Things that make you feel old
Mar 30th 2018, 3:28 am
#211
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: back in Cambs
Posts: 7,157
Re: Things that make you feel old
Well we saw my cardiologist yesterday.
Good news it is NOT heart failure.
Bad news is he is not sure what the issue is, and he’s running out of things it could be.
As a result I’ll be going back to see the pulmonologist to have my lungs checked out again. I’ll also be having another echocardiogram (last one was about two years ago). Thirdly, he wants to do a right-side catheterization. They put a catheter into the right side of the heart and check pressures. He also mentioned it would be a fluid challenged one. For that they pump saline solution into the right chamber and measure the pressures on both side of the heart. He is also a little concerned about the possibility of pericarditis or stiffening of the sac around the heart. If it is Pericarditis it's a problem because the surgeons would be extremely reluctant to try to remove the Pericardial sac because of all the scarring from the two previous bypass surgeries.
Good news it is NOT heart failure.
Bad news is he is not sure what the issue is, and he’s running out of things it could be.
As a result I’ll be going back to see the pulmonologist to have my lungs checked out again. I’ll also be having another echocardiogram (last one was about two years ago). Thirdly, he wants to do a right-side catheterization. They put a catheter into the right side of the heart and check pressures. He also mentioned it would be a fluid challenged one. For that they pump saline solution into the right chamber and measure the pressures on both side of the heart. He is also a little concerned about the possibility of pericarditis or stiffening of the sac around the heart. If it is Pericarditis it's a problem because the surgeons would be extremely reluctant to try to remove the Pericardial sac because of all the scarring from the two previous bypass surgeries.
May 3rd 2018, 6:14 pm
#212
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Things that make you feel old
This week a colleague failed to get to work. He had a flat tyre and had to wait a long time for a tow truck. I wondered why he didn't just change the tyre and he had no idea that one could do that. It turns out that the car, a Tesla Model S, doesn't even have a spare tyre (in a pinch you can steal a wheel off a nearby BMW and that will fit).
I take the ability to change a tyre for granted but it now seems to be a skill akin to using a starting handle.
I take the ability to change a tyre for granted but it now seems to be a skill akin to using a starting handle.
May 3rd 2018, 6:33 pm
#213
Oscar nominated
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
Posts: 50,862
Re: Things that make you feel old
This week a colleague failed to get to work. He had a flat tyre and had to wait a long time for a tow truck. I wondered why he didn't just change the tyre and he had no idea that one could do that. ...
I take the ability to change a tyre for granted but it now seems to be a skill akin to using a starting handle.
I take the ability to change a tyre for granted but it now seems to be a skill akin to using a starting handle.
I'm useless with my hands (if it's to do with work that is
) but I remember watching my dad change one once. I must have been in my teens as he died when I was 20 and I thought "I could do that" but I never had the chance to actually do it.It seemed less complicated that doing the same with a bicycle.
May 3rd 2018, 7:51 pm
#214
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Nov 2009
Location: Somewhere in Hamilton, ON
Posts: 4,307
Re: Things that make you feel old
I feel old complaining that the new BE app has made everything look weird and not user friendly! Can we make it look like it used to?
May 3rd 2018, 7:59 pm
#216
Magnificently Withering
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Oakville, ON
Posts: 6,891
Re: Things that make you feel old
I've reported two annoyances on the thread in Site Feedback: the "who quoted me" bit has disappeared from the user profile (again...), and there are adverts between posts, every third or fourth post, which is a real bugbear in other forums and extremely annoying.
There's a way to turn off the "infinite scrolling" thing which I also was about to complain about, but IBJoel had got there first with instructions to disable it.
May 3rd 2018, 9:58 pm
#217
Oscar nominated
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Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
Posts: 50,862
Re: Things that make you feel old
May 3rd 2018, 10:10 pm
#218
Stand-up Philosopher
Joined: Apr 2009
Location: Regina Saskatchewan
Posts: 16,344
Re: Things that make you feel old
Every change takes some getting used to. When crank-starting a car keep your thumb over the top of the handle in case it kicks back. My first car (47 Chev) had a start button on the dash and the dimmer switch was on the floor (same place as old start pedals).
May 3rd 2018, 11:27 pm
#219
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Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,018
Re: Things that make you feel old
All the background stuff; the emoticons, the formatting bar, the header, are now so big it's hard to find the posts. It's certainly less usable.
May 4th 2018, 12:37 am
#220
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Location: Somewhere in Hamilton, ON
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Re: Things that make you feel old
May 4th 2018, 1:31 am
#221
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Here is the thread to report about the glitches, annoyances and things that no longer work properly.
Your input could make a difference.
Your input could make a difference.
May 4th 2018, 1:18 pm
#222
limey party pooper
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 9,982
Re: Things that make you feel old
I'm useless with my hands (if it's to do with work that is
) but I remember watching my dad change one once. I must have been in my teens as he died when I was 20 and I thought "I could do that" but I never had the chance to actually do it.It seemed less complicated that doing the same with a bicycle.
May 4th 2018, 1:25 pm
#223
Oscar nominated
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Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
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