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[VIPR PWR]

Is this a result of getting vaccinated??

Ronnie ,The popping id bet my truck on is a result of the vaccine ,, the popping is only in the area that the weird headache accrued ..
then the rest did seem to escalate rather fast , but the conditions were already there so im not going to say yes or no to the vax.

Jeff i agree with your vax assessment that its personal and the choice of each to decide for themselves ... my anti vax statement only pertains yo myself... it also appears i have limits on my choice as i did get the vax .. which was probably a good choice with all i have going on with health issues .

thanks for the prayers ..

 

[ViperJeff]

I’m not even sure I took your statement as anti-vax.

there is a risk with everything we do, everything. Vaccines are no different. They are not a guarantee, promise or cure. They potentially improve ones odds in the face of COVID. Like wearing a bullet proof vest, there’s still ways for the bullet to get through, if it does go through the best, maybe the damage is less. Best, you get a bruise, and walk it off.

Vaccines have risk, GB, allergies to eggs, 10’s of different known reactions. Everything from a sore arm, to at worst, death. That’s why for me it’s a choice.

for me the worst thing that has happened with the vaccine is the mandate, and worst yet the reason for the mandate, to protect the vaccinated from the unvaccinated. About the dumbest thing ever said.

You can’t build trust through fear or penalties, that’s just stupid. Lay out the facts, benefits, possible side effects, do studies (cdc has been inept on this). Politicians and media has destroyed faith, caused problems with providers (MD’s) from using their knowledge and skill to treat. Mis reporting on therapeutics because the wrong person used it, hates right to try in the face of death. Sadly, the sheep buy the narrative, the government interferes in care… people die.


Again, not trying to get people to vaccinate, however, just pissed off the government of many nations have devised us all

 

[AMS3]

Good Grief

was sent home on out patient status for quarantine purpose and everything else put on hold .. still under quarantine and popping the 10 pills daily to control the hear rhythm. Weak as hell and no sleep .. still cant lay down to sleep due to breathing ( heart related )
No symptoms of Covid ..which is good , would probably finish me off .. that crap aint pertty based on what i heard and saw from the infected guy in the room all night . .my guess Moderna works and im anti vax mostly . Now when it comes to another booster .??? I may do a no way ,, the popping in my neck and head is just that weird and did get worse on the second jab .

my next procedure is to shove some prob into my groin through the femerol artery/ vein , all the way to my heart and install burns in some chamber ares in an attempt to get me a steady heart rhythm without ,, yeah right meds .
Like anything else time will tell .. 30% heart efficiency barley gets me to the mail box and back ( 200 yards ) but thats better than them telling me they were surprised im even walking in the emergency room alive ..


The pic of my gut shows the extent of the fluid retention , over 100 pound and no change in pants size .. Diuretics have so far dropped me 30 pounds , but a ways to go .. both legs swollen also from the feet up .

Hopefully when they do the procedure in your artery, things will turn around. Prayers sent!

 

[VIPR PWR]

Good Grief

Hopefully when they do the procedure in your artery, things will turn around. Prayers sent!

I would have hoped ,, they couldnt go thru the groin to the hear and ended up going thru the wrist to the heart. . Then meds on top of that .. I felt good till the meds then felt like i did almost when I checked into the ER. Tight breathing , cold sweats .. they stopped the IV at that point and gave a pill of the same med .. things improved a good amount and became manageable . I still could not lay down or elevate my legs . 3 weeks of sleeping sitting in a chair with my head on a pillow on the table stinks . Did at home and the whole time at the hospital ..its also what prevented them from doing the procedure thru the groin .. 6 to 8 hours laying on my back being very still was impossible . Risking a femoral artery blow out . so the wrist was the only option .. the next 2 procedures went inti the throat ,, no idea what they were for .. but were something to do with the heart rhythm stabilization and the AFIB..they have not found and blockages or clots ..

 

[VIPR PWR]

Good Grief

Hopefully when they do the procedure in your artery, things will turn around. Prayers sent!

I’m not even sure I took your statement as anti-vax.

there is a risk with everything we do, everything. Vaccines are no different. They are not a guarantee, promise or cure. They potentially improve ones odds in the face of COVID. Like wearing a bullet proof vest, there’s still ways for the bullet to get through, if it does go through the best, maybe the damage is less. Best, you get a bruise, and walk it off.

Vaccines have risk, GB, allergies to eggs, 10’s of different known reactions. Everything from a sore arm, to at worst, death. That’s why for me it’s a choice.

for me the worst thing that has happened with the vaccine is the mandate, and worst yet the reason for the mandate, to protect the vaccinated from the unvaccinated. About the dumbest thing ever said.

You can’t build trust through fear or penalties, that’s just stupid. Lay out the facts, benefits, possible side effects, do studies (cdc has been inept on this). Politicians and media has destroyed faith, caused problems with providers (MD’s) from using their knowledge and skill to treat. Mis reporting on therapeutics because the wrong person used it, hates right to try in the face of death. Sadly, the sheep buy the narrative, the government interferes in care… people die.


Again, not trying to get people to vaccinate, however, just pissed off the government of many nations have devised us all

Im with you on that Jeff ,, politics has turned this into a cluster as it always does ... CDC has done nothing but lie on the numbers in Fl. And were caught sending out incorrect numbers ..

 

[AMS3]

I would have hoped ,, they couldnt go thru the groin to the hear and ended up going thru the wrist to the heart. . Then meds on top of that .. I felt good till the meds then felt like i did almost when I checked into the ER. Tight breathing , cold sweats .. they stopped the IV at that point and gave a pill of the same med .. things improved a good amount and became manageable . I still could not lay down or elevate my legs . 3 weeks of sleeping sitting in a chair with my head on a pillow on the table stinks . Did at home and the whole time at the hospital ..its also what prevented them from doing the procedure thru the groin .. 6 to 8 hours laying on my back being very still was impossible . Risking a femoral artery blow out . so the wrist was the only option .. the next 2 procedures went inti the throat ,, no idea what they were for .. but were something to do with the heart rhythm stabilization and the AFIB..they have not found and blockages or clots ..

Dang Vipr, hang in there, they will get you squared away. I can't even imagine trying to sleep sitting up, that only happens to me when I pass out from drinking too much. Then I wake up all cramped up in my knees. Thanks for the update, please keep us informed.

 

[beastmode1]

Any have a baseline of what it would cost to get my QC painted .. looking for factory only , nothing fancy .
Looking for a baseline cost before I start shopping around ..

Same with installing the parts i bought a while ago cost to install ...

lower ball joints , I have both sides .
Rebuild front calipers , have kits and repaint red .
New brake disc pads i have the front only .

i was fully capable of doing all these things myself and have the tools .. i was a auto mechanic years and years ago certified in 5 of the 7 categories buy the NIASE, known today as the ASE . That in itself makes a an old fart ! But to make a long story short , I started to prep. For painting , sanding some panels fast primed
Hood and roof . I was doing it outside. Fun fun in the Florida heat . Well I have a jackass renter living across the street from me that complained to their landlord that lives 3 homes down the street who reported me to the HOA and i was told to cease working on my cars in the driveway .. threatened with fines . So I cant , do it myself now ... pissed to say the least .. ball joint is so bad im worried its going to let loose on me at any time .
In the mean time since , my health took a crap , had to shut down my business and am without health insurance .did get a blood test though and results were not the best , kidney , liver , white blood sell counts and others elevated . Which im pretty sure what the reasons are . But no matter , im looking to get the above things taken care of .. and a base line price would help as Florida shops can be crooks ..

The HOA can go and pound sand on a serious note they got no say when you are inside your garage.

 

[beastmode1]

Pray for you every day brother


On a side note, when I picked up my wife last night from working the the ER, there were so many patients, they were camping in the parking lot, and a group of about 40 was standing outside by the ER doors.

I’m pro vaccine
I’m also pro choice

getting the vaccine is a personal choice and I stand fully behind that. With that, 98% of the current COVID cases here are unvaccinated, and it’s been awful for a lot of families, from the elderly, to a 30+/- year old that died yesterday, reasonably healthy.

I'm not a shamer, I hope I’m giving people an inside look at what just an ER looks like on an average day. There is no place to put COVID positive patients and other emergent care ends up with additional risk with no beds, short staff, exhausted staff. COVID doesn’t care about your politics, your fears, your tin foil hat or what the media thinks. It’s a killer, period.

worse yet, areas of the hospital designated to care for the chronic ill, oncology, cardiac and a variety of other diseases like kidney, liver, gastric are closed or limited, electives are closed, nurses take care of 30 patients at a time instead of 3-6. All this will make any visit to a hospital longer, aggravating and frustrating.

today, my wife was moved from one hospital to a different one because they were being over run.

again, it’s a choice. That choice effects every and I mean every aspect of care

Jeff when you have a chance google the woman on tik tok who crunches numbers and yells Go get the F&*( shot its hilarious lol!!!

 

[AMS3]

Im with you on that Jeff ,, politics has turned this into a cluster as it always does ... CDC has done nothing but lie on the numbers in Fl. And were caught sending out incorrect numbers ..

Vipr, what's your status, how you feeling?

 

[Kiwi SRT10]

im hanging at 30% efficiency Ronnie , may need a boost or some stykers to raise that . Once i get a plan to build the effieceincy back up ill need a faster harder launch to avoid another sneak attack. Like a higher stahl torque convertor possibly optimizing the full gearing spectrum for the fast get away .. any advance recommendations as i heard the human body is very resilient at repairing itself. ‍

Yeah I got some new knees and I am up and around
Good luck. just remember to do what they tell you and you will be fine

 

[VIPR PWR]

Vipr, what's your status, how you feeling?

Have my follow up with the Cardio doc tomorrow . stinking covid quarantine bored the hell out of me , glad thats overwith .
stupid drugs they gave me make me feel sick , guess i find out tomorrow if I have to take all 10 still , thinking maybe half of them .. my strength has improved , i can now walk to my mail box and back , 200 yards approx. sleep stinks , still up every hour on the hour and sleeping sitting up on the couch . At least i can elevate my legs now .. the swelling has gone down but still numbness in my feet . Weight dropped to 274 and my gut is less than the pic above .. need to get that weight back to where i was before this crap hit me .. between 205 and 220 .. but cant complain excessively went from 316 down to 274 in about 10 in the hospital .. thats a crazy amount to loose that fast , just need the rest to happen about as fast .. all in the gut ,, distention is all fluid. Was reading over my hospital diagnosis and found things they didnt tell me or i didnt here .. they told me in the ICU they suspected i had a silent heart attack in the past . I had pneumonia when i checked in but didnt tell me i had Sepsis also . Both pneumonia and sepsis they said are gone .. im asking the cardio doc tomorrow about that and my feet .

 

[VIPR PWR]

The HOA can go and pound sand on a serious note they got no say when you are inside your garage.

But i dont hav a garage

 

[AMS3]

Have my follow up with the Cardio doc tomorrow . stinking covid quarantine bored the hell out of me , glad thats overwith .
stupid drugs they gave me make me feel sick , guess i find out tomorrow if I have to take all 10 still , thinking maybe half of them .. my strength has improved , i can now walk to my mail box and back , 200 yards approx. sleep stinks , still up every hour on the hour and sleeping sitting up on the couch . At least i can elevate my legs now .. the swelling has gone down but still numbness in my feet . Weight dropped to 274 and my gut is less than the pic above .. need to get that weight back to where i was before this crap hit me .. between 205 and 220 .. but cant complain excessively went from 316 down to 274 in about 10 in the hospital .. thats a crazy amount to loose that fast , just need the rest to happen about as fast .. all in the gut ,, distention is all fluid. Was reading over my hospital diagnosis and found things they didnt tell me or i didnt here .. they told me in the ICU they suspected i had a silent heart attack in the past . I had pneumonia when i checked in but didnt tell me i had Sepsis also . Both pneumonia and sepsis they said are gone .. im asking the cardio doc tomorrow about that and my feet .

Good grief! Good thing is your getting better. Wow, you gained that much weight from fluid retention? Hang in there, sounds like you see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for sharing your updated condition.

 

[Kiwi SRT10]

Have my follow up with the Cardio doc tomorrow . stinking covid quarantine bored the hell out of me , glad thats overwith .
stupid drugs they gave me make me feel sick , guess i find out tomorrow if I have to take all 10 still , thinking maybe half of them .. my strength has improved , i can now walk to my mail box and back , 200 yards approx. sleep stinks , still up every hour on the hour and sleeping sitting up on the couch . At least i can elevate my legs now .. the swelling has gone down but still numbness in my feet . Weight dropped to 274 and my gut is less than the pic above .. need to get that weight back to where i was before this crap hit me .. between 205 and 220 .. but cant complain excessively went from 316 down to 274 in about 10 in the hospital .. thats a crazy amount to loose that fast , just need the rest to happen about as fast .. all in the gut ,, distention is all fluid. Was reading over my hospital diagnosis and found things they didnt tell me or i didnt here .. they told me in the ICU they suspected i had a silent heart attack in the past . I had pneumonia when i checked in but didnt tell me i had Sepsis also . Both pneumonia and sepsis they said are gone .. im asking the cardio doc tomorrow about that and my feet .

Well done
After my knee operations I was 308lbs now a mere 272lbs. Looking quite sporty really. (yeah right)
All the best for your recovery

 

[VIPR PWR]

Good grief! Good thing is your getting better. Wow, you gained that much weight from fluid retention? Hang in there, sounds like you see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for sharing your updated condition.

Yes all that weight came on in my gut in about a 3 month time frame . Thought i was going to have kidney stones again , same symptoms but less weight gain in the gut , hot 245 then . Last stone passed and weight fell off so fast I started eating eveything including the kitchen sink to stop the lose. i thought something was really wrong . Dropped to 192 and stopped losing after passing the last stone . Im guessing 192 s what my body says is my prime weight .
Problem and difference this time was i had a urinary tract infection and didnt do anything about it and the gut kept getting larger and larger . I finally checked my weight and was 316 pounds .. all i could say is WTF , those scales are messed up .. bought a new scale and got the same 316 .. the funny thing is being all in my belly , my pants size did not change. Then other things kicked in and to the ER i went . Congestive hear failure , pneumonia and sepsis oh boy ! ICU there I went !
The 10 days in the hospital and the meds all 10 f them im taking now the weight fell off again from 316 down to 272 now . Still more to go . Diuretics i believe helped that .
Ill say there arent to many pregnant women that can hold a candle to my gut and passing 6 stones in a 2 year period hahahaha .
Cardio doc says i need another procedure done but cant get it done at the moment , no insurance and I dont qualify for anything to help, and had to shut down my little business of 22 years so income is crap on SS . I took social security early at 62 and medicare doesn't start till 65 ( nice timing huh lol ) and its the meds controlling the heart rhythm , blood pressure and keeping me kicking at the moment . I do have more strength at least so thats a improvement .
Doc filled all my scripts but requires me to get a primary doc . Not an easy task with out insurance ! Seems like cash isnt king in the medical industry .
Problem came on the refill of the drug ELIQUIS blood thinner . Walgreens stated the refill for 90 days was 1700 + dollars but being a member of the prescription club and signed of for GoodRX the cost on those is still 500 + dollars .. Screw that im not a multi millionaire ! Well the Doc agrees and is looking for alternatives that dont require weekly or monthly whatever blood testing like the other drugs on the market . Waiting for what they find now .
Nowmif i can just sleep in my bed instead of sitting more upright on the couch along with sleeping all night , not waking up every hour ill be in good shape hahaha !

 

[VIPR PWR]

Well done
After my knee operations I was 308lbs now a mere 272lbs. Looking quite sporty really. (yeah right)
All the best for your recovery

Yeah weight gain stinks especially for someone extremely active and eats pretty healthy . Losing all that weight makes a big difference in the way you feel ..
how did the knee op. Go , up and running now lol . Hope so ! Keep on going and then you wont add the (yeah right to your comment ) kick the the weight . You will see results in your launch times and 1/4 mile runs .

 

[Kiwi SRT10]

Yeah weight gain stinks especially for someone extremely active and eats pretty healthy . Losing all that weight makes a big difference in the way you feel ..
how did the knee op. Go , up and running now lol . Hope so ! Keep on going and then you wont add the (yeah right to your comment ) kick the the weight . You will see results in your launch times and 1/4 mile runs .

Doing alright. Still have to force the bending and stretches but the fitness is coming right. It takes about a year to be fully repaired, so I am nearing halfway. The price of gas is climbing quickly $2.62/litre. I can't afford too much of that each month at the moment

 

[AMS3]

Yes all that weight came on in my gut in about a 3 month time frame . Thought i was going to have kidney stones again , same symptoms but less weight gain in the gut , hot 245 then . Last stone passed and weight fell off so fast I started eating eveything including the kitchen sink to stop the lose. i thought something was really wrong . Dropped to 192 and stopped losing after passing the last stone . Im guessing 192 s what my body says is my prime weight .
Problem and difference this time was i had a urinary tract infection and didnt do anything about it and the gut kept getting larger and larger . I finally checked my weight and was 316 pounds .. all i could say is WTF , those scales are messed up .. bought a new scale and got the same 316 .. the funny thing is being all in my belly , my pants size did not change. Then other things kicked in and to the ER i went . Congestive hear failure , pneumonia and sepsis oh boy ! ICU there I went !
The 10 days in the hospital and the meds all 10 f them im taking now the weight fell off again from 316 down to 272 now . Still more to go . Diuretics i believe helped that .
Ill say there arent to many pregnant women that can hold a candle to my gut and passing 6 stones in a 2 year period hahahaha .
Cardio doc says i need another procedure done but cant get it done at the moment , no insurance and I dont qualify for anything to help, and had to shut down my little business of 22 years so income is crap on SS . I took social security early at 62 and medicare doesn't start till 65 ( nice timing huh lol ) and its the meds controlling the heart rhythm , blood pressure and keeping me kicking at the moment . I do have more strength at least so thats a improvement .
Doc filled all my scripts but requires me to get a primary doc . Not an easy task with out insurance ! Seems like cash isnt king in the medical industry .
Problem came on the refill of the drug ELIQUIS blood thinner . Walgreens stated the refill for 90 days was 1700 + dollars but being a member of the prescription club and signed of for GoodRX the cost on those is still 500 + dollars .. Screw that im not a multi millionaire ! Well the Doc agrees and is looking for alternatives that dont require weekly or monthly whatever blood testing like the other drugs on the market . Waiting for what they find now .
Nowmif i can just sleep in my bed instead of sitting more upright on the couch along with sleeping all night , not waking up every hour ill be in good shape hahaha !

Hang in there! I hate this is happening to you about the scripts, I thought ObamaCare was the best thing since ice cream... and anyone could afford it... As for kidney stones, I've passed two in the past 10 years, and good lord it's not fun. A woman I work passed one last year, she told me it's easier to birth a baby than go through that.

 

[AMS3]

Well done
After my knee operations I was 308lbs now a mere 272lbs. Looking quite sporty really. (yeah right)
All the best for your recovery

I was up to 330 as of July, due to bad eating habits. I'm now just under 300 and still going. Want to get down to around 230 if possible, that's a good weight for me. It's slow going, but my right knee isn't giving me fits like it used to. Try the low carb diet, it's works great.

 

[ViperJeff]

I was up to 330 as of July, due to bad eating habits. I'm now just under 300 and still going. Want to get down to around 230 if possible, that's a good weight for me. It's slow going, but my right knee isn't giving me fits like it used to. Try the low carb diet, it's works great.

I'm on the same trek as you, 316 today