So What is "Backwards" in Your Life These Days?

[immortl]

Previous few years, it was just the wife and I living a quiet life on a few acres out in the country out west, keeping to ourselves, working from home, shooting off the back deck while on conference calls.  She did her gardening and fish pond stuff, I did my random projects,  quiet and relatively peaceful, low stress.  Then we started the full time RVing deal which was an adventure and a whole lot of fun, still pretty peaceful and just the two of us.

 

Now - in NJ, taking care of elderly parents and wife, working from home, doctor appointments and hospital visits between meetings, forcing my dad to diet.  I literally have chains and locks on refrigerators and pantry, it's working, he's lost 35lbs so far, but all he ever does is ask for food, he's obsessed. Now have way more interaction with people between running errands and coordinating with my brother and sister.  I suspect the stress hit some relative highs recently, I came down with shingles the other day.  Thought that was an older person disease, I can't even walk into Walgreens and get a vaccine for it because I'm still not 50.  Usually I can mentally reason through/ignore pain in general, but man, shingles read the book on possible types of pain and said, "I'm going to try all of them, at once!".  All that said, it is good to spend time with my family, they're happy to have me back around and are grateful for the help and overall I get out fishing more here than I did out west (mainly did shooting stuff out there).  Not complaining, but man it's a huge change.

 

@Sam - may I ask who did your wife's surgery?  Duke Medical is awesome, wife (from Charleston) swears by them.  We initially came east with the RV to have her foot put back together properly and Dr. Kerzner did an amazing job and a year later implanted a stimrouter to help with neuropathy in her foot as well (think TENS unit implanted in your lower leg).  Next up for her is addressing her spinal issues.  I'm trying to decipher my notes from when we were there for her foot, I think Brandon Smith was a recommended neurosurgeon.

 

Thanks,

Joe

[Sam]

On 3/17/2023 at 12:37 AM, immortl said:

Previous few years, it was just the wife and I living a quiet life on a few acres out in the country out west, keeping to ourselves, working from home, shooting off the back deck while on conference calls.  She did her gardening and fish pond stuff, I did my random projects,  quiet and relatively peaceful, low stress.  Then we started the full time RVing deal which was an adventure and a whole lot of fun, still pretty peaceful and just the two of us.

 

Now - in NJ, taking care of elderly parents and wife, working from home, doctor appointments and hospital visits between meetings, forcing my dad to diet.  I literally have chains and locks on refrigerators and pantry, it's working, he's lost 35lbs so far, but all he ever does is ask for food, he's obsessed. Now have way more interaction with people between running errands and coordinating with my brother and sister.  I suspect the stress hit some relative highs recently, I came down with shingles the other day.  Thought that was an older person disease, I can't even walk into Walgreens and get a vaccine for it because I'm still not 50.  Usually I can mentally reason through/ignore pain in general, but man, shingles read the book on possible types of pain and said, "I'm going to try all of them, at once!".  All that said, it is good to spend time with my family, they're happy to have me back around and are grateful for the help and overall I get out fishing more here than I did out west (mainly did shooting stuff out there).  Not complaining, but man it's a huge change.

 

@Sam - may I ask who did your wife's surgery?  Duke Medical is awesome, wife (from Charleston) swears by them.  We initially came east with the RV to have her foot put back together properly and Dr. Kerzner did an amazing job and a year later implanted a stimrouter to help with neuropathy in her foot as well (think TENS unit implanted in your lower leg).  Next up for her is addressing her spinal issues.  I'm trying to decipher my notes from when we were there for her foot, I think Brandon Smith was a recommended neurosurgeon.

 

Thanks,

Joe

Joe, Christopher Shaffrey is Chief of the Duke Spine Center.

He is the lead surgeon.

Office:  5601 Arringdon Park Drive, Morrisville, NC 27570

919.684.7777

919.668.5362

919.613.0444

919.620.5168

Dr. Shaffrey's office is in the Morrisville complex which is easier to get to and parking is great.

Dr. Shaffrey can work wonders and I hope he can help your wife.

When you call, be sure to confirm the Morrisville location.

https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/christopher-i-shaffrey-md

Sam

[Deleted account]

When you are a cog in the wheel there is no backwards, your motion just appears to oscillate in the x axis depending on your perspective while you go round and round.

Come on, where are my Kansas fans...

[Sam]

22 hours ago, Deleted account said:

When you are a cog in the wheel there is no backwards, your motion just appears to oscillate in the x axis depending on your perspective while you go round and round.

Come on, where are my Kansas fans...

All Kansas fans are very upset that their team lost to Ark-kansas by one point, to continue this year's destruction of everyone's brackets.

[GaryH]

On 3/16/2023 at 2:04 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Same stuff different day here. Still working still broke still fishing 

And enjoying life 

[TnRiver46]

9 minutes ago, GaryH said:

And enjoying life 

You know it! Only way to roll 

[GaryH]

I would have been down your way fishing but as luck would have it. I slipped and came down and fractured 3 ribs so everything is on hold. 

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

You know it! Only way to roll 

I guess I should have rolled.. ?

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, GaryH said:

I would have been down your way fishing but as luck would have it. I slipped and came down and fractured 3 ribs so everything is on hold. 

I guess I should have rolled.. ?

Those grow right back together! Sounds like you bounced 

[GaryH]

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Those grow right back together! Sounds like you bounced 

Should be good in a few weeks. Seems like the ground gets harder every year ?

[immortl]

On 3/18/2023 at 9:10 AM, Sam said:

Joe, Christopher Shaffrey is Chief of the Duke Spine Center.

He is the lead surgeon.

Office:  5601 Arringdon Park Drive, Morrisville, NC 27570

919.684.7777

919.668.5362

919.613.0444

919.620.5168

Dr. Shaffrey's office is in the Morrisville complex which is easier to get to and parking is great.

Dr. Shaffrey can work wonders and I hope he can help your wife.

When you call, be sure to confirm the Morrisville location.

https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/christopher-i-shaffrey-md

Sam

Sam, thank you very much, really appreciate all the info. 

[Bankbeater]

A few months before Covid hit, my youngest daughter started college.  Now she's going to graduate in May.  She wants the entire family to come down for graduation.  That's going to be an experience.

 

[a1712]

On 3/16/2023 at 11:40 AM, BrianMDTX said:

I just to hunt like it was a religion, and rarely fish. 
 

Now I fish like a religion and last year didn’t hunt at all. 

Same here. Hunted the four corners of the earth and was able to do things most only dream of. About 8 years ago I completely lost the ability to kill anything. So now I just fish. Brian. 

[A-Jay]

So What is "Backwards" in Your Life These Days ?

Well, the past 13 years of workout logs indicate that 

I am physically stronger at 63,

than I was at 53 at the same body weight.

However mentally, I feel like I'm losing the battle.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

So What is "Backwards" in Your Life These Days ?

Well, the past 13 years of workout logs indicate that 

I am physically stronger at 63,

than I was at 53 at the same body weight.

However mentally, I feel like I'm losing the battle.

A-Jay

They wouldn’t even let me enlist for the mental battle haha

[A-Jay]

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

They wouldn’t even let me enlist for the mental battle haha

Flat Feet ?

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Flat Feet ?

A-Jay

You got it! Haha

[whitwolf]

Well.... I had a stroke September 2022. I have Been quite fortunate it wasn't worse. I have rehabilitation four days a week and was hoping to be back on the boat soon. 

 

I will be officially retired in May and Tresa (wife) and myself were looking at moving downeast to live out our remaining years on the swamp.

 

My brother has been cancer free for 3 years but found out 3 days ago it has come back. It's in his lungs and Spleen. So for now we will stay put, have hi move in here again, and do what we can for him. 

 

Life may be a little backwards right now but if I'm being honest we're right where we need and want to be.

[TnRiver46]

9 minutes ago, whitwolf said:

Well.... I had a stroke September 2022. I have Been quite fortunate it wasn't worse. I have rehabilitation four days a week and was hoping to be back on the boat soon. 

 

I will be officially retired in May and Tresa (wife) and myself were looking at moving downeast to live out our remaining years on the swamp.

 

My brother has been cancer free for 3 years but found out 3 days ago it has come back. It's in his lungs and Spleen. So for now we will stay put, have hi move in here again, and do what we can for him. 

 

Life may be a little backwards right now but if I'm being honest we're right where we need and want to be.

Sheesh man when it rains it pours. Praying for y’all 

[DitchPanda]

14 minutes ago, whitwolf said:

Well.... I had a stroke September 2022. I have Been quite fortunate it wasn't worse. I have rehabilitation four days a week and was hoping to be back on the boat soon. 

 

I will be officially retired in May and Tresa (wife) and myself were looking at moving downeast to live out our remaining years on the swamp.

 

My brother has been cancer free for 3 years but found out 3 days ago it has come back. It's in his lungs and Spleen. So for now we will stay put, have hi move in here again, and do what we can for him. 

 

Life may be a little backwards right now but if I'm being honest we're right where we need and want to be.

That's a great attitude to have in the face of challenges. Good on you man.