Getting old sucks!
2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox down so I got out the post
hole diggers and set about to put down a new one. Well I got the mailbox
taken care of, but in the process I sustained some injuries that are taking
some time to heal. Got up the next morning with something called 'trigger
finger', which would have been a good discription had I caught said dopers,
Doc says I can learn to live with it or go see a orthepedic surgeon to take
care of it.
Well that wasn't all, right elbow and shoulder set up tendonitis/bursitis, 9
weeks of Ibprofin 800 mg didn't even phase it, so I go today and get a
cortizone shot in the shoulder. Doc also gave me Vioxx because I told him
that at about 5 am every morn when the Ibprofin wears off I can't even roll
over in the bed. Left Doc's office at 11 am today.
Well the worst part of the whole 9 weeks was that I didn't feel up to going
out to work in the shop. I'm a barber working in a business run by my
father, I work with him, my sister and my wife, my 65 year old mother serves
as the receptionist. Now this arrangement introduces a certain amount of
stress into my life and the only relief from it that I have found is this 30
x 60 building in the side yard that I call my woodshop.
Today was the first day that I was able to go out and get some stuff done. I
put up some of those sturdy brackets up next to the cieling and stacked all
my wood up on them, made a big dent in the clutter of the shop. Got a good
deal done on my cabinet makers bench I've been working on since the first of
the year, should actually be able to finish this weekend if I didn't get
over ambitious and make things worse today. I also replaced a porchlight on
the shop with a motion sensing floodlight.
Needless to say a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders this day, so
much so that I don't dread going to work tomorrow, I believe I could even
stand my father telling me a few times more how if I lost 50 or 60 lbs I
wouldn't have so many problems. I think that this is his favorite thing to
say to me for the last 15 years now, maybe you begin to see why working in a
barber shop with close relatives is so stressfull now.
Happily making sawdust again
The Kentucky Highlander
Ah. What you need to do is check the archives for mailbox. Read
that, then get a nice steel, big, mailbox post put in. Then wait for
them to hit it again. That'll cheer you up. LMAO
I told my wife that if they hit this one I'll make the next one out of 1/4
inch steel tubing and weld old lawn mower blades, ground to a point, onto
the thing. If they hit that they'll be there the next day fersure.
I'll scan the archives, but I doubt my state of cheer could get any higher,
it's like the sun has never been brighter than it's been today. Wonderful
day.
KY
Kentucky Highlander wrote:
> Getting old sucks!
>
> 2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox down so I got out the post
> hole diggers and set about to put down a new one. Well I got the mailbox
> taken care of, but in the process I sustained some injuries that are taking
> some time to heal. Got up the next morning with something called 'trigger
> finger', which would have been a good discription had I caught said dopers,
> Doc says I can learn to live with it or go see a orthepedic surgeon to take
> care of it.
>
> Well that wasn't all, right elbow and shoulder set up tendonitis/bursitis, 9
> weeks of Ibprofin 800 mg didn't even phase it, so I go today and get a
> cortizone shot in the shoulder. Doc also gave me Vioxx because I told him
> that at about 5 am every morn when the Ibprofin wears off I can't even roll
> over in the bed. Left Doc's office at 11 am today.
>
> Well the worst part of the whole 9 weeks was that I didn't feel up to going
> out to work in the shop. I'm a barber working in a business run by my
> father, I work with him, my sister and my wife, my 65 year old mother serves
> as the receptionist. Now this arrangement introduces a certain amount of
> stress into my life and the only relief from it that I have found is this 30
> x 60 building in the side yard that I call my woodshop.
>
> Today was the first day that I was able to go out and get some stuff done. I
> put up some of those sturdy brackets up next to the cieling and stacked all
> my wood up on them, made a big dent in the clutter of the shop. Got a good
> deal done on my cabinet makers bench I've been working on since the first of
> the year, should actually be able to finish this weekend if I didn't get
> over ambitious and make things worse today. I also replaced a porchlight on
> the shop with a motion sensing floodlight.
>
> Needless to say a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders this day, so
> much so that I don't dread going to work tomorrow, I believe I could even
> stand my father telling me a few times more how if I lost 50 or 60 lbs I
> wouldn't have so many problems. I think that this is his favorite thing to
> say to me for the last 15 years now, maybe you begin to see why working in a
> barber shop with close relatives is so stressfull now.
>
> Happily making sawdust again
>
> The Kentucky Highlander
>
>
Damn! Here I thought we were going to start a whole 'nudder Mailbox
Thread in the rec....
Philski
Thu, Apr 15, 2004, 8:31pm [email protected]
(Kentucky=A0Highlander) says:
Getting old sucks!
2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox down <snip>
Ah. What you need to do is check the archives for mailbox. Read
that, then get a nice steel, big, mailbox post put in. Then wait for
them to hit it again. That'll cheer you up. LMAO
JOAT
I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who
are as unqualified as some of the men who are already there.
- Maureen Reagan
I couldn't stand much of an IQ drop, my german shepard thinks she and I are
intellectual equals at the moment and I would hate to hand her the upper
hand.
KY
"Jeremy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Watch that Vioxx if you are taking other medications and have someone
> monitor your IQ for the first week or two to make sure you do not go
> stupid. In combination with a sleeping pill that stuff turned me into an
> idiot to dumb to know I was stupid, for about 4 months.
> Good luck with the rest of it.
>
> JJ
> Cheap teak, remove the cigar to reply
>
>
>
> Kentucky Highlander wrote:
> >
> > Getting old sucks!
> >
> > 2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox down so I got out the
post
> > hole diggers and set about to put down a new one. Well I got the mailbox
> > taken care of, but in the process I sustained some injuries that are
taking
> > some time to heal. Got up the next morning with something called
'trigger
> > finger', which would have been a good discription had I caught said
dopers,
> > Doc says I can learn to live with it or go see a orthepedic surgeon to
take
> > care of it.
> >
> > Well that wasn't all, right elbow and shoulder set up
tendonitis/bursitis, 9
> > weeks of Ibprofin 800 mg didn't even phase it, so I go today and get a
> > cortizone shot in the shoulder. Doc also gave me Vioxx because I told
him
> > that at about 5 am every morn when the Ibprofin wears off I can't even
roll
> > over in the bed. Left Doc's office at 11 am today.
> >
> > Well the worst part of the whole 9 weeks was that I didn't feel up to
going
> > out to work in the shop. I'm a barber working in a business run by my
> > father, I work with him, my sister and my wife, my 65 year old mother
serves
> > as the receptionist. Now this arrangement introduces a certain amount of
> > stress into my life and the only relief from it that I have found is
this 30
> > x 60 building in the side yard that I call my woodshop.
> >
> > Today was the first day that I was able to go out and get some stuff
done. I
> > put up some of those sturdy brackets up next to the cieling and stacked
all
> > my wood up on them, made a big dent in the clutter of the shop. Got a
good
> > deal done on my cabinet makers bench I've been working on since the
first of
> > the year, should actually be able to finish this weekend if I didn't get
> > over ambitious and make things worse today. I also replaced a porchlight
on
> > the shop with a motion sensing floodlight.
> >
> > Needless to say a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders this
day, so
> > much so that I don't dread going to work tomorrow, I believe I could
even
> > stand my father telling me a few times more how if I lost 50 or 60 lbs I
> > wouldn't have so many problems. I think that this is his favorite thing
to
> > say to me for the last 15 years now, maybe you begin to see why working
in a
> > barber shop with close relatives is so stressfull now.
> >
> > Happily making sawdust again
> >
> > The Kentucky Highlander
Kentucky Highlander <[email protected]> wrote:
> Getting old sucks!
>
> 2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox
Were they caught?
Kentucky Highlander <[email protected]> wrote:
> I told my wife that if they hit this one I'll make the next one out of 1/4
> inch steel tubing and weld old lawn mower blades, ground to a point, onto
> the thing. If they hit that they'll be there the next day fersure.
Something hollow, filled with concrete.
Watch that Vioxx if you are taking other medications and have someone
monitor your IQ for the first week or two to make sure you do not go
stupid. In combination with a sleeping pill that stuff turned me into an
idiot to dumb to know I was stupid, for about 4 months.
Good luck with the rest of it.
JJ
Cheap teak, remove the cigar to reply
Kentucky Highlander wrote:
>
> Getting old sucks!
>
> 2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox down so I got out the post
> hole diggers and set about to put down a new one. Well I got the mailbox
> taken care of, but in the process I sustained some injuries that are taking
> some time to heal. Got up the next morning with something called 'trigger
> finger', which would have been a good discription had I caught said dopers,
> Doc says I can learn to live with it or go see a orthepedic surgeon to take
> care of it.
>
> Well that wasn't all, right elbow and shoulder set up tendonitis/bursitis, 9
> weeks of Ibprofin 800 mg didn't even phase it, so I go today and get a
> cortizone shot in the shoulder. Doc also gave me Vioxx because I told him
> that at about 5 am every morn when the Ibprofin wears off I can't even roll
> over in the bed. Left Doc's office at 11 am today.
>
> Well the worst part of the whole 9 weeks was that I didn't feel up to going
> out to work in the shop. I'm a barber working in a business run by my
> father, I work with him, my sister and my wife, my 65 year old mother serves
> as the receptionist. Now this arrangement introduces a certain amount of
> stress into my life and the only relief from it that I have found is this 30
> x 60 building in the side yard that I call my woodshop.
>
> Today was the first day that I was able to go out and get some stuff done. I
> put up some of those sturdy brackets up next to the cieling and stacked all
> my wood up on them, made a big dent in the clutter of the shop. Got a good
> deal done on my cabinet makers bench I've been working on since the first of
> the year, should actually be able to finish this weekend if I didn't get
> over ambitious and make things worse today. I also replaced a porchlight on
> the shop with a motion sensing floodlight.
>
> Needless to say a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders this day, so
> much so that I don't dread going to work tomorrow, I believe I could even
> stand my father telling me a few times more how if I lost 50 or 60 lbs I
> wouldn't have so many problems. I think that this is his favorite thing to
> say to me for the last 15 years now, maybe you begin to see why working in a
> barber shop with close relatives is so stressfull now.
>
> Happily making sawdust again
>
> The Kentucky Highlander
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 08:31:46 -0400, "Norman D. Crow"
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
>> The diet sucks the big one (any diet does) but the benefits are
>> way more than I had imagined.
>
>Agreed, they all do. I've tried most of them, but what with depression,
>etc., just can't hang in there. I'm classed "morbidly obese"(400+lb.), and
>just started the "loop" to get gastric bypass surgery later this year. My
>primary doctor has been pushing @ me, one of the teachers where I volunteer
>is absolutely ecstatic over hers, and I've been to some support group
>meetings, gathering info.
Hey, with a brand spankin' new Harbor Freight stapler, we
could...
On the serious side, I wish you all the luck in the world with
that. My knees and I have been unhappy with only 40 extra pounds
I put on since I varied from my ideal high-school weight of 180.
>Some of the results sound almost miraculous - - as the weight sloughs off,
>you get off blood pressure meds, diabetic meds, etc., etc. Then too, if I
>can dump about 100-150lb., my orthopedic doctor will go for new knee joints.
Yeah, my knees sure took a beating with my litle extra weight. I
can't imagine... G'luck!
>Talking about food allergies, I have a daughter & grandson who both have
>"wheat" allergy. Talk about sucks! I may mention the Candida book to her.
My sister, an herbalist, says it puts you on a "live food" diet
consisting primarily of whole grains (other than corn/wheat),
veggies, and non-chicken/beef meats. I never went for some of
their breakfast recommendations (fish 'n grits) but some of
the different grains (quinoa, amaranth, millet) are great.
I'm still learning to rotate my foods, eating a wider variety
of them during the month.
Correction on the title, it's "The Yeast Connection Cookbook"
by Dr. William G. Crook, M.D. & Marjorie Hurt Jones, R.N.
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RE: Subject
You wake up in the morning.
You swing your feet over the side of the bed and feel them hit the floor.
You check and both lungs seem to be working.
After that, everything else that day is bonus money.
You have another shot at another day, what more can you ask?
Just the way I look at it.
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"Kentucky Highlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
..
> Getting old sucks!
Yes, yo have a lot to look forward to. Any your not even old yet!
> maybe you begin to see why working in a
> barber shop with close relatives is so stressfull now.
>
> Happily making sawdust again
Sure is nice to have a shop to escape to. Working with family has to be the
most stressful of any. Keep the chips flying.
Ed
Got a few years before I can retire, but man I am looking forward to it.
KY
"Rodger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I always heard getting old ain't for sissys. Now I know what they
> were talking about. Pain is no fun, but retirement is great!!
>
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:31:34 -0400, "Kentucky Highlander"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Getting old sucks!
> >
> >2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox down so I got out the post
> >hole diggers and set about to put down a new one. Well I got the mailbox
> >taken care of, but in the process I sustained some injuries that are
taking
> >some time to heal. Got up the next morning with something called 'trigger
> >finger', which would have been a good discription had I caught said
dopers,
> >Doc says I can learn to live with it or go see a orthepedic surgeon to
take
> >care of it.
> >
> >Well that wasn't all, right elbow and shoulder set up
tendonitis/bursitis, 9
> >weeks of Ibprofin 800 mg didn't even phase it, so I go today and get a
> >cortizone shot in the shoulder. Doc also gave me Vioxx because I told him
> >that at about 5 am every morn when the Ibprofin wears off I can't even
roll
> >over in the bed. Left Doc's office at 11 am today.
> >
> >Well the worst part of the whole 9 weeks was that I didn't feel up to
going
> >out to work in the shop. I'm a barber working in a business run by my
> >father, I work with him, my sister and my wife, my 65 year old mother
serves
> >as the receptionist. Now this arrangement introduces a certain amount of
> >stress into my life and the only relief from it that I have found is this
30
> >x 60 building in the side yard that I call my woodshop.
> >
> >Today was the first day that I was able to go out and get some stuff
done. I
> >put up some of those sturdy brackets up next to the cieling and stacked
all
> >my wood up on them, made a big dent in the clutter of the shop. Got a
good
> >deal done on my cabinet makers bench I've been working on since the first
of
> >the year, should actually be able to finish this weekend if I didn't get
> >over ambitious and make things worse today. I also replaced a porchlight
on
> >the shop with a motion sensing floodlight.
> >
> >Needless to say a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders this day,
so
> >much so that I don't dread going to work tomorrow, I believe I could even
> >stand my father telling me a few times more how if I lost 50 or 60 lbs I
> >wouldn't have so many problems. I think that this is his favorite thing
to
> >say to me for the last 15 years now, maybe you begin to see why working
in a
> >barber shop with close relatives is so stressfull now.
> >
> >Happily making sawdust again
> >
> >The Kentucky Highlander
> >
>
> >
> > 2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox
>
> Were they caught?
No, but I live on a dead end road, two other families live past my house and
my mail box has been run over almost every night for the past 4-5 weeks
until it could no longer be propped up. One of those times they left a piece
of the ground effects from the door area of the car, matching said suspect
down the street. The family in question has an affinity for setting fires,
mostly to their own house, so calling the cops isn't in the plan. ;-)
KY
Norman,
My wife had gastric bypass in 99. The benefits to her health are so =
extreme its hard to list them. Even the small things you get used to and =
ignore like the snoring and the fatigue. Being able to ride in a car for =
an extended period of time. Just so many things have changed. On the =
other hand so many things upset her stomach now. She cant eat really =
rich or sweet foods. Even 5 years out of surgery last night we had pizza =
for dinner and she gave it up to the porcelain god. Make sure you go to =
the support meetings and speak with the people that are post op. She =
says she would do it all over again would not have waited so long before =
she did it. Also there are several web sites online that offer chat =
rooms and news groups for the surgery. Good luck to you.
Puff
"Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
>=20
>=20
>=20
> "Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > The diet sucks the big one (any diet does) but the benefits are
> > way more than I had imagined.
>=20
> Agreed, they all do. I've tried most of them, but what with =
depression,
> etc., just can't hang in there. I'm classed "morbidly obese"(400+lb.), =
and
> just started the "loop" to get gastric bypass surgery later this year. =
My
> primary doctor has been pushing @ me, one of the teachers where I =
volunteer
> is absolutely ecstatic over hers, and I've been to some support group
> meetings, gathering info.
>=20
> Some of the results sound almost miraculous - - as the weight sloughs =
off,
> you get off blood pressure meds, diabetic meds, etc., etc. Then too, =
if I
> can dump about 100-150lb., my orthopedic doctor will go for new knee =
joints.
>=20
> Talking about food allergies, I have a daughter & grandson who both =
have
> "wheat" allergy. Talk about sucks! I may mention the Candida book to =
her.
> --=20
> Nahmie
> "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of =
arriving
> safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in =
broadside,
> thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'WOW! =
What A
> Ride!'"
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Norman D. Crow wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>RE: Subject
>>
>>You wake up in the morning.
>>
>>You swing your feet over the side of the bed and feel them hit the floor.
>>
>>You check and both lungs seem to be working.
>>
>>After that, everything else that day is bonus money.
>>
>>You have another shot at another day, what more can you ask?
>>
>>Just the way I look at it.
>
>
> I'm still on top of the grass. Beats hell out of the alternative.
>
I wake up, get the newspaper, and read the obituaries. If I'm not
listed, it's a good day.
mahalo,
jo4hn
ps Heard that the first time from George Burns (IIRC).
>
> does your father let you use the straight razor?
>
>
I used a straight razor up till the time AIDS became known. At that time
Paul Harvey said in his news show that the Russian Govt had traced almost
all their AIDS cases to barber shop straight razors and as a result had
banned the practice in Russia. About 5 years ago the State Board sent out a
letter saying that they had learned of several cases of Hep B that had been
contracted via straight razor and asked the barbers of KY to retire their
razors. The Hep B transmittion was from patron to barber rather than patron
to patron, the stuff we sanatize our tools in is an effective viruside, but
from what I have heard a pin point of blood is enough to catch Hep B.
KY
"Kentucky Highlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Getting old sucks!
>
> father, I work with him, my sister and my wife, my 65 year old mother
serves
> as the receptionist. Now this arrangement introduces a certain amount of
In our family of four - three (Mom, Dad and Bro) ended up all working in one
business for a few years. When things were "good", they were great. but when
things went bad - they really went bad.
Ain't it funny how Dad will always be Dad, no matter if you're 8, 18 or 48?
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> RE: Subject
>
> You wake up in the morning.
>
> You swing your feet over the side of the bed and feel them hit the floor.
>
> You check and both lungs seem to be working.
>
> After that, everything else that day is bonus money.
>
> You have another shot at another day, what more can you ask?
>
> Just the way I look at it.
I'm still on top of the grass. Beats hell out of the alternative.
--
Nahmie
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'WOW! What A
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"Kentucky Highlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Getting old sucks!
>
<snip tale of pain>
> Well that wasn't all, right elbow and shoulder set up tendonitis/bursitis,
9
> weeks of Ibprofin 800 mg didn't even phase it, so I go today and get a
> cortizone shot in the shoulder.
<snip tale of *better day*>
Ain't that Cortisone great stuff? Get an "oil change" in my knees every 6
wk.(last time he got 26-28cc. fluid out of right knee). That, Celebrex, &
some 750 Vicodin keep me moving(barely) until I can get enough weight off to
be worth new knees. Rodger is right, it ain't for sissy's. SWMBO has to go
for "rotator cuff" surgery in early June(now how the hell did I escape that
handling freight & cranking dollies all those years?).
--
Nahmie
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
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"Kentucky Highlander" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Getting old sucks!
<big snip>
does your father let you use the straight razor?
"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The diet sucks the big one (any diet does) but the benefits are
> way more than I had imagined.
Agreed, they all do. I've tried most of them, but what with depression,
etc., just can't hang in there. I'm classed "morbidly obese"(400+lb.), and
just started the "loop" to get gastric bypass surgery later this year. My
primary doctor has been pushing @ me, one of the teachers where I volunteer
is absolutely ecstatic over hers, and I've been to some support group
meetings, gathering info.
Some of the results sound almost miraculous - - as the weight sloughs off,
you get off blood pressure meds, diabetic meds, etc., etc. Then too, if I
can dump about 100-150lb., my orthopedic doctor will go for new knee joints.
Talking about food allergies, I have a daughter & grandson who both have
"wheat" allergy. Talk about sucks! I may mention the Candida book to her.
--
Nahmie
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'WOW! What A
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"Puff Griffis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Norman,
My wife had gastric bypass in 99. The benefits to her health are so
extreme its hard to list them. Even the small things you get used to and
ignore like the snoring and the fatigue. Being able to ride in a car for an
extended period of time. Just so many things have changed. On the other hand
so many things upset her stomach now. She cant eat really rich or sweet
foods. Even 5 years out of surgery last night we had pizza for dinner and
she gave it up to the porcelain god. Make sure you go to the support
meetings and speak with the people that are post op. She says she would do
it all over again would not have waited so long before she did it. Also
there are several web sites online that offer chat rooms and news groups for
the surgery. Good luck to you.
Puff
Puff,
Yup, I should have gotten serious about it a couple years ago when my
doctor first started pushing me about it. I've been doing quite a bit of
research on the web and attending a support group "pre-op" to find out about
it. I'm aware of the limitations to what you can eat. Different people have
different limitations, according to what I've heard in the group. Whole new
way of life, but at least I'll HAVE a life. I'm getting sick & tired of
being sick & tired! Got too many things to do before I'm done, and I can't
do them from a wheelchair or when I can't get down on floor and back up
again without assistance(well, not quite THAT bad yet, but almost).
Thanks for the encouragement. I know the group I've been attending all say
the same as your wife - they would do it over again in a minute!
--
Nahmie
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'WOW! What A
Ride!'"
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:25:15 -0400, "Norman D. Crow"
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>Ain't that Cortisone great stuff? Get an "oil change" in my knees every 6
>wk.(last time he got 26-28cc. fluid out of right knee). That, Celebrex, &
>some 750 Vicodin keep me moving(barely) until I can get enough weight off to
>be worth new knees. Rodger is right, it ain't for sissy's. SWMBO has to go
>for "rotator cuff" surgery in early June(now how the hell did I escape that
>handling freight & cranking dollies all those years?).
Nahms, try the Candida Diet. It's built to eliminate the yeast
in your body but always has an added benefit of showing you
your food allergies (so you can avoid those foods in the future)
and helping you to lose weight. I dropped 13 lbs in about 5 weeks
and am adding foods to my diet now. I found Dr. Crook's "Candida
Cookbook" on www.Half.com for $3 ($6.28 with shipping.)
Most of my arthritic pain, knee pain, headaches, and over-acid
condition went away within the first week. They stay away while
I eat well. I'm happily stunned.
The diet sucks the big one (any diet does) but the benefits are
way more than I had imagined.
NOTE: If you find some bread called "Ener G Brown Rice Yeast-free
Loaf", quickly RUN AWAY! I have tasted Sahara sand which had more
free moisture and taste than that stuff. Yuk!
P.S: It's because I feel better and have more energy that I've been
in the shop making things lately.
Bob, Dave, jo4hn, Conan, et al, go see: http://diversify.com/wood/
I updated the old page to show the guitar stand. See? It's in my
living room now. ;)
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:31:34 -0400, "Kentucky Highlander"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Getting old sucks!
>
>2 months ago a couple of dopers ran my mailbox down so I got out the post
>hole diggers and set about to put down a new one. Well I got the mailbox
>taken care of, but in the process I sustained some injuries that are taking
>some time to heal. Got up the next morning with something called 'trigger
>finger', which would have been a good discription had I caught said dopers,
>Doc says I can learn to live with it or go see a orthepedic surgeon to take
>care of it.
>
>Well that wasn't all, right elbow and shoulder set up tendonitis/bursitis, 9
>weeks of Ibprofin 800 mg didn't even phase it, so I go today and get a
>cortizone shot in the shoulder. Doc also gave me Vioxx because I told him
>that at about 5 am every morn when the Ibprofin wears off I can't even roll
>over in the bed. Left Doc's office at 11 am today.
>
>Well the worst part of the whole 9 weeks was that I didn't feel up to going
>out to work in the shop. I'm a barber working in a business run by my
>father, I work with him, my sister and my wife, my 65 year old mother serves
>as the receptionist. Now this arrangement introduces a certain amount of
>stress into my life and the only relief from it that I have found is this 30
>x 60 building in the side yard that I call my woodshop.
>
>Today was the first day that I was able to go out and get some stuff done. I
>put up some of those sturdy brackets up next to the cieling and stacked all
>my wood up on them, made a big dent in the clutter of the shop. Got a good
>deal done on my cabinet makers bench I've been working on since the first of
>the year, should actually be able to finish this weekend if I didn't get
>over ambitious and make things worse today. I also replaced a porchlight on
>the shop with a motion sensing floodlight.
>
>Needless to say a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders this day, so
>much so that I don't dread going to work tomorrow, I believe I could even
>stand my father telling me a few times more how if I lost 50 or 60 lbs I
>wouldn't have so many problems. I think that this is his favorite thing to
>say to me for the last 15 years now, maybe you begin to see why working in a
>barber shop with close relatives is so stressfull now.
>
>Happily making sawdust again
>
>The Kentucky Highlander
>
Wasn't complaining, was just praising the end of a long streak of bad luck.
Took the first dose of the Vioxx today and haven't felt this darn good in I
don't know how long, I honestly didn't realize my hands and fingers were
that stiff. Now I'm loose as a rag doll, seems to actually taken care of the
trigger finger as well.
If this continues I don't think I will know what to do. ;-)
KY
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Norman D. Crow wrote:
> > "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>RE: Subject
> >>
> >>You wake up in the morning.
> >>
> >>You swing your feet over the side of the bed and feel them hit the
floor.
> >>
> >>You check and both lungs seem to be working.
> >>
> >>After that, everything else that day is bonus money.
> >>
> >>You have another shot at another day, what more can you ask?
> >>
> >>Just the way I look at it.
> >
> >
> > I'm still on top of the grass. Beats hell out of the alternative.
> >
> I wake up, get the newspaper, and read the obituaries. If I'm not
> listed, it's a good day.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
> ps Heard that the first time from George Burns (IIRC).
>
> Ain't that Cortisone great stuff?
Yes sir I would tend to agree with that.
> 750 Vicodin keep me moving(barely)
I cannot take narcotic pain killers, something with my chemistry causes me
to absolutely freek out, I begin thinking everyone is out to get me.
>SWMBO has to go for "rotator cuff" surgery in early June(now how the hell
did I escape that
> handling freight & cranking dollies all those years?).
I hate to hear that, the replacement parts don't seem to work quite as well
as the original equipment did. Good luck to her.
KY