Morning Zephyr

[JAGarland]

Morning y'all! Sunny 68. Been MIA for a few days trying to find a new vehicle. Found one, had to get my mom to sign the loan. Got all the paper work with my signature on it, called mom at work told her what the payments were. She decided they were to high. So after she got off work mom, myself and the wife took a trip to drive time - $1,700 down payment, 20%+ interest. But they may have the payments lowered.
That was how my only day off this week was spent. Semper Fi!

[HM3 Doc Wilder]

Zulu36,that's good instead of needle time it's Miller time.I know you don't drink,anymore.Ecfree,that's very nice of you,to place flags.Your a good man.Good Morning Everyone,72 degrees right now going up to 75 degrees today with scattered showers.I'm happy today,why?,because I spoke with Dr.John P.Merjavy,on the telephone yesterday.He was one of our Physicians at MWSG-17.He actually E-mailed me,but I'm behind in my E-mail reading.His Son Graduated from the Mt.Sinai Medical School,here in Manhattan.I was invited to attend the Graduation with them,but I read the E-mail 2 weeks late. His telephone # was there,so I called him.It was Fabulous-to Speak to him,after all these years.Made my Day Ecfree.Got some things to do today.Gotta find my camera for Saturday.Today is Star Fighter's Birthday.He also,managed to retire from the VA as a Radiological Tech also.He hasn't had a drink in 15 years,Yeah I know he must be thirsty-I mean an Alcohol Drink and he's been a miserable SOB ever since.Ha.Hope You All are Doing Okay.Prayers out to all in harms way.Bee Safe Everyone,and know I appreciate everyone of you....... GOD Bless and SEMPER FI.

[HM3 Doc Wilder]

Didn't put the name in right: It's Star Fighter Mike.No he is not a Veteran-but did work at the Bronx Va-now known as James J. Peters V.A.Medical Center for 24 years,that's 6 hash marks so he deserves some mention........

[Rocky C]

Morning Brothers and Sisters, Family, Friends.

Jesse, that was Great of Your Mom !!!

What did you get Brother ?

Thunderstorms again here...

Prayers Outbound to All in need.

Has anyone heard from Fred and how his Son Matt is doing ?

Chris I hope Your Son is doing OK now also.

Semper Fi,
Rocky

[Marine1955]

Afternoon all !! I haven't heard a word from Fred on his son someone needs to call him I hope he's doing well. As for me and my wife she's doing better hope she gets her chemo tomorrow but she thinks she want but she's not the doctor.. 79° right now and clear skies overhead with a little wind blowing now.
Prayers out bound for all and stay safe this week as we approach memorial weekend lets not become part of the services all. Semper Fi 10/4 I'm 10/7

[AlwaysWillBe]

Hi.
I know I have not posted in a few (a week + I guess). Not gonna make excuses. Actually, I began to think I was being a pain... Oh well.... Thanks for the "kick in the ass" Marine1955.

So where are we... I don't even remember...
Let's start with he is awake, and has made enough progress to be moved from the Medical Intensive care unit to the Respiratory Care Unit. I had a lawyer in and finally got Durable Power of Attorney on May 9th.

There he was, progressing along fairly well, and things took a turn to the left, or right, depending on where you were standing... See, all the drugs they have been using of-course have side affects...
They needed to do a spinal tap to rule out a few things, but his platelets were so low they had to give him a bag full..not too bad, just add it to the other bags hanging on the pole, put on another IV pump and plug it into the PICC line in his shoulder. That said, they did the tap...and he came up clean..no issues (this was part of trying to figure out why he was having the unexplained seizures)...
OK, and we move on... the lungs are clearing up... but the blood clots come back.. so... another bag of meds to dissolve them...fine... but now he is bruising up bad and, you guessed it, the platelets are running low again (they help in the clotting of blood). We do more blood work and gee... EVERYTHING is running on the low / below normal side of things...
Break out the whole blood and pump a unit in... wait a day.. slight improvement, but not enough...ok, give him a SECOND unit... and do a bone biopsy....
Now all this time they are trying to do some limited physical therapy to get his muscles working again... But, gotta be real careful he doesn't get hurt. See, the drugs have his built in immune system pretty depressed... but when they start to ease him off, he starts to get sick and his own system isn't restarting..to the point where he got "hospital (or bacterial) pneumonia".

And if this doesn't make much sense, don't feel to bad... lot of very educated doctors from many disciplines are all scratching their heads... let's see, we have Pulmonologists, Hematologists, Neurologists, Endocrinologists (did I mention his blood sugar will go down to 50, 70 being low normal, and then spike to 1,000, 100 being high normal?), Infectious Disease, Cardiologists and maybe a few more I can't remember working on this, along with all the resources of a major teaching hospital... Are we having fun yet??

Now, add to that the mountain of paper work to do with the Federal and state govt. for - Medicare, Medicaid, SSDI, State disability and Unemployment Insurance. Why all that? 'cause his medical insurance carrier refused the COBRA insurance application I sent in and they got 9 days before we hit the 60 day limit. Just hired a lawyer to take care of that. I let the previous one go. They had the paper work and did nothing for 10 days... not good... that's another battle I'll tackle once I get all the rest of this straightened out.

As for me, the Endocrinologist was not happy with my last visit, until I explained all this... his comment "no wonder your numbers (blood work numbers) are all over the place... let's see what we can do". Good news is, he is writing me a "Nexus" letter for the VA. I'll be submitting my Agent Orange/ Diabetes claim in a few weeks. Just covering all the bases.
Next I have to get my Neurologist scheduled (had cancelled because of all this) and get evaluated and tested for the Diabetic Neuropathy I have in both feet and my left had.

Oh, my nuke stress test came back ok and my neck arteries are clear and open. Yeepee!! A bit of good news!!

So, if I disappear for a bit, don't be surprised...
Yo ALL take care and drop me a line if ya want. Helps break up the day.

SEMPER FI !!!!

[Marine1955]

Fred thank for posting and keeping us up to date and one more question do you think the agent orange may have infected him and only came to surface now and that be the trickle down effect from the past.. I would check and see you never know it may be...
Semper Fi Bro

[HM3 Doc Wilder]

Fred,that was some report.Your Doing what you gotta do.God Bless you Brother,they gotta give heparin,to Matt,to desolve the clots but this lowers the clotting factor,as you know;so there is bleeding into the tissues,by the capillaries.This may look bad to the eyes,but I'm sure they got that Monitored.Matt's Strong,your Strong,Our Prayers are there for YA.We maintain our position.Speedy Recovery to Matt and you Fred.I gotta post early today,because I gotta meet my cousin downtown in front of the Big Public Library.I spoke with him,many times but never met him as an adult.58 degrees going up to 75 degrees today.Wishing You All a Great Thursday.Be Safe Out There and Come home Safe.The Training as a Marine,teaches Ya to Hang Tough,in Times of Stress.Because WE know how We can Be,if We Get Angry.They don't want to make us angry,because we turn into the Hulk.GOD Bless America and GOD Bless All of You.SEMPER FI........

[McT ontheRock71]

Good Morning Brothers and Sisters,
Here in South Jersey were preparing to carry out General Logan's orders for the decoration of soldier's and sailor's graves for Memorial Day.

Good to hear from you Fred, please keep us up to date with Matt's progress. Prayers out for your wife Bill as she winds down her chemotherapy and to all others who need them. Everyone else "Turn to and carry on".

Semper Fidelis
Ken

[ecfree]

Mornin ALL,sun and clouds,77 now and humid,going to be a hot day...
Chiropractor's app't this morning and then to mowing...Can only mow for an hour,with a mess of lotion on my face,because of the precancer crap on the face,,,,thats life...
FRED,I'm glad to see you posting,but it saddens me to hear of your health and your sons....I'll be praying for the both of you...
God bless ....
Prayers out to our people in harms way and to all on the LN in need....
SEMPER FI ....................Ed

[JAGarland]

Morning y'all! Sunny 73.

Jesse, that was Great of Your Mom !!!

What did you get Brother ?

Rocky

2008 Nissan Versa

[Rocky C]

Nice car Jesse. Enjoy Brother.

I need a New Truck but living in New England I would need to stay with a 4X4.

I was thinking either a Jeep Wrangler X or a Toyota Tacoma.
I already had the Chevy, Ford and Dodge trucks. I need a change

If I lived where there is No Snow I would drive my 68' Camaro year round !!!

Semper Fi,
Rocky

[sempidr]

Rocky, my friend,
I am thinking you need to bring your '68 Camero out here to the land of sunshine.
I can store it for you, in the garage next to the Vette. I'll even start is up for you once a week, at least. And any time you visit, you can drive in NO SNOW.

Hope you are doing well, and staying safe.

Sempidr

[Rocky C]

Hahahaha !!!

That was Great Rich .
Thanks for the offer Brother.

[Marine1955]

Nice car Jesse. Enjoy Brother.

I need a New Truck but living in New England I would need to stay with a 4X4.

I was thinking either a Jeep Wrangler X or a Toyota Tacoma.
I already had the Chevy, Ford and Dodge trucks. I need a change

If I lived where there is No Snow I would drive my 68' Camaro year round !!!

Semper Fi,
Rocky

Hey rock you need the new ford trucks They are better than ever with 23 mpg's on the high way and power when you need it check them out before you get Jeep or Toyota..