That’s great to hear, John. Glad to see you finally get some positive news. 98% percent chance is pretty good odds. We will continue to keep you in our prayers.
Yay John!
Yeah, I’d put money on those odds. Great news. Sorry you have to spend yet more time in hospital, but I guess it’s better than the alternative (looking up at the grass).
Youu asked how my day was - GREAT! Yesterday I was a one man wrecking crew loading and unloading 1600 pounds of material, hand digging about a yard of rocky dirt then filling that with a mix of stone dust and top soil, followed by an hour with a plate compactor. All that to dress up an excavation site for a sign foundation dig that didn’t go well and the PE said we had dig up and to re-do. The city inspector stopped by today and gave me a green tag - PASS. F the PE!!!
You should share a room with Devon…Good luck John…
Sean said:
You should share a room with Devon…Good luck John…
I’d love to get him down here to see a doctor in my health system.
We’re buds, we could share.
Good news John, we are all rooting for you. 
Thanks Greg and Best Wishes for you and your wife. Sounds like you have your own struggle.
Be Blessed
5 operations in about 4 months… you just got to keep going ahead… thanks…
Greg
John, just make sure to leave the hospital under your own steam!
i hope you know, how to survive hospitals? one breath after the other…
And now, mon frere, a bit of recap.
John Caughey said:
So now you want my future musings?
Well if I live long enough … drum roll… I’m aiming to do a cut away mountain from the back side showing the square set timbers used to hold the holes open. 8 years ago before my cancer I went through that mine 5 different ways. There were plenty of cracked timbers and straining loads to avoid touching, but heck, it was fun and exciting to explore.
From the house side the hill will be complete, but since it’s a walk in design, who wants to look at the plain old back side of a hill? On the left will be a small smelter to grade some ores.
You’ll have to come along to see if I can pull it off. I may go through a couple dozen ideas before something galvanizes.
John Caughey said:
Cliff Jennings said:
Looking great, John!
I’m looking forward to seeing your mine and smelter (I suppose the mill is included there, right?) progress through the coming months. Or years; it’s sounding like big project! Especially if you do the walk-in stopes, man, that would be so cool…
Walk in? Like 1:1 scale?
John Caughey said:
I’ve been hearing my favorite c word … cure!
So… holding you to what you’ve brought up, here’s some other nice C-words:
Cut away mountain
Cracked timbers
Cavern, Cave
Couple dozen ideas to share, you need to get on that before some of us
Come out there to visit your masterpiece!
===>Your pal, Cliffy
[edited to add that last bold 12pt cap C, after Sean reminded me how my name is spelled (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)]
Funny … Cliffy is a C word ! (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Classic!
Cliff,
The Doc said the cost is 6 weeks bed rest.
When I got the bad news regarding the lump, my first lament was the contest, which drove the mountain. You know creative juices are like that, yeah they are.
I’m aiming to make the G convention in Portland this summer, I can drag you back from there!
Tea and fancy sandwiches are now being served down the hall to the left.
Crumpets or Canapes are the words you are looking for Rooster. Stick with the C words , chicken man!!
Carumba! What a roller coaster. That aneurysm hasn’t been dormant and could possibly interfere with my Cancer cure!
I followed through with the rushed apt and was told that it has grown over the last 6 years and needs to be addressed. The procedure is kinda neat if you have a strong stomach. Actually there are 2 ways; 1 the way not chosen; through the skull and tease the folds apart to get to the problem, then isolate the bulge with a titanium clip and 2. run a catheter up an artery from ‘down there’ up inside the artery and fill the bulge with coils of memory wire triggered back to a coil. Delivered straight, it reverts to coils to fill the bulge and block blood flow into it.
It’s up to my surgeon whether he operates with that defect or waits. The neurosurgeon is advocating that we proceed with the operation and monitor the aneurysm. Also have blood and stress tests to take.
I keep telling them I have a contest, but they don’t hear.
John Caughey said:
…I keep telling them I have a contest, but they don’t hear.
maybe, you should explain to them, that you are not talking about a beauty contest?
John,
Thanks for the medical update. We all hope for the best for you.
Sheesh. Hang in there John!
If you don’t talking about it (and if you do please say so), I’m curious about what you said, i.e. you can just block off that blood flow?
Greg
I simplified the description of the coil(s). They place the first coil in the bulge and then fill it with more coils until the thicker blood won’t flow into the bulge and the pressure passes by.
It’s feasible by the use of memory wire, they straighten the coil to insert and feed through the artery and then trigger it to revert to a coil. I know heat is one trigger, maybe an electrical charge but that’s a guess. I was there to listen, not get technical.
I’m visualizing a wad of steel wool packed into a blister…