From: thorongil@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Thursday 17 Mar 2016 17:54, Bobbie Sellers conveyed the following to   
   alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   > On 03/17/2016 09:14 AM, Aragorn wrote:   
   >   
   >> The thing is that all of the above is not so easy for me to do.   
   >> First of all, this "desk" is actually a two-plane CAD/CAM table, so I   
   >> have to reach very far over to be able to attach the cables.   
   >> Secondly and in combination with the above, I am currently afflicted   
   >> with a very painful bilateral inguinal hernia again ─ I've already   
   >> had surgery for that back in 1998, and the doctors told me that I   
   >> could never get it again.  Well, duh, oopsie, I just did.   
   >   
   > You might need to rethink your workstation layout so that cables   
   > et al are more easily accessible.   
      
   Unfortunately, that is not an option at this point, for various reasons.   
      
   >> Furthermore, I think I may also be developing cataracts.  Well, it's   
   >> either that, or my blood pressure is simply messing with my eyes.   
   >> But let's just say that my vision these days isn't anymore what it   
   >> used to be.   
   >   
   > If you live long enough and do go outside that will happen.   
      
   I don't go out all that often anymore these days.   
      
   > 12 years back I was told in another 20 years I would need cataract   
   > surgery and I believe them.   
      
   I've just checked the statistics, and it does indeed appear to be   
   affecting more than half of the people at some point in life.  And I am   
   currently at the age where it would indeed start manifesting itself.   
   I'll be hitting 53 in about three weeks.   
      
   > Did you do the post-operative exercises after your hernia surgeries?   
      
   You mean back in 1998?  Because I have not had my surgery yet at this   
   point.  I'm afraid my financial situation ─ I have to survive on a   
   disabilities income which sits way below the official EU poverty barrier   
   ─ does not allow for that yet, especially not with some huge bills   
   coming up.   
      
   The first time I had a bilateral inguinal hernia, and had surgery for   
   it, the doctor actually told me _not_ to exercise at all, because it   
   could cause damage to the healing tissue.  He even specifically told me   
   not to ride a bicycle ─ not that I own one ─ for the next three to four   
   weeks.   
      
   > You really have to try to strengthen the abdominal musculature.not for   
   > a pretty 6 pack but to keep your guts where they belong but even body   
   > builders get hernias from time to time.   
      
   They probably do, because the way they build up their muscles isn't the   
   natural way.   
      
   The hernias in my lower back are of course a very different thing.  I've   
   recently seen a chiropractor for a number of sessions with regard to the   
   muscles in my chest and shoulders, and after examining my back, he said   
   he'd rather not touch those hernias with a ten foot pole.  It was /that/   
   bad, he said.   
      
   > Well it does not work too well but I use headlamps with LEDs run   
   > from batteries to illuminate my work or search space.  I have a light   
   > here on articulated arm to deal with my desktop.   
      
   I may have to get me one of those too.   
      
   > Take care and good luck with the hardware.   
      
   Thank you, Bobbie. :)   
      
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