[possum220]

Good to hear that your nephew can give you some free advice on your progress Deejay. Hope he can give you some more handy hints. I must admit that at the moment I am not listening to music when I go for a walk but more concentrating on where I am walking and not tripping over any tree roots or uneven paths.

That is no good Gus about the doc not filling in the paper work for the cpap machine. It is good that they can come out to your own home though. I also tend to make fortnightly payment for some bills so that it doesn't out in one lump sum. My p'doc has suggested that I always keep my mobile phone on my person just in case I fall. Yes it's always easier to fall down than get up.

Yesterday I went for a walk it took me 25 minutes. I was trying to be mindful and watching what was in the gardens to use some grounding skills but it wasn't working so I Imagined that you two were walking with me. Deejay was in the front on the footpath. I was in the middle and Gus was behind me. I had to keep telling you to keep up Gus. Maybe if we attached some turbo rockets to your oxygen tank you would find it easier.

Take care all.

[Deejay14]

Got all my strengthening exercises in today but no walking until I get a leash to tether my walker to me should I fall. The leash will be here by Sunday. I also have to wait to get a phone protector for my new phone. Hopefully that will be here by Tuesday. If tomorrow is nice I am going to ask my husband to go with me on my 250 step walk.
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have also added planking for 30 seconds x2 as well as practicing getting up from the floor. My nephew says that no matter how you do it, it works a lot of muscles. I did it 5 times. He emphasized to do this first or second in your routine because it takes strength and energy and I don't want to be sitting on the kitchen floor til my husband comes home. THAT would not be good. I do have some safety stuff in place when in the house, but for safety will take my phone outside on walks.

Hey guys, been a while, lots of reading to catch up on. I'm not so positive, and don't have lots to say. My sugars are under control. FOr a while I didn't have much appetite so the doc said it was ok to use less medication. I went back up to 2 metformin instead of one, and had a few times of low blood sugar. I keep oj around for that now.
I'm also getting some strengthening excersices from the kinesiologist, and I think its helping a bit. I mostly walk around a mall, the weather hasn't been nice. Expecting an ice storm and power outages soon. I wish it was spring. Hugs to all, sounds like you all are very positive, take care.

[Gus1234U]

congrats, Deejay and disparaissant ~! i have been doing more standing than walking, i cooked yesterday. i have decided that vacuuming is going to be my exercise for a while,,, it's been ages, my back always complains afterwards, etc... i have to really admire your ability to get up off the floor 5 times, DeeJay~! wow, way to go~ i might add that to my efforts, since i too live alone and never have company... i used to have that lifeline button (help i've fallen~) but i never used it once in 10 yrs, so now that i'm older i gave it up LOLOL,,, oh well,, i have a cousin now who calls me regularly, and worries if i don't answer... i like that better~

i made some roast beef and rice in gravy last nite, and it was sooo good i ate too much, woke up this morning with my bsl's at 150.... not a good morning, so i'm delaying breakfast to allow my meds to bring it down.... this is what i do that docs hate,, i treat my meds like they are a balancing bar... more food, more meds,,, less food, less meds.... i added a column to my daily chart (oh Yes, i'm a charter... calories, meds, exercise, totals, averages, weight, temperature -- (you'd be surprised what your temp. can tell you) ) for med averages, just to help my doc find what interests her. i really believe that charting can make a difference,, i don't know about you, but i have a very damaged memory, from psych meds, and can barely count, let alone hold and average in my mind for a day.

always appreciate tips~ and by-the-way, there is a newly diagnosed person in another thread on this forum, if anyone wants to drop a line of encouragement, and invite.

[Deejay14]

Gus
I used to pay for a button,too to the tune of over 500.00. I now have 2 Alexas from Amazon. One at each end of the house. If you have a cell phone they are easily programmed with telephone contacts you choose. Just recently Amazon came out with a box that attaches to your pbone. With that you can ask Alexa to call 911 or whomever you wish. On my back door I have a key box. My family know the combination and I am also registered with the emergency dispatch in the town where I live. While system cost a one time cost of 130.00 but that is paying full price. Amazon has them on sale fairly frequently. It might be even cheaper for you because you might only need one Alexa.

No exercise on the weekend for me. I am definitely feeling the effects of my nephews coaching. Discovered muscles I didn't I know I had!!! Boy am I sore today....No I hurt today LOL.!! Decided I will walk next week as I will wrap my phone in a towel to protect it and put it in my walker basket.

[Gus1234U]

thanks, DeeJay. neither one of those options works for me... i had mine as part of an In-Home Care certification, paid for by Medicaid. cell service is very sketchy here, (i'm in the Rocky Mountains), and i have a land-line.

i just failed to complete my In Home Sleep Study for the second time, i get one more try,,, then i don't know what happens,,, it turns out that after 8 yrs, i can no longer sleep without the pressurized air system... so if i can't sleep long enough to prove that, i can't have one ??? hate the way things like this affect me, i'm all broken out in hives. i even took a double dose of my sleeping pills O.O... waaaaaaaaaaa

[Deejay14]

Gus,
The Rockies must be beautiful! I would love to see them someday

About your sleep study can you ask your doctor to give you some medication for sleep for one night so you can pass the test? It seems in New England people with Cpaps have the opposite problem- once it's prescribed its very hard to get rid of even if you tell them you won't use it! It took months for my sister and her husband to get rid of their machines and my sister works at a primary care doctors office.

My husband uses his faithfully. He has very bad sleep apnea. If you can Gus at least ask. It's something you really need!

[Deejay14]

Got my strengthening exercises in but no walk today slushy snow out there with pouring rain. Discovered muscles last week I didn't know I had! Pretty slow moving this morning but better since I have exercised.

[Gus1234U]

knowing i'll be sore the next day does not help me exercise~!
on the bright side, i went shopping for just a few things yesterday (my cousin took me), and because i didn't have to walk for the bus, i walked thru the store (it's kind of HUGE)~! YaY US~!

i tried the sleep meds, DJ, i've had a sleep disorder for 25 yrs......

i failed again yesterday to sleep more than 2 hrs, so now i will have to call the "folks" and find out what my options are.... i can't sleep without my CPAP, and i can't get my CPAP without sleeping without it,,,,, catch 44....

[Deejay14]

Keep on trucking,Gus!

[Gus1234U]

oooh, i've been on a 3 day binge, double my dietary calories, and too many meds to make up for it,,, hope i get away with it ~! i think it's because i got over-stressed...

i like to say: i can handle one crisis; two put me at risk; and three make me crazy~ i've lost count~

[Deejay14]

Hope your okay Gus. Happy to see your post.

[possum220]

Sorry guys. I am lurking around this place but don't feel able to say much at this point in time. Always love your pictures Gus.

[Gus1234U]

i've been doing a lot of 'mindless sitting' .... LOL a lost art, i'm sure, to most of the population~~~



imagine my surprise when i took my doc's advice and it worked~ O.O
she told me to start taking vitamin D, and because she's listened to me so nicely, i thought i could do her the same courtesy.... well, gradually my IBS is reducing~! and here i thought it was the metformin~

blow me down, the March Winds are a month late, but not absent~! we have been getting the streets swept my Mother Nature, and the trees trimmed~ hope you are all being treated well by Spring~

[Deejay14]

So happy to hear that it is helping your IBS. How much have you taken each day to help. I just recently read some research on this.

[Gus1234U]

i'm taking 2000 mg of Vitamin D3. i used to take a lot of different vitamins, but they got tiresome, and expensive... i would like to find my probiotics again, now, too.

[Deejay14]

Weather is better,got a leash for my walker, and a new phone case so I had no excuses not to do my short walk. Today's walk was probably 450-500 feet. That's probably not that accurate but I added another house lot to my walk and had to walk to the end of the street and back to the car. My legs and lungs do fine but my shoulders fatigue with the walker. I don't think walkers are meant to use for anything but household distances. I am strengthening my shoulders,with my program and I am making progress, but too slow for me. Have to keep going though. My goal is up the total length of the street and then back down all the way. After I do that it's a walk around the block

[Gus1234U]

i went to the market twice this week, once for just salad stuff, and once for major shopping... i don't know why, but i am just exhausted, taking two naps a day and very low energy. i only made one of the phone calls that were on the schedule for this week and cooked once. i hope this passes. the winds have been ferocious, and last nite it snowed~! only a couple of inches, but it got all the little buds on all the bushes,,,, i hope there are still berries for the critters, they have been having such a hard time of it.

[possum220]

Have to say it is still pretty warm for this time of year over here. Some of the roses and lilies are in flower.

Today I had my quarterly blood test for my bac levels. Normally there is no pain. Today it hurt as he moved the needle around under my skin. Ouchies but at least it's done and the doc will have the results when I go there Monday.

I haven't been for a walk but did manage to get some gardening in over the weekend and plan to do some more tomorrow. I think movement of any kind is a bonus. Grocery shopping, walking along the street even going to the market.

You inspired me to make a salad so I bought some corn but didnt read the label properly - turned out it was creamed corn - Oops.

Anyway here is a picture of type of lilies in my garden.

[Deejay14]

Hi Gus and Possum,
It's a beautiful Spring day here. I got my walk in. Almost two lengths of the street which is pretty good on a walker. When I get to the top of the street (just two more houses away)my goal will be to walk around the block since I will have been able to walk the two longest streets. I got all my strengthening exercises in today despite my spouse being home from work today. I hope this exercise is enough to keep my blood sugars in the good range because I don't know what else I could do.
Hope you all had a good weekend as I did.

Gus, did you find out about you options for your sleep apnea machine?