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 What the heck am I doing today? Shenanigans, General Tomfoolery or What? You never know |
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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I was a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and taught classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2-way radio communications. I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire, and I have. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and were not in demand anymore. My students were technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? Some of the places I've been (I can't list them all here, the list would be too long) are pretty interesting. 1. Hawaii - Four times, Oahu, Maui (twice), and the Big Island, Plus I lived on Oahu from 74-83. 2. Bangkok Thailand, twice 3. Frankfurt Germany, twice 4. Algiers, Algeria 5. Melbourne Australia 6. Bismarck North Dakota, Summer & Winter 7. California, especially the Los Angeles area, Too many times to count 8. Washington DC, Too many times to count 9. Seattle three or four times 10. Texas, all over the state 11. Florida, all over the state 12. New Mexico, HOME! Several times  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
Getting By, Little By Little Well, it's been a heck of a week. It appears that the PT I started on Monday has caused more pain. I've gone downhill pain wise since I started PT on Monday. But I'll not stop it, there's a brighter day ahead, I'm sure of that. Yesterday I went to a Convenient Care facility seeking help with pain. They couldn't prescribe anything stronger to prevent the pain from occurring, but did put me 5 days of Prednisone. I posted that visit in the Newsfeed "Note: Last night I was forced to make a decision I real...". It appears that that was a good choice, overall my pain has lessened greatly, but it's not gone. I didn't expect it to be after only 2 doses of it. After posting about it, I was surprised to learn that 2 members have been on Prednisone long term. I didn't think that was possible, I'm no doctor though, so what do I know? I've often thought that remaining on Dexamethasone (I've been taking it for 5 years now) after I stop taking Revlimid, would be great. Now to see if my Oncologist thinks so too. Or is there another path available for this? I have no desire for more surgery, I feel that's a dead end road. I'm also looking at alternative medicines too. A salve, something, anything. I'm sure it's not FDA approved, but how many times has the FDA not approved of a treatment plan, only to have that plan work? The issue is with the FDA and big Pharma, Curing something is not good for either. It's money out of their pocket. So we'll see. |
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