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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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That is very scary. I would be a wreck.

My wife is having a rough go. Not life threatening, but they pulled the packing out of her ear Friday and she's feeling a lot worse. Now if I give her the antibiotic ear drops the doc wants her taking, she gets vertigo and severe nausia. If the pukes, it could wreck the work. Also draining a lot now. There's a ton of trauma I can see from the outside. He easily doubled the size of the opening, which we were not told about. We expected minor laser surgery and she feels worse than when he made her a new eardrum by scalpel. So she's feeling really grumpy and I'm a bit angry with the situation, not to mention the helpless feeling we get when our wives have severe medical problems.
 
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BadExample said:
That is very scary. I would be a wreck.

My wife is having a rough go. Not life threatening, but they pulled the packing out of her ear Friday and she's feeling a lot worse. Now if I give her the antibiotic ear drops the doc wants her taking, she gets vertigo and severe nausia. If the pukes, it could wreck the work. Also draining a lot now. There's a ton of trauma I can see from the outside. He easily doubled the size of the opening, which we were not told about. We expected minor laser surgery and she feels worse than when he made her a new eardrum by scalpel. So she's feeling really grumpy and I'm a bit angry with the situation, not to mention the helpless feeling we get when our wives have severe medical problems.
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Saying prayers for both our wives.
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
Saying prayers for both our wives.
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Me too! The A-fib condition is scary. I hope and pray the cardiologist has some good non-surgical treatment he can do for her.

Wife doesn't want me to call the on call doc today. I sure hope she doesn't get an infection. Ear infections are way too close to the brain, and after his work, it's even closer. As long as the doc didn't compromise the meninges, the brain and spine are well protected from infection. With her compromised immune system, I just can't imagine her getting meningitis. So, I'll be calling in as soon as they will answer the phone tomorrow.
 
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BadExample said:
Bad customers will suck the life out of you! That's great that you are able to do so. I had one that would start CRYING when her stuff wasn't working.
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I had to, my install/service business model was no longer working as customers began to take advantage of my good nature by demanding (in ugly ways) that I was "obligated" to repair the equipment and installations of my competitors. Under warranty even.
 
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Hey guys,
Been there with the wife situation. In 2014 she had brain surgery to have a shunt installed to relieve fluid creating pressure on her brain.

The shunt hardware is installed between her scalp and her skull. It's a newer model that can be reset externally with a magnetic dial.

Fortunately the serious cognitive and mental problems she was having were relieved. :thumbsup: Since 2014 she had to have the shunt adjusted three times so this will be an ongoing process.

All this is to say for you guys to be patient, do what the doctors tell you and keep being positive to help your s.o. keep calm and a good attitude.

Best thoughts and prayers with you and your family.:angel:
 
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Stumbo said:
Hey guys,
Been there with the wife situation. In 2014 she had brain surgery to have a shunt installed to relieve fluid creating pressure on her brain.

The shunt hardware is installed between her scalp and her skull. It's a newer model that can be dialed in externally with a magnetic dial.

Fortunately the serious cognitive and mental problems she was having were relieved. :thumbsup: Since 2014 she had to have the shunt adjusted three times so this will be an ongoing process.

All this is to say for you guys to be patient, do what the doctors tell you and keep being positive to help your s.o. keep calm and a good attitude.

Best thoughts and prayers with you and your family.:angel:
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Thank you @Stumbo and @agedhorse .
 
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Great that it worked out for her Sir Stumbo. Wow, that must have been very scary when she was losing cognitive ability, then it must have been a horrible wait during the surgery.

When they did the ear drum replacement (recone job), they went up the side of her head several inches to retrieve tissue that happens to be the same type; did that through the behind the ear incision. Left a drain from up there coming out the mostly closed incision and another from the inner ear out the same hole. I don't get the willy's much from medical stuff, but egads, when he pulled that drinking straw looking thing out, it was like 4" long. Weeeeiiiiiiiiird to see.

Thanks to all of you who are praying for both of our wives. I don't think the illness of any other relative can humble a man as much as a sick wife. Mine has been through a ton of stuff. And of the not to distant past so has ALB's wife. You're kind words are therapeutic to both of us I think. Paul also had to go through his wife getting worked on recently.
 
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Where is @BassmanPaul BTW.... I think he's out doing 18 holes somewhere..... Fore! :laugh:
I don't want to get too well you know but you guys are kind of it for me most of the time. A lot of my peers at my age have moved away and lately a lot of them kicking the proverbial bucket. It's nice to come here and talk... share, all the stuff us GOF's do... and..... watch @BadExample get himself in trouble as always.... :laugh:
 
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what? Where am I? 1:17 is when I posted last. :D

Fixing’ the damn christmas lights again. This was supposed to no longer be required as we switched to LED lamps but they still fail. I gave up on trying to find appropriate ready made lamps that would fit the holders. I’ve ordered a pile of 3mm ultra bright white LEDs from, where else, China. Won’t help me this year most likely, Free International Shipping ain’t that fast, but next year should be much easier. I have to keep my lady in the illusion of my genius! LOL
 
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BassmanPaul said:
what? Where am I? 1:17 is when I posted last. :D

Fixing’ the damn christmas lights again. This was supposed to no longer be required as we switched to LED lamps but they still fail. I gave up on trying to find appropriate ready made lamps that would fit the holders. I’ve ordered a pile of 3mm ultra bright white LEDs from, where else, China. Won’t help me this year most likely, Free International Shipping ain’t that fast, but next year should be much easier. I have to keep my lady in the illusion of my genius! LOL
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:laugh: Good luck! We're all counting on you!
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
And a big HEY to the rest of the GOF’s! :thumbsup:
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HEY to you, too, @alaskaleftybass, and all the rest of the GOFs! Sorry to hear of the wives current problems. Makes me appreciate more this great week my wife and I shared this week, while knowing their future recurrences are numbered.

She enjoyed working at her friend's booth at The International Quilt Festival all week while I ran around visiting our kids and grandkids! All went well and everyone is healthy and reasonablely happy at the moment. So, why the feeling of calm before the storm?

Because we've been thru it together so many times, that's why. Most recently she's gotten occasional a-fib, which was quite scary a couple of times. Few years ago she brought me from the brink of high blood glucose to, now, well regulated levels. That was almost right after our son-in-law's "widowmaker" heart attack that, tankfully, didn't do that. We each lost a beloved parent then. Before that, we survived helping our then-2-year-old grandson get thru leukemia chemo, so that he's now a very robustly healthy 15-year-old. Which followed my own prostate cancer surgery. All the while coping with more usual illnesses and incidents. But there was also laughter, love and music mixed in there, too.

Yes, sometime, too often, life is full of trials. Many of us are thankful to share annd seek solace here. Most of us relate very much to those crises. But, we must also remember and be thankful for the good times, too. Surely even the most miserable among us can remember a sunny day, a magical gig or two, or at least a smile.

Humans aren't built to last. But our sharing creates a kind of immortality that should not be discounted or underestimated.

D'oh!

I mean, darn it, you guys. Stop making me talk mush, and . . . and GET OFF MY LAWN!!
 
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G-Dog said:
HEY to you, too, @alaskaleftybass, and all the rest of the GOFs! Sorry to hear of the wives current problems. Makes me appreciate more this great week my wife and I shared this week, while knowing their future recurrences are numbered.

She enjoyed working at her friend's booth at The International Quilt Festival all week while I ran around visiting our kids and grandkids! All went well and everyone is healthy and reasonablely happy at the moment. So, why the feeling of calm before the storm?

Because we've been thru it together so many times, that's why. Most recently she's gotten occasional a-fib, which was quite scary a couple of times. Few years ago she brought me from the brink of high blood glucose to, now, well regulated levels. That was almost right after our son-in-law's "widowmaker" heart attack that, tankfully, didn't do that. We each lost a beloved parent then. Before that, we survived helping our then-2-year-old grandson get thru leukemia chemo, so that he's now a very robustly healthy 15-year-old. Which followed my own prostate cancer surgery. All the while coping with more usual illnesses and incidents. But there was also laughter, love and music mixed in there, too.

Yes, sometime, too often, life is full of trials. Many of us are thankful to share annd seek solace here. Most of us relate very much to those crises. But, we must also remember and be thankful for the good times, too. Surely even the most miserable among us can remember a sunny day, a magical gig or two, or at least a smile.

Humans aren't built to last. But our sharing creates a kind of immortality that should not be discounted or underestimated.

D'oh!

I mean, darn it, you guys. Stop making me talk mush, and . . . and GET OFF MY LAWN!!
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Thank you for sharing @G-Dog . I say from afar off your lawn on the sidewalk! :laugh:
I wish for continued future health for your family.
 
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BadExample said:
I can't remember what the glide ratio is for either the A-4E or TA-4J
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According to some old manuals I dug out for the early A-4's, the max glide at 5000 Feet Altitude is around 7 Nautical Miles, at 10,000 Feet altitude it's around 15 Nautical Miles. This would be at optimal glide speed for the given altitude, clean aircraft (slick, gear and flaps up), no wind, and wind-milling engine. Once you blow the canopy I'd say you have just dirtied up the bird aerodynamically and could probably expect those numbers to drop with the resulting L/D change. I think the TA-4's and later model A-4's were in a similar ballpark.
 
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