Pearls Before Swine: New Years Resolutions
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/01/01

Yup, that one works for me too.

Lynn

In article <sqr94j$u2k$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>Pearls Before Swine: New Years Resolutions
> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/01/01
>
>Yup, that one works for me too.

/sigh

When I last visited my endocrinologist, I discovered that the
facility had installed, in all the examination rooms, *chairs*
that weighed the patient (discounting the weight of the chair
itself). And I was delighted to be told that I'd lost ten
pounds. Until the doctor said, "That's lost muscle mass."

Alas; I am getting old.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 1/1/2022 10:42 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <sqr94j$u2k$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Pearls Before Swine: New Years Resolutions
>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/01/01
>>
>> Yup, that one works for me too.
>
> /sigh
>
> When I last visited my endocrinologist, I discovered that the
> facility had installed, in all the examination rooms, *chairs*
> that weighed the patient (discounting the weight of the chair
> itself). And I was delighted to be told that I'd lost ten
> pounds. Until the doctor said, "That's lost muscle mass."
>
> Alas; I am getting old.

That sucks. And we are all getting older also.

My 80 year old mother is in rehab right now with her second new hip,
trying to learn how to walk again after being in a wheelchair for three
years. She has no muscle left in her legs and the transition is tough,
very tough. But she is determined to walk again, it will just take a
while, we hope. My 83 year old Dad has been picking her up, it is
killing his back as he has lost a lot of muscle mass too.

Lynn

In article <sqrdd4$dff$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 1/1/2022 10:42 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <sqr94j$u2k$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Pearls Before Swine: New Years Resolutions
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/01/01
>>>
>>> Yup, that one works for me too.
>>
>> /sigh
>>
>> When I last visited my endocrinologist, I discovered that the
>> facility had installed, in all the examination rooms, *chairs*
>> that weighed the patient (discounting the weight of the chair
>> itself). And I was delighted to be told that I'd lost ten
>> pounds. Until the doctor said, "That's lost muscle mass."
>>
>> Alas; I am getting old.
>
>That sucks. And we are all getting older also.
>
>My 80 year old mother is in rehab right now with her second new hip,
>trying to learn how to walk again after being in a wheelchair for three
>years. She has no muscle left in her legs and the transition is tough,
>very tough. But she is determined to walk again, it will just take a
>while, we hope. My 83 year old Dad has been picking her up, it is
>killing his back as he has lost a lot of muscle mass too.

Please tell them Hal and I sympathize. He has to pick me up and
plop me onto a small wheeled office chair (because there's not
enough space between the bed and the bookcase for the real
wheelchair) and drag it into the bathroom every time I need to
go. I'm only (!) 79 and he won't hit 73 till spring; but it's
still an effort.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On 1/2/2022 9:21 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <sqrdd4$dff$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/1/2022 10:42 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <sqr94j$u2k$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Pearls Before Swine: New Years Resolutions
>>>> https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/01/01
>>>>
>>>> Yup, that one works for me too.
>>>
>>> /sigh
>>>
>>> When I last visited my endocrinologist, I discovered that the
>>> facility had installed, in all the examination rooms, *chairs*
>>> that weighed the patient (discounting the weight of the chair
>>> itself). And I was delighted to be told that I'd lost ten
>>> pounds. Until the doctor said, "That's lost muscle mass."
>>>
>>> Alas; I am getting old.
>>
>> That sucks. And we are all getting older also.
>>
>> My 80 year old mother is in rehab right now with her second new hip,
>> trying to learn how to walk again after being in a wheelchair for three
>> years. She has no muscle left in her legs and the transition is tough,
>> very tough. But she is determined to walk again, it will just take a
>> while, we hope. My 83 year old Dad has been picking her up, it is
>> killing his back as he has lost a lot of muscle mass too.
>
> Please tell them Hal and I sympathize. He has to pick me up and
> plop me onto a small wheeled office chair (because there's not
> enough space between the bed and the bookcase for the real
> wheelchair) and drag it into the bathroom every time I need to
> go. I'm only (!) 79 and he won't hit 73 till spring; but it's
> still an effort.

I have noted in my family that the 80s seems to be a tough time for
people. Three of my grandparents passed in their 80s, the one who
passed at 64 would have disqualified me for the Howard families
(Methuselah's Children).

Lynn

On 1/4/2022 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 1/2/2022 9:21 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <sqrdd4$dff$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 1/1/2022 10:42 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <sqr94j$u2k$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Pearls Before Swine: New Years Resolutions
>>>>>     https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/01/01
>>>>>
>>>>> Yup, that one works for me too.
>>>>
>>>> /sigh
>>>>
>>>> When I last visited my endocrinologist, I discovered that the
>>>> facility had installed, in all the examination rooms, *chairs*
>>>> that weighed the patient (discounting the weight of the chair
>>>> itself).  And I was delighted to be told that I'd lost ten
>>>> pounds.  Until the doctor said, "That's lost muscle mass."
>>>>
>>>> Alas; I am getting old.
>>>
>>> That sucks.  And we are all getting older also.
>>>
>>> My 80 year old mother is in rehab right now with her second new hip,
>>> trying to learn how to walk again after being in a wheelchair for three
>>> years.  She has no muscle left in her legs and the transition is tough,
>>> very tough.  But she is determined to walk again, it will just take a
>>> while, we hope.  My 83 year old Dad has been picking her up, it is
>>> killing his back as he has lost a lot of muscle mass too.
>>
>> Please tell them Hal and I sympathize.  He has to pick me up and
>> plop me onto a small wheeled office chair (because there's not
>> enough space between the bed and the bookcase for the real
>> wheelchair) and drag it into the bathroom every time I need to
>> go.  I'm only (!) 79 and he won't hit 73 till spring; but it's
>> still an effort.
>
> I have noted in my family that the 80s seems to be a tough time for
> people.  Three of my grandparents passed in their 80s, the one who
> passed at 64 would have disqualified me for the Howard families
> (Methuselah's Children).
>
> Lynn

One of my great aunts (she was born in Belgium in Duksmuter, died in
Texas) lived to be 99. One of my wife's uncles lived to be 99, he
passed last year. He was surprised to lived through WWII, having lived
through the Battle of the Bulge and staring a Panzer tank in the face
one really bad, bad, bad day.

Lynn

* Lynn McGuire:

> One of my great aunts (she was born in Belgium in Duksmuter, died in
> Texas) lived to be 99.

I have a great aunt who's younger than me.

My great-aunt, on the other hand, is not so great, if you ask me.

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