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John Thomas8 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:42 pm Don't want knee replacement. Turning 60 in 10 days. They both need to go.

It sucks.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:00 pm Hubby had knee surgery over 10 years ago. It was not knee replacement just cleaning up arthritic leavings. It helped him a lot! I think knee replacement is in his future.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:15 pm

John Thomas8 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:42 pm Don't want knee replacement. Turning 60 in 10 days. They both need to go.

It sucks.

My husband has needed both done for 15 years. I definitely suggest getting it done sooner rather than later. I'm guessing, if he ever gets around to it, he won't have an easy time of it or the best of luck with it.

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:03 am

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:15 pm

John Thomas8 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:42 pm Don't want knee replacement. Turning 60 in 10 days. They both need to go.

It sucks.

My husband has needed both done for 15 years. I definitely suggest getting it done sooner rather than later. I'm guessing, if he ever gets around to it, he won't have an easy time of it or the best of luck with it.

Or they won't do it at all. My dad has needed his knees fixed for so long that the docs won't touch them now so he hobbles around on a walker, or in a wheelchair on particularly bad days.

Lani wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:02 am Old age problem. I'm at the point where I have to take SS. To reduce taxes, I send equivalent salary pre-tax to a retirement program my employer provides. Today SSA sent only $400 frigging dollars to me. I checked out the SSA website and there is no notice to me about why that happened. Being on Hawaii time, I couldn't reach any one.

Anyone else have this happen? Or do I just need to quietly rant until Monday?

John Thomas8 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:42 pm Don't want knee replacement. Turning 60 in 10 days. They both need to go.

It sucks.

MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:23 am

Lani wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:02 am Old age problem. I'm at the point where I have to take SS. To reduce taxes, I send equivalent salary pre-tax to a retirement program my employer provides. Today SSA sent only $400 frigging dollars to me. I checked out the SSA website and there is no notice to me about why that happened. Being on Hawaii time, I couldn't reach any one.

Anyone else have this happen? Or do I just need to quietly rant until Monday?

I think you’ll have to quietly rant until Tuesday. Monday is a federal holiday.

Doctors should no longer routinely begin prescribing a daily regimen of low-dose aspirin to most people at high risk of a first heart attack or stroke, according to new draft guidelines by a U.S. panel of experts. The proposed recommendation is based on mounting evidence that the risk of serious side effects far outweighs the benefit of what was once considered a remarkably cheap weapon in the fight against heart disease.The U.S. panel also plans to retreat from its 2016 recommendation to take baby aspirin for the prevention of colorectal cancer, guidance that was groundbreaking at the time. The panel said more recent data had raised questions about the putative benefits for cancer, and that more research was needed.

On the use of low-dose or baby aspirin, the recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force would apply to people younger than 60 who were at high risk of heart disease and for whom a new daily regimen of the mild analgesic might have been a tool to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. The proposed guidelines would not apply to those already taking aspirin or those who have already had a heart attack. The U.S. task force also wants to strongly discourage anyone 60 and older from starting a low-dose aspirin regimen, citing concerns about the age-related heightened risk for life-threatening bleeding. The panel had previously recommended that people in their 60s who were at high risk for cardiovascular disease consult their doctors to make a decision. A low dose is 81 milligrams to 100 milligrams.

A long-awaited Food and Drug Administration proposal would allow millions of consumers to buy over-the-counter hearing aids in stores or online without a prescription or medical exam.

More than four years after Congress ordered the agency to allow over-the-counter hearing aids, it took the first step Tuesday to broaden access to more accessible and affordable devices for millions of patients with mild to moderate hearing loss. The agency’s proposal would create a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids and supersede state-level regulations that require patients to go through physicians or audiologists to get prescriptions and fittings for them.

Hearing aids cost an average more than $5,000 per pair, are not typically covered by traditional Medicare or other insurers, while advocates argue that over-the-counter models could be a fraction of that cost.

A 100-Year-Old Priest Was Nudged From His Parish. He Has No Plan to Retire.
The Rev. Luis Urriza arrived in Beaumont, Texas, nearly 70 years ago and founded the thriving Cristo Rey parish. His religious order has now called him back to Spain.

By Rick Rojas
Oct. 25, 2021

BEAUMONT, Texas — The priest needed a hand while tugging on layer after layer of vestments. He carried a magnifying glass to help him read a handwritten list of prayer intentions. But as he jingled a bell to let the congregation know that Mass was beginning, he abandoned his walker and cane, singing along with the choir as he ambled up the center aisle toward the altar.

“He knows the difficulty of our life — it’s not easy,” the Rev. Luis Urriza said in Spanish, describing Jesus’ familiarity with the struggles of his followers.

“He has been tested in all manners,” Father Luis said. “Exactly like us.”

In fact, Father Luis faced a test of his own, perhaps his most daunting. At the age of 100, nearly 70 years after he had established the humble Cristo Rey Parish to nurture a small but burgeoning Latino community in southeastern Texas, he was now being forced to leave it behind.

Not long after his birthday in August, the Catholic bishop of Beaumont told him that the time had come. Another, younger pastor was taking over at Cristo Rey. His order was sending Father Luis off to a new assignment in Spain, his home country, to join other priests serving in a church near Madrid.



https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/us/l ... texas.html

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:47 pm under that foot is even worse


I had to miss two days of work because I couldn't walk or wear shoes

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:46 pm getting old SUCKS for sure


ON Friday I was at work. Sore throat-ear pain-shooting pain up my brain and voice was going. Nurse checked me out. Gave me a Covid test-NEG



left work and went to the doc. rapid strep test----inconclusive. Doc treated both sinus and strep with an antibiotic I have taken many times.

took first dose. feet and fingers started itching. Was sick enough from the head mess that I laid down and slept. My fingers and feet were itching but I felt crummy with the head mess so I just scratched and slept.

Saturday woke up . took Antibiotic . Within 3 hours I was fully broke out feet, fingers, the web between thumb and forfingers
splotches all over my legs and back and belly and under arms and behind knees.

BUT my FEET-looked like they had been lobster boiled. Stopped taking the antibiotic. Called Doc on MOnday. Got steroids and a new antibiotic.

Apparently as we get older, we become more allergic to stuff. (who knew) check out my feet

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:55 pm I knew. I never had any allergies (aside from being allergic to almost any antibiotic), but about five years ago, allergy things got started. Most I haven't figured out. The first thing that started out was a rash on my neck. I never quite figured that out, but it seemed like it might have been to a perfume. My husband had just bought me a new bottle, $122. I never wore it again, although I still have it and occasionally use as a room refresher, probably most expensive one ever.

Hope you are feeling better soon.

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:47 pm under that foot is even worse


I had to miss two days of work because I couldn't walk or wear shoes