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[G.T.]

Hello to all! Those that know me, know I've been battling some health issues lately... mostly over the last two years... I think I'm outt'a the woods right now and have high hopes for the future.. as it is now, I've got three more months in a cast on my foot, and I should be able to start walking... Never realized how much I took that for granted... ... But, as I'm doing better, I thought I'd share my experience with the other members who are my age, and probably in the same, or slightly different boat! Approx. two years ago I had a total left knee replacement... That's a real treat, you really can't fully appreciate, til you've had one... but it actually went well and is probably the best joint on my whole person as of this note... but it takes a year to come off it totally, and half of that year is learning to walk all over again... some do poorly, some do fine.. I did fine.. In the meantime, (about one year ago!) found out I was diabetic.. Right after that I was walking from my kitchen to the living room and I heard three loud cracks.. thought someone shot me!! ...that was the load bearing bones in my left foot exploding!! Foot was all deformed and couldn't walk, so they put me in a cast, and gave me a little four wheeled kneel on / push schooter... Crashed that damn thing about 3 times, and my cast finally rubbed a nasty open spot on my shin that became infected, shin area of my lower leg swelled up to the dia. of a football, and got me a week in the hospital on the heaviest hitting antibiotics there is... Foot didn't recover so they took a bone graft outt'a my hip... yup! you guessed it, left side! and installed it in my foot with a four inch stainless wood screw and an external isolator and another cast, aaannnnddd.. my little red scooter again!... Three more crashes, with a re-injury of an old seperated shoulder issue on my............ wait for it....... LEFT shoulder, just about sums it up with one exception, one of the crashes was when my Bull Mastif AZIS, now 100 pounds, and an 18 month old pooch.... decided to bolt when I had him on a six foot leather teather... all I can say is, I did everything in .4 milliseconds, that Ben Hur did in 15 minutes!!!... ...Also, just for spice in life, during the time of the first repair effort to my foot, and also just recently, I had cateract surguries, both eyes are good now, about three months apart.. I can see far, but not well close.. I'm working that out with glasses..so my projects are going slow, as I only have a good hour or two each day, and I'm stretching them out on my day job..... Good thing I can make mag bottoms with my eyes closed, cuz that's about whats happening.. Still, I'm pounding out the jobs / projects, and have only two or three more heavy hitters to do, and those guys know who they are.. It'll be as soon as I can, a little every day..... BTW, did I mention I'm left handed?? All & all, I'm plenty happy... Dog's happy to see me every day! Best to all, til....lat'r....GT