Jblk9695
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Growing old ain't for sissies. So I take the train to Seattle to attend the Narrow Gauge Convention(model railroading) with my son. Train ride is about 40 hours and I meet some interesting people during the trip, first is young guy from Siberia who is on a holiday from his job in San Diego, nice guy and fun to talk to, says this is a lot nicer than the trains in Russia. Second is a very independent young lady from Australia who is on a holiday also, she had been working in Canada, she is getting off in Portland and plans on
buying a pick-up and venturing to Utah to visit with friend. Said she hitch-hiked through Mexico!! and the only ones to give her a ride were the truck drivers who she said were very nice, has bigger cajonies than I do.
So I'm on my own to Seattle and noticing a reluctance in the old plumbing and when I get to Seattle I need to go every 5 minutes, lots of fun making my son stop for the old man to go, even had to use an alley cause couldn't find any where else to go. So on Sunday I'm having a heck of a time trying to go, won't work and I'm in a bit of pain, so off to the ER on Whidbey Island, great ER, with-in 5 minutes I'm in a room and in goes the folly catheter, what a thrill that is OUCH, and out comes 1 liter of you know what, man what a
relief. BP was 190 over something and that came down to 150 over something(never can remember the second number, must be that CRS thing). They also put me on Flow-Max which so far seems to help. So for the rest of the visit I wore a bag and that was loads of fun too, if it got to full of fluid it would slip down my leg and pull on the tube that was inserted in you know where and that was not pleasant. On Wed I noticed some blood in the bag and off to the ER in Bellview, Overlake, another great ER. Dr said I had a little
infection but not to worry cause no one ever bled to death through the urethra, good to know. So after finding a Walgreens that stayed open all night, this was about 10 pm, we filled the prescription for some anti-biotic and were good to go.
Narrow Gauge convention was a lot of fun, lots of clinics to attend and learn not only about modeling but also about some of the full size logging and mining railroads that were in the Pacific North West. Had a great week with my son and daughter in law and wished I could have stayed longer but needed to get home and see my own Dr.
So instead of taking the train home I flew, that was a fun trip also, not the ride itself but just getting on the plane. I hadn't flown since 9-11 but I knew that security had been beefed up. And me wearing a bag and also a knee brace didn't help, so off with the belt, shoes, everything in my pockets and through the body scanner I go, probably glow in the dark now, and I get the wand treatment and then the paper wipe that checks for explosive residue, I sure don't envy any of you that need to fly on a regular basis, what a
PITA.
So back home on Mon and off to Urgent Care on Tues and out comes the catheter, what a relief and I can go again, had to fill a cup so the lab could check for infection. I got a clean bill of health and the plumbing seems to be working OK. Will need to see the Urologist soon and hopefully no further problems will be found. I think all the sitting during the train ride was what did it, I have BPH so it got angry from sitting on it so much it swoll up and shut off the plumbing.
Well, if you've read this far thanks for listening and remember the next time your on a long train ride take a nice soft cushion.
:thumbup:
Jerry
buying a pick-up and venturing to Utah to visit with friend. Said she hitch-hiked through Mexico!! and the only ones to give her a ride were the truck drivers who she said were very nice, has bigger cajonies than I do.
So I'm on my own to Seattle and noticing a reluctance in the old plumbing and when I get to Seattle I need to go every 5 minutes, lots of fun making my son stop for the old man to go, even had to use an alley cause couldn't find any where else to go. So on Sunday I'm having a heck of a time trying to go, won't work and I'm in a bit of pain, so off to the ER on Whidbey Island, great ER, with-in 5 minutes I'm in a room and in goes the folly catheter, what a thrill that is OUCH, and out comes 1 liter of you know what, man what a
relief. BP was 190 over something and that came down to 150 over something(never can remember the second number, must be that CRS thing). They also put me on Flow-Max which so far seems to help. So for the rest of the visit I wore a bag and that was loads of fun too, if it got to full of fluid it would slip down my leg and pull on the tube that was inserted in you know where and that was not pleasant. On Wed I noticed some blood in the bag and off to the ER in Bellview, Overlake, another great ER. Dr said I had a little
infection but not to worry cause no one ever bled to death through the urethra, good to know. So after finding a Walgreens that stayed open all night, this was about 10 pm, we filled the prescription for some anti-biotic and were good to go.
Narrow Gauge convention was a lot of fun, lots of clinics to attend and learn not only about modeling but also about some of the full size logging and mining railroads that were in the Pacific North West. Had a great week with my son and daughter in law and wished I could have stayed longer but needed to get home and see my own Dr.
So instead of taking the train home I flew, that was a fun trip also, not the ride itself but just getting on the plane. I hadn't flown since 9-11 but I knew that security had been beefed up. And me wearing a bag and also a knee brace didn't help, so off with the belt, shoes, everything in my pockets and through the body scanner I go, probably glow in the dark now, and I get the wand treatment and then the paper wipe that checks for explosive residue, I sure don't envy any of you that need to fly on a regular basis, what a
PITA.
So back home on Mon and off to Urgent Care on Tues and out comes the catheter, what a relief and I can go again, had to fill a cup so the lab could check for infection. I got a clean bill of health and the plumbing seems to be working OK. Will need to see the Urologist soon and hopefully no further problems will be found. I think all the sitting during the train ride was what did it, I have BPH so it got angry from sitting on it so much it swoll up and shut off the plumbing.
Well, if you've read this far thanks for listening and remember the next time your on a long train ride take a nice soft cushion.
:thumbup:Jerry
