Another bad start to the year
Hi guys I was diagnosed last week with Breast Cancer after my GP did a boob check at a routine Pap Smear in Nov. She sent me for another mammogram in early Dec (altho the July 2017 one was clear ...
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Thanks @Romla
I love my kayak fishing and do that for my main exercise (often being out for up to 8hrs, 2 or 3 times a week!) Working with my uke group and preparing sessions keeps me pretty busy too, so not much idle time. I’d like to think that I am reasonably fit for my age and hope to continue doing what I love, until I can’t!
I’ve had to stop taking tumeric during my rads treatment and am now having severe arthritic pain back in my hands in particular! I can’t even open a bottle of water! :( I can’t wait to get back into it and hopefully be relatively pain free again!
Hmmm, i’ve been wondering about the effects of statins on the body ..... we are both on them and both of us have no been having memory issues ... with me quite concerned about the other half’s possibility of dementia!
I probably WILL go with the tablets and just wait and see how I go with them. I had quite severe menopause side effects from my mid 40s for at least 10 years and don’t want to go then that again ... for what I understand to be a benefit of just 1% improvement of it not recurring. It was no fun for both me and my husband! :(
@Sister
Uke is MUCH easier than Guitar. 4 strings, 4 fingers!! :) I find it hard putting my arm over the big old guitars as they are so 'deep' in the body!!
I've got a heap of info I can send you to get you started, plus a song base of 5 Songbooks I've put together ...... about 500 songs .... and I have thousands more on my computer!! ;) If your mother-in-law has a spare uke, borrow it, get her to show you how to tune it (and buy a tuner.) Get her to give you a few tips & have a go playing with her (you always learn faster when playing with others & it makes it way more fun too!!)
Most people settle for a Concert Uke (a little bit bigger than Sopranos & a little more mellow.) You will notice that the Uke Chords are basically the same as the 4 'high strings' on the Guitar chords - but just with different names!!
THEN ..... if you are enjoying it - get your family (kids, sister/brother, partner) to give you $$ for your birthday/Xmas etc ... and put THAT towards getting yourself a really DECENT uke! They usually sound better and are easier to play (you gets what you pays for!!) Kala and Lanakai are good brands, - if you go to a music shop & have a strum of quite a few, you'll notice that one will just sound that little bit nicer or is easier to play .....
Then .... there is 'the plan'!! You get your Partner & kids to buy one too, so you have someone else to play with in the house! :)
If there is a uke group near where you live - I'd suggest you join it - it is the best way of having fun and learning at the same time! :)
I love my kayak fishing and do that for my main exercise (often being out for up to 8hrs, 2 or 3 times a week!) Working with my uke group and preparing sessions keeps me pretty busy too, so not much idle time. I’d like to think that I am reasonably fit for my age and hope to continue doing what I love, until I can’t!
I’ve had to stop taking tumeric during my rads treatment and am now having severe arthritic pain back in my hands in particular! I can’t even open a bottle of water! :( I can’t wait to get back into it and hopefully be relatively pain free again!
Hmmm, i’ve been wondering about the effects of statins on the body ..... we are both on them and both of us have no been having memory issues ... with me quite concerned about the other half’s possibility of dementia!
I probably WILL go with the tablets and just wait and see how I go with them. I had quite severe menopause side effects from my mid 40s for at least 10 years and don’t want to go then that again ... for what I understand to be a benefit of just 1% improvement of it not recurring. It was no fun for both me and my husband! :(
@Sister
Uke is MUCH easier than Guitar. 4 strings, 4 fingers!! :) I find it hard putting my arm over the big old guitars as they are so 'deep' in the body!!
I've got a heap of info I can send you to get you started, plus a song base of 5 Songbooks I've put together ...... about 500 songs .... and I have thousands more on my computer!! ;) If your mother-in-law has a spare uke, borrow it, get her to show you how to tune it (and buy a tuner.) Get her to give you a few tips & have a go playing with her (you always learn faster when playing with others & it makes it way more fun too!!)
Most people settle for a Concert Uke (a little bit bigger than Sopranos & a little more mellow.) You will notice that the Uke Chords are basically the same as the 4 'high strings' on the Guitar chords - but just with different names!!
THEN ..... if you are enjoying it - get your family (kids, sister/brother, partner) to give you $$ for your birthday/Xmas etc ... and put THAT towards getting yourself a really DECENT uke! They usually sound better and are easier to play (you gets what you pays for!!) Kala and Lanakai are good brands, - if you go to a music shop & have a strum of quite a few, you'll notice that one will just sound that little bit nicer or is easier to play .....
Then .... there is 'the plan'!! You get your Partner & kids to buy one too, so you have someone else to play with in the house! :)
If there is a uke group near where you live - I'd suggest you join it - it is the best way of having fun and learning at the same time! :)