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MRI Scheduled, Mom’s Stuff, and Weird Work
The MRI’s have been booked for this coming Monday morning for brain, neck/spine, and cervix. As far as the bloodwork, and me being able to tell what is what, it looked like the inflammatory marker numbers were above normal. Sugar was just barely over but better. Cholesterol about the same (higher than it should be). My vitamin D was a little over b/c I have doubled up on those. But I’ll go back to one a day now. I’ll add in an extra one every other day when the days get shorter. I have felt better this week. This morning even after a good night’s sleep I woke up tired.…
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Time Saving Tips for Self-Care While Caring for Aging Parent
Happy Saturday morning everyone! Several of you have asked how I manage to get so much done in a small amount of time. I often do not think I get ENOUGH done but I sat down and came up a list of things that have helped me to shave time and to self-care while taking care of Mom’s needs. You can watch the video here. It was a shock to my life when we started all this. I didn’t know what to expect or how much time it would take being in charge of another person’s calendar, schedule, groceries, errands, household needs, and appointments, and now finances. But we are…
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A Surprise Came in the Mail and Using the Sleep Focus on iPhone
I love surprises! And a good surprise came in the mail yesterday. A picture of grandson, aka My Mom’s day gift. I also got a surprise FaceTime call from Little Roo showing me how he can slurp spaghetti! He laughed, we laughed, and then he laughed even more with one of those belly laughs. Made my day! My ear is finally unstopped and I’ve been struggling with hoarseness now. But at least I don’t feel like I’m in a barrel. I’ve been a little tired. We had a good day yesterday celebrating with one of our coworkers who is somewhat retiring. We are going to miss her. We took her…
