Say a prayer for Sailor Steve - Page 4

Col7777 · 07-27-20, 03:28 AM

Bloody Hell! I take back all the nice things I said about you, also send me the donation I made back as well, ignore the get well soon card too.

Just kidding mate, when I first read you post about you falling I thought it might be an ear infection, I had that once but reading on a bit I see it is a bit more serious.
Anyway it is nice to see you posting again and hope you mend real soon buddy.

Col.

Pisces · 07-27-20, 04:15 AM

Good to read from you again, Steve. Also a mild comfort that it is from a known ailment. Bones will heal, at least most of the time. (knocks on all the wood he can find in the house, as I have never broken one, well maybe my heart once or twice) I can imagine that balance thing be an annoying deal. Is it that you get dizzy? Or that you legs give way, or something else going on?

I had some periods of wobbly legs for a while a few years ago. Sometimes felt like I could get the rug pulled underneath from me as I was walking. Which never actually happened. Turned out I had a vitamine B12 deficiency, which results in reduced nerve function. And induced some serious anxieties and out of this world beliefs in the upper control room. I'm glad it has not happened again since a couple of monthly injections in the buttocks.

I guess running after the nurses isn't going to be it for a while. But maybe you can impress them with your forum moderation stories and submarine simulation experiences. Take care, indulge in the pampering.

Jimbuna · 07-27-20, 04:32 AM

Certainly took a great weight off my mind.

You knows where I is

Eichhörnchen · 07-27-20, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Pisces

Good to read from you again, Steve. Also a mild comfort that it is from a known ailment. Bones will heal, at least most of the time. (knocks on all the wood he can find in the house, as I have never broken one, well maybe my heart once or twice) I can imagine that balance thing be an annoying deal. Is it that you get dizzy? Or that you legs give way, or something else going on?

I had some periods of wobbly legs for a while a few years ago. Sometimes felt like I could get the rug pulled underneath from me as I was walking. Which never actually happened. Turned out I had a vitamine B12 deficiency, which results in reduced nerve function. And induced some serious anxieties and out of this world beliefs in the upper control room. I'm glad it has not happened again since a couple of monthly injections in the buttocks.

I guess running after the nurses isn't going to be it for a while. But maybe you can impress them with your forum moderation stories and submarine simulation experiences. Take care, indulge in the pampering.

I have to get a B12 jab every 3 months. I missed the last one owing to the covid situation and am now getting the wobbly legs & palpitations which I recognise from before. I don't get it in the arse from nursey, however... just in the upper arm. What am I doing wrong? does she not like me?

Aktungbby · 07-27-20, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Hey, it's only a broken shoulder! That, plus the loss of my sense of balance, which is why I fell in the first place. I've been falling down at random intervals for several years now, but in the last two years it's gotten so bad that I can't walk without some sort of support. I fall down a lot. This time I landed badly and broke my left shoulder right at the joint, plus a couple of ribs and my skull. I don't know which ribs because they never hurt. The skull fracture had them worried, so a special therapist has been playing logic games with me and giving me cognitive tests, all of which I've passed with flying colors.

My biggest worry is that my apartment manager hasn't had a ground-floor unit open up for me yet, so I have to not only learn how to walk again but how to negotiate the stairs. That's in the future, though. For now I'm lying in a rest-home, unable to even get out of bed without help, while the nurses bring me good food and change my diaper.

I still recall the fall you took down the apt. stairs in the pursuit of Pizza a few years back; and I've spent 30 days with a shattered left hip in hospital traction myself

I loved all my nurses: especially the ones with the Demerol!

hang tough young man and maintain a wicked sense of humor at all times!

PS: I hope it's not your guitar strap shoulder(the seven stringer was too heavy?)...however that might get you unemployment benefits!

Texas Red · 07-27-20, 02:27 PM

Glad to hear you are fine and well!

Take care!

HW3 · 07-27-20, 03:02 PM

Hang in there Steve, we miss you.

Commander Wallace · 07-28-20, 07:44 AM

I'm glad to see you are back among us, Steve. Hopefully, you are on the mend.

Hang in there.

u crank · 07-28-20, 08:02 AM

Good to hear from you Steve. Hope you are on the mend.

All the best.

Cybermat47 · 07-28-20, 09:31 AM

Glad to hear you’re still with us, I was getting a bit worried there

Mr Quatro · 07-28-20, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Glad to hear you’re still with us, I was getting a bit worried there

Yes indeed ...me too

mapuc · 07-28-20, 11:38 AM

Even I was a bit worried, after having read Neal's information.

I'm glad I misread it and you are on the way to the top again.

Markus

Garion · 07-28-20, 02:51 PM

Well that's a relief... Hope yer shoulder gets better soon and welcome to the "Falling Down Club" It does not hurt as much after a few Beerz.

Get well soon Steve.

Cheers
Gary

Jeff-Groves · 07-28-20, 03:32 PM

Dear Lord, If I may address you as such?

I don't offer up advise to one such as you so I'll make a few suggestions on behalf of a Friend.
By Friend I mean someone I met once for a few days in Houston, years ago.
(I hope you don't hold the fact he did not join some of us at the Flying Saucer aganst him!)
He is a very intellegent, and intereseting person, to talk with.
However. Should he fall down steps? I fear that may be a past point NOT in his favor!
So could you help him get a 1st floor apartment?
WITHOUT KILLING SOMEONE PLEASE!
(I'd be mortified to find out a simple prayer to help a Friend resulted in anothers death!)
And if you could? Help him heal fast.
Not the type of fast DeadPool does!
(That would just be wrong on SO many levels!)
And if you could? Get him out of diapers!
(That's not so much for him but for me! The image in my head can never be removed now!)

With much Thanks,
Jeff

PS
Can you remove the diaper image from my head?

vienna · 07-29-20, 09:41 AM

Been off the forum for a bit, so I'm just catching up; its good to hear your condition is not as dire as the thread's title intimated; one thing about aging is keeping a sense of equity about what you want to do and what you can do; it is tempting to mull over doing something one used to do with ease just to see if one is still youthful in some respect, but it is often also a good thing to mull over the possible consequences of a failed attempt, especially given the convalescence may not be worth the effort; sometimes discretion is the better part of keeping the flesh and bones whole...

Take good care of yourself and go easy for a while; I hope all goes well for you here on...

...and I second the wish for you to get that first floor apartment...

<O>

07-27-20, 03:28 AM	#46
Col7777 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 944 Downloads: 260 Uploads: 0	Bloody Hell! I take back all the nice things I said about you, also send me the donation I made back as well, ignore the get well soon card too. Just kidding mate, when I first read you post about you falling I thought it might be an ear infection, I had that once but reading on a bit I see it is a bit more serious. Anyway it is nice to see you posting again and hope you mend real soon buddy. Col. __________________ Silent and Violent

07-27-20, 04:15 AM	#47
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,892 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Good to read from you again, Steve. Also a mild comfort that it is from a known ailment. Bones will heal, at least most of the time. (knocks on all the wood he can find in the house, as I have never broken one, well maybe my heart once or twice) I can imagine that balance thing be an annoying deal. Is it that you get dizzy? Or that you legs give way, or something else going on? I had some periods of wobbly legs for a while a few years ago. Sometimes felt like I could get the rug pulled underneath from me as I was walking. Which never actually happened. Turned out I had a vitamine B12 deficiency, which results in reduced nerve function. And induced some serious anxieties and out of this world beliefs in the upper control room. I'm glad it has not happened again since a couple of monthly injections in the buttocks. I guess running after the nurses isn't going to be it for a while. But maybe you can impress them with your forum moderation stories and submarine simulation experiences. Take care, indulge in the pampering. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

07-27-20, 04:32 AM	#48
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Certainly took a great weight off my mind. You knows where I is __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

07-27-20, 02:27 PM	#51
Texas Red Fastest Gun Around Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Agua Fira, New Mexico Posts: 2,376 Downloads: 527 Uploads: 5	Glad to hear you are fine and well! Take care! __________________ There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. — Colin Powell I'm not very active on the forums anymore. If you have a question, please DM me and I'll respond ASAP!

07-27-20, 03:02 PM	#52
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,439 Downloads: 453 Uploads: 0	Hang in there Steve, we miss you. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

07-28-20, 07:44 AM	#53
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,017 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	I'm glad to see you are back among us, Steve. Hopefully, you are on the mend. Hang in there.

07-28-20, 08:02 AM	#54
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,560 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Good to hear from you Steve. Hope you are on the mend. All the best. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

07-28-20, 09:31 AM	#55
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,386 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 22	Glad to hear you’re still with us, I was getting a bit worried there __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

07-28-20, 11:38 AM	#57
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,922 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Even I was a bit worried, after having read Neal's information. I'm glad I misread it and you are on the way to the top again. Markus

07-28-20, 02:51 PM	#58
Garion Commander Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 452 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Well that's a relief... Hope yer shoulder gets better soon and welcome to the "Falling Down Club" It does not hurt as much after a few Beerz. Get well soon Steve. Cheers Gary

07-28-20, 03:32 PM	#59
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,321 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Dear Lord, If I may address you as such? I don't offer up advise to one such as you so I'll make a few suggestions on behalf of a Friend. By Friend I mean someone I met once for a few days in Houston, years ago. (I hope you don't hold the fact he did not join some of us at the Flying Saucer aganst him!) He is a very intellegent, and intereseting person, to talk with. However. Should he fall down steps? I fear that may be a past point NOT in his favor! So could you help him get a 1st floor apartment? WITHOUT KILLING SOMEONE PLEASE! (I'd be mortified to find out a simple prayer to help a Friend resulted in anothers death!) And if you could? Help him heal fast. Not the type of fast DeadPool does! (That would just be wrong on SO many levels!) And if you could? Get him out of diapers! (That's not so much for him but for me! The image in my head can never be removed now!) With much Thanks, Jeff PS Can you remove the diaper image from my head? __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

07-29-20, 09:41 AM	#60
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,507 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Been off the forum for a bit, so I'm just catching up; its good to hear your condition is not as dire as the thread's title intimated; one thing about aging is keeping a sense of equity about what you want to do and what you can do; it is tempting to mull over doing something one used to do with ease just to see if one is still youthful in some respect, but it is often also a good thing to mull over the possible consequences of a failed attempt, especially given the convalescence may not be worth the effort; sometimes discretion is the better part of keeping the flesh and bones whole... Take good care of yourself and go easy for a while; I hope all goes well for you here on... ...and I second the wish for you to get that first floor apartment... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __