RollingAcres
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Totally agree!
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RollingAcres
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@Latestarter I hope you feel better soon!
Bruce
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True, only a few years. Not like you young whippersnappers!
High Desert Cowboy
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Sorry you’re sick, there’s been a lot of that floating around lately. It’s been so bad at the schools that 20% of the kids are out sick at any given time. Get feeling better soon
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Was so sore last night I couldn't sleep. Couldn't lay still for pain, and every movement caused more. 4am broke down and took a Oxycodone with 4 ibuprofen. 20 minutes later, felt the warmth start, pain back off, and slept till 8:30. Trade off is I now have a sharp pain in my right chest where fluid built up in the lung. Rt Eustachian tube is fired up also. Gonna try to sleep tonight without afrin, or prescrip painkillers.
Knees are back to working, say ~75%, ankles a bit worse at ~50%. Shoulders are sore but elbows are OK at the moment. Wrists & hands are very painful and I actually took out the 5 day course of steroids to start tomorrow if there isn't more improvement. Still not eating much, but drinking and remaining hydrated.
Got a txt message that I have a Dr appt Monday with my PC doc. Excellent! Timing couldn't have been better! Yes, the VA is my primary care facility and I don't use local docs or facilities unless forced. My son has something where he can use any facility and the VA pays the bill because he's >70% disabled and lives outside whatever miles of a VA facility. I keep meaning to check into that program...
Next Tuesday I'll need to replenish goat feed. Need to order it tomorrow. Also need to get to town and pay my 2nd property tax bill. That's due by the 31st. Car insurance is due before the end of Feb.
Wind has picked up since goat chores. It's really ripping out there!
Just saw this: Compliments of National Weather Service
Get ready you northern plains folks! Bank those hearth fires and try to stay warm!
Knees are back to working, say ~75%, ankles a bit worse at ~50%. Shoulders are sore but elbows are OK at the moment. Wrists & hands are very painful and I actually took out the 5 day course of steroids to start tomorrow if there isn't more improvement. Still not eating much, but drinking and remaining hydrated.
Got a txt message that I have a Dr appt Monday with my PC doc. Excellent! Timing couldn't have been better! Yes, the VA is my primary care facility and I don't use local docs or facilities unless forced. My son has something where he can use any facility and the VA pays the bill because he's >70% disabled and lives outside whatever miles of a VA facility. I keep meaning to check into that program...
Next Tuesday I'll need to replenish goat feed. Need to order it tomorrow. Also need to get to town and pay my 2nd property tax bill. That's due by the 31st. Car insurance is due before the end of Feb.
Wind has picked up since goat chores. It's really ripping out there!
Just saw this: Compliments of National Weather Service"Very Dangerous and Life-Threatening Arctic Air Mass Expected This Week
Back to back cold fronts will slice through the eastern two-thirds of the country to deliver one of the coldest arctic air intrusions in recent memory, especially from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. From Tuesday through Thursday, expect frigid temperatures and bitterly cold wind chills, likely leading to widespread record lows and low maximum temperatures."
Back to back cold fronts will slice through the eastern two-thirds of the country to deliver one of the coldest arctic air intrusions in recent memory, especially from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. From Tuesday through Thursday, expect frigid temperatures and bitterly cold wind chills, likely leading to widespread record lows and low maximum temperatures."
Get ready you northern plains folks! Bank those hearth fires and try to stay warm!
Bruce
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Whatever is steering that really frigid air seems to be running it not through here. And no I am NOT complaining 
The coldest we are supposed to see in the next 6 days is -5°F at 6 AM Saturday
The coldest we are supposed to see in the next 6 days is -5°F at 6 AM Saturday
CntryBoy777
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Sure hope ya get better Joe and find something that works for ya....nothing can be so irritating as the refusal of the body to perform and function properly...........the fridgid air is taking us down to 39.....I know.....
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......the fridgid air is taking us down to 39.....I know...........
Baymule
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Joe I am so sorry that you are feeling so bad. I hope when you go to the Dr that you can get some help.
greybeard
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now would probably be a good time to do so.I keep meaning to check into that program...
Do you not qualify under Veteran's Choice?
https://www.military.com/benefits/veterans-health-care/va-choice-act.html
Who Is Eligible For The Veterans Choice Program?
If you are a combat veteran or were enrolled in VA healthcare prior to August 1, 2014 you may be eligible if ANY of these situations apply:
- You have contacted your local VA medical facility and been told that you can’t schedule an appointment within 30 days
- You live more than 40 miles from the closest VA medical facility
- You must travel by air, boat or ferry to the nearest VA medical facility
- You are faced with an excessive burden due to traveling to the closest VA medical facility. Some accceptable reasons include: geographic challenges, bad weather, medical conditions, or other specific factors as determined by your clinician
You should call the VA at 866-606-8198 to verify your eligibility.
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