Retirement Community

I would like to thank everyone who left their

kind comments on my blog yesterday when I

was feeling so blue.

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The blogospere is a wonderful giving community where we share our good days and our not so good days.

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Today I want to share a joke that I probably first heard some twenty years ago.

It still makes me laugh today because of the mental picture that I get every time I see or hear the ending of the joke.

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It seems there was an old pirate living in the Black Flag Pirate Retirement Community who was being interviewed by the new, young house doctor.

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The old pirate was your typical pirate, peg leg, hook for a hand and a patch over one eye.

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The young doctor was trying to get his medical history.

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"Well," says the pirate; "We was bombarding this Spanish fort when this cannonball hits me ship and blasts off me leg."

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"And the hand?" asks the doctor.

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The pirate says, "I tell you sonny, we had boarded this fine ship and there was fighting going on all around. This mate I was battling was pretty good and he made a lucky swipe with his sword and took me hand clean off."

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"OK," said the doctor; "How about your eye?"

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"Well," said the pirate; "I was standing on the deck one day when a seagull flew down and pooped in me eye."

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"Wait a minute," said the young doctor. "Do you expect me to believe that you lost your eye because some bird pooped in it?

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" Well," said the old pirate; "It was the first day with me new hook!"

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Bear((( )))

No News is Good News

Have you ever had one of those mornings that make you just want to crawl back into bed with the covers over your head?
Those days when you feel turned inside out?
When you say to yourself “I am never reading the news again!”

Well today was that day for me.

Could someone out there please explain what is happening in my country, Canada?

I read about this happening in Manitoba and this in Québec.

In Calgary, Alberta a beaten man dies on steps of home.

Closer to home in Ontario there was a case of mistaken identity and a man is savagely beaten.

I can not understand why we have become such a violent society.

Is there something-- anything that I personally could or should do?

I am feeling very sad and vulnerable so I'm grabbing a teddy bear, getting back into bed beside Ted E and probably will shed a few tears.

Bear((( )))

Shower and Shampoo

Today I have the dressing and staples removed from my

shoulder after the July 21st Surgery.

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It has been a long ten days recuperating but I am not taking as many pain pills now as I had at the beginning so I guess I'm having less pain. Which is good.

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Trying to just walk around the house with the Polar Cub has been very difficult so needless to say all I have been doing is a whole lot of sitting.

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I can now fall asleep with only four pillows propped on the bed instead of the eight that I was using to sit up in the bed.

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The best thing though that is going to happen IMMEDIATELY after I get home is the shampoo and shower that I have planned.

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Ted E went shopping and I now have a good supply of my favourite bath and shower products.

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My preferred face soap is Dove - pro•age - Beauty Bar and for the body wash I use Dove- pro•age - Beauty Body Wash.

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For shampooing and conditioning my hair I have Dove pro.age Thick & Full Therapy Shampoo and Dove pro.age Thick & Full Therapy Conditioner.

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I started using the Dove pro.age products about a year ago.

They have a lovely scent and have been specifically formulated for women my age.

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But the main reason I started to use these products is because the company uses mature women in their advertising campaigns. Real women just like you and me.

Dove pro•age - Meet the women

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I despise a company advertising a product that is supposed to appeal to mature women and having a 22 or 23 year old model in the ad campaign.

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Kudos to the Dove company for realizing that we women are not stupid.

We have mirrors and know that we look and are different than when we were younger.

Too bad so many other companies do not understand.

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This afternoon if your water pressure is too low, blame it all on me.

I am planning on taking a LONG shower ALL afternoon .

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Bear((( )))

ABC Wednesday--B

B is for BearNaked Blog
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Today is ABC Wednesday!
at Mrs.Nesbitt's Place
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And the letter is B
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Would you like

me to describe

BearNaked Blog ?
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BearNaked Blog is not:
Bad
Bashful
Bawdy
Beautiful
Belligerent
Berserk
Better
Big
Billowy
Bizarre
Bold
Boring
Brash
Brawny
Breezy
Brief
Bright
Broad
Broken
Bumpy
Burly
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It is just like me
BearNaked
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Bear((( )))

Menopause Moment

On her blog , femail doc from Menopause Moments confesses to menopause moments.

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I figure if she is brave enough to BEAR it all to the blogosphere, then I should also.

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One morning as I was brushing my teeth, I looked up in the bathroom mirror.

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What I saw was that I was using Ted E’s toothbrush.

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His is blue and mine is green, no reason whatsoever for the confusion.

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I blamed it on my early morning rising and convinced myself that was the cause.

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I went out shopping that afternoon and bought new green and blue toothbrushes for the two of us.

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Three days later I did the same thing all over again.

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I now have a large stock of green and blue toothbrushes (just in case.)
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And this is our little secret because I never told Ted E.

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Bear((( )))

Twins-Double Delight

Yesterday, bobbie from Almost There
gave me an award.
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This is a twin award: one called "You Make Me Smile" and the other "Super Commenter."
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bobbie's insightful and artistic blog is a * must read * that I highly recommend visiting. Her commitment to making this world better "one t-shirt at a time" is inspiring.
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I thank you, bobbie and I humbly accept this award.
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It is a twin double delight and I proudly display this award on my left sidebar.
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Now I would like to pass this twin award on to five people whom I feel deserve it.
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Chesapeake Bay Woman from Life in Mathews is a delight to read.
If you haven't visited her blog yet, you really are missing out on a great deal of fun.
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Mental P Mama from The Mental Pause Chronicles always has interesting and fun quizzes for us. Her comments section is fun to read also.
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Daryl from out & about in new york city is a very creative photographer with a marvelous sense of humour. Her photos take us on tours around the city, across the country and into her home.
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Wendy from COPD - Caregiving is NOT for Wimps!
Her blog tells us of the challenges she is facing with her spouse's COPD. I think her latest challenge, to have me contribute poetry on her blog comments, is possibly her largest though.
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And last but not least is JeanMac from Welcome to our World.
This is one very special lady who is caring for her husband at home with compassion and bravery. Her tenderness shines through in her blogs and in her comments.
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Please take the time to visit the blogs of these five beautiful women.
Ladies, you can pick up your twin award by scrolling down on my left sidebar.
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Bear((( )))

Tagged #2

This past Wednesday, Kay from Kay's Thinking Cap tagged me with a Meme.
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She had been tagged by Gary from Threescore Plus Ten and she passed it on to me.
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I promised her once I was feeling a bit better from my surgery that I would give her my answers to the questions.
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I only learned about the word Meme when I started blogging this past March.
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Being the inquisitive type of person that I am, I had to find out exactly what a Meme is and how it got started.
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From Wiktionary the definition of meme is:
"Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
The word meme first came into popular use with the publication of Richard Dawkins' book “The Selfish Gene” in 1976."
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1976!!! How did I miss that one.
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Here are my answers to Gary and Kay’s questions:
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1. What is your favourite quotable line from a movie?
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Mine are 6 lines from the movie “Pretty Woman.”
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Shop assistant: ” Hello, can I help you?”

Vivian: ” I was in here yesterday, you wouldn't wait on me.”

Shop assistant: ” Oh.”

Vivian: “You people work on commission, right?”

Shop assistant: “Yeah.”

Vivian: “Big mistake. Big. Huge. I have to go shopping now.”

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2. Who is the most famous person you have spoken to?

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No one, nada, nobody, zilch.
What can I say, I am a boring Canadian.

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3. How many bags/boxes of Potato Chips are consumed at your place in a month?

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Less than one.

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4. Who is your all time favorite Cartoon Character?

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Donald Duck. What can I say, I'm a sucker for his voice.

When I was young, teenage boys could REALLY impress me by talking in a Donald Duck voice.

I know, how pathetic is that.

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5. What foreign food dish do you prepare from scratch and serve?

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I don’t cook. If I am invited to a pot luck dinner, I always bring the pickle tray.

Ted E, on the other hand, will spend days researching and experimenting with recipes.

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6. What is your favorite section of the Supermarket?

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The condiments aisle. (See above.)

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7. What was your high school team’s mascot and what were the school's colours?

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We didn't have a mascot but the school colours were green and gold.

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I am not going to tag anyone specifically but if you want to do the Meme on your blog, leave a comment here and I will be sure to check it out.

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Bear((( )))

Post-Surgery

Originally, I was to have Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff repair early on Monday morning.

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That day my orthopaedic surgeon also found that I had an Impingement of the Shoulder.

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So I had a subacromial decompression also.

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That procedure can be seen here.

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They were both out-patient operations, so I was able to go home early Monday evening.

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I am wearing a sling on the arm and using Polar Care cold therapy.

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The doctor said to continue taking the Percocet every four hours for pain relief.

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I am to have the dressings removed next week and in two weeks time will be told when I can start physiotherapy again.

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Sleeping is difficult because the only way I am partially comfortable is to be sitting up.

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But the most difficult thing is no showers until the dressings are removed next week!

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Thank you to everyone for your kind get well wishes.

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Bear((( )))

ABC Wednesday--A

Arnold the Teddy Bear is sitting in his wagon with his ABC blocks and his colouring book with a picture of An Apple on the front cover.

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The wall behind Arnold has been decorated with Alphabet wallpaper.
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Yes it is ABC Wednesday over At Mrs. Nesbitt's blog.
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And isn't this Apropos for today!
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The Alphabet of Aging:
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A - is for Arthritis,
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B - is for bad back.
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C - is for chest pains. Perhaps cardiac?
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D - is for dental decay And decline.
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E - is for eyesight - can't read that top line.
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F - is for fissures And fluid retention,
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G - is for gas (which I'd rather not mention);
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H - is for high blood pressure (I'd rather have low),
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I - is for incisions with scars you can show.
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J - is for joints, that now fail to flex.
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L - is for libido - what happened to sex?
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K - is for my knees that crack when they're bent,
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M - is for (Please forgive me, my Memory Ain't worth A cent.)
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N - is for neurosis, pinched nerves And stiff neck,
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O - is for osteo-And All bones that crack;
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P - is for prescriptions, I have quite A few.
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Q - is for queasiness. Fatal or flu?
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R - is for reflux - one meal turns into two.
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S - is for sleepless nights, counting my fears,
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T - is for tinnitus - I hear bells in my ears;
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U - is for urinary... difficulties with flow,
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V - is for vertigo, that's "dizzy", you know.
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W - is for worry, now what's going 'round?
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X - is for X ray - And what might be found!
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Y - is for Another year I've left behind
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Z - is for zest that I still have my mind.
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I’ve survived All the symptoms my body's deployed,
And kept twenty-six doctors gainfully employed!
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Authour : Unknown
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Bear((( )))

Surgery

Today I am having surgery on my shoulder.
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This is to repair the damage to the Rotator Cuff from when I had my accident.
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When I fell, I dislocated the shoulder, broke the Humerus (the upper section near the shoulder) and had a complete Rotator Cuff Tear.
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I have been going to physiotherapy for months and using a TENS unit daily.
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I also have been taking a narcotic to help deal with the pain but I still have limited range of motion in the arm and do not want to rely on drugs as a pain reliever forever.
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My orthopaedic surgeon has told me that he can not guarantee 100% full range of motion for the arm but that he will give me back quality of life; that is, no more or limited pain.
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Sounds good enough for me.
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So my blogging friends I will be out of commission for a few days, but with the magic of Blogger I have pre-posted my ABC Wednesday post.
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How could I miss the start of round three at Mrs. Nesbitt's place.
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Bear((( )))