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send - hope you are feeling better. Those days are the pits.

nacy - good if you can enjoy the snow - from inside!!! It's snowing here again. Lots of snow. R's trailer got stuck in a field so he left it there. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day and he can get it out..

gershun - I'm sorry I know they can be very painful. Have you tried antihistamines? I never found the steroid spray helped me, but antihistamines and decongestants do. It has been shown that phenylephrine as in Tylenol sinus, doesn't work but pseudoephedrine does so you might look for an OTC med that has pseudoephedrine. There are a few such as SUDAFED® Maximum Strength Sinus Congestion.
I am on an antihistamine daily, and take a sudafed if I get a more stuffy nose and it helps,
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Anyone out there have any tricks for sinus inflammation. I have had such pressure in my sinus area for weeks now. I've been using a corticosteroid nasal spray for weeks now and it's not really helping. In addition I've been using a saline nasal rinse. Also trying massaging my face. Taking tylenol sinus. Nothing is really making a difference.

I'm not blowing any snot. It's just sinus pressure.

I can't see my doc till Thursday. Anyone? Help!
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Then, the rain came.
A little bit is good.
My plants got watered,
the air is cleaned.

The day before the rain, there was so much all over pain in my body.
Now I recall there is something universal about that. People predicting rain
by their body pain?

Now I am going back to sleep.
My body has a schedule of its own.
Not always when I want to wake or sleep.
And that is changing.
Yesterday I did not wake up again until 11:00 a.m.

I want to do so much, but need to wait to feel better again.
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Nacy,
Mal de debarquement syndrome (MdDS), or disembarkment syndrome is a neurological condition usually occurring after a cruise, aircraft flight, or other sustained motion event.

It could be that is why you feel 'weird' after your cruise.
Maybe your doctor can help you feel better and give you a reasonable diagnosis.

Many people, when faced with a vacation, will get sick before going. That part is a psychological illness.

If you are not feeling yourself, see a doctor.
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Why do I feel weird after a cruise?
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nacy - "flipped a switch" sounds like an epiphany. I think a holiday can do that for us sometimes. I remember some of my "moments" about my mother. One was that it didn't matter what I did, she still was unhappy. You couldn't please her. Wow - so freeing.

cw - you said it well. Acceptance so changes our perspective.

psue - glad this was comforting to you. None of us can stop the ravages of disease or aging.

way - self preservation - absolutely!!! A lot of what I did or didn't do re mother was about self preservation.

hothouse - Yes!! Worrying doesn't change or fix things, but it hurts us. Giving up what one can't control is liberating. It is what it is.

The old serenity prayer is still a good one:
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference” 

I'll add "peace once I have figured it out". 🕊
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Nacy, My mom would venture into the basement. We'd get calls from the aide that she found lights on and things moved and she knew she had been down there.

I worried when I got these calls at first but after awhile I realized that there was not a damn thing I could do about it. If my mother wanted to go into the basement of her house, then that is what she was going to do. There was no controlling it. I wasn't her jailer.

I just gave it up to the gods and I became very fatalistic. Something was going to happen, it could be a fall in the basement or something equally miserable would that radically changed her trajectory. She had 94 good years and she wasn't going to live forever. That's just how it is.
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It’s also self preservation . At some point you realize the worry harms you but does not change the inevitable when it comes to stubborn elders doing things they know they should not do , like go in the basement .
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cwillie, TRUTH! Well said , and comforting. Thank you.
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I think that comes when we finally internalize their/our mortality, it's not that we don't care so much as that we accept the inevitability.
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Bundle up and get outside Nacy, it really does help.

My body is operating on DST, I'm waking up well before 6 and nodding off before 10, I'm looking to changing the clock so I'm back in sync with everyone else.
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For your listening pleasure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeWL4J6SziM
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There is one flower blooming on the ever challenging Bouganvilla.
There is a fresh Daffodil popped out of the ground with ready to bloom buds.
There are some sunny days, and more to come.

It is Spring to me.
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nacy - he probably would love it but any truck is a working vehicle for him and they don't stay looking nice long. Now the old jag gets babied.

cw - snowing here too the last few days Ugh!!!

nacy - minus 27 F (-34C) here at night a few nights, with minus 11F (-24C) in the daytime Going up in few days thankfully. I'm happy to stay indoors.

itrr - Oh my goodness - that's a hot summer day for us. I'm OK till about 83 F then I'm done.
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We are going to be 81° today and 87° the next 2 and back down into the high 70s and low 80s for the rest of the week.

I can not imagine living in fridgid weather, hats off to all of you that can and do. Brrrr!
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It's snowing in Wiarton this morning 🎆💃🌨️.... I don't care what any of those other rodents say, there's no way my groundhog isn't predicting an early spring!!!
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cw - those are the type of cars R buys as he can fix most problems and is good at assessing the vehicle. They can give you very good value for your $$$s. Farm vehicles get beaten up.
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Send - when I took my car in for an oil change and to put on the snow tires they told me I needed a complete exhaust system and maybe some other work too, so I figured it was better to put that money toward something newer. I'm sure it would still be a great car for someone who is able to fix things on the cheap, the mileage is pretty low, but the road salt used here is not kind to cars.
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Congratulations CWillie!

Loved, loved, loved best of all cars was my 1981 Toyota Corolla.
Because that's the one I bought from seeing it traveling down the freeway
with so few miles, and 'they' said it couldn't be done!

My car is 2005 = 20 years old and still runs, looks good.

What was the factor that made you buy a newer car?
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PamZ Hope all is well and warm now and you and hub are over your bugs.

nacy - seems light light therapy of one sort or another helps many things.

Well done, cw. 👏 I know what you mean!!! But heated seats and steering wheel will make up for a lot of learning. Last car I bought has heated seats but not steering wheel I wish I had that option!!! At 40 below it makes a big difference. (Not that it goes down to 40 below here.)
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I picked up my new (to me) car today, it is going to be a steep learning curve going from a 15 year old corolla with crank windows to a car with an instrument panel that looks like something from Futurama. But I've got heated seats and steering wheel!
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Our temps here this morning were -6. The main level heat pump could not keep up and even with the fireplace on and a serious space heater we could not keep the temp above 60 until about 11 am. Luckily the pump for the 2 story end was chugging away so we had heat there,, but hubs and I are both getting over some respiratory crap ( he saw the Dr yesterday, I was feeling better) and did not need this at all. I could not get warm all day, and so not feeling as good as I was yesterday. This heat pump issue has only happened once before,, thank god! We sort of expected this, but still!
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My thermometer reads -22C this morning (-8F). But hey, at least there is sun and it's not snowing!

I was watching a video of someone skating on the streets of New Orleans, now that's gotta suck for all the people who don't have the infrastructure for that. Not to mention all the snowbirds who went south for a little warmth... doh!
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You could, if you wanted to CW, get out of bed, dress warm, serve hot chocolate with marshmallow on top to the people running the snow blowers.

Nah, I wouldn't do this either. Lol.

Do what I would do.

That is, follow Golden's advice to stay in bed.
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Holy popsicles batman, it's cold out there this morning!🥶
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cw - Stay in bed every time!
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When you're lying in bed in the morning listening to the sound of snowblowers should you get up or snuggle back under the covers?
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Send, Golden and Eva: Thank you.
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Belated happy birthday Llama.
I was away from forum. Husband was in hospital again before New Year and again after.
So frustrated with our system which deals only with immediate problem and not looking at other solutions or treatments. It seems to me nobody looks at whole person, just quick fix by adding or increasing drugs.
Thank you for asking, it helps to be part of the group which understands our plight.
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Very belated Happy Birthday, Llama.🎂
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