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Post by echo on Mar 11, 2021 10:58:06 GMT -8
Good morning, we are back from the trip for my brain scan We had snow in the air but not on the roads, rain and cold but easy driving. I learned Portland is closer when you aren’t driving with two little boys in the vehicle with you. The scan was easy, boring and done. Now awaiting results. I was disappointed because we had three hour wait just to let the IV radiation travel to my brain, and we were literally at the station for the aerial tram, but they wouldn’t let us ride, only essential hospital workers. The cars normally hold 79 people and they only take 20 during covid. I begged, explained the drive, the waiting time, showed our cards saying we’d both been vaccinated, then told them, I understood, didn’t like it but hoped they had a great day, and went to look at the river instead.
The scan was long and I wasn’t allowed to move for an hour they said, but everything went really well, and I basically napped through it.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 15, 2021 6:58:17 GMT -8
How’s everyone who got hit by Snowmageddon? ES reported 15” at his place in Boulder by the time it stopped last night. Here in CA., I have about an inch of new rain, and it’s cold, so should be piling up in our mountains, too. Today’s the first day of our vaccine clinic in the new expanded format at the fairgrounds. I’m on the afternoon shift, so I should miss the worst of the confusion . Sadly, it’s not in a good spot for biking, so I’ll have to drive like everyone else. The small clinic was 2 miles away on side streets and bike paths. But the point is getting the county vaccinated, so no gripes!
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Post by echo on Mar 15, 2021 7:12:22 GMT -8
My friend in Cheyenne is saying 30.8” and the paper had a picture that backs that up I honestly miss those kinds of storms. We had 26 inches in Cody the Christmas my Dad was in the hospice room at the hospital and it added a lot of fun to a hard time with my 2 & 3 year old boys.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 15, 2021 7:14:56 GMT -8
After "False Spring" last week, we have now progressed right into "Second Winter"
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Post by daisie678 on Mar 15, 2021 23:00:25 GMT -8
Good Morning!!!
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 17, 2021 4:55:42 GMT -8
Happy National Irish Stereotyping and Cultural Appropriation Day!!!
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Post by echo on Mar 17, 2021 7:55:48 GMT -8
Happy get to pinch the grandkids before reminding them that it is a holiday day.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 18, 2021 7:16:19 GMT -8
Ugh. Damn saw-whet owl kept waking me up last night until I closed the window. Sounds just like an alarm clock. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Saw-whet_Owl/soundsIf I wanted to hear nature instead of the constant hum of civilization, I would have moved to the edge of town next to some woods. Oh, wait...
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 18, 2021 10:12:31 GMT -8
Mail carrier brought perhaps the best mail I could hope for: my David Austin English Roses catalogue, wrapped in biodegradable potato starch paper. (I wasn't aware that potatoes could be used to make an alternative to plastic.)
I'll spend the rest of the day soaring in Rose Heaven, planning all sorts of new gardens, pricing trellises and tuteurs, or designing some from sturdy saplings I'll cut down.
What else could be so as inspirational as pages and pages of David Austin's stunning roses?
Today is a good day to dream, paraphrasing Klingon Worf: "today is a good day to dream of roses and gardens."
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Post by echo on Mar 19, 2021 16:23:57 GMT -8
Some interesting results, to me at least from various medical tests. The DaT scan showed my dopamine receptors are functioning normally in the brain, and that I might have a Parkinson’s related syndrome but not actual Parkinson’s. Then my cardiologist called about the kidney function ultrasound I had not long ago, and that was normal, but he had also asked for some chemical panels and said that some numbers are really strange and probably indicate an adrenal gland issue. So maybe an answer will come along eventually, of course it means a referral to another out of the area specialist, my ologist list expands again. Endocrinologist this time.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 20, 2021 7:17:48 GMT -8
echo, we can hope that some of this ologists manage to come up with some solutions for you! You are proving a lovely example of the risks of aging in isolated places, though. Even Chico has to send some things to SF.
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 20, 2021 8:27:04 GMT -8
echo, I'm sorry you're going through so many medical tests, but hopefully they'll produce satisfaction and relief. rebeccad, you raised a critical issue: aging in isolated places. Over the years it's become more of a concern than it was when I was younger, and more spry, and didn't worry as much. At one time I wanted an isolated retirement home, far away from the madding crowd. Now I'm not so sure and find myself considering the quality of hospitals in potential areas. But natural medicine practitioners aren't left out of the equation.
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Post by echo on Mar 20, 2021 13:08:10 GMT -8
I keep hearing about the increase in zoom medical appointments, and my cardiologist has done one that way after a couple live. Even heard about surgery with the dr on one side of the world in VR goggles and the patient in a operating theater being supervised by another surgeon but operated on robotically
I think distance matters but maybe that is changing
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 21, 2021 7:21:53 GMT -8
echo, they are working on the distance problem, but some things really do require eyes on the actual body parts, so in-person health care is needed a lot. Some of the tests you’ve had, though, I have to wonder if they couldn’t have been done at your local hospital. Better communication throughout the medical system would help. But this risks going TPA 😄
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Post by autumnmist on Mar 21, 2021 8:43:53 GMT -8
RebeccaD, and echo, I do think that doctors could have made arrangements for the tests to be done locally; they do have affiliations with other doctors who could review her records, concur with planned tests, and make local arrangements for her. Interestingly enough, these kinds of limitations are ones I never considered when trying to decide where to spend the rest of my retirement. Taxes, weather, population density were factors, but it wasn't until Dad began aging and needing more assistance that I cherished the variety of health care facilities in our area. And remote diagnosis scares me. It's so factual, w/o the benefit of close-up observations. It wouldn't surprise me if the medical profession has already contacted attorneys and medical insurers to beef up medical indemnifications and coverages.
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