Hi Ken! Great to hear from you. I am so glad you are doing better and hope that you continue to improve. I had a triple bypass in Oct 2010 and I am still not back to normal. I just keep reminding myself that I have to be patient. I have trouble with that! I have worn those support hose for years. Now I feel uncomfortable wearing ordinary socks. I have found that there are different grades of these socks. For a while I tried to wear the cheap ones and I just about gave up wearing supports altogether. I have to have them or my legs swell. Then, I finally found a better grade which cost $35.00 a pair. That is a lot to pay but the difference is dramatic and they come in blue, black, brown and grey. I hope all goes well with you. You have been missed. Emmitt Channell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:41 AM Subject: [PTREE] Here I Is.... > Ed, > > Yeah, me too. The weather here in the last week or two has been pure > fall-like. Can't wait for the pumpkins and Halloween decorations to come > out > so that we can feel Fall is finally here. Hasn't been too bad a summer > here > in middle Tennessee, but not a lot of rain once Summer got to going good. > (What do the call that - when you write or say several words in a row that > start with the same letter)? ) Would it be alliteration? Oh, well. No, > Peggy, I'm not drinking anything but water.... > > Ed - please done call me "ole Ken". Ha ha ha ha ha. I know I am, so don't > rub it in.. Just kidding... > > Oh, you ladies will love this (and probably a few of the guys, too. I Now > Have To Wear Support Hose. That dang fluid build up has me looking like I > have piano legs (remember when they said that Hillary Clinton had piano > legs > - Ha. They are made exactly like women's nylons, feel pretty much the > same, > too. I had a sort of leg wound on my right leg, so was sent to a wound > specialist. They wrapped my legs in a yucky bandage like wrap that felt > cold, then put on white support hose over it. I had to keep that on, > replacing the bandage weekly. The nufse told me pan-bath only. Oooooh. > After > about 3 weeks, I got tired of not having a shower, so I quit going to the > wound center and went to Wal-Mart and bought a pair of support hose > without > the toe ends. Not good. Went back and got the whole stockings that cover > your foot and up to your knees. Did you know they even make them in > thigh-highs, and full shaped like panty hose??? They were totally white, > though, so I opted for the sheer nude color stocking kind. The first pair > I > got were the smallest, tightest kind and I almost cut off the circulation > in > my legs - my toes were turning blue! So I got rid of them and got like > medium compression. I hate to go in public with them on during the heat > when > I wear short pants out. You should see the kids staring at me. Not only am > I > wearing those stupid-looking support hose, but I am also driving a mart > cart (believe it or not you CAN forget how to drive.....) with a cane > sticking out of the basket. I try to avoid the kids, but somehow just run > into them. Sometimes to get back at the starers, I talk crazy to myself, > too. I'll talk this gibberish and act retarded (ok, Peggy don't say a > word...), getting just as close to them as I can. They usually scatter > pretty fast. I can be evil when I want to be - hee hee hee. > > I am so glad to be walking better. The therapy really helped me. I was > total dead weight when I came home from the hospital last July (2010). It > has taken a lot of work to get back to where I am. Still have a long way > to > go. I must give to glory to God - he still has a purpose for me. Don't > know > what it is yet, but I know he's not exactly finished with me here on > Earth. > By all accounts I should be singing and worshipping Him in His Presence > right now. May come soon, who knows? I just tell myself "be ready". > > I hate to segue into this, but can someone please give me an update on > Don? > I am sorry about not coming to the Hoedown 2011. I really thought it had > been called off, then here I hear that Don made an appearance at it, even > though I'm sure it took all he could summon up to be there even for a > while. If any one does talk, hear from him, please tell him I asked about > him and his health, and that I pray that he will beat the disease that has > come upon him. God can do miracles in all our lives, you know. > > I love you all - please tell me what I've missed this past year. Peggy > told > you about losing 27 years of genealogy research because of my stupidity. > Well,, I found some software that will unerase lost files and was able to > recover an old backup from 2006. Too bad, I'll just have to try to > remember > what's in my main file that would have been my real file if I hadn't > formatted the drive and can't get it back..... of all people to pull a > stunt > like that. Maybe I am getting the big "A". after all. Sometimes I feel > like > it - I can't remember anything like I used to. Someone recently gently > "reminded" me that I ain't 20 years old anymore. > > Can anyone relate to that??? > > Love you all, dear cousins! > > Ken > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Ken, Sure glad to see your able to get back on the computer and its good hearing from you... I have a similar problem with my right leg, I have to wear support hose on that let.. I just had two veins closed because I was having pain and swelling in that leg from the calf to my ankle... sometime I wear my support hose and they help,,, like Emmitt I got the fitted type, I also got the full length and had to wear them between surgery's,,, now I am not wearing anything just hoping I won't need them anymore.. Take care of yourself we need you around for a while until I get old, ha ha ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jackson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:41 AM Subject: [PTREE] Here I Is.... > Ed, > > Yeah, me too. The weather here in the last week or two has been pure > fall-like. Can't wait for the pumpkins and Halloween decorations to come > out > so that we can feel Fall is finally here. Hasn't been too bad a summer > here > in middle Tennessee, but not a lot of rain once Summer got to going good. > (What do the call that - when you write or say several words in a row that > start with the same letter)? ) Would it be alliteration? Oh, well. No, > Peggy, I'm not drinking anything but water.... > > Ed - please done call me "ole Ken". Ha ha ha ha ha. I know I am, so don't > rub it in.. Just kidding... > > Oh, you ladies will love this (and probably a few of the guys, too. I Now > Have To Wear Support Hose. That dang fluid build up has me looking like I > have piano legs (remember when they said that Hillary Clinton had piano > legs > - Ha. They are made exactly like women's nylons, feel pretty much the > same, > too. I had a sort of leg wound on my right leg, so was sent to a wound > specialist. They wrapped my legs in a yucky bandage like wrap that felt > cold, then put on white support hose over it. I had to keep that on, > replacing the bandage weekly. The nufse told me pan-bath only. Oooooh. > After > about 3 weeks, I got tired of not having a shower, so I quit going to the > wound center and went to Wal-Mart and bought a pair of support hose > without > the toe ends. Not good. Went back and got the whole stockings that cover > your foot and up to your knees. Did you know they even make them in > thigh-highs, and full shaped like panty hose??? They were totally white, > though, so I opted for the sheer nude color stocking kind. The first pair > I > got were the smallest, tightest kind and I almost cut off the circulation > in > my legs - my toes were turning blue! So I got rid of them and got like > medium compression. I hate to go in public with them on during the heat > when > I wear short pants out. You should see the kids staring at me. Not only am > I > wearing those stupid-looking support hose, but I am also driving a mart > cart (believe it or not you CAN forget how to drive.....) with a cane > sticking out of the basket. I try to avoid the kids, but somehow just run > into them. Sometimes to get back at the starers, I talk crazy to myself, > too. I'll talk this gibberish and act retarded (ok, Peggy don't say a > word...), getting just as close to them as I can. They usually scatter > pretty fast. I can be evil when I want to be - hee hee hee. > > I am so glad to be walking better. The therapy really helped me. I was > total dead weight when I came home from the hospital last July (2010). It > has taken a lot of work to get back to where I am. Still have a long way > to > go. I must give to glory to God - he still has a purpose for me. Don't > know > what it is yet, but I know he's not exactly finished with me here on > Earth. > By all accounts I should be singing and worshipping Him in His Presence > right now. May come soon, who knows? I just tell myself "be ready". > > I hate to segue into this, but can someone please give me an update on > Don? > I am sorry about not coming to the Hoedown 2011. I really thought it had > been called off, then here I hear that Don made an appearance at it, even > though I'm sure it took all he could summon up to be there even for a > while. If any one does talk, hear from him, please tell him I asked about > him and his health, and that I pray that he will beat the disease that has > come upon him. God can do miracles in all our lives, you know. > > I love you all - please tell me what I've missed this past year. Peggy > told > you about losing 27 years of genealogy research because of my stupidity. > Well,, I found some software that will unerase lost files and was able to > recover an old backup from 2006. Too bad, I'll just have to try to > remember > what's in my main file that would have been my real file if I hadn't > formatted the drive and can't get it back..... of all people to pull a > stunt > like that. Maybe I am getting the big "A". after all. Sometimes I feel > like > it - I can't remember anything like I used to. Someone recently gently > "reminded" me that I ain't 20 years old anymore. > > Can anyone relate to that??? > > Love you all, dear cousins! > > Ken > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message