The only thing we’ve canceled are dentist appointments. Those bother me more since we can’t mask. None of us have problem teeth though so it feels fine to do so. I actually have a follow up gyn appointment, first was this summer, in two weeks. Not looking forward to it but I feel it is more risky to put it off than the slim chance I get Covid for going.

The only medical place we’ve had to wait in the car is at the veterinarian. 🙃 We have been in waiting rooms with other patients for all of our appointments since the beginning of this. We’ve had several of them and I have another in two weeks.

I gravitate more toward eating vegetarian most of the time but my body needs red meat. I’m actually going out for a burger today because I realized last night I couldn’t remember the last time I had any. I was trying to figure out why I felt off and dizzy the last few days and it always takes me time because of the brain fog to remember all it means is I need a burger. I take daily supplements but it’s just not enough.

We finally know someone personally who has had Covid. Ds’ roomie and another friend (both 20 yr old college students). Fortunately, ds was here the week they were both exposed so he just stayed at home for three weeks. Roomie quarantined in their apartment alone, but fortunately the only symptom she had was a loss of taste and smell for a few days. Other friend was pretty sick for two weeks but is fine and back at work now. Ds went back to the apartment last week, which was about a week after roomie’s quarantine ended, and both he and roomie were here for Thanksgiving. So, now I’m just hoping they listened to us and cleaned well and that Ds didn’t pick it up via surfaces in the apartment (and didn’t bring it back home to us). He’s home now for at least a week so I feel like I’m counting the days until I can relax about it. ETA: I have no idea what the current thought process is on how long the virus can survive on surfaces, such as Ds’ apartment. If anyone has any updated information on this, I would appreciate hearing it. I remember early on there was lots of speculating but I’m not sure what they’re saying now. ETA2: One good thing about all of this is that those are the two friends ds hangs out with the most so they feel safer hanging in the apartment together for at least the next little while. I know there have been reinfections but they seem rare and usually at least a few months apart.

I really like this song. I have the Kenny Rogers/Wynonna Judd version on my Christmas playlist.

She’s definitely tracking it because there is litter everywhere she goes (window sills, furniture, all over both floors of the house). I’m also cleaning up little gray paw prints everyday through the downstairs rooms.

Is there a non tracking litter that actually works? Or any tricks at all for stopping/cutting down on it? Dd has an indoor cat and it is seriously the messiest pet I've ever had. The litter is what's driving me over the edge, though. It's everywhere! We've only tried Tidy Cats so far and we did discover early on that she highly prefers fragrance free litter. I have a large mat outside the litter box and it does catch a lot but not all. So, any help with this will be much appreciated!!

Thanks, everyone. I made it as I normally do but with the almond milk and it tasted the same.

We usually drink almond milk and only use regular milk for cooking here and there, but I just realized I didn’t get any in my grocery pick up this week. 🙄 Will using almond milk work? I just do a basic flour, butter, milk, and cheese recipe. Will it change it too much and do I need to any extra flour or anything?

This year is so weird! I’m only making a ham, mac n cheese, deviled eggs, and rolls. I ordered turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and a pumpkin pie. I did make sausage balls this morning for breakfast and we will have them tomorrow morning as well (it doesn’t feel like the holidays until I make them). I just wasn’t in the mood to make everything myself this year.

Usually the day after Thanksgiving, but this year most of our street had theirs out the first of November. We put ours out this past weekend.

The vitamins have made no difference with the fatigue (not worse, not better) but they might have helped with the hives. She was able to cut out the daily Benadryl since taking them so we’re going to stick with it for the time being. I don’t think her Free T3 has ever been checked, just the T4. The rheumatologist did run a bunch of tests to check for autoimmune issues and all lab work came back fine except the TSH and T4. There were one or two things a little off (MCHC, MPV, and Albumin)but they didn’t seem to think it was an issue since it looks like she is always a little off on those.

This thread is crazy to me. It reminds me of the first time I went out of town without dh but in the age of cell phones. I do not text, people! Even my own husband! The idea that I feel “pride” in not texting is ridiculous. It says nothing about my relationship with you - it’s only about my relationship with my flipping phone!

Her TSH level is .18 not 1.8. Her Free T4 was 0.9 and 1.1 the last two times it was checked, so it’s been borderline low. I’m confused by what it all means because a quick glance tells me low TSH would be hyper but that low T4 would be hypo. Is that right? If so, what would it mean for both to be low? And weight gain seems to be a symptom for hypo but she has actually lost about seven pounds this year without trying (and she didn’t need to lose any).

We both did the Ancestry DNA this year and his, surprisingly, came back as mostly Swedish (mine was mostly Scottish and Irish which was expected). He’s a bit fascinated by it so I picked up a few books and a hoodie that he will like.