Oreville on the mend.
oreville
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Just to bring you up to date, I suffered a mild stroke on August 13t, 2016 after coming back on a cruise from New York to Bermuda in which I literally fell off the wagon in my eating habits. Too much salt and then when drinking too much more salt!
Four days later, I was in my office conducting an audit with the IIRS on my 7th appointment with the Internal Revenue Service Revenue Agent when I could barely function and it took me 3 hours to print a report that normally would take me 3 minutes to do. I was also tripping over boxes and suffered a loss of balance.
On my way home I hit my neighbor's mail box as I was not paying attention to the road and drifting off into la-la land!
I did not realize that I was having a medical problem just thought I was enduring lack of sleep and having "sea legs" after a bumpy sea cruise back from Bermuda to New York.
I kept ordering seltzer water and they kept serving me high salt club soda without telling me.
On Saturday August 13th, I participated in a family day outing to a local lake in Northen NJ on a very hot day enjoying myself when I went into the lake tried to swim and realized I had no strength to swim and struggled to get back to shallow water.
Then I realized something was terribly wrong.
Checked into a local hospital and my blood sugar and blood pressure was off the scale. I was suffering a stroke.
My left side was weakened but my executive part of my brain was thankfully intact. A mild stroke.
Since then I have lost weight about 25 pounds and my blood sugar andhas returned almost to normal and I stopped dusing artificial sweeteners anf went to Stevia. Huge difference. Refined carbs are my enemy as well.
No insulin shots needed but taking a low dosage pill to make sure my blood sugar stays low.
My blood pressure also is back to normal as well and I have been undergoing physical therapy, occupational therapy and cognitive/speech therapy at the famous Helen Hayes Hospital in Stony Point, NY. They were great. I checked out of the hopital on September 2, 2016 and continued therapy as an outpatient.
I am now back to driving, done with PT and OT, still have three weeks left in cognitive therapy but I am up to 95% of where I was mentally and physically.
I made it to the Baltimore show in November with a friend driving me there and back and did ok but did tire a little at the end.
I bought two inexpensive coins, a 1921-S walker in PCGS VG-08 which did NOT sticker and a mercury dime in PCGS MS-65 doily slab which did sticker upon CAC review.
My eyes are getting stronger again. My vision has returned to exactly pre-stroke levels.
I am still on the mend but will be ok.
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Wish you all the best with your health.
How do you edit a post in which the spell check made errors?
oreville, good to hear you are getting your health back. Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner to edit.
All the best on your recovery
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Glad you are feeling better, sounds like you are healing up well!
bolivarshagnasty: Thanks for your advice. But why is a gear symbol used instead of simply the word EDIT.
Was I supposed to know what the gear symbol means?
Wow. Sidestepped the ghost. Happy for you.
Can't answer that. Software designers?
a speedy recovery for sure best wishes
Get well Oreville! I was hoping to run into you today in NY.
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I'm sorry to hear of your troubles Oreville.
It's great to hear that you are doing better.
Wow. So sorry. Am really glad you're back and sharing new pieces with us. Welcome back
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Glad you're getting better. Yep, no added salt and no bad carbs. (My diet is mostly road kill and crabgrass.....)
PS: "Spell check" is your friend - it can take the blame for any foot-in-mouth incidents.
Wow. Glad to hear you are doing better. Scarey how things can sneak up on you.
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Stay strong, my friend!
Glad to hear your are doing better now, Oreville. The lifestyle changes will prove very helpful, i'm sure.
Glad you're ok! Stay on top of it and stay well!
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Glad you are doing better. Sounds like a scary experience. Wish you the best with your recovery.
And regarding the gear icon it seems to be an often used icon for links to things like settings and tools. Chrome uses something similar for their browser tools and iOS uses a gear for its settings. Although iOS appears more like a planetary gear or multi gear setup.
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Best Wishes for Healthy New Year ..
Glad you caught it in time and took the necessary actions. Also glad to hear you are doing better.
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Wow, quite the ordeal! Glad to hear you got the messages your body sent you and made the changes needed. Keep up the good work. Happy to hear you are doing better.
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Wow! You have a new lease on life! I am so glad you have recovered, we all take out health for granted at some point. I would sell all my coins just to have a healthy body, most important thing really. I am glad for you and your family stay strong, hope to see you on the boards!
I was wondering where you have been. That is some scary stuff. I am so glad that you were able to catch it in time and that you are getting healthier, now. I wish you all the best, my friend!
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Oreville, good to hear good news! Glad you are almost 100% back to normal!
Stay well, my friend.
Explain the sugar thing, I don't understand that artificial stuff.
bob
So good to hear you are on the mend.
Everyday is precious!
Glad to see you're still fighting, Oreville
Good health unto you, Orville!
I missed seeing your posts on the 1942 experimental cents.
Glad to hear you are well
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@oreville ....Very happy to hear you are recovering - apparently with no lingering effects.... Wishing you continued good health....Cheers, RickO
Very sorry to hear Oreville.
Thank God you went to the hospital when you did.
I hope you have a very speedy recovery.
You missed another FUN dinner!
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Hang in there and it's great to see you around the campus again!
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I wish you good health and it is welcome to hear that you are on a path of continued recovery.
@oreville Glad to hear you are on the mend. Stay vigilant and stay healthy!
Got the sweetener answer. Stevia is a plant and it produces a natural sugar.
thanks,
bob
Hey Oreville, sorry to hear about your incident, but very happy to hear about your fine recovery, best wishes!
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Dang Oreville! Glad to hear you are pulling through OK!
Oreville. So happy to hear of your wonderful progress! I really hope we can get together soon for a day and talk coins. Wondercoin.
Best wishes and hoping things are continuing to improve
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Get well oreville.
@oreville What a stunning post. Thank God it had a happy ending. I want to click hate for the first part of the post and like for the second part!! Just keep on going and get back to 100% as soon as possible.
Oreville, so sorry to hear your medical problems as I've always
appreciated your posts and the interest you bring to our hobby.
Sounds like you have met that milestone we all do of a certain age.
I've got heart Dr's, skin Dr's, GP's and one that cuts things out of me.
You will do fine I'm sure so take good care of yourself.
We wish you the best.
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Be well, old friend.
Get Well Soon, my friend!
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Please take care of yourself and get well soon
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Sorry to hear of your situation Oreville, but glad to hear that you've pretty much whipped it.
I don't know, Robert. Your sea legs were fine when I saw you last
, and it was a lot choppier where we sailed.
But seriously, I'm so glad you're doing much better.
Cheers
Bob
So sorry to hear! I hope you're doing better!
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