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Tuesday gratitudes… Posted by Cindy on 1/27/2026, 11:40 am Care to share?

Mine Posted by Paula on 1/27/2026, 11:58 pm, in reply to "Tuesday gratitudes…" Co-pay for stress test is only $300 The procedure takes between 3 and 4 hours but I'm in the scanner for less than an hour. Very claustrophobic. My back held out while I was chopping at ice in the sidewalk. My elbows...geesh...lots of anti-inflammatories and prilosec Good sleep Cindy had helpers

Loved that you mentioned …. Posted by Cindy on 1/29/2026, 1:05 am, in reply to "Mine" My helpers! Thank you Paula.

Stop! Posted by Delta on 1/28/2026, 5:17 pm, in reply to "Mine" No more breaking ice. There are already several people who have died from heart attacks brought on by shoveling in the cold. Just because he and you can do it doesn't mean it is a good idea. Even if it doesn't hurt your heart, you KNOW it is going to cause chaos for your elbows. Find a high school or college kid who needs money for things like that and taking care of leaves. I hope that the stress test goes well.

The he I was Posted by Delta on 1/28/2026, 5:41 pm, in reply to "Stop!" referring to is my husband trying to shovel our steps and sidewalks. That sentence disappeared. Probably just as well.

Missed the stress test Posted by Krista on 1/28/2026, 8:28 am, in reply to "Mine" When are you having this done Paula and what brought it on? Dad has his this Friday morning. We weren't told how long it takes but his isn't on treadmill (that's how they normally do one here in New Brunswick). I think with his they inject something t get his heart rate up and then see how he recovers. I hope yours goes well! Is it a heart issue?

Stress test Posted by Paula on 1/28/2026, 9:37 am, in reply to "Missed the stress test" I'm experiencing some shortness of breath that I wasn't a few months ago. I had my annual check in with my cardiologist 2 weeks ago. My EKG was a little off but not of great concern and my lab work was ok with slightly elevated triglycerides. I told him about the shortness of breath and noted that my mom and grandma died from a stroke. He recommended a stress test to make sure there were no new blockages. I am having the chemical test as well. No food or water for 4 hours before the test. No caffeine in any form for 12 hours before the test. I could be there for 3-4 hours. They inject something that will increase my heart rate as if I had been exercising. It feels weird, sort of scary like my body is in autopilot. When it reaches the level they want, I'm put in a machine that takes pictures of my heart for 20-30 minutes. Then, I wait until my heart rate comes back down and I'm scanned again.

Did I miss when it is? Posted by Cindyh on 1/29/2026, 5:59 am, in reply to "Stress test" I didn’t see it

Today! Posted by Paula on 1/29/2026, 7:55 am, in reply to "Did I miss when it is?" Have to be at the testing site after 8. Just getting up .

Hope it goes well Paula Posted by Krista on 1/28/2026, 10:20 am, in reply to "Stress test" Sounds like what Dad is having also. I'll be sending prayers for both of you!

Tuesday Gratitudes Posted by Delta on 1/27/2026, 4:29 pm, in reply to "Tuesday gratitudes…" My husband didn't have a heart attack when he got out and shoveled the back stoop and part of the sidewalk on the other side yesterday. He also shoveled off the side steps to the driveway. They weren't very hard because it was just powder underneath, but the top was a solid sheet. Once he could get to the bottom, it all just pushed off. The tractor was still at the house, and he had not taken the blade off the front when he put the backhoe on the back to dig the water line. He bundled up and used the tractor to scrape the driveway. He just kept finding places to scrape until he got cold. It helped him to get out of the house. He is out there right now scraping out an 80+ year old neighbor's drive. I hope it doesn't backfire. The neighbor grew up north and thinks he can drive on the ice and snow. Once he can walk to his garage, where his truck is, he will be driving everywhere. The truth is that he drives very badly on dry roads. I just hope he stays home. One of our renters called to say that the awning over her patio fell today and took the siding and door trim with it. Crossing my fingers, that is the worst of it. As bad as this freeze was, we will most likely get some burst pipes. The bowl cozies that I made a few years ago. We get so much use out of them. I made some for all the kids, and they have really enjoyed theirs, too. My DIL loves hers so much that she wants to learn to make them for co-workers next year.

My five…. Posted by Cindy on 1/27/2026, 11:54 am, in reply to "Tuesday gratitudes…" 1. That we didn’t have a bigger mess on our hands yesterday with that pipe breaking. Ken usually takes a nap and for what ever reason didn’t yesterday so he was awake when the pipe burst! Can you imagine the mess we would have had if he took his usual 2 1/2 hour nap? Thank you God! 2. Being able to call my plumber or the other day my heating guy and have them come out to help us. I know I can trust their work and them to be in my house and do a good job. 3. Ken. Poor guy he felt so overwhelmed and wasn’t sure what to do with this water spraying all over the place. I am so glad I have him to go through the good times and the not so good times. We are a team. 4. An understanding boss and management team at work. They are all so supportive! 5. An ebook I purchased called “Becoming Weakless”. It is a book about self-care and why we prioritize other things over ourselves. So far-so good.

I love how Posted by Delta on 1/27/2026, 3:57 pm, in reply to "My five…." you have a good plumber and electrician that you can trust and who come quickly when needed. That is getting rare these days. When the washer flooded at the lake, just turning off the machine didn't help. I called my husband to turn off the water behind the machine because I couldn't reach it. He just stood in the hall yelling at me in panic that he didn't know where the main cut-off was. I told him again to turn the faucets off, and it would probably take care of it. When he walked closer, he found that the drain hose had not been properly inserted into the drain, so it was all running out on the floor. I couldn't see that, and we had already had trouble with the faucet, having to replace parts. When he got the hose replaced correctly, we had no problem other than an inch of water on the floor. I was just grateful that we had not replaced that floor yet. I can't imagine what was going through your head since you have new floors. He grabbed a few shop towels and thought he was going to get it all up. I just started throwing the dirty laundry around because it was at hand. He then went and got all the clean towels and threw them down. There was a shop vac sitting in the hall outside the door, but the towels worked, even though before they got washed and dried, he decided that he wanted to take a shower and got mad because there were no towels to use. He just gets so confused, panics, and can not think in those kinds of situations these days. He can fix things, but he just can't think quickly. I hope that all your flooring is okay and that it didn't hurt anything else.

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