"Hank©" wrote in message
eb.com...


O'Bamacare's got you covered.
When you recover from this, go get that colonoscpy that's overdue.

--------------------------

Right now I'd trade a colonoscopy a week for the next two months for
this.

Just noticed something that's almost funny. The doc said that
because the shingles virus follows nerve paths, you will only get it
on one side of your body at a time.

It's only my left eye and left side of my face that are affected, but
I have a bunch of blisters on the top of my scalp (under my remaining,
thinning hair).

I just ran my fingers over them and realized that they all start from
the centerline and go leftward. The right side is fine. Weird.

On 10/9/2013 2:24 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"Hank©" wrote in message
eb.com...


O'Bamacare's got you covered.
When you recover from this, go get that colonoscpy that's overdue.

--------------------------

Right now I'd trade a colonoscopy a week for the next two months for this.

Just noticed something that's almost funny. The doc said that because
the shingles virus follows nerve paths, you will only get it on one
side of your body at a time.

It's only my left eye and left side of my face that are affected, but I
have a bunch of blisters on the top of my scalp (under my remaining,
thinning hair).

I just ran my fingers over them and realized that they all start from
the centerline and go leftward. The right side is fine. Weird.



Poor woman across the street got it and it lasted for weeks. After a
week or so she was so bad they put her on Oxycontin and it didn't work
so after another week or so she just quit cold turkey, almost killed her
the withdrawls... She thought she was having a heart attack and went off
in the Ambulance... Be careful. Don't live in misery.. That's just dumb
in this day and age but talk to your doctor a lot about the pain control
meds, especially if you are bad enough to need dope.... Know what to
expect, and more importantly, have an exit strategy worked out well in
advance with him... or her....

"Charlemagne" wrote in message ...


Poor woman across the street got it and it lasted for weeks. After a
week or so she was so bad they put her on Oxycontin and it didn't
work so after another week or so she just quit cold turkey, almost
killed her the withdrawls... She thought she was having a heart
attack and went off in the Ambulance... Be careful. Don't live in
misery.. That's just dumb in this day and age but talk to your
doctor a lot about the pain control meds, especially if you are bad
enough to need dope.... Know what to expect, and more importantly,
have an exit strategy worked out well in advance with him... or
her....



The doc asked me if I wanted something for pain. I said no. He said
if I change my mind, just give him or his office a call.
I don't like pain but I can tolerate it. My wife says I have a
"high" pain threshold. I am not sure there is such a thing, but I
don't like strong painkillers either.

I am somewhat of an old fashioned curmudgeon about medical related
things I think. It's probably because I've been very fortunate to
have been very healthy throughout my life without over doing the
doctor thing, so why take chances that may screw it up? I don't go
to the doctor nearly enough as is recommended, sometimes for many
years at a time. The receptionist at my doctor's office claims that I
have the skinniest medical file of any of their long term clients. I
know it's stupid but old habits die hard.

When I went to the eye clinic today, it was the first time I've seen
an eye doctor since I left the Navy in 1978. Part of the exam
included a standard eye chart test with equipment that looked out of
Star Wars to me. My right eye was 20/25. The eye affected by
shingles, being all swollen and inflamed was 20/30 but the doc said
it would be better again, once the inflammation and swelling is gone.
That's not too shabby for a 64 year old. I could probably still
qualify (sight wise) for F-18 fighter training, except I'd probably
throw up on take off.

The eye doctor nurse had to take my medical history, since I was a
"new" patient. Here's how it went. Kinda funny:

Nurse: Any major surgeries?
Me: Tonsils when I was 12, appendix when I was 22 and a hernia
repair in my 40’s.
Nurse: That’s it? Nothing more recent?
Me: That’s it.
Nurse: Any history of diabetes, heart disease, cancer or pneumonia?
Me: Nope.
Nurse: High blood pressure?
Me: Used to be a little high but it’s fine now.

(I don’t think she believed me, so she took my blood pressure. It was
122/80 she said was excellent for my age.

Nurse: What kind of medications to you take regularly?

(They must assume anyone over 60 *must* be walking around with a pill
box in their pocket)

Me: None.
Nurse: You don’t take any kind of medication?
Me: Oh, well, yeah ... aspirin.
Nurse: Ok ... do you take the baby aspirin, the 350 milligram or the
500 milligram?
Me: I guess the regular 500 milligram. Usually take two.
Nurse: (looking up at me) You take *two* 500 milligram aspirins a
day?
Me: Hell no. I take two once in a while if I have a headache.
Nurse: So you aren’t on a daily aspirin regiment?
Me: What’s that?

Hey, it's worked so far.

On 10/9/2013 10:37 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"Charlemagne" wrote in message ...


Poor woman across the street got it and it lasted for weeks. After a
week or so she was so bad they put her on Oxycontin and it didn't
work so after another week or so she just quit cold turkey, almost
killed her the withdrawls... She thought she was having a heart
attack and went off in the Ambulance... Be careful. Don't live in
misery.. That's just dumb in this day and age but talk to your doctor
a lot about the pain control meds, especially if you are bad enough
to need dope.... Know what to expect, and more importantly, have an
exit strategy worked out well in advance with him... or her....



The doc asked me if I wanted something for pain. I said no. He said
if I change my mind, just give him or his office a call.
I don't like pain but I can tolerate it. My wife says I have a "high"
pain threshold. I am not sure there is such a thing, but I don't like
strong painkillers either.

I am somewhat of an old fashioned curmudgeon about medical related
things I think. It's probably because I've been very fortunate to have
been very healthy throughout my life without over doing the doctor
thing, so why take chances that may screw it up? I don't go to the
doctor nearly enough as is recommended, sometimes for many years at a
time. The receptionist at my doctor's office claims that I have the
skinniest medical file of any of their long term clients. I know it's
stupid but old habits die hard.

When I went to the eye clinic today, it was the first time I've seen an
eye doctor since I left the Navy in 1978. Part of the exam included a
standard eye chart test with equipment that looked out of Star Wars to
me. My right eye was 20/25. The eye affected by shingles, being all
swollen and inflamed was 20/30 but the doc said it would be better
again, once the inflammation and swelling is gone. That's not too shabby
for a 64 year old. I could probably still qualify (sight wise) for
F-18 fighter training, except I'd probably throw up on take off.

The eye doctor nurse had to take my medical history, since I was a "new"
patient. Here's how it went. Kinda funny:

Nurse: Any major surgeries?
Me: Tonsils when I was 12, appendix when I was 22 and a hernia repair
in my 40’s.
Nurse: That’s it? Nothing more recent?
Me: That’s it.
Nurse: Any history of diabetes, heart disease, cancer or pneumonia?
Me: Nope.
Nurse: High blood pressure?
Me: Used to be a little high but it’s fine now.

(I don’t think she believed me, so she took my blood pressure. It was
122/80 she said was excellent for my age.

Nurse: What kind of medications to you take regularly?

(They must assume anyone over 60 *must* be walking around with a pill
box in their pocket)

Me: None.
Nurse: You don’t take any kind of medication?
Me: Oh, well, yeah ... aspirin.
Nurse: Ok ... do you take the baby aspirin, the 350 milligram or the
500 milligram?
Me: I guess the regular 500 milligram. Usually take two.
Nurse: (looking up at me) You take *two* 500 milligram aspirins a day?
Me: Hell no. I take two once in a while if I have a headache.
Nurse: So you aren’t on a daily aspirin regiment?
Me: What’s that?

Hey, it's worked so far.



All I am saying is in this day and age, there is no real reason to
suffer with pain in a situation like this... I don't know how bad it is
for you guys, but when Mrs got it, sometimes I could hear
her moaning across the street and she is 75 year that grew up on the
streets of Chicago as a young black girl... Tough as nails, this thing
took her to her knees.... It was heartbreaking...

On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 22:37:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" nowayalso.jose.com wrote:



"Charlemagne" wrote in message ...


Poor woman across the street got it and it lasted for weeks. After a
week or so she was so bad they put her on Oxycontin and it didn't
work so after another week or so she just quit cold turkey, almost
killed her the withdrawls... She thought she was having a heart
attack and went off in the Ambulance... Be careful. Don't live in
misery.. That's just dumb in this day and age but talk to your
doctor a lot about the pain control meds, especially if you are bad
enough to need dope.... Know what to expect, and more importantly,
have an exit strategy worked out well in advance with him... or
her....



The doc asked me if I wanted something for pain. I said no. He said
if I change my mind, just give him or his office a call.
I don't like pain but I can tolerate it. My wife says I have a
"high" pain threshold. I am not sure there is such a thing, but I
don't like strong painkillers either.

I am somewhat of an old fashioned curmudgeon about medical related
things I think. It's probably because I've been very fortunate to
have been very healthy throughout my life without over doing the
doctor thing, so why take chances that may screw it up? I don't go
to the doctor nearly enough as is recommended, sometimes for many
years at a time. The receptionist at my doctor's office claims that I
have the skinniest medical file of any of their long term clients. I
know it's stupid but old habits die hard.

When I went to the eye clinic today, it was the first time I've seen
an eye doctor since I left the Navy in 1978. Part of the exam
included a standard eye chart test with equipment that looked out of
Star Wars to me. My right eye was 20/25. The eye affected by
shingles, being all swollen and inflamed was 20/30 but the doc said
it would be better again, once the inflammation and swelling is gone.
That's not too shabby for a 64 year old. I could probably still
qualify (sight wise) for F-18 fighter training, except I'd probably
throw up on take off.

The eye doctor nurse had to take my medical history, since I was a
"new" patient. Here's how it went. Kinda funny:

Nurse: Any major surgeries?
Me: Tonsils when I was 12, appendix when I was 22 and a hernia
repair in my 40’s.
Nurse: That’s it? Nothing more recent?
Me: That’s it.
Nurse: Any history of diabetes, heart disease, cancer or pneumonia?
Me: Nope.
Nurse: High blood pressure?
Me: Used to be a little high but it’s fine now.

(I don’t think she believed me, so she took my blood pressure. It was
122/80 she said was excellent for my age.

Nurse: What kind of medications to you take regularly?

(They must assume anyone over 60 *must* be walking around with a pill
box in their pocket)

Me: None.
Nurse: You don’t take any kind of medication?
Me: Oh, well, yeah ... aspirin.
Nurse: Ok ... do you take the baby aspirin, the 350 milligram or the
500 milligram?
Me: I guess the regular 500 milligram. Usually take two.
Nurse: (looking up at me) You take *two* 500 milligram aspirins a
day?
Me: Hell no. I take two once in a while if I have a headache.
Nurse: So you aren’t on a daily aspirin regiment?
Me: What’s that?

Hey, it's worked so far.


I take a cholesterol pill and a baby aspirin. Heart disease runs in the family - both sides. Smoked
for 39+ years. Doc says the heart risk is too high not to keep the cholesterol down. The aspirin is
a safety measure.

But, I'll be 70 in a few months. The LDL cholesterol is down in the 70's, with the Lipitor. That's a
good thing.

You're at the age I was when I started with the meds. Doctor had been pushing for a couple years.
Golf got the cholesterol from 136 down to 100, but the doc wanted it lower.

Don't fight the docs too long, and start getting the annual physical.
--

John H.

Hope you're having a great day!

On 10/10/2013 7:09 AM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 22:37:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" nowayalso.jose.com wrote:



"Charlemagne" wrote in message ...


Poor woman across the street got it and it lasted for weeks. After a
week or so she was so bad they put her on Oxycontin and it didn't
work so after another week or so she just quit cold turkey, almost
killed her the withdrawls... She thought she was having a heart
attack and went off in the Ambulance... Be careful. Don't live in
misery.. That's just dumb in this day and age but talk to your
doctor a lot about the pain control meds, especially if you are bad
enough to need dope.... Know what to expect, and more importantly,
have an exit strategy worked out well in advance with him... or
her....



The doc asked me if I wanted something for pain. I said no. He said
if I change my mind, just give him or his office a call.
I don't like pain but I can tolerate it. My wife says I have a
"high" pain threshold. I am not sure there is such a thing, but I
don't like strong painkillers either.

I am somewhat of an old fashioned curmudgeon about medical related
things I think. It's probably because I've been very fortunate to
have been very healthy throughout my life without over doing the
doctor thing, so why take chances that may screw it up? I don't go
to the doctor nearly enough as is recommended, sometimes for many
years at a time. The receptionist at my doctor's office claims that I
have the skinniest medical file of any of their long term clients. I
know it's stupid but old habits die hard.

When I went to the eye clinic today, it was the first time I've seen
an eye doctor since I left the Navy in 1978. Part of the exam
included a standard eye chart test with equipment that looked out of
Star Wars to me. My right eye was 20/25. The eye affected by
shingles, being all swollen and inflamed was 20/30 but the doc said
it would be better again, once the inflammation and swelling is gone.
That's not too shabby for a 64 year old. I could probably still
qualify (sight wise) for F-18 fighter training, except I'd probably
throw up on take off.

The eye doctor nurse had to take my medical history, since I was a
"new" patient. Here's how it went. Kinda funny:

Nurse: Any major surgeries?
Me: Tonsils when I was 12, appendix when I was 22 and a hernia
repair in my 40’s.
Nurse: That’s it? Nothing more recent?
Me: That’s it.
Nurse: Any history of diabetes, heart disease, cancer or pneumonia?
Me: Nope.
Nurse: High blood pressure?
Me: Used to be a little high but it’s fine now.

(I don’t think she believed me, so she took my blood pressure. It was
122/80 she said was excellent for my age.

Nurse: What kind of medications to you take regularly?

(They must assume anyone over 60 *must* be walking around with a pill
box in their pocket)

Me: None.
Nurse: You don’t take any kind of medication?
Me: Oh, well, yeah ... aspirin.
Nurse: Ok ... do you take the baby aspirin, the 350 milligram or the
500 milligram?
Me: I guess the regular 500 milligram. Usually take two.
Nurse: (looking up at me) You take *two* 500 milligram aspirins a
day?
Me: Hell no. I take two once in a while if I have a headache.
Nurse: So you aren’t on a daily aspirin regiment?
Me: What’s that?

Hey, it's worked so far.


I take a cholesterol pill and a baby aspirin. Heart disease runs in the family - both sides. Smoked
for 39+ years. Doc says the heart risk is too high not to keep the cholesterol down. The aspirin is
a safety measure.

But, I'll be 70 in a few months. The LDL cholesterol is down in the 70's, with the Lipitor. That's a
good thing.

You're at the age I was when I started with the meds. Doctor had been pushing for a couple years.
Golf got the cholesterol from 136 down to 100, but the doc wanted it lower.

Don't fight the docs too long, and start getting the annual physical.


I was able to distinguish Luddite's post from your reply without no
Steeenkin "separator". Who did what to make that happen?

"Hank©" wrote in message
eb.com...


I was able to distinguish Luddite's post from your reply without no
Steeenkin "separator". Who did what to make that happen?


I left his whole signature line in my reply. I usually cut them
because some people here like to make big political statements over
and over again using their signature line as the vehicle.

On 10/10/2013 8:51 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"Hank©" wrote in message
eb.com...


I was able to distinguish Luddite's post from your reply without no
Steeenkin "separator". Who did what to make that happen?


I left his whole signature line in my reply. I usually cut them
because some people here like to make big political statements over and
over again using their signature line as the vehicle.

I didn't notice whether or not his sig got stripped. Your news reader
should be able to automatically strip sigs. Maybe there's a setting you
need to set to make that happen.

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:51:05 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" nowayalso.jose.com wrote:



"Hank©" wrote in message
web.com...


I was able to distinguish Luddite's post from your reply without no
Steeenkin "separator". Who did what to make that happen?


I left his whole signature line in my reply. I usually cut them
because some people here like to make big political statements over
and over again using their signature line as the vehicle.

I honestly, cross my heart, pinky promise that "Hope you're having a great day!" is not meant to be
political. I suppose Kevin or someone could (and would) argue that, but that's my story and I'm
stickin' with it.
--

John H.

Hope you're having a great day!

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 08:30:33 -0400, Hank© wrote:

On 10/10/2013 7:09 AM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 9 Oct 2013 22:37:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" nowayalso.jose.com wrote:



"Charlemagne" wrote in message ...


Poor woman across the street got it and it lasted for weeks. After a
week or so she was so bad they put her on Oxycontin and it didn't
work so after another week or so she just quit cold turkey, almost
killed her the withdrawls... She thought she was having a heart
attack and went off in the Ambulance... Be careful. Don't live in
misery.. That's just dumb in this day and age but talk to your
doctor a lot about the pain control meds, especially if you are bad
enough to need dope.... Know what to expect, and more importantly,
have an exit strategy worked out well in advance with him... or
her....



The doc asked me if I wanted something for pain. I said no. He said
if I change my mind, just give him or his office a call.
I don't like pain but I can tolerate it. My wife says I have a
"high" pain threshold. I am not sure there is such a thing, but I
don't like strong painkillers either.

I am somewhat of an old fashioned curmudgeon about medical related
things I think. It's probably because I've been very fortunate to
have been very healthy throughout my life without over doing the
doctor thing, so why take chances that may screw it up? I don't go
to the doctor nearly enough as is recommended, sometimes for many
years at a time. The receptionist at my doctor's office claims that I
have the skinniest medical file of any of their long term clients. I
know it's stupid but old habits die hard.

When I went to the eye clinic today, it was the first time I've seen
an eye doctor since I left the Navy in 1978. Part of the exam
included a standard eye chart test with equipment that looked out of
Star Wars to me. My right eye was 20/25. The eye affected by
shingles, being all swollen and inflamed was 20/30 but the doc said
it would be better again, once the inflammation and swelling is gone.
That's not too shabby for a 64 year old. I could probably still
qualify (sight wise) for F-18 fighter training, except I'd probably
throw up on take off.

The eye doctor nurse had to take my medical history, since I was a
"new" patient. Here's how it went. Kinda funny:

Nurse: Any major surgeries?
Me: Tonsils when I was 12, appendix when I was 22 and a hernia
repair in my 40’s.
Nurse: That’s it? Nothing more recent?
Me: That’s it.
Nurse: Any history of diabetes, heart disease, cancer or pneumonia?
Me: Nope.
Nurse: High blood pressure?
Me: Used to be a little high but it’s fine now.

(I don’t think she believed me, so she took my blood pressure. It was
122/80 she said was excellent for my age.

Nurse: What kind of medications to you take regularly?

(They must assume anyone over 60 *must* be walking around with a pill
box in their pocket)

Me: None.
Nurse: You don’t take any kind of medication?
Me: Oh, well, yeah ... aspirin.
Nurse: Ok ... do you take the baby aspirin, the 350 milligram or the
500 milligram?
Me: I guess the regular 500 milligram. Usually take two.
Nurse: (looking up at me) You take *two* 500 milligram aspirins a
day?
Me: Hell no. I take two once in a while if I have a headache.
Nurse: So you aren’t on a daily aspirin regiment?
Me: What’s that?

Hey, it's worked so far.


I take a cholesterol pill and a baby aspirin. Heart disease runs in the family - both sides. Smoked
for 39+ years. Doc says the heart risk is too high not to keep the cholesterol down. The aspirin is
a safety measure.

But, I'll be 70 in a few months. The LDL cholesterol is down in the 70's, with the Lipitor. That's a
good thing.

You're at the age I was when I started with the meds. Doctor had been pushing for a couple years.
Golf got the cholesterol from 136 down to 100, but the doc wanted it lower.

Don't fight the docs too long, and start getting the annual physical.


I was able to distinguish Luddite's post from your reply without no
Steeenkin "separator". Who did what to make that happen?

I replied to Luddite's reply to someone other than me. This thing only happens when he responds to a
post of mine and then I respond back. It's just weird.
--

John H.

Hope you're having a great day!