Subj : Re: Huntsville Hamfest
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Moondog
Date : Mon Mar 13 2023 17:24:00

  Re: Re: Huntsville Hamfest
  By: Daryl Stout to Jimmy Anderson on Sat Mar 11 2023 03:08 am

 > Jimmy,
 > 
 >  JA> I remember we talked back during that time - maybe the year after you
 >  JA> went is when I went?
 > 
 >   It's possible. I heard there was a great hamfest in Trussville, Alabama
 > this past weekend (the Birminghamfest). With health, financial, plus the
 > transportation issues, I rarely leave home now, and don't go outside the
 > Little Rock area anymore.
 > 
 >   For the second time since I've been with Lyft, they tried to pair me
 > with a high ground clearance pickup truck. The step to get in is as high
 > as my groin, and I'd either rip my pants, fall to the ground, or twist
 > something (nuts to that...pun intended (hi hi)) trying to get in. So, I
 > wrote them a stern letter, asking them to NOT pair me with these high
 > ground clearance vehicles.
 > 
 >   The arthritis is so bad throughout my body, especially in my left hip
 > and left knee...as well as degenerative disc disease in my back and spine,
 > that I'm in constant pain. I can not sit at the computer for long periods
 > of time, whether for ham radio traffic nets (with having congestive heart
 > failure, I operate "internet only"), or for the BBS. I had to reduce the
 > "early checkin time for my nets" from an hour to 30 minutes, and I may
 > need to soon cut that to 15, or eliminate it.
 > 
 >   My health comes before any ham radio operator's ego that may be crushed
 > if a net shuts down.
 > 
 >   I've got insomnia (never mind the call of nature, but I take my Lasix
 > at lunch), so that's why I'm up right now. Plus, hailstorms are forecast
 > here Saturday afternoon and night, as we're now into our spring tornado
 > season.
 > 
 > Daryl, WX4QZ
 > 
 > ... I xeroxed my watch. Now, I have time to spare.

Have you considered doing a sleep study regarding your insomnia?  Sometimes
the body wakes itself uyp if something isn't right.  A bipap or cpap may be
necessary to correct sleep patterns.

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