Jimbo Posted December 23, 2023 #111351 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Stefan Batory said: Husky 1987-Thanks for your reply. My problems started around 2017-18. I noticed my hands getting weak. But just put down as aging & my father had problems with his hands. We went to Disney in Dec 2019 and I walked 8-9 miles a day with some leg and hip pain and had to rest often, but I did it. Then the bowel problems started. In Feb 2020 I had an accident @ work. I went home, cleaned up, and went to the ER. I thought I had had a stroke. After MRI's & Cat scans including being checked for cauda it was determined I had an impinged spinal cord @ C3-4. By the time of my decompression surgery in March 2020 my hands had turned into useless claws and I could no longer walk. I regained most of my hand functions but they are still weak. I can walk again short distances with a cane and I use a walker for long distances- 100 yards @ most before my left leg goes numb except for extreme throbbing in my left knee. The knee was examined twice xrays, cat scans, mri's and it was determined the pain was neurological. More lumbar cat scans, xrays & mri's and I need L-3 to S1 decompression & fusion. I go under the knife on Thursday. Wow, Don't know what to say other then good luck on Thursday and hope everything goes well. I surely don't want to like your post. Edited December 23, 2023 by Jimbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Momof3gurlz Posted December 23, 2023 #111352 Share Posted December 23, 2023 @Husky1987 what a wonderful story Larry. Truly the spirit of Christmas in what you all did for Cindy and her family. @mo&fran excellent news! @Sea Dog please extend belated birthday wishes to Linda from Andy and I. I want to add my wishes for everyone here to have a very Merry Christmas however you spend the holiday 🎄🤶!! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 23, 2023 #111353 Share Posted December 23, 2023 12 hours ago, Husky1987 said: Spirit of Christmas time... This lady and her husband came into our shop yesterday about 2:00. There's a direct door into my (shared) office, so she walked in and asked if we could make a roasting pan. She had a little piece of paper with dimensions and all that. She had someone lined up to make one but it fell through, and she went to a couple other places close by and they gave her the "we don't have the time" brush off. I asked her when she needed it by...she looked down and kinda shyly said "Saturday??" Being the Thursday before Christmas, we had plenty of people out early, and more not working today to make a longer weekend. So I sent her over to our sales and production office, gave our salesman Mike a heads up that a very sweet lady was coming around with a huge ask and said to him if there's any way we can do something to make a good Christmas, let's make it happen. I walked over to the other side of the shop and saw her talking to Mike. Our folks were already on it. Our programmer was drawing something up, our production supervisor was looking for a scrap piece of material we could make her pan out of, and our brake press operator was getting his brake set up. Cindy (the lady) was tearing up....she told us that her husband was in stage 4 cancer, and this pan was for roasting a pig for a big party Sunday for his mom. She asked how much it was going to cost, and we told her it won't cost you anything....Merry Christmas. She cried some happy tears. We told her we'd call her in the morning when it was done. So this morning one of our welders welded it up, put some handles on it. She and her husband came in to pick it up....she brought cake for the gang. There are plenty of days in my job that really suck. In the 21+ years I've been working here, this may be the best day I've ever had. That's gonna be some pig. When you get a chance to make someone's Christmas...just do it 🙂 Beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it as well as for what you did. You never know what someone else is going through and how you can touch their lives. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 23, 2023 #111354 Share Posted December 23, 2023 9 hours ago, BonTexasNY said: It's magical and easier when you live there. 😉 I completely agree... or when you can just walk over to Grand Central when you have had enough and get the hell out. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted December 23, 2023 #111355 Share Posted December 23, 2023 There are 8 cruise ships in port today with 23,000+ passegettung off and 23,000+ folks like us trying to get on. The transfer companies and share ride drivers will have a busy (yet profitable) day transporting all the passengers to/from the cruise terminnals. We will be in line to board the Odyssey along with several thousand of my new BFFs in couple of hours. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky1987 Posted December 23, 2023 #111356 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Stefan Batory said: Husky 1987-Thanks for your reply. My problems started around 2017-18. I noticed my hands getting weak. But just put down as aging & my father had problems with his hands. We went to Disney in Dec 2019 and I walked 8-9 miles a day with some leg and hip pain and had to rest often, but I did it. Then the bowel problems started. In Feb 2020 I had an accident @ work. I went home, cleaned up, and went to the ER. I thought I had had a stroke. After MRI's & Cat scans including being checked for cauda it was determined I had an impinged spinal cord @ C3-4. By the time of my decompression surgery in March 2020 my hands had turned into useless claws and I could no longer walk. I regained most of my hand functions but they are still weak. I can walk again short distances with a cane and I use a walker for long distances- 100 yards @ most before my left leg goes numb except for extreme throbbing in my left knee. The knee was examined twice xrays, cat scans, mri's and it was determined the pain was neurological. More lumbar cat scans, xrays & mri's and I need L-3 to S1 decompression & fusion. I go under the knife on Thursday. All I can say is I've been there. Before my herniation/surgery, I was running 7 miles a day, 6 days a week. Afterwards, I measured my progress by how many times I could walk up and down the hallway of my house before my legs were to weak to keep going. Best of luck to you on Thursday, I hope you find some relief. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 23, 2023 #111357 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, harryfat1 said: There are 8 cruise ships in port today with 23,000+ passegettung off and 23,000+ folks like us trying to get on. The transfer companies and share ride drivers will have a busy (yet profitable) day transporting all the passengers to/from the cruise terminnals. We will be in line to board the Odyssey along with several thousand of my new BFFs in couple of hours. Have a great cruise. I will be reuniting with Odyssey in February. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted December 23, 2023 #111358 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: Have a great cruise. I will be reuniting with Odyssey in February. Thanks. I'll make sure there's at least one working bar stool for you after our crazy parties... Oh, wait, I was thinking of the Carnival cruise parties and fights. Never mind... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted December 23, 2023 #111359 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Stefan Batory said: Husky 1987-Thanks for your reply. My problems started around 2017-18. I noticed my hands getting weak. But just put down as aging & my father had problems with his hands. We went to Disney in Dec 2019 and I walked 8-9 miles a day with some leg and hip pain and had to rest often, but I did it. Then the bowel problems started. In Feb 2020 I had an accident @ work. I went home, cleaned up, and went to the ER. I thought I had had a stroke. After MRI's & Cat scans including being checked for cauda it was determined I had an impinged spinal cord @ C3-4. By the time of my decompression surgery in March 2020 my hands had turned into useless claws and I could no longer walk. I regained most of my hand functions but they are still weak. I can walk again short distances with a cane and I use a walker for long distances- 100 yards @ most before my left leg goes numb except for extreme throbbing in my left knee. The knee was examined twice xrays, cat scans, mri's and it was determined the pain was neurological. More lumbar cat scans, xrays & mri's and I need L-3 to S1 decompression & fusion. I go under the knife on Thursday. Good luck with your surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiselvr04 Posted December 23, 2023 #111360 Share Posted December 23, 2023 4 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said: @Ocean Boy We had a pre-Christmas visitor tonight from your favourite Australian spider. He appeared as I went to close the blinds. Sadly DH extinguished him with the Mortein spray before I could re-locate the Huntsman back outside (he had scuttled behind one of DH’s framed cricket photos) and there was a risk of the glass frame breaking whilst I tried to catch him. I just had to google that one. Shuddering. That might be worse than the 5 inch garden snake we found in our house a couple of years ago. The neighbors had dug up their yard and one found its way in. Luckily our little dog alerted us it was there before it surprised me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WrittenOnYourHeart Posted December 23, 2023 #111361 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, cruiselvr04 said: just had to google that one. Shuddering. Agreed. I used an incognito browser just to prevent any weird things popping up on my FB or anything. A large part of me would love to visit Australia some day, but then I see the pictures of all the creepy crawlies that are there and I start questioning that! LOL. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckynana Posted December 23, 2023 #111362 Share Posted December 23, 2023 @Stefan Batory Best wishes for a great outcome with your Surgery this week, and as quick a recovery as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieJo Posted December 23, 2023 #111363 Share Posted December 23, 2023 @Stefan Batory Sending well wishes for a speedy recovery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniDanielle Posted December 23, 2023 #111364 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Jimbo said: Wow, Don't know what to say other then good luck on Thursday and hope everything goes well. I surely don't want to like your post. +1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHProud Posted December 23, 2023 #111365 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ValerieJo said: @Stefan Batory Sending well wishes for a speedy recovery. From me , too ! Edited December 23, 2023 by NHProud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted December 23, 2023 #111366 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Sitting here chilling with my new BFFs. As others have posted, Port Everglades doesn't ask when is your official check in time as terminal 18 is humongous to seat thousands of people. Unlike San Pedro which has less than 200 seats so they have to be very strict on the check in time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted December 23, 2023 #111367 Share Posted December 23, 2023 21 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said: +1 +2 Best wishes for a successful procedure and easy recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arzeena Posted December 23, 2023 #111368 Share Posted December 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, harryfat1 said: Sitting here chilling with my new BFFs. Have a great cruise Harry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted December 23, 2023 #111369 Share Posted December 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Arzeena said: Have a great cruise Harry! Thanks. Picture taken by the nice port check-in lady who liked our Holiday theme shirts. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozark_Kid Posted December 23, 2023 #111370 Share Posted December 23, 2023 14 hours ago, Husky1987 said: Spirit of Christmas time... This lady and her husband came into our shop yesterday about 2:00. There's a direct door into my (shared) office, so she walked in and asked if we could make a roasting pan. She had a little piece of paper with dimensions and all that. She had someone lined up to make one but it fell through, and she went to a couple other places close by and they gave her the "we don't have the time" brush off. I asked her when she needed it by...she looked down and kinda shyly said "Saturday??" Being the Thursday before Christmas, we had plenty of people out early, and more not working today to make a longer weekend. So I sent her over to our sales and production office, gave our salesman Mike a heads up that a very sweet lady was coming around with a huge ask and said to him if there's any way we can do something to make a good Christmas, let's make it happen. I walked over to the other side of the shop and saw her talking to Mike. Our folks were already on it. Our programmer was drawing something up, our production supervisor was looking for a scrap piece of material we could make her pan out of, and our brake press operator was getting his brake set up. Cindy (the lady) was tearing up....she told us that her husband was in stage 4 cancer, and this pan was for roasting a pig for a big party Sunday for his mom. She asked how much it was going to cost, and we told her it won't cost you anything....Merry Christmas. She cried some happy tears. We told her we'd call her in the morning when it was done. So this morning one of our welders welded it up, put some handles on it. She and her husband came in to pick it up....she brought cake for the gang. There are plenty of days in my job that really suck. In the 21+ years I've been working here, this may be the best day I've ever had. That's gonna be some pig. When you get a chance to make someone's Christmas...just do it 🙂 This was a great post to start my day! So uplifting! You and the crew are such a blessing. I had to share the story with Sharon and she loved it. I wish you, the crew and all our Dani thread family a Merry Christmas! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ozark_Kid Posted December 23, 2023 #111371 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Have any of you heard how much Santa paid for his current sleigh? Not a thing, it was on the house! 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted December 23, 2023 #111372 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Very empty Windjammer at 11:30 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonTexasNY Posted December 23, 2023 #111373 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, harryfat1 said: Thanks. Picture taken by the nice port check-in lady who liked our Holiday theme shirts. I've always enjoyed your trip reviews. Have a fabulous cruise and carry on! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 23, 2023 #111374 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, harryfat1 said: Very empty Windjammer at 11:30 I think Odyssey had one of the most functional WJs that I have been in. I also thought that the food was very good too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted December 23, 2023 #111375 Share Posted December 23, 2023 16 hours ago, Husky1987 said: Spirit of Christmas time... This lady and her husband came into our shop yesterday about 2:00. There's a direct door into my (shared) office, so she walked in and asked if we could make a roasting pan. She had a little piece of paper with dimensions and all that. She had someone lined up to make one but it fell through, and she went to a couple other places close by and they gave her the "we don't have the time" brush off. I asked her when she needed it by...she looked down and kinda shyly said "Saturday??" Being the Thursday before Christmas, we had plenty of people out early, and more not working today to make a longer weekend. So I sent her over to our sales and production office, gave our salesman Mike a heads up that a very sweet lady was coming around with a huge ask and said to him if there's any way we can do something to make a good Christmas, let's make it happen. I walked over to the other side of the shop and saw her talking to Mike. Our folks were already on it. Our programmer was drawing something up, our production supervisor was looking for a scrap piece of material we could make her pan out of, and our brake press operator was getting his brake set up. Cindy (the lady) was tearing up....she told us that her husband was in stage 4 cancer, and this pan was for roasting a pig for a big party Sunday for his mom. She asked how much it was going to cost, and we told her it won't cost you anything....Merry Christmas. She cried some happy tears. We told her we'd call her in the morning when it was done. So this morning one of our welders welded it up, put some handles on it. She and her husband came in to pick it up....she brought cake for the gang. There are plenty of days in my job that really suck. In the 21+ years I've been working here, this may be the best day I've ever had. That's gonna be some pig. When you get a chance to make someone's Christmas...just do it 🙂 Great Job! Such a wonderful story and so kind of everyone to help her. I love hearing these type of stories, especially after coming home from some errands this morning where everyone seems to be a bit stressed. ❤️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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