Part VI
Hotshot
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From: Rochdale MA
That part can be very frustrating Pete. I did a job for a big company DF Pray. They kept rejecting my invoices and my insurance binder because of minor issues. One of them was that the name DF Pray didn't have . in between the D.F. Pray. My insurance agent was ripped because of how many times they had to midify the binder for them.
Postmaster
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From: Indianapolis
Hey everyone, good morning! I just came back from a 2 hour drive in a 6x6 MRAP. It was fun pushing 16 tons down the freeway at 70 miles an hour! That Cat C-7 takes some time to get spooled up, but when it does look out! Here's a pick of the beast (from wikipedia).
Post Fiend
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From: SpringHill,Fl
morning all!
Stress
A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked
'How heavy is this glass of water?'
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.
The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'
He continued,
'And that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,
We won't be able to carry on. '
'As with the glass of water,
You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'
'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.
Don't carry it home.
You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you're carrying now,
Let them down for a moment if you can.'
So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.
Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.
Unknown.
A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked
'How heavy is this glass of water?'
Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.
The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'
He continued,
'And that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,
We won't be able to carry on. '
'As with the glass of water,
You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'
'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.
Don't carry it home.
You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you're carrying now,
Let them down for a moment if you can.'
So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.
Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.
Unknown.
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From: BLT, MN
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From: SW Virginia
Afternoon everybody!!! Thanks again one and all for all of the kind words, thoughts, support, and prayers!! I can't thank all of you enough. I got some great news this morning and Jamie is on her way home as I type this. Her best friend stayed the night with her last night. She ran me off and pretty much ordered me to take the kids home to try to get things back to normal as much as possible...they've spent the night with family and friends every night since this happened.
The doctors are very optomistic about her recovery and she has a very strict regiment to follow now.
On another note, I would encourage all of you to cherish the ones you love. Spend that extra few minutes with those around you every chance you have and take nothing for granted. I have done that too much in this life and this was a huge wake up call for my whole family and me. Life is shorter than any of us realize and I for one am going to make some changes in the way I look at things from now on.
Enough sappy stuff, now back to the regularly scheduled OT fun!!!!
The doctors are very optomistic about her recovery and she has a very strict regiment to follow now.
On another note, I would encourage all of you to cherish the ones you love. Spend that extra few minutes with those around you every chance you have and take nothing for granted. I have done that too much in this life and this was a huge wake up call for my whole family and me. Life is shorter than any of us realize and I for one am going to make some changes in the way I look at things from now on.
Enough sappy stuff, now back to the regularly scheduled OT fun!!!!
Posting Guru
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Evening my circle of best friends! Geez...where to start.
First, thank all of you for the overwhelming thoughts and prayers. You'll never know how much it means to my family and me. I told Jim in a text that's it amazing to me and I think all of us, that we can have such close friends in such a tight group and a lot of us have never met!
Jim, thanks so much for all the support and for keeping a check on us. Cris, the same and as always, thanks so much to both of you for being there. I've had about six hours of sleep since Tuesday morning and I'm amazed that anything I put in our texts even made any sense.
This whole thing started Tuesday morning when Jamie was on her way to work. She started having chest pains and as she pulled in to the lot at work, they got significantly worse. Fortunately, the hospital is about 300 yards from her office and she went directly there. The E.R. had no other patients and when she went in, they swarmed her and within an hour of her arriving at the ER, she was on a helicopter on her way to Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, TN. When she got there, they took her right to the cardiac catheterization lab. They found one main artery with a 90% blockage and a blood clot just below it. The Cardiologist said he'd never seen a case like hers as all of her other arteries, veins, and vessels were clean as a pin. They have determined, looking at family history and other factors, that it is largely hereditary. Her father had the same type of blockage about 15 years ago.
The somewhat good news in all of this is that for some reason or another, she has an extra set of vessels that branch off from some of the main ones. They are much smaller but in essence, formed a built in type of bypass and were still able to circulate some blood to her heart. Had it not been for this, they said she may not have survived. They were able to do the angio-plasti and balloon the blockage to open the artery. They could not do anything with the clot except use a clot busting medicine in hopes that it will dissolve on its own. Her cardiac output should ideally be around 75-80% but it was at 30-35% when she went in on Tuesday. Yesterday it was back to 40% and the doctors are hoping it will eventually get back to around 50-55%, best case scenario.
Luckily, by Wednesday, they were able to take her off of all pain medicine and she is no longer in any pain with the exception of some really bad headaches because of the nitro patches. She has regained her strength pretty well and has been able to walk the halls during the day today.
The doctors came in today and reviewed some of her tests and her bloodwork has been remarkably good and has improved a lot over the past 24 hours or so. They told her today that if everything looks good tomorrow, she'll be able to come home tomorrow evening.
I came home tonight to be with the kids and her sister is staying the night with her tonight. I've been there around the clock with the exception of yesterday for a few hours to drive home and bring the kids to see her (the hospital is about 120 miles away).
Again, I can't thank you all enough for all the kind words, support, thoughts, and prayers. But most of all, I want to thank all of you for your friendship. It means the world to all of us. I'll likely be scarce over the next little while but will check in from time to time so I don't get to far behind in here...LOL. I'm gonna lurk for a few minutes and then head for the bed. I wanted to update all of you though, and tell you thanks again!
First, thank all of you for the overwhelming thoughts and prayers. You'll never know how much it means to my family and me. I told Jim in a text that's it amazing to me and I think all of us, that we can have such close friends in such a tight group and a lot of us have never met!
Jim, thanks so much for all the support and for keeping a check on us. Cris, the same and as always, thanks so much to both of you for being there. I've had about six hours of sleep since Tuesday morning and I'm amazed that anything I put in our texts even made any sense.
This whole thing started Tuesday morning when Jamie was on her way to work. She started having chest pains and as she pulled in to the lot at work, they got significantly worse. Fortunately, the hospital is about 300 yards from her office and she went directly there. The E.R. had no other patients and when she went in, they swarmed her and within an hour of her arriving at the ER, she was on a helicopter on her way to Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, TN. When she got there, they took her right to the cardiac catheterization lab. They found one main artery with a 90% blockage and a blood clot just below it. The Cardiologist said he'd never seen a case like hers as all of her other arteries, veins, and vessels were clean as a pin. They have determined, looking at family history and other factors, that it is largely hereditary. Her father had the same type of blockage about 15 years ago.
The somewhat good news in all of this is that for some reason or another, she has an extra set of vessels that branch off from some of the main ones. They are much smaller but in essence, formed a built in type of bypass and were still able to circulate some blood to her heart. Had it not been for this, they said she may not have survived. They were able to do the angio-plasti and balloon the blockage to open the artery. They could not do anything with the clot except use a clot busting medicine in hopes that it will dissolve on its own. Her cardiac output should ideally be around 75-80% but it was at 30-35% when she went in on Tuesday. Yesterday it was back to 40% and the doctors are hoping it will eventually get back to around 50-55%, best case scenario.
Luckily, by Wednesday, they were able to take her off of all pain medicine and she is no longer in any pain with the exception of some really bad headaches because of the nitro patches. She has regained her strength pretty well and has been able to walk the halls during the day today.
The doctors came in today and reviewed some of her tests and her bloodwork has been remarkably good and has improved a lot over the past 24 hours or so. They told her today that if everything looks good tomorrow, she'll be able to come home tomorrow evening.
I came home tonight to be with the kids and her sister is staying the night with her tonight. I've been there around the clock with the exception of yesterday for a few hours to drive home and bring the kids to see her (the hospital is about 120 miles away).
Again, I can't thank you all enough for all the kind words, support, thoughts, and prayers. But most of all, I want to thank all of you for your friendship. It means the world to all of us. I'll likely be scarce over the next little while but will check in from time to time so I don't get to far behind in here...LOL. I'm gonna lurk for a few minutes and then head for the bed. I wanted to update all of you though, and tell you thanks again!
Master of Strokes
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From: CA
Ya we got a few hits ion Texas and I am seeing if Roland can go look at some for me. I hope we get it soon tho so my team Viking Motors Sports can go racing this summer lol. How's your truck running?