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Thanks for the warning on the Reclast. I am surprised they had you on Fosamax with a gastric sleeve. Most everything I read cautions against that and my PCP said that the oral meds would not be a good idea for me.

So sorry you had to have such an uncomfortable but really valuable meeting. My mother broke her hip in her early 60's when she fell while drinking. She was a long-term alcoholic (and a nasty one at that). We had a similar family meeting at the rehab hospital when the truth of it came out and she was told in no uncertain terms that if she drank and fell again she might never walk. It was so hard to tell the truth about her drinking for the same reasons you expressed - it was a family secret not to be told. We had a second round of that discussion when she developed congestive heart failure about 10 years later because she had sunk back into drinking though not quite as deeply. She did stop completely after that thank goodness and I enjoyed my relationship with her for her last 15 years, as did my children.

I guess I have been making cottage pie over the years and calling it shepherd's pie (I have always used beef).

I'm not surprised you are dropping weight in the midst of all this work getting ready to move. I assume the inspection turned out well?

No, I don't have to do any massage, so no discomfort other than the injections which weren't bad at all. It is supposed to take up to 2 weeks to get its final form which is when they want to see me in case they need to add a bit. Better to go a little less than more of what is needed. Maybe the fillers are made out of different stuff these days?

Haha, ABAH. I now have a name for a rule I always follow. Air conditioning is a blessing and a curse. Even in the summer, I never go to the movies, or out to dinner, theater or a concert without a hoodie, cardigan or wrap.

Yes this shrub will get thicker and flower more after being cut back. I think that is why ours is so thick - being cut back each Halloween. Others around town are sort of spindly. This plant comes from Brazil and won't take frost. It blooms several times per year. Our front yard is now full of plant parts. Trimming was all I can do today. Our walk looks like it rained purple rain....

So pretty!