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Title: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: oldtime on May 03, 2019, 07:17:07 AM
Hi all is Bob ok ? I have been trying to contact him . He has been in Hospital .
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: oldtime on May 04, 2019, 04:45:47 AM
Have sent a couple of messages .hope he is ok .  This being sick is not good .. we are all another day closer to the grave !!!!
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: BruceM on May 04, 2019, 02:50:03 PM
Yep, makes you think about what you're spending your limited time on and with who.  I had a close scrape with an adverse reaction to radioactive iodine treatment a month ago, still dealing with a 2 foot long DVT in my right leg. Now a walking stroke/embolism.  Got my will and medical power of attorney updated, and organizing papers and such.  Small projects and getting maintenance up to snuff...no big ones for now. 

Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: BruceM on May 05, 2019, 03:05:06 AM
Hospitals are a great place to get sick, I'm worried for Bob too.

The outrageou$ drug Eliquis didn't touch the clot at all according to repeat ultrasound, so I see a vascular surgeon Thursday.  The risk of complications is significant.  Two other veins are now carrying the flow fairly well, no swelling or pain if I wear the graduated compression knee sock.  Perhaps one more thing to limp to the finish line with, I hope. 

I have the Listeroid and wood base a bath today, total scrub down and degrease, TSP and rinse.  I'm going to re-paint the base after it dries out well, it's fine but needs some new paint. I'm now a fan of Behr's Premium Plus latex for everything not underwater.  With a respirator I can do it myself.


 

Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: vdubnut62 on May 05, 2019, 02:43:17 PM
I do hope  all do well and have a speedy recovery with optimal outcome!!!
Thoughts and Prayers.
Ron
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: mike90045 on May 05, 2019, 05:27:41 PM
Just had my go at the hospital (UC San Francisco) for getting the cancerous half of my liver taken out.  OMG.  I'd have thought that they would have some modern pain meds by now.  I don't have the common receptors for all the opioid based drugs, and my alternative - Tylenol 500  (with half a liver, 500 is all I can have)  did nothing.   So i'm slowly coming back up to speed myself
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: BruceM on May 05, 2019, 05:55:22 PM
Hey Mike,
I thought I was the only one who couldn't do opioids.  Likewise, my liver function and gut make NSAIDs a bust.  Pot takes the edge off for me, though I can't handle that too often or vertigo gets bad, and I can only handle the high CBD, very low THC stuff.  I've been using the same 1.5 oz for 3 years and counting. 

I hope you cheat death and the remains of your liver stay cancer free for a long, long time.

Bruce
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: LowGear on May 06, 2019, 06:18:07 PM
i had a friend take the big pill yesterday.  I was going to stop by today.

This world just marches right on whether you're in step or not.  Next keyboard action is writing a friend that is recovering from a double lung reduction surgery.  Most of us that smoke or have smoke for very long have enlarged lungs.  It's how the respiratory system copes with super contaminated air.  Then as we age and don't breath as heavy our lungs don't get all of the moisture pumped out and problems start building.  Don't worry, I'm not going to get on my soapbox about the conspiracy to commit mass murders by the tobacco industry today.

Steve's decision was his. 

Good bye Steve.

Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: LowGear on May 07, 2019, 04:49:13 AM
Well Glort,

I'm surprised to hear you're a confessed grumpy bastard.  Only 11 more steps to go.  I have only one name on my birth certificate and I have bad moments / days but I'll not be confessing to anything more here.

Step One of the soapbox.  When someone hires people to pretend they are medical doctors to encourage you use their product or service it's called conspiracy.  When the end result is or often is death it's called murder.  When thousands of people suffer this same end it's call mass murder.

When someone hires people to pretend or are just plain science quacks to debunk good solid science based on thousands, yes, thousands of absolutely valid studies to discourage you from using good judgement it's called ......

Many people are surprised to learn that some years more people die from legitimate pharma drugs than those supplied by the illegal cartels in the state of Washington, USA.

But wait;  Bob is our mission.  If you want to start a new thread I'll contribute. Perhaps there is a more appropriate server?

Casey
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: dieselspanner on May 07, 2019, 08:17:10 AM
Nah, stick it all on here, Casey!

I know this site started with Listeroids and CS's, but all the diversions keep it interesting. There are other sites, whos moderators call for a new topic every time the form or pitch of a bolt changes - or heaven forbid, mention of a left hand thread occurs, God bless em. (Thanks for the forbearance, Ade)

Here you can ask about your 'E' mates health, rant about Fedex and ignore all the stuff you don't like.

Personally I like to know what Ed Dee has been building, am vaguely interested in Glort's dad's scrapyard and will happily read posts on genny trouble shooting and building circuits with Mosfets - for years I thought that was a suburb of Khartoum , even though I'm still electrically challenged.

The posts I don't like I don't read.

We're all a little odd, a little to opinionated some times, some of us more than others, I very much doubt many of us will ever meet in the real world, thank Christ!

Cheers
Stef
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: ajaffa1 on May 07, 2019, 08:55:51 AM
Hi Guys, please don`t panic. Had the operation, a few minor complications but all sorted out now. Still no idea if the surgery will have helped with the nerve damage so I`ll just have to wait and see.

I won`t be posting much anytime soon as I can`t do much and typing is very slow one handed.

Bob
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: 38ac on May 07, 2019, 12:30:39 PM
 Well I will give you a few reasons why.
All is fine if your one of the hand full of  regulars here but if your an outsider this site is like walking into a loud  honkytonk bar, all is Grande if your a regular but it isn't a great place for a stranger to ask for directions.
Believe it or not there are people who come here due to the topics at  hand, I am one.  The host has graciously provided many forums here where just about anything can be talked about. I just did a quick look and about half the topics on page one  here are on the wrong place and most of the ones where the original post was in the right place go off on so many tangents that they cannot be followed unless one has half a day to spend looking at a screen.  There are some people who dont have that time, or the desire to do so,,,,apparently a lot of them when one looks at the statistics here.

As it is this forum  works well enough for the handful of regulars who appearantly spend hours here every day and maybe a few who just like confusion. But  it is a far piece from ideal for anyone else and thats the bottom line as far as I am concerned .

 I have been around here a while but am here less and less because I don't need this place to have companionship , nor do I need a place to spout about my daily life.  Nor do I have the desire to spend half my day on here sorting through every topic and every post to see if there are questions I can help with. 

Why have all the forums, just put everything in one catch all forum and be done with it,,,,

Well, you asked,,,,

Bob, glad to read you are OK
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: Willw on May 07, 2019, 04:40:19 PM
Hi Bob, glad to know you're OK; had me worried there for a minute.

I wish you a speedy recovery.
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: ajaffa1 on May 08, 2019, 09:02:54 AM
Hi Guys, thanks for the encouragement. I fully understand how Glort`s mate feels, I hate hospitals, even if they are a necessary part of getting old. Sadly I will be seeing much more of them in the near future as my Wife is having a full hysterectomy next week! She will be in hospital for around five days and then be incapacitated for many months while she recovers. So, despite my own problems I am going to have to be nurse Bob, cleaner Bob and chef Bob for a few months. Don`t be too surprised if you hear that my Wife wants a divorce, the house is a mess and my cooking has given us botulism!

Hey Bruce, I`m sorry to hear that you are also having to be hospitalized. I worry about how that is going to go for you, the amount of electronic apparatus in hospitals is mind blowing. Have they offered to put you in a Faraday cage?

Hey Mike, sorry to hear you too have been under the knife. I was lucky because pain medications work for me, I cannot begin to imagine what it must have been like for you with out them.

Good health to all and a speedy recovery to those less fortunate.

Bob
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: ajaffa1 on May 08, 2019, 09:53:00 AM
Hey Glort, hope you stay lucky, life is short make the most of it and to hell with the consequences.

Bob
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: ajaffa1 on May 08, 2019, 10:35:20 AM
Thanks Glort, we will be OK. I`m three weeks post surgery and things are looking good, still not supposed pick up anything heavier than a bag of sugar with my left hand but it gets stronger every day.

Narelle is going to be unable to drive for several months, which will be challenging. Her Brother is coming to stay for a while which will be a huge help. All our friends and neighbors have offered to assist with shopping and etc. The greatest advantage of living in a small community is that people help one another, not through choice but through necessity, out here the Aussie battler mentality is still alive!

Not much chance of meals on wheels out here, 50 Km to the nearest town, food would be cold and inedible by the time it got here. We are off to town in the morning to buy the makings for a whole load of things like stews and etc that I can safely make without poisoning anyone, probably get some frozen meals as well in case of disasters.

Thanks for the offer in Taree, I`m hoping we don`t need to take you up on it. How is your Father going after his eye surgery?

Bob

Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: BruceM on May 08, 2019, 04:32:46 PM
Hey Bob, Glad you're doing OK, best wishes with your wife's surgery.  I'm not going into the hospital, as they have mega wireless and a cell tower on top.  I can be there for a short time, though my head feels like it's going to pop. It matters little that I have a neurologist's report showing effect of a cell phone on me; doctors only accept what they have learned in medical school and ignore everything else .  I will consider outpatient surgery, as I have managed to get in and out for that twice before. 
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: dieselspanner on May 08, 2019, 06:03:40 PM
Hey Bob!

Nice to see you've not been loafing, just 'cos you can't type don't mean you can't bull up a bit of brass!

If the one eyed man is king in the land of the blind, a Pommie, in Oz, down to his last paw......

Not that I'm the one to gossip or stir the shite, as you well know.

Cheers
Stef
Title: Re: ajaffa Bob OK ?
Post by: LowGear on May 08, 2019, 06:50:00 PM
Have you heard?

The leading cause of premature death in America is the lack of eating fruit.  Too simple?  Most real answers are.  The old "An apple a day will keep the doctor away" turns out to be more true than most would suspect.  But wash then really good because apples are always in the top two or three of the most poisoned fruit / vegetables you'll purchase.  This would be a great time to put in a few veggies in a garden space.  I knew a guy that gardened out of soil bags he brought home from the hardware store.  He'd just give the slightly used soil away in the fall to friends that wanted to boost their compost a bit.

Read the labels on all stuff that is pre-prepared.  It's often flavored with the worst three.  SOS - Sugar - Oil - Salt.

So before I get completely up on another soapbox I write;

Best wishes on the multitasking.

And Remember

Caretakers often need caretakers themselves.