Double Ouch...

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

I got a vaccine shot in the left arm yesterday too, feels like I got punched in the arm in a bar fight

I've had the shingles once that was no fun at all

[birdguy 3,994]

1 hour ago, n4gix said:

The VA provided me with a lovely big wheeled walker in a gorgeous "Cherry Red". I keep it stored in the trunk of my Camry. It has a zippered mesh bag to hold 'stuff', a seat and locking hand breaks! Talk about Deluxe.

I can get prescription for one through my doctor and Medicare and Tricare will pay for it.  I've been looking at them.  So far my cane suffices.  But seeing as how much better I can walk pushing a shopping cart I think I'll start shopping.

Noel

[birdguy 3,994]

If you think shots in the arm are bad try a gamma gobulin shot in the butt.

Noel

[charliearon 3,143]

1 minute ago, birdguy said:

If you think shots in the arm are bad try a gamma gobulin shot in the butt.

Noel

I think that was the one we got in Navy Boot Camp!  Prevents meningitis??  Hurt like hell for several days!

[psolk 3,257]

1 hour ago, n4gix said:

The VA provided me with a lovely big wheeled walker in a gorgeous "Cherry Red". I keep it stored in the trunk of my Camry. It has a zippered mesh bag to hold 'stuff', a seat and locking hand breaks! Talk about Deluxe. 🤠

I only pull it out whenever I know I'm going to be out of the car longer than I can be up on my own feet, because when I need to sit, I need to sit now!

Whenever folks ask me how I'm doing, I smile and reply "I'm like my car, I'm old, tired and exhausted." 🤣

I'm giving serious consideration to purchasing an eBike so I can get a bit of exercise without too much strain:

RadRunner 1 - Electric Utility Bike | Rad Power Bikes

The Rad's are incredible, I have two.  I also had a custom mount made on my trailer so it can tag along with the race car.  

I may not have the "experience" of some you you statesman but being 47 with 6 fusions, no feeling in my left leg or foot, right hip replaced twice, Barrets and Crohns amongst severe anemia and some other learning experiences I do love being able to go for long rides again...  It's just enjoyable and brings me back to being a kid every time I get on it... 

I think they even have them at Costco now!

[birdguy 3,994]

3 hours ago, charliearon said:

I think that was the one we got in Navy Boot Camp!  Prevents meningitis??  Hurt like hell for several days!

We got them in Southeast Asia to prevent hepatitis.  

Noel

[188AHC 2,141]

Well I guess I'm doing ok for an old fart.  I've only been to the ER 3 times in the last month.  Ear infection from new hearing aids, stitches in my foot,  and xrays to determine if I had broken my hip from on fall on concrete.

If you are going to get old you better be tough.😄

 

PS..No broken hip thankfully. Just an extremely bruised hip joint. Stiill hurts.

 

[n4gix 4,979]

22 minutes ago, 188AHC said:

PS..No broken hip thankfully. Just an extremely bruised hip joint. Stiill hurts.

Thank God! You can imagine then how I felt after tobogganing down the basement steps several years ago on my bony butt! I was so bruised that it covered my entire midriff... 🥴

[psolk 3,257]

51 minutes ago, 188AHC said:

Well I guess I'm doing ok for an old fart.  I've only been to the ER 3 times in the last month.  Ear infection from new hearing aids, stitches in my foot,  and xrays to determine if I had broken my hip from on fall on concrete.

If you are going to get old you better be tough.😄

 

PS..No broken hip thankfully. Just an extremely bruised hip joint. Stiill hurts.

 

 

28 minutes ago, n4gix said:

Thank God! You can imagine then how I felt after tobogganing down the basement steps several years ago on my bony butt! I was so bruised that it covered my entire midriff... 🥴

I found out I needed a hip replacement when the femoral head of my hip disintegrated and dislocated...  Can't tell you what that one felt like but unlike shingles I felt like a new man right after surgery!  I was limp free/cane free in 7 days. 

[Mike A 357]

4 hours ago, 188AHC said:

If you are going to get old you better be tough.😄

I won't go through my laundry list of procedures, ER trips, surgeries, etc., but this subject brings to mind the time 30-40 years ago when I was in a poster shop and came across this one:

I found it amusing at the time.  Not so much now, but hey: you can choose to laugh or cry.  At the very least, it was accurate 🤣

[milleron 3]

I'm sure somebody's giving them. I even see them advertised. But this old guy was an M.D. before he became a tabletop aviator, and I gotta tell you that late August is a little early for getting a flu shot. If I had somebody in the office who was notorious for not keeping appointments, I'd jab him for flu before he could get away, even if it was late August. But the immunity from a flu shot wanes with time just as we're now seeing with Covid vaccinations. Getting the influenza vaccine in early-to-mid-October gives one a better chance of getting through flu season before the immunity has worn off, and statistically the chance of getting influenza before mid October is negligible.

[birdguy 3,994]

On 8/29/2021 at 4:35 PM, charliearon said:

Lower middle of San Francisco!  I go up to the Graton Casino every few months to blow some money!

We have a couple of casinos up in the Mescalero Apache Reservation near Ruidoso.

When we lived in Denver we would go to Vegas about 4 times a year.

Well, out coin jar was full so we put the coins in a bag and went up there to play the slot machines for a while.

It wasn't much fun.  I turned the coins in at the cashier and got a what looked like a debit card.

Went to one of the slot machines and inserted the card. The machine asked me how much I wanted to play.  I entered a quarter and pushed button.  The fake wheels spun awfully fast and came to rest on a non winning combination.  The screen told me how much I had left and if I wanted to play again.  I told it no.

Walked around a bit and found the black-jack table, roulette wheel, and poker table were all video games you played for money.

Went to the cashier and turned the card in and got cash back.  We left and came back home.

If I want of play an ATM machine I can go to the lobby of my bank.

The fake sounds of the ATM slot machine were not as much fun as listening to coins drop into the tray or the whirr of the wheels when you pull the handle.  Or walking around with a bucket full of quarters deciding which machine to play next.

Technology lets you play faster, lose your money faster, while taking the fun out of it.  But I'll bet the casinos love it.

Noel

 

 

[birdguy 3,994]

On 8/30/2021 at 4:02 PM, n4gix said:

I'm giving serious consideration to purchasing an eBike so I can get a bit of exercise without too much strain:

I've never driven or ridden on a motorcycle and when I had a bicycle I only rode it in the park.  When I'm driving on the street in traffic I want sheet metal around me.  Even what might be a minor fender bender on an automobile can result in serious injury in a bike or motorcycle.

I have a Cubii that I use while watching television.  I put close to an hour a day on it.

https://www.cubii.com/products/ellipticals?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIprCHkZre8gIVQCGtBh3kmw-lEAAYASAAEgJLgvD_BwE

Noel

[n4gix 4,979]

On 8/30/2021 at 6:46 PM, birdguy said:

But seeing as how much better I can walk pushing a shopping cart I think I'll start shopping.

Noel, my primary care provider want's me to "walk around the block" at least twice a day. I said no to that suggestion, but instead go to the grocery store(s), grab a cart and slowly walk up and down every aisle. At least that way it's pretty much guaranteed that if I were to fall, there'd be someone to help me get up again! On the sidewalks, not so likely!

[n4gix 4,979]

On 8/30/2021 at 7:12 PM, psolk said:

The Rad's are incredible, I have two.  I also had a custom mount made on my trailer so it can tag along with the race car. 

I'm happy to hear from someone who's owned one of the Rad Runners. Fortunately for me, Afirm financed mine for me with 24 months @ 0% interest. I got an email this morning that both my eBike and the front basket I ordered have been shipped, so by this time next week I should have them.

I need to make some room so I can assemble the eBike... 😉