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My advice (to no particular person, and for no particular topic):
Never give up. Don’t lose hope.

I’m having a &&@@“;;/::!!!”()::;(!!!!
time.
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Pam - Ewww!
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Golden it must be the day for the kitties,, my ferals gifted me with a regurgitated rodent right outside the door to the garage from the house. Nope, not dealing with that at 6 am!!
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Barb - I agree. I am getting better at saying "No". Also I am getting better at asking for help. Comes a time when you have fewer options which makes it easier - but not necessarily much more comfortable.

My whine today is that this morning early my kitty graced me with a fur ball on the rug at the end of the bed. Cleaning it up is not my fave first chore in the am, On the other hand, she is a great little companion.

Also. had conversations that went awkward with both 2 of my kids in the same evening recently/ Arrgh! Gotta back off and start connecting more with people here at the condo. May be able to make a friend or two.
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Barb
Glad your DH is home and healing.
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Barb, I am so glad your DH's surgery went well. Now just the recovery. (Hopefully he is not the unreasonable bear mine was after a day procedure once).
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Barb: Glad that your DH's surgery went well.
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On the drive home from the hospital tonight, my DH said "thank you for keeping me alive"--it's me who catches the missed allergies, the mistakes in the medical history and the overall hyper vigilance about blood thinners and everything else that makes a difference, I think. I told him, "It's good to have a hobby.". If he could have laughed without pain, he would have.

Two weeks ago, I asked, after a kind of round about "well, I could do this or that" for him to drive our car to where I was going to be by and then walk home. This was going to pick my kid up from a biopsy.

He said he really didn't want to do that. I was devastated. I was disappointed. I was angry.

This last week, when I drove him to someplace he needed to get to with some computer equipment without any fuss or muss, I said afterwards that the fact that I do stuff like that is why I was so disappointed and angry that you said no last week.

It's very hard for me to ask for stuff. And hard for me to say no to stuff that is asked of me by someone I love.

I think most of us here struggle with this sort of thing with our loved ones
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Barb,

Happy to hear this wonderful news!
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That's great, Barb. Happy and hopeful for you both. :)
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Barb - so glad dh's surgery went well and they diudn't have to do a graft. Prayers that this is the end of the problems.
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Geaton, can you just get her a pre-loaded gift card?
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Dear all, DH had his rather miraculous surgery today. They were able to remove the stricture in his ureter and reattach it to his bladder-they didn't need to use his appendix to create a graft.

He's mad as a wet hen that he has a catheter-I knew from perusing the Internet that it was a very likely, but it's only for a week.

Thanks for all of your prayers and good thoughts. I hope this ends his issues with gravel and stones!
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Geaton: Perhaps Discover caught on that your aunt was using a deceased individual's cc, albeit the fact that she's over 100 years old.
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Alva and Riverdale - prayers for good results.

Barb - prayers for successful surgery for dh.

Geaton - how frustrating - on all accounts!!! Age discrimination on that application (drop down menu?). The world is going to have to accept that there are functioning people over 100 yo.

Anti-whine - R is about 2 weeks ahead of the game with his post knee surgery range of motion exercises. Just give him a challenge...
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I just tried to help my 104-year old Aunt apply for a new Discover Card (because the one she was using is in her deceased sister's name)... the online application would NOT accept her birth year of 1919.

So then I called to make an application. Had to do a 3-way call and my Aunt answered the rep's questions like a champ... but her app was declined. Probably her SS income just didn't cut the mustard for Discover.

I know you're probably wondering why she even needs a cc... ( now I will pause to attach a very long and tacky fake nail to my index finger which I will point into your face while I say in a classic NJ accent: ) DON'T GET ME STARTED
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Riverdale: I encountered same (dense breasts) and was called back last year for an ultrasound. All was good and I thought that I would share this with you to help with any anxiety you may be having.
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Barb: That's great news!
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I open my eyes during MRIs and tell myself that I’m in an escape pod, hurtling through space and time towards a Star Trek vessel. To a smarter, kinder, more logical future.
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MRIs are NOISY. Other than that you DO have the "escape button" which is a comfort.
Also, I obeyed my daughter who told me "keep your eyes CLOSED whatever you do".
Helps so much.
Just try to listen to the clank clanking as a sort of modern, discordant concert for which you paid big bucks and have to say you "understood" to be considered at all "effete".
You know, a matter of raising your brows and looking down your nose at the rest of the riffraff. Some folks get good at it. Hee hee.
At least they are good at SOMEthing.
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Barb, GREAT news 👍👍

Riverdale, I've had the 3D as well. Gave me some extra peace of mind.
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97 Mom, they didn't suggest the 3 D this time. I will wait to hear from my doctor. I am at my lowest weight since some time but I don't know if that has anything to do with density. I don't feel worried. I don't mind having a sonogram but definitely don't want an MRI.
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Barb, isn't it good to have a prayer answering God!

So happy for your daughter and keeping ALL of you in my prayers. Believing with you that your husband will do great with his surgery.
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River,

I had a solid mass when I was 40. My doctor ordered a biopsy and it was benign.

My breasts are dense too. Mammograms will show that you have dense breasts.

They will let you know if a biopsy is needed. Some of us have this dense breasts situation.

As long as you continue to do your routine mammograms, you’ll have a good frame of reference.
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Great news Barb on your daughter’s results.

Riverdale
Did you have the 3D exam?
Dense breast sometimes are given this because more can be seen.

Here is an article from Mayo.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/3d-mammogram/about/pac-20438708

My primary didn’t order it for me because I had never had a poor prior result yet the tech had complained about my dense breast and I had heard the 3d was the better test.

I was having pain so I went to a cancer hospital and they did the 3d and found what turned out to be a benign cyst.

So my thinking is your report was giving the doc an opportunity to evaluate whether a 3D should be ordered.
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Wonderful news. I just had a mammogram with positive results but then there was an accompanying letter stating I had dense breasts and should consider further testing but had to contact my doctor. I have. I never had this news before from previous testing so will wait to see what happens.
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Barb, so thankful for your daughter's good news (and your good news a well)... (((hug!)))
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Barb,

That’s fantastic news!
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Such great news, Barb So happy for you all!!! Woo hoo! Happy Dance!!!
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Yay !! Barb ,
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