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Hey guys, two years or so, I'm still at it and so is my hardy wife. She just had third retina injection aimed at preserving some of her sight from the ravages of macular degeneration,and today I had my second spinal injection to try to stave off ravages of spinal stenosis. Minimally invasive...

Very good news! Thanks for the update.

Congratulations, Jane. That's an anniversary worth celebrating. Hope you did just that and have many many more to celebrate in the future.

Wow, some well-informed folks here. I will just briefly give my history (as Superman suggested) in case it is in any way helpful: Had no OHS until I was 63 years old. But had been told my an internist when I was in my 20s that he detected a heart murmur and attributed it to a leaky valve that...

Hi Movieman. Before my first surgery, I had a panic attack such that I felt too dizzy to get out of bed and stand up. Also taken to ER and best they could discern is that I have an inner-ear imbalance that sometimes acts up. Not saying this is the same that you experienced but anxiety can do a...

Great to hear, Mr. Chimp! Congrats on the OHS anniversary AND the wedding anniversary. Hope you'll swing by here whenever the mood strikes and let us know how everything is going.

Yep, what Pellicle said. Especially if there is heavy duty work to do with enlarged root/aneurysm. There's no way around it. I don't find the scar a detriment. Chicks dig scars, even in 80-year-old gents

Hello Movieman and welcome to the forum! Superman referred me to your post asking if other seniors had gone through OHS. Oh yes, sometimes with repeat jaunts to the OR over a period of years. I turned 80 last November, and have had two major sternum cracking surgeries -- the first when I was 63...

I, too, miss Cooker. Dang, he started the Throwdown and we were a merry bunch for years. Free-spirited, funny, though with serious points about weight and fitness. When he decided to move on from that, I kept it up in Staying the Course mode. I certainly understand the moving-on but regret the...

Great to see a Man of Steel leaping in here to rescue and give new life to the Throwdown! I have started to do so a number of times, but household chores intervened. Yes, I am still a 24/7 caretaker for my dear wife but she is gradually making progress, now five months post-hip fracture. Yes, I...

Hey, guys, ain't stress great! For the past 3 months, I have been a 24/7 caretaker for my wife as she struggles to recover from a hip fractured when she fell. I mean I do everything -- cook, clean, obtain and apply medicines, get up about every 2 hours during the night to help her, etc etc. The...

Wife qualified for a hospital bed and other medical supplies via Medicare so home will be set up with all this stuff and resemble a hospital room for a while, I am getting training daily at the rehab center in how to be a de facto therapist/nurse. Thank goodness our daughter and grown-up...

Katie looks absolutely perfect! A smaller retriever mix would be just right for us, I think.

To cap off our Summer of Stress, my wife had another bad fall and fractured her hip. She is now in a rehab hospital for at least another week. I am going back and forth there and trying to get the home fitted more like a medical facility. Such is life in the age of the aging. On a brighter note...

Wow, hard to believe that non-swimmers would attempt such an outing, At least, their dog could swim.

Another kayak overturned and the smart doggie on board it doggie-paddled to your kayak for a lift? :)

Really hate not having a dog right now. But fall is better, and not just for weather reasons. We got rear-ended by a big truck when we were just making a right-turn, with signal on. Wife's back pain exacerbated. Got multiple doc, PT, pain appointments. Maybe a personal injury lawyer. Insurance...

Congrats, young man. Stan "the Man" Musial was The Man in baseball but you are truly The Man of vr.org. A great inspiration for us all, whatever our choice of valve. Happy Birthday!

Wow -- what spectacular photos! Thanks for posting. Your photos are reason enough to keep the STC tradition going.

With thanks to Willie Nelson for his classic song, I am moved to get back on the course again. Missing the old STC friends here; maybe they will start checking in again. I think our old-fashioned Staying the Course thread can co-exist nicely with the goals-oriented one that some of our...