Re: [VFB] JIMMY D Update

2013-10-10 Thread Michael Bliss
Jimmy,
That is great news.  Now we are going to expect a good fishing report from
Philmont.


Mike



On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

 HOT DANG!

 Glad to FINALLY hear some encouraging news.  Hope it keeps getting better
 - and rapidly.

 Al


 On 10/9/13 11:31 AM, Jimmy D. Moore wrote:

 Good morning VFB'ers! Things are much better with me.  Getting used to
 the ankle/
 foot brace on my right foot, which improves my stability somewhat. And it
 will
 fit in my wading shoe.  Doc said go for it  It won't hurt the brace, OH
 YEA! :-)
 A little more rehab and hopefully wading will become a reality.  I won't
 burden
 you with details I covered all this in my July report,  The Essential
 tremor isn't
 causing further problems. Can still tie. Make a knot between shakes. :-P

 Thank you to those who participated in the  Jimmy D Handicapped Swap. It
 was a blast.
 Have a good day and week and holler at me sometime,

 JIMMY D

  º  *
 JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing  Hunting
 Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,   North Zone
 Fishing Editor Emeritus,
 Texas Fish  Game Magazine, Virtual Fly Box  Fly Fishing
 World Moderator, Scout Exec. Boy Scouts of America, Retired
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Re: [VFB] JIMMY D Update

2013-10-10 Thread Peggy Brenner
Sounds like things are doing much better, and I hope you enjoyed the 
swap as much as we all enjoyed taking part.


Peggy
On 10/9/2013 11:31 AM, Jimmy D. Moore wrote:

Good morning VFB'ers! Things are much better with me.  Getting used to
the ankle/
foot brace on my right foot, which improves my stability somewhat. And
it will
fit in my wading shoe.  Doc said go for it  It won't hurt the brace,
OH YEA! :-)
A little more rehab and hopefully wading will become a reality.  I won't
burden
you with details I covered all this in my July report,  The Essential
tremor isn't
causing further problems. Can still tie. Make a knot between shakes. :-P

Thank you to those who participated in the  Jimmy D Handicapped Swap. It
was a blast.
Have a good day and week and holler at me sometime,

JIMMY D

  º  *
JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing  Hunting
Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,   North
Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,
Texas Fish  Game Magazine, Virtual Fly Box  Fly Fishing
World Moderator, Scout Exec. Boy Scouts of America, Retired
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Re: [VFB] JIMMY D Update

2013-10-10 Thread Don Ordes
Same here, Jimmy. Great to her you're on the mend and have some fishing to 
look forward to.

I think we'll be looking for some posts here from you also.
VFB is on life support right now.
A few lifers are supporting it still.

DOnO

-Original Message- 
From: Peggy Brenner

Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 5:20 AM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] JIMMY D Update

Sounds like things are doing much better, and I hope you enjoyed the
swap as much as we all enjoyed taking part.

Peggy
On 10/9/2013 11:31 AM, Jimmy D. Moore wrote:

Good morning VFB'ers! Things are much better with me.  Getting used to
the ankle/
foot brace on my right foot, which improves my stability somewhat. And
it will
fit in my wading shoe.  Doc said go for it  It won't hurt the brace,
OH YEA! :-)
A little more rehab and hopefully wading will become a reality.  I won't
burden
you with details I covered all this in my July report,  The Essential
tremor isn't
causing further problems. Can still tie. Make a knot between shakes. :-P

Thank you to those who participated in the  Jimmy D Handicapped Swap. It
was a blast.
Have a good day and week and holler at me sometime,

JIMMY D

  º  *
JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing  Hunting
Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,   North
Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,
Texas Fish  Game Magazine, Virtual Fly Box  Fly Fishing
World Moderator, Scout Exec. Boy Scouts of America, Retired
http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html *
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Re: [VFB] JIMMY D Update

2013-10-10 Thread Neville Gosling
Hi Jimmy D you old fart, it's good to hear from you! wink, wink, nod, nod , say 
no more! 

Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver
BC  Canada

The Enbridge pipeline is a project so toxic that it brings global shame to 
Canada.


 Good morning VFB'ers! Things are much better with me.  Getting used to
 the ankle/
 foot brace on my right foot, which improves my stability somewhat. And
 it will
 fit in my wading shoe.  Doc said go for it  It won't hurt the brace,
 OH YEA! :-)
 A little more rehab and hopefully wading will become a reality.  I won't
 burden
 you with details I covered all this in my July report,  The Essential
 tremor isn't
 causing further problems. Can still tie. Make a knot between shakes. :-P
 
 Thank you to those who participated in the  Jimmy D Handicapped Swap. It
 was a blast.
 Have a good day and week and holler at me sometime,
 
 JIMMY D
 
   º  *
 JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing  Hunting
 Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited,   North
 Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus,
 Texas Fish  Game Magazine, Virtual Fly Box  Fly Fishing
 World Moderator, Scout Exec. Boy Scouts of America, Retired
 http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html *
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[VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Don Ordes
I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here, but this one is 
sorta' tying related.


About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just really 
dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on a 3-week 
trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes. Was not a good 
trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and then pee it out. I lost 
close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told muscle weight also. And 
Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving, as my eyes had gotten blurry. 
Any of you with diabetes know the score, and those who support/know them 
know it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big time.


So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my doc. He 
moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results, and then threw 
my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was over 400, and when 
they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK', and was cutting up with 
everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet guy and all. Got a room on 
the heart floor because of my a-fib (for monitoring), and they re-hydrated 
me and started me on insulin to bring the sugars down. I responded 
immediately and the sugars came down into the high 100's in two days and 
they kicked me out. My sugars now hover around 100, and have been like that 
for 2 weeks now- very stable. I had adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so 
the doc took me off of that. Had an ultra-sound done of my heart and all 
A-OK there.


Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for my 
eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what I had. 
Ha.!  I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I was still in 
the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing with my glasses. 
After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean actually reversed 
themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't need and can see fine 
without glasses. With my glasses it's like opening my eyes underwater. So 
now, without glasses, I can see a size 22 dry fly float by. Who-hooo! It's 
not 20-20, but I've never had that- even with glasses. Bought me some cool 
shades for the 1st time, too.


Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze 
everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked eye. 
Well, no more. Closer than 16, any fly gets blurry, so I need reading 
glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the shape-shifting as I 
look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier. With reading glasses, I 
can still see just enough to tie a #32, but nothing like the macro-vision I 
had before.


For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have lost 
20 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the treadmill every 
day and have actually started jogging on it, which I haven't been able to do 
for years due to back problems, perif. neurop., and TGN.  Now with the back 
and TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in recession, it's possible, but not 
comfortable, to jog for a few minutes at a time to really get my heart rate 
up during a 20 min. work-out.  So I'm looking to wading with more confidence 
with better lateral stability.


So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms that 
are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons of tree 
damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably.


Dreams of Tight Lines,
DonO




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Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Anthony Spezio
Good to hear that you are doing better. I know what it is to be  down and not 
be able to do anything.
I did get to tie last weekend at the local FFF Fly Fair for a few hours each 
day.
Tony



On Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:09 PM, Don Ordes f...@tribcsp.com wrote:
  
I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here, but this one is 
sorta' tying related.

About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just really 
dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on a 3-week 
trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes. Was not a good 
trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and then pee it out. I lost 
close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told muscle weight also. And 
Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving, as my eyes had gotten blurry. 
Any of you with diabetes know the score, and those who support/know them 
know it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big time.

So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my doc. He 
moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results, and then threw 
my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was over 400, and when 
they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK', and was cutting up with 
everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet guy and all. Got a room on 
the heart floor because of my a-fib (for monitoring), and they re-hydrated 
me and started me on insulin to bring the sugars down. I responded 
immediately and the sugars came down into the high 100's in two days and 
they kicked me out. My sugars now hover around 100, and have been like that 
for 2 weeks now- very stable. I had adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so 
the doc took me off of that. Had an ultra-sound done of my heart and all 
A-OK there.

Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for my 
eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what I had. 
Ha.!  I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I was still in 
the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing with my glasses. 
After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean actually reversed 
themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't need and can see fine 
without glasses. With my glasses it's like opening my eyes underwater. So 
now, without glasses, I can see a size 22 dry fly float by. Who-hooo! It's 
not 20-20, but I've never had that- even with glasses. Bought me some cool 
shades for the 1st time, too.

Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze 
everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked eye. 
Well, no more. Closer than 16, any fly gets blurry, so I need reading 
glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the shape-shifting as I 
look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier. With reading glasses, I 
can still see just enough to tie a #32, but nothing like the macro-vision I 
had before.

For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have lost 
20 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the treadmill every 
day and have actually started jogging on it, which I haven't been able to do 
for years due to back problems, perif. neurop., and TGN.  Now with the back 
and TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in recession, it's possible, but not 
comfortable, to jog for a few minutes at a time to really get my heart rate 
up during a 20 min. work-out.  So I'm looking to wading with more confidence 
with better lateral stability.

So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms that 
are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons of tree 
damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably.

Dreams of Tight Lines,
DonO





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[VFB] Tying at the Conclave in 2009

2013-10-10 Thread Anthony Spezio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfX9G3m9tOU (Preview) 

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Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Chuck Alexander
Don: Glad to hear ya got better. Man.. 700?? That could have killed you, or 
at least put you into a coma. You were VERY lucky. Do you just have to watch 
what ya eat now, or take insulin. I know that insulin is a bummer. I had a 
brother in law (who finally died from uncontroled diabetes at only 32 years 
old, so it's not something to mess with. He was having to give him self SIX 
shots a day, and that atill didn't do the trick all the time, He started 
losing his vision, getting sores all over his feet etc, and finally just 
gave up and wouldn't do his shots as he got tired of needles, and it got 
him. I  saw a commercial the other day for an implanted pump that they put 
in like a pacemaker, and it monitors  your sugar level and sends insulin to 
your pancreas. So take care. Chuck


-Original Message- 
From: Don Ordes

Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:09 PM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here, but this one is
sorta' tying related.

About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just really
dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on a 3-week
trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes. Was not a good
trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and then pee it out. I lost
close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told muscle weight also. And
Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving, as my eyes had gotten blurry.
Any of you with diabetes know the score, and those who support/know them
know it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big time.

So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my doc. He
moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results, and then threw
my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was over 400, and when
they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK', and was cutting up with
everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet guy and all. Got a room on
the heart floor because of my a-fib (for monitoring), and they re-hydrated
me and started me on insulin to bring the sugars down. I responded
immediately and the sugars came down into the high 100's in two days and
they kicked me out. My sugars now hover around 100, and have been like that
for 2 weeks now- very stable. I had adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so
the doc took me off of that. Had an ultra-sound done of my heart and all
A-OK there.

Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for my
eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what I had.
Ha.!  I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I was still in
the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing with my glasses.
After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean actually reversed
themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't need and can see fine
without glasses. With my glasses it's like opening my eyes underwater. So
now, without glasses, I can see a size 22 dry fly float by. Who-hooo! It's
not 20-20, but I've never had that- even with glasses. Bought me some cool
shades for the 1st time, too.

Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze
everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked eye.
Well, no more. Closer than 16, any fly gets blurry, so I need reading
glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the shape-shifting as I
look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier. With reading glasses, I
can still see just enough to tie a #32, but nothing like the macro-vision I
had before.

For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have lost
20 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the treadmill every
day and have actually started jogging on it, which I haven't been able to do
for years due to back problems, perif. neurop., and TGN.  Now with the back
and TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in recession, it's possible, but not
comfortable, to jog for a few minutes at a time to really get my heart rate
up during a 20 min. work-out.  So I'm looking to wading with more confidence
with better lateral stability.

So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms that
are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons of tree
damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably.

Dreams of Tight Lines,
DonO




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Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Rick Zieger
Listen to your wife to keep the blood sugar at a good level.  Dr. D will mess 
you up and Veronica is looking for your life insurance.
 
Rick 



From: Don Ordes f...@tribcsp.com
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:09 PM
Subject: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?


I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here, but this one is 
sorta' tying related.

About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just really 
dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on a 3-week 
trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes. Was not a good 
trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and then pee it out. I lost 
close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told muscle weight also. And 
Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving, as my eyes had gotten blurry. 
Any of you with diabetes know the score, and those who support/know them 
know it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big time.

So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my doc. He 
moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results, and then threw 
my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was over 400, and when 
they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK', and was cutting up with 
everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet guy and all. Got a room on 
the heart floor because of my a-fib (for monitoring), and they re-hydrated 
me and started me on insulin to bring the sugars down. I responded 
immediately and the sugars came down into the high 100's in two days and 
they kicked me out. My sugars now hover around 100, and have been like that 
for 2 weeks now- very stable. I had adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so 
the doc took me off of that. Had an ultra-sound done of my heart and all 
A-OK there.

Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for my 
eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what I had. 
Ha.!  I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I was still in 
the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing with my glasses. 
After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean actually reversed 
themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't need and can see fine 
without glasses. With my glasses it's like opening my eyes underwater. So 
now, without glasses, I can see a size 22 dry fly float by. Who-hooo! It's 
not 20-20, but I've never had that- even with glasses. Bought me some cool 
shades for the 1st time, too.

Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze 
everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked eye. 
Well, no more. Closer than 16, any fly gets blurry, so I need reading 
glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the shape-shifting as I 
look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier. With reading glasses, I 
can still see just enough to tie a #32, but nothing like the macro-vision I 
had before.

For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have lost 
20 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the treadmill every 
day and have actually started jogging on it, which I haven't been able to do 
for years due to back problems, perif. neurop., and TGN.  Now with the back 
and TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in recession, it's possible, but not 
comfortable, to jog for a few minutes at a time to really get my heart rate 
up during a 20 min. work-out.  So I'm looking to wading with more confidence 
with better lateral stability.

So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms that 
are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons of tree 
damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably.

Dreams of Tight Lines,
DonO




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Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Neville Gosling

Ain't that the truth.?



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On 2013-10-10, at 2:27 PM, Rick Zieger wrote:

 Dr. D will mess you up and Veronica is looking for your life insurance.
  

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Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Neville Gosling


Hey Don O:

I've been there and done that back in 1982. I had exactly the same symptoms and 
was drinking more soft drinks (with associated sugar) to quench my unquenchable 
thirst. This of course made matters worse and I started to get blurred vision 
like you.  Initially I was on one shot of insulin per day, then two and 
eventually 6 to 8. Fortunately, there has been a huge improvement in the 
technology to treat diabetes since then. The needles became thinner and shorter 
 morphed into pens, then came electronic blood glucose meters and insulin 
pumps. I have been on an insulin pump since 2000 and have just purchased my 
third @ $7K. I still fish, but not as often as I would like.  I now tend to go 
fishing for an extended period instead of just day trips (except in the winter) 
when I need to get outdoors for a break.  It's not all bad and could be a lot 
worse.  If I can assist in any way, please let me know.


Neville Gosling

The Enbridge pipeline is a project so toxic that it brings global shame to 
Canada.





On 2013-10-10, at 11:09 AM, Don Ordes wrote:

 I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here, but this one is 
 sorta' tying related.
 
 About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just really 
 dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on a 3-week 
 trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes. Was not a good 
 trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and then pee it out. I lost 
 close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told muscle weight also. And 
 Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving, as my eyes had gotten blurry. 
 Any of you with diabetes know the score, and those who support/know them know 
 it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big time.
 
 So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my doc. He 
 moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results, and then threw 
 my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was over 400, and when 
 they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK', and was cutting up with 
 everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet guy and all. Got a room on 
 the heart floor because of my a-fib (for monitoring), and they re-hydrated me 
 and started me on insulin to bring the sugars down. I responded immediately 
 and the sugars came down into the high 100's in two days and they kicked me 
 out. My sugars now hover around 100, and have been like that for 2 weeks now- 
 very stable. I had adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so the doc took me 
 off of that. Had an ultra-sound done of my heart and all A-OK there.
 
 Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for my 
 eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what I had. 
 Ha.!  I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I was still in 
 the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing with my glasses. 
 After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean actually reversed 
 themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't need and can see fine 
 without glasses. With my glasses it's like opening my eyes underwater. So 
 now, without glasses, I can see a size 22 dry fly float by. Who-hooo! It's 
 not 20-20, but I've never had that- even with glasses. Bought me some cool 
 shades for the 1st time, too.
 
 Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze 
 everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked eye. 
 Well, no more. Closer than 16, any fly gets blurry, so I need reading 
 glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the shape-shifting as I 
 look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier. With reading glasses, I 
 can still see just enough to tie a #32, but nothing like the macro-vision I 
 had before.
 
 For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have lost 20 
 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the treadmill every day 
 and have actually started jogging on it, which I haven't been able to do for 
 years due to back problems, perif. neurop., and TGN.  Now with the back and 
 TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in recession, it's possible, but not comfortable, 
 to jog for a few minutes at a time to really get my heart rate up during a 20 
 min. work-out.  So I'm looking to wading with more confidence with better 
 lateral stability.
 
 So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms that 
 are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons of tree 
 damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably.
 
 Dreams of Tight Lines,
 DonO
 

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Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Peggy Brenner
Hey Don, I know I missed you in WY last week.But take care of your 
health first.


Don't fool around with diabetes, my Dad was a insulin dependent one for 
35 years  and he only made it to 55, steady consistent exercise is what 
really does the trick, along with diet and meds. And getting your weight 
down.


and I work in health care at our Joslin center quite often, the patients 
with pumps rave about them, however they are not covered by all 
insurances. They are in the 5-6 thousand range.


Peggy

 On 10/10/2013 2:09 PM, Don Ordes wrote:

I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here, but this one
is sorta' tying related.

About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just
really dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on
a 3-week trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes.
Was not a good trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and then
pee it out. I lost close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told
muscle weight also. And Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving, as
my eyes had gotten blurry. Any of you with diabetes know the score, and
those who support/know them know it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big time.

So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my
doc. He moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results,
and then threw my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was
over 400, and when they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK', and
was cutting up with everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet guy
and all. Got a room on the heart floor because of my a-fib (for
monitoring), and they re-hydrated me and started me on insulin to bring
the sugars down. I responded immediately and the sugars came down into
the high 100's in two days and they kicked me out. My sugars now hover
around 100, and have been like that for 2 weeks now- very stable. I had
adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so the doc took me off of that. Had
an ultra-sound done of my heart and all A-OK there.

Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for
my eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what I
had. Ha.!  I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I was
still in the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing with my
glasses. After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean actually
reversed themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't need and
can see fine without glasses. With my glasses it's like opening my eyes
underwater. So now, without glasses, I can see a size 22 dry fly float
by. Who-hooo! It's not 20-20, but I've never had that- even with
glasses. Bought me some cool shades for the 1st time, too.

Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze
everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked
eye. Well, no more. Closer than 16, any fly gets blurry, so I need
reading glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the
shape-shifting as I look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier.
With reading glasses, I can still see just enough to tie a #32, but
nothing like the macro-vision I had before.

For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have
lost 20 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the
treadmill every day and have actually started jogging on it, which I
haven't been able to do for years due to back problems, perif. neurop.,
and TGN.  Now with the back and TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in
recession, it's possible, but not comfortable, to jog for a few minutes
at a time to really get my heart rate up during a 20 min. work-out.  So
I'm looking to wading with more confidence with better lateral stability.

So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms
that are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons
of tree damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably.

Dreams of Tight Lines,
DonO







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Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

2013-10-10 Thread Bob Hendry




Hi Don,

I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 1989 - 3 years after retiring
from the Army. And I hear you loud and clear. And most assuredly,
life goes on; it certainly can be dealt with. Diet, exercise (and I
don't mean running marathons) and medication can keep your blood sugars
under control. You should start walking around the block, or in your
case, cross-country skiing. Watch your carbohydrates, and test your
blood at least twice a day - or whatever your Doc prescribes.

As for vision, I found a place online that sells clear bi-focals with
no prescription up top and magnifiers in the bottom, Can't remember
where, but you can Google it.

Best of luck to you, and stay healthy!

Cheers,

Bob Hendry

On 10/10/2013 2:09 PM, Don Ordes wrote:
I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here,
but this one is sorta' tying related.
  
  
About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just
really dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on
a 3-week trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes.
Was not a good trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and
then pee it out. I lost close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told
muscle weight also. And Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving,
as my eyes had gotten blurry. Any of you with diabetes know the score,
and those who support/know them know it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big
time.
  
  
So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my
doc. He moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results,
and then threw my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was
over 400, and when they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK',
and was cutting up with everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet
guy and all. Got a room on the heart floor because of my a-fib (for
monitoring), and they re-hydrated me and started me on insulin to bring
the sugars down. I responded immediately and the sugars came down into
the high 100's in two days and they kicked me out. My sugars now hover
around 100, and have been like that for 2 weeks now- very stable. I had
adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so the doc took me off of that.
Had an ultra-sound done of my heart and all A-OK there.
  
  
Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for
my eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what
I had. Ha.! I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I
was still in the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing
with my glasses. After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean
actually reversed themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't
need and can see fine without glasses. With my glasses it's like
opening my eyes underwater. So now, without glasses, I can see a size
22 dry fly float by. Who-hooo! It's not 20-20, but I've never had that-
even with glasses. Bought me some cool shades for the 1st time, too.
  
  
Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze
everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked
eye. Well, no more. Closer than 16", any fly gets blurry, so I need
reading glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the
shape-shifting as I look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier.
With reading glasses, I can still see just enough to tie a #32, but
nothing like the macro-vision I had before.
  
  
For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have
lost 20 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the
treadmill every day and have actually started jogging on it, which I
haven't been able to do for years due to back problems, perif. neurop.,
and TGN. Now with the back and TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in
recession, it's possible, but not comfortable, to jog for a few minutes
at a time to really get my heart rate up during a 20 min. work-out. So
I'm looking to wading with more confidence with better lateral
stability.
  
  
So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms
that are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons
of tree damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably.
  
  
Dreams of Tight Lines,
  
DonO
  
  
  
  
  






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