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Post by bjd on Jan 26, 2020 12:54:54 GMT
I have always breezed through life, hiding behind the mantra "It will never happen to me. I think most of us do that, Mossie. I can't imagine living thinking that awful things might happen. So far too, I think I have been extremely lucky in my life.
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Post by onlyMark on Jan 26, 2020 14:43:50 GMT
Mossie, just to put your bump into perspective, I ask, how many cars have you written off due to accidents that were your fault? When you reach my total of three, call me back. Two that were full roll-overs and one in a head on collision. I've also severely broken quite a few including one where I went over a cattle grid too fast and it broke in half. Really did. Another I put into a ditch taking a bend too fast. I rammed a stolen car in my police car and wrecked the front of it. The police car, that is. There are others as well, but I bet you've never done this - Mossie, shit happens. Shrug, call yourself a twat and move on.
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Post by mossie on Jan 26, 2020 19:16:20 GMT
Thanks Mark, twat is nothing compared to what I have called myself. And Questa, I have never landed an aircraft in my life, that menial task was left to the driver(airframes).
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Post by questa on Jan 26, 2020 21:32:45 GMT
If it hadn't been for you, the fly-boy would have put it down in a paddock beside a railway line so he could find out where he was.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 27, 2020 1:17:55 GMT
Well, my flyboy uncle (who is about the same age as Mossie) would have put it down in some tundra or subarctic bush.
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Post by questa on Jan 27, 2020 9:50:30 GMT
Never quite got the gist of parking, eh,Mark? Actually that is a fabulous pic...should be on the cover of lots of 4WD magazines. No-one hurt I hope. How did you get out? couple of passing elephants?
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Post by onlyMark on Jan 27, 2020 10:06:36 GMT
Got a digger from a road crew to lift it out bit by bit. Nobody hurt.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 27, 2020 10:10:44 GMT
Got a digger from a road crew to lift it out bit by bit. Nobody hurt. Didn't realise that was actually you!
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Post by onlyMark on Jan 27, 2020 12:53:20 GMT
(Mick...shhhhh..... it wasn't me. My truck but the trainee was driving. I was just trying to make Mossie feel better. I thought I'd gotten away with it)
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Post by questa on Jan 27, 2020 23:10:44 GMT
Back in the days when Formula 1 teams called themselves "Ecurie de this" or "Ecurie de that" our team with its ancient car called ourselves "Ecurie de Crepit"
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Post by questa on Jan 27, 2020 23:17:27 GMT
I have always breezed through life, hiding behind the mantra "It will never happen to me. It is not a bad mantra, it is quite correct...most things DON'T happen to you. You only notice the ones that do.
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Post by bjd on Jan 28, 2020 6:36:59 GMT
That wasn't me, Questa -- I was quoting Mossie, although it's fair to say that it describes my own philosophy pretty well.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 29, 2020 13:45:27 GMT
I have always breezed through life, hiding behind the mantra "It will never happen to me. It is not a bad mantra, it is quite correct...most things DON'T happen to you. You only notice the ones that do. And the ones it DOES happen to often don’t live to tell the tale, so all those living survived their youthful follies...
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Post by questa on Feb 7, 2020 11:05:04 GMT
Well, Mossie, I see you decided to come round again. Well done, that man! If you are anything like me you have so much business to complete you can't find time to cash in your chips.
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Post by questa on Feb 7, 2020 11:28:56 GMT
Just to finish off this year's developments along the track.. . My voice is softer and I have lost expression in speech and have to repeat what I say more often. I forget easy words, specially names of things and proper nouns. This is stress related so by calming down the words usually appear.
My balance is the most important because a few falls have taken away my confidence and the balance section of my brain is getting worse. I have good and bad days but that is normal.
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Post by mossie on Feb 7, 2020 15:42:24 GMT
Keep trying Questa and concentrate on the moment. I have balance problems and the danger of falling at the wrong time keeps me watching my step.
I get angrier with the hospital because my problems have not improved, despite the last visit was meant to remedy the mess they had made of sorting out my prostate. I am not setting foot in that urology dept again. I had to go in again because the blasted catheter they left in me was blocked and leaking round the sides. As a result yesterday I washed two pairs of trousers and underpants.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 7, 2020 15:49:46 GMT
Even I have balance problems from time to time. The first time was when I had my mystery disease a few years ago and was falling down all the time, usually in embarrassing places, which made me look like I was drunk. My 8 days in the hospital eliminated the problem, but when I got the flu last month, I started having balance problems again, but not as bad. But I could still feel a rising panic at the idea of losing control. (I did not see a doctor.) Everything is back to normal now, but I am vigilant.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 7, 2020 16:05:42 GMT
That is horrible mossie. I'm really sorry.
Questa, I really hope you have more good days than bad.
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Post by casimira on Feb 7, 2020 17:02:00 GMT
I have also been noticing some problems with balance. A month or so ago had a fall and gratefully did not brake anything or have any sprains. I did have a really nasty abrasion on my side right above the waist line close to the rib cage. It was also quite large and took quite some time to heal. Also, a bitch to sleep on.
I have been much more vigilant since then.
As far as the track you are on Questa, I echo what Mossie advised.
I have always been struck by the absolute cruelty of this disease. One strikingly cruel element that stays with me is that the people in my life who have been afflicted with it are people who relied on using their hands for both professional reasons and recreational hobbies (a neurologist brain surgeon who was also a fanatical fly fisherman. Another, a brilliant painter. Several musicians, one in particular, a brilliant cellist. The list goes on.)
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Post by questa on Feb 7, 2020 17:34:08 GMT
Thank you good people for your concern. It seems as long as I keep the "eye of newt and toe of frog" (medications) routine under control I have good days most of the time. Mossie, I now am aware of scanning for hazards all the time now, and taking pre-emptive action. I am sorry you had problems with the urology situation...hope it is clear sailing from now on.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 7, 2020 23:46:58 GMT
I was just in Ottawa visiting with my dear sister. My brother-in-law brought her home in January but I missed her already so since there were some snow free days forecasted, we took a weekend trip. She rarely speaks now, mostly communicates with blinks for yes and no, but I got a soft but clear "I love you" when I was saying good-bye that shocked us all. She has CBGD (Corticobasal Degeneration), a form of atypical parkinsonism.
Questa, I am sure you are doing your best at keeping aware of your surroundings and I hope your medication regime gives you more good days. There is quite a lot of research being done, hopefully new and improved medications will come along as well in the very near future to give you back a bit of confidence in your balance.
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Post by questa on Jul 15, 2020 8:17:15 GMT
I will have to get my upper eyelids operated on to raise them higher. One of Parkinson's jolly japes is to collapse the muscles that hold up the eyelids, lowering them like a Venetian blind so all I see is the lower half of the scene.It also very tiring to have to make the effort to keep the eyes looking up, my friends are used to me talking to them at knee level.
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Post by mossie on Jul 15, 2020 18:38:28 GMT
Tough Questa. Would a couple of matchsticks help
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 15, 2020 18:41:45 GMT
I confess that I never knew about the eyelid problem. But of course those of us without Parkinson's are woefully ignorant of so many of the attendant symptoms.
My downstairs neighbour, at least 10 years younger than I, has visibly trembling hands. But I would never dare to ask him why.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 15, 2020 18:45:08 GMT
Poor old thing. Not much fun .
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 15, 2020 19:33:07 GMT
It may just be what is called an Essential Tremor and not so medically serious. I have it and it only manifests itself with a shaky left hand sometimes when I'm holding something.
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Post by questa on Jul 16, 2020 0:32:58 GMT
Tough Questa. Would a couple of matchsticks help Actually "matchsticks" is the nickname given to the little splints which hold the eyelids up without using surgery. I haven't seen any in use, I prefer not to get involved in any groups and activities for Parky people. When I retired I knew I had X amount of time to do some bucket list things. I know one man with PD who has 5 activities per week from boxing and swimming laps to discussion groups. I'd rather push on and not let PD take so much of my time.
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Post by lugg on Jul 25, 2020 20:12:57 GMT
I'd rather push on and not let PD take so much of my time. You are amazing Questa .
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Post by lagatta on Jul 25, 2020 22:20:09 GMT
Mich, too bad I couldn't visit you in Ottawa, which as you know is not very far from Montréal and there are excellent coach and rail connections. I'm hoping to be able to visit friends in Toronto, including one who returned there after several years in Paris (he is an interpreter), but it still seems iffy. There are intercity buses that have re-opened in Québec, but THE TOILETS ARE NOT OPEN, which for many of us is a definite no. I'll be looking into VIA rail, but will insist on assurance that the frigging loos are open. I can pack a good lunch and even coffee, but not a potty to squat on.
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Post by questa on Jul 25, 2020 23:22:16 GMT
We are all amazing, Lugg.
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