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@johnbishop : just happened on this forum, and your post. A few years ago my spiritual guided - I’m not - sister-in-law asked me what I would miss the most in life. To me, it’s simply nature. Outdoors. I garden. I walk. I swim, sometimes. I am very aware of daily changes in my backyard. I know when the hummingbirds will be around me while I’m doing yard chores, I also know when the rabbits stole some of my lettuce. I tolerate heat waves, hate dry spells, and am a perfect walking example of senile purpura at all times (It’s a female thing, look it up). Love your photos! Wish I could contribute my own.... sun flowers are flourishing here now, and whatever those tiny, fluffy little yellow-bellied birds (finches?) are, they are feasting on the seeds, and at times you can’t tell where the sun flower ends, and the bird starts. Neat!
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@ellerbracke I have senile purpura also. A nice term for it is actinic purpura I think. My dermatologist prescribed tretinoin for it and it is helping. It's expensive but I found it for about a quarter of the price using the GoodRx app. There is also an OTC cream for it, Dermend.
I think men can get them also too.
@gingerw What a great coincidence, a real serendipity. That's great that he gave you some PCP names, very helpful.
@becsbuddy Becky, my son, and daughter are also a great support. Whenever I have a doctor appointment, no matter how minor, my son calls to see if things went OK. They both obviously realize that we are getting older and will not be around forever. During my cirrhosis, my sister was great too. It actually brought us closer. Interestingly I found that some of my closest friends, when I was not able to be very sociable, almost dropped out of my life. You learn a lot when you are sick.
As the quite I currently have on my emails says:
Friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest.
It’s about who came and never left your side.
“Unknown”
JK
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@johnbishop Beautiful thanks for sharing . Makes my heart sing when I see beauty like this