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I'm so glad your friend is well now. Having fierce, tenacious friends helps so much! 🫂🫂 Sepsis has a mortality rate of over 75%. It was always sad and awful when we lost a patient.

My SIL developed sepsis from the flu many years ago. I was at the hospital (not mine) every day. ICU nurses are bitches; I'm not afraid to let her out when needed. My SIL is well now, also.



My Inner Monster is caged and the key is placed near it, just outside his reach.


Some days, s/he needs steel . . . .
 
Getting a good arch support in all my shoes helped me when I had plantar fasciitis last year. Also the exercise you mentioned helped. It takes time. Remember to not walk barefoot either.


I prefer to be barefoot at the house, but I also have the arch button thingie that I can put on that foot to make it happier. It all works out.
 
Thanks. I did bring feathers. 🪶 And I am up because my old dog has a timer on his bladder. When the timer goes off, I have to let him out. Then he wants food too! So on goes the coffee pot as I can’t get back to sleep.


Miss Daisy, the Labrador and a retriever, has a very large tank. That said, she gets a bit insistent when it finally fills. It's not a problem because we all listen to Daisy. She is the True Alpha.


And she has demonstrated Killing Skills.
 
Have a safe trip, and again our condolences 🙏 🌹



I'm not sure I have ever thanked you for it, but you do a bang-up wonderful job of making sure that everyone who needs it gets consoled an' sich. I'm not anywhere as good at it as you are, and I'm glad that you do it. You're as good a reason as any explaining why this thread rocks and the others . . . don't. It reminds me of 2002 here. No, this is more gooder. Anyway, thank you very much.


I owe you a sammich.
 
Sounds like a wonderful day! I'm going to tackle my yard today. My neighbor is going to let me borrow her battery lawn mower so I can see if I like it.

I spent Saturday bending over picking up yard debris left by the bomb cyclone we had in November (I think!).

I discovered I no longer have a wheelbarrow; I think it was stolen by the construction weasels. So I used the grass seed spreader. 😅😅 I have a PINK wheelbarrow on order!



I mark my tools with pink spray paint. The homophobes won't steal it/them.
 
I'm not sure I have ever thanked you for it, but you do a bang-up wonderful job of making sure that everyone who needs it gets consoled an' sich. I'm not anywhere as good at it as you are, and I'm glad that you do it. You're as good a reason as any explaining why this thread rocks and the others . . . don't. It reminds me of 2002 here. No, this is more gooder. Anyway, thank you very much.


I owe you a sammich.
Believe it or not it's an honor,and a privilege to chat and be in the company of everyone here. Some new, some more mature, some newer to the thread. Everyone's just trying to fit in. And eventually those that stay, or keep periodically returning realize they don't have to impress anyone To fit in, or enjoy the room they just have to be themselves. No fake facades but who they actually are, sharing who and what interests them without judgement.
 
Believe it or not it's an honor,and a privilege to chat and be in the company of everyone here. Some new, some more mature, some newer to the thread. Everyone's just trying to fit in. And eventually those that stay, or keep periodically returning realize they don't have to impress anyone To fit in, or enjoy the room they just have to be themselves. No fake facades but who they actually are, sharing who and what interests them without judgement.



And that explains succinctly why we are here and why we keep coming back.


The twits get bored quickly.


The good ones always come back.


You are a big reason why.
 
Another Wat PSA:



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The average body temperature is not 98.6 degrees.​

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[TD]In 1851, German physician Carl Wunderlich conducted a thorough experiment to determine the average human body temperature. In the city of Leipzig, Wunderlich stuck a foot-long thermometer inside 25,000 different human armpits, and discovered temperatures ranging from 97.2 to 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit. The average of those temperatures was the well-known 98.6 degrees — aka the number you hoped to convincingly exceed when you were too “sick” to go to school as a kid. For more than a century, physicians as well as parents have stuck with that number, but in the past few decades, experts have started questioning if 98.6 degrees is really the benchmark for a healthy internal human temperature.

For one thing, many factors can impact a person’s temperature. The time of day, where the temperature was taken (skin, mouth, etc.), if the person ate recently, their age, their height, and their weight can all impact the mercury. Furthermore, Wunderlich’s equipment and calibrations might not pass scientific scrutiny today. Plus, some experts think humans are getting a little colder, possibly because of our overall healthier lives. Access to anti-inflammatory medication, better care for infections, and even better dental care may help keep our body temperatures lower than those of our 19th-century ancestors.

In 1992, the first study to question Wunderlich’s findings found a baseline body temperature closer to 98.2 degrees. A 2023 study refined that further and arrived at around 97.9 degrees (though oral measurements were as low as 97.5). However, the truth is that body temperature is not a one-size-fits-all situation. For the best results, try to determine your own baseline body temperature and work with that. We’re sure Wunderlich won’t mind.[/TD]
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