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Re: How do you decide how much to spend on an RV
You and your wife are in the go go go years, So I think you should go see and do. Older you get harder it gets. If I were in your shoes the question, I would be asking myself, is how much better will buying the higher end rig make my camping life and by extension make my life better. Would I go more, and for longer? Would it be much easier to use? Those are reasons to go for it. On the other hand, if it would not really improve our camping and life much, I felt like it would preclude us from doing other stuff like flying somewhere, or not doing other things we enjoy. And or having to save hard for two or three years doing only camping. then it would not be worth it to me. Those are the sort of guidelines I would use to make a choice2KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Rv loan rates!
Way too much talk about money and way too little talk about life. First, I do not want to pay interest. I avoid it if at all possible. But I value life more than money. Better to pay a little interest, than wait in my opinion. Kids grow up we get old. I am a fan of do it while you can.1.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Odd Experience While Camping - Lesson Learned
I am 100% behind your decision to want family time alone without a stranger. I suspect what you ran into was an extremely lonely old man. May have just lost his wife kids may live far away. He may have been well aware he was being pushy, but his loneliness overcame that. Or he could have been a crazy axe murderer, who knows but I suspect the former. 30 years ago, used to dread mowing the lawn, as the widowed old guy next door, would always want to come out and chat. Then I got old and widowed now I understand1.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection
As a Chiropractor, I order about a dozen ESI'S a year. I could write paragraphs on this, but just to give you ideas. 1) Low back and leg pain have different cases, ESI's work better for some than other low back pain causes 2) literature says about 50% effective, I feel when combined with manipulation more like 75% 3) Doc is going to read the MRI, and make a judgement call on what he thinks the pain generator is and inject at that point. He/she will put you under a fluoroscope, and guide the needle placement to that specific part of your spine 4) If they hit the right spot, relief will be pretty quick. (Called guided image injection) If no relief, that too is of value, because it rules that area out as the pain generator. Remember they are making an educated guess as to what is causing the pain, and sometimes they are wrong. So that will help with 2nd shot placement, and or surgery 5) Many times, it will be enough to calm down the nerve, and the patient may have long term relief 6) I always refer to a neuroradiologist, that is what these folks do every day. They tend to be better at it that most Orthopedic folks. And same for surgery a neurosurgeon is your best bet Just to hazard a guess, from your MRI findings, sounds like you may have what's called lateral canal stenosis, super common finding. ESI's do pretty well with that, along with exercise, ergonomics, manipulation combined with it. If it comes to surgery, you might consider (MISS) minimally invasive spine surgery. Which is more like a rotor rooter job, than full on surgery with sawing away stuff and putting in all the hardware. Hope it all works out for you1.3KViews0likes0CommentsDog biscuits and bugs
This might be something to file away, if it happens to you. Last few weeks lots of little brown bugs invaded the kitchen, could not for the life of us figure out what they were, or where they were coming from. Turns out they were "warehouse beetles" and they had come in via a package of dog biscuits we had bought. Apparently according to google, dog food is a common way for these to be brought into the house. As I said, just kind of a heads up, if it happens to you, they don't bite and they are not harmful,1.9KViews0likes5CommentsRe: Where have all the members gone on this forum?
fj12ryder wrote: "In my opinion, we have as a country, gotten meaner and more tribal then anytime I can recall. Pretty sad." I beg to disagree, it's just reported more often, and in greater detail than it has been in the past. Many things simply didn't get told in the past, now it is much tougher to hide things we would rather simply not see. As far as more tribal, consider the KKK from around the turn of the century, the Black Panthers from 50 years ago, and now the local out-there militias. They've always been around, but now there's so many cameras out there, very little doesn't get light shone on it, like it or not. I agree with you on the media thing 100%. But my take (and I get it is a small sample in my little world), But I have been in health care a very long time. Think primary care stuff, so I listen and talk to the patients. I cannot recall hearing what I hear now from the average Joe patient, very much more tribal I would like to be wrong and hope I am, or maybe I am senile who knows, just don't recall such strong opinions, that is where my statement comes from.630Views0likes0CommentsRe: Where have all the members gone on this forum?
I think you folks do a good job moderating; pretty thankless I would think. Pokes are one thing. Nothing wrong with that. It's the in-your-face venomous ones, that are what I was referring too. And I am guessing those hardcore posts drive away many more people than they attract In my opinion, we have as a country, gotten meaner and more tribal then anytime I can recall. Pretty sad.603Views0likes0Comments
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