[Heeplist] me and my heart

Sun Mar 16 16:18:36 EDT 2014

The world isn't so free today, but I will always keep rocking. DS

Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

>Hi Dave, after reading your post I cannot get the Neil Young song out of my
>head.  "keep on rocking in the free world"
>However you did sum up life on the back 9 well. (Back 9 meaning the second
>set of 9 holes on an 18 hole golf course, the phrase is used to sum up being
>close to finished, like in the Adam Sandler movie "Click")
>
>My drivers license says "organ donor" on it, but I was thinking who the heck
>would want those hand me downs anyway?  Summing it up for me, I don't have
>any organs only a guitar.
>
>I have been watching a lot of "The Lone Ranger" lately, and that is how I
>want to go, riding off into the sunset with a loud "Hi Ho Silver and Away"
>
>On 3/14/14 10:26 PM, "Dave Sherod" <porcupineheep at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I keep rocking on my friend, and I will never give up, I found this list at a
>> time I needed it most and it opened me up to the fact their are still good
>> people all over the world, and have made some great friends here, and my love
>> for sharing music keeps me pushing on. DS
>> 
>> Dust Mahrt <illinoisdust at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> DS,
>>> You are a wonderful person that has lit up many lives in dark atmospheres.
>>> Keep being a light. Keep faith, hope, and love. You got 1 thing certainly
>>> going for you- the Heep list;)
>>> Peace
>>> 
>>>> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:10:09 -0700
>>>> From: porcupineheep at cox.net
>>>> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] me and my heart
>>>> 
>>>> The difference in being young and being old is when your young you pretty
>>>> much take drugs for fun, but when you get old you take them to survive,
>>>> there is that sweet spot in the middle when your drug free and life is at
>>>> its best, but then the ravages of age start taking its toll and your body
>>>> stops working in stages, your sight and hair start to leave you, your ears
>>>> don't work as well, and your teeth go bad. Then the internal organs stop
>>>> working and that's when the real problems start along with the drugs to keep
>>>> you alive. All this if you lucky enough to survive the drunk drivers, plane
>>>> crashes, and all the other accidents along the way, as well as your own
>>>> habits like smoking and drinking, and if you get through all these things
>>>> then your heart gives out, or you get some form of cancer that takes you
>>>> out. Then there's just bad luck like losing you job, a member of your family
>>>> that leaves you with no income and alone so depression takes over and you
>>>> take yourself out because the pain of loss is to much along with the looks
>>>> from people that don't know what you went through and decide your just a
>>>> loser that's better off dead. Isn't life great? DS.
>>>> 
>>>> Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Dave, thank you for sharing this. You are right getting old sucks and
>>>>> especially when parts start wearing out.  I had  a TURP back in November
>>>>> and
>>>>> then in December the Urologist took me off a medication called Rapaflo.
>>>>> That may have had a nice side effect of lowering blood pressure.  But since
>>>>> I had the channel dredged by the TURP and healed, I now go "Free N Easy" so
>>>>> I don't need the Rapaflo.  Currently not taking meds, but was worried about
>>>>> BP med side effects.  I am glad to hear you don't have any issues with the
>>>>> BP meds.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/13/14 11:56 PM, "Dave Crookham" <crookham at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bob,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Getting old sucks! I've always been fat but healthy and always had BP of
>>>>>> 120/80. 2 years ago my gall bladder went bad, and apparently my pain
>>>>>> tolerance is too high because by the time I went to the hospital, the gall
>>>>>> stones had also blocked my pancreas and given me pancreatitus. That made
>>>>>> me
>>>>>> diabetic because apparently it takes your pancreas years to heal if ever.
>>>>>> As
>>>>>> a result of the operation I also got some infection and was stuck in the
>>>>>> hospital for 4 weeks. Somehow that also messed up my blood pressure
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> they kept pumping IV's into me. I take 2 pills a day for that and all is
>>>>>> well. I once again stay at my pretty constant 120/80. I didn't have a
>>>>>> prescription in my life till I was 48 and now I have like 5 lol. I can't
>>>>>> complain though as I've never had any ill effects from any of it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Bob Winward
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 7:55 AM
>>>>>> To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] me and my heart
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Staf, I am happy to hear you are back home and recovering.  Were there
>>>>>> any warning signs pervious to the attack?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I went to a cardiologist 2 weeks ago.  My blood pressure was something
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> 160 over 80.  I scoffed that is was elevated by being nervous coming to
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> doctor.  He said to keep a chart for a week.  I did so, and have been
>>>>>> averaging 140-155, while the bottom number has been staying under 80.  So
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> guess I do have it and am scared as I never wanted to have to take BP
>>>>>> meds.
>>>>>> Anyone else have issues with BP?  Lifestyle change can be a scary thing.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 3/12/14 5:22 PM, "Staf Pypen" <staf.p at skynet.be> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I feel lucky to be allowed to order the new Heep-cd in a while.
>>>>>>> I am home since yesterday, recovering from a small heart attack.
>>>>>>> So, buying this cd will mean a little more to me than any other cd i ever
>>>>>>> bought.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Bring it on Heep
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Staf
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