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Originally Posted by smoothy

Bored to death actually....Slow day at the office. Have a lingering case of Bronchitis from the wicked nasty cold I got a few weeks ago so the coughing fits isn't helping at all.

Anyone see the video on last nights national news ( if you were in the USA) with the ice covered Hill in Pittsburgh, and all the vehicles that slid down it that was caught with a camera? I'll bet that was in mount washigton on the southside.

My gosh does everyone have Bron****is? My hubby is better but still a lingering cough. He just can't shake it.

I didn't see that video but I heard them talking about it on the news while I was getting ready this morning. Its been some strange weather patterns across the US hasn't it?

Oh (Embarrassed)

So it is that little guy?

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Originally Posted by Stringer

HI guys!

Welcome to WEDNESDAY...hee hee

Yes Unky I would love to see it can you post it?

I want Friday! Now your just picking on me Stringer.
How are you feeling today?

No not actually... Marta is worrying herself to death here...

And last night I cracked my tooth so we are waiting to get to my dentist...

Yup hon it's fun, but you know I love you...

I don't know, Wednesday, Friday whatever presently with how I am doing each day is a blessing it seems...

Good grief Stinger now a cracked tooth. I am putting you in a bubble. What else can happen?

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Originally Posted by 88sunflower

My gosh does everyone have Bron****is? My hubby is better but still a lingering cough. He just can't shake it.

I didn't see that video but I heard them talking about it on the news while I was getting ready this morning. Its been some strange weather patterns across the US hasn't it?

You should have seen that video... your jaw would have hit the floor. You saw I think it was seven vehicles not including the parked cars get totaled when gravity took over on a really steep hill in a residential neighborhood that was untreated glare Ice. What's amazing was nobody got hurt

Ice storms are really not rare in Pittsburgh or even in DC where I am now... not in the span of my life that I remember. And I'm 49. I grew up in the Pittsburgh area.

Yep, that's the little guy. :)

Funny, you replaced 'c' in bronchitis by s and AMHD censored it :p

Ouch Stringer... I'm afraid you'll have to resolve to eating only soup for the time being...

Hey.. want to see that video I was talking about... found it on the internet...

Cars Slide and Crash Down Icy Street in Pittsburgh

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Originally Posted by smoothy

You should have seen that video.....your jaw would have hit the floor. you saw I think it was seven vehicles not including the parked cars get totaled when gravity took over on a really steep hill in a residential neighborhood that was untreated glare Ice. Whats amazing was nobody got hurt

Ice storms are really not rare in Pittsburgh or even in DC where I am now.....not in the span of my life that I remember. And I'm 49. I grew up in the Pittsburgh area.

Hey Smooth,

I also grew up in the Pittsburgh area. Greensburg, Monroeville, Penn Hills area.

You learn early how to drive in ice and snow if you grew up there, I have many stories about situations on ice and white outs.

What part of Pgh were you in?

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Ouch Stringer... I'm afraid you'll have to resolve to eating only soup for the time being...

Thanks Unky however that is what I have been dining on for the past 3 weeks my friend.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Thanks Unky however that is what I have been dining on for the past 3 weeks my friend.

Oops :o

Now, you're making me worried... did you fall, or hit something?

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Originally Posted by smoothy

Hey..want to see that video I was talking about....found it on the internet...

Cars Slide and Crash Down Icy Street in Pittsburgh

What always bothered my Smooth was that it always seemed to take them forever to salt the roads. And there are a lot of steep 'hills' around Pgh.

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Oops :o

Now, you're making me worried... did you fall, or hit something?

No, I have bronchitis and a touch of pneumonia that I can't seem to kick for the last three weeks.

Smoothy, wow. I watched it. Wild stuff!

I almost moved to PA. I was down in Mechanicsburg for a short time looking for jobs and housing.

Ouch... Cracked tooth... that really sucks.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

Ouch...Cracked tooth.....that really sucks.

Getting old (er) :) is a b*tch but as they say better than the alternative.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Getting old (er) :) is a b*tch but as they say better than the alternative.

Ain't that the truth... trust me... I know what that means.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

What always bothered my Smooth was that it always seemed to take them forever to salt the roads. And there are a lot of steep 'hills' around Pgh.

THe never did get to the street I live on... I barely got enough traction on the ice to get out yesterday morning. If it had been a smooth rather than really bumpy ice, I wouldn't have gotten to work yesterday morning at all.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

Ouch...Cracked tooth.....that really sucks.

Yes it does, I heard it crack and that sound is awful. Now half of the tooth is loose and hurting like h*ll! I am taking pain pills but it is starting to swell a bit.

Update: I just spoke with my dentist he recommended another dentist as he is out of town until Friday. BUT no, I told him I will wait until Friday unless the tooth breaks away... crap, crap and more crap...

I am sitting here in my PJ's and robe seating my a*s off with a tooth hurting, where the h*ll is that other box of Kleenex?

Stringer that must be some dentist if your willing to wait it out in that much pain. Can you get a pain prescription from him?

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Originally Posted by 88sunflower

Stringer that must be some dentist if your willing to wait it out in that much pain. Can you get a pain prescription from him?

I take Tylenol with Codeine for arthritis so I am taking those.

Sorry, I didn't mean to bring the talk down like this... proceed please... :)

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Originally Posted by 88sunflower

Stringer that must be some dentist if your willing to wait it out in that much pain. Can you get a pain prescription from him?

Yeah he is pretty good and funny, good 'bedside' manner.

Did you know that it was a dentist that invented the electric chair?

He invented the electric chair and he is a dentist? Oh wait, a dentist invented the electric chair. HA! I was sitting in wonder why you would wait for a guy like that. Hmm I had never heard that one.

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Originally Posted by 88sunflower

He invented the electric chair and he is a dentist? Oh wait, a dentist invented the electric chair. HA! I was sitting in wonder why you would wait for a guy like that. Hmm I had never heard that one.

Yup, brings up a lot of things to think about right?

I don't take anything for my arthritis... it only bothers me if I'm on my feet for hours or when the weather makes radical swings. I've got a very high pain threshold. And a very low tollerance to most pain meds. Meaning most don't do much or cause me severe side effects, worse than the pain itself.

Dealt with the last operation I had with NO post op meds because of the problems I had as a result of meds from the previous surgery. WHich either shut down my bowels... or gave me hives... besides doing nothing for the actual pain in the first place. Yeah... went through 5 or 6 and none were worth the effort of taking... including Percs which gave me the worst problems.

Funny when you think about it. I mean really what was he thinking when he was working on patients? Makes me want to look him up.

Off the topic but if anyone reads you must read A Child Called It. Amazing. I wasn't sure I could do it. I have since read the next book following it. With a much better ending. Makes you hug your babies a bit tigher and love them a little harder.

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Originally Posted by 88sunflower

Funny when you think about it. I mean really what was he thinking when he was working on patients? Makes me want to look him up.

Off the topic but if anyone reads you must read A Child Called It. Amazing. I wasnt sure I could do it. I have since read the next book following it. With a much better ending. Makes you hug your babies a bit tigher and love them a little harder.

Sounds interesting Sunny, I don't know if I could love my kids (Marta and my grandkids) much more than I already do. They tug on my heart each moment, I am so proud of them.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

I don't take anything for my arthritis....it only bothers me if I'm on my feet for hours or when the weather makes radical swings. I've got a very high pain threshhold. And a very low tollerance to most pain meds. Meaning most don't do much or cause me severe side effects, worse than the pain itself.

Dealt with the last operation I had with NO post op meds because of the problems I had as a result of meds from the previous surgery. WHich either shut down my bowels....or gave me hives .....besides doing nothing for the actual pain in the first place. Yeah...went through 5 or 6 and none were worth the effort of taking....including Percs which gave me the worst problems.

Well I am somewhat like you Smooth I only take what I have to. However I have Osteoporosis Arthritis and it is very painful no matter what I am doing.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Sounds interesting Sunny, I don't know if I could love my kids (Marta and my grandkids) much more than I already do. They tug on my heart each moment, I am so proud of them.

AAwww... now that tugged on my heart. How sweet.

Hm... you need to get Calcium too Stringer, crunchy veggies and milk/cheese would be good, and vitamin D that is got from a little of sunlight and natural oils like fish oil or sunflower oil.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Well I am somewhat like you Smooth I only take what I have to. However I have Osteoporosis Arthritis and it is very painful no matter what I am doing.

My Late father had that for years... Correct term is osteoarthritis... right? Nasty thing... did a real job on his ankles and knees. They had to fuse his ankles and remove bone growth it got so bad.

THe Doctor never told ne exactly what kind I had... it turned up during a presurgical MRI I had... and explained certain pains I had for a while before then.

But mines not progressed far enough to require pain meds of any type. And if I'm lucky it won't for a lot more years. I'm 49, was diagnosed 10 years ago... and its only gotten a little worse in that time. From my perspective anyway based on what I feel.

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Hm... you need to get Calcium too Stringer, crunchy veggies and milk/cheese would be good, and vitamin D that is got from a little of sunlight and natural oils like fish oil or sunflower oil.

I agree Unky. I take fish oil pills, a multi vitamin, etc, daily. Marta is the 'supervisor' and makes sure that I do.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

My Late father had that for years......Correct term is osteoarthritis...right? Nasty thing....did a real job on his ankles and knees. They had to fuse his ankles and remove bone growth it got so bad.

THe Doctor never told ne exactly what kind I had....it turned up during a presurgical MRI I had....and explained certain pains I had for a while before then.

But mines not progressed far enough to require pain meds of any type. And if I'm lucky it won't for a lot more years. I'm 49, was diagnosed 10 years ago.....and its only gotten a little worse in that time.

Mine developed about 5 years ago. It's growth and progression lye dormant then goes through a fast progression for a period. Sometimes I can't even lift a cup of coffee.

But look, I am doing fine, not the cripple that I may have painted here and it is only in my hands.

All I need presently is to get past this damn bronchitis it is 'killing' me along with this tooth. Bring it on, I can handle it all... :)

Stringer! You are having a rough go at it man! What did your doc say about the DM and the pneumonia?

Stringer, maybe this will make you laugh or cry... My deck was packed full of ice, so today I went out and bought an ice pick. Well, E was out side with me "helping". I'm yelling at her to watch where she s going so she doesn't fall, and I slammed the ice pick down on my ankle. As the ice pick was coming down, I lost my balance and slid backwards a$$ first down the stairs. Ouch. My ankle is all swollen and bleeding. I JUST got home, now I think I have drive another 42km to go to the emerg. I think I may have broke something.

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Stringer, maybe this will make you laugh or cry.... My deck was packed full of ice, so today I went out and bought an ice pick. Well, E was out side with me "helping". I'm yelling at her to watch where she s going so she doesn't fall, and I slammed the ice pick down on my ankle. As the ice pick was coming down, i lost my balance and slid backwards a$$ first down the stairs. Ouch. My ankle is all swollen and bleeding. I JUST got home, now I think I have drive another 42km to go to the emerg. I think I may have broke something.

Oh crap Bella please get to the doctor asap this could be serious hon. Go now please. Not funny at all, I'm worried.

Ouch Bella... that's not good to hear :(

Any first aid you can do before you can set off to the hospital?

Why didn't you just put salt on the deck?

Ya, actually I wrapped it with maxi pads, and have an ice bag over it while it's elevated. My mom is on her way home to drive me. Yup it's pretty sore, I think the shock is wearing off, and the pain is setting in. I'll let you all know when I get home...