What did you do today?

[TomFOhio]

Lugging around heavy equipment for 40 years is what caused most of us to have back problems. Jackhammers, water heaters
heating & cooling equipment and etc.

 

[Ludington]

Was this from the "2 part" Shingrix shot?

Yes sir.. l lost the lottery on that one... plus from what I've researched, those shots are only good forc4 or 5 years. Unless they have changed the propaganda for it. Wish I never took it.

 

[TomFOhio]

Yes I do feel sorry for you and it did a toll on you. I would probably feel the same way you do if it happened to me
or my wife.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

Unless they have changed the propaganda for it. Wish I never took it.

I had the real deal and I thought I was going to die! And with the prospect of having it reoccur as a result of the jab, I said no.

Have you noticed the most of the adverts by Big Pharma come with the disclaimer that death could occur? No frappin’ way!

 

[sawsaw]

I think as we age, we all get these infirmities. I have a couple I could do without... I got the new shingles vaccine, it screwed up my nervous system.. if you watch the commercials, it even says it can cause guillian-barr . Plus I have a bulging disc.. they want to cut me open from the belly side, take it out, roll me over, open me up from the back and do some kind of fusion. I think not. My normal doc said to me. ... only last resort,, the leading cause of back surgery iss... back surgery. So I bought a decompression machine and use that.. it does help.but the shingles shot has caused my whole right side to be weak, cramps, shake hands, some drop foot. Peripheral neuropathy...Don't don't don't ever take that shot. And if you have and not gotten the side effects, then your lucky.
I'm solidly in the non-vax camp now. Oh yes I am fighting PMR where my own body is trying to kill me. On prednisone every day for that. Slow taper to get off of it.
Sorry for the owie rant. Oh, yes plus the other old man stuff, high blood pressure, diabetes, and now he is talking about cholesterol....
I think I need to go back to bed...

Hey, Lud, re: your back issue, I recommend checking out TOPS. It's a new, to the US, procedure which is much more less invasive surgery on the spine. It can maintain your flexibility, while affording less down time. Visit Premiaspine.com. I'm awaiting an appt at the Mayo to determine if I am a. qualified candidate for this. If not, I guess I'll go the laminectomy route.
Hang in there!!

 

[Ludington]

Hey, Lud, re: your back issue, I recommend checking out TOPS. It's a new, to the US, procedure which is much more less invasive surgery on the spine. It can maintain your flexibility, while affording less down time. Visit Premiaspine.com. I'm awaiting an appt at the Mayo to determine if I am a. qualified candidate for this. If not, I guess I'll go the laminectomy route.
Hang in there!!

Thanks, for me, I'll stick with decompression.. at least until it doesn't work. 20 minutes 2x a week.

 

[Ludington]

I had the real deal and I thought I was going to die! And with the prospect of having it reoccur as a result of the jab, I said no.

Have you noticed the most of the adverts by Big Pharma come with the disclaimer that death could occur? No frappin’ way!

All of these I hear on tv... who would use things ? You would have to be oblivious, or just uninformed.

 

[Zanne]

bluesky, all the things breaking sounds like my luck. Glad you were able to get things fixed and hope you can sort out the pain situation. I pulled something in my back trying to hang my anti-slip tub mat up over the shower curtain rod (I hang it up to dry because I don't want the suction cups leaving rust stains from the hard water on the walls of the shower again).

My back is protesting my attempts to get up and do something productive.

I don't know much about football and intend to keep it that way.

Fippy and Princess have matching dog beds that they are sleeping in among the pile of blankets and some laundry that they keep pulling into nests. When I took the picture I didn't even realize Princess was in the shot. LOL.

 

[havasu]

Ah Fippy!

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

Havasu, you've got better eyes than I do! I couldn't figure out what I was looking at in Zanne's pic. Now I can tell there is a dog in there somewhere but, for the life of me, I cannot find a cat that's assuming Princess is a cat.

We went out looking for chicken wings for tomorrow's big do but found none at both the stores we went to. We had to settle for a bird of a different feather. To wit:

 

[Ludington]

Havasu, you've got better eyes than I do! I couldn't figure out what I was looking at in Zanne's pic. Now I can tell there is a dog in there somewhere but, for the life of me, I cannot find a cat that's assuming Princess is a cat.

We went out looking for chicken wings for tomorrow's big do but found none at both the stores we went to. We had to settle for a bird of another feather. To wit:

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I could never tolerate paying 1 dollar per wing. (Especiall with how small most of them are) So we never get them. But I'm sure there more now. I used to see adds for 50 cent wings at wing kings on certain days.
There used to be a place where it was all you could eat wings at lunch time. I think the best I ever did was 30. Had a contest with my boss, I think he had 33.
Be lucky if I could eat 8 or 10 now though.

 

[BlueSkyHigh]

When I was young, dumb and full of ________it, my friend Jim and I used to do Saturdays at the local Hooter's restaurant where we'd consume 50 drums-only wings, breaded and not "naked", in Three Mile Island sauce and be able to down a couple of rounds of celery sticks with ranch dressing as well without any problem.

As you mentioned, I am down to a "kid-sized" portion which is five wings and some fries and can barely get those down.