cane,crutches,wheelchair, or nothing

[yamahonkawazuki]

why not. they hit me up 2 a visit. for parking. scheduled rheuma for 3 31. for the lupus  workup..no matter what, my body is trying to eat itself. wish i could invent a drug which made it realise that it doesnt taste good lol

[Janx101]

you need more yoghurt type stuff!! .. that helps kill off bad guy bacteria!!

[yamahonkawazuki]

you need more yoghurt type stuff!! .. that helps kill off bad guy bacteria!!

next time i get the cash buying fruit and yogurt. maybe mon after next procedure. 
regarding heart incident,it mimics an SVT, meaning Super Ventricular Tachycardia. passed EKG. said lungs sound bad,
will keep energy drink to 1 per day. now activity,, ive got to get back to work. This sh*t aint working being idle. literally going crazy. wished i could travel.
Monday ill try and get pictures and tastefully update.    Between now and then illtry and post more.
btw found ideal camera for ebay work. hoping its there mid week
Gimpy

[yamahonkawazuki]

I will disregard docs orders and attend church. our building is laid out like a donut. sanctuary in middle, classrooms in outer ring. I get stopped every 15 ft ppl asking whats going on. although out of 15 door openings, I only had to get one. was offered use of the wc. but declined. I can make useof crutches when need be. if I have to go shopping I MIGHT make use of the courtesy cart. idk. anyhoo 8am I go to Knoxville to ut and get it worked on yet again. will do my best to get copies of the pictures.
Aaron

[yamahonkawazuki]

found a Fujifilm s1600 on ebasy for 81 shipped. going to try and get that so I can work, making money on ebay. doc demands me off feet. getting to point where I cannot argue with her on this. this is my last opportunity to remain a bipod.  will try and update the foot thread tomorrow afternoon.
Aaron

[yamahonkawazuki]

seems I don't have lupus. thank GOD. that aside, why does legs still feel horrible, re casted Monday. putting pressure on toe to left of great toe.  and fell forward up the stairs twice. after doing laundry in basement. every time they put this tcc-ez ( cast  on I have to re learn how to walk. sister parked about as far away from door as possible. baah gotta love obamacare though this 400 dollar visit was 6.08 cant wait to get back to work or go to work selling on ebay. cannot stand being idle. addy if I were closer id assist @ the cave.

[Janx101]

Glad it not that lupus stuff bro!...

A thought.... While you got leg in cast, get some of the church members to bring your washing machine up out of basement?? ... Jury rig it anywhere on upper level! .... Save yourself more falls and stress pressure on leg eh!

[yamahonkawazuki]

too much hassle on the washer. I was considering asking the bishop for a BIT OF financial help but I stopped. felt bad for thinking about it. ive been out of work since jan 14. there are folks whove been unemployed far longer. if not lupus why do I still have a rhematologist appt. I mean this check list crap is getting old. its like so it aint this, what about this one?, no? okay, how bout this one. etc etc etc etc etc . put me on HBO waiting list. ( HyperBaric Oxygen ) chamber. 6 month waiting list. surgeon says I may be healed before then. but might as well set you up. that one I dontthink I can do cause it requires daily visits. Baaah back to postwhoring. just for shits and giggles. may get this cast and take it home when they put the new one on next monday

[Janx101]

well... if not financial help .. then at least someone to pop in every couple days?.... anything need doing? ... 

not hacking on the church here... but if you cant ask them for assistance of whatever type??... then?..

or a local buddy? ... you used to be LEO yeah? .. get them to drop in for a coffee and say howdy!! .. it'd make the neighbours talk!! 

[yamahonkawazuki]

well... if not financial help .. then at least someone to pop in every couple days?.... anything need doing? ... 

not hacking on the church here... but if you cant ask them for assistance of whatever type??... then?..

or a local buddy? ... you used to be LEO yeah? .. get them to drop in for a coffee and say howdy!! .. it'd make the neighbours talk!! 

we are strict as far as help goes. we try to help folks and help themselves. its not instantaneous.  ( im lds/Mormon) we wont be an enabler. that aside we do help when its warranted. which in my case I could say it is. but ther are procedures  our bishop has to follow. which I think he is doing. got my orthopedic shoes today. could only test the right one since left in cast still. selected ones that are similar to dress shoes. so I can use them at church as well. next time I get some will grab a more outdoorsy type.  got them from Hanger orthopedics&prosthetics.  may paint the cast black to match the shoes or at least look close in colour anyways lol

[yamahonkawazuki]

3rd wee4k of inactivity. got bored lol right leg is essentially healed. but remains in a compression stocking for near future. will have to order those at some point so I can do that at home. the left toe ( great toe the would is around a 1/2" round by roughly 1/2" deep.  but slowly healing. rheumatologist visit yet to happen I think scheduled for mar31 I forget . ill check

[Janx101]

good to hear you on the mend bro!! ..

[yamahonkawazuki]

next on fixit list is skin grafts and then HBO.  ( hyperbaric oxygen therapy) if that is called for I may have to rent a room near hospital on bus line. cause it is a daily thing. I live as the crow flies 35 miles one way. cheaper to live there. for the short term. if I can figure out how to cover cost, I may look into renting an apt foir a month at the university of tn Knoxville campus

[Electrojake]

A couple of items here...

1.) Wow Yama, you got a heck-of-a-lot going on there. Do keep this thread rolling with updates.

2.) Would it be acceptable for a Mormon such as yourself to be included in the prayers of a practicing Roman Catholic?

(Yeah, I know us RC's are not the most popular lot on the planet but heck... Seems it cant hurt any. Eh?)  
Later bro...
Stay frosty!
-Ej-

[Janx101]

Why do RC's practice so much?! .... cos they can't always remember all those tricky little hand moves during mass!  ... tisha boom! 

sent by willpower and a phone

[marcusk]

Hey man reading your thread  here  and it's been a tough road good to see you are doing better.  One of the things I read in your post was sticking to one energy drink a day that worried me.  You need to give that shaZam! up man.  I ended up in hospital with chest pains because of energy drinks and caffeine.  I love my coffee and I even stopped that until my body sorted itself out after giving up the energy drinks I recon it took 3 or 4 months before all the symptoms of the stimulants went away and 6 months before I drank coffee

Those stimulants are a drug and screw with your body in a serious way

I'm far from some health crazed hippy I love my food and meat and am a little on the large side

Just drink water and a lot of it you will be surprised by how much better you will feel if you drink at least 3 litres of water a day you might pee like a race horse but it's good for you

Those drinks are pure evil

Keep up the good fight man your body is just a machine an incredible complex bit of kit but just like any other machine you need to service it properly  and for people that's good food and plenty of water and exercise if you can

That's my 2c worth but I had to say it I have been laying there scared for my life all because of those drinks and I didn't know better. 

Some people spread the good word of their perspective god I speed the word of not putting this crapola in your body.

M

[Janx101]

Not to hijack Yamas thread.. But marcusk ... I believe that the taurine in the energy drinks is the worst bit... Your perspective?

I've been hooked on them before also.... Up to 7 a day so I could feel normal... I cut them right out for about a year....now I have one sometimes on a ride, or long truck trip... But not like before.... I ended up at doctors but not hospital.... Complaining of feeling twitchy in chest and hard to sleep.... Asked him for sleeping tablets..... Didn't get them.... He told me to think it through why I wanted tablets...

I cringe when I see young teens going into the supermarket and grabbing 4 large 500ml cans though....

Funnily enough the 250ml and 500ml have exactly the same taurine in them (I think this is the bit that really speeds your mind up) ... And the less popular 355ml cans have more taurine than the other sizes!..

Now I like telling the kiddies just what the taurine is...... Basically a bulls liver extract ... Liver juice....

Not only redbull uses taurine though... Most of the majors do...

With my 'extensive testing' and noting how much of which ingredients were in various brands .. Made it easier to see which ingredient had more effect

Finally.... In Aussie .. Don't know if they have it overseas? ... MOTHER energy drink .... That's one I can't drink.... All the others just amped me up.. But Mother would send me into something like a roid rage every time.... Dunno one of the preservatives or something.... But I stayed away from it.... 

[Electrojake]

Thread Hijacking is not all bad. Lets continue...

A while back the Monsignor (HMFIC) at my parish said that it was OK to be a hypocrite and attend church.
The congregation cheered!
So yeah, after 30 years I'm finally comfortable at mass.

Energy drinks...
I'm in relatively good health for 58 but energy drinks do worry me. I guess in a pinch they can get you through a difficult day, but not as a daily practice.
I'm thinking Janx would know a lot about pushing the "stay awake" limit to the extreme.
Just a guess. 

[Janx101]

Maybe! 

I do know where the line is too.... Looked back over my shoulder a few times and said oops

[marcusk]

Yeah can't be sure what the key ingredient is I think the combination and the amount is the killer.  I was doing about 4 mothers a day and 4 or 5 espressos.  Throw a little life stress in the mix and your in trouble. I found the energy drinks amplified the stress at times and at others it would help with it but it's crazy stuff.

I remember when I could have a can of mother then be asleep in an hour now I'm back to base line if I have a coffee after 4 pm I can't get to sleep.

Plain and simple they are just like any other thing in life moderation is probably the key but I would say 1 every couple of,weeks would be as far as I would go again.

I know what you mean about watching kids buying this stuff it worries me to kids need to go back to steeling beer from there parents much more fun.

M