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Post by perkins17 on Sept 15, 2022 9:33:34 GMT -5
jasoninsd I'm jealous! That looks awesome. I picked up the huge amount slabs yesterday and found some teepee and possibly fairburns. I need to post pictures. Thanks Perk! I'm sure I'll be reciprocating that "jealousy" when you post pics of those slabs!! I'd love to see pics of the potential Teepee/Fairburns. I'll see if I can help you ID them if you post pics of them. Thann you, I'd appreciate that. It was kind of cool to find some slabs from out in your area. It was a super cool lot of stuff. So far I've found some pretty neat stuff. I'm going to try to post pictures today.
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 15, 2022 18:13:31 GMT -5
Didn’t even invite me. Tsk tsk tsk
Honestly… I’d like to plan a trip out for a week and just walk for days until the heels of my feet are burnt up from walking.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 15, 2022 20:03:38 GMT -5
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet jasoninsd ! Oh man, the pic where all those rock babies are ladened underneath the eroding hill is killer. Maybe you shoulda checked underneath that bulldozer in case a feller was trying to crawl out. HEY, it happens! Just sayin'... The 12th picture down looks like me in the morning when I get up too early!! nnduhhh me: "OH... argh...uhhhh....ouch...uggg...ahh...AWE !" Beth: "What's wrong??" me: "uhhh, I woke up." Thanks Mark! There's SO many places out here where the hillsides are just puking out rocks like that one picture! That's hilarious about the face in the rock! Both of those first two individual pics have faces...and I didn't see it until you said something! LOL Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet @jasonfromsd! Oh man, the pic where all those rock babies are ladened underneath the eroding hill is killer. Maybe you shoulda checked underneath that bulldozer in case a feller was trying to crawl out. HEY, it happens! Just sayin'... The 12th picture down looks like me in the morning when I get up too early!! nnduhhh me: "OH... argh...uhhhh....ouch...uggg...ahh...AWE !" Beth: "What's wrong??" me: "uhhh, I woke up." markb I thought that one looked like a dog face. I am sure that DOESN’T look like you in the morning I can see a dog face too! I'm not sure what that says about Mark though! LOL What a beautiful area to fetch Fairburn's from. You did good. Thanks Beth! I feel SO blessed to be able to live in an area like this! It definitely allows me to "find myself" again. Looked like a great way to celebrate a job done !
A day out to clear your head, with nice scenery & find fine rocks to collect.
Thanks for sharing your day, Patty
Thanks Patty! Smoke has been rolling in from fires in California, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana...I thought my head would feel clogged while I was out there. However, the smoke haze wasn't bad yesterday...so it made for a bright sunshiny day! Tear it up Jason. That topography and exposed ground has to have tons of treasures. Good to see you get some free time and do some collecting. You know you got some fine rocks out that way - 100 pound Fairburns, an unfound dino bone deposit, a field of poppy agates...How about another discovery of turquoise rivaling that found at the Sinai peninsula that made so many wealthy. I do hope you find something to put in your cab arsenal. Creeks often yield well since they often cut deep into other layers. Cold season up there must make creek collecting limited to warm weather. Speaking of tractors, cautiously mowed overgrown vegetation most of the day yesterday which makes it difficult to see the pond edges and drop-offs. Best to keep it mowed so you can see where you are going. Ole tractor ran like a top but I kept waking up last night from bad roll over dreams. I hope that fellow you passed was as fortunate as I was. Thanks Jim! There's areas out there that every square foot of ground holds a full load of rocks...all of which would tumble amazingly well! Yeah...the "Custer Queen" as it is so wonderfully named is an amazing example of what "could" be found out here!! It's 53.5 pounds and is a behemoth!! (https://www.mindat.org/article.php/2849/Black+Hills+Institute+of+Geological+Research#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Custer%20Queen.,by%20Harvey%20Lancaster%20of%20Custer.) Yeah...creek hunting is definitely a "warm weather" sport! LOL Glad to hear you kept your equipment upright yesterday!! (And by "equipment", I meant your tractor...hmmm...maybe I should have reworded that! LOL) Thanks Perk! I'm sure I'll be reciprocating that "jealousy" when you post pics of those slabs!! I'd love to see pics of the potential Teepee/Fairburns. I'll see if I can help you ID them if you post pics of them. Thann you, I'd appreciate that. It was kind of cool to find some slabs from out in your area. It was a super cool lot of stuff. So far I've found some pretty neat stuff. I'm going to try to post pictures today. Just got on the forum for the first time today...I'll see if you've posted anything yet! Didn’t even invite me. Tsk tsk tsk Honestly… I’d like to plan a trip out for a week and just walk for days until the heels of my feet are burnt up from walking. Yeah...you were invited...it's just a standing invitation that's always open! Well...I've got the areas where we can walk to that extent!
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Post by Thunder69 on Sept 15, 2022 20:33:10 GMT -5
Nice finds... it looks like a nice place to hunt too.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 15, 2022 20:45:38 GMT -5
Nice finds... it looks like a nice place to hunt too. Thank you so much! Where I went, I "skirted" the edge of the agate beds...I should have taken some pics of them. It really is like a "sea" of river rocks being spewed out by the eroding hills...
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 15, 2022 23:40:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the prayers, Jason jasoninsd . Don't think there will be any issues, but one never knows. Bob has pretty much went up to this stage a year ago, at which time his cardiologist said his valve wasn't "that bad" yet. He's been saying that for a few years, lol. BUT when they got to this point last time, they found he had an 80% blockage in the coronary artery. His doc put two stents in, now he's ready to go again. I hope the second time this will get done! Amazing to think of the things they can do to fix our old decrepit bodies. I will probably just drop him off at 5am, then come back home and nap for a couple hours, then go back and pick him up when they call. Jason, I will definitely keep you and everyone else up to date! How'd things go this morning Jean?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 16, 2022 8:41:52 GMT -5
jasoninsd. Hi Jason, everything went well Thursday, thanks for asking. The doctor inserted two catheters, one in Bob's right carotid, and one in the back of his left wrist. They had also prepped (shaved) his groin area, in case they needed to go in through there because of a blockage, but they did not need to do that. Through the catheters, they inserted tools to check condition inside the heart, doctor said it was good, everything open, no blockages. Then they took size measurements of the damaged heart valve for the upcoming replacement, which will be in October, no date set yet. Then they removed both catheters. After getting up at 4 am, I had dropped him off at 4:45, and went back home and back to bed for a few hours. The procedure was set for 7:30, they started about a half hour late, and it took about a half hour for the procedure. They called several times with updates, then the doctor called, then they finally called to say he was ready to go home. I picked him up just before noon. Next procedure is a week from today and will be done in Imaging, a CTA scan to check positioning/location of everything inside. They say it will take 2 to 2 1/2 hours, at least it starts at a more reasonable 8 am! Will be glad when this is all done. Thank you everyone for thoughts and prayers.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 16, 2022 9:30:05 GMT -5
jasoninsd . Hi Jason, everything went well Thursday, thanks for asking. The doctor inserted two catheters, one in Bob's right carotid, and one in the back of his left wrist. They had also prepped (shaved) his groin area, in case they needed to go in through there because of a blockage, but they did not need to do that. Through the catheters, they inserted tools to check condition inside the heart, doctor said it was good, everything open, no blockages. Then they took size measurements of the damaged heart valve for the upcoming replacement, which will be in October, no date set yet. Then they removed both catheters. After getting up at 4 am, I had dropped him off at 4:45, and went back home and back to bed for a few hours. The procedure was set for 7:30, they started about a half hour late, and it took about a half hour for the procedure. They called several times with updates, then the doctor called, then they finally called to say he was ready to go home. I picked him up just before noon. Next procedure is a week from today and will be done in Imaging, a CTA scan to check positioning/location of everything inside. They say it will take 2 to 2 1/2 hours, at least it starts at a more reasonable 8 am! Will be glad when this is all done. Thank you everyone for thoughts and prayers. Glad to hear it, Jean! I was wondering. Thanks for the update.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2022 12:48:29 GMT -5
Great news Jean. so happy for you guys. You need to continue nursing us and can't be sharing you too much !
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Post by HankRocks on Sept 16, 2022 14:43:01 GMT -5
Good news Jean. Hope all continues to go well.
Is this going to be a replacement or a repair of the valve. In my case it was the Mitral Valve and my surgeon did a repair. Being a repair it was necessary for the procedure to be open heart/open chest. He put my chest back together with 14 loops of stainless steel wire. He said I was good for 30 years. My chest scar healed up quickly and after 3 months I was lifting half buckets of rock.
Henry
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 16, 2022 16:16:45 GMT -5
jasoninsd . Hi Jason, everything went well Thursday, thanks for asking. The doctor inserted two catheters, one in Bob's right carotid, and one in the back of his left wrist. They had also prepped (shaved) his groin area, in case they needed to go in through there because of a blockage, but they did not need to do that. Through the catheters, they inserted tools to check condition inside the heart, doctor said it was good, everything open, no blockages. Then they took size measurements of the damaged heart valve for the upcoming replacement, which will be in October, no date set yet. Then they removed both catheters. After getting up at 4 am, I had dropped him off at 4:45, and went back home and back to bed for a few hours. The procedure was set for 7:30, they started about a half hour late, and it took about a half hour for the procedure. They called several times with updates, then the doctor called, then they finally called to say he was ready to go home. I picked him up just before noon. Next procedure is a week from today and will be done in Imaging, a CTA scan to check positioning/location of everything inside. They say it will take 2 to 2 1/2 hours, at least it starts at a more reasonable 8 am! Will be glad when this is all done. Thank you everyone for thoughts and prayers. Jean, I'm SO happy to hear everything went well...and without incident! Thankfully next weeks "photo shoot" is at a more reasonable hour! Now...when I read the word "catheter"...I just get the heeby-jeebies...even though I know you weren't talking about the kind of catheter I was THINKING about! LOL Good news Jean. Hope all continues to go well. Is this going to be a replacement or a repair of the valve. In my case it was the Mitral Valve and my surgeon did a repair. Being a repair it was necessary for the procedure to be open heart/open chest. He put my chest back together with 14 loops of stainless steel wire. He said I was good for 30 years. My chest scar healed up quickly and after 3 months I was lifting half buckets of rock. Henry ...but NOT buckets of Kryptonite!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 16, 2022 17:08:36 GMT -5
Good news Jean. Hope all continues to go well. Is this going to be a replacement or a repair of the valve. In my case it was the Mitral Valve and my surgeon did a repair. Being a repair it was necessary for the procedure to be open heart/open chest. He put my chest back together with 14 loops of stainless steel wire. He said I was good for 30 years. My chest scar healed up quickly and after 3 months I was lifting half buckets of rock. Henry Thank you, Henry. It is a replacement of the aortic valve. He has had a bad heart murmur for years, and only within the last five or so have they been paying attention to it, monitoring it. A new doctor at the Cardiovascular Institute Bob goes to starting checking into the bad valve, and was going to replace it a year ago. The doctor was doing this same cath procedure, but had to stop when he saw one of the arteries was 80% blocked. So valve replacement was put on hold, and a stent put in, actually two stents. Earlier this year, Bob had a suspicious mole that went bad, became an invasive carcinoma on his mid back between his shoulder blades. It, and three lymph nodes under his armpits, were surgically removed by a plastic surgeon. With that out of the way... Bob saw the cardiologist again in July, and they did the regular tests they have routinely been doing (Echocardiogram, EKG, etc). Earlier this month, the doctor said it was time to do it and started making plans. He told me yesterday the "valve was tight" because it is calcified, so now they are finally going to replace it. He still needs to go in for lab tests and iron infusions every couple month (anemic, leaking blood in gut). He had L4-L5 vertebrae fused in 2015, so needs to watch what he lifts. It is hard to go gold prospecting or rock collecting without having to lift heavy buckets, so he has to be careful. In Dec 2019, he couldn't get out of bed one morning, could not move his legs. A trip to the ER, x-rays and an MRI showed he had sacral insufficiency fractures, plus cracks in his pelvis. Bone scan (DEXA) showed he has osteoporosis and osteopenia. He has received annual infusions of Reclast since that time, and I think it is really helping. He basically quit working at that time and went onto disabilty, then actual retirement when he was of age. He's just a piece of work! If I didn't have him to take care of, I just don't know what I would do with all my free time! And now on to the next step of the process!
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