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LOL Don! very funny, but don't fret, DH was at work during the day yesterday........................... ;)

A bit tense this morning. My 87 yo Nan is moving into care on Monday, this weekend we are moving her stuff, and the past 6 months have been really harsh. She was against the idea, but has had several falls and they have frightened her and robbed her of her confidence. The Dr actually thinks they are mini strokes. She has vascular dementia and issues with her Bronchial tubes/lungs, too. She has been asked to take a lung function test, but has said no, which I can actually understand. She has had enough, and simply wants to die. Very difficult to accept, for me, yet I understand. As a child, my Mum was very ill and in and out of hospitals, so Nan was my other Mum, which makes this really difficult, too. She was usually the one there for the big deal stuff, much more than MY Mum (who I adore!). Life cycles. who knows, she may move in, relax and live for years, but I doubt it. I would not be surprised to move her in on Monday and then have them call the next day and say she had simply passed away in her sleep. She tells us (and this is SO typical Nan!) that she sleeps with her arms crossed over her chest, in the "death" position! She is not meaning any of that in a depressing way, she is simply ready.

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I'm sorry that aura of expectation has come to your family.  My Dad had heart problems in his early 50's, not serious, but enough to scare me as a teenager and make me consider what it would be like to be told that he'd died and think about things like that - the beginnings of accepting the mortality of a loved one.  He lived more than 20 years on.

Your nan sounds like good fun - quirky with the arms!  She's made a very courageous decision - there's many elderly people trying to live on their own who shouldn't be and causing further distress to themselves and their families.

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SW: Aug08 - 103.8kgs
CW: 95.8kgs (lost 8kgs)
GW: 79kgs by Mar09

In all fairness a lung function test is just huffing and puffing into a machine and is not invasive.

 

But it is her decision.

 

It may be part of a treatment protocol that the doctor is meant to get some sort of base line reading before they start some expensive treatment so it can be proved objectively that the treatment is achieving something.

 

With some of my lung issues there were tests done for the bean counters rather than for any urgent medical reason.

 

Medicare and the PBS wouldn’t be run by economists and accountants would it?

 

What the prognosis is for your Nan would depend on many things.

 

Sadly at 87 years old it is probably optimistic to be working with a 50 year plan.

 

I hope she finds the transition into care pleasant.

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Sorry Don, but not all Lung Function Tests are the same. And I can certainly understand that she does not wish to go on a treadmill and an exercise bike when she can barely walk unaided as it is.

Tired today. I need a holiday, anyone in a warm place have a spare room?  

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If I write it out and "schedule" it in, I should  do it!

Monday: 45 minutes Elliptical/Treadmill/Treadclimber

Tuesday: 15 minutes Treadmill, 15 minutes of crunches, push ups, squats, bicep curls and other weight stuff, 15 minutes boxing

Wednesday: 45 minute walk outside

Thursday: Half hour Ray/Adro DVD, 15 minutes treadmill, 15 minutes boxing

Friday: 15 minutes treadmill walk, 15 minutes jog, 15 minutes walk.

Not sure about the weekend, have to see how it pans out.

Food: Thinking before eating!

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Took the kids to kidzfit last night, did 15 minutes intervals on the tready, 15 minutes on the treadclimber and only lasted 5 on the elliptical. I was having pain where my gall bladder was removed, which happens when I do alot in a day! Average HR 134.

Not sure how I will fit exercise in today, I am off soon for my appt with the psychologist, then come back to see the Orthodontist about Josh's teeth. So unless THAT appt is fast, I doubt I will have time, as I have a friends daughter Tuesday nights, and then I am going out to dinner with my Aunt and Mum. I really hope I can make time, I felt so good after it last night.

I hope nan is settling in well to her new home, she was so confused and scared yesterday, broke my heart.

I found out this morning that one of my US friends lost her daughter to Alpers disease this week, she was 4. SO sad. It is a degenerative disease that causes progressive damage to the brain causes epilepsy and increasing physical and mental problems.

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It's so wrong that children should suffer illness.  I'll give mine an extra hug tonight.

Poor Nan, once she gets into the routine she'll settle in, and she'll get to know the nurses and have some stories to share when you visit.

Try a 15 minute power walk - anythings better than nothing!

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SW: Aug08 - 103.8kgs
CW: 95.8kgs (lost 8kgs)
GW: 79kgs by Mar09

Nan is settling in better, thankful for that! she is mixing well and eating, too! WOOHOO!!!

DH, 2 of the kids and I have some odd bug thing. I was fine until this afternoon, and thankful that I got a 45 minute walk in, too! OUTSIDE which was divine, fresh air rocks. My MP3 player died today ( cheap piece of crap!) so I bit the bullet and got an IPOD, so things are looking better there.

Exercise this week is coming along well, Tuesday did not happen, but I ended up eating really well, so bonus there.................. 

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30 minute Ray/Adro DVD, 15 minutes 6.5kph tready, 15 minutes boxing bag. My arms are really weak after so long! I guess it will get better the more I do.

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aussiejane:

30 minute Ray/Adro DVD, 15 minutes 6.5kph tready, 15 minutes boxing bag. My arms are really weak after so long! I guess it will get better the more I do.

Glad I could help out!

Ray

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My new book: Winners Do What Losers Don't

I get the giggles watching Adro crack up (or try not to) each time I do the DVD, Ray! LOL! Actually, I took the easy way, and did the Level 1 workout, should have done level 2 I think.

Had my 3rd remedial massage today, OUCH............... He had to poke from the front to reach a muscle attached to the spine and it was PAIN!!!! But, for the first time ever, I can lie on my back, legs flat! I am STUNNED! I was too bruised to do more lower back stuff from last week, so we did some upper back. Knowing it will hurt, and also knowing it will make a difference, is making it easier, but I have a fair way to go! 

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I'm night owling!

My experience of massage was the dreaded use of elbows.  She was working on my lower back, hips and legs for some pinching nerves but she couldn't fix it. 

The chiro sent me for xrays before he would work on my back, I've still got the file.  Apparently my lumbo-sacral angle is acute.  And my spine ascends obliquely to the left.  And the L5-S1 disc is narrowed and may be degenerating, as well as the joints a little sclerotic, bi-laterally.

All sounds a bit drastic but it's generally ok because I don't ride horses anymore which used to really flare it up.  Carrying the baby around makes me stiff in the back but I don't get the shooting nerve pains down my legs, the chiro fixed that.

The deep massages were quite comething - it was eight years ago and I vivdly remember how they felt.  Good luck with your remedial deep massages!

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SW: Aug08 - 103.8kgs
CW: 95.8kgs (lost 8kgs)
GW: 79kgs by Mar09

Lorna, I feel like I have had a bar brawl this morning! My back is really stiff!!! Not as much visible bruising though, which is a nice relief! My shoulder is sore, too, I think I might have gone back into the boxing too hard. Trying to prove I was ok! LOL! I am hopeless.......

Yesterday I felt like I could not possibly fit in exercise, and I was frustrated.  I ate badly (well, not atrociously, but not intelligently) so it was snowballing in my head. So I grabbed the half hour I had spare and went for a fast walk around the school area before pick up. It really helped my mood, and also meant instead of eating the choc bikkies I have in the cupboard for a school thing next week, I had a little light custard instead and felt sane at the end!

I have a night out tonight, DVD and take away at a friends. They were doing Chinese but the majority are going for Pizza. I panicked, regrouped and said I would buy all the pre dinner sncaks and people could put in for them, so I am determined to go healthy! I figure veggie straws, tzatziki, salsa, rice crackers, grapes,  strawberries. That kind of thing, and LOTS of them so I can eat those and one slice of pizza. I LOVE pizza but I don;t want that clogged feeling afterwards, nor the gukilt for not thinking...............

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Went out last night, ate too much. Those healthy snacks kind of failed when everyone else bought other snacks! HOWEVER I had a nice night, and it left me realising I actually have a good life on the whole, I have soime great friends, etc etc etc, and I am REALLY letting this weight issue hold me back.

I was thinking more this morning, and I don't think I can do it. I don't believe in myself succeeding even a little bit. I believe I can lose a few kilos. But that is it. So, I guess THAT shows me what I have to work on! You know how i used to say I could only get to about 93 kgs? Well, DUH, of course I can't get any lower, because I keep reminding myself I can't do it! and even worse, I have gained 10 kgs over the past year, and now I don't think I can get under 100kgs. I am my own WORST enemy.

I never really realised how bad it all was on that front, but the psych I saw last week mentioned it, and also gave me a few practical things to do to tackle my snacking issues. I went really well the first day, and then without even realising it, I had decided I was not going to succeed, so why bother?

The food is such a small part of it for me, when I look at it like that. And the exercise I DO, but by not believing in myself I even make that hard, because exercising at my weight is hard work! LOL! so, it is all head stuff, but I feel like I have taken a small step forward by FINALLY realising I don't believe, and that is because of the messages *I* send myself. Now, to work out how to change THAT.

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Persist with the psych appointments.  I found it took a while to work through issues - hell I think we only just scratched the surface of my damage - but just before I went in for my surgery i had started to lose weight, and started to really work things out.  And even after having WLS I think I will need to go back to the psych to work on the mental side of things.  Don't lose heart - I know it's easy to say.

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Overall: height 174cm cw109.2kg gw80kg