How’s class of 2018 doing???

Hey guys(Valli,Song) how is everyone doing??? Hope your all well. All good with me. Buisness is good,not sure if it will stay that way for long if Covid # keeps going up here on Long Island(NY). Just got tested for first time since I was sick in March. I’m negative and have high anti bodies which is good news. Relationship is going well. Moving into her house Jan 1. She is a nurse practitioner so she isn’t scared off by all my colon,kidney stones(Covid) surgeries. She knows I’m in good shape (6’5-225lbs)for my age. Just got to get used to a woman telling me to be careful and act my age while working(let the youngsters lift instead of me). All good here. Hope you all have a great holiday here in the states. God bless and be well

Happy Thanksgiving to you, Champ!!!!! Glad you're doing well on all fronts. This year sure brought us nasty surprises from the blasted coronavirus. Here's hoping NY won't have to shut down again if more people catch it during the holidays. The city restaurants really got messed up by indoor dining restrictions so many of them are still setting up tables outside to keep some money coming and stay in business; even today customers were eating out in my 'hood, with temp around 53o peak. (Cold french fries?) Will be great to hear from Songlady, Valli, & others. / Old Hat

Song ,OH,Dog great to hear from you all. Hope you guys have a great holiday season and pray Covid doesn't wreak havic like it did in April. Stay safe and healthy

Valli here's post from Thanksgiving

Thanks for the post updates I just learned now I could click on the persons name and it brings you to all their past posts ... goodness that’s easier then trying to find any past posts or looking to see if you guys posted anything . You would think with 4 kids I would be more on the ball with these things . Or after being on here for 3 years I would have known that
3TC that’s awesome about you guys moving in together congrats. But your kids are all out of the house right so that is easier. Happy to hear you are staying safe and doing well heath wise.
My other half and myself live 10 houses away from each other and moving in would have ended our relationship 5 years ago lol . My 4 kids are all still at home and they often have their BF or GF over so then it becomes 8 young adults in the house plus I run my business out of my home so him moving in with his daughter ( they are used to a quiet house ) wouldn’t work .
Thank goodness we both retire early in 4 years then it’s the sunny south for us and by then my kids better be married or on their own.

Health wise not much has changed on my end . I truly envy you guys for feeling great or not even noticing you have pouch. Three year into it ahd it’s basically the same so I now know this is just how my pouch was created and how it works . I still go up to 15 times a day And I have to be so careful of what I eat .
Question do you guys know if you had any of your small intestine removed also from diseased UC ?

Songlady happy to hear all is well other then your arthritis. Hopefully your winter isn’t too cold and just knowing summer is around the corner will ease your arththic bones sorry I keep telling myself that summer is almost here, otherwise I get depressed with this weather up here.

In Ontario we are on lock down again which means restaurants, stores , malls are all closed . Plus sports centres , gyms and even our ski hills which is absolutely nuts because skiing is outside .
They are talking about mandatory curfew maybe starting next week so after 9 no going out ... doesn’t make sense because everything is closed so other then grocery stores there is no where to go . And only family members witt the same address are allowed to be together.
My son is a bylaw officer and has given out tickets for 700.00 to anyone breaking them which happens daily . Business are getting tickets for not having a person at the front door asking Covid question.
During the first lock down it wasnt so bad for 3 months because it was starting to warm up outside so you could leave your house but in the dead of the winter walks and hikes are not the same
Praying all this ends soon ...

3TC that’s great about the move in glad it’s going well and having your son back must be a relief.
Good for your other half nagging you as you put it to get into the doctors and another hernia is that from lifting ? Till this day I am so worried about that because my dad had so many after his diverticulitis surgeries and my sister with complications from her colitis ... it’s just one less thing I need to worry about . Plus it’s a great excuse to use with the kids so I don’t have to do anything major around house lol .

Take care guys.

Song my surgeon recommended if I do proceed with hernia surgery then do it robotically. Last hernia surgery he cut me full stomach length top to bottom. Big recovery involved. So Feb 3 I go see robotic surgeon and get his opinion. Saw plastic surgeon and my colorectal Drs same day last week in the city. They will all discuss what's best for me. It's my decision but will respect there opinions. Will see. Think I have a smaller hernia in left groin area. Too much lifting. GF says I should act 62. Hard for me to let go and let someone else do lifting but I'm trying. I'm in good shape but my body(and my GF and my daughters etc etc) might be telling me to act my age. Going to be interesting to see if Cuomo announces full lockdown?? Hospitals have to get to 90% full for that to happen. We're between 75-80% depending in that area. Valli where are hospitals at up by you??? Be well guys

Gosh, what a world. Our statewide hospital capacity is 78%, ICU beds at 61% as of several days ago, according to the state government website.

I got my first vaccine shot the other day! Moderna. I was eligible because my works has "reasonable expectation" that I would visit in hospitals and nursing homes. (I haven't done that in quite a while and I don't plan to do that any time soon.... but I am prepared in case I needed to!)
My arm was less sore than from an annual flu shot. I was tired the first evening, but that could have been from the day's stress. I will say I have slept very soundly the last two nights, whether that's from the vaccine or not, who knows.

I hope NY (and CT, since our two states generally follow the same rules) don't go into lockdown, and valli, good luck with making it through! Whatever we need to do, I support doing what we need to, to get rid of this virus!