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Post by theresa on Mar 18, 2020 16:12:08 GMT -5
I am around but have so many hospital/doctor appts that I hardly get around to anything else. I still have all my medical problems and there is so much more I cannot do. Now with the corona virus I just need to find out whether or not it is advisable to go the docs? The American Red Cross ships are on their way to NY. Can't even get a roll of toilet paper - no eggs, millk, yogurt. Since there is so little I can eat now, I may ave to go hungry. How are you all making out. WHAT'S WRONG WITH PREACHER MIKE?
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Post by pegleg on Mar 19, 2020 21:35:57 GMT -5
I am around but have so many hospital/doctor appts that I hardly get around to anything else. I still have all my medical problems and there is so much more I cannot do. Now with the corona virus I just need to find out whether or not it is advisable to go the docs? The American Red Cross ships are on their way to NY. Can't even get a roll of toilet paper - no eggs, millk, yogurt. Since there is so little I can eat now, I may ave to go hungry. How are you all making out. WHAT'S WRONG WITH PREACHER MIKE? Good to see you! I just postponed one DR appt for 2 months to stay away from them. If it is non-esential, I would avoid going to hospitals or dr offices, but it is all a judgement call.
I am hoping that the panic buying will stop- it's been ridiculous. We are trying to do most of our shopping on-line these days... just ordered a case of wine .. We'll be ordering take-out from the local restaurants that had to close their dining rooms. Most of them are doing delivery. We want to support them as much as we can.
I don't know what's wrong with Mike. He was in the hospital for 8 days and is now on oxygen at home. I hope and pray he gets back on-line soon.
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Post by Damon on Dec 11, 2020 0:08:49 GMT -5
Hi Pegleg and Theresa, I'm back. I am not very good at social media. Don't have any twitter or facebook accounts. I retired about 2 years ago from my engineering profession. Three months after I retired I found out that I had a form of cancer called MDS (Mylo Displastic Syndrom ??) Still can't spell it. The bottom line was that I needed a steam cell transplant in which I entered the hospital MKS on Jan 2 2020. So far it's been successful and I just completed 11 months from when I received the stem cells from my daughter. I was in the hospital for 7 weeks and had to live in an apartment for another 5 weeks next to Sloans (MKS) in the City. Back home in April, and feeling great now. Getting ready for Christmas and I hope to be more of an active participate on this site. Hope everyone is doing well.
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Post by pegleg on Dec 11, 2020 18:59:13 GMT -5
Hi Damon! Great to see you back here! Also great to see that the stem cells are working for you! That diagnosis had to be a shock for you and your family.
As you can see the BCS has really slowed down. Preacher Mike passed away a while ago, so we no longer have a Moderator. Also, haven't seen Theresa here in quite a while. Mimi and I tried to keep it going for a couple of months. It would be great to see some conversations start up again. So, again it is super to see you back and doing well.
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Post by Damon on Dec 11, 2020 23:09:45 GMT -5
Hi Pegleg, I just posted something but it did not post. I will try again. Sorry about the passing of preacher Mike.
As I recall you live in California. Both my kids live there. My son works as an engineer doing work for the construction of subways in LA. Daughter lives in San Diego but will be moving back with us in Long Island during March. She just had a baby boy a month ago. The baby's name is Ambrose Alexander Krupp. By Coincidence it is the same last name as Theresa. No relation between my daughters husbands family and Theresa's. I grew up with Theresa when we were kids. She lived down the block from me and we went to the same school. I moved out of the Bronx in 1960.
I'm still in treatment for the stem cell transplant. Need to see the doctor on December 21. Currently they are working on reducing my rejection medication. I'm currently 11 months out of the transplant and will need to get re-vaccinated in about 2 months. I feel like a science project. They got rid of all my bone marrow and gave me my Daughters blood DNA. I have a new blood type now.
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Post by pegleg on Dec 15, 2020 23:54:44 GMT -5
I do live in Camarillo, CA, about an hour north and west of LAX. We might think of meeting up on one of your visits... after the quarantines...
Congrats on becoming a GrandPa - much more fun than being a Pa ;-) Prayers for your treatment and recovery. That is a real chem lab you have there.
I just spent 4 days in the hospital for a seriously bleeding ulcer... real messy, but I think my plumbing is working again. So that makes the last 4 years that I spent in the hospital for one thing, or another, right around Christmas time. The nurses are recognizing me... ;-)
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Post by Damon on Dec 19, 2020 16:29:15 GMT -5
That's a bummer being in the hospital. I got two appointment this coming week. One at Sloans on Monday and on Tuesday I have to see the Urinologist. we are all set for Christmas with the tree up and the lionel trains around the tree but no one to show up, thanks to the virus. On Christmas day we will be picking up our Friend from Cali (Long Beach), who will have Christmas dinner with us. Problem is, she can baily walk. We been trying to get her back to Cali but she has been having one medical issue after another. She 's been here in Jackson Heights for two years trying to sell her condo and keep the one she has in Cali. She just had an aeorta valve replacement and now has to go for a biospys on a nodule on the lung. Hopefully by the spring we can get her back if every thing goes ok with the lung. She has been serving as my kids adopted aunt in Cali.
So that's what been happening and have a Merry Christmas.
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Post by Mimi on Dec 19, 2020 21:06:26 GMT -5
I'm happy to see that BCS is picking up a bit.
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE WHO READS BCS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
P.S. Theresa, It was good to hear from you. Hope you get better and better every day and a healthier new year.
P.P.S. Pegleg,I'm sorry to hear you were in the hospital. I hope you are OK now and that you will have a very merry Christmas and a healthy and happy new year.
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