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Well it's been an interesting couple of weeks with the testing for cancer which fortunately proved to be neagtive. I am still dealing with a couple of other back issues which for the moment are controlled through prednisone and some pain meds.
This week I will have the chance to travel to Texas to attend my sons graduation and officers commissioning ceremony as he becomes an officer in the United Staed Air Force. Joe (jr) just completed his training with high honors at Lackland AFB in San Antonio Texas.
Tex I'll wave as I pass overhead this Wednesday AM
While it will take some meds for me to be able endure this trip. I will be traveling to San Antonio on Wednesday to attend his graduation and ceremony where he receives his officers commission (Lieutenant) this Friday. I'm not going to miss this for the world!!! Back issues or not.
After this trip I will be getting a series of spinal injections with steroids to help with the pain on a more long term basis. What I find interesting is that the back pain and activity of the MC and Crohns seem to be linked together.
Thanks again to all here for your incredible support, friendship and encouragement these past many months, it really has made all the difference in the world.
Congrats to Joe Jr! What an accomplishment!
You will have a great time, youll be having too much fun to even worry about anything else. Maybe you should request an isle seat on the plane-so you can stretch out a bit? I even get achy sitting on a plane for more than a few hours.
Have a great time!
Great suggestions Jenny! and thanks Brenda, I will take these ideas into account on Wednesday, I like the idea of an isle seat, it will make getting up to stretch easier.
Joe Jr is quite excited about his accomplishments and looking forward to his long term deployment assignment. He has really worked quite hard to make it where he is today..
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Let us know how the injections with steroids work out for you. Hope you get some relief from your back pain. Have a nice trip to S.A. - it's going to be hot, hot, hot.
CoryGut
Age 71
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Joe,
First congratulations to Joe jr. and to you on this accomplishment! It's really wonderful, and great you can be there.
I have serious back issues. I have stopped taking pain pills because of their effect on my gut, so there are days when I can barely walk. I have given in to being disabled (I fought it for a long time) and get a wheelchair to get me through all the lines because I missed a plane when I tried to do it without one.
I also ask for a bulkhead aisle seat, and generally get it.
I preboard so I can get settled and not wait in lined to get on the plane.
My trips are LONG, so every but of help counts. I will take pain pills for the trip if I have to. They will also prevent having a D attack on the plane.
Do use every method you can to make the trip easier on your body. Flying is a strain for a healthy person.
Thanks for all of the replies and advice. Lesley I will certainly use what I can to make this trip a good one. My doctor has given me the Norco and allowed to me temporarily increase the Medrol (prednisone) for this trip to make it more bearable. I am holding off the spinal injections until afterwards as they can at times leave you bedridden for a few days afterwards depending on how well you tolerate them. If all works out though they will provide a good 4 to 6 months of relief.
Joe (jr) has worked very hard to get where he is at, he graduated with a double major of electrical and mechanical engineering while enrolled in ROTC, United States Air Force. After graduation he is now serving 4 years in the Air Force. He just finished basic training and will recieve his commission this upcoming Friday with the rank of Lieutenant at a ceremony at Lacklad AFB in San Antonio. I'm not sure who is prouder, me or him LOL. Joe has always been a hard worker and has been a well focused and a very mature son. I could not ask for more. Both he and his sister Debbie have been absolutely wonderful kids and are now excellent young adults with a bright future.
Thank you for having a son that is serving our country! I believe the commissioning ceremony will be a fairly big deal and kind of interesting--I recall my sister's was. Do you know where Joe Jr will be stationed?
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