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  Re: Anyone?
  By: Daryl Stout to CAROL SHENKENBERGER on Mon May 20 2019 10:34 am

 > CS>Hi Daryl,
 > 
 > Hi, Carol...
 > 
 > CS>I have progressive DD.  If you'd like to chat on what to expect and how t
 > CS>keepit under control (reason for this echo was that type of thing), I'm u
 > CS>it.
 > 
 >   Well, when they diagnosed me with it (on a CT scan, checking for
 > something else), I reasoned "they shouldn't take away my disability
 > now". I have a hard time sitting at the computer for a long
 > time...whether for the BBS, ham radio, or other stuff. I also can't
 > stand for a long period of time...either at the sink, the toilet, the
 > stove, or in the shower, as my legs will spasm on me. Even though I've
 > lost 60 pounds since August, by only eating one meal (I can't afford
 > more than lunch meat sandwiches, and I'm burned out on them), and many
 > days, I don't even get 500 calories...not even 25% of the recommended
 > daily allowance.
 > 
 > CS>First thing is check the chair you use.  Is it fitted for YOUR frame to b
 > CS>properly ergonomic for YOUR condition?  This is the one workplace accomod
 > CS>I need and was not bashful about as a contractor and later a government
 > CS>civilian.  (I'm a 26 uyear retired Navy E8).
 > 
 >   First, thank you for your service. :) My late father served in the US
 > Navy Submarine Service during World War II, and was in the Naval Reserve
 > until he retired as an E-9 Master Chief Quartermaster 20 years before he
 > died from pancreatic cancer. My wife died not 3 months after he passed
 > on.
 > 
 >   Second, there's a swivel chair in the back bedroom (I'm back at my
 > Mom's place, now mine, as she's dying in a nursing home east of Little
 > Rock)...but I'm in one of those steady metal chairs here at the BBS
 > computer. I only check her computer occasionally for software updates.
 > Otherwise, the computer for the BBS and ham radio tasks, plus my laptop,
 > are in the front room. It's rather cramped in here, but there's nothing
 > I can do about it.
 > 
 > Daryl
 > 
 > ===
 >  þ OLX 1.53 þ The Thunderbolt BBS, Little Rock, AR   tbolt.synchro.net

Sorry to hear of the issues.  

I've been off the comuter for a week.  Husband having heart trouble.

Does the chair fit so your back is to it and knee backs snug to the rim as you
sit?

There are a few fixes if too deep.

Meantime, Asian_link rocking along (grin).
  xxcarol
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