[AT] Portland

[Herb Metz]

Farmer, good to share your post and know that Diane and You are doing quite 
well. Barbara is talking about selling/reducing some of her 400 daylilies 
and I well be reducing from 360 tomatoes next year.  We enjoy gardening, but 
are getting much slower.
Last year my heart doctor, who has an excellent reputation, stopped my 
Crestor and Zetia after I offered that I sure was getting tired of leg 
cramps.  He said that my age, 84, there was reduced benefit in using those 
medications;  I did not have other noticeable side effects. Herb(GA)


-----Original Message----- 
From: Indiana Robinson
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 12:36 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Portland

It wasn't to be this year (again) but I'm very determined to make it next
year...
Among a few other problems Diana was getting her gall bladder removed a
couple of weeks ago. She came through it quite well and has recovered
quickly.
I got an email from my cardiologist today which indicates that he isn't
going to divorce me for dropping the Lipitor and Zetia... This old body
"really" dislikes that stuff. The biggest problem it caused for me was the
muscle pain and damage. It also really screws up brain function. I thought
I could keep taking the Zetia but after a while it made me extremely short
of breath, as in almost unable to function. It only took about a week off
of it to show improvement. When I was on both it reached the point where I
was feeling worse than before the bypass... I feel like I am starting over
again... Muscle pain is going away and strength is slowly coming back.

Tractor content: Son Scott and I went to a tractor show and consignment
auction recently (Greensburg IN) and I hit it lucky. One of the 8N Fords I
have waiting in the tool shed has a badly freeze broken and very roughly
welded "patch job" on the block. At the sale I bought an 8N Ford engine (in
pieces) for $30. It was the block, pan, fan and water pump along with all
of the internal parts. At a quick look it all looks pretty good. I'll get
Scott to help me get it on a shelf or cart some place to store it. I
couldn't pass that one up.