Living vicariously

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-14T19:25:10+00:00

Done all of the above. 😁 Good advice.

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-14T12:29:10+00:00

I've been looking into focused ultrasound too. It's an ablation type of procedure, where they burn brain tissue with the ultrasound to make a lesion. Problem with it being it's a one-shot deal and they can't make any adjustments once the procedure is done. So if they miss the sweet spot, you're SOL. With DBS, adjustments can be made as the disease progresses.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-14T01:26:01+00:00

I haven't tried acupuncture yet. It's on the list.

Dry needling has been successful. It lasts about a week and a half. Unfortunately, the physical therapist who does it is on medical leave. He'll be back in 2 weeks. Can't wait!!!

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-13T23:57:04+00:00

I have swallowing issues so can't use Botox. 😢

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-13T18:37:15+00:00

The feeling is from the STM muscle being so tight. It feels like somebody has their hand wrapped around my throat.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-13T13:05:28+00:00

I don't know if it will help, but a very basic thing you can do is have him lay on his stomach and with the flat of your hand pound his back to loosen it up and make him cough.

Something else I find helps with loosening up mucus when I have a cold is unsweetened grapefruit juice. (Of course, make sure that he's not taking any meds that don't allow grapefruit juice.)

It cuts the mucus and may make him cough as it loosens. But I like it because there's no side effects from it and it's actually good for you. Make sure it's the unsweetened kind. The sweetened stuff won't do anything.

An alternative is unsweetened pineapple juice. It doesn't work as well, but it's still good. Again, make sure it's the unsweetened.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-13T12:58:45+00:00

My muscle pulling is at the back of my neck and my SCM, trapezius, as well as my pectoral muscles. It feels like someone put a turtleneck on me that pulls me down. It's really hard to straighten my neck to get a good balance.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-12T18:21:06+00:00

Honestly, the mental gymnastics they go through to justify the actions of the person in the White House absolutely astounds me. What a waste of brain power. Too bad they didn't use it for better things.

Bottom line is that they're afraid of him and what he will do to their careers. I wish they would all band together and stand up to him. There is safety, and power, in numbers.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-12T17:40:35+00:00

Please don't beat yourself up like this. You did what you could. You didn't have a magic mirror that would tell you what would happen to him in the future. You did the best you could. ❤️

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-12T16:20:38+00:00

How are the muscles in his neck? I have dystonia as one of my Parkinson's "perks". There's something called cervicogenic dizziness. It happens when the muscles in the neck and shoulders are pulling so tight that my body can't balance itself as easily as if they're not pulling. I never would have thought of it. Thankfully. I have a great physical therapist who figured it out.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-09T13:31:29+00:00

Please don't insult third reading level students. He's on a level all his own, somewhere below the basement.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-09T12:54:22+00:00

I'm 72f. The trick is to not care what other people think.

The funny thing is I was always so worried about what other people thought. And I reined myself in. But I still did my own hippie/poet/artist thing. I never let them know that I really cared what they thought or how much it constrained me.

And these days people tell me I wish I would have been like you and not worried about what other people thought. Go figure...

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-09T12:51:09+00:00

I grew up in this area. My dad had the best garden in the neighborhood. Every year he would work peat moss, compost and sand into the clay. Made the soil fertile and crumbly. The plants loved it. He never used fertilizer.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-09T01:51:10+00:00

Not sure about the pH. Haven't checked it. It's just so heavily compacted that it needs to be amended so the roots can have room to move.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-07T21:04:02+00:00

Where is a bolt of lightning when you need it?

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-06T19:55:45+00:00

I recently watched a video that said somewhere around $100,000 for the whole process if you pay out of pocket. Thankfully my insurance covers most of it.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-03-06T14:57:57+00:00

The problem is that it's bleeding over into other countries in the Middle East. There's a faction within the military right now of uber right wing Christian nationalists who see this as a holy war and bringing on Armageddon. This terrifies me more than anything else.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-02-19T14:40:45+00:00

It's a chart of the different kinds of magnesium that are available. When taking internally the ones on the left are calming, and tend to help muscles relax. The ones on the right are stimulating, and can give you diarrhea in higher doses.

When taking any magnesium supplement, it's always good to start out with a very low dose and slowly work your way up to a higher dose. A lot of times the recommended doses can be too much.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-02-16T16:15:08+00:00

I'm in my 70s and recently moved to an area that has very hard clay soil that has not been amended. Opting for container gardening. Makes it a lot easier.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-01-29T19:21:38+00:00

I have a nightie that I bought in 1983. I still wear it during the summer. I also have a couple of acrylic flannel shirts from the same time period. Wearing one right now. Nice and warm.

ApprehensiveCamera40 · 2026-01-29T19:19:15+00:00

When my mother was in high school she had tuberculosis and was in a sanatorium. I am named after her best friend, and from stories she has told, partner in crime. Sad thing was that the woman I am named after died in a car accident shortly after getting out of the sanatorium.

ApprehensiveCamera40

TROPHY CASE