I have not slept properly in weeks, am still restricted to bed and am doing my best to stay positive minute by minute hour by hour day by day.

 

Paul, with all that free time on your hands, you want to become an AVSIM staffer? :Big Grin:

 

Seriously, my condolences for your situation and best wishes for your recovery and I do hope that AVSIM is part of your daily recovery therapy.

Hey Paul.....I wish you all the best as you move forward with your recovery.  Tho I have never experienced a hip replacement, I watched my mother in law go thru it (and she is still struggling with it 10 mos. later) and I know it's no fun. I always like to read your input, and you can be as pissy as you like ;-). God bless

I work with a lot of people who are short and pissy so I just though that was normal...  :lol:

 

Paul be well as your health is first and foremost. Cheers :drinks:

Thanks for explaining!  Wishing the best for a speedy recovery.   It's heck getting old.  Almost everyone of my friends at the golf course has had at least one hip replacement.  I'm hoping something like that is not in the cards for me. 

 

Best regards,

That's a great post Paul.  I know we all go through things in life that aren't always obvious to others.  I've had a few things going on myself that are making life extremely difficult at the moment, and then to really put the whammy on it, I lost my mom just recently, so the time I spend here has been my escape too.   Hang in there, and know that when all else seems out of sorts, you always have friends here for support.

 

All the Best,

Jeff

Hey Paul, no offense taken.  I know the MAS370 situation has led to some tension here, and Iooking back I feel like I have stepped over the line by bringing politics into the discourse where it has no place, even with the warning by staff that such talk could derail the discussion.   Anyhow, I find myself guilty of the one thing I swore I was not going to get wrapped up in, wild speculation, and I understand why it could tick off some folks. 

 

I just turned 40 myself, and I can relate to what you are going though in some way.   I hope things improve, from one sim fanatic to another.

I want to make sure I thank everyone individually!

A.J. thank you so much, I know I snapped at you and Larry a bit and was really unhappy with myself so thank you for understanding.  I think MH370 has all of us a bit beside ourselves right now.  No one likes the unknown...  Imagine if it has on edge what the families going through it must be feeling.  Hard to comprehend!

 

Jeff,

I am so sorry to hear about your tough times and especially the loss of your mother.  My thoughts and condolences go out to you and yours.  I am fortunate at 40 to have just lost my 96 year old grandfather and that was difficult enough.  I wish you nothing but the best and all the strength required to get through this tough time.  I can not agree more, the time here and on my motorcycle forum is genuinely therapeutic.  Without these mental releases I would be staring at ceiling a lot more than I do!!   

 

Jim, I hope so too!!!  I am 40 and I have two discectomies done, double fused, replaced hip and it is no fun!  With all that being said if you look closely at my avatar, that is still me doing one of the things I love that I am still able to do.  My docs don't love it but the mental release a physical hobby provides is difficult to understand.  I wish you nothing but good health and all your original joints!!

 

Matthew, thank you!!! nothing is better than laughter and thank goodness I did not have a fluid in my mouth when I read your post or it would be all over my laptop right now!!  That was great!  Thank you!!

 

Joe, I am sorry for your mother in law.  I do not envy anyone that has to deal with this although after rehab I also know that a hip is much better than a knee!!!  I am 3 weeks out today, I can walk unassisted and when I really concentrate can almost entirely lose the limp.  There is a commercial that runs around New York from the Hospital for Special Surgery of a guy on a motorbike 110 days after hip replacement.  My goal is to beat that by 15 days!  The sliced tendon is an added challenge but nothing that I can not overcome.  Watching your mother in law ad undoubtedly the stress on your wife can not be easy.  Sometimes I think things like this affect those around the patient more than the patient.  I hope your Mother in Law is able to stay positive.  The difference between someone who is positive and someone who does nothing but give you the woe is me, negativity and complaints is NIGHT AND DAY!!!

 

Gavin, Vic, Fleeting thought, thank you all!! The support is immensely appreciated.

 

It actually took me a few hours to be able to write this, all the support is truly touching...

 

Now to Tom!!!

Tom, first of all, yes, you have no idea how therapeutic Avsim is.  For a lot of us it as much a daily part of our lives as tying our shoes.  When Avsim went down, all I could think about was you and the team and the stress and effort you all endure to bring us such a wonderful site, resource and community!!  Thank you!!

 

As for would I like to be a staffer and help, please reach out, I have leached off of this site for long enough and would be honored to help give back!!

 

Again, thank you all, I can not express enough gratitude for the support and the community we have here, you are right Gavin, it is an amazing group of enthusiasts we have here!!!  I am starting to go through FS withdrawals, I may just go fire up FS  and stare at it a bit until I can sit and fly again!

 

Thank you all!!

Guys/gals,

I realize some of my responses are coming across as short or confrontational or just pissy and wanted to apologize. It is not my intent at all. For those who know me you know I have had some health issues over the years including a hip replacement 3 years ago. Well the hip failed and I had total revision surgery 3 weeks ago tomorrow. In addition to replacing my prosthetic they had to intentionally slice a tendon which connects your femur to your spine. Needless to say mentally and physically this has been very tough. I have not slept properly in weeks, am still restricted to bed and am doing my best to stay positive minute by minute hour by hour day by day. While I realize this is not an excuse or a justification I did want to provide a bit of background if I am coming across as rude or short with anyone. I also wanted to apologize to anyone who feels I have been anything less than polite to them. I can assure you I respect everyone here as well as everyone's opinions so if my behavior has not reflected that I sincerely apologize.

 

Mea Culpa, apologies and all the best to everyone.

Apologies again,

Paul

 

Hi Paul,

 

I was doing my more or less daily review of avsim and came across your post and just wanted to share some thoughts. First of all, let me say Im sorry and that I wish you recover as well as it is possible. Something I always wonder, how most people, including myself, sometimes complain about some problems, which are in the end, small ones. When you read things like your post, you start to appreciate the small things and that actually, a broken arm or whatever, is not a big deal in the end.

 

I quess that is just the way our brain works. Im "only" 38:) and I became a dad 7 months ago and have to admit that after the day my son was born, the importance of certain things went totally upside down (not sure how to spell/say it correctly in English as it is not my native language). What I mean that you do whatever you can to make sure your child is safe and that the environment where he grows would be the best possible in order for him to have a happy & healthy live. Health is something you cant appreciate enough.

 

Anyway, even im not that active here in Avsim, I found your post very touching and I do hope all the best for you and to everyone else as well!

 

Cheers

Thomas

Hi Paul,

 

Sorry to hear about the need to the full hip rebuild.   Man, that's bad news but it sounds despite the pain you're showing real courage and bravery in keeping your chin up.  Anyone could forgive a couple of short tempered moments (not that I've noticed them) considering the physical struggle you're going though.

 

I bet the bike is in the garage for a while, and I know that you won't be happy about that.

 

Here's wishing for a fast, full recovery, so that you're soon back on the bike and back on a 777 hopping across the pond to Yorkshire again soon!  :smile:

 

Dave.

Hang in there Partner

From another old fart.

Le ouch. Hope you recover soon. That does not sound good.

Damn 4 am, we need to stop meeting like this, nothing personal but I like being asleep through the night, not laying here since your buddy 1am. If I have to hang out with your buddy 5am again tonight we are going to have some issues! Just my luck, MotoGP is a night race in Qatar so there isn't even bike racing or F1 on at this ridiculous time of night! #sleepisoverrated

 

Thanks Kevin but it could always be worse!!!

Best wishes Paul. I have spent a very large number of sleepless nights aching because of age and folding, spindling and mutilating of myself in younger years (sports and other more stupid things). Yet, nothing to compared to your problems. You have my sympathy if you need it, my support if you want it and my forgiveness for being grouchy. Pissy - Depends :smile:

 

I'm not over the hill yet, but I have a pretty clear view of the horizon.

 

"Getting old is not for wimps", so true! A short story that I remind myself of when I feel bad;

 

My father in law at 94 years old, . . . . rheumatoid arthritis in all of his joints, hands so deformed he could hardly grip anything, feet so deformed he needed shoes 4 sizes larger than normal with holes cut in them. One eye removed because of the arthritis and 80% blind in the other. I went to his house one day to check on him. I couldn't find him anywhere. I looked all over the house, he was nowhere to be found. Somewhat in a panic I raced out the back door, heading to my car for my phone to call hospitals and police. Just as I cleared the door I heard a crash that drew my attention to a 60 foot tall spruce tree in the back yard. I had to look closely to find him 30 feet up in that tree trying to prune a couple of limbs. When I asked him what the "_____" he was doing up in that tree besides scaring me and trying to kill himself. He cheerfully told me that if he quit moving and doing things he would quit moving for good and he wasn't ready for that. He was a tough old fart until the end.

 

Stay tough Paul and get well soon. I wish you all of the strength you need.

 

Best regards to you, Paul,

Mel

Hi Paul!

I don't know you, but I have seen your posts in here on AvSim, and none I saw seemed short or snotty. Maybe a LITTLE pissy here and there, but heck...LOL!

Sorry. Trying to say, nothing to apologise for that I've seen so far!

I hope you heal up fast and cleanly, and get over this little bump in your lifepath quickly! Anything I can do, let me know

 

Pat

Hi, Paul,

 

While I don't know you, I've been through major surgery for my l-spine, head, legs, and other various parts of my body.  Sometimes I think I've more titanium in my body than a T7 engine has in the HPT section.  Know and sympathize with what you're enduring.  All the best and a speedy recovery!

 

Best,

 

Kevin