@Flyover Young kids can be like pets when it comes to medicine & treatment. They will spit the medicine out, squirm, & refuse to cooperate because they don't understand how important it is. Glad his surgery went OK but sorry to hear the post-op is stressful. I hope the J&J will work for you & not cause more negative symptoms. From what I heard on the news, it mostly affects women over 60.
As for the oven. I don't bake. I have this weird phobia of ovens. Like, I don't feel comfortable leaning in to them. I lightly burned my arm on one trying to get something out & never wanted to reach into an oven again. My brother is the one who does the more advanced cooking/baking. I believe we do have a NuWave thing that can be baked in somewhere but we have to find it. We can also bake smaller stuff (like small round cakes) in the pressure cooker. Although, we are supposed to cut back on carbs. The microwave works for a lot of things as well. We haven't had a working oven in a very long time.
@Spicoli, 16 cats was not a typo. Back in the 80s we had over 60 cats. We also have over 30 acres of land. Back then we had all sorts of animals- horses, goats, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea hens, pigeons, quail, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, cats, dogs, & a cow. We have a cat door so all but 2 of the cats can come and go as they please. The youngest 2 are quarantined in the front room until we get males neutered & feel safe letting them start to mingle. One of the older ones used to go visit them, but when mating season started he decided to get aggressive with the male one. My cats names (in chronological order): Boo, Itsy, Predicate, Ginger, Rupert, Mewlatto, Yasuke, Sir Hammington, Biscuits, Senator Snugglebum, Gravy Jones, Aminatu, Lady Sylvanas, Bethesda, Temjin, & Namir.
As for the neurologist, I'm SOL on that front. They won't see people who don't have insurance & even if they did, I couldn't afford it. It's more likely a cardiology issue. Unfortunately, the only good cardiologist I ever had passed away. The one in town is an absolute quack.
My symptoms aren't worse but they aren't better. I ended up sleeping in & doctors office was closed when I woke up. I got immersed in Sketchup & lost track of time so I was up pretty late. My brother doesn't seem to be feeling so great the past few days either, but he's not having the dizziness. I was also having nausea with it. Almost threw up a few times after. Nausea seems to be gone now at least.
I had planned on doing cleaning & picking up and organizing this week but I can't do that with the dizziness. I nearly fell over when I leaned down to flush the toilet. Ended up losing my balance and catching myself but hurt my rotator cuff again. I've started on Magnesium vitamins to see if they help with the muscle soreness bc the naproxyn isn't doing much.
Since I couldn't do anything productive, I fell back to planning yet another project. I want to build a platform bed. I nixed the idea of having storage because I wouldn't be able to access it with the size & layout of my room. I still have boxes I haven't unpacked since 1992 so they are cluttering the room up. I know I should probably just toss them, but I'm a bit of a hoarder & I have to look at stuff first. Somewhere in there is an audio tape with a recording of my grandfather singing.
Anyway, I combined ideas from different blogs (
Ana White and another person) on building the bed. I like how Ana built a 2x4 frame for her child's bed. I liked how the other lady upholstered her bedframe. Since I'm heavier & want my bed to be taller, I decided to plan for a 2x6 frame. The upholstered boards will be screwed on to the frame and will function to hold the mattress in place so it doesn't slide. Right now my mattress is probably hanging at least 10"- maybe even 14" off the side of the box spring & I can't get it to move back in place or stay still. I'll make a thread & post pictures from Sketchup later.
but, general idea is: 2x6 Frame w/ 2x6 center support attached w/ joist hangers, 1x8 upholstered sides & foot (sticks up 1/2" above slats), 1x6s (10') cut in half to make slats, scrap wood for spacers (if necessary), large simpson strong tie angle brackets for the corners of the frame, leftover 2x6 pieces for the 4 corners & center to raise it up more and to attach feet, smaller strong tie angle braces for the blocks, t
hese feet/legs (since they match my existing furniture) for 4 corners, & anti-slip mat stretched on top of slats to span gaps. I'm still trying to decide what to use for the center support. Maybe some scrap wood or maybe an adjustable leg. The legs are supposed to be something like 8.2" high but they angle so the amount they lift things is lower (but I haven't gotten a definitive answer on the height as the seller doesn't even know what the word "diameter" means).