PROGEEZER Take 2

[progeezer]

I am once again humbled and overwhelmed by the concern from all of my friends on PE!

Here's the official long-overdue update:

Any of you who saw me at Progday knew I had a pretty bad wound on my right shin from just another stupid old man blunder. I told everyone that this would be my ProgDay swansong due to a litany of non life-threatening crap that was simply catching up to me at 74.

At one of my bi-weekly outpatient appts. to have the wound cleaned and re-wrapped on Oct 22nd, the wound specialist told me that it looked like part of the wound was infected and they should have the ER Trauma docs look at it. It didn't take them more than 10 minutes to admit me as an inpatient and start IV antibiotics that were coursing through my veins for over a week. The following week was spent at an acute care therapy facility where I had physical & occupational therapy.

All of this happened so f*****g fast that I didn't even have a change of clothes or underwear, much less my PC.

When I subsequently found out that if my wound specialist hadn't insisted that I be examined further there was a possibility of losing the leg, she instantly became my Saint Amanda..

Now for the (afaic) happy ending.....I was released today after 2 weeks and have been home for a few hours. I'm plodding through e-mails, voice mails (didn't even want my cell phone while I was drugged out & slowly healing) and a shit ton of snail mail as well.

The biggest difference now is once I start going out again next week, I will be using a cane. I don't need it while at home fortunately, but using a cane beats the hell out of losing a leg!

I truly cannot thank you all enough for your love and concern.

As the Mexican bandit tells Bogart & Walter Huston in "Treasure of Sierra Madre" (paraphrasing), "I don' need no stinkin' Facebook, you friends are more than enough for me".

Love you all,

Geeze

[wideopenears]

Great news, and I too was concerned.....you're a fixture here, man, though we've not met. Take it easy.

[Yves]

Glad you're feeling better Hopalong!

[Progatron]

Great to hear that you're alive and kicking! You should get yourself a pimp cane, just because. :cool

[Steve F.]

You should get yourself a pimp cane, just because. :cool

Pimp cane? BE PRACTICAL!! : He should get a FLASK cane!!

Lotsa love, Steve; I'm really enjoying the book you gave me care of John B!

[LASERCD]

No vasectomy? Feigenbaum you lied to me again!

[aith01]

Welcome back, Geeze! This place wasn't the same without you. :)

Glad to hear things turned out a lot better than they could have, and that you're back in the comfort of home again. :ipa

[Lopez]

Like (or rather unlike) Johnny Winter, glad to hear you are still alive and well. We worried about you.

[Casey]

If you go to the window & look out in the direction of Newburyport, MA, you'll spot a reddish glow. Yup, that's all of the novena candles wishing you good health. I feel a bit superstitious about blowing them out but the airlines have been complaining about the blinding light on the approach to Logan.


Welcome home.

[adap2it]

Glad to have you back Steve, I was beginning to feel like the old man on PE;)

[JKL2000]

Glad you’re back home, Steve. Sounds like you need some fried cheese curds and a turtle sundae from Michael’s!

[rcarlberg]

Geezer,

Leslie West called. He wants your leg, and whichever arm you're least fond of.

[progeezer]

Geezer,

Leslie West called. He wants your leg, and whichever arm you're least fond of.

I hope you're proud of yourself for making an old man aspirate his iced tea, Robert!;)

[markwoll]

Glad to hear you are on the mend.
I have seen wounds go from ugly to deadly before and there is no time for second guessing.

[Poisoned Youth]

It's great to hear you're okay, Geez. Just in time for the Packers game this weekend!



Glad to have you back Steve, I was beginning to feel like the old man on PE;)

:lol

[Sunlight Caller]

Great to hear you are on the mend Steve, take care of yourself, but walking with a cane is a dandy thing to do, with your hat tipped at the correct raffish angle!

[Firth]

I experienced the wonders of antibiotic treatment myself (ok, not an STD;) ) by getting attacked by 5 ticks last spring. Good thing I jumped on it fast, because Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever can be devastating. Geez you have my empathy, nice to have you back:up

[mozo-pg]

Glad you're back in action Steve! Great to have you back to PE land. I'm just wondering if you've floated hundreds and hundreds of word associations during your hospital stay.

[proggy_jazzer]

I didn't even know there was such a thing as a "wound specialist" until a few weeks ago when my step-mom went through something similar (though not so extreme). Nothing to be trifled with. Glad you're pulling through!

[Klonk]

You guys are buying this crap??

;)

[Jerjo]

Congrats on keeping the leg. My vote is for a sword cane, because you never know when you'll need one.

Just curious, when can you go back to consuming combustibles? X)

[Hal...]

:O First I've heard of this.

I'm glad you're okay, Geeze, even though you're a Wisconsin fan.

[Lou]

I'm so happy to hear that you are home and still mobile. Sadly, I guess this eliminates any possibility of ever seeing your
interpretive dance version of Supper's Ready. :(

I also second Jerjo. A sword cane it MUST be!

[MudShark22]

You guys are buying this crap??

;)LoL

Welcome home Geeze.

[Gruno]

Congrats on keeping the leg. My vote is for a sword cane, because you never know when you'll need one.


This is da 'geezer we are talkin' 'bout! His cane needs to be one long joint.

[progeezer]

Congrats on keeping the leg. My vote is for a sword cane, because you never know when you'll need one.

Just curious, when can you go back to consuming combustibles? X)I waited at least one nanosecond after I got home last night to begin. Great restraint, eh?

[Rarebird]

How about a walking cane violin?

https://visitmuseum.gencat.cat/media/cache/1140x684/uploads/objects/photos/5b227eb45a0e8_violi-basto.jpeg

That would be the most proggish walking cane.

[3LockBox]

Good to hear you're doing better. Getting old sucks, but its still beats not getting old.

[aith01]

This is da 'geezer we are talkin' 'bout! His cane needs to be one long joint.

:rofl

[aith01]

How about a walking cane violin?

https://visitmuseum.gencat.cat/media/cache/1140x684/uploads/objects/photos/5b227eb45a0e8_violi-basto.jpeg

That would be the most proggish walking cane.

Some serious cred right there. :up

[rcarlberg]

https://visitmuseum.gencat.cat/media/cache/1140x684/uploads/objects/photos/5b227eb45a0e8_violi-basto.jpeg


Is that a Don "Sugar" Cane?

[jglfan]

Glad you're back home and well Steve

[NogbadTheBad]

Glad to have you back my friend

[battema]

Geeze!!! Welcome back online, knew you'd be back, never doubted it for an instant :D










(Steve F - okay fine, I owe you $5)

[spellbound]

Glad you're recovering. Geez. After falling from a ladder a few years back and tearing up my leg, I know wound care specialists and infections and tissue removal are no laughing matter. Keep on keepin' on, amigo. Walking with a cane beats not walking, any day.

[rickawakeman]

Glad you're on the mend Steve!

[adap2it]

Is that a Don "Sugar" Cane?

More like Cane & Unable :lol

[progmatist]

How about a walking cane violin?

https://visitmuseum.gencat.cat/media/cache/1140x684/uploads/objects/photos/5b227eb45a0e8_violi-basto.jpeg

That would be the most proggish walking cane.

That gives bow-legged a whole new meaning.

[Buddhabreath]

Sorry you had to go through that, but glad to hear you're on the mend and back in the saddle again!

[Don Arnold]

Welcome back, Steve, to the PE show that never ends. Come inside. Come inside!

[philsunset]

Glad things are going better for you Steve. All the best...

[arabicadabra]

Glad you're okay. Does daytime TV get better or even worse when you're heavily medicated in a care facility? No matter, just thankful you're still with us.

[moecurlythanu]

Glad this episode had a happy ending Geez. Forget the cane suggestions. You need a staff, and let the hair and beard grow out. The Gandalf look is in this year.

[rcarlberg]

And you can practice parting the waters and smiting the wicked.

[progeezer]

:lol

[Trane]

wished you back on solme other thread, but I missed this one

WELCOME BACK

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

The only problem with a sword cane is it's technically a concealed weapon. You need a license for it...

Glad you're back, sir. And congratulations on the successful healing.

[progeezer]

I figure I should post this so no one will think I've had a setback or whatever.....

If you only see the occasional post from me for a while it's because while I'm going through both dressing changes (for a few more months at least) as well as physical therapy for several more weeks (all at home), pain meds I don't want to take but have to at least before sleep (anything that starts with Oxy scares the shit out of me) keeping me foggy on awakening for a couple of hours before all the cobwebs are gone, and my kids (thankfully), with their own families & lives to take care of checking on me both in person and by phone, my energy level a lot of the time allows me to load my vape and turn on the TV and that's about it.

I hope to be back to my usual wise-ass verbose self before too long, but I don't want anyone of (what I consider) my good friends worrying ad interim.

[Gruno]

Stay strong, fella!!

[NogbadTheBad]

You're just stoned really aren't ya? X)

[mozo-pg]

Thanks for the update Steve. I'll light one up in a few hours in your honour. X)

[Lopez]

Your with us in spirit, Steve. Often when someone posts something, I think now WWGD (what would Geezer do)?

[progeezer]

Your with us in spirit, Steve. Often when someone posts something, I think now WWGD (what would Geezer do)?Yeah, all those Jews from Nazareth to Madison, WI are so sagelike, aren't they?:lol

[Polypet]

I am once again humbled and overwhelmed by the concern from all of my friends on PE!

Here's the official long-overdue update:

Any of you who saw me at Progday knew I had a pretty bad wound on my right shin from just another stupid old man blunder. I told everyone that this would be my ProgDay swansong due to a litany of non life-threatening crap that was simply catching up to me at 74.

At one of my bi-weekly outpatient appts. to have the wound cleaned and re-wrapped on Oct 22nd, the wound specialist told me that it looked like part of the wound was infected and they should have the ER Trauma docs look at it. It didn't take them more than 10 minutes to admit me as an inpatient and start IV antibiotics that were coursing through my veins for over a week. The following week was spent at an acute care therapy facility where I had physical & occupational therapy.

All of this happened so f*****g fast that I didn't even have a change of clothes or underwear, much less my PC.

When I subsequently found out that if my wound specialist hadn't insisted that I be examined further there was a possibility of losing the leg, she instantly became my Saint Amanda..

Now for the (afaic) happy ending.....I was released today after 2 weeks and have been home for a few hours. I'm plodding through e-mails, voice mails (didn't even want my cell phone while I was drugged out & slowly healing) and a shit ton of snail mail as well.

The biggest difference now is once I start going out again next week, I will be using a cane. I don't need it while at home fortunately, but using a cane beats the hell out of losing a leg!

I truly cannot thank you all enough for your love and concern.

As the Mexican bandit tells Bogart & Walter Huston in "Treasure of Sierra Madre" (paraphrasing), "I don' need no stinkin' Facebook, you friends are more than enough for me".

Love you all,

Geeze

So you're ok, man. Peace, love and light to you and yours :up ;)

[Shadow]

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/1c/25/8e/1c258e3036aa34fed0451eabc11d0ae6.jpg

[roddenberry]

Glad you're back on your feet, Steve!
Cheers my ol' friend!

Robert

[mozo-pg]

Hi Steve,

How is your health now? Improving?

[progeezer]

Hi Steve,

How is your health now? Improving?It is, but it's a very slow process and hard work (physical therapy) for someone as intrinsically lazy their whole life as me:). Thanks, friend!

[Ribo]

I like to contribute to "What Ever Happened To..." but otherwise I don't spend much time at PE. Just now finding out why you haven't been around, Steve! Hope you are continuing to improve. Stick around - us geezers need to continue to "represent"!

[WHORG]

Happy Holidaze Geez !!! Thinking about you !!! Little Joe says "hi" !!!

[progeezer]

Happy holidays to all who, once again, really cared about my situation and damn sure let me know it!:up

[mozo-pg]

Merry Christmas Steve!

[Trane]

Steven, you heathen... Have a good pagan feast

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[NogbadTheBad]

Merry Christmas!

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Happy Ho-Ho.

[Buddhabreath]

Yes, Merry Freakin’ Christmas everybody!

Unfortunately ours got off to an awkward start when Aunt Molly stated she doesn’t care for Yes, hasn’t listened to Close to the Edge and never will.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6028408/uploads/editor/dw/bbl0jmad6imw.gif

Damn! What a family! Where the hell’s the liquor cabinet?

[Trane]

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[Firth]

https://youtu.be/ZcNHZS0aDsQ

[Scott Bails]

Hey Steve! Haven't been around here much lately, so I'm just seeing this. My sentiments are quite late, but no less sincere - hope the healing is going well and that you'll be back to the spry progger we all know and love soon.

[Lopez]

Today is the diamond anniversary (75th) of the Geezer's first appearance on Earth. Shine on, you crazy diamond.

[NogbadTheBad]

Happy Birthday Geezer!

[mozo-pg]

Happy Birthday, Steve!

[Firth]

Happy Birthday Steve! Hope that the herb fairy visits you;)

[MudShark22]

Happy Bday Geeze!

[Jimmy Giant]

Happy Birthday Geezer - The Elder Race of Man!

[walt]

Happy Belated Birthday greetings homey.Hope all is well with you.

[TheLoony]

Missed this thread. Good to hear you are well. 75, eh? Almost the same age as my Mom but way, way cooler so take care of yourself. Stop that falling and breaking things nonsense.

I keep kicking things with my new club foot. Haven't fallen yet but now I know what it's like to be in that old and injured club so be careful and smoke 'em if you got 'em.

[Jerjo]

Time for an update - has anyone heard from the Ancient One?

[moecurlythanu]

Yep. Both the Geeze & the Ghost have been absent here for quite a while.

[Jerjo]

Geezer's last visit here was Jan 10 - hope everything is going OK and he's just unable to get to a laptop

[mozo-pg]

Yeah, would love to hear any news.

[Yodelgoat]

I dont think I'll be posting here when I hit 75. I'm not even planning on hitting 75. It will be a surprise to me if I do, I have but more simple goals. To die at my desk with my face hitting the spacebar, overwriting several thousand lines of code as my last act.

but I am trying to get to 1000 posts here, After that... all bets are off.

I do hope all is well with these guys. I do enjoy their posts and humor.

[rcarlberg]

I have but more simple goals. To die at my desk with my face hitting the spacebar, overwriting several thousand lines of code as my last act.Sounds like a job for the Central Scrutinizer.

[rcarlberg]

Geezer's last visit here was Jan 10 - hope everything is going OK Maybe he’s just tired of listening to you whippersnappers?!?

[Lopez]

I spoke with Steve on the phone last night. His voice sounds great, but he's not doing so well. He goes to physical therapy at the assisted living facility, and he's seeing some improvement there. He has to use a walker for getting around. Sounds like he's still having circulation problems, because he's still bruising pretty easily. He hopes to get back on PE soon. His kids will be hooking up his computer shortly. For the last three months or so, it's been idle as his days have been filled with doctors, medicine, and therapists. He sends his best to PE, and he does miss all his PE chums.

[JKL2000]

^^Thanks for the update.

[mozo-pg]

Thanks for the helpful update! I hope we see Steve back soon.

[NogbadTheBad]

Thanks for the update. Get well Steve.

[aith01]

Thanks for the update, Lou. Hoping Steve gets well soon.

[moecurlythanu]

Yeah, that doesn't sound good, but thanks for letting us know. Best wishes for Steve's recovery.

[Jerjo]

Yikes! Thanks for the update and best wishes to the Ancient One on a speedy recovery.

[Gruno]

:horns

[Firth]

He has used another of his 9 lives:

https://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/25333-PROGEEZER-Take-3-4-5-6-etc