Not slacking, Susan, sensible.

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And I'm debating whether it's slacking to grab a bunch of able-bodied young ushers

Uh, that would be a resounding no. Not slacking at all.

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And I'm debating whether it's slacking to grab a bunch of able-bodied young ushers at the beginning of the rehearsal and get them to shift the communion table, choir chairs, and various other bits of heavy lifting for me

That sounds perfectly reasonable to me, Susan. In fact, that might be what able-bodied young ushers are for.

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I figured it out last night. Dad will be 70 in June. That just doesn't seem right. He's always active and busy and building things, doing things, helping people. He's not supposed to be that old.

While telling me about the wonders of the hospital Dad's in, she told me she loves their mammogram dept. because they always treat her like a queen when she goes in -- which reminded her that they found a lump oh, about 3 months ago or so, and she really needed to get that checked. She didn't think it was cancerous or anything, but she supposed she should go ahead and follow up on it. Man... She had me spluttering. I asked if they knew it was a cyst or what, and she said, "Oh, or something like that. I've had it a long time and it's not bothering me." Argh.

Susan, I agree with the gentle stretches and the hot bath and the ibuprofen. Though, I'm betting ita would say to ice it.

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I was gonna say ice too. It'll take down the inflamation better.

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Deena, that's great to hear about your father. Good on your mother for looking out.

Susan -- don't neglect the ice. [eta: GREAT. I'M PREDICTABLE]

The iliac crest is right where this photo ends. [eta: BET YOU NEVER SAW *THAT* COMING]

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Hi...it wouldn't be awful if I wrote porn all day, would it? Aw, Cash, that's nice.

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Susan, if I were a wedding coordinator, I'd *have* to have other people move stuff for me, because I don't plan to ever have back surgery again.

If your back is twinge-ing at you, DO NOT go moving anything heavier than your baby girl. Especially when you have strapping young ushers to do it for you. Don't mess with your back. Trust me.

There's some damage, don't know how much yet or what it all means to his life and lifestyle, but for now, he's going to be just fine.

Deena, I am SO GLAD that your dad is going to be fine. Depending on his age and lifestyle, even if there's some muscle damage to his heart, he may not notice any diminishment in his daily life. If a 30-year-old athlete had a heart attack w/muscle damage, they would likely notice a diminished capacity for exercise, etc. But when people get to be in their 60s and 70s, unless they're that rare 70-year-old marathon runner, it's likely they won't notice any problems from heart muscle damage.

(He's not a marathon runner, is he?)

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Deena, how scary. I'm glad your mom won out! I think denial is supposedly a classic symptom of a heart attack.

They said that?! Although, also, kind of funny.

Well yeah, but to be fair, only because they were quoting me. Still, I said I was putting on my ranty pants, only after expressing all our good experiences with the school system. That was not exciting, and so wasn't included.

Oh, Susan, poor you. I say a resounding YES to the ibuprofen. I don't know about the stretching. You don't want to exacerbate it.

That sounds perfectly reasonable to me, Susan. In fact, that might be what able-bodied young ushers are for.

Yeah. Man. Can you tell we're married. I think there was a time I thought able-bodied young ushers had other uses, but I can't remember what that was--probably opening jars, or something.

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Hi...it wouldn't be awful if I wrote porn all day, would it?

On the contrary, I think it would be awful if you stopped yourself from doing so.

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