I've been given a general classification of 5 to 6 months until I'm bedridden; this is an estimate by the Hospice medical team, but nothing can be predicted exactly, and some folks have been in this status for a couple years. I had a visit from the on-call nurse-practitioner, the result of strange flu-like symptoms occuring once a week every Friday; she checked for edema, and blood-pressure, and though I have had a triple bypass about 15 to 20 years back, my heart is pretty strong, and thank goodness!
The illness has not given as much trouble as the treatment that was foisted off on us unsuspecting disabled folk. It's called Lupron, and suppresses the male hormone. Google Lupron and you'll see what nasty side effects 60% of patients experience-- and just my luck to fall in the 60%.
Lots of sweating and hot flashes, night sweats, in other words, one has the experience of a menopausal woman! Learning how to deal with this has taken months, and if my heart wasn't strong, I probably would have died from exaustion or another heart attack from the sleeplessness. 1-1/2 to 2 hours sleep before waking up soaking wet, that's what I went through for months, until we found some clothing (Polartec) that wicks moisture away from the skin like crazy, along with wool sweaters over that as my illness also makes me cold.
Worst thing is, we are just starting to get this under control,and it has made it difficult to impossible to get much done on the models. I hope our results in the weeks to come are good, as I want to get going on my projects. I may have too many, and if I do go down this year (I'm trying my best now for staying up and around for a year or two), I'm going to ask my support team to get up an "angel team" to help me finish the models.
My driver-caretaker for my docent work on the U.S.S. Pampanito gave me the Guillows PBY-5/5A, and it arrived just yesterday, and I'm looking forward to being able to work on it. It's a gorgeous kit, and made in U.S.A. (only the box is made in China!), to which I say, hooray!! If I were British, it would be like getting a fine model kit made in England instead of China.
According to your individual philosophies, I would appreciate your prayers, meditations, or good vibes.
Regards, John
The illness has not given as much trouble as the treatment that was foisted off on us unsuspecting disabled folk. It's called Lupron, and suppresses the male hormone. Google Lupron and you'll see what nasty side effects 60% of patients experience-- and just my luck to fall in the 60%.
Lots of sweating and hot flashes, night sweats, in other words, one has the experience of a menopausal woman! Learning how to deal with this has taken months, and if my heart wasn't strong, I probably would have died from exaustion or another heart attack from the sleeplessness. 1-1/2 to 2 hours sleep before waking up soaking wet, that's what I went through for months, until we found some clothing (Polartec) that wicks moisture away from the skin like crazy, along with wool sweaters over that as my illness also makes me cold.
Worst thing is, we are just starting to get this under control,and it has made it difficult to impossible to get much done on the models. I hope our results in the weeks to come are good, as I want to get going on my projects. I may have too many, and if I do go down this year (I'm trying my best now for staying up and around for a year or two), I'm going to ask my support team to get up an "angel team" to help me finish the models.
My driver-caretaker for my docent work on the U.S.S. Pampanito gave me the Guillows PBY-5/5A, and it arrived just yesterday, and I'm looking forward to being able to work on it. It's a gorgeous kit, and made in U.S.A. (only the box is made in China!), to which I say, hooray!! If I were British, it would be like getting a fine model kit made in England instead of China.
According to your individual philosophies, I would appreciate your prayers, meditations, or good vibes.
Regards, John
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