November prepping

Sorry for the day's delay in posting the November prepping thread, but we had a town wide internet outage yesterday and I hate trying to post from my phone because it's slow. Anyway, what is everyone going to work on this month? I have been cleaning out closets/cupboards and reorganizing and trying to restock on things that I have gotten low on. Have been restocking canned goods, my freezer is full. I still need to replenish my OTC meds.

So far, stocking up on TP and other paper products, donating canned goods that are closeish to expiration (like a month away) to charity, and buying new ones. That's how I rotate if I am not in the mood to eat them at that moment. Also need more OTC meds.

We're increasing our water storage capacity so we can irrigate some paddocks this summer.

KiwiMum, congrats on the Christmas shopping. Enjoy it as long as you can because now my son is too old for me to buy for...he never wants anything, my 93 yr old mom just wants grocery store gift cards and my sister and I decided not to exchange gifts because we have what we want.

Kind of takes a little out of Christmas. I still try and get items especially survival items for my son even though he does not "want" stuff.

KiwiMum, really enjoy your boys now they grow up too fast.

I have been able to lift my arms straight over my head 2 weeks after my operation with no pain. LOL, my doc said well you don't need any Therapy when he saw what I could do. My chest feels a little tight like I have a bra on that is a little tight. When I think about it I stretch my arms back but it seems to be loosening on it's own. I have not had pain.

Everyone has a different outcome with breast surgery since the cancer is in different areas.   

Ok men, you can stop reading now...KiwiMum I have decided not to wear prosthetics breasts. I am chubby and what I have left is bigger than some women I know. So it is very nice not to have to wear a bra. I never considered being "rebuilt" because I am 65 and never going to date or marry. So I am fine with what I look like. I can see however, where younger women would be "rebuilt".

Thank you for your support I will check out this book to see what it has to say. I always like to learn!

Not exactly prepping, but I signed up for a standard first aid class at school.

First aid counts as prepping! What if you don't have access doctors or nurses in an emergency? Last year my job offered First Aid and CPR to all employees that wanted to take it for free (during work hours), so I took it. It had been years since I had been certified.

That's true, Penham :) I wish I could have got into the Adult, Child, Infant CPR/AED class, but it sold out :/ My school has every class at a very discounted price for students. I'll have to wait till next semester I think to take it. I haven't been CPR certified in about 5 or 6 years :(

Hi Johnray, is there a reason as to why it's less successful outside of the hospital setting?

Johnray1 wrote: hachiban08, CPR has changed a lot in the last few years. It is much simpler. ACLS is also. They have finally admitted that in 94% of all cases that need CPR or ACLS and the patient is not already in the hospital. 94% of the time it does not work. I does not bring many people back who go down on the street.Johnray1

Very true - all it does is keep the brain and organs oxygenated until a higher level of care becomes available, usually paramedics with meds and a defibrillator. It used to be so complicated that many people didn't even attempt it in case they did it wrong (ironic when not doing it is the worst CPR...). The new guidelines for chest compressions without rescue breaths simplify things greatly and actually work better, but unfortunately it still rarely brings people back on it's own. I've done it many times with only limited success, even though I once had paramedics tell me I was doing the best CPR they'd ever seen in the field. I was trained at an ER by the code team on an actual patient, and I'm very aggressive and always break ribs (no movie CPR with bent arms...), but it's still true that it's of little use on it's own.
I recently found a young man on the freeway early in the morning on my way to work and did CPR until PD and medics arrived. He'd jumped from a bridge and I pretty much knew I couldn't save him because of his injuries, but you still do it regardless. Definitely get certified again if you can - it's so important that there are people out there willing to step up with the necessary skills when the need arises. The young man I found had clearly be down for a while at a time when dozens of motorists must have seen him, yet nobody else stopped.

It is sad, Penham. Is being on time for work really more important than the life of another human being?

hachiban08,if you want to learn first aid that is useful,learn to STOP bleeding with your hands, learn to stabilize fractures with what you have at hand,learn to remove people from being more badly injured, learn to stabilize the neck and spine.

If anyone on the site could do it, my money would be on KiwiMum

well I bit the bullet and bought a generator
after reading Koppels's LIGHTS OUT I figured it would be  a wise purchase
not to mention I live in a hurricane zone