Good morning!!!!

toppop52 · Apr 5, 2018

Nice picture of the eagles!

RIP, really glad you’re back! Not perfect but seems there’s light at the other end, God bless.

toppop52 · Apr 5, 2018

Cooking dinner, Ellen is on her way, hope I don’t screw up the pork chops!

CWB Wyo · Apr 5, 2018

buckeyefarmer

I wasn't sure how far it was, had to look it up. It says it's about 200 miles, a little bit northwest of us. I was in Idaho Falls last spring and it took longer to get there then I thought it would. Rexburg is still north of there.

riptides

Glad you're back and hope every goes well for you and your wife.

LS
Looks like the surgery went well. Glad to hear it.

CWB.

LS Tractor Owner · Apr 5, 2018

Thanks guys. I'm definitely behaving. Using the crutches, no weight bearing. No really big pain, quite a lot of "stiffness". They have my leg wrapped from mid-thigh down to my foot, so hard to tell what is really stiff. Sat upright for a while this morning and could feel it getting worse. Now just supine w/ elevation for the past few hours.

Jim Nelson · Apr 5, 2018

LS mt125 owner said:
Thanks guys. I'm definitely behaving. Using the crutches, no weight bearing. No really big pain, quite a lot of "stiffness". They have my leg wrapped from mid-thigh down to my foot, so hard to tell what is really stiff. Sat upright for a while this morning and could feel it getting worse. Now just supine w/ elevation for the past few hours.

I had to have bone spurs removed and the joints fused on my right big toe several years ago and the surgery was done on Christmas Eve morning. All the usual warnings about keep it elevated, lots of ice and a big bottle of Vicodin to be taken every 6 hours. I did as told until Christmas morning and I woke up about 4:00 am as usual expecting some pain. Nothing,I felt like I could whip the world, so being the idiot I am I took off for my morning walk.I did cut back from 3 miles to 1 mile and still felt fine when I got back.About 11:00am reality set in with a vengeance and I wanted to die. That foot was about 3 times it's normal size and the pain was terrible. I took my Vicodin every 6 hours as told and it did nothing at all. The next morning my wife called the doc's office and his nurse told her to have me take the pills every 2 hours and keep ice on the foot.
I lived through the next few days but then the joys of opioid constipation hit me and I truly wanted die. The only thing mentioned in the post op instructions was to drink plenty of water to avoid constipation.Obviously these people had never experienced this condition , so I took it on myself and tried several different laxatives and suppositories to finally break things loose.
I had 2 more foot surgeries after that and you can bet that I followed instructions to the letter. Now I will not take more than 2 pain killers per day and get along ok.

daugen · Apr 5, 2018

Steve, nice picture of the eagles. Are they chowing on some carcass there?

my very first attempt to roll the soil in between the taters worked great with the old tractor.

then I hoed, and put down straw in the main garden, and mowed.

daugen · Apr 5, 2018

Jim, I clog up easily whenever I've had to take even small opiod doses for some major operation.
But prunes came through. Am a real believer in prunes.
Any time an opiod is prescribed, better figure on best defense
is a good offense and be proactive about your gut.

B7510HSD · Apr 5, 2018

daugen said:
Steve, nice picture of the eagles. Are they chowing on some carcass there?

my very first attempt to roll the soil in between the taters worked great with the old tractor.

then I hoed, and put down straw in the main garden, and mowed.View attachment 547300

Yes a dead seal!!

Ed of all trades · Apr 5, 2018

daugen said:
Jim, I clog up easily whenever I've had to take even small opiod doses for some major operation.
But prunes came through. Am a real believer in prunes.
Any time an opiod is prescribed, better figure on best defense
is a good offense and be proactive about your gut.

If you really get clogged up try Merilax. Take 3 and 1/2 caps and then about 3 or 4 hr later take 3 and 1/2 more. You will move and it is just soluble fiber so it can't give you drug reactions. We learned that as the boy has a mega colin and this helps. I do itt myself when needed. Ed