Wellness on Wednesday: Cold and Flu Prevention Part 5

December 11, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

There are only two more parts to this series, so it will end next Wednesday. I will then move on to other topics. I hope you are finding this series useful. The 5th link in the Chain of Infection is the Portal of Entry. A portal of entry can be broken skin, incisions, inhaled through […]

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Memory Care: Learn A New Word A Week

April 29, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I missed last week’s word, sorry about that. Sometimes life gets a little crazy. The word for this week, is, circumnavigate. Don’t you love big fancy words? Remember you should be keeping all the words in a journal, or online document. I find if you write them, rather than type them it helps a lot […]

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Foodie Friday: Ezekiel Bread

March 22, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Welcome to Foodie Friday! Today, I am going talk to you about, Ezekiel Bread. The kind I buy is the whole grain kind. There are other varieties, but this is the one I chose to start with. This is my first time trying this bread. This is not a paid post. First let me start […]

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Corned Beef and Cabbage and CKD

March 17, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Happy St Patrick’s Day. This is the day that everyone is Irish, and wears green. But, what about the most popular meal served on St Patty’s Day, Corned Beef and Cabbage? Can you have it if you have CKD? Of course you can! You just have to calculate how much you can have. To do […]

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How Does Salt Effect Kidneys?

March 6, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Brr it is freezing here in FL, today. No walk for me this morning, but I did do an old aerobic video that was one of my favorites way back in the 90’s. I will share that in a later post. As promised, today I would talk about Salt and how exactly it effects the […]

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Memory Care Learn A New Word A Week: Bowdlerize

February 25, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Isn’t that a fancy sounding word? Say it ten times fast, lol. I can’t do it. The word for this week is Bowdlerize. You should be keeping your words in some kind of a journal. I use Google docs as an online journal. Make sure you look up the definition, write the word and the […]

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Health Buddy Melissa is Now Accepting Clients

December 27, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! It is time to get things started. Below you will find my calendar and dates and times available. You will see the procedure to follow below, also. All clients starts with a Meet and Greet, free of charge. But, first a few things to take note of. 1- […]

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Fun Fitness Friday! December 3, 2021
It’s Friday, woot woot! If you work just weekends, like me, then Friday isn’t really all that exciting, lol. Since I do work just weekends now, at my nursing job, I don’t get to do Sweating on Sunday posts anymore, so I have moved that topic to Fitness Friday. This post will be a conglomerate [...]
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Gift Idea #3 For People With Dementia! December 2, 2021
Hola! That means hello in Spanish. I am learning Spanish! I actually remember quite a bit from years ago when I was doing it with my son for Middle School Spanish. I do know some basic words but really can not put a sentence together. That really has nothing to do with the gift idea [...]
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This Modifiable Dementia Risk Factor May Shock You! December 1, 2021
Hello, and welcome to December! November just whizzed right by. If you stop by often then you know November was Dementia awareness month and I have extended it into December. I am not sure that I will still get all of the information covered, but it gives me something to talk about for next year, [...]
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Gift Idea #2 For People With Dementia: Companionship November 30, 2021
Welcome to Tuesday! Yesterday, I shared to life-like Joy dog as gift idea #1. If your loved one is still able to care properly for a real pet they make great companions. No affiliate links. Obviously, they would need to remember to feed, water, and potty the pet at the very least. A way for [...]
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Gift Idea #1 For People With Dementia! November 29, 2021
None of these are affiliate links. I am currently not doing any affiliate links for many reasons. Sometimes it is hard to know what to get someone suffering from Dementia as a Christmas gift. Whether they have mild cognitive impairment and can still manage at home, or they are in Assisted Living or Memory Care, [...]
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Black Friday History! November 26, 2021
Hello, and welcome! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The weather was perfect here in Florida, and we had a lovely day. We had dessert with extended family and friends. We always keep air circulating in the house, and fans in the windows when possible, plus disinfect before and after the company is here. [...]
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Thanksgiving Tidbits! November 25, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving, 2021! My husband does the turkey, and that is already in the oven. I prepped a bunch yesterday and will begin the snacky type before meal stuff soon. Below you will see my two tables set up. The smaller table is our usual dining room table. Since we don’t have a large family [...]
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How Does Life Long Learning Prevent Dementia? November 24, 2021
One more day to turkey day. Are you ready? I am prepping today, and even though there are only five of us there is still a lot to prep to be sure the meal is warm when everyone is ready to sit down. I also need to find the table runner that I made many [...]
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Vintage Thanksgiving Music! November 23, 2021
Turkey day is almost here. I have been out and about all day. There are people everywhere shopping for Thanksgiving and Christmas. There are some empty shelves, and a store I had never been in, Tuesday Morning, had lots of holiday stuff picked over and it isn’t even Black Friday yet. I was going to [...]
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Scary Saturday History! November 20, 2021
Hello, and Happy Saturday! I haven’t had a Saturday off in months. So, today is a rare treat. Did you know there have been lots of other Epidemics and Pandemics in history? Some of them were pretty scary too, being that modern medicine is what it is. Even basic cleanliness and having soap was scarce [...]
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