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1 hour ago, KathyLauren said:

Tonight, I start the prep for my colonoscopy on Tuesday. 

 

Oh boy. Been there. May your prep be less, um, explosive than mine.

 

Hugs!

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Oh yes, I can commiserate.  I need to get on the list too but have stalled.  

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At least the prep isn’t as bad as it used to be. 
 

I have to schedule one I am due next month but I will have to be delayed until next April because of my foot surgery 

 

@KymmieL glad things are going ok with your oldest be safe driving.

 

Willow

 

 

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Hi again,I had to share this.  My wife and I got delivery Chinese last night.  We can’t get good Chinese where we live.  I finished my leftovers for lunch and ate my fortune cookie.  My Fortune:

 

Thepath is getting easier fro here on out.luck is helping.

 

Boy I sure hope so!

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Wife reading my mind very well,found me a pair of 4 inch black velvet heels brand new in the box never worn at an estate sale yesterday.She knew to buy them right away.She knows me very well.

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15 hours ago, Linnea said:

My exception to policy request is currently being routed through my chain of command, so hopefully soon I'll be able to go full time at work. 

 

That's good Linnea. Hope it goes smoothly and you can go full time at work soon!

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Good evening everyone, it was another restful day here, and I feel very good about the coming days. I'm starting tomorrow as a regular workday. I'm over this COVID-19 thing.

 

That's great @Willow don't let your guard down on the return trip. My Suzie and I love our Asian restaurants here in Westfield/Carmel Indiana, they're not the mass produced buffets, but real family style goodness.

 

My HUGS for y'all are still masked, but from the heart. ??

 

Mindy???

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8 hours ago, Willow said:

I have to schedule one I am due next month but I will have to be delayed until next April because of my foot surgery

I have an order in for my first colonoscopy that must be completed before June when I have my second surgery. My wife says the prep (getting all the liquid down and keeping it down) was the most difficult thing for her. I’m hoping it’s not quite as bad as her description. She is laughing at me as I type this..lol

 

Susan R?

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A colonoscopyos is one of those rights of passage as we age. It kinda wipes out your day. But its benefits as a preventative measure make it worthwhile to

"grimace and bear it" every 10 years or so.

 

Once you become a veteran, it'll be your turn to grin at colonoscopy newbies ?

 

Hugs,

 

Astrid 

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5 hours ago, Susan R said:

My wife says the prep (getting all the liquid down and keeping it down) was the most difficult thing for her.

It depends upon what they have you take and what you mix it with.  Sometimes it's not too bad. (still bad though)

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19 hours ago, Willow said:

My Fortune:

 

The path is getting easier fro here on out.luck is helping.

 

Boy I sure hope so!

That's a lovely fortune, and I sure hope so too! My last fortune cookie message was a lot more cryptic. But I do remember and kept the one from a long while ago that really did resonate with me -  it's the quote in my signature.

 

Hoping everyone is doing well this Monday morning. It's going to be a short work week for me, just through Wednesday. I'm really looking forward to the break over Christmas, even though I'm not really traveling anywhere and mostly only seeing people virtually since everyone lives far away. It'll be just my partner and I this year, we'll do a marathon of holiday movies, make some veggie lasagna, and probably bake cookies. Low key and stress free sounds so nice to me right now, but I'm thinking about whether I should come out to anyone in my family this year as I wrote on another thread a bit ago. I'm leaning towards no just to keep my nerves down over the holidays, plus the timing feels all weird and it would be so impersonal thanks to the pandemic.

 

Take care @KathyLauren!

 

And happy birthday @KymmieL!

 

Love,

~Audrey.

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Good morning. So tired, It's a coffee-all-day kind of day. I've spent the last 5 days trying to move by myself. Never again! Everything is so heavy. It's going to take months to get all unpacked and settled. I actually happy to be going to work today. I get to spend the day on the phone talking to people instead of loading a truck. Hopefully, with help today, I can get the big stuff to the new place. It would be nice to sit on a couch instead of a camping chair.

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@ElizabethStar welcome to the world of moving. You have to do it at least once.  And you always swear you are NEVER moving again.  Then something changes and the next thing you know you are packing up again.     I’ve done it 5 times and I’m concerned there is one more out there eventually.

 

Clear sunny and cold (cold for me anyway) I hope to see Saturn and Jupiter tonight. I don’t figure I’ll live long enough for the next one.

 

@KymmieL  Happy Birthday.  I hope it’s a good one and you get what you want and need.  
 

Have a great day everyone.  Remember starting tomorrow each day gets a little more sunlight in your day.

 

hugs

 

Willow

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Good morning everyone.  Currently at work putting together new safety material struggling to stay focused.  I have my first video appointment with a clinic here in Chicago for hrt later today.  Nervous and excited at the same time.  My wife wants to join in in the "call".  Is it normal to have other s/o join on them.  I rarely go to any doctor so not sure protocols for visits nowa days. 

@ElizabethStar
we went through the moving thing a few months ago.  Even after moving we had to buy so much stuff it felt like we were moving for 3 months.  Finaly after 6 months we are settled in.  In spring we will be building a fence or a deck.  Both will be huge projects I will likely be taking on myself. Enjoy the new place and new start.

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@2beBreanna it’s not unusual.  Be glad your wife is interested.  My wife attended a number of my endocrinologist appointments.  At our age two feeble minds are better than one.  Lol

 

Willow

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@ElizabethStarmy wife and I moved three times (God Bless Her) because I took new job positions. The third time I negotiated a moving package and salary incentive with position. It’s nice when the company needs you more than you need them. I would no longer be paid for what I did, but for what I know and the experience I had through the years. Moving is a great way to downsize what you have. Any boxes ? not unpacked in a year, go through them for valuables/heirlooms, donate the contents to charity. 

 

@KymmieLHappy Birthday 

 

Today’s coffee was hot, black, and strong. I’m also feeling very good working in the shop to complete a training prop build. I’m a little weak from the COVID-19 after 16 days of doing nothing. 

 

Hugs 

 

Mindy??️‍??

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2 hours ago, ElizabethStar said:

@2beBreannaare you going through Howard Brown? The people there are amazing. You don’t have to answer if don’t want to. 

 Yes.  Thanks for that reassurance. I was kinda nervous about them.  Mixed reviews online.

Since we moved in June I have not set up with a new primary near home to work with.  I found HB through a search and figured I would give it a try since I work VERY close to the city.  

 

I can not imagine moving 27 times.  As an adult I moved 3 times and one was  for a temporary place for a month after not wanting to renew apartment. 

@Mmindy
The use it or toss it rule is hard to follow especially after a year like this one. I use to go by that for a long time.  I tried for a company sponsored move last year that sadly did not pan out.  Instead I trapped myself for a few years where we moved.  The wife keeps telling me no moving for 5-10 years now that she is happy in the new place.

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@2beBreanna mixed reviews? I’ve had a great experience with them. I was so nervous at my first appointment but they just treated me like a person. They had no issues using my name or correct pronouns. Everything was throughly explained on a level I can understand. I did have some issues with their on-line portal but so far that’s all. I give them           

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Initial appointment for HRT done.  Next week will be blood tests and hopefully the following  week I get to start.  doing the virtual appointment helped make it feel less formal. 

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@ElizabethStar 27 times!  Oh my that’s a lot of moving.  
 

I hope the only moving I have to do now is when I get too old to take care of myself and my wife into a family members home. 

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I moved a lot as a youth since I was in a Navy family.  I went to 4 different high schools on both coasts! 

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Good Morning

 

Overcast and very windy here today.  I'm ready to go back to SC now.  

 

So here is a topic for discussion for you you ladies on HRT.  What types of things did/do you experience?  (besides the obvious)  changes in appearance?  body hair? skin? ferimons?  Did you have to switch to feminine deoperants?  Anything like that.

 

Even though I have been on HRT for a year now my estrogen numbers have not be outside the normal range for a man.  I am pretty sure they are now since I am experiancing some changes finally.

 

Willow

 

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