Subj : Crampers [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 13:40:23 Hi Dave, RH> the drive). After an extra long one from NC to FL 9 years ago, Steve RH> had his 2nd stroke about a week after we got back. That settled the RH> matter; we usually stop for the day about supper time now. DD> Errrrrmmmmm the sroke likely had little to do with the trip and more DD> to do with a weakened blood vessel. RH> No, in both strokes Steve had, it was after long travel (sitting, RH> either on a plane or stuck in traffic). He has a hole in his heart--the RH> one we're all born with but (usually) closes after birth. His didn't, RH> causing a payton faramital ovale (PFO). In both instances, a blood clot RH> broke loose from lower down, travelled up to the heart and into the RH> hole, from there up to the brain. The hole is usually surgically RH> repaired in people under 60; a newer surgery is now available on a RH> limited (still somewhat experimental) basis for those over 60. In RH> Steve's case, it isn't avalable around here so he's just living with RH> it. When he had the CT scan after the 2nd stroke, they told him he'd RH> had a prior one--and he could tell them exactly when. The Schofield RH> Barracks clinic wrote it off as gastritis, the most common misdiagnosis RH> of that kind (cerebeller) of stroke. He finally got the VA to recognise RH> it/give him back pay for it about 18 months ago. DD> Thanks for making this a good day. I've learned something new - and DD> any day I learn somrthing new is a good day in my books. I've had DD> friends & relaties (my mom) who have suffered stroke. And everyone was DD> a burst DD> aneurysm in the brain pan. My mother's proved to be the cause of her DD> death. Some of my friends recovered completely and others were DD> impaired to some degree or other. And a couple had follow-up strokes DD> which didn't do them a lot of good. My maternal grandmother had a series of them over 7 years. After the first couple, she was able to stay at home (with an aide and an aunt) but she deteriorated enough over the years that she went into a nursing home for her last few years. My aunt went into the same nursing home some 48 years later, passed away from a major stroke about 6 years after that. Steve and I visited her every time we went thru NJ; I don't think the nursing home changed at all from the first time I saw it in the late 60s to the last time I saw it (2018). We'd seen my aunt a month or so before she passed away, saw some loss of cognition but not the alzheimer's/dementia my mom had so the major stroke was quite a surprise. RH> Easier for one person to do it than 2. DD> Oh, I dunno. Other than potty breaks. The second person can saw logs DD> whilst the driver steers the thing. RH> I usually stay awake to act as a back up pair of eyes. The second RH> stroke took away part of Steve's vision; he can still drive but it RH> helps to have the second set of eyes in certain situations. We've had RH> several times when the extra eyes have averted a bad situation. DD> I guess I'm just used to the Seven League Boots driving from being a DD> long haul trucker. But that had its pitfalls as well. Bv)= Long haul truckers are used to spending hours on the road; we prefer to do the shorter trips. We also stop more often, just to move around a little and get the circulation going. Hopefully that will prevent any more long haul sitting possiblities of another stroke. DD> There is a wrecker service in the expended family. If the tyres will DD> air up - Uncle Joe has big compressors on his big service/tow truck. RH> That's a help. Now that we've got a dual axle camper, we've got 4 tires RH> there, 4 on the truck to replace. The wheels on the new camper are RH> underneath the body so the potential for more damage is there if they RH> should blow. Last year when one blew on the R-Pod (single axle, RH> outboard wheels), it was on the passenger side, took the fender with it RH> but otherwise, minor damage. We'd just passed the entrance to a truck RH> weigh station but the shoulder was wide enough for Steve to pull off RH> and change to the spare. Fender was a goner, UDOT (Utah DOT) truck RH> found it and stopped in back of us just after Steve finished the change RH> to let us know he had it. DD> I've always had good luck with General and/or Firestone-Bridgestone DD> tires. And abysmal bad fortune any time I've been saddled with DD> Michelins. You, of course, will do as you will. Just a bit of DD> experience talking. I'm not sure what brand of tires Steve got on the camper but the next day after the blow out, he got a matched set of brand new tires. We put maybe 5,000 miles on them before we traded the camper. RH> Bojangles (a fried chicken chain here in the south) makes blueberry RH> biscuits. We've stopped there a few times but prefer Popeye's. DD> I've done a drive-by on Bojangles. I'm with you on Popeyes (no DD> apostrophe) for any of my take-away chicken needs. DD> I did notice that the "Tuesday Special" has jumped a dollar from the DD> old U$1.19. Still a deal, though. They are also offering a blueberry DD> and cream cheese individual pie - similar to Mickey D's. RH> I think everything has gone up, even at dollar stores. DD> Our Dollar Tree is still called that. But there's a big sign in their DD> window with that says "$1.25 for most items." I've not been to any of our local dollar stores (have several in WF) recently. Saw on the news that some are carrying a bit more fresh meat, produce, etc in areas that would otherwise be food deserts; the dollar store in the town where I grew up did that after a hurrricane took out the only grocery store and NYC gave them a major hassle about rebuilding. They finally rebuilt, in the same area (a flood plain) but probably won't be able to rebuild the next time a storm takes them out. DD> I told a customer at the parts store the other day when he remarked DD> about the price of his parts "Nothing goes down any more but the DD> left-front DD> tire on your car." He nodded his head and smiled as he removed his DD> card from the credit card machine. We did well in that the tire that blew out on the camper was the passenger side and the shoulder was wide enough that we could pull completly off the road. DD> Title: Pioneer Woman Million Dollar Dip DD> Categories: Cheese, Nuts, Chilies, Vegetables, Pork DD> Yield: 10 servings I've seen a few of her tv shows, not really impressed. Also seen her line of kitchen/cook ware in the stores--have yet to buy any. (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Junk: stuff we throw away. Stuff: junk we keep. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .