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explorerx4

@venture,
JB Weld should take care of that for a while.

venture

explorerx4 said:

@venture,
JB Weld should take care of that for a while.

There is a little vent there. That's where some paint came off and it rusted. I'll use some touch up paint on it. If that doesn't work I'll just replace it. Our appliances are white to match the cabinets.

abacomike

Well, I am scheduled to have the spinal injection on Thursday of this week. They are putting me under anesthesia IV for the procedure to make sure I do not move. The doctor is injecting the steroids into the foramen at L3/L4 where the stenosis is the most acute. The procedure is supposed to take 45 minutes. He uses a fluoroscope to ensure the injection is placed correctly. Sure hope it helps me.

explorerx4

@venture,
I thought you meant a rust hole.

venture

abacomike said:

Well, I am scheduled to have the spinal injection on Thursday of this week. They are putting me under anesthesia IV for the procedure to make sure I do not move. The doctor is injecting the steroids into the foramen at L3/L4 where the stenosis is the most acute. The procedure is supposed to take 45 minutes. He uses a fluoroscope to ensure the injection is placed correctly. Sure hope it helps me.

Good luck Mike.

jmonroe1

venture said:

abacomike said:

Well, I am scheduled to have the spinal injection on Thursday of this week. They are putting me under anesthesia IV for the procedure to make sure I do not move. The doctor is injecting the steroids into the foramen at L3/L4 where the stenosis is the most acute. The procedure is supposed to take 45 minutes. He uses a fluoroscope to ensure the injection is placed correctly. Sure hope it helps me.

Good luck Mike.

I’ll go along with that.

jmonroe

ab348

abacomike said:

Well, I am scheduled to have the spinal injection on Thursday of this week. They are putting me under anesthesia IV for the procedure to make sure I do not move. The doctor is injecting the steroids into the foramen at L3/L4 where the stenosis is the most acute. The procedure is supposed to take 45 minutes. He uses a fluoroscope to ensure the injection is placed correctly. Sure hope it helps me.

On Friday I am scheduled for an angiogram which, near as I can tell, will be the 6th of my career. I hate them and with good reason. On #2 back in the early '90s I bled into my leg from the incision in my femoral artery and nearly died - BP 20/0, not breathing, no vision, essentially a near-death experience that they barely brought me back from. Ever since I have been terrified of the procedure. For a while now they have done them both the traditional way via the groin and also via the wrist, which is less limiting afterwards, but I have never been lucky enough to get a doctor that does it that way. I'm hoping I do on Friday. The problem with the groin procedure is that you have to lay flat on your back and not move for 4 hours afterward. If you need to urinate it is very touch and go, and if you have back muscle spasms it can be agonizingly painful. None of those apply if they do it via the wrist.

abacomike

@ab348 said:
On Friday I am scheduled for an angiogram which, near as I can tell, will be the 6th of my career. I hate them and with good reason. On #2 back in the early '90s I bled into my leg from the incision in my femoral artery and nearly died - BP 20/0, not breathing, no vision, essentially a near-death experience that they barely brought me back from. Ever since I have been terrified of the procedure. For a while now they have done them both the traditional way via the groin and also via the wrist, which is less limiting afterwards, but I have never been lucky enough to get a doctor that does it that way. I'm hoping I do on Friday. The problem with the groin procedure is that you have to lay flat on your back and not move for 4 hours afterward. If you need to urinate it is very touch and go, and if you have back muscle spasms it can be agonizingly painful. None of those apply if they do it via the wrist.

Last month, I had an angiogram done to determine if my coronary arteries were open sufficiently. They went into my right arm just above my wrist above my palm. Painful but better than going through my groin.

sda

Wishing you both the best and success @abacomike and @ab348.

benjaminh

Yes, sending good wishes to @ab348 and @abacomike.

snakeweasel

driver100 said:

abacomike said:

@driver100 said:

At least it is better than this;

The backwards cap is usually worn by guys who drive souped low riding up Civics.

It’s worn that way so his girlfriend can’t whisper sweet nothings in his right ear - but she can in his left ear. 😜🤪

Which is hard to do when he is driving.

Maybe he is in England or Australia or New Zealand.

venture

ab348 said:

abacomike said:

Well, I am scheduled to have the spinal injection on Thursday of this week. They are putting me under anesthesia IV for the procedure to make sure I do not move. The doctor is injecting the steroids into the foramen at L3/L4 where the stenosis is the most acute. The procedure is supposed to take 45 minutes. He uses a fluoroscope to ensure the injection is placed correctly. Sure hope it helps me.

On Friday I am scheduled for an angiogram which, near as I can tell, will be the 6th of my career. I hate them and with good reason. On #2 back in the early '90s I bled into my leg from the incision in my femoral artery and nearly died - BP 20/0, not breathing, no vision, essentially a near-death experience that they barely brought me back from. Ever since I have been terrified of the procedure. For a while now they have done them both the traditional way via the groin and also via the wrist, which is less limiting afterwards, but I have never been lucky enough to get a doctor that does it that way. I'm hoping I do on Friday. The problem with the groin procedure is that you have to lay flat on your back and not move for 4 hours afterward. If you need to urinate it is very touch and go, and if you have back muscle spasms it can be agonizingly painful. None of those apply if they do it via the wrist.

Best of luck to you too Greg.

venture

explorerx4 said:

@venture,
I thought you meant a rust hole.

Nah. I guess steam comes out the vent and eventually, for some reason, it rusted a little. It's not that old.

I told Mrs. Venture I was going to buy another dishwasher and she told me I'm not. I just got back from Lowes getting touch up paint.

snakeweasel

ab348 said:

ronsteve said:

Are you sure EC was trying to scare you, or did you just look at the track with your area in the crosshairs and think they wanted you to be scared?

My perception of EC forecasts and the amplification of them done by broadcast and online media is that they are only ever interested in scaring the citizenry, and not particularly interested in informing them of what is most likely to occur.

They do say if it bleeds it leads.

It seems like here every time they forecast more than a couple of inches of snow they start talking about how bad it will be and how it's going to negatively impact everyone's life to the fullest. I mean it's not like we are in Atlanta, we are in the upper Midwest where it snows a lot and we know what to expect with 5 inches of snow and we all know it's not as bad as they make it out to be.

snakeweasel

cdnpinhead said:

I was thinking the same thing. Those ferries take awhile and they're not cheap. Helicopter? If you're living on Nantucket (or Marthas Vineyard) you might have money for that.

I know the ferries that operate on Mackinac Island have season passes for residents on the island so that for a set price they have unlimited usage of the ferry. They may have that there.

explorerx4

Mackinac Island lot closer to the mainland than Nantucket, plus you just take snowmobile over the ice in the winter.

snakeweasel

abacomike said:

Well, I am scheduled to have the spinal injection on Thursday of this week. They are putting me under anesthesia IV for the procedure to make sure I do not move. The doctor is injecting the steroids into the foramen at L3/L4 where the stenosis is the most acute. The procedure is supposed to take 45 minutes. He uses a fluoroscope to ensure the injection is placed correctly. Sure hope it helps me.

Wishing you nothing but good luck and the best.

snakeweasel

explorerx4 said:

Mackinac Island lot closer to the mainland than Nantucket, plus you just take snowmobile over the ice in the winter.

Are you saying that the ferries for Nantucket don't give special pricing for Nantucket residents?

oldfarmer50

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

Hey guys, I thought this was a dishwasher site not a meteorological site.

jmonroe

See. Now you've gone and done it. I noticed a tiny rust spot on the dishwasher door where, what looks like, steam comes out.

Thanks.

It sounds like your dishwasher was made in a plant close by to where @oldfarmer50 lives.

jmonroe

Did the delivery truck drag it down a salted road?

snakeweasel

Went out for dinner with the wife last night, we went to downtown Naperville, IL and pulled into the parking garage. Well In the parking garage I found myself behind a Lexus SUV stopped in the middle of the isle waiting for someone to load up their things and their kids into their car and drive off. Now this Lexus was in the middle of the isle instead of off to the side so that me and the 5,786,087 cars behind me could go around, but no.

Well anyway the car gets out of the spot the Lexus takes one attempt at pulling in then pulls out and positions himself (herself?) to back in the spot. He or she takes one attempt to back in then just drives off. It wasn't like the spot was to small, just that the driver didn't seem to be able to get into it. Anyway I took the spot.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

Hey guys, I thought this was a dishwasher site not a meteorological site.

jmonroe

See. Now you've gone and done it. I noticed a tiny rust spot on the dishwasher door where, what looks like, steam comes out.

Thanks.

It sounds like your dishwasher was made in a plant close by to where @oldfarmer50 lives.

jmonroe

Did the delivery truck drag it down a salted road?

Nope he just needs to do a better job of rinsing those margarita glasses before putting them into the dishwasher.

explorerx4

@snakweasel,
I'm saying Nantucket isn't a 10 minute boat ride from the mainland.
Plus across ocean water, not lake water.

driver100

venture said:

explorerx4 said:

@venture,
I thought you meant a rust hole.

Nah. I guess steam comes out the vent and eventually, for some reason, it rusted a little. It's not that old.

I told Mrs. Venture I was going to buy another dishwasher and she told me I'm not. I just got back from Lowes getting touch up paint.

Should have got it rustproofed....Zeibart!

driver100

snakeweasel said:

Went out for dinner with the wife last night, we went to downtown Naperville, IL and pulled into the parking garage. Well In the parking garage I found myself behind a Lexus SUV stopped in the middle of the isle waiting for someone to load up their things and their kids into their car and drive off. Now this Lexus was in the middle of the isle instead of off to the side so that me and the 5,786,087 cars behind me could go around, but no.

Well anyway the car gets out of the spot the Lexus takes one attempt at pulling in then pulls out and positions himself (herself?) to back in the spot. He or she takes one attempt to back in then just drives off. It wasn't like the spot was to small, just that the driver didn't seem to be able to get into it. Anyway I took the spot.

It sounds like he doesn't have a backup camera either.

driver100

sda said:

Wishing you both the best and success @abacomike and @ab348.

I agree, and now I am going to take a sleeping pill so I don't have to think about what you two are going through!

Sandman6472

Sure hope you have someone to drive you home after the procedure. When I had mine done way back when, had it done 7 times over a two and a half year period, I wasn't allowed by my doctor to drive myself home. Each time, a family member had to take me & bring me home and was very glad they did. Was totally sedated each time and woke up in the recovery room later on a bit groggy. Driving was the last thing I was thinking about to be honest. They told me that during the neck procedure, I started to wake up & they had to sedate me again so I'd stop moving...luckily, I have no recollection of this.
Just hoping you have someone to transport you both ways.

explorerx4

Best of luck ab348 and abacomike. My nest wishes are divided because I know someone who is being treated for mouth cancer. They are on a feeding tube 16 hours a day.

snakeweasel

explorerx4 said:

@snakweasel,
I'm saying Nantucket isn't a 10 minute boat ride from the mainland.
Plus across ocean water, not lake water.

And how does that have anything to do with if the ferries do or don't give discounts to residents of the island?

Plus I take it you haven't spent a lot of time on the great lakes.

explorerx4

@snakeweasel,
My comments have nothing to do with discounts. It has to do with the difference between commuting a short distance across a lake to a much longer distance across ocean water.

explorerx4

@nyccarguy,
None too soon, it's going to be a hot rest of the week.

ab348

Thanks to all for the best wishes. As Sandy said, for the angiogram procedure you also need someone to pick you up when they release you to go home, so I have my brother lined up for that.

Apologies if I have told this story before but it is so wild it is worth repeating. In retrospect it is sort of funny now looking back on the first two I had, in '90 and '91. Back then they kept you in hospital overnight. At the time I lived alone, directly across the street from the hospital just 1 block from the place, so on the morning of the procedures I just walked over.

On the first one everything went OK and when I was released the next day I walked back to my apartment. But the one a year later was when they almost killed me. All the blood went into my right leg and swelled it up like a beer keg. Once they brought me back from the precipice they kept a close eye on me that night and the next morning. But maybe because it was a Friday and they had plans to close the unit for the weekend, late that afternoon they told me they were discharging me and I could go home. By this time I felt kind of OK but my leg was black and blue from hip to ankle and rather sore, plus I was irritable and fatigued. But I scampered out of there when they said I could leave and limped home. I should have known something was up when the 1-block walk to my apartment just about did me in.

As I recall I had a quiet evening at home and went to bed early because I was tired. I awakened the next morning and got out of bed. When I stood up I immediately felt faint and fell over backwards, thankfully back into bed. Once I came around I gingerly got back up and still feeling quite shaky, wobbled into the kitchen to get some breakfast. I realized then what was going on in that I was still running a few quarts low, so my BP would fall when blood settled in one area after not moving for a while. I spent a very careful weekend at home and on Monday morning called my work to tell them I would not be coming in until I got checked out, then made an appointment with my family doctor. Back then you could still see them on short notice, which is no longer the case here sadly.

My doctor at the time was just great, well-known in the medical community here and very respected. When I saw him in the exam room that afternoon and told him my story I could tell he was dubious. But when he had me drop my pants and saw the state of my black leg he just about lost it. The air was filled with cuss words and he went across the hall to his office and started calling everyone he knew in the cardiac section of the hospital to rake them over the coals for discharging me in such a state. When he was done he told me that I had been *that* close to dying during the bleed-out and now was severely anemic due to the blood loss and to take it very easy for the next week. He said it would take a few weeks for the leg to clear up, which it did. But that experience is why I have been very wary of the procedure ever since.

oldfarmer50

snakeweasel said:

oldfarmer50 said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

Hey guys, I thought this was a dishwasher site not a meteorological site.

jmonroe

See. Now you've gone and done it. I noticed a tiny rust spot on the dishwasher door where, what looks like, steam comes out.

Thanks.

It sounds like your dishwasher was made in a plant close by to where @oldfarmer50 lives.

jmonroe

Did the delivery truck drag it down a salted road?

Nope he just needs to do a better job of rinsing those margarita glasses before putting them into the dishwasher.

He should switch to Coke, it’ll take that rust right off if he spills it.

oldfarmer50

Sandman6472 said:

Sure hope you have someone to drive you home after the procedure. When I had mine done way back when, had it done 7 times over a two and a half year period, I wasn't allowed by my doctor to drive myself home. Each time, a family member had to take me & bring me home and was very glad they did. Was totally sedated each time and woke up in the recovery room later on a bit groggy. Driving was the last thing I was thinking about to be honest. They told me that during the neck procedure, I started to wake up & they had to sedate me again so I'd stop moving...luckily, I have no recollection of this.
Just hoping you have someone to transport you both ways.

I’m sad to hear all the troubles you guys are going through but I have some of my own. Saturday I was going to spray the deck because all the rain caused a buildup of slippery algae. As I went to the stairs to get my equipment I slipped on said algae and went flying down the stairs hitting every step.

To my surprise, other than a few scrapes I was ok. I mentioned to my wife what happened and tried to get some sympathy by showing her some bruises but as I’ve noticed over the years, I don’t bruise. She thought I was making it up.

abacomike

snakeweasel said:

Went out for dinner with the wife last night, we went to downtown Naperville, IL and pulled into the parking garage. Well In the parking garage I found myself behind a Lexus SUV stopped in the middle of the isle waiting for someone to load up their things and their kids into their car and drive off. Now this Lexus was in the middle of the isle instead of off to the side so that me and the 5,786,087 cars behind me could go around, but no.

Well anyway the car gets out of the spot the Lexus takes one attempt at pulling in then pulls out and positions himself (herself?) to back in the spot. He or she takes one attempt to back in then just drives off. It wasn't like the spot was to small, just that the driver didn't seem to be able to get into it. Anyway I took the spot.

I know the Naperville, Illinois city very well - I lived a mile south of Naperville for over 20 years. Nice city and very nice neighborhoods.

driver100

@ab348 Wow....glad you are still with us!

and @oldfarmer50 glad you weren't injured in a big way, you have to be more careful as you get older, we don't heal as quickly.

snakeweasel

@explorerx4 said:
@snakeweasel,
My comments have nothing to do with discounts. It has to do with the difference between commuting a short distance across a lake to a much longer distance across ocean water.

The ferry ride from Nantucket to the mainland is about an hour. I know people here that have train routes that long.

And again you never spent much time on the Great Lakes.

explorerx4

@snakeweasel ,
You can believe whatever you want.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

@ab348 Wow....glad you are still with us!

and @oldfarmer50 glad you weren't injured in a big way, you have to be more careful as you get older, we don't heal as quickly.

I was sure I was dead but I guess I still bounce rather than break.

oldfarmer50

If you think your day was bad:

https://youtu.be/YbcKVLzIE5A

explorerx4

@oldfarmer50,
I just watched that before I came back here. She should have just had the transmission fixed before buying something else.

stickguy

YAA (youtube site) had a piece this week that Carvana had their dealers license suspended for a location in NC recently. They seem to have some issues. probably because they grew way too fast to keep up. But they made me money!

stickguy

the old wrong car delivered trick. I had an Acura dealer do that with our first RDX. was enough of a hassle just dealing with an actual dealer (unfortunately 2 hours away). If it was one of these online places I imaging it would have been like this poor woman's story.

qbrozen

@oldfarmer50 said:
If you think your day was bad:

https://youtu.be/YbcKVLzIE5A

Tough to know for sure from a story about a story from a website, but the end promise from the finance company sounds like a big win for her so not sure why she is still fussing other than to attempt a bigger payday.

stickguy

possibly having been burned already by broken promises, making sure they don't do it again?

or revenge

mjfloyd1

Good luck @ab348 and @abacomike with your procedures.

Don’t worry, I won’t ask if you checked to see where your doctors went to medical school and residency

mjfloyd1

@qbrozen said:

@oldfarmer50 said:
If you think your day was bad:

https://youtu.be/YbcKVLzIE5A

Tough to know for sure from a story about a story from a website, but the end promise from the finance company sounds like a big win for her so not sure why she is still fussing other than to attempt a bigger payday.

Sounds like there were delays and the airing of griefs sped things up.

carnaught

Good luck @ab348 and @abacomike with your procedures.

+2

cdnpinhead

mjfloyd1 said:

. . . and the airing of griefs sped things up.

Sounds like maybe it's time to set up a festivus pole, admittedly out of season

bwia

abacomike said:

Well, I am scheduled to have the spinal injection on Thursday of this week. They are putting me under anesthesia IV for the procedure to make sure I do not move. The doctor is injecting the steroids into the foramen at L3/L4 where the stenosis is the most acute. The procedure is supposed to take 45 minutes. He uses a fluoroscope to ensure the injection is placed correctly. Sure hope it helps me.

Good luck with your procedure tomorrow and I hope they are able find a vein easily for the jab.

In a couple of weeks I will be doing a bone marrow biopsy. They've tried twice before without success claiming the hip bone was so dense and hard that the needle was ineffectual. Interventional Radiology (IR) is another option they are considering as well. Unlike traditional surgery, patients undergoing interventional radiology procedures generally do not receive general anesthesia. Yikes!

explorerx4

I've had a couple of bone marrow biopsy's, There took the sample from the back of my hip.