Yoga class today, followed by an hour in the garden. I sent my pup to doggy day care for the first time today. Seems weird not to have her around–plus, no steps for walking this morning. I’ll do a walk tonight so I can meet my step goal.
@Romani Hope the infusion goes well.
@fireandrain Sorry about your friend. Article you posted was very informative.
Romani, hope the second infusion will being you some relief.
MOfWC, you are a doggie saint. I hope JJ will enjoy company!
Fireandrain, how awful. Alone. Stress can and often will bring out the lurking health issues. So sorry.
Very sorry about your friend, Fireandrain - sounds like a tremendous shock.
That is terrible fireandrain. Heart disease can be such a silent enemy. I’d like to think I’d call 911 if I had symptoms, but I wonder if I’d be another second guesser trying to tough it out.
I hope your infusion goes well, too, romani.
You are so kind to the dogs, MoWC. It’s heartwarming.
As for the Naked Old Men thread…I had a similar experience. When I was a young teen my babysitter/friend took me to a neighbor’s backyard sauna. Everyone knew about the sauna, and it wasn’t unusual living near the bay. We were clad in swimsuits but the older men, neighbors, ugh, were not. There was no ill intent anywhere in the scenario, but we left after about a minute. It was kind of upsetting and really, really awkward. I was definitely not comfortable with nudity then.
I hope everyone feels better as quickly as I did. I ran this morning, about 5 miles. My fitbit tracker crashed, though, so I cannot be sure. That has been the most annoying, unpredictable feature of my little device, that app crashing. It’s H’s bday today. He has requested a chicken caesar for his dinner. I’m using up all of the sourdough I bought yesterday when I was stuck in the store during a thunder storm for croutons. I’m serving the cookies I baked last weekend for dessert. The Michael Pollan series is good, but my extra special carb treats I made/bought as a result of seeing the beautiful food on that show must go now!
Thanks all. No headache this time but they gave me pain meds before the infusion this time.
Same fatigue so off to nap 
I’m so sorry, fire. (hugs)
Take it easy and get better, Romani!
Do you ever have those times when you go out to do whatever - run,walk, bike, pilates - and the whole time you’re doing it you feel like you have big clodhopper feet and you feel like an awkward geezer out there? Yep, that’s me tonight! Just wasn’t feelin it! But 3 miles in the hopper. Big storms coming in tonight and tomorrow - glad I got the run in no matter how pathetic I looked/felt!
Fireandrain, I’m so sorry about your friend. Terribly shocking. I do so wish she had followed her gut…it seems the thought came to her that it might be an M.I. So sad. My best friend had one and she said she just knew something was not right, even though there wasn’t great pain. It was just different and persistent.
abasket, I can definitely relate! Glad you beat the nasty weather (where is the end of it?).
Romain, fingers crossed.
So sorry about your friend, fireandrain.
MOWC - so nice of you to take in the Senior Dog.
Romani- hope it gets better.
Very busy week at work and this is just the warmup to next weeks’ quarter end close (I’m a Finance person). Still trying to get on the treadmill in the AM, get to yoga and do as much walking as i can. H is out of town so I will have some extra time this weekend for activity.
I ended up going to a Reformer circuit class this afternoon - and I can honestly say it’s the first time I’ve been disappointed in a class. There were four of us - two women who were clearly personal friends of the instructor (not my regular trainer) and another woman even more geezer than me who hadn’t practiced Pilates much. It was described as an advanced class yet the instructor spent way too much time assisting this student who clearly was in way over her head. It really detracted from the class. She then missed some exercises and cues because she was too busy chatting with said personal friends. I really try to avoid her classes for the reasons I just mentioned but she was a last minute sub today. I have a session with my trainer tomorrow am so hopefully that will put me in a better mood.
End of the month is my least favorite time at work - lots of financials to run and I’m the middle of this huge project as well right now. Never a dull moment - I want to be retired like Pizzagirl!
Fireandrain, I’m sorry for your loss. Such an important message for those hesitant to seek medical assistance lest they be viewed as “crying wolf”.
Thinking positive thoughts for you Romani.
I’m still in a holding pattern in finishing my parallettes program. Have been repeating the same week while I go to PT for a shoulder injury. PT has been fun though. I have a great personal and professional relationship with the staff and my sessions are more like a seminar in rehabilative exercise than “treatment”. I suspect I’m about to get discharged though. When I’m given lateral “walking planks” on a Bosu and I throw offset Bosu push-ups in, we’re having too much fun, lol. One of my favorites has been 1 arm planks with my injured arm providing the support with my other arm is being used to to move back and forth and stack and restack 5 mini cones. 5 cycles of that and I’m on the verge of collapsing!
Argh! A sharp pain in my toe woke me up for the 2nd night in a row. I’m fairly certain I just became the latest in a long line of people in my family with Gout. I am officially petitioning for a new body! :((
Luckily it’s treatable (if it’s Gout)… I’m just hoping it’s not a symptom of something wrong with my kidneys. My kidney numbers are already being monitored because the blood work I did in February coming back a little wonky…
On the bright side, our new sleep number bed is coming this morning so that’s something to look forward to. (I’m really hoping that it will help my back pain.)
It is times like this, at 2 AM when I can’t sleep, that I am most thankful for the fact that I work from home 90%+ of the time and can work whatever hours I feel like. Like now… at 2 AM… when I’m not sleeping anyway because of the pain lol.
Now off, ironically, to read a book about “happy pills” (Happy Pills in America by David Herzberg… actually a very interesting book about the rise of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds in the US from the post-WWII era through present day).
… and as a follow-up, I sent an email to my Rheumatologist about ^ and promptly got a call at 8 AM saying they need to see me ASAP.
So off I go in an hour.
Who needs sleep anyway? 
^^^Good luck at your appt Romani!
Last night only 3 of us showed up for running club, H and I and one other guy, because everyone else was smarter than we were. It started raining lightly as we started out but within 1/4 mile the rain came down hard. Then suddenly thunder and lightening right around us. We turned around and high-tailed it back to the cars. For just a one mile run, we were totally drenched! Safe, though, just very soggy.
Fireandrain - I am very sorry to hear about your friend. The warning signs for women seem so vague.
MOWC - Awww, another senior doggie! I follow Susie’s Senior Dogs on Facebook and I swear every week I am ready to hop in my car and drive to Miami, or San Diego, or Texas, or somewhere to adopt a dog they feature - they really know how to tug at your heartstrings! I would really like to adopt another dog - probably a senior - but I think with our life situation right now it will have to wait until I’m retired. Plus, it would push the cat over the edge. He has litterbox issues and can’t deal with any kind of stress.
sabaray - I hope your class goes better this afternoon. I would end up disproportionately annoyed at your class yesterday - those kinds of situations irritate me way more than they should.
Romani - I hope your appointment goes well.
Romani, I know that you just have to wave Benadryl at my face and I fall asleep - so if I have trouble sleeping I can take Tylenol PM, Simply Sleep or just plain Benadryl and I’m out. Is that something that might be compatible with your medications? (I have NO idea so don’t take any medical advice from me!) Lack of sleep is SO rough.
I hope to hear a good report from your doctor, Romani and that things go well.
Talked with my trainer this morning about my frustrations with the class yesterday - she asked for feedback on it as she will be teaching it later in the month. I can trust her to give feedback to the owner far better than I ever could. I told H I wouldn’t have minded so much except it was a class I paid extra for - bah humbug! I made the mistake of telling her it was not very challenging - so we had a very challenging workout this morning! We did some new exercises similar to short spine but on the Cadillac- I need to get some of the terms down so I can give you a better idea of what I’m doing. In very good news, the last time I was at the doctor my posture has improved significantly - I stand a full inch taller thanks to my regular Pilates workouts.
It is extremely windy here this morning so am glad not to be running this morning. Hope the doggies settle in well together!
Wow, gaining an inch in height is fantastic! Nice job, sabaray!
Wow, sabaray! That is really incredible! You have done so great with the classes AND keeping up running. I have never been good at blending activities. I did better when I lived in Dallas and was younger…
Rain and winds this morning, so crept past the sleeping doggies down to the treadmill for a short run.