I just got out of the VA hospital after having an unanticipated double bypass. I'm looking forward to getting back into these forums but am still low on energy. And in case any anti-pipe zealots are shaking their heads in smug dismay, thie was caused by a year of breathing Agent Orange on China Beach not by four months of pipe smoking. Speaking of which...
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Back in the saddle again
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Posted 10 months ago #
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Hi, I'm Rod (ace57) I'm new here, hope all whent ok for You.
U.S.M.C. (SEMPER FI)Posted 10 months ago # -
Welcome back Rick, just in time for the 4th. Glad you're with us again
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Welcome back Rick... I'm really glad to hear that you came through everything okay. Take it slow friend... we would like to have you hanging around here for many years to come.
"United States"
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.Posted 10 months ago # -
Take care and now you have an excuse to post up like a madman while you recover.
Marry the right person, this one decision will determine 90% of your happiness.
Does a culture based on seperation and competition, of scientific sophistication and mideval religion, offer happiness even as it ravishes the Earth that sustains it?Posted 10 months ago # -
Welcome back Rick. The list of "presumptive diseases" for Agent Orange is constantly growing.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas JeffersonPosted 10 months ago # -
990Rick, I'm Robert. Nice to meet you.
And in case no one ever said it, welcome home.
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Welcome back 990Rick hope to see more of you once you are fully recovered. Thank you for your service to our country, it is greatly appreciated.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are small and crunchy and taste good with ketchup.Posted 10 months ago # -
Welcome back online Rick.
I find myself sitting idly on the line dividing past and future,
as if I could kill time without injuring eternity. -- ThoreauPosted 10 months ago # -
Welcome back Rick. Take it easy and enjoy the forums while you recover.
Southerners don't talk slow because they're dumb, we do it because there's really no rush.Posted 10 months ago # -
I hope you are feeling much better Rick.
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Glad to see you back. Heal up fast.
If at first you don't succeed you are running about average.Posted 10 months ago # -
As someone who was too young to realize what was going on at the time I want to give you a belated "Welcome Home" also!!!! Hope you recover soon!!!
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Welcome back Rick, I echo what Rick says! thanks for you service! I was a tad young back in the day, but only by a couple years. thanks again for your service and to all the guys who have fought so I can write on this forum!
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Hi Rick i too am new to this site and i don't think there is anything i can add to what has already been said apart from welcome home and nice to meet you.
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Welcome back. Have a speedy recovery and be back to smoking and posting soon buddy.
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Heal quickly and have a pipe or two it will help you stay calm and heal faster. I was in the service (USNR- USMC) during the fun in SE asia but I was'nt there thanks for your time there.
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Welcome back, Rick....You've been missed.
Live Aloha!Posted 10 months ago # -
Heal fast bud. If the VA took you in and kicked you out you're good to go so sleep well and rest up for the fun ahead in the years to come.
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Get well soon.
In a society that has destroyed all adventure, the only adventure left is to destroy that society.
{o,o}
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Welcome back Rick. Your posts always stir up good discussion.
Glad your doing well enough to join us again, and thank you for your service and sacrificePosted 10 months ago # -
Welcome home Brother.
Ranger-6RLTWPosted 10 months ago # -
Welcome back, and a speedy recovery to you friend.
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Welcome back Rick; wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Welcome back Rick! Hope everything goes smoothly with your recovery.
"When the Government Fears the People, There is Liberty;
When the People Fear the Government, There is Tyranny." - Thomas JeffersonPosted 10 months ago # -
Just got back home last night. My god but it's good to be back! My two cats, Brian and Dave were as happy to see us as we were to see them and today we go and get Steve and Luke to bring them home from puppy camp. I'm walking really well, but still carrying the cane for safety's sake. I'm starting back at my pipe smoking very slowly. The first day out of the hospital I took only a couple puffs and the flavor just wasn't there in my daily blend (my own H&H hybrid of which I'm inordinately proud) but I figured that was probably due to the beating I'd taken in surgery. The Portland VA surgical team did a top notch job, but open heart surgery really kicks your butt! Anyway, I also was still pretty shaky overall at that point. A couple days later and I smoked again and enjoyed it more, but the tobacco still tasted different to me. Blander, lacking the complexity I really enjoy. I still chalked that up to my tastebuds recovering from general anesthesia. Yesterday on the long trip home I smoked a whole half bowl and it was almost normal tasting and really calming. I found that sitting in a car for hours was much harder on me than being able to get up and move around whenever the spirit moved me. In my case, the spirit moves me a lot. Today I'll be sitting back on my own chair on my own front porch looking out over our little acre and I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to that. I'll just play it by ear, which is undoubtedly a very mixed metaphor for smoking, but I'll let my body be my guide. I've gotten real good at listening to it.
Thanks to all you guys for the welcomes and the kind thoughts. I'm so glad to still be alive. Dodged a real bullet here. I'm looking forward to three more decades of living; especially now that my heart, brain and other vital organs are getting their first full oxygenation in years.
One thing I noticed that I really want to share is that I stopped smoking a week before surgery and didn't smoke again for a period of nearly two weeks and never felt any of the sort of withdrawal I would have experienced if this was back in my long-ago cigarette smoking days. I'll do a full post on this tomorrow. Plus I may post an email I'm putting together to let neighbors and nearby friends know what's been going on.
Hell of an odyssey.
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