hollygrove
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- I have a quick question. I live in Maine , and at the moment I can walk outside, which is lovely. However I know I walk at a slower pace. I have indoor walking DVDs that are calibrated to walk one mile in 15 mins. I like to walk approx 9000 steps a...
- Over the past few months I have been so tired - sleeping 11 hours a night and just not getting anything done. I am aware that part of the problem is that my kidneys are failing, so am on a renal diet. Part of that diet is : no red meat or seafood,...
- According to our local weatherman, this is the fourth snowiest winter on record. ( and the records go back to the 1920s) . I have SAD - seasonal affective disorder. I am so apathetic , procrastinating about everything, and despite vitamin D, ready...
- There is a commercial in my area where a father says into a smart phone "How do I help my daughter with her reading?" The voice on the phone responds with ( something like) "how to help internal bleeding". After 4 or 5 tries to get help for his...
- I'm so glad to have discovered this group. I have ADD due to 3 head injuries. I've been on ritalin for about , hmm, 10 years or so. It helps me focus on tasks; I"d be staring out the window all day if not for it. For so long I've been saying I...
- At Christmas there are always lovely gifts under the tree. You can tell which ones my husband wrapped because all the stripes of striped paper match up. ( He's an engineer , of course) . Rachel's usually has ribbon tied in different ways, and Amy...
- There's a commercial in my area about the Shingles virus ( and I don't mean the roof ). The announcer says "One in three people will get shingles in their lifetime". Well, big deal. For the fifth , yes fifth time, I have shingles. The first time...
- Do any of you get antsy while waiting for answers to unimportant questions? I"m ridiculous with the way I fret and overthink things instead of just waiting a few hours or days to find get a simple answer. An example: My father in law died a few...
- Hi, I"ve responded to a post , but it's not written beneath the topic. I noticed this happened to Aust. Is it just me that's not seeing things?
- Hi , i mentioned to someone that I sometimes wear a green ceramic pin. Green is the color for brain injury ( as well as kidney disease, which I also have). Wearing this sometimes leads people to ask why I"m wearing it, and i can say "I've had a...
- Hi, I'm a new member. I have had CKD for years now. It is due to taking lithium years ago by a doctor that didn't take any bloodwork. One day I had routine bloodwork done, and the doctor said 'Your kidneys are off". I went to a nephrologist , and...
- A few months ago I wrote that I was writing a journal for my granddaughter Persephone, due in June. I wrote that it was bringing memories long forgotten to the forefront. There is a sad ending to that journal. Sephy's parents ( Sephy was to be...
- This is just a "factoid" that I heard recently and thought I"d share. Have you ever walked from the living room to the kitchen, gotten into the other room and forgotten why you came into that room, or what you wanted to get? It turns out crossing a...
- I assume some of us, if not most, have used the expression "I did this , and it was really out of my comfort zone". I just read a book , and one of the premises was "don't get out of your comfort zone- make your comfort zone bigger!" Just think, for...
- It's amazing. I was sitting here and came up with gift ideas for my daughter and son in law for next Christmas! I have to write these ideas down or I'm bound to forget them. Since my concussion several years ago ( 3rd tbi) , I have mainly become...