BS: Well, how is everybody?

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Dec 11 - 09:53 PM

Thanks, Mudcat Friends! Please take care of yourselves!

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From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 21 Dec 11 - 06:42 AM

Good news CL, now enjoy Christmas, best wishes.

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From: fat B****rd
Date: 20 Dec 11 - 03:04 PM

Good news, CL. I hope you have a good Christmas.
Charlie

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From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 20 Dec 11 - 04:04 AM

very good news, ChantyLass

I am relatively well, just the usual bone & muscle aches & pains

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: gnu
Date: 19 Dec 11 - 07:36 PM

If it's easily removed, why not?

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 19 Dec 11 - 07:33 PM

I'm okay. The biopsy showed that I have a benign fibroid tumor. No treatment is needed. I just need to return to the doctor's office for my previously scheduled annual appointment in August, 2012.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 15 Dec 11 - 04:44 AM

Well apart from being rained, galed, hailstoned and thundered on, fine. The atmospherics was just right for reading Boberts story!

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Bobert
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 10:00 PM

Why do you want to know???

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: gnu
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 09:57 PM

CL... glad things went okay so far. Hope the results are good.

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From: wysiwyg
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 09:27 PM

Kim, I'll take you up on that! I now travel with a super-cot. Sure makes things easier! Half the time now I just sleep on it in our minivan and "boondock it" in friendly driveways.

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 07:48 PM

Thanks, Friends. I survived the procedure. I thought it was worse than I remembered from the last time, but I did get more local anesthesia when I asked for it. Also, I was told that since it will take 3-5 days to get the results to my doctor I should call her office before going there on Monday to make sure she has the results. If not, I will have to reschedule that appointment.

Kat, thank you for the mantra!

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From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 03:12 PM

What Kat said. ATB ChanteyLass.

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From: Amos
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 03:12 PM

Well, I yam fine, thanks for asking. A little creaky in the aft sections, but rolling along okay.

A

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From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 02:59 PM

ChanteyLass, my mantra: "Right here, right now, all is well and I am gratefull." Helps me stay in the absolute NOW and not build "disasters in the sky."

I'll be thinking of you with thanks givings for an excellent outcome.

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: gnu
Date: 14 Dec 11 - 02:35 PM

Thinking sucks and then you die.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 13 Dec 11 - 11:12 PM

Me whining again. My knee is almost back to the way it should be, although I haven't resumed my more strenuous exercise classes yet.

Tomorrow I'm having a stereotactic biopsy on my right breast. I had one more than 10 years ago, so I know what to expect. I will get the results late Monday afternoon when I see my doctor. I'm hoping for the same results this time as last: not cancer. While I am only mildly distressed about tomorrow's procedure, I know that I will be very anxious waiting for the diagnosis, and I'm not thinking beyond that.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Donuel
Date: 03 Nov 11 - 02:06 PM

When motor nerves are involved, any movement means that a signal is getting through.

C.P. my invention is made by a OwL a wholly disowned subsidery of We Fly by night Inc. It is the Snuggie Poo. Its a Snuggie with a trap door.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Joe_F
Date: 02 Nov 11 - 05:22 PM

gnu: I am glad to know that life is *some* use.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 10:07 PM

Contradicting my sunny post of Oct. 11, I now have a wobbly right knee, and sometimes when it wobbles it twists inward and hurts. It's usually good in the morning and gets progressively worse through the day. I took out my old cane and that seems to help. I avoided exercise classes for a week but today did Silver Sneakers, a class for seniors at the Y. Some exercises are done sitting down. For others, each person can choose to either sit or stand. Mostly I sat. I hope to take the class again tomorrow. I miss my other classes, particularly yoga.

Donuel, two inches sounds like progress. Hope that continues.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: gnu
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 07:15 PM

Life sucks and then you die.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Joe_F
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 06:26 PM

Could be worse, probably will be.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Kim C
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 05:05 PM

I did garden clearing while I was unemployed. It was a great way to pass the time before the temperature reached a thousand degrees.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 04:34 PM

Did too much garden clearing at my daughter's to-day. Feel old and creaky but........what the heck.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Kim C
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 01:10 PM

Medium is good. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 01:06 PM

about medium

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From: catspaw49
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 11:15 AM

I tried one of those sleep number beds but when I laid down, a pair of dice fell out of my pocket and I crapped out.........helluva' mess........

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Kim C
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 10:58 AM

Hey Susan! Y'all can still call me anytime you're in town. That goes for alla y'all, too.

My back started going out in my 30s. We were camping at an event one weekend and my lower back LOCKED UP in the middle of the night. I had to get Mister to help me turn over. I like camping, and I don't mind sleeping on the ground, but we've had to make some modifications over the last few years.

We got a Sleep Number bed for home last year. I love it. Between that and yoga, I have a lot less problems with my back.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: kendall
Date: 29 Oct 11 - 10:39 AM

You know you have reached middle age when your back goes out more often than you do.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Donuel
Date: 29 Oct 11 - 10:28 AM

I may not have the energy of Dick Gregory, Tony Bennet or Pete but I'm here.

Best of all my wife was able to move her leg that was paralyzed last January, two inches.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 09:32 PM

Recovering from knee surgery. It was all my mother's fault.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Charmion
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 05:36 PM

Speechless, or croaking. Not sure which is more frustrating.

Apart from that, grand!

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 02:48 PM

Kendall... cranberry juice. That and let the lady lead. >;-)

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From: catspaw49
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 07:49 AM

With leg cramps Kendall, you can all too easily fall off the throne so consider a Lapper Crapper for personal use. You might be a good candidate for our hew model with the airbag!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: kendall
Date: 28 Oct 11 - 07:38 AM

Severe leg cramps.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 11:29 PM

Right now I'm pretty well. Been having mild problems with my right knee for a week, but I think it has settled down, though I won't resume exercise until Monday. My general practitioner called yesterday to tell me to readjust my warfarin dose, but that happens often. I will see my gastroenterologist next week, and he'll have my blood test results. too. He identified my parathyroid problem which I hope was solved by surgery. I will tell him that I seem unreasonably tired, though. That began during a busy weekend in late September when I pushed myself to do many things. I eliminated one thing i'd hoped to do. Sometimes I think I have recovered. Then I realize that I haven't.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: GUEST,mark-s(on the road)
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 10:41 PM

So far so good today - but the day ain't over yet.
Mark

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From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 07:32 PM

Hi Kim. Great to see you! Remember that near-miss when we thought I would be able to come by your place? I've often wished, later, I had.

Been rough around here, but God is good, all the time, and we are blessed. I'm sure you are too!

~Susan & Greg

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: kendall
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 07:28 PM

Amos, if sold a Plymouth I would have to steal it first.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: gnu
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 07:23 PM

Let the bells ring.....

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From: Crowhugger
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 05:33 PM

Alive and kicking and gearing up for my first NaNoWriMo. My knees creak too when I miss my glucosamine for more than a few days.

And if the tenor doesn't get laryngitis, my barbershop quartet will cross the international contest stage for the first time next month in Hershey PA. The dogs and I are loving this cooler weather. Thank goodness summer's heat is done for the year...let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...as long as I only have to romp the dogs in it, and not drive too far in it! Oh, and I'm practising for my first handbell solo, a medley of W Zlobie Lezy (Infant Lowly, Infant Holy) and an uncommon melody for Away in a Manger--I knew it first as Flow Gently, Sweet Afton. My bell solo debut is Nov. 26 in Bowmanville ON.

Fate willing that's three wonderful firsts within the month of November. Gee, I guess that's better than merely "alive and kicking."

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Bert
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 05:22 PM

Just about, I guess.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 05:14 PM

"Jes' fine...Jes' fine."

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:52 PM

Ain't dead yet.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: BTNG
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:40 PM

Do you run marathons as well, Don? :-D

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From: Don Firth
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:26 PM

Just passed my eightieth birthday a couple months ago and I feel fine (despite an occasional pop or squeak).

The oldest man I ever met was 114 when I met him and he lasted until he was 134. Sounds like a goal to shoot for. He had generally good health all the way, and he used to get up early and walk about mile before breakfast until the day he died (peacefully in his sleep).

I still sing, and people tell me my voice is as good as it ever was. I practice the guitar every day (well…..almost every day). I have some fairly decent recording equipment and I'm planning to cobble up as many CDs as I can (know lots of songs; need to get them down somewhere). Thinkin' about doing a web page (pure vanity).

I'm busily writing up a storm (when I'm not messin' around on Mudcat). Occasional magazine articles, along with working on a book:   informal or personal view of the folk scene in the Pacific Northwest during the Fifties, Sixties, and onward, along with my adventures following my career (or as Tom Robbins would say, "my careen") as a singer of folk songs during that time. Nothing so grandiose as a formal history. I want to be free to express my personal opinions and make a few smartass observations.

Feelin' good. Havin' fun.

Keep on truckin'.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: BTNG
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:22 PM

well according to Harold Camping, that right wing whacko preacher ...we all shouldn't be having this conversation........LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:21 PM

Reet gradely fine.

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Midchuck
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:14 PM

According to the Bible, I have two days to live, but I feel pretty good.

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: GUEST,Bluesman
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:05 PM

Never better. Just enjoying Panorama with a large double malt.

Subject: RE: BS: Well, how is everybody?
From: Kim C
Date: 27 Oct 11 - 04:02 PM

Well, Mister just turned 56. Does he qualify?