Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (170862)

United States • Age 73

Joined myLot 20 years ago

I work with special children in a school setting. Hubby is retired, I am not. I spend a lot of time online and I love myLot.

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don't know why

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (70007) • Centralia, Washington 31 Oct

Happy Samhain/ Halloween to all those observing this day. It has been about two weeks since hubby and I went to Canada. He has been a little ill since then. Last Thursday he was super not well. Due to his first ER visit he...

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Heather Echola @sallypup The toxins that your body produces while you have an infection keep your brain from getting enough oxygen, as well.

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don't know why

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (70007) • Centralia, Washington 31 Oct

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Heather Echola Multiple UTI's are part of what sent hubby down the dementia road. As his kidneys have healed from this summer he is more in his right mind. If hubby is too weak, he will not be able to go upstairs to bed. I hope he does better soon.

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Tonight I will have to hide.

marguicha @marguicha (230941) • Chile 31 Oct

Tonight young people celebrate Halloween. I say "young people" because when I was young, this was All Saints Day. And we went to the cemetery with flores and my grandmother prayed while I looked around. For me, Halloween is as...

halloween

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Heather Echola I have not done Halloween in years. At this house I am afraid of someone hurting themselves and having a lawsuit against me. I had the lights out, except the TV. I fell asleep in the dark house. Then I went to bed.

Learning to simply walk away instead of proving I am right

MJJR @TheRealMcCoy (130) 31 Oct

And that takes a shitload of willpower. Especially knowing that whomever I was talking to will think they are right because I simply stopped and walked off. But nope. They are still wrong. I've simply decided to let people be...

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Heather Echola You will never convince them and you will just waste your breath. Their opinion, their choice, and their consequences.

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I Think He's Gaslighting Me

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (87) • United States 31 Oct

Gaslighting means manipulating someone into questioning their own memory or reasoning for your own purposes. This person has told me many times over the years when I've expressed a bad memory, "No, that never happened." "No,...

gaslighting

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Heather Echola I am sorry you have someone in your life manipulating you this way.

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She’s back (And better than ever)

Amber @AmbiePam (132206) • United States 31 Oct

I was supposed to get her Tuesday, a day or so after vacation was over, but something happened, and it got put off. The rest of the week I tried to be really open to any time my friend could meet, but finally today she said if I...

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Heather Echola I know you missed her. I would really miss Bruno and Pedro. I miss them when I visit Bob, but miss him when I do not.

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And we are the richest country?

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (64576) 31 Oct

I read a few news articles this week talking about finances, prices of food and fuel, and the economy in general. Then I started seeing more articles, and there were a few news reports about Americans and food. The one that...

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Heather Echola I am fortunate to have a lot of food on hand. Even food that could be prepared without power. I need to get busy about storing up some water, though.

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10/3 - 10/30 - Update

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222976) • United States 31 Oct

Sorry I've been gone so long. My laptop is acting up so I'm using my phone. My PCP ordered some labs and because they showed inflammation I am on a 5 day course of Prednisone. We'll see if that helps my pain level. The...

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Heather Echola We have been missing you. I thought of you just before I opened up myLot. I am glad they are doing something to address your pain.

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Evidently. . .

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (170862) • United States 30 Oct

It seems, according to two weather sources and some eye witnesses, that Kansas does not think it is fall yet. It had an outburst of temper that was evidenced as a tornado just a couple of miles east of me this afternoon. Silly...

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Their suggested solution is ridiculous

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (87) • United States 27 Oct

I wrote the other day that my health insurance company had made a payment to some healthcare provider that I have never heard of when the payment was actually supposed to come to me So I called them yesterday. I did discover...

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Heather Echola I think I have heard of these mixups in the past. Not sure as it did not happen to me. I do think the insurance should be obliged to cancel the check and issue you a new one. This is ridiculous.

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Oliver is a Very Good Nurse

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (87) • United States 30 Oct

Both hubby and Oliver are tagging very good care of me. Oliver has been guarding me to protect me from eye surgeons getting near me again I DO NOT recommend this eye surgery to anyone. It’s been an awful process. But my “boys”...

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Heather Echola Cats are very good care takers.

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I’m trying to get that protein boost.

Amber @AmbiePam (132206) • United States 30 Oct

We all noticed in Canada our allergies were better, and we loved it. Boy, do I miss Prince Edward Island right now (for many reasons). I seem to be coming down from a vacation high, and the allergies have set in again. I’m relying...

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Heather Echola I wish I did. I am going to try to ride my exercise bike more. My dragginess is possibly from weather or just feeling sorry for myself.

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Got my dishes in. Will vacuum. It's that kind of day.

The Horse @TheHorse (240918) • Walnut Creek, California 30 Oct

The sun is trying to poke through now (Noon). But it's been a dreary and cool morning. We won't break 70 F today. Still, I got my dishes in, practiced some guitar, and will vacuum before I run a brief errand. Wheee! How is your...

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Heather Echola I was gone for most of the day. Picked up an owners manual for my "new to me" car at the dealership. Then went to McPherson for an appointment. My brother called me as I pulled in the parking lot of the Dairy Queen where I planned to lunch. We visited a half...

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Trump's rallies in Kansas and Iowa are now back on

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (128283) • United States 30 Oct

Yesterday they were cancelled supposedly because the GOP candidates were doing so well. It was announced that he would hold 19 tele-rallies instead to reach more people. Today they decided that Trump *would* go to both states this...

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Heather Echola It cost Kansas over $200,000 for the last rally. Security, you know. So they could beat up a protester. We do not need this.

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Do You Recall the Name?

celticeagle @celticeagle (195427) • Boise, Idaho 30 Oct

I'm sure most of you may remember the childhood card games of Old Maid and Go Fish. But there is one that my mom and I would play. It was pictures of old classic authors. And I think it was played like one of the ones I mentioned...

card games

authors

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Heather Echola Hey, you got lots of help here. I remembered it being called "Authors" but do not remember playing it.

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Happy Pre-Halloween!

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128890) • Gainesville, Florida 30 Oct

My daughter works at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in the Small Animal Hospital. The hospital consists of two divisions, the small animal hospital and the large animal hospital, and employs nearly 1000...

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Heather Echola Dress up as a small animal in need of care. They surely would not turn you away.

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Well, what do you know

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (170862) • United States 30 Oct

Big surprise, my electric bill is exactly half of what it was last month, Almost to the penny. It has not been cold yet. It is no longer hot. I try to make sure to turn everything off when I leave for the day, and I leave quite...

october 2026

electric bill

cut in half

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I was pronounced alive.

marguicha @marguicha (230941) • Chile 29 Oct

Dear friends, I´m back from my evaluation with the nurse of the Senior Suites. It was a long talk, much longer than what doctors usually ask before they decide whether one is healthy or ill. She talked to me, made me repeat some...

health evaluation

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Heather Echola Great news and great the space is better than you remember.

30 Oct

Sometimes life is nothing but fun and games

MJJR @TheRealMcCoy (130) 30 Oct

Other times it is full of games that are no fun. But today's blood work showed that yes I do indeed still have blood and they'll let me know later what it is made from or some such I dunno anyway yeah. I am at a medical...

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Heather Echola That is a lot. Congrats on dropping some. Isn't it fun getting older?

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Reshaping my life

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (170862) • United States 28 Oct

Bob does not eat pasta. I never ate a LOT of pasta, but enjoyed it occasionally. So I bought some this week. I bought Barilla Protein Rotini, and jarred Alfredo Sauce. I know pasta is high in carbs, but this was a little better...

october 2026

ship shape

empty places

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