retaining wall (2 levels) was a disaster with deer poop. It’s cleaned out now. The young ones walk on it when I can’t catch them and eat my “deer proof” plants. But thanks. Everyone here has tried everything from Bobbie to Irish Spring, etc. At one stage my dog hair kept them away if I spread it around. No longer. They know where the invisible fencing line is and disregard the dog hair elsewhere. They are truly a pest here. They have proliferated to the point they are a risk and yet Northern New Brunswick is risking losing them and our Department of Natural Resources won’t send some there with the line “some will die”. What happens when they are culled in the Fall? Sheesh. I hate stupidity. I’m sorry to hear the deer there have gotten that bad. And thanks for the heads up about the rain taking everything back to square one. Of course, Salt Spring is in the Pacific Rain Forest area. It can’t possibly get wet here, can it.😏 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted May 16, 2021 #110 Share Posted May 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Horizon chaser 1957 said: I’m sorry to hear the deer there have gotten that bad. And thanks for the heads up about the rain taking everything back to square one. Of course, Salt Spring is in the Pacific Rain Forest area. It can’t possibly get wet here, can it.😏 LOL on the getting wet there 😂 It might be different there IF you are deer aren’t so fearless. They are literally unafraid of anything here - even the dogs unless we get to 3’. I’ve proven it trying to train Miko not to get so excited. I walked up to two yesterday at our mail box. They didn’t move until I moved the car. We were probably no more than 4 - 5’ away. I know some of you think it’s neat but when you have hordes of them it’s not. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted May 16, 2021 #111 Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, rafinmd said: Thank you. I am actually just back from my spin, or actually half a spin. It may be a couple of days before a full spin (or perhaps tomorrow morning) but my tentative reaction was a significant improvement which I think will continue improving for a few more days. Roy Still my hero, Roy! Prob can't wait to go back to the fire station! Understand they have La-Z-boys there 😉 Edited May 16, 2021 by Copper10-8 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfish Posted May 16, 2021 #112 Share Posted May 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Cruzin Terri said: Sky high D-Dimers are serious. Believe me, I know. Did you have an ultrasound on the legs for a DVT? If not, go back and get one. I am talking from experience and almost died. Thanks for your concern about my problems. Terri That is exactly what I was thinking. @JazzyV Do be careful with this. I would take @Cruzin Terri's advice. I do know someone who died from a blood clot in the leg. In her case, she was uninsured and the ER told her she couldn't afford the tests they wanted to do and suggested she go get insurance and come back. This is now in court as an EMTALA violation. I live alone as well. Carry your cell with you everywhere you go. Keep it in your pocket. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted May 16, 2021 #113 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Roy, it is good to see you posting a beautiful sunrise picture. The news of noticing a significant improvement on your half spin is welcome news. We are all relieved and glad everything went well and you’re already home. Lenda 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon chaser 1957 Posted May 16, 2021 #114 Share Posted May 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, kazu said: LOL on the getting wet there 😂 It might be different there IF you are deer aren’t so fearless. They are literally unafraid of anything here - even the dogs unless we get to 3’. I’ve proven it trying to train Miko not to get so excited. I walked up to two yesterday at our mail box. They didn’t move until I moved the car. We were probably no more than 4 - 5’ away. I know some of you think it’s neat but when you have hordes of them it’s not. Ours are not quite so bold or so numerous, but they truly are vandals. They will often destroy things they don’t even like out of spite.They will bite off flowers or tear off clumps of leaves and spit them out. One flower is an understandable test, but stripping a bush and leaving all the flowers on the ground is deliberate! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted May 16, 2021 #115 Share Posted May 16, 2021 5 hours ago, kochleffel said: Returning to the mulch topic from the other day: the orange place nearest me is 20 miles away and I can't verify that they have cypress mulch. Mulch supply in general is regional, but I remember buying cypress mulch in Ohio, which is more or less in the same region, a couple of decades ago. Not that I am ready for mulch. The main gardening accomplishment today was filling a raised bed that I built on Thursday. It's for a shade garden, in the only bit of my property that has any shade to speak of, but today there was more sun there than I remember from last year. The idea is to start putting plants in tomorrow afternoon before, or in the lulls of, intermittent rain -- it is hard to get water to that corner. Primula 'Supernova' will be the first to go in. Most of the other plants for it haven't come yet. When I got the cypress mulch from the orange store, I always had to go there and hunt for it. Our nearest orange store is 45 miles away, which is why I’m glad our local nursery carries it, and they even load it in the car. Now, if they would just come spread it. 🤣 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted May 16, 2021 #116 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Thanks for all the daily reports and photos. @rafinmd so pleased that you are home again, take care, don't walk too far too soon. Rain overnight, now a sunny day blue skies. Take care everyone. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted May 16, 2021 #117 Share Posted May 16, 2021 3 hours ago, JazzyV said: Thanks all for your prayers and commiserations. I tried online to set up with my PCP, but no appointments. So I called the scheduling number and got in for Tuesday with her PA. I will try early Monday to get one of the coveted same day appointments. It's scary when you live alone. You hope you don't end up not able to call for help. I have been having neuropathy symptoms (tingling in my extremities) in addition, which I blame on Humira that I took for my eyes. I wonder about MS. No one seems to know anything for sure. I need a Dr. House (TV doc who could figure out the toughest cases). I’m so sorry you are having so much trouble finding answers when you feel so bad. I agree with the advice to keep your phone with you and to call 911 if you start to feel worse. We know our bodies better than anyone else, so if necessary be persistent and a squeaky wheel. The good news is the negative COVID test. Hope you feel better soon. Lenda 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted May 16, 2021 #118 Share Posted May 16, 2021 5 hours ago, HAL4NOW said: I met a couple new friends on the beach this week. The Eagle was quite interested in the seal pup; the seal pup seemed to think the eagle was his mother and scooted along the beach to get closer a few times. Amazing! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin Terri Posted May 16, 2021 #119 Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, dfish said: That is exactly what I was thinking. @JazzyV Do be careful with this. I would take @Cruzin Terri's advice. I do know someone who died from a blood clot in the leg. In her case, she was uninsured and the ER told her she couldn't afford the tests they wanted to do and suggested she go get insurance and come back. This is now in court as an EMTALA violation. I live alone as well. Carry your cell with you everywhere you go. Keep it in your pocket. i would take @JazzyV to the hospital myself if i lived nearby. I am really worried that this could be very serious. i was misdiagnosed and it almost cost me my life. Terri Edited May 16, 2021 by Cruzin Terri 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin Terri Posted May 16, 2021 #120 Share Posted May 16, 2021 3 hours ago, JazzyV said: Thanks all for your prayers and commiserations. I tried online to set up with my PCP, but no appointments. So I called the scheduling number and got in for Tuesday with her PA. I will try early Monday to get one of the coveted same day appointments. It's scary when you live alone. You hope you don't end up not able to call for help. I have been having neuropathy symptoms (tingling in my extremities) in addition, which I blame on Humira that I took for my eyes. I wonder about MS. No one seems to know anything for sure. I need a Dr. House (TV doc who could figure out the toughest cases). Tuesday is too far away. You need to go get an ultrasound NOW! I am surprised that the hospital did not do that. Doing a CAT of the lungs only means the clot hasn’t gotten there yet. Please do yourself a favor and go back to the hospital. Do not wait until Tuesday. PLEASE! Terri 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kochleffel Posted May 16, 2021 #121 Share Posted May 16, 2021 3 hours ago, kazu said: I’m with you on Dr. House. Wish we really had Diagnostic Clinics. They would be a boon. Two of the newspapers that I read have "mystery diagnosis" columns. While some of the conditions really are rare and hard to diagnose, it's striking how many of the patients were sent home from the ER after a couple of garden-variety tests came back normal. If they are lucky they're seen by a doctor who is genuinely curious rather than only following the playbook. But it has gotten harder for an ER to diagnose difficult cases, because the doctors are under pressure to get patients out as quickly as possible. I was in the opposite position once. I was in the hospital for surgery to repair a broken arm, which was not at all hard to diagnose, but the hospitalists were bound and determined to find a serious heart condition. When they couldn't, they grew more and more frustrated and seemed to blame me for not having the condition that they wanted to diagnose. However, they did find that an irregularity in my blood chemistry had gotten worse since tests six months before, so it wasn't all for naught. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfish Posted May 16, 2021 #122 Share Posted May 16, 2021 32 minutes ago, Cruzin Terri said: Tuesday is too far away. You need to go get an ultrasound NOW! I am surprised that the hospital did not do that. Doing a CAT of the lungs only means the clot hasn’t gotten there yet. Please do yourself a favor and go back to the hospital. Do not wait until Tuesday. PLEASE! Terri Exactly! @JazzyV Listen to Terri. Please. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyV Posted May 16, 2021 #123 Share Posted May 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Cruzin Terri said: Tuesday is too far away. You need to go get an ultrasound NOW! I am surprised that the hospital did not do that. Doing a CAT of the lungs only means the clot hasn’t gotten there yet. Please do yourself a favor and go back to the hospital. Do not wait until Tuesday. PLEASE! Terri Terri thanks. I started having some thigh discomfort so I’m at the ER. A real high powered one, not that suburban country club one I went to earlier. It’s a busy Saturday night and my bed is in the hallway, but that’s ok. Waiting to be seen. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger_77 Posted May 16, 2021 #124 Share Posted May 16, 2021 1 minute ago, JazzyV said: Terri thanks. I started having some thigh discomfort so I’m at the ER. A real high powered one, not that suburban country club one I went to earlier. It’s a busy Saturday night and my bed is in the hallway, but that’s ok. Waiting to be seen. Glad you’re at the hospital; praying for you, girl! Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Gerry 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durangoscots Posted May 16, 2021 #125 Share Posted May 16, 2021 1 minute ago, JazzyV said: Terri thanks. I started having some thigh discomfort so I’m at the ER. A real high powered one, not that suburban country club one I went to earlier. It’s a busy Saturday night and my bed is in the hallway, but that’s ok. Waiting to be seen. Glad you are there..... and be completely up front with them about how you are feeling. Keep us posted if you can. Susan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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