Happy Election Day I will be spending it with my Surgeon
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
Canada
November 8, 2016 5:52am CST
Oops I guess we won't all be happy at the end of the day can't wait to see the end of this nasty election. .
My vote was in the mail a long time ago so I don't have to do that today 
I'll be spending at least an hour with my surgeon with more x-rays of my knee and hope he says the surgery will be in January.
Last week I got my flu shot and my shingles vaccine so I think I'm good for the winter...
Both arms are still touchy. I woke up during the night when I rolled over onto my right arm - ouch 
I love Fall, the colors are wonderful but the leaves are dropping too fast. I wish the color could stay and the snow stay away but that isn't going to happen. 
I better get going, Its going to be a busy day. 
How about you? 
The photo is a Pear Orchard up on the mountain overlooking Lake Ontario on a gorgeous Fall day. (and its my photo) 
My vote was in the mail a long time ago so I don't have to do that today
I'll be spending at least an hour with my surgeon with more x-rays of my knee and hope he says the surgery will be in January.
Last week I got my flu shot and my shingles vaccine so I think I'm good for the winter...
Both arms are still touchy. I woke up during the night when I rolled over onto my right arm - ouch
I love Fall, the colors are wonderful but the leaves are dropping too fast. I wish the color could stay and the snow stay away but that isn't going to happen.
I better get going, Its going to be a busy day.
How about you?
The photo is a Pear Orchard up on the mountain overlooking Lake Ontario on a gorgeous Fall day. (and its my photo) 20 people like this
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@LeaPea2417 (40037)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Nov 16
I hope it all went well with your Surgeon appointment. I am so glad Trump won!
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@TheHorse (238330)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate That's what I'm doing. Some people are protesting? Protesting what? This is our political system at work. I find it fascinating that nearly half of our citizens are that angry. Angry at what?
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@TheHorse (238330)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate Actually, I correct myself. More than half of our citizens are angry. Some supposed Hillary supporters are setting fires and breaking windows in Oakland.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
12 Nov 16
I'm not happy but I'm willing to be quiet and watch waht happens next.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
8 Nov 16
Thank you, for both... a friend called and told me about the orchard. Usually pear leaves just drop with no color so this color was unusual.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
8 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate I know ornamental pears have gorgeous colors but you are right, my fruiting pear never did.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
8 Nov 16
@GardenGerty I was surprised to see the color, we had a pear orchard when I was a kid and no color at all in the fall.
@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
20 Nov 16
the photo is superb. anyway i had refer the dictionary for the word "shingles". it is not common here?
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@kevinakash (2084)
• Sri Lanka
21 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate thanks dear for telling me that
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
20 Nov 16
Shingles is a blistery rash and the only ones who can get it is those who had chicken pox as children. Once you have shingles its suggested you get the shot so it can't come back. Glad you liked the photo.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
8 Nov 16
hope ya got a date set, hon. i'd be most anxious myself if'n i t'was facin' such. i early voted, which t'was a good thingy coz today's not been too kind 'n i'd ne'er made 't to town to do such.
ick'n those vaccinations :( i've foregone gettin' those fer some years myself, got outta the habit i reckon with all the health hiccups'n the docs not agreein' which ones'd do me more harm.
those leaves're jest beautiful :) 'tis hard to find 'em still clingin' to the trees here. those that remain 're mostly still vivid green, though the yard 'tis littered with thousands 'pon thousands 'f maple leaves. kinda makes ya wonder where they came from? since the trees 're still full.
big hugs!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
13 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate yer welcome, hon. dang, i'd hoped fer better news fer ya. crazy?? nah, that don't sound crazy to me't all! ya enjoy life 'n that campin' 'tis a huge part 'f 't. sendin' big hugs!!
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
@crazyhorseladycx thank you...I needed that.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
12 Nov 16
Thanks for your kind words, unfortunately I still don't have a date. I want it done in Jan or Feb so I will be back in shape for camping next summer. He isn't sure he can do it but he can find someone who will, but I really want him to do it so I might wait until after camping...I know that sounds crazy but I don't want to give up camping.
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@TheHorse (238330)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate How far has technology advanced. Will you be able to walk normallly? Maybe jog a bit?
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
@TheHorse It takes 4 months of physical Therapy to get your mobility back and it works, If you don't do the therapy you don't get the mobility 100% back. I was camping the week I got out of therapy with the permission of my therapist - her only warning was to buy some walking sticks and use them when on uneven land. They worked like a charm and I still use them when hiking. My 6 year old knee is perfect, The only difference from before and after is there is NO PAIN. Its wonderful magic.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
12 Nov 16
I'm getting a new knee, Had my first one 6 years ago and not its time for number two.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
13 Nov 16
I hope all was good with your appointment
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
13 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate you are most welcome dear
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
Thank you, I still don't have a date but I will get it done sometime this year.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
10 Nov 16
Its going to be a nice day here today, I am looking forward to it.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Nov 16
Good luck with the surgeon. Hope all went well.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
9 Nov 16
It didn't still no date for the surgery. I'm really dispointed.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Nov 16
I hope all goes well with the doc. That is a beautiful photo. We have a great sunny fall day here too.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
Sadly in a couple of days our leaves are almost gone. It was a beautiful fall now its just a job to remover the leaves. Still waiting for a dat with the surgeon.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
I was avoiding it because it cost an outrageous amount of money but this year it was free because of my birth year. I had shingles once and that was enough, I was grateful to get the shot for free. I grew up in an orchard of apples and pears, and I agree, these in the photo are old.
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@JudyEv (382259)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate It's free here now once you turn 70 I think. Ours might have been covered by our health insurance fund.
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
8 Nov 16
Once the polls close, I will check in periodically to see who is leading. All day I want to avoid listening to them talk about it. I hope it is won by a landslide so people can see that a clear decision was made. Of course I hope Hillary wins.
I will have to see the specialist about my knee soon. I put it off when the Dr. was going to send me, but now I am thinking I should at least learn how to not make things worse.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
The surgery is easy and fast, a couple of days in hospital to get used to your new knee and learning how to move with it, the therapy is the important part after you are home. You must do the therapy to get your mobility back. I went to a therapy attached to a hospital three days a week. And I had exercises to do at home too. I've run into too many who had the surgery and didn't do the therapy and are very unhappy with their leg. The ones I talked to went back to work and didn't take the time to do the exercises... I did meet one woman who just used her home gym bike and got her mobility faster than I did.... but then she was younger than I was too...
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate very good advice!! I don't know what is wrong with my knee yet.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
8 Nov 16
Good morning! What a beautiful picture. I have never seen a Pear Orchard before. Best of luck at the surgeon. We will see you when you get back.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
It isn't scheduled yet sadly, i'd like to know for sure when it will happen. I'm surprised you have never seen a pear orchard, but then I live in the fruit belt of Ontario so we have all the fruits.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
@PainsOnSlate there are none around here that I am aware of. Hope you find out soon when your surgery will be.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
8 Nov 16
I love the picture, I wish I had voted by mail, but did not get my act together. Good luck with the surgeon. Tomorrow hubby and I go for him to talk to a radiology oncologist.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
I'm sorry about your visit to your surgeon, its sounds scarier than my knee replacement. Good luck to all of us.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
I though I was too old too but it was free for those born in 1945. I think the flue shot is the most important. Glad you got yours.
@Marilynda1225 (91126)
• United States
8 Nov 16
Beautiful picture of the pear orchard. Good luck with your surgeon today
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
still no date...darn, I want it soon so I have time to recover before camping...that's the truth. If it can't be before it will be after camping.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
Thank you, no date yet but will be talking to the surgeon again next week.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Nov 16
Yes the trees are pear trees, they grow in an orchard like apples do here too.
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