Well, Mike called Allan tonight and he is out and doing better. Hopefully he will be on here shortly so he can see how much we missed him.

where is the Raptor? It can't be that hard to punch some keys on a key board. :D

hes probebly getting the old board! LOL

I am back and doing fine :bounce: Thanks for all the concern, I won't forget it, your all the best! I was in for bi-latteral pneumonia which just means it was in both lungs. As was mentioned by Ryan, I have CF "cystic fibrosis" which is genetic so after 35 years I am pretty used to it. It is normally no big deal for me, but I am prone to get things like pneumonia more often because of it. They put me on anti-biotics which is working well. This disease doesn't own me so I don't usually talk much about it, but if there is ever something you want to know just ask.

As Tom guessed, my computer was still bringing up the old site so I had to do a little adjusting to get it to bring this site up.

Thanks again for all you comments!

Glad your back Raptor. Has your doctor ever offered to give you the Pnuemo-vac shot? I had it about 6 years ago. It's a vaccine that helps you become immune to Pnuemonia. :idea:

Anyway we are all glad you're back to your good ol' cranky self, now get to work on that TB elbow! :razz2:

I'm so glad you are back and feeling better!! :D

Thanks Jana!

Mike, I had that shot a few years ago, it just doesn't quite work with me. I will take care of that elbow ASAP for you. Thanks.

Glad you are ok man!! I was worried about ya.

woo hoo old man blue is back!!!! glad to see your ok buddy

ok, quit lazying around and get your welding stuff up to speed now :) stop being so sick
lazy arse




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If you don't know that i'm kidding go shoot yourself

herehere! Glad to see you are ok. I was just wonderin gwhat the heck CF is.... I know you said the name of it but what is it other then makeing you more prone to getting stuff like what you just got? J/W Glad to see you are doing better. :banana:

I'm glad to hear that you're ok Raptor! :D

Thanks Kat!

As far as what CF is, I will give you the quick and simple version, it is obviously a lot more complex than this, but this should help. It is basically a genetic disease in which there is an extra protien in the blood that causes all kinds of problems. Like you mentioned, it makes you prone to getting other things like diabetes or pneumonia. It is the number 1 genetic killer, with about 30,000 new cases a year and an average life expectancy of 30. Most people who have it experience continuous breathing problems as well as being malnourished. It is the complications that tend to kill people though, due to the issues with breathing, the heart is weaker in some cases etc.

It is the same with anything else though, let it get to you and it will. Attitude is everything. It doesn't own me because I won't let it. Make sense?

damn Mike, you are one tough mo-fo. :bowdown" you'll probably end up a crazy self-engineered cyborg and outlive us all.