Subj : Posts To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Aug 25 2019 09:46:00 Hi Daryl! BM>Yes: sore feet tend to do a number on the body. DS> Some days, I could use a massage...and not just on the feet. ;) Just be careful of people rubbing you the wrong way! BM>Two months of special shoes isn't that bad, especially considering after BM>than you were probably able to wear regular shoes (as long as had good BM>support). Cane and walker probably needed during the recuperation BM>period, and then again years later. DS> Didn't really start using the cane and walker until a few years DS> ago. The usual 'as-needed'. I was using a walker and later a cane while recuperating from fracturing my femur years ago. The cane has been borrowed a few times by friends who needed it temporarily due to ankle and knee injuries. BM>You're getting a bit wild and knocking over your walker on to your BM>feet?! DS> The walker and cane are in the front room. Tripped over the DS> darn things, and the room was well lit. I just wasn't paying DS> attention. :P BTDT!! BM>Or you could do what I did to myself one time. I had bought a computer BM>case with power supply from a surplus electronics dealer. Installed BM>motherboard, whatever else I needed; plugged in to the UPS. Pushed the BM>switch: BAM! BeeEEeep. BeeEEEep! The power switch had been wired wrong; BM>found out later dead short when closed, so killed the UPS. Moved the BM>wires to the correct terminal on the switch, tested via a low-amperage BM>circuit breakered outlet. Now was fine. What I saved on the case I BM>blew on the UPS! DS> Oh, boy. American Power Conversion (APC) has a deal on the DS> majority of their UPS units. If ANY surge damages or destroys the DS> UPS and properly attached devices...including lightning...APC DS> will repair or replace the UPS and affected devices, up the value DS> of the policy. I've have an APC UPS for this system -- just a better UPS for my needs IMO. May or may not qualify for the "properly attached devices" clause as have a power strip plugged in to it and the desk lamp plus a few other sort of computer-related devices. The UPS that blew was not APC, don't recall the brand, and probably would not qualify as the device plugged in to it was faulty; the problem wasn't the UPS failed to protect (though if there had been a fuse or circuit breaker). BM>Now hemorrhoids added to the list! Have you considered becoming a test BM>patient at the local University medical center?! BM>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCVg4MrhUE DS> When I first had the rectal bleeding, I thought it was colon DS> cancer...the 2nd greatest killer of men and women, right behind Did you really intend to say "right _behind_" and "colon" in the same sentence?! DS> heart disease and breast cancer. But, unlike so many other forms DS> of that scourge, it's one ofhte most preventable. The prep work DS> is a PITA, but if they find nothing or benign polyps (that has DS> been the case with me several times), or stage 0 or 1 cancer, you DS> have greater than a 90% chance of survival. I don't want a DS> diagnosis to be (like I've heard it for so many, who neglected DS> being medically proactive) that "you'll be dead in 2 weeks...you DS> have stage IV cancer, and we can't do anything for you". Yes, I need to have a colonoscopy done - has been six years. Postponed the fifth year as the reminder came too close to the holidays, then a wet and cold Spring, insurance changes, and other excuses. BM>Well, sometimes they are sneaky and deceitful. I had one which did a BM>pretty good job of mimicing appendicitis. Fooled me for a while until BM>the pain point shifted. Emergency room doctor was also doing a toss-up BM>between the two options. DS> I had them do a scrotal ultrasound, to make sure it wasn't DS> torsion of the testicle. That is a medical emergency in a big DS> way. They don't like not having a properblood supply! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... American Football: A game for men with unusually shaped balls. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .