thanks to all who was involved in the prayer party, i have ever seen. i now have a DEFIBRILLATOR, implanted in my chest. so next time the switch get flipped off............i guess ill be in for a real shock. also thanks steve for inviting me back here, i have miss a lot of my friends for too long.
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
Welcome home mate! We missed you here and on Skype every night.
Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :
What did I miss??? Guess I'll have to check in more often
Posted by Catharine C. Kennedy (Member # 4459) on :
Welcome back!
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Welcome back, you've been missed in so many ways........well, at least by me. Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Welcome home Joe!!!! Posted by Tim Barrow (Member # 576) on :
Hey ya old Perv!!!!!!,... glad ta see yer above the daisies here,... some had ya all but planted here last week,.....
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Shoot!...most of us have been flipping you off for a long time!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome back Joe!!!!!!! You back in your speedo yet??
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Welcome back, you crusty critter. You've really managed to beat the odds. Good for you. Love....Jill PS In the words of my late uncle Jim: "Hooray hooray the first of May, outdoor screwing starts today!" But that may be taking it a bit too far, Joe.
Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
Alive is good Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Joe - glad to see you back, recovering, and in good spirits. Prayers for continued healing.
Posted by Craig Sjoquist (Member # 4684) on :
Welcome back Joe ,,,Good to see ya ready to go at it.
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Welcome back, Like I said earlier.. Never Give Up! good to see you're on the mend Joe.
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
Joe, I'm really glad to see you functioning and alive and looking toward the future. Although I don't often express worry, my concern had me checking message boards several times a day and prayerfully each time. Welcome back.
Posted by Jay Allen (Member # 195) on :
I just want to hear about where you 'were' and 'what' you thought . . .
An amazing story, OP . . . it never sounded good, and here you are. Let's hear the rest of the happy ending.
Welcome back . . .
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
He's BAAAaaack! Take it easy now dude until fully mended.
Posted by Ron Costa (Member # 3366) on :
Great to see you on this side, but Dave's right, take it easy. And the Defib is a real treat. It tends to get in the way when you roll over in bed, It dosen't like chainsaws or welding, and when it fires off its like getting kicked in the chest by a mule. I know that for a fact, Joe. BUT it will keep you with us. God Bless.
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Welcome home, OP.
I hope to hear abit more of your story on what happened health wise so it can possibly help others here.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
You certainly gave us a scare man! Glad the odds that resulted in such bleak news, were no match for your will, His will, and the will of you legions of friends & supporters at home and around cyberspace!
Good to see you back in Letterville too!
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Hey Joe where ya going with that gun in your hand
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Good to see you back, Joe. I hope the recovery is a quick one.
Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
Happy Landing, Old Beatnik...
Posted by Michael Berry (Member # 2604) on :
Welcome back Joe!
Posted by Ricardo Davila (Member # 3854) on :
Welcome back, Joe.
Give'em hell!!
RD
Posted by Jackson Smart (Member # 187) on :
Yes.....welcome back.
seems it wasn't your time to go in.
Take care of yourself ole dude....still some livin' to do.
Jackson
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Welcome back joe!
-grampa dan
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
Glad you're back Joe! What a scare for you and all of us. Now you better take care of yourself!
Posted by Duncan Wilkie (Member # 132) on :
Good to hear from you, you 'ol Perogy muncher you.
Posted by Mark M. Kottwitz (Member # 1764) on :
Welcome back Joe. I'm glad to see your back at the keyboard.
Hope you get to feeling back to your old self real soon.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
I hear he got one of the cheaper Sears defibs ... now whenever he starts to get that gleam in his eye ... all Hennie has do is grab the garage door remote and click "Down"!
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
Welcome back Joe, maybe next if I get to see again we go eat some carne asada tacos glad you're still with us!!
Posted by Dana Blair (Member # 951) on :
Welcome back to a fellow misplaced Western PA raised sign guy!
Posted by Bob Moroney (Member # 9498) on :
Welcome back OP.............)))))))))))). So glad to hear you're doing well.
Posted by Bobbie Rochow (Member # 3341) on :
Welcome back Op!!!!! So glad you are feeling better!
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Joe, I prayed for you, Hiram!
I am so glad you are still with us!
So... in me best Pribishese.... SEE! YA PULLED IT OFF, HUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
I think it lost something in the translation...
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
Joe, Heard you were "out" 3 days and 3 nights Easter weekend. Something you want to tell us?
Posted by Len Mort (Member # 7030) on :
Welcome back MY FRIEND !!!
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
mike, april 17th(palm sunday)i went down and out. good friday, the wife and hosptial personel was planning my funeral. sat afternoon, i came back somewhat....EASTER SUNDAY...i was back to the world of the living 100%. i got a lot more to say about it.......at a future date.
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
SO, let me get this right...
On the third day you rose again?
All kidding aside, it's good to see you back, Joe. Hope you're gettin' betta every day. Rapid
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
Excellent, and this is news we want to hear, so glad you're back....now maybe this is because you have some special mission and wakeup call for us that aren't taking good care of ourselves.
You didn't have to go there to see how much you're loved, you could have just asked, OP!!!
Posted by Jed Pedersen (Member # 2344) on :
Glad to have you back Joe, prayers answered...
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
Glad to see you alive and kicking OP!!!
Posted by Donald Miner (Member # 6472) on :
Hey, OP, always better to look down on daisy blossoms, than up at their roots. Glad you made it, WELCOME BACK!!!! Us old beatniks have gotta stick together, Peace!
Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
Way to go Opie!!!
I been worried bout ya, but I knew you wouldn't just lay down and give up.
Take care of yourself, cause we still got a lot of things to argue about next time we get together. Posted by bill riedel (Member # 607) on :
Welcome back,let's show the young guys that us old geezers can hang in there. Bill
Posted by Judy Pate (Member # 237) on :
Welcome back Joe! Prayers answered and continuing.....
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Good to see you back here and alive. You've got some great stories to tell now.
Posted by Elaine Beauchemin (Member # 136) on :
big big hugs!
Posted by Joseph Diaz (Member # 5913) on :
Welcome back...looking forward to your comments again. Get well.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Welcome back to home... and Letterville!
Posted by Bob Kaschak (Member # 3146) on :
Jak se mas Joe?
Welcome back.
Peace, Bob
Posted by Erik Winkler (Member # 9040) on :
This is such great news!
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
Look what you miss when you're too busy to look at the Bullboard!
Welcome back home, ya old Koot! As you can see, we're all happy to see it.
Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
This whole deal was a real wakeup call for me. Sometimes we disagree with each other, but that don't mean we dislike or disrespect each other.
Welcome home Joe. Posted by Jay Allen (Member # 195) on :
Steve . . . You're a great Mayor. Just my two cents.
"Wakeup call"
Good . . . that's a good thing . . .
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
Welcome back OP! Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
thanks everybody. if i dont make a point to you thank each of individually, understand please, the enormity of that TASK.........given my condition and the amout of people i would have to address 1 to 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just know your wishes are acknowledged.
Posted by goddinfla (Member # 1502) on :
Osama's dead and OP is alive. All's right with the world.
I don't think that's really Joe, he spelled acknowledged correctly. Did miss on amount so I guess he just got lucky on acknowledged.
Posted by Brian Diver (Member # 1552) on :
Glad you're back OP :-) Keep on, keepin on! :-)
Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :
Yippeee! Welcome back to Letterville and life in general! You are a tough old fart! HA!
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
A bump to remind me as I see you doing okay, OP, how thankful I am and how careful I should be...feel better and when you get your rest, you can come back and be your wild self!!!
( I think the tofu and your stubborness for life brought you back!)
Posted by Jerry Starpoli (Member # 1559) on :
This is great!
Posted by Kent Moss (Member # 4295) on :
March on Joe... Kent Moss Sweet Charleston
Posted by Dan Antonelli (Member # 86) on :
Glad you are on the mend Joe-
Posted by Dennis Raap (Member # 3632) on :
We were all pulling for you Joe. Glad to see you back.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Joe..I hope you learned to spell while you were hospitalised!!! AND forgot where the CAPS LOCK key was too!!
Best of luck buddy, Shirl and I love you.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Dave,
If Joe learned to spell and leave off CAPS LOCK, we'd think he had died and been replaced by a poor imitation. How would we know it was really him?
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
Did you flip and turn into a Tampa Bay or Jacksonville fan?
Posted by Louie Pascuzzi (Member # 1373) on :
Way to put up a good fight! Welcome back.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Joe..I just realised why you came back to join us...You wanna be the first to hit the 10,000 posts mark!!! Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Dave, if you edit out all the exclamation marks, though it might shrink that number a bit!
Welcome back, JOe!
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
may 6th, feeling pretty good today. if things go right i will get my NEW LOWER TEETH. somewhere between falling on the ground, ambulance ride, emergency room then intensive care room........they got misplaced!!!!! they was old and i was gona buy a new set anyway. got 5-6 coro little league signs gona try to get completed this weekend, WITH HELP))))))
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
got the new TEETH!!!!! 1st stop, DENNY'S!!!! patti melt with a real burger!!!!! only ate 1/2 of it. hospital food makes youre stomach shrink)))))) look like i been hit by a bus, somedays feel the same. getting better days more then bad ones. forgot how to post pics... [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\joe pribish\My Documents\My Pictures\Picture[/IMG] [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\joe pribish\My Documents\My Pictures\Picture[/IMG]
[ May 06, 2011, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
Hey OP, I'm assuming these are the same pics you put on your facebook page so I downloaded and posted them for you.
Glad you're back with us. xoxoxoxo
Posted by W. R. Pickett (Member # 3842) on :
You went to the edge and survived! That's winning (duh)!
Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :
Glad to know you are okay Joe.
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Good to see your face again. I see the hospital took the shirt right off your back.
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
OP you have a mission now, make us all take better care of ourselves!
glad you enjoyed your food, I'm sending you a cyber salad with lots of goodies in it!
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i agree deb, and thanks mark, ray & billy. man what a bad weekend. sat i developed a painful stomach ache. i used to have these, many years ago, but coupled with my present condition seemed like the pain was way worse. wound up ijn the E.R. bout 10:30 pm, didnt do much for the stomach ache but got the difib tech whio came in and readjusted my new one. they cut me loose but 4AM and i came home and slept. well next day sun, bout 5 pm the stomach pain starts again. i delt with it till 4 am and took some ipecac trying to empty my stomach. not much, but i wont do that again!!! bout 10 pm sun i got hennie to get me some EX-LAX,DOCOLAX, i doubled the exlax dose, and took 2 docalax. spent a miserable nite till 6 AM....i wont go into detail, but the laxatives did their job. iam supposed to taking a couple stool softners a day and i hadnt since i got home. wont do that AGAIN EITHER!!!! SLEPT MOST OF THE DAY AWAY, had a wendys frosty, part of a wendy's baked potoato, then for supper i had CHICKEN SOUP. went back to bed and got up bout 1/2 hour ago and feeling great. tomarrow should be wonderful.
Posted by Brian Scargill (Member # 2258) on :
Hi OP, It's really great to hear your going well,whats with the chicken soup, I thought you were a 'veggie' ? Take care and stay well.
Brian.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Lol!
OP is now an omnivore ... he will eat anything that moves or doesn't move!
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
WHAT!!!!!!!!!! A PATTI MELT FROM DENNY'S?????????
Are you TRYING to have another heart attack?????
If that food won't kill you it will give your cardiologist a heart attack if he finds out.
And I'm with Brian. I thought you were a vegetarian?
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
CARDIOLOGIST.....told me to stop eating all them carbs. his exact words were: 85% of the cholesterol in the body come from CARBS!!!!!!!!! i went off the veggie diet almost 2 years ago. i have dropped 53 pounds..........eating those DENNY'S PATTI MELTS. and BURGER KING JALOPINIA CHEADER BURGERS.........hehehehehehehehe
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Joe...Serious question... I know you were a vegitarian for many years... I have heard that the taste of meat was distastful to most vegetarians after a few years.
Did you find it that way?
As I said..a serious question.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Maybe I should eat more carbs. Doc told me I have to raise my cholesterol.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
simple carbs are loaded with them. complex carbs not so much. grundy, when i started eating meat again, yes, there was a nastyness of texture & taste. got to eating white meat chicken/turkey and fish. did that for the 1st year or so. now this is weird, dec 29-30 i was given 2 pints of blood. when i got out the hospital and eating regular food....BURGERS was what i wanted.
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
OP
Welcome to the dark side. Next, you'll be buying a MAC!
If I get out your way, I wanna buy you a steak dinner!
All kidding aside, I have a vegan friend who acquired Krones Disease. Part of her recovery: She had to eat bacon. Sometimes, meat has necessary things our bodies need.
Again, it's sure good to have you back!
[ May 11, 2011, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: Rick Beisiegel ]
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Every now and then I have to eat a cheeseburger so I can get my cholesterol back up to normal. All that grease should help the blood slide through the arteries better.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Vegans are nuts. Vegetarians are misguided. Human beings are omnivores, always have been, always will be. Which by the way might not be too long if we can't stop Monsanto from genetically engineering seeds. Did you know that they have engineered soy to survive Roundup weed killer? That's right! They spray Roundup on soy fields to kill the weeds. The soy survives. They are putting soy in LOTS of our foods. Experts are predicting that eventually there will be no natural, non genetically engineered seeds left on our planet earth. Scarey.
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
Why do you think we have these big teeth in the back of our Head? To Chew Meat! I certainly believe in High Protien Low Carb.. Carbs are your Enemy... I know!
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
dave, dave, dont go there. proper OMNIVORE diet, is a lot of fruits, veggies, nuts, grains and SOME MEAT!!!!!! our bodies will not exit on purely a MEAT DIET!!!! intestine is not made for that kind of food. if you have the same intestinal configuration as a CAT, then yea you can survive on meat only. it is not only how you teeth are configured, but how you intestines are laid out. COLON CANCER is the highest among MEAT EATERS!!!!!! lowest in VEGETARIANS. i am 66 and also have no ARTHRITIS/RHEUMATOID problems. just saw a rumatologist yesterday and he had run all the blood work looking for any of those problems and i HAVE NONE!!! could be 19 years as a vegetarian might just have something to do with it? URIC ACID, is the worst thing for your joints. ALL MEAT CONTAINS IT!!!! after 50 or so you body starts to store this stuff, guess where? IN THE SOFT CARTILAGE OF YOUR JOINTS!!!!!! then it drys out the sockets, causes immense paind and discomfort. so you cant say these people who dont eat flesh are totally nuts))))) even for me, VEGANS are a little weird)))))))) on my condition, i made supper tonite. pasta with a red sauce and tofu crumbles. DELICIOUS!!!!! went into the garden tonite, watched wife pick squash and zukes. felling good this evening, but yesterday was a long day and i got over-tired. then couldnt rest. finlly got some good sleep/rest this afternoon. feel a lot better since they readjusted the pacemaker/difib, so my pulse dont go below 55!!!!!
[ May 12, 2011, 09:27 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Neil D. Butler (Member # 661) on :
The native Inuit or Eskimos have little or no heart disease, it's virtually non existant, their Traditional Diet is Fat Fat and more Fat, Seal, Fish, whales, Caribou, bear, I don't know anymore.... before the 60's heart disease was a lot lower, it's when everything became sugar laden, cereals, Breads, Pastas, Soft drinks... I've always had High Colestoral and Sugar, last year I cut it out the carbs, I went on the High protein, low carb diet, anyway, I did my blood tests after a couple of Months.... my Doctor could not believe my improvement,,, every reading was Great, I felt great... these Sugars are the real enemy for some.
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
have you ever read "the yeast connection", it opened my eyes when my naturopath healer put me on a yeast free diet, no sugar or sugar producing foods (no dairy or fruit or breads), I did fine and lost 30 pounds of slug and my joints felt really great, then I slipped off that after 6 months.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
my rhumatologist at the VA, told me to get S.O.D. some kinda super antioxident. weight is not my problem today. i weigh 230. 6 months ago i was 293. 30 pound of that i did with diet and proper eating, the rest has been to hospital stays. i would not choose that as a good weight lose plan))))))
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
A friend of mine who worked at a city sewage treatment plant, tripped and fell into a ten foot tank of raw sewage. Considering he had work boots and a tool belt on, he sank clear to the bottom. Once Robert recovered from the ensuing illness, he'd lost thirty pounds. Another friend, who hadn't heard about Robert's stumble, commented on his weight loss, and received in reply: "I don't recommend the Amoeba Systems diet plan."
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
David, oh, that doesn't sound like the way to go!! I would hate to imagine that incident; it sounds like something out of a horror film..(remember Solvent Green!)
OP, I was just referring to myself and how much the toxins had settled in my joints; of course I could eat better back then since I had a nice big garden in Ohio that spring and the reason I went on that diet was just because of a slip on the ice and that time I felt like a mack cruck hit me.
I didn't go in there for weight reasons at all, as that was the last thing on my mind at the time. I was just in so much pain!
That cleared it up and I wasn't trying to lose weight but I'm sure it was good to have the cleansing and it helped me to have increased energy and my deep breathing became better. My sister had told me about the book and was using that when she had cancer, remarking how she hated to give up fruits because she ate healthy fruits all of her life and loved them.
Still I was hoping to feel better and when my naturopath in Columbus, OH mentioned it I was accepting the discipline wholeheartedly since he was such a knowledgeable person.
They also were heavily into the organic supplemens and organic foods, stressing the acidophilus products everyday. They treated folks holistically and the entire body for the immune system to build rather than treat a particular ailment, especially. They used the arts of iridology, chiropractic, osteopathy, biofeedback, massage, reflexology, and so forth; I was there in the early 1990's.
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