Maybe that one from Abby….something….

Good luck on the recovery Bucky, and good call on driving. Maybe you could use a e-bike to get around. -Crap, bad idea...

Ouch.
Am afraid he might go … door to door.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the best wishes, the jokes and the humor. Not looking for sympathy. When I die I could try to donate my brain to medical science but after they review it, they would probably toss it in the hazardous waste bucket and choose the Abby Normal one.

Maybe if I wore a helmet that day riding my bike this wouldn't have happened. There's nothing anybody can do fix things. I just gotta follow Dr recommendations. I've been though more difficult times and I've survived. I'm sure I'll get thorough this too.

The local/regional city bus service has a shuttle program that covers my town and the surrounding towns. Runs M-F from like 5 AM to 7 PM. You set a schedule with them, tell them where and when to pick you up, and where to drop you off. Then tell them where and when to pick you up and where to drop you off for the return trip. Door to door shuttle service. It gets me to work and back easy enough and the times I scheduled to use it and my pickup/drop off location, I'm usually the only one on the shuttle.

It's like having a personal chauffeur. I pay $205/month - not a bad deal. Price depends on distance from point to point, age (they have student and elderly discounts), and frequency of monthly use. It's rather popular for those that can't or don't drive for one reason or another like medical issues, no vehicle or single car family, college students without a vehicle, your car is in the shop for a couple weeks and need transportation to and from work or school, etc...

Again, I appreciate the best wishes and the humor. I'm not offended if I'm the butt of the jokes based on my own stupidity.

Signed,
Bucky (with a little less fully functional brain matter than I had a last spring).

P.S. If those brain cells can't take a smash on the pavement and some inflammation then maybe I didn't need them anyway. Only the strong survive.

Yeah, so my last 2 blood tests showed my eGFR at 72 and 74. Apparently for my age bracket it should be 85-ish. Normal is 90-120.

So I got that going for me. The f'n wheels are falling off this vehicle...

That test is universal, not individual variable. It's a measure of the kidneys efficiency.

Went to make an appointment, and she saw me right then... wanted to discuss the blood test results. She's not concerned. Says I am taking meds now and I wasn't just a short time ago. We'll just keep an eye on it.

I had a neighbor that had a blind daughter that was registered for a shuttle bus (short bus). There was a benefit to having that neighbor. Every time it snowed, our block had been designated a "level 1" for snow removal like all the major roads. Yep, dump truck plow came down our block to give the bus access if called. We never had a hard time getting out to the major cross streets.

Hope it goes well, Robert.

Went to have an ablation procedure on my esophagus this morning. The doctor told me he can’t do the ablation because they want more biopsies. The last biopsies are looking a little sketchy and Ive had cancerous polyps removed in the past. So now they’re trying to figure out if they want to do surgery or if the ablation procedure will be ok. I’m sick of getting that camera stuck down my neck.

An unrelated post, my Prostate doctor has me on 2 medications following bout with Prostate cancer.
Started with Orgovyx meds 60 tabets,30 days: You paid $0 Plan paid $2,586.70.
Last visit started me on Xtandi 60 tablets,30 days. You paid $0 Plan paid $13,820.16.



Dang grateful for my insurance plan.

I hope you get an excellent result.

Been years and so far everything is good . Thanks guys .

Thanks, Ram. You as well. The prices they charge when insurance is mandatory is ridiculous. I thought the idea was to bring down healthcare costs. It’s all a machine and we are the hamsters on the wheel.

Procedure recovery going really well. Only one anti-inflammatory and one muscle relaxant, with a couple puffs of weed yesterday and I was out of pain the rest of the day. NO pain today. GOOD INDICATOR of likely success!!!

Positive news.