Countrymouse Posted November 2018
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Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
If I get one more 'thumbs up' emoji when I've updated sister-3 on life here supporting aging parents + sister-2 (disabled)..... double incontinence & combative behavior is NOT a 'thumbs up'!
Is there an emoji with "stick your thumb where the sun don't shine"?
No one has mentioned the g i n to go with the tonic water as a cure for leg and foot cramping. Do you realize there is high fructose corn syrup in the tonic water?
Is the cure worse than the cramping? Not yet.
My new job is to keep the hepa filter light blue, not red.
Do you think one little blip of methane gas will kill my parakeet?
It will be okay, it is blue now.
That tonic water tastes horrible, like medicine. But after Toad's Wild Ride... I am driving on a full moon.......Ralph's entrance was blocked by the swat team, 5 cars, one at the front door; ....then 7/11 did not have tonic water.....but did have lotto tickets, and mustard,.... and a lady in the front window with the clerk looking inside her blouse-hubs could no longer hear me when I said get out of the car....we went to a liquor store and got tonic water, came home had a mustard sandwich with bacon, cheese, lettuce, mayo, and lots of mustard. Already took Vit D and magnesium daily for 3 days. Hubs is drinking my small bottle of tonic water......and I am in bed. Sheesh!
Of course magnesium is absorbed through the skin. I believe in these old basic remedies.
Someone gave me this, I had tried it but my ankle and calf turned black, because I did not read the instructions to rinse it off.:
swanson ultra (the most advanced nutrition technology) liquid spray, dr. barbara hendel's Magnesuim oil (magnesium chloride brine) from the ancient Zechstein Seabed in the Netherlands.
Fancy, huh?
I am sticking with the epsom salts, in the bath water, thanks.
Reading.....taking notes.
It is encouraging that you have advice or me to alleviate my suffering.
ETA - put some some water in the pan with the dishwasher detergent, in case that isn't obvious 😉
Helpful hint for cleaning stuck on food in stainless steel is to remove from stove and fill with water and tamp down a paper towel in the bottom of the pan
by the time you're done eating, wipe the paper towel around the pan and much of the mess is lifted away making washing much easier
This one monitors poor air quality. The blue light changes to amber, then red.
Everytime I walked by the new unit, it turned red! What? I showered, do not use perfumes.
Turns out, the muscle and joint spray (Zim's Max Freeze) I use was causing the machine to go off. A greaseless, vanishing scent formula it says. Even though it was sprayed on in another room, the scent did not dissipate right away.
Later, hubs was just falling asleep, there was a little sound, and the light turned red!
in conversation about the show, I learned that the US had a scary incident in SoCal in 1959 which is not well known but drew attention in last year's wildfire
Hope your foot cramp is better, Send. I have gotten those foot cramps at times, or get a charlie horse in my leg. Magnesium supplements always help me to prevent those. If you have some Epsom salt, you could get a big dose of Mg salt that way, by absorbing it.
Edit: I just now read online that the effects of Epsom salt have NOT been proven. What?? I've long assumed that, but of course, it works that way, that you can absorb Mg through the skin. Hm. Maybe, maybe not, it would seem.
Drinking water and banana smoothie, with cranberry and black cherry juice.
It is what I have on hand.
Dijon mustard may not work.
I knew better than to try to clean up my garden Wednedsday.
My foot is not only cramping, it seizes up and has a tendon showing from toe to ankle, making it look deformed. It gets stuck that way!
I grabbed the Vit. D and 400 mg. of magnesium, that should help.
Thanks Polar and CM.
It isn't that I expect any competent medical practitioner to be au fait with the Gettysburg address, not even that very famous bit.
It is that I expect both medical practitioner and assistant to do the test properly if they're going to do it at all.
He got the date wrong. Did they actually mark this correctly?
He failed to read a question, step one in following instructions. Where was the verb? Where, come to that, was the subject? "Jesus wept" is famously the shortest sentence in the Bible, and would also have been more apt in this situation.
In all seriousness, I would make a formal complaint. There is no point in tests if those carrying them out don't do it competently.
She was "impressed" that he wrote something she never heard of (because she is from a different country, not growing up here). Who cares that it was not a complete sentence even?
The Medical assistant, who administered the test most likely did not even notice when he said April, instead of MAY. I bet she thought it was still April when he said it with confidence.
It was the PCP who said it was a high score.
I feel so very sad for my hubs struggling. His hours are cut from 20/wk.to 12-15 hrs., now I think it is because he does actually act strange at work like he does at home.
Will be making another hopeless appointment with a neurologist. But thank the Lord he has traditional Medicare (stand alone Medicare), and can choose his own doctors without a referral.
This is the "Standard of care" protocol when an HMO is in charge of care.
For once, I am not kidding. Thanks for asking (I say that sincerely-shows you know me a bit). But does anyone have something funny to say about this sad and frustrating experience?
The PCP? You?
Are you kidding about the high score? I hope so.
What is today's date? A: April 8, 2019
What month is it? A: MAY
Please write a sentence with a subject and a verb: He writes: "Four score and twenty years ago".
She asks, "What were you trying to write? I don't know that.
He could not answer.A: = (Lincoln's Gettysburg address).
Four score and SEVEN years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Result: You scored very high on the test. You scored higher than I could. We all have memory issues, there is no treatment for that.
Mwahhhhh ha ha.
Best to hope that the criminal cops a plea by the trial date and you will be released that morning, as having served your time (in jury duty). And, you will get paid.