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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 24, 2024 12:51:58 GMT -5
Today would have been mine and my late wife's 28th anniversary. Here are some pictures from out 20th anniversary trip, just before we found out about her health stuff. This is her at the Artic Circle and a couple of pictures of the trees at the Artic Circle in the next couple of posts, it never occurred to me that there would be trees of that size, I was expecting little short scrub brush.  I have never been quite that far north, but I have also been impressed by the size of trees in picture at that latitude. I assume you had a great time on this trip, and I hope it was so. It was a fantastic trip, if you get the chance to go take it. Alaska is beautiful and the air is clean, like I remember from my childhood. We had so much fun! |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Mar 24, 2024 13:37:51 GMT -5
At the end of the tour of Mt Denali National Park, the guide was telling us all that he did not think we were going to get to see a wolf as there were only one or two still in the park. When this wolf came up the road, so he just stopped and we waited. It crossed the road and went along side of the bus moving pretty fast. I had just barely enough time to stick my hand in the air, tilt the camera and snap the picture through the side window of the bus. We were amazed with the picture. (had a little extra light from the camera flash inside the bus) About three weeks after we got home, I heard a news report that it was official there were no more wolves in the park.  That's a shame about no more wolves in the park. <looks around in a secretive manner> Any skinwalkers? |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 24, 2024 13:40:39 GMT -5
At the end of the tour of Mt Denali National Park, the guide was telling us all that he did not think we were going to get to see a wolf as there were only one or two still in the park. When this wolf came up the road, so he just stopped and we waited. It crossed the road and went along side of the bus moving pretty fast. I had just barely enough time to stick my hand in the air, tilt the camera and snap the picture through the side window of the bus. We were amazed with the picture. (had a little extra light from the camera flash inside the bus) About three weeks after we got home, I heard a news report that it was official there were no more wolves in the park. That's a shame about no more wolves in the park. <looks around in a secretive manner> Any skinwalkers? Could be, you never know. |
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Post by simrion on Mar 24, 2024 14:04:24 GMT -5
Amazing scenery enjoyed by amazing people :-)
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 24, 2024 14:21:00 GMT -5
Amazing scenery enjoyed by amazing people :-) Thank you, it is beautiful there. I see you are one post away from 900 and only 101 posts away from joining the 1,000 post club! |
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Post by simrion on Apr 15, 2024 12:44:50 GMT -5
My oh so dexterous Wife slipped on our stairs yesterday and fractured her T5 vertebrae! Nothing like 8+ hours at the ER who boy. There is a reason her Uncle nicknamed her "Grace." Home now with pain meds and a back brace...it looks like some kind of armor lol.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 15, 2024 20:51:54 GMT -5
My oh so dexterous Wife slipped on our stairs yesterday and fractured her T5 vertebrae! Nothing like 8+ hours at the ER who boy. There is a reason her Uncle nicknamed her "Grace." Home now with pain meds and a back brace...it looks like some kind of armor lol. Prayers for you wife, hope that she heals fully with no permanent problems. I have about the same level of dexterity myself, so I do feel for her. |
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Post by simrion on Apr 16, 2024 4:31:09 GMT -5
My oh so dexterous Wife slipped on our stairs yesterday and fractured her T5 vertebrae! Nothing like 8+ hours at the ER who boy. There is a reason her Uncle nicknamed her "Grace." Home now with pain meds and a back brace...it looks like some kind of armor lol. Prayers for you wife, hope that she heals fully with no permanent problems. I have about the same level of dexterity myself, so I do feel for her. I hear you. As I advance in age I become ever more cautions about falling. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Apr 16, 2024 10:38:59 GMT -5
My oh so dexterous Wife slipped on our stairs yesterday and fractured her T5 vertebrae! Nothing like 8+ hours at the ER who boy. There is a reason her Uncle nicknamed her "Grace." Home now with pain meds and a back brace...it looks like some kind of armor lol. Prayers for you wife, hope that she heals fully with no permanent problems. I have about the same level of dexterity myself, so I do feel for her. That's unfortunate. Prayers for a speedy recovery!! |
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Post by simrion on Jul 3, 2024 17:55:38 GMT -5
So a potential bright spot. My almost 79 year old Mother has been rehabbing at a nearby nursing home since falling ill in December/New Years. Finally able to get herself out of bed and around with a walker and wheelchair without assistance. She may be returning home in the not-so-distant future. We're springing her briefly tomorrow for the 4th! Having a discharge meeting on Friday with the facility.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 3, 2024 20:46:47 GMT -5
So a potential bright spot. My almost 79 year old Mother has been rehabbing at a nearby nursing home since falling ill in December/New Years. Finally able to get herself out of bed and around with a walker and wheelchair without assistance. She may be returning home in the not-so-distant future. We're springing her briefly tomorrow for the 4th! Having a discharge meeting on Friday with the facility. That is great news, hoping for the very best for your mother! |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jul 4, 2024 9:02:33 GMT -5
So a potential bright spot. My almost 79 year old Mother has been rehabbing at a nearby nursing home since falling ill in December/New Years. Finally able to get herself out of bed and around with a walker and wheelchair without assistance. She may be returning home in the not-so-distant future. We're springing her briefly tomorrow for the 4th! Having a discharge meeting on Friday with the facility. Great news! Rooting for your mother and praying for you all. |
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Post by simrion on Jul 4, 2024 14:51:12 GMT -5
So a potential bright spot. My almost 79 year old Mother has been rehabbing at a nearby nursing home since falling ill in December/New Years. Finally able to get herself out of bed and around with a walker and wheelchair without assistance. She may be returning home in the not-so-distant future. We're springing her briefly tomorrow for the 4th! Having a discharge meeting on Friday with the facility. Great news! Rooting for your mother and praying for you all. Thank you Sir! She's currently playing cards (Play Nine) with Wife, Eldest Child and In-Laws and having a ball. Considering when she was admitted to the ER with Oxygen below 50 (ppm?) on New Years she's made a lot of progress. Sucks getting old so stop it already! I want to game face-to-face with the rest of the curmudgeons here...and the whipper snappers too! |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jul 4, 2024 18:14:41 GMT -5
Great news! Rooting for your mother and praying for you all. Thank you Sir! She's currently playing cards (Play Nine) with Wife, Eldest Child and In-Laws and having a ball. Considering when she was admitted to the ER with Oxygen below 50 (ppm?) on New Years she's made a lot of progress. Sucks getting old so stop it already! I want to game face-to-face with the rest of the curmudgeons here...and the whipper snappers too! Awesome! A face-to-face game or a chance to play several games over a weekend with the people here would be so awesome! |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Nov 22, 2024 8:33:12 GMT -5
Today is the day. My son goes in for surgery at 10:30 this morning. We just found out he has a kidney stone and it's not going to just pass. It measured 4 mm by 12 mm in the CT scan so that's pretty impressive. I woke up at 2 am to get ready for work and he had left a note asking if he could stay home because there was blood in his urine.  I immediately woke him up and asked why he didn't come wake me up as we got dressed and headed for the ER. It wasn't blocking anything, but the kidney stone is tumbling and scraping causing the blood to appear. At least it's not at an emergency level of concern but it's just something that needs to be fixed (removed). He does seem to have a high tolerance for pain over the years and rarely complains about anything. He's like a tank and just keeps going. I just wish he would say something instead of being concerned with bothering someone. I won't gripe about getting woken up for something like this.  |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Nov 22, 2024 12:19:15 GMT -5
Today is the day. My son goes in for surgery at 10:30 this morning. We just found out he has a kidney stone and it's not going to just pass. It measured 4 mm by 12 mm in the CT scan so that's pretty impressive. I woke up at 2 am to get ready for work and he had left a note asking if he could stay home because there was blood in his urine. I immediately woke him up and asked why he didn't come wake me up as we got dressed and headed for the ER. It wasn't blocking anything, but the kidney stone is tumbling and scraping causing the blood to appear. At least it's not at an emergency level of concern but it's just something that needs to be fixed (removed). He does seem to have a high tolerance for pain over the years and rarely complains about anything. He's like a tank and just keeps going. I just wish he would say something instead of being concerned with bothering someone. I won't gripe about getting woken up for something like this. Having had a kidney stone, I am really impressed with his pain tolerance. Prayers for everything to go well. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Nov 22, 2024 18:03:03 GMT -5
Today is the day. My son goes in for surgery at 10:30 this morning. We just found out he has a kidney stone and it's not going to just pass. It measured 4 mm by 12 mm in the CT scan so that's pretty impressive. I woke up at 2 am to get ready for work and he had left a note asking if he could stay home because there was blood in his urine. I immediately woke him up and asked why he didn't come wake me up as we got dressed and headed for the ER. It wasn't blocking anything, but the kidney stone is tumbling and scraping causing the blood to appear. At least it's not at an emergency level of concern but it's just something that needs to be fixed (removed). He does seem to have a high tolerance for pain over the years and rarely complains about anything. He's like a tank and just keeps going. I just wish he would say something instead of being concerned with bothering someone. I won't gripe about getting woken up for something like this. Having had a kidney stone, I am really impressed with his pain tolerance. Prayers for everything to go well. Thank you! We got an unexpected update when we got there. The doctor wanted an x-ray from his offices. He reviewed his findings with us. The size was accurate, but he also looked at the density. It's around 200 lower than the maximum to use sonics on it and the center should be around 200 less than that. It's sitting above the waist as well. It fits the criteria to come in and just have him hit it with sound and dissolve it so it can be passed easily. December 5th is the new day and not today.  |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Nov 23, 2024 0:47:53 GMT -5
Having had a kidney stone, I am really impressed with his pain tolerance. Prayers for everything to go well. Thank you! We got an unexpected update when we got there. The doctor wanted an x-ray from his offices. He reviewed his findings with us. The size was accurate, but he also looked at the density. It's around 200 lower than the maximum to use sonics on it and the center should be around 200 less than that. It's sitting above the waist as well. It fits the criteria to come in and just have him hit it with sound and dissolve it so it can be passed easily. December 5th is the new day and not today. Glad to hear that will work for your son. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Nov 23, 2024 10:33:32 GMT -5
Thank you! We got an unexpected update when we got there. The doctor wanted an x-ray from his offices. He reviewed his findings with us. The size was accurate, but he also looked at the density. It's around 200 lower than the maximum to use sonics on it and the center should be around 200 less than that. It's sitting above the waist as well. It fits the criteria to come in and just have him hit it with sound and dissolve it so it can be passed easily. December 5th is the new day and not today. Glad to hear that will work for your son. Thank you! |
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Post by simrion on Nov 24, 2024 17:35:04 GMT -5
UGH had a 7mm "monster" removed a few years ago...my sympathies. Got hit by a Ford F150 in a crosswalk back in 2016. They saw it at the time but never mentioned it to me...became a problem when it moved and blocked things up  Happy to have a high level of healthcare in my immediate area. Glad your son is doing okay, at least I hope he is... |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Nov 26, 2024 6:50:41 GMT -5
UGH had a 7mm "monster" removed a few years ago...my sympathies. Got hit by a Ford F150 in a crosswalk back in 2016. They saw it at the time but never mentioned it to me...became a problem when it moved and blocked things up Happy to have a high level of healthcare in my immediate area. Glad your son is doing okay, at least I hope he is... Thank you! Yes, he's doing well. |
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I immediately woke him up and asked why he didn't come wake me up as we got dressed and headed for the ER. It wasn't blocking anything, but the kidney stone is tumbling and scraping causing the blood to appear. At least it's not at an emergency level of concern but it's just something that needs to be fixed (removed). He does seem to have a high tolerance for pain over the years and rarely complains about anything. He's like a tank and just keeps going. I just wish he would say something instead of being concerned with bothering someone. I won't gripe about getting woken up for something like this. 
Happy to have a high level of healthcare in my immediate area. Glad your son is doing okay, at least I hope he is...