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CarolM

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A year ago I suddenly started fainting. I went down 4 times in a week.

The first time I was in the shower. When I fell I hit the little bypass thingy that you pull up to make the water go up to the shower head.

After laying there a minute or two, I realized I hadn't rinsed my hair. The bright thing to do was stay down and just put my head under the faucet. At that moment, I was not bright. I stood up, rinsed my hair, and promptly passed out again, hitting the same pullup thing at the same spot on my arm.

A week later I went down and crunched my head on the floor tile and sprained my ankle.

Spent 2 days in the hospital. The reason was that unexplicably my blood pressure was suddenly MUCH lower than ever before. Went from 40 mg daily to 5 mg of my BP med. Been fine since.
Wow. No wonder it took so long to heal. It was an injury on top of an injury over and over again. Shame it must have been very painful.
 

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Happy Thursday everyone. I have been for another swim as yesterday’s was so successful. It has really helped with the swelling and bruising. The downside is that having less pain in my lower leg makes me more aware of the pain in the back of my knee, but I am content that there’s progress.

We are taking a break over the Easter Weekend in the New Forest... which isn’t all trees or as new as it sounds :D It’s actually about 200 sq miles/ 380 sq km of woodland and heathland that was reserved by William the Conqueror for royal hunting back in 1079 and is now a National Park.

I shall have to let the family explore on foot and curl up with a book and my binoculars in the forecast sunshine :)
 

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Happy Thursday everyone. I have been for another swim as yesterday’s was so successful. It has really helped with the swelling and bruising. The downside is that having less pain in my lower leg makes me more aware of the pain in the back of my knee, but I am content that there’s progress.

We are taking a break over the Easter Weekend in the New Forest... which isn’t all trees or as new as it sounds :D It’s actually about 200 sq miles/ 380 sq km of woodland and heathland that was reserved by William the Conqueror for royal hunting back in 1079 and is now a National Park.

I shall have to let the family explore on foot and curl up with a book and my binoculars in the forecast sunshine :)

Glad the swim was successful even though progress is never as advanced as we like... the New forest sounds relaxing though. I bet you’ll find some great photo opps for us:))) a good book is always entertaining and even more enjoyable in a great environment. I could be envious[emoji16]
 

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Good day all.

After cutting trees, and pruning and shredding, and hauling about another 20 bags of mulch and cutting our front lawn yesterday....today we are relaxing a bit.

It’s a bit overcast and cool, but should clear up and be in low 80’s later this afternoon. Come the weekend, buckets of rain are forecast. I guess it’s time to connect the rain barrels.

Enjoy the day....enjoy the New Forest...and swimming.
 

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Today’s photos from ecologist Daughter are of newts. They’re pond amphibians and, particularly the Great Crested variety, not that common.

Daughter is doing this trapping as part of her studies for her Great Crested Newt License - another endangered species you need qualifications before you can handle.

She went out bottle trapping last night. They create a trap from a fizzy drink (soda/pop) bottle and leave that in the pond. It doesn’t need bait. Once one stumbles into it, the others follow on!

This first trap has Smooth Newts.
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And this one a Great Crested Newt
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CarolM

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Happy Thursday everyone. I have been for another swim as yesterday’s was so successful. It has really helped with the swelling and bruising. The downside is that having less pain in my lower leg makes me more aware of the pain in the back of my knee, but I am content that there’s progress.

We are taking a break over the Easter Weekend in the New Forest... which isn’t all trees or as new as it sounds :D It’s actually about 200 sq miles/ 380 sq km of woodland and heathland that was reserved by William the Conqueror for royal hunting back in 1079 and is now a National Park.

I shall have to let the family explore on foot and curl up with a book and my binoculars in the forecast sunshine :)
That sounds like a lovely break. Enjoy it.
 

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Well back from the ultrasound. Blood clot in left leg is gone. Right leg is smaller so they will be removing the IVC filter :)
And I had McDonald's since the subject was brought up o_O
Yep. Their food is great after a hospital or doctor visit. A quick meal after a long day. They have enough good nutritious items to do a quick fix.
 

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Today’s photos from ecologist Daughter are of newts. They’re pond amphibians and, particularly the Great Crested variety, not that common.

Daughter is doing this trapping as part of her studies for her Great Crested Newt License - another endangered species you need qualifications before you can handle.

She went out bottle trapping last night. They create a trap from a fizzy drink (soda/pop) bottle and leave that in the pond. It doesn’t need bait. Once one stumbles into it, the others follow on!

This first trap has Smooth Newts.
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And this one a Great Crested Newt
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Wa-a-a-a-a-ay back, when my husband was still alive and my kids were little, we used to buy "water dogs" at the bait store to use for fishing. I don't think I could stomach that today. They turned into tiger salamanders.

Water dog:
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tiger salamander:

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JoesMum

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Wa-a-a-a-a-ay back, when my husband was still alive and my kids were little, we used to buy "water dogs" at the bait store to use for fishing. I don't think I could stomach that today. They turned into tiger salamanders.

Water dog:
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tiger salamander:

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They look very similar don’t they? :) I’m not sure about using them as live bait either :D
 
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