Lauren Dieterich
I had planned on attending our mass birthday party. But, alas it's not to be. After my last plane flight, I don't think that I can handle spending almost 4 hours not being able to move more than my head and hands. That's how cramped the seats are for me. The only break that I had was to use the phone booth that is called a restroom on a plane. Used to be, I could go on a four flight without using the facilities. My prostate says that I have to go every 2 to 3 hours. I don't do 4 day road trips any more either.
I have a calcified prostate ( same effect as an enlarged prostate ) The Doctors founded that when checking my gall bladder, which I no longer have. That was last year. This year, every time that I saw my Doctor, he found something else. I have COPD, we have to keep an eye on that. Then I had an echocariogram. My mitral heart valve leaks, we have to keep an eye on that; and, that valve replacement is major surgery and last but not least is arthritis in my back.
Garry, I should be a bionic man like you; but, so far I've been lucky. Thank God for ibuprofen. If I live long enough, I'll need ankle, knee, hip and maybe shoulder replacement surgery. 20 years ago, I was told that I'd need knee replacement; but, to wait until the pain couldn't be controled.
The reason for my last plane flight would be the only reason for any future flights. I wish that I wasn't writing this. It was for my sons Celebration of Life. He was in Maine for a job and fell into the river, next to the job. this was in April. They found his body 5 weeks later ( upstream ? ) on his birthday. You're not supposed to outlive your kids.
All in all, this has been the worst summer of my life.
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