Looks like I'm going to have to go under the knife(again).

[RidgeRunner]

Thanks Lee, Merry Christmas!

[garagenc]

Back at you, hope you are getting some fishing in, it's been 72 dg here the last 2 days, we woke up to 78 this morning at 6 an by 8 it was 82.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Getting by OK right now. Going through some bad withdrawls coming off the Percocet, and still have some of the redness left from the allergic reaction, but I'm getting by. Most would say I'm nuts, but I stopped taking pain meds after about 9 days out of surgery. I deal with pain pretty well, and the Percocet was getting to me. This is the first time I have taken it for any length of time, and I don't like it. But I can't take VICODIN, and there isn't a lot of pain pills they are aloud to give now that aren't on the FDA list of addictive drugs they don't want to prescribe. Hanging in there, and can't wait until I can get back up and going. It hasn't even been 2 weeks and I'm going stir crazy.

[bradford]

Hope things get better for you Ferm. My father in law recently spent a week in the hospital for some BS meds his doctor was switching around on him. I hate hospitals. When I get old and ready to die I think I'll be like an old Indian and just walk off into the woods and sit down against a tree and croak.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bradford

Hope things get better for you Ferm. My father in law recently spent a week in the hospital for some BS meds his doctor was switching around on him. I hate hospitals. When I get old and ready to die I think I'll be like an old Indian and just walk off into the woods and sit down against a tree and croak.

LOL the way things are going in this country you'll probably need to buy a "woods use" license, a "walking permit", sign an affidavit and pay a fee to the Sierra Club that you will not harm a tree while leaning on it, and last but not least a "Croaking" fee. Then of course, your heirs will have to pay the same fees and obtain the same permits, plus they will have to pay a "removal" fee to take your body out of the woods. Additionally, if a wild animal chews on you at all, they will have to pay a fine for possibly poisoning the wildlife, the EPA will step in and demand that the ground you sat on be certified as free from all contaminants, 4 tests over a years time will have to be performed to verify the ground is clean, and, of course, the local Indian tribe will sue your heirs for desecrating their chosen way of dying.

[bradford]

I'm with ya Destroyer. I was talking to someone a little while ago and we were talking about spreading ashes at sea. Supposedly you have to pay some kind of fee and get permission from the state I believe. I told my wife when it's my turn she'd better not be paying any fee to anybody! Take me out and dump me in bull river between lazaretto creek and wassaw sound and send me off on an out going tide. It will be my last chance at sticking it to the man.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Well since I'm part indian I could probably circumvent most of them permits and fines. For the icing on the cake, I was walking the dogs this morning and they were froggy because of the cool air. The youngest(and biggest) one caught my left crutch when I was starting up the ramp, and down I went in the dirt on you guessed it, my bad side. So today aint been a good day. Had to break the Percocet back out, but not until after I had went down and got my haircut(he got a good laugh about that one as I only go in about 3 times a year for a haircut). So ought to be a fun Christmas.