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   REPLY: 6.fidonet-survivor@1:19/33 22fb3e3c   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hi, Daryl!  Last April you wrote in a message to ALL:   
      
   DS>  First, sorry for the abscence.   
      
      
             Not your fault.  Glad to hear from you....  :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  Internet Rex crashed in late February...I suspect due   
   DS>  to a deal with Microsoft Windows 10 update.   
      
      
             Sounds familiar... [wry grin].   
      
      
      
   DS>  Then, practically nonstop days of thunderstorms for the   
   DS>  last 6 weeks, and so I was offline.   
      
      
             Okay, so it took six weeks for your message to arrive & it's taken me   
    awhile to reply.  Fortunately both you & I understand life in the slow lane.   
      
             We get thunderstorms in this part of the world too... but they seldom   
    last for more than an hour or so, while the rain can go on & on for weeks.    
   :-Q   
      
      
      
   DS>  Second, on the health front, I'm doing pretty good for   
   DS>  a 60 year old man. :)   
      
      
             That's the important part.  In general I seem to be doing fairly well   
    compared to many others my age... but I thought of you when I had a   
   colonoscopy & benefitted greatly from what you have shared in this echo about   
   IBS etc.  The result established to our satisfaction that while the   
   professionals don't quite know what's going on they're glad to report I don't   
   have xxx, yyy, or zzz.  ;-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  The low B12 level was likely caused by taking Ozemprazole   
   DS>  (prescription strength Prilosec) to control acid reflux.   
      
      
             Although I hadn't heard of it before, I can tell you I've been taking   
    Tecta (pantoprazole magnesium) to control acid reflux and at least three   
   others I know are using prescription medications for the same reason.  Because   
   various side effects may take awhile to show up &/or may go unnoticed by the   
   patient it is reassuring AFAIC that your GP is checking up on such things....    
   :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  With my deltoids (shoulders) being so sore, I prefer   
   DS>  to get shots in the gleute (butt cheek).   
      
      
             I prefer to get them either in this area or in the upper thigh, where   
    the muscles are larger than in the upper arm & tolerate them more easily.    
   It's a nuisance if I don't take advantage of the free flu shots offered by our   
   local pharmacy because pharmacists aren't allowed to give shots in such   
   places... but doctors are, and when a GP does it I'm not in pain for a week   
   afterwards.  :-))   
      
      
      
   DS>  I got 4 of those a week apart...and now will get them a   
   DS>  month apart until September...when the full blood work   
   DS>  is done again.   
      
      
             I gather you're waiting to find out if vitamin B12 shots will help?   
      
      
      
   DS>  The umbilical hernia was first diagnosed in December,   
   DS>  2018...and it has grown. However, it's not "critical",   
   DS>  but laparoscopic or open surgery will be needed once   
   DS>  COVID-19 subsides.   
      
      
             Hospitals here are also postponing various things which aren't urgent   
    in order to make space available for COVID-19 patients who can't breathe.    
   IMHO the good news is that we're still alive & kicking, and we can wait awhile.   
     :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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