Looking Back at the Wednesday Hodgepodge...

Joyce had taken this week off so I traveled back in time to June 2018 and found an old Hodgepodge to share with no changes... 

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

A Summertime Hodgepodge...

Hodgepodge Questions-Volume 356

Our hostess, Joyce, gives us the questions HERE and we answer them and link back with her, joining other Hodgepodgers in this fun meme!

Thank you, Joyce,!!

1. Summer is upon us this week in the Northern hemisphere. Tell us three things on your summer bucket list. #1 try to get to the pool this summer for some sun; #2 try to lose a few more pounds; #3 purge a few more clothes from my closet.  I don’t need work clothes anymore!

2. Something fun you used to do as a kid in the summertime? We played outside every day. I climbed trees and read Nancy Drew up in the branches on my platform.  I also had summer jobs when I was older.

3. Rooftop or backyard?  Not sure what this means.  We had a great backyard.   Why?  I didn’t live in an apartment.  ???

4. Do you read food labels?  I check the number of carbs in things some of the time.  Place importance on them? I do think ingredients are important and I do try to watch my carb intake.  Make an effort to find out/care about where your food comes from?  I don’t make a huge effort to find out and I don’t pay extra (often) for organic, though I am particular about the meat I buy.

5. A song you'll have on repeat this summer? I’m not that into music.  Oldies play in the car and I rarely listen to music at home.

6. Insert your own random thought here. Not so random, but Joe and I had appointments at the Florida Orthopedic Institute in Tampa yesterday. 

We met with the PA for the initial appointment and both of us liked him a lot.  I am a candidate for knee replacement since both knees and my kneecaps are all bone-on-bone now.  He said it was up to me and how much pain I wanted to deal with.  They will continue my cortisone shots every three months if that is working for me.  I will know when I am ready.

Joe’s new hip and knee pain is also arthritis.  He was given a ‘prescription’ for some visits with a therapist to help him learn to stand, pull himself up, etc., and keep his balance better.  The PA agreed that his left side is weaker due to the stroke and that some physical therapy and exercises to work on the muscles will help.  He will also be called (once the insurance approves) to have an injection in his hip that will be done with x-ray guidance.  We have high hopes that it will help.  His hip is not bad enough to warrant hip replacement.  It is ‘just’ arthritis.  He was also told that he needs to learn how to handle the pain mentally (which I have been telling him all along… you have to get so you can ignore it).  Not as easy for men, I guess.  Even though it hurts, we aren’t doing anymore damage by using the arthritic joints.

Thanks for your visit today!!  Peace & hugs.