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By Carol January 22nd, 2012
Years ago I could only use a yellow legal pad for my writing. If I didn’t have my yellow pad, I couldn’t write. Then a determined Bill coaxed me to try word processing. Now I love the ease of editing, the spellchecker and the way words flow from my fingers onto the page. I especially like Microsoft Word, a program that I always thought was too complicated for me until we started blogging.
Today, with my right hand encased in a stunning purple cast, I can’t use my cherished Microsoft Word. The best I can do is to hunt and peck enough to edit this.
And what is this?
I am “writing” this post via an iPad app called Dragon Dictation. Since I had joint replacement surgery on my hand almost two weeks ago, …
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By Bill January 5th, 2012
Hand Surgery
Carol had hand surgery today. She has been bothered by pain in her right hand for about ten years, so she finally mentioned it to her doctor. The doc got some x-rays, said there is some arthritis in her wrist that was bone to bone, and surgery will fix it.
So, today after about four hours at a surgery center Carol is home with her hand and arm in a cast with a prescription for some pain medication. All is well so far. So what’s the big deal? Something doesn’t work too well anymore, so get it fixed. That is what we do as we get older. I am doing it as well. I’m sitting here with my titanium knee. My friend has a titanium knee as well, and his …
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By Carol December 27th, 2011
One of the best things about being a caregiver blogger is our readers. We get so much good information and feedback from all of you. This is the time of year to pause and say: Many thanks to you all! We wish you and your loved ones all the best in the coming year.
Here’s just one good example of what I am talking about. Recently Jason sent us a link to RxFind, a very comprehensive list of prescriptions drugs, drug interactions, side effects and whatever you want to know about your medicines and those of your aging parent. In fact, they bill themselves as the “World’s Biggest Drug Database.” I found the site convenient, informative and easy to use. Click the hyperlink above and check it out yourself. Social Bookmarking
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By Carol December 20th, 2011
Once we got our new iPad email working and used the Photo Booth app to take some funny pictures of ourselves, we wondered what to do next with our intriguing Little Buddy. The problem is not a scarcity of possibilities. According to official Apple sources, there are over 140,000 iPad apps available—many of them free. Too many to sort through on our own.
No problem. Sister Judi–an iPhone owner and aficionado—to the rescue. She undertook to coach me in advanced techniques of using the “Home” button and also suggested a few challenging and enlightening apps. High on our list are Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja. I also learned that she is the creator of her own app—Smart Tot Rattle!
Her next move was to challenge me to a game of Words with Friends.
I’m …
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By Judi December 11th, 2011
In my last post I talked about my upcoming liver biopsy, my 3rd needle biopsy this year. I wrote that after reading the results of my latest CT scan, my health care team believed that they could get a large enough sample to figure out what is going on with me. When my doctor told me this, she said she had consulted with a radiologist and a surgeon and they felt confident that there would be some answers this time (the definition of insanity is…?). Well, I guess everyone was confident except the doctor who would actually perform the biopsy!
There I lay, in the hospital, all comfy in my drafty gown with a tube attached to my vein, when in comes the doctor to tell me that he is “pessimistic” that he would …
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