The Watering Hole

DrGunner said:

Brent- you do NOT want to play around with Lymes disease. It's caused by a nasty spirochete- same as the bug that causes Syphilis. Bug is called
Borrelia Burgdorferi, carried by the common deer tick Ixoides Dammini. I have several patients who have Lymes arthritis, and it is incredibly destructive if it's not cleared from the body during the early soft tissue phase after a tick bite. Finish your antibiotics and keep following up with the doctor until your testing shows clear.

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Does it ever really go away?
I’ve tested positive four times since 2016 and have done eight rounds of 14 days Doxicycline.
Three shoulder surgeries later I never healed right with a surgeon notes of sever tissue damage noted on back of shoulder blade looking as if hit by a car or baseball bat. Old injury and suspect the spirochetes set up shop feeding on that injury. Last year was jaw pain time with teeth that needed pulling, Clindamycin cleared that up promptly. Also suspect the little buggers set up shop there as well.
Very few Lyme literate specialists in this area with a very high rate of infection amongst pets and people. I told the surgeons to treat me the same as an Aides patient as my blood is contagious same as my Veterinarian as he could contract it from an animal. They had no clue yet studies show transmission through the mothers womb.

On a lighter note 2418 miles driven last month with just 52 gallons of fuel used for $200. Sure don’t miss that 135 mile round trip commute to work daily in a pickup averaging 18mpg. The local gas gouged raised the price to $5.08 today.

Szumi this made me think of you.

W8LON said:

Does it ever really go away?
I’ve tested positive four times since 2016 and have done eight rounds of 14 days Doxicycline.
Three shoulder surgeries later I never healed right with a surgeon notes of sever tissue damage noted on back of shoulder blade looking as if hit by a car or baseball bat. Old injury and suspect the spirochetes set up shop feeding on that injury. Last year was jaw pain time with teeth that needed pulling, Clindamycin cleared that up promptly. Also suspect the little buggers set up shop there as well.
Very few Lyme literate specialists in this area with a very high rate of infection amongst pets and people. I told the surgeons to treat me the same as an Aides patient as my blood is contagious same as my Veterinarian as he could contract it from an animal. They had no clue yet studies show transmission through the mothers womb.

On a lighter note 2418 miles driven last month with just 52 gallons of fuel used for $200. Sure don’t miss that 135 mile round trip commute to work daily in a pickup averaging 18mpg. The local gas gouged raised the price to $5.08 today.

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Sadly, in some patients, it never goes away. I've got one lady that I diagnosed 15 years ago, who takes antibiotics every day, and still has progression of destructive changes happening in her joints that's trackable on Xrays over time. At the time that I diagnosed her, she had already been to four different doctors, and Loyola in Chicago was telling her that she had viral arthritis in her knee and ankle, which was a "diagnosis of exclusion". At the time, Lymes cases were somewhat rare in our area, but they were spreading west from the northeast and progressively moving south from the northern states.
Present day, Lymes is an established problem here; we now have Lymes only doctors in the Midwest. I would highly recommend you find one. Either that or an infectious disease doctor. The reason why clindamycin was so effective for you is because it has the best bone penetration of any oral antibiotic. Personally, I think that the two week protocol of Doxycycline is inadequate. Doxycycline is a bacteriostatic antibiotic, meaning it suppresses the growth/proliferation of bacteria, unlike more effective antibiotics that are bacteriocidal and kill the bug. If you can't find a Lymes specialist in your area, consult with an infectious disease doctor and have records of all encounters that involved Lymes pathology associated with your case, going all the way back to, and including initial contraction & treatment.

dbmjr1 said:

I hope y'all had a great Kill Dozer Day.

G'nite.

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Just for you.

Boilerjack22 said:

I want to buy 4 piglets, with paint number them, #1, #2, #3 and #5, release them in the local Walmart, and watch them search for hours for #4

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Made me think of this.


This story begins with June Woolf receiving a letter from Walmart claiming that her husband was no longer welcome in the store. When she reads over the reasons why, it’s no wonder they don’t want him coming in! Reading through the imaginative and mischievous things her husband gets up to in a store made me laugh out loud!

This piece of Internet humor has been circulating for many years and began as a list of funny things for husbands could do to pass the time while their wife shops. Over the years, it’s turned into a letter banning a husband from a store. The name of the store may change, as may the name of the wife and husband, but the joke remains the same!

“Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Walmart.

Dear Mrs. Woolf,

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this type of behavior and, as a result, will ban your entire family from shopping in any of our stores if even one more incident occurs. We have documented all incidents on our video surveillance equipment. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Woolf, have been compiled and are listed below:

1. November 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s carts when they weren’t looking.

2. November 23: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. December 10: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the rest rooms.

4. December 23: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, “Code 3 in housewares!” … and watched what happened.

5. January 10: Went to the Service Desk and asked to reserve a bag of potato chips.

6. January 23: Moved a ‘CAUTION – WET FLOOR’ sign to a carpeted area.

7. February 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he’d invite them in if they’d bring pillows from the bedding department.

8. March 5: When a clerk asked if she could help him, he threw himself down on the floor, began to cry and wailed, “Why can’t you people just leave me alone?’

9. March 26: Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, and picked his nose.

10. April 2: While handling guns in the hunting department, asked the clerk if he knows where the antidepressants are.

11. April 15: Darted around the store, looking around suspiciously while loudly humming the “Mission Impossible” theme.

12. April 26: In the auto department, practiced his “Madonna look” using different size funnels.

13. May 1: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled, “PICK ME! — PICK ME!”

14. May 12: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed the fetal position and screamed, “NO! NO! It’s those voices again!!!!”

And last, but not least:

15. May 16: Went into a fitting room, shut the door and waited a while; then yelled very loudly, “Hey, Somebody! I need some toilet paper in here!”

Sincerely,

Mr. Wally Brown
Walmart Complaint Department
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Not a good picture, but the best I could get before they wondered out in the tall grass. Baby deer having dinner from mama at the back corner of my yard.