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Ray--Opo

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So not trying to be nosy but if he takes you off the pregabalin what are you supposed to take for your pain? It’s non-addictive and relatively harmless...
The reason for taking me off is that she says it contributes to weight gain. She also said the neurontin and gabapentin do the same. So I am hoping I can tolerate the phantom pains.
If you are not aware. 2015 I was in a car accident and lost my right hand past the wrist from the accident. Lost my right leg above the knee. Due to a reaction to heparin (HIT) which I am sure you are aware of. Caused blood clots instead of thinning the blood.
 

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Oops. My resolution to put buddy in about medical advice lasted all of about 30 seconds. I have to go back to doing charts and maybe that’s why I’m being so nosy and pushy about medical issues because I’ve been doing church the entire weekend and next week I’m on call. Bluck.
Not being nosy or pushy at all. ?
 

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Well...we do have a member that swears by dry heat but posts late poems. Hope your evening is going better? even with the weather there.
I don't think we're getting anything but rain the next several days (where I'm located). Damp and dreary, but not blustery. Forecast looks rougher for Louisiana and Texas, last I checked.
 

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I'd have to know WTH Montgomery is to vote and I'm not about to read 50 zillion pages to figure it out.? I'm elderly and wear glasses
Montgomery is the coffee table, unless I'm mistaken. He delivers beverages like tea and coffee. For anything stronger, you'd have to track down the one-legged pirate. ;)
 

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Stuff some clothes so that it looks like a body And shove a Halloween mask on it and stuff it inside the bin. It’ll give them a freaking heart attack when they open the bin and you can always put a note on and say “howdy neighbors”. People don’t tend to mess with me because I’m more than happy to have a confrontation with them if that’s what they’re looking for. And if I play, I play to win. Ethically and honestly of course, and always sensitive to the needs of others as I am a physician. Hee hee.
I like microbiologists. I love the way their minds work.
 

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Wow. Butting in and CHARTs you moronic spell check. I’d rather spell badly than to keep having it correct my scintillating syntax into stupidity.
I don't like autocorrect second guessing my word choices. MS Word is smart enough not to argue with me about that. Unfortunately, my mobile devices don't support Word, and I find myself periodically muttering four-letter words in their direction. :rolleyes:
 

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Hello everyone, been hiding in my corner in this round room.
My doctor was weaning me off the med Lyrica. It's for nerve pain and my phantom pains have returned. The pain sidelined me for a moment. The phantom pains have subsided but not gone but bearable.
Will try to catch up. Looks like you all have been busy. ?
oh no. shame good luck with the weaning. I am back on Lyrica as well. And the Tramahexal. I feel like a normal person and can function like a normal person when I take these tablets.
 
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OK what is with you guys and Mountain Dew and diet Mountain Dew? Nasty stuff. Generally speaking I think all soda should be nuked from the planet. Of course I’m totally addicted to coffee, particularly black coffee, and I drink at least 10 cups a day so I probably shouldn’t talk. I just worry about the kidney function for all of you and your hydration status and if anybody has a weight issue both diet and regular soda will increase your weight if you’re not careful as diet will stimulate the brain to believe that it’s getting sugar which will then trigger the pancreas to try to do an insulin release...wait a sec. I’m giving free medical advice which was unsolicited and I apologize and furthermore I expect to be paid for my medical advice so I’m gonna stop right now and quit doing it.
Oh no, please feel free. I can pay you in poems if you would like?
 

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I'd have to know WTH Montgomery is to vote and I'm not about to read 50 zillion pages to figure it out.? I'm elderly and wear glasses
Montgomery is the Armadillo who lives here in the CDR. He normally brings the biscuits and coffee or tea around in the morning for those of us who need a cup. And he can fetch from the One-legged Pirate any other drink that you feel the need to drink for you.
 

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The reason for taking me off is that she says it contributes to weight gain. She also said the neurontin and gabapentin do the same. So I am hoping I can tolerate the phantom pains.
If you are not aware. 2015 I was in a car accident and lost my right hand past the wrist from the accident. Lost my right leg above the knee. Due to a reaction to heparin (HIT) which I am sure you are aware of. Caused blood clots instead of thinning the blood.
Funny enough I am lucky enough that the Tramahexal counter acts the Lyrica for me. In fact the Tramahexal actually helps me to lose weight as instead of making me sleepy (one of the side effects) it actually wakes me up and gives me energy.
 

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Montgomery is the coffee table, unless I'm mistaken. He delivers beverages like tea and coffee. For anything stronger, you'd have to track down the one-legged pirate. ;)
Yip, That is pretty much it. but he can bring the drinks from the One-legged pirate if you need him to.
 

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Good Morning All,

So this weekend it was working in the complex garden and I made a big tortoise for the front where everybody comes in. I forgot to take a photo and will take one when I get home to post on here for you all to see. It was a lot of hard work and my body was finished once I was done with everything. But I am happy because it is all starting to look much better and the efforts are starting to pay off.

However saying that it was NOT a good weekend, as I ended up mowing my keys and totally destroyed my car keys. Only to find out that the spare set does not work. I have to get the battery replaced. ?

Short story long, I was not wearing pants which had a pocket and I did not want to leave my keys on the ground outside the complex while I was mowing. I was worried that someone might steal them. So I hung them on a protrusion on the handle of the lawn mower. They stayed there the whole time I was mowing with no problem and towards the end they fell off and I did not notice until I heard the grinding noise of the mower going over the keys.:eek:?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️. Yeah Yeah, so very stupid and I should have known better and just worn pants which had pockets or hung the keys on a Lanyard to hang around my neck. But hindsite is always a B*#$%itch. But anyway that is the short story long.

Then after working on the tortoise late into the night on Saturday, we built it inside the complex first with the intention of anchoring it into the ground outside the complex (so that nobody could steal it) at a later stage, but then someone on Sunday morning went and pushed it over so that all of the succulents and everything fell over onto the ground and basically broken the whole thing. We then decided to just put it outside and dig the bottom part of the tortoise into the ground to stabilize it better with the hope that it would not be able to be pushed over again. But the fact that someone in the complex was nasty enough to do that kind of thing is just so mind boggling. I really do not understand why people have to be so nasty towards each other and why would they want to destroy the hard work of someone else when they are just trying to make the whole complex look better and beautiful. Ok Rant over. Sorry for ranting so long. But I really needed to vent and get it out of my system.

Today is windy, and we are expecting the next couple of days to be cloudy with a day here and there having rain. I love it when it rains as it is free water for my garden. I just don't like it raining when I need to work on my pond.;)??

Soooooo how was everybody else's weekend and How are you all doing?
 

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Good Morning All,

So this weekend it was working in the complex garden and I made a big tortoise for the front where everybody comes in. I forgot to take a photo and will take one when I get home to post on here for you all to see. It was a lot of hard work and my body was finished once I was done with everything. But I am happy because it is all starting to look much better and the efforts are starting to pay off.

However saying that it was NOT a good weekend, as I ended up mowing my keys and totally destroyed my car keys. Only to find out that the spare set does not work. I have to get the battery replaced. ?

Short story long, I was not wearing pants which had a pocket and I did not want to leave my keys on the ground outside the complex while I was mowing. I was worried that someone might steal them. So I hung them on a protrusion on the handle of the lawn mower. They stayed there the whole time I was mowing with no problem and towards the end they fell off and I did not notice until I heard the grinding noise of the mower going over the keys.:eek:?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️. Yeah Yeah, so very stupid and I should have known better and just worn pants which had pockets or hung the keys on a Lanyard to hang around my neck. But hindsite is always a B*#$%itch. But anyway that is the short story long.

Then after working on the tortoise late into the night on Saturday, we built it inside the complex first with the intention of anchoring it into the ground outside the complex (so that nobody could steal it) at a later stage, but then someone on Sunday morning went and pushed it over so that all of the succulents and everything fell over onto the ground and basically broken the whole thing. We then decided to just put it outside and dig the bottom part of the tortoise into the ground to stabilize it better with the hope that it would not be able to be pushed over again. But the fact that someone in the complex was nasty enough to do that kind of thing is just so mind boggling. I really do not understand why people have to be so nasty towards each other and why would they want to destroy the hard work of someone else when they are just trying to make the whole complex look better and beautiful. Ok Rant over. Sorry for ranting so long. But I really needed to vent and get it out of my system.

Today is windy, and we are expecting the next couple of days to be cloudy with a day here and there having rain. I love it when it rains as it is free water for my garden. I just don't like it raining when I need to work on my pond.;)??

Soooooo how was everybody else's weekend and How are you all doing?
Oops, one of my long posts again.
 

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I miss a couple of my old neighbors. One young guy would play the drums at 3am. Another old guy on oxygen loved to come out and see my tortoise. The drums didn't bother me. I actually enjoyed a young person trying to learn something. The older gentleman would sneak out and we would watch my little guy together. I was aggravated that the guy's family would make him go back inside like he was an escappe. They were welcome to join. But we still had some good times together watching Sapphire have fun.
That would have been my late other neighbor Bill! He was the 2nd owner of a house built in 1924! He had receipts from the movers that included prices for how many horses and wagons!? he lived alone to age 92 and drank 3 fingers of Johnny Walker Black everyday! I want to be like him when I grow up
 

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Good Morning All,

So this weekend it was working in the complex garden and I made a big tortoise for the front where everybody comes in. I forgot to take a photo and will take one when I get home to post on here for you all to see. It was a lot of hard work and my body was finished once I was done with everything. But I am happy because it is all starting to look much better and the efforts are starting to pay off.

However saying that it was NOT a good weekend, as I ended up mowing my keys and totally destroyed my car keys. Only to find out that the spare set does not work. I have to get the battery replaced. ?

Short story long, I was not wearing pants which had a pocket and I did not want to leave my keys on the ground outside the complex while I was mowing. I was worried that someone might steal them. So I hung them on a protrusion on the handle of the lawn mower. They stayed there the whole time I was mowing with no problem and towards the end they fell off and I did not notice until I heard the grinding noise of the mower going over the keys.:eek:?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️. Yeah Yeah, so very stupid and I should have known better and just worn pants which had pockets or hung the keys on a Lanyard to hang around my neck. But hindsite is always a B*#$%itch. But anyway that is the short story long.

Then after working on the tortoise late into the night on Saturday, we built it inside the complex first with the intention of anchoring it into the ground outside the complex (so that nobody could steal it) at a later stage, but then someone on Sunday morning went and pushed it over so that all of the succulents and everything fell over onto the ground and basically broken the whole thing. We then decided to just put it outside and dig the bottom part of the tortoise into the ground to stabilize it better with the hope that it would not be able to be pushed over again. But the fact that someone in the complex was nasty enough to do that kind of thing is just so mind boggling. I really do not understand why people have to be so nasty towards each other and why would they want to destroy the hard work of someone else when they are just trying to make the whole complex look better and beautiful. Ok Rant over. Sorry for ranting so long. But I really needed to vent and get it out of my system.

Today is windy, and we are expecting the next couple of days to be cloudy with a day here and there having rain. I love it when it rains as it is free water for my garden. I just don't like it raining when I need to work on my pond.;)??

Soooooo how was everybody else's weekend and How are you all doing?
Carol, I was hoping you weren't going to have a bad neighbor story. :(
 
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