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Welcome to a new week, all you Coursers out there. Hope your week will be a wonderful one. It will lead all the way up to Halloween, and then just two days later, Election Day for the USA. Masks permitted or even encouraged, or required at the polling places -- but not Halloween ones. (Tempting...

LondonAndy: I got the biggest kick out of your scheduling dental appointments for half past two in the afternoon so you can announce "here for my toothy hurty." 🤪 My appointment was at 2:20, and so about tooth hurty when I got in the chair. But something weird had happened that morning as I ate...

Good week, hearty (and hardy) Stay the Coursers! I almost skipped this week because, you know, hectic. However, I decided to do a starter, because I am confident some Coursers will follow with interesting and informative reports. I will refrain from detailing my dental/medical challenges...

Congratulations! -- Love those dual heart-centered anniversaries! Happy Anniversary to you and your wife!

Hello, hardy Coursers! Hope you're staying your courses this week without need of a timely starter from me. More than half the week has rushed by, so there probably won't be many replies this week. I'll try to be on time -- or at least not so tardy next week. Well, my wife and I voted --...

When we lived in Northern Virginia, we did just that! -- the community fire pit and shared goodies and handouts. We lived in a cul-de-sac and that was one of most fun evenings of the year! (Adult beverages included). Here in fertile beach country, families come marching/streaming down our...

Further good news: Was able to schedule a tel-med consult with the hernia surgeon. With the CT providing a good look, maybe will be able to make journey across the state just once -- for the procedure.

Whew -- what a relief! Cardio visit today with review of CT-Scan report suggesting an ulcer was protruding through an artery, an emergency condition that could have required surgery. But my cardio took the trouble of getting a full report of my operation a year ago and found that the "ulcer"...

Yep, that's my experience, too. I think we will have goodies for our grandkids, but leave the front lights out and sit out this Halloween. My CT-Scan results seem pretty troubling (will finally talk to cardio this afternoon) and so I really don't need the extra exertion, and my wife can't handle...

Just brought up this subject in Facebook, and a friend who also is high risk suggested just turning off the lights. Says that's a universal signal you're not taking part in Halloween. That's probably the best way, rather than putting up a sign calling attention to yourself.

Home, sweet home! So glad you're there, and getting some good Vitamin D thanks to the sun. By all means, keep checking in with us. I have just posted a new thread starting with October 7.

Happy New Week, Stay-the-Coursers! We've been blessed with splendid October dawgwalking weather -- down in the 60s, even 50s. Prime time for Ellie dawg and me. I have a fresh topic: Halloween! We get some 300 to 400 trick-or-treating kids at our abode, and we enjoy seeing their smiling faces...

Sounds like you had a battle, Cici (make that battles plural) but have fought through and are now looking to staying your course. So happy you and your doctors are meeting the challenges. Please keep us posted! Soon you should be able to enjoy those grandkids. All best to you!

Thanks Paleowoman, I actually had you in mind when I was toting up my cumulative medical issues/concerns/alarms. I know you have been dealing with your own for quite a while, and in fact vr.org is chock full of folks facing more serious challenges than I likely have. It's just I have this bad...

Wow, well I've let nearly the whole week slide without posting a stay-the-course missive. But I have excuse notes from medical and dental professionals. First, my dentist discovered (and showed me the evidence) that a tooth up top is "abcessing" (sp?). And an abcess tooth is a pretty serious...

Good New Week, one and all. Hope all is well in Course-Staying land. It is the time of aniversaries in these parts. Last week was the first anniversary of my second aortic aneurysm surgery. Lots of memories from UNC/Chapel Hill (I now bleed (North) Carolina blue, despite my...

The tropics are bristling with storms this season, no doubt. Hope you will be able to make your trip storm-free. Love OBX! We used to vacation with family there just about every summer when we lived in Virginia. As for your cardio follow-up, hope it will just be a small, inconsequential leak in...

Thankfully, @Superman, our weather is supposed to get boring as well this weekend, at least for a while, after the remnants of Sally pass through. A cold front is to come through, bringing us "fall-like" highs of 70s and lows in the 50s at night. For me, 70s over 50s is just about the ideal...

Hello, all. Hope all are doing well and staying their courses. Special thoughts to Cici, who checked in with us last week and was to be having her AVR today, I believe. I'm sure everyone here is rooting for her and will love to hear her thoughts again on STC as her recovery proceeds. I...

Cici, so glad you checked in with us! Wishing you all the best with your OH AVR. I've had two of them, and as you bounce back from yours, please let us know how you are doing. I bet you will do well. As for COVID concerns and grandkids, I can relate! Ours live nearby but my son has been...