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Ian
Notorious member
High-tensile game fence wire is very stiff and springy, also brittle so when it is looped around a post and tied off to itself a large loop must be used first, like a slipknot but the wire is wrapped over, back under (the real hard part), over itself again and then under and wrapped tightly around the main wire with a splice key.
Gary
SE Kansas
Lortab was the pain killer I got when I had Shoulder reconstruction, maybe used a half dozen and shelved the rest. Mostly used a Polar Pack and Advil (Ibuprofen) . Bill, you as a in control person and not the personality type to abuse things WILL be able to control narcotic usage.
P.S. I don't consider shooting thousands of rounds of pistol ammo a addictive behavior requiring an intervention.
P.S. I don't consider shooting thousands of rounds of pistol ammo a addictive behavior requiring an intervention.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
The older you get, your threshold of pain, increases. Or so I've heard,and tend to believe it. I get all kind of bumps and bruises and can't figure out what they originated from.
I took the minimal amount of prescribed opioids for my knee replacements. Mostly, just before bed, as a sleep aid. Averaged 14 pills between two replacements, four months apart. Never filled the script for the second, just used some of the remaining ones from the first. Didn't take any for the two hernia repairs.
Worst part of my surgery recoveries, is having to sleep on my back, for weeks on end. I never was a back sleeper.
I took the minimal amount of prescribed opioids for my knee replacements. Mostly, just before bed, as a sleep aid. Averaged 14 pills between two replacements, four months apart. Never filled the script for the second, just used some of the remaining ones from the first. Didn't take any for the two hernia repairs.
Worst part of my surgery recoveries, is having to sleep on my back, for weeks on end. I never was a back sleeper.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Gave me some cough syrup with Codine for that bad chest cold I had last week. Supposed to take 1 tsp, yeah right. Take a swig from the bottle and sleep like a dead man for 8 hours. Did that twice. I can see how stuff like that could get addictive real fast. Nice just laying back and falling asleep though, no toss and turn, never even felt my knee. Bad stuff I'm sure, and I think Codine is pretty mild. Can't imagine what the Oxy stuff is like.
Earl my neighbor is home. Glad to see it. He's unhappy, turns out he's diabetic so in addition to not being able to play around the shop for a while, he can't eat like he wants at all. Better than looking at dirt!
My "take it easy day" yesterday resulted in on hay rake welded and repaired, a tractor repaired, a start on square baling that resulted in my at least getting what was left after the round baler died off the field but that required 2 hours of work on the baler only to discover a broken spring way down inside a clutch that will need replacement. I did get a little hay, junky hay, in the barn and at least got the baler warmed up. Can't understand why things that are fine a month ago when you check them always seem to go haywire overnight. Also got the gear assy off the round baler. Picked upa hydraulic 3 jaw puller at Harbor Freight last year. Greatest thing EVER! Just get things centered and pump away. No distorting puller noses, no air impacts, no trying to keep a bolt centered while twisting the while mess around. Of course you can also bend things really easy, but for under $75 it's been a life saver. Anyway, it wasn't the easy day I'd hoped for. I left the horses out all day and they were not happy at all. Flies were bad. Had a mini-rodeo getting them back to the barn but no one was killed.
Ian, would it be worth it to try annealing a hunka that wire and seeing if the galvanizing stays on so the knot would be easier? I think we talked about crimp connecters before in hi tensile.
Got to move sheep fence today. It's raining.
Earl my neighbor is home. Glad to see it. He's unhappy, turns out he's diabetic so in addition to not being able to play around the shop for a while, he can't eat like he wants at all. Better than looking at dirt!
My "take it easy day" yesterday resulted in on hay rake welded and repaired, a tractor repaired, a start on square baling that resulted in my at least getting what was left after the round baler died off the field but that required 2 hours of work on the baler only to discover a broken spring way down inside a clutch that will need replacement. I did get a little hay, junky hay, in the barn and at least got the baler warmed up. Can't understand why things that are fine a month ago when you check them always seem to go haywire overnight. Also got the gear assy off the round baler. Picked upa hydraulic 3 jaw puller at Harbor Freight last year. Greatest thing EVER! Just get things centered and pump away. No distorting puller noses, no air impacts, no trying to keep a bolt centered while twisting the while mess around. Of course you can also bend things really easy, but for under $75 it's been a life saver. Anyway, it wasn't the easy day I'd hoped for. I left the horses out all day and they were not happy at all. Flies were bad. Had a mini-rodeo getting them back to the barn but no one was killed.
Ian, would it be worth it to try annealing a hunka that wire and seeing if the galvanizing stays on so the knot would be easier? I think we talked about crimp connecters before in hi tensile.
Got to move sheep fence today. It's raining.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
I agree on the back sleeping, winelover. I am learning to sleep on my back, but swap around many times during the
night. The stronger pain med, tramadol, has only been used to sleep some nights. I can get through the day well with just tylenol.
Felling pretty good this AM....going to PT in about 15 minutes. That'll fix THAT.
Not a complaint. PT is painful, but
it is the only path to being stronger and better at the end of all this. So there we go.
And Allen, I agree, opioids scare me, too. I have taken a lifetime total of 3 oxicodone for a injured lower back
in a fall on the ice. The constipation was shocking, and that alone is, for me, a great reason to avoid that stuff.
But the whole addiction thing is pretty frightening.
Bill
night. The stronger pain med, tramadol, has only been used to sleep some nights. I can get through the day well with just tylenol.
Felling pretty good this AM....going to PT in about 15 minutes. That'll fix THAT.
Not a complaint. PT is painful, butit is the only path to being stronger and better at the end of all this. So there we go.
And Allen, I agree, opioids scare me, too. I have taken a lifetime total of 3 oxicodone for a injured lower back
in a fall on the ice. The constipation was shocking, and that alone is, for me, a great reason to avoid that stuff.
But the whole addiction thing is pretty frightening.
Bill
No kiddin . . . Only time I ever took the stuff was for a broken knee, wasn't long before the constipation was far worse than the knee I was taking the stuff for.
And people take that crap for recreation and fun? Last script I had for the stuff was for surgery a couple of years ago, didn't take a single pill. Pain would need to be far worse than that to go through that again.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
That constipation is among the more prevalent causes of death for opioid addicts. This assumes they avoid the fentanyl-enhanced heroins now at large throughout the nation. Retention of bodily wastes--TOXINS--will flat-out kill ya dead. I know, Rick--right? Recreational usage?? C'MON, MANG.
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
You can eat well and still control your diabetes. You can't eat stupid. Most people eat poorly, too much salt and fat and fried things. Lots of good things to eat that aren't heavily salted and fried. Trust me, I love salty fat fried food but reserve it as an occasional treat and not a daily staple. Air baked potato wedges are as good as deep fat fried potatoes, lots of other ways to make great simple food. Control your carbs, cut out excess sugar and fat, get the salt shaker off the table. Even people w/o diabetes can benefit from a diabetic diet since it puts the least strain on your bodies resources of insulin and digestive juices.
Just a brief personal story. Back in 2014 when they cut my right foot off at midcalf I weighed 240+ lbs, ate poorly because of my schedule, was stressed out because of my job, had smoked two packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day for 35 yrs until 2013 (quit cold), and felt like s**t even on my best days. Reality sort of hit me in the face and I realized I had to change my lifestyle. I used the down time fate had provided me while recovering from surgery to rethink my life and lifestyle.
Five years later I weigh 208 WITH the bionic leg, have more energy than I have had in years, have my diabetes under control (Freestyle Libre CGM system is the bomb!) eat well, and enjoy a low stress life even with some high stress problems I'm currently dealing with. It all comes down to eating smartly, keeping out the poisons and with awareness that your body can only be as good as the raw material you put into it. There is no salt shaker on our dining room table.
I know when the medicos first told me about how I would have to eat it seemed all mysterious and restrictive but its really not.
Off my soapbox, hope its not TMI.
Just a brief personal story. Back in 2014 when they cut my right foot off at midcalf I weighed 240+ lbs, ate poorly because of my schedule, was stressed out because of my job, had smoked two packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day for 35 yrs until 2013 (quit cold), and felt like s**t even on my best days. Reality sort of hit me in the face and I realized I had to change my lifestyle. I used the down time fate had provided me while recovering from surgery to rethink my life and lifestyle.
Five years later I weigh 208 WITH the bionic leg, have more energy than I have had in years, have my diabetes under control (Freestyle Libre CGM system is the bomb!) eat well, and enjoy a low stress life even with some high stress problems I'm currently dealing with. It all comes down to eating smartly, keeping out the poisons and with awareness that your body can only be as good as the raw material you put into it. There is no salt shaker on our dining room table.
I know when the medicos first told me about how I would have to eat it seemed all mysterious and restrictive but its really not.
Off my soapbox, hope its not TMI.
Sure wish I could find out. Got a script for one a couple of weeks ago, doc sent it my pharmacy who got back to me the next day saying insurance would only cover it through mail order pharmacy. I sure do hate Express Scripts but . . . Call the doc and have them send the script to Express Scripts. A week later (they do nothing quickly, but that's ok, it's only medicine and medical supplies right?) and tell me the insurance will only pay for it through a local pharmacy.
So Keith, is insurance paying for yours? Which insurance?
Pretty sure my insurance covers it. Also pretty sure Express Scripts has this just like with most things all screwed up. My insurance covers the test strips but with a pretty heavy co-pay at $50 for three months. Once Medicare started covering diabetes supplies my co-pay dropped to $12 for three month supply. Today I'll start on the phone with Express Scripts and try to straighten it out.
How has the Libre worked for you? I've read reviews questioning the accuracy.
How has the Libre worked for you? I've read reviews questioning the accuracy.