Thank you Akamp!
I try to remain positive, no matter whats going on. Sometimes it just gets to be a little too much.
I have bilateral Meniere's disease
Asthma
Tinitus (which makes it hard to sleep)
Type 2 diabetes
Arthritus of the lower spine
Beningn essential tremors
Migraine headaches
Irregular heart beat
Hypertension
And now with my heart acting up, and the severe short term memory loss, it just kind of blew me away.
Knowing that my Packer "family" takes a few seconds to think/pray for me, DOES help. Sometimes this stuff just makes me feel kind of alone. I HATE telling my wife when i'm feeling bad (Like last night, she kept asking me what was wrong.....i said "I'm fine!" But she has been with me too long and i can't get away with a lie with her!) it's nice to come here and get the well wishes from people i talk with almost on a daily basis. I don't like to complain, i'd rather just keep it too myself. But this was just like an overflow that messed me up.
Even the strongest people need other people for support. To me, it's not a weakness to show we are not perfect. We can uplift others.......as you and others have done for me!!!

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This reminds me of a joke...

A guy and his best friend are heavily into fishing. Every Friday, they can't wait to get off work so they can get into the car and disappear for the weekend going fishing.

One day, the guy meets a good woman and gets married. Well, he decides to have his honeymoon on a nice romantic lake. So he calls his best friend and tells him that she loves to sleep in so that first Sunday, he'll sneak out and meet him on the lake and they'll go fishing.

So Sunday comes and sure enough, his best friend is waiting for him with a boat. They go out on the boat and have a great time fishing when the guy finally tells his friend...

"I got some bad news."

"What's that?"

"My wife has cancer. It's really bad. She only has a few months to live."

"Oh, that's terrible."

"Yeah, to make matters worse, she has diabetes really bad and if the cancer doesn't kill her, the diabetes surely will."

"Oh, that's horrible."

"Yeah, to make matters worse, she also has hepatitis. She found out about it too late and if the cancer or the diabetes doesn't kill her, the hepatitis certainly will."

"Oh, that's really sad."

"Yeah, to make matters worse, she also has AIDS. It's too late for the AIDS treatment though, so if the other stuff doesn't get her, she'll soon die of AIDS."

"Oh, wow. Did you know all this stuff before you got married?"

"Yeah, but she also has worms and you know how much I love fishing."






Sorry to make light of your ailments, but knowing you, you could use a good laugh above all else. I've been blessed with good health but cursed with job luck. Every time I find a job I love, I get laid off. I've had my job outsourced before. I've worked at companies that went under. I've been part of downsizing. I've been unemployed for over a year and eventually homeless and the three of us and our dog lived in a cheap motel. But I learned that if you keep your sense of humor, God will eventually reward you.

Life isn't fair, but you just have to keep chugging away. You make us all laugh and if there's one person who stops posting for whatever reason I'd miss the most, it would be you. And there are quite a few people on here that I really, really like so that's saying something.

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What he said, by the way where the hell did Tromadz go.

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Trom was in the "back alley" a few days ago.

Zombie......it DID make ,me chuckle!
My sense of humor has helped me through alot of tough times.

One time, back in the mid 1990's, my old doctor was giving me a complete physical. You know.......the one where he puts on a rubber glove, tells you to bend over......(I HATE that one!) well.......as he sticks his finger "where no man has gone before" i turn and look at him, and say with a serious tone........"Does this mean we're going steady now???" That catches him off guard.......i can see he's trying to remain "professional", so that of course makes me take it farther.......I then say, kind of matter of fact....."Usually I get a dinner and a movie before this"........NOW i know i'm breaking him down.......he has a smirk on his face and he's TRYING not to laugh. Then i finish him off with "Before i come in here the next time, i'm going to the tatoo parlour and having "EXIT ONLY!" tatoo'ed on my ass.
That did it.......he busts up and says, "AL, i just don't know WHAT your gonna say next!"
He was a GREAT doc.......i had to leave his clinic because my health insurance changed. But i see him around town every so often, and he always asks how i'm doing.

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Cheesey - Heh. I remember that story. That's pretty funny.

I've actually had 3 people go there, one woman and two men. No, get your mind out of the gutter. They were all doctors. I've had parasites twice and once was like yours, one of those physicals.

Not a fun experience. Wish they'd heat up those gloves and that jelly stuff.

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I had the "turn your head and cough" one from a lady doc once.
Talk about embarassing. (No......i didn't get "wood")
You had PARASITES in your butt????
Thats why i'll NEVER go to Paris!!! :thumbleft:

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I did once; she had me sit down on the table and then lie on my back.

Very professional. Dammit.

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I also had a woman for a physical one time...haha. I was standing and she was sitting on a bench. LOL.

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How much did you have to pay her??? :thumbleft:

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My doctor called me last night. Had some good news.
My blood tests came back good.
My cholesterol dropped from 253 to 138
and the other cholesterol level dropped from 161 to 72

My blood sugar dropped from 270 to 220, which is still way too high. So he uped my meds.

He gave me the phone number for the cardiologist, so the heart stress test is next.

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