As I mentioned in one of the other discussion, yesterday was spent reading Murder on the Orient Express. To go with that, I decided to smoke an oriental - Balkan Surprise - in an Oom Paul. I guess I could have used a Meerschaum since part of the story passes through Turkey.
@motie2 Hooray for your side! I always like a happy ending pipe story Question: Have you ever heard of "Laser Spine Institute" ? If not, check it out. I'm not recommending it, just thought about you when I saw the commercial on TV...
Doing some work in the garage shop and decided to have another bowl. This time it's a Lane product through P&C called "A few too many" ... Whiskey-based... Using an old Tinder Box "Christmas pipe" I refurbished last year...
@KA9FFJ -- Thank you for thinking of me. Doctors still don't know what's causing it; not the usual pinched nerve story. There's a secondary sympton that makes it an anomaly. Lucky freakin' me. Anyway, it's been two steps forward, one step back, but the curve has been upwards. If I'm not having a bad day, I've been steadily improving. The leg's screwed up, but I can live with it , knowing that it's getting better....
Now, why "surprised" (by the above pic)? Because it kinda sorta resembled the pipe I had my first pipe dyeing experience with .... two pipes actually .... with the support and encouragement of our resident pipe maker, @Corey562, who told me what kind of dye (Fiebing's Leather Dye) I should use.
Hey Buddy, has anyone mentioned Spinal Stenosis? I have had back surgery years ago, and I am still in pain every day. I have been diagnosed with SS, they want to put a steel rod in my back over 5 vertebae (5 to anchor 3).....NO WAY. I have had 9 pairs of epidurals (this is bilateral), had therapy several times. I walk with a limp, and very often my legs will give out. Itry to be the tough dude I once was but it is getting harder and harder to do. I have had periods lasting weeks where I am just miserable with debilitating constant pain.
Anyway, if no one has mentioned it check it out. They inject you with a dye and put you thru an MRI, and they can see the "facets" in which the nerves come out from the spinal column. I have been given all sorts of pain medicines which I will not take (except in the beginning years ago when I was awaiting surgery for a damaged disc).
Hang in there, give the pain and suffering up to the Lord, and smoke the crap out of your pipes. A little Jameson or Michael Collins never hurt either.
@pwkarch -- A diagnosis required an MRI, and I blew through three appointments for one, becaus eI could not lay still for an hour, even on a double dose of happy pills. Currently, I'm awaiting an EMG on the second week of March. I'm on no pain meds; not even OTC's. I'm content that it is showing significant improvement. But man, those two weeks of bulging eyes and screaming (with nothing visibly wrong with were the pain was. On the outside of my right thigh, it was the worst pain I've ever known. from the knee to the ankle it was like having a cheese grater wrapped on your leg.... evry little move was hell. When the one thing didn't hurt, the other did.... but I see I'm babbling now, so I'll close.
Been there, done that. I described the pain as the leg being in a vise. I too had an EMG and the Doc made some comment about me being dead from the waist down.
@Go4Broke — Thank you. It’s a great smoke. Very light for its size. I got it from my local B&M because they lost two pipes of mine (a Soren freehand & a Savinelli pot) that I gave them to send off for repair. Probably lost while shipping to Florida during Hurricane Harvey. Anyway, the manager (a great guy I’ve known for over 20 years) let me pick out three of his estate pipes to replace them. I chose this Charatan, a Savinelli Punto Oro & a no-name Canadian billiard. I kinda think the ordeal thing worked in my favor.
Still rocking with the Lane 1-Q in my Huckleberry Finn. Finally got around to bowl number 2 since it was raining yesterday. Didn’t properly get to enjoy the full experience. Now that I am sitting on my duff with my coffee, it is magical.
Lane 1-Q smells and tastes like one of my favorite strawberry milkshakes from a restaurant here in California. I feel like if someone were to try and take this from me, I’d chop their grubby little mitts off.
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Question: Have you ever heard of "Laser Spine Institute" ? If not, check it out. I'm not recommending it, just thought about you when I saw the commercial on TV...
Now, why "surprised" (by the above pic)? Because it kinda sorta resembled the pipe I had my first pipe dyeing experience with .... two pipes actually .... with the support and encouragement of our resident pipe maker, @Corey562, who told me what kind of dye (Fiebing's Leather Dye) I should use.
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Hey Buddy, has anyone mentioned Spinal Stenosis? I have had back surgery years ago, and I am still in pain every day. I have been diagnosed with SS, they want to put a steel rod in my back over 5 vertebae (5 to anchor 3).....NO WAY. I have had 9 pairs of epidurals (this is bilateral), had therapy several times. I walk with a limp, and very often my legs will give out. Itry to be the tough dude I once was but it is getting harder and harder to do. I have had periods lasting weeks where I am just miserable with debilitating constant pain.
Anyway, if no one has mentioned it check it out. They inject you with a dye and put you thru an MRI, and they can see the "facets" in which the nerves come out from the spinal column. I have been given all sorts of pain medicines which I will not take (except in the beginning years ago when I was awaiting surgery for a damaged disc).
Hang in there, give the pain and suffering up to the Lord, and smoke the crap out of your pipes. A little Jameson or Michael Collins never hurt either.
Been there, done that. I described the pain as the leg being in a vise. I too had an EMG and the Doc made some comment about me being dead from the waist down.
Lane 1-Q smells and tastes like one of my favorite strawberry milkshakes from a restaurant here in California. I feel like if someone were to try and take this from me, I’d chop their grubby little mitts off.