OldMedMan's Aloha Journal Part 2

[OldMedMan]

Here is another poem from my first love. If you haven't seen me write about her before she is an amazing, strong person. She has lost her ability to speak or move much at all. She volunteered to have 6 holes cut into her skull that lets the Doctors tickle parts of her brain so that she may speak and move better. It worked for a while, but doesn't help much any longer.
She has an Ipad that she can write on. Here is her latest poem.She is my age.



Tweaking

(That is not what Mylie Cyrus does is it?



I had become more difficult to understand - stuttering and slurring almost every word

I went to my neurologist so he could work his magic so my voice could at last be heard

My movement through stages of this affliction has been relatively slow-that’s the good news

For there are so many suffering from the same disease who would like to be in my shoes.



He turned me off and back on a number of times – to determine the best settings perhaps

When he finished – Wow, my head was really throbbing as a result of his numerous “zaps”.

I left the exam room reeling like someone who had a close encounter with the electric chair

But eternally glad he can “fix” me with a tweak here and there and not even mess up my hair



What we can endure always amazes me and is somewhat comforting I must say

To know that our bodies and our minds are resilient enough to bounce back in a day.

I am lucky to live in a time when I can benefit from all of the miracles of modern medicine

Rather than living some time ago, well aware how difficult that would have been.



I ‘m just going to take life one day at a time, relishing every minute like it was my last

Cause it is true that as we grow older, the days seem to fly by, going way way too fast

I can barely finish reading the obits, just to make sure my name is not listed there

Before the day is over and gone, and I sit shaking my head and muttering “where”

 

[Xlr8]

Happy belated B-day my good friend! Cool poem, but what a terrible thing to have to live with. Sure glad to hear things still seem well with Jo and on the home-front.

 

[Buckshot]

Here is another poem from my first love.

speechless... no pun intended

 

[yooper rex]

Wow, great poem from an amazing woman. Good to hear the home front is peaceful. We are never too old to learn, sometimes just too stubborn.

 

[OldMedMan]

Happy belated B-day my good friend! Cool poem, but what a terrible thing to have to live with. Sure glad to hear things still seem well with Jo and on the home-front.

Hi there X. Thanks.

My friend has a big family and grandkids and great grandkids. Some times she reminds me of the Walton s, John Boy and all.

 

[OldMedMan]

Wow, great poem from an amazing woman. Good to hear the home front is peaceful. We are never too old to learn, sometimes just too stubborn.

yooper Buddy, I'll tell my friend what you said.

Amen on the stubborn. Somewhere in the middle of all this hospital stuff we realized we really are all we have and there is no reason not to be supportive of each other and find some happy.

 

[OldMedMan]

A Question. How long does canna butter last when it is refrigerated. Does it degrade over time?

Hey Cronic.....I just ordered another Butter Maker.

We can play with it, if you want.

I gave THsea the other one. It was like his anyway.

 

[Flower Child]

Good Morning OMM,
Canna butter will go rancid just like regular butter will- I lost some very good homemade butter that way last year- tasted awful!
Your friends poem really moved me. She sounds like an amazing person. Glad she has a lot of family to support her thru all that.
Have a great day- I'm off to check your off topic pics.

 

[OldMedMan]

Good Morning OMM,
Canna butter will go rancid just like regular butter will- I lost some very good homemade butter that way last year- tasted awful!
Your friends poem really moved me. She sounds like an amazing person. Glad she has a lot of family to support her thru all that.
Have a great day- I'm off to check your off topic pics.

Thank You Flower Child. That settled that.

Almost literally, I when from an orphanage in the Ozarks of Arkansas to A Military Academy in Tennessee. That is where I met and fell in love with MH, the lady that writes the beautiful poetry. She came from an old southern family and money. She was eloquent and beautiful. I didn't have chance, I was in love.

 

[CronicHempHog]

A Question. How long does canna butter last when it is refrigerated. Does it degrade over time?

Hey Cronic.....I just ordered another Butter Maker.

We can play with it, if you want.

I gave THsea the other one. It was like his anyway.

oh joy
sounds good Buddy
don't me if im not around much if you need help with anything you know you can just always call me direct if you need to
im just struggling trying to figure out where to get work so I can pay my bills
I could go back to commercial fishing but its a gamble
id rather have a definite income lol
things usually work out tho and I hope it does
talk to you later my friend

 

[CronicHempHog]

oh by the way on the butter question
don't people usually freeze butter till they need it and doesn't it hold in the freezer for a long time?
itll extend the life of the butter after you make it freeze it
im just curious cause I remember people sticking butter in the freezer and a long while later take it out and use it

 

[OldMedMan]

oh joy
sounds good Buddy
don't me if im not around much if you need help with anything you know you can just always call me direct if you need to
im just struggling trying to figure out where to get work so I can pay my bills
I could go back to commercial fishing but its a gamble
id rather have a definite income lol
things usually work out tho and I hope it does
talk to you later my friend

Good Luck Cronic, may you find something that will let you continue on growing and survive too. Don't worry, you've done this before. You may even come up with something solid and dependable. You can do it!

 

[OG13]

Yep, just freeze the butter.....

 

[Hiker]

Glad to hear Jo is on the mend OMM.

Sending belated birthday wishes.

I hope you had some nice cannabis for your vape.

 

[BeemerBill]

Good evening weed my friend. Hope this finds you guys in good spirits and mending health. Happy Thurweedday

 

[RainStacks]

Hi OMM, thank you so much for the tip on the 60-100X microscope, and also to put the sugar leaf on white paper. Your advice helped me a lot. I can now really tell the color of the trichs. I was picking up colors before by not using white behind too.

 

[OldMedMan]

Glad to hear Jo is on the mend OMM.

Sending belated birthday wishes.

I hope you had some nice cannabis for your vape.

Well, How you doing Hiker, good to see you. Taking Jo to the Doctors on Monday. He will make sure all is as it should be. She still has pain, but it's normal, Her mental out look is really good.

Just happened to have some good smoke at hand.

 

[OldMedMan]

Good evening weed my friend. Hope this finds you guys in good spirits and mending health. Happy Thurweedday

Good weed to you too, you old fart. We are doing fine, Jo is improving every day.

This was a very special day for me.....One of the best friends I ever had came over for an afternoon to visit. He was much smoother and sophisticated than the old days. He ended up marrying a young lady that lived with me for while. Fine folks. This was my late 60s and early 70s Buddy. I was his best man. We have always stayed in touch. A true friend.

 

[OldMedMan]

Hi OMM, thank you so much for the tip on the 60-100X microscope, and also to put the sugar leaf on white paper. Your advice helped me a lot. I can now really tell the color of the trichs. I was picking up colors before by not using white behind too.

Cool, glad I could help. It's like looking at a different world, isn't it?

 

[CronicHempHog]

Good Weed there to ya buddy
Hoping all is well there