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General => The Shed => Topic started by: Jeannine on September 11, 2010, 19:37:26
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Judging by all the Pms, a few of you have been worried about me .
I am OK, I rather unexpectedly had a few days in the hospital but am home , alive and still kicking, albeit not very high LOL, sort of a heart hiccup but I am fine.
I will get around to all your Pms as I can.
If I have missed anything important can someone let me know.
John got his test reports yesterday after I got home, the urologist kindly fit him in a few days late as he missed the Wednesday appointment.and It is good news.The problem is not cancer, it is a fatty lump. They will keep an eye on it, apparently they grow and can bleed. So other than having to go to have a wee camera in his bladder now he seems to be just fine.
I have my scooter too, it was delivered to my house this morning and have not yet played on it but have realised it is definitely necessary so no more sulking.
I will have a cruise around and see what I have missed.
XX Jeannine
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Hi Jeannine, pleased to hear from you, so pleased about John`s news.Sorry to hear you have been in hospital Jeannine.
You must take care of yourself now.
Which scooter did you get after all?.
Take care now all the best to you both.
Regards Mary xxx.
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Hi Rosebud. it is not a Shoprider as I had planned,the one they sugested has a tougher engine apparently..it is an Elite GoGo..or some thing like that. I will get hold of the book and tell you more later.
XX Jeannine
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Glad to see you back Jeannine, the place doesn't seem the same without you. :)
I'm sorry that you haven't been well, but at least it's good news about John.
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Hi Jeannine really sorry to hear you have not been well, so glad you're back you've been missed. Really glad John is o.k. Have you put the L plates on the scooter yet!!! :)
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Good news indeed about John.
Glad to find you are now back in circulation.
Look after yourself.
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Sorry to hear about your hospital stay but good to hear you are ok, no chariot racing for you for at least a few days, minimum!
Lovely to read your news about John, big relief.
Take care both xxx
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Hi all and thankyou. I am going to trial the scooter this afternoon I think. fingers crossed it will go over grass as I am dying to see the lottie. The last time I went about 10 days ago, I walked on my crutches but couldn't it back so John got the push wheelchair from the car..it nearly bumped him off getting me to the car.
No L plates and no ruddy flags either.It is red and quite noticeable as it is.
Few Pms asking me what was wrong,so here you go.
Combination of overdoing things, pushing too hard, messing with heavy meds so my breathing went to almost a stand still, this gave my heart a bit of a problem so I woke up in the ER, admitted and stabilised,heart is OK but it was labouring rather a lot apparently. It seems because I refuse to take my meds regularly and then when I get really really bad I take them it is too much for my body to deal with. I have to keep the Fentanyl patches on,and take the painpills and anti-inflammatory pills all the time.If I stop using any of them for a couple of weeks and then start again, the dose should be started very low and built up to the high dose I am regularly on..so I am an idiot. I almost topped myself without trying LOL., it seems I had a close call, anyway after the few days away they have got me back to optimum level so I should be OK now.
XX Jeannine
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I am glad you are feeling much better now Jeannine :D
Duke
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Lovely to see you back Jeannine and to hear both John and your better news. Now about this scooter. Reckon we all ought to send you some stickers, can't be having you looking like a new girl on the block ;)
Ninny
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Hi Jeannine.So good to hear from you. Time to behave yourself & as they say act your age not your shoe size ;) ;D. What a scare for you but delighted you are sorted & John has good results. Good luck with your new toy. Have a great day. Missed you :).
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So pleased to see you back Jeannine. It was because you and people like you I an staying albeit in the background. Just popped out to say how much I look forward to your contributions. I think it is a lesson for up all who are on medication to take it
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Hi Jeannine so glad that you are ok now also good news about John you are going to have to take life a bit easier now [we dont think!!!!!!] Cant imagine you slowing down Have fun with your newish toy LOL Lorraine
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Hey Jeannine,
I have a heart problem ( couple of heart attacks, followed by double bypass surgery ) and i still do the same as you.
Sometimes you just can't be doing with your meds there are so many, take some tablets in the morning then some at night, what a pain after a bottle of wine you just forget lol.
Anyway take care and i'm off to take the 2 now that i have to.
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What a good reminder for all of us: medicine doesn't help if it stays in the bottle.
It was so great to hear you've made it through all the difficulties and are now tooling around town on your own. Please take care, Oh Squash Queen Jeannine.
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Jeannine
Sorry you and John had this scare and glad that you are ok again. Hope you'll stay at 'optimum level'.
Tell us how the wheels are going? I found GoGo Elite on WWW. Red, you said. Did you fit 'go-faster-stripes'? Hope you are having fun with your scooter and that it will give you more freedom to enjoy the things you want to do.
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Good to see you around Jeannine, and even better news about John :)
So how did it go with the chariot and the lotty ;D
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Hi all. thank you for the good wishes. I am sort of taking it easy a bit. I still haven't been out since I got home so the scooter is still unused for now. I seem to be a bit tired and am doing as I am told..My doc popped in to see me and reminded me that I am not an 18 year old athlete..don't you hate these clever dicks.. anyway he said to listen to what my body is telling me and to stop ignoring the signs..when I have to stop I should stop etc.. so I am going steady. Boring..... Too much knitting and sitting but I promised I would take a couple of weeks off.
The scooter is now in the car, fully charged and waiting for me to get out of my Pj's. I am planning a trip round a mall in the next few days...boring..but it will train me to use the scooter.
It is amazing how difficult it is to decide where to go when you have wheels.I have moaned about not being mobile for ages, now I am I can't figure out where to go. I hate shopping, love the beach and nature walks where it won't go so it is going to be an adjustment. I haven't been to the lottie for a couple of weeks now so might try the scooter on grass at the beginning of the week.
Thanks gang.
XX Jeannine
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Have fun where ever you go. It will be good for you just to get out of the house, I think. Will there be much to pick at the lotty. What about the one you were looking after, are they back yet?
Have a great day.
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Good to see you back.
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Sorry to hear of your medication problems. Hope you keep them optimum.
Glad you are back Jeannine.
Enjoy your trip to the mall.
MP
P.S. Just had a vision of you doing "wheelies" around the mall. ;D
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Hi Jeannine,
Sorry youve had such a traumatic few days , its hard to come to terms with and these are big changes. Good luck with your first outings my neighbour now has a circular track around his garden with his greenhouses at one end, he speeds around it!! he says he just needs a trailer on the back now to carry compost etc!!
thats great news about John
I have a tub of compost in the house with some trays so that even when the weather prevents me going out i can get my green fix by sowing a few seeds or potting things on, theres nothing like it for lifiting your mood and looking forward to the future.
Glad to have you back
take care
love sunloving
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Glad to see you're back with us Jeanine- I missed you!
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Good to hear you are taking it a little easy......
Don't think of it as steady and boring, more like a good recipe, little bit of this little bit of that....not tooooooooo much of any one thing for a good balance ;D
I think you are right, take time to get used to how your scooter copes with moving about and how people react. Then just start experimenting a little more with where it can manage to go. Have you got a back up/rescue plan if you go somewhere it doesn't like?
Hope your lottie has behaved in your absence
Take care x
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Hi all. still, alive and kicking..well maybe not kicking. Did my scooter trip round the mall.OK for learning to drive,,but I hate malls. Then to the lottie, and wow, it went the 1/4 mile over the grass no problem at all so for that reason alone it is worth it. I haven't been out since though, still very tired and still dtermined to get off this medicataion. I have now succesfully got off my patches..again, pain level is way up but so far I am managing. Next to go is the Tramadol,that I knocked off just yesterday and not much different today..so I will leave it for a few days to see. I know I am probably crazy but I cann ot stand the sleepy thing all the time with the meds..it is a trade of I guess.
Thankks for all the Pms , I will get around to nswering you all but even a few minutes typing hurts a bit too much right now.
Take care..will pop in again in a few days, XX Jeannine
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Hi all. still, alive and kicking..well maybe not kicking. Did my scooter trip round the mall.OK for learning to drive,,but I hate malls. Then to the lottie, and wow, it went the 1/4 mile over the grass no problem at all so for that reason alone it is worth it. I haven't been out since though, still very tired and still dtermined to get off this medicataion. I have now succesfully got off my patches..again, pain level is way up but so far I am managing. Next to go is the Tramadol,that I knocked off just yesterday and not much different today..so I will leave it for a few days to see. I know I am probably crazy but I cann ot stand the sleepy thing all the time with the meds..it is a trade of I guess.
Thankks for all the Pms , I will get around to nswering you all but even a few minutes typing hurts a bit too much right now.
Take care..will pop in again in a few days, XX Jeannine
Good to hear from you Jeannine and that the scooter is coping with the grass so well. I guess you are glad you opted for the model with the more powerful engine So pleased that you are getting better and coming off some of the medicines. Take great care please and keep getting better.
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lovely to hear from your Jeannine and that's wonderful news about the scooter and the lottie :)
Take Care with those meds my friend :)
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Thanks again..still not been able to get out but finishing my second baby shawl!! I feel a bit like the flowers around me..dropping their blossoms and looking a bit ragged, I think it is called getting old LOL ..but hopefully I will pick up a bit more than I am.
Hope all is well with everyone else.
XX Jeannine
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All the best girl and if you get five minutes you could knit us a scarf as it's a bit parky today. :o :o :o
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Take care! It's hard sometimes when you know you should slow down but there is so much to get done, to see and experience! Look after your precious health and good news about your hubby too.
I got quite a few butternuts BTW! even though all my plants died with mildew! as a conversation HAS to include squash ;D ;D
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Thanks for the update Jeannine, keep taking care of yourself, you're missed :) :-*.
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Good to hear the shawls are coming on so well and very nice to hear from you.
Sometimes things just take a little time and nearly always more time than we would like :)
Really good news your chariot copes well with going to the lottie what a bonus :)
x
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Lovely to see you back.
Really miss you when you're not about.
Take care and John too.
Sinbad
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Ha ha..well I got an unexpected outing today.. the fire alarms went off and we dutifully left the apartment. I somehow made it down the stairs on my elbow crutches, three floors, in my Pjs and slippers, John was dressed but in T shirt and joggers.. torrential rain outside, and I mean really torrential.
Outside we heard from a neighbour a dryer in the laundry room had burst into flames.
After about 10 minutes sitting on a wooden soaked bench in the rain, John ran and got the car and we drove to a friends about 3 miles away.
No answer, despite the fact that she rarely goes out, so where do you go in soaking wet Pj's(plus no wallet as John didn't pick it up).
We parked for about an hour, then quickly got home as the gas tank was almost on empty.
Fire engines just leaving.. Fire out and contained in the laundry room which of course is now out of action.
So that was my first trip out in nearly two weeks, isn't life great LOL
XX Jeannine
PS I have already started sneezing!!
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This does not sound good for you at all. Sounds like you need a supply of space blankets hidden somewhere on the stairs. I have some in the car in case it conks out. But thinking about it a couple taped to the front door might be a good idea.
You could have just done without this right now. Look after yourself.
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good to hear you are making fun out of a lousy situation Jeannine :)
Now you just go ahead and drink lots of hot toddys ;) :)
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Had a great day today, went scootering in Costco's..bit like Macro, spent far too much money but stayed there 2 hours..no chance on my legs, srill tired and sneezy but think I am fine..
Thinking od going to Harrison Hot springs resort and spa for thansgiving long weekwnd,not sure but the whole gang of my best friends family are going so it could be fun..and I can swim like a fish, though just floating motionless in a volcanic pool sounds very inviting.
XX Jeannine
PS good nidea about the blankets, actually we should have a go bag ready as we are slap on the Pacific Rim Volcanic circle and a biggie is expected. We always used to have one ready before and it came in useful once or twice.Thank you for the reminder.
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oooooo a holiday to look forward to, sounds like just what the doctor should order :)
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Yeah, go for it: float, swim, laugh, relax..... :)
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Mmmmm-Floating in a volcanic pool- now that sounds like a good vacation with family.
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Another fair day yesterday.. overdid it a bit, but scooted to the plot and weeded two beds, pulled veggies, then did a grocery shop. I am so glad I bought this scooter, I can wander round a shop as long as I like.. Very bad last night though, really horrific pain most everywhere so gave in and stuck a pain patch on at 8pm, and slept well, up at 5am, very little pain amd so far not groggy,, so maybe when it gets that bad I will use them.. but not all the time. Anyway it seems I am getting over my little heart hiccup as I feel amost back to normal now. Thanks for all your support guys you are a grand bunch.
XX Jeannine
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Glad to hear things are continuing to improve and you are able to get out and about more easily. How fantastic your buggy gets you to where you want to go ;D Has John worked out how to make a trailer for you for tools and crops etc? Hope you get on top of the pain :)
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that is good news Jeannine :)
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I am so pleased that you are managing to start to enjoy your scooter. I think that now you can see that you can scoot to your plot you will realise it is a great asset. My neighbour who has one take it out so she can walk the dog. Says it has revolutionised her life. Hopefully you can find more interesting places to go with it. Is there any kind of local organisation who can fill you in on the best mobility scooter friendly places.
But do take things easy. Looks like you are more waterproof than you thought.
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Just wanted to say Hi and hope you are having a good day. It has been a lovely Autumn day here so very much hope the sun comes out and shines for you too :)
Never quite sure if we are ahead or you are, but whichever the thought is there ;D
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Hi all. Still around just not so much on the pooter.. XX Jeannien
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Hi Jeannine, I hope you are feeling good today, take care on that scooter, i know they give you a new lease of life to get out more but don`t do to much untill you feel really well. Take care both
Love Maryxxx.
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Do you wear all the leather gear scooter Jeannine. :P :P :P
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Nice to see that you had posted early this morning. Hope that things are not too bad for you, look after yourself. Thinking of you,
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I think Kev has a leather fetish Jeannine. Don't feed it ;D
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Ha ha,, leather fetish eh KEV !!. Well picture this.. I used to race a moterbike in leathers, solo and on a threesome rig, I rode sidecar and had to have Velcro on my leather pants as every time I did a big lean the zip popped.. oh eck, now I have a mobility scooter, juat goes to show you it happens to us all!!
XX Jeannine
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:P :P :P ;)