Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

Randy- It must be a real shocker to go from a regular, healthy daily exercise regimen to an ER with CHF . I did not have such a healthy pattern, but the 911 event still came as a surprise. Prednisone is one of the best anti-inflammatory medications known. It also has an extremely high side effect profile. Unfortunately I got most, but it saved my life and I am a pretty/"semi":embarrassed: "active" 65 y.o. :wink: I can not take any NSAIDS safely. I first started on IV steroids and am extremely happy to now be completely Prednisone free. It took 17 years. The Docs told me that I would be on Prednisone forever; they were wrong. . It is my belief that 5 MG is a "safe" maintenance dose. According to one of the now-no-longer-needed specialists, our body produces ~10 mg of a similar chemical.

You and I are the same age.

 

[toppop52]

You are own you own for cat, dog and fox spices?

Caution on Chicken broth, even the low sodium has a lot of sodium - check the label. A good substitute is poultry seasoning which consist of thyme, marjoram, rosemary, pepper and nutmeg in a salt free vegetable broth. (like the one below)

Our salt free flavorful broth come's from one of Dr. Greger's recipe:
1 medium onion
1 carrot
2 celery ribs
3 cloves garlic
2 dried mushrooms or a teaspoon of porcini powder
1/2 cup parsley
black pepper
2 Tbs miso
7 cups of water
Boil till done or Instant Pot it and then blend it in a mixer.

To get it really flavorful add this
SAVORY SPICE BLEND
2 Tbs nutritional yeast
1 Tbs onion powder
1 Tbs basil
2 tbs thyme
2 tbs garlic powder
2 tbs dry mustard powder
2 tbs paprika
1/2 tbs numeric
1/2 tbs celery seed

Bear in mind I’m a hyponatremic so I have to be very careful to maintain my sodium level, low sodium landed me in the ER and hospital for 3 days, getting out on Thanksgiving 2013, but I was sick 6 weeks before and took three months after to fully recover.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

It could be anarchy at the fed parks if everyone finds out it's free.

 

[toppop52]

It could be anarchy at the fed parks if everyone finds out it's free.

Some will go even if they don’t want to because it is free!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Went to town after church, got oil changed in new pilot. Was overdue. Then my wife went to costco, while i filled up the gas.

54°.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Unfortunately, I cannot do that. The broken line is too short and just hanging there. Also, the jam was tight enough to break the cable. So, I have now removed the winch, which was a big PITA, and I will just have to cut the cable with a hacksaw and unravel it.

Perhaps, when you replace your cable, you might investigate the synthetic winch line available now.

 

[Bird]

I am able to take both the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Me, too. And . . . 2 doctors in the same office had different opinions about whether one pneumonia shot was good for a lifetime. So I had the PPS23 pneumonia shot on 2/9/2007 AND on 9/10/2013. And then they came out with another version; the Prevnar 13 which I had on 2/3/2017. Of course I get the flu shot every year; this time on 8/23/2017.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I thought I read that that the entrance gates to the National Parks would not be staffed during this shutdown, so there's no entrance fee and nobody needs a Senior Federal Park Pass.:thumbsup:


Government shutdown: Alcatraz, Yosemite remain open

And nobody picking up trash. Everyone visiting a National Park should;

Not throw trash on ground.

Take a bag of trash home, when you leave.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Last shutdown they closed the parks

In 2013 the Administration wanted the shutdown to be as painful as possible and to affect as many people as possible.

 

[jbrumberg]

Bird- I was under the impression that each vaccination worked for a specific virus strain and would last forever once vaccinated, but the flu viruses mutate so quickly that it seems there is usually a new strain for which a new vaccine must be made.

Mounting trash and garbage in public and private spaces is just more evidence of our society's deteriorating culture . I have ~ .25 miles of roadside property. I need to police the road and clean up the trash on a regular basis.

Randy- I am really happy to have made 65, and even better I still have the maturity of an adolescent.