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Post by midtnmama on Jun 27, 2021 6:43:48 GMT -6
manygoatsnomore, I think you and I are similar about "backups for our backups." When I worked in an office regularly, I always kept a frozen lunch in the freezer and a can of soup in my desk drawer to reduce going out for lunch. The can was the backup to my backup because I tried to bring a lunch everyday. This week I thought of other backups I like to have : extra checks and check registers. String trimmer string I'd like to get a gas or electric push mower to have as a backup when the riding lawnmower is broken (seems like that happens two or three times a year). I keep extra seeds in the freezer.
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Post by manygoatsnomore on Jun 29, 2021 11:49:01 GMT -6
Well, the revised verdict is in, and I DO have rib fractures! 😖
When the actual radiologist looked at them, she found fractures in the 9th and 10th ribs with possible fractures also in the 3rd through 8th ribs. I also have a small amount of fluid in my right lung, so they want me back in a week for repeat xrays. How on earth did the PA miss this so badly? 🤔 The nurse I talked to said I really did a number on myself, but the fractures are well aligned and healing. She said vigorous exercise is definitely out of the question, as I could re-injure them.
So, no more heavy weeding, which really was extremely painful. I've been taking it easy, but mostly because it's been too hot out to do anything. It was 108° on Sunday and 112° yesterday. Hey, today we're supposed to stay in the single digits...only mid-90s. 🙄 We had to run cold water into the pool the last couple days, just to keep it from feeling like a warm bath!
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Post by feather on Jun 29, 2021 11:58:30 GMT -6
manygoatsnomore, ouch! Yes, take it easy, no weeding, no heavy duty hugging no dragging around heavy objects. Take care of you!
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Post by nbc3mom on Jun 29, 2021 12:37:11 GMT -6
manygoatsnomore , ouch! Yes, take it easy, no weeding, no heavy duty hugging no dragging around heavy objects. Take care of you! manygoatsnomore, Ditto!
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Post by manygoatsnomore on Jul 1, 2021 1:58:09 GMT -6
nbc3mom and feather, thank you both. I'm trying hard to be good, lol. I have been swimming and skimming in the pool every day, slowly and trying not to use my right arm too much, and I'm hand pulling tiny weeds with my left hand, which is totally frustrating, as I'm hopelessly right handed. I only had a few main goals for June, and I did well on 2 of 3, with the pool open for the summer, and about half of the planting done in the garden before being sidelined. I didn't get much done on the chicken pen, but I have too many moms with chicks to have confined them all to one pen. Thankfully, so far this year, no hawks! Last year was the first time I'd had a hawk problem, and I'm hoping it was an anomaly. Of course, now that I've said that....🙄 I posted the July thread...see y'all there! 😊
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