Old age is no place for wimps my friend as several of us on this forum are finding out. Stay positive in your outlook. I want full reports on the walleye rig testing you will be starting in several weeks.
Last year, I had good success pulling a trolling spoon behind a bottom bouncer instead of the usual spinner rig. I’ll be repeating that as well as spinners (of which I now have a dozen or so tied up.)
I’m also going to try pulling some jointed Rapala crankbaits behind a three-way rig as my second rod.
Years ago, when I use to fish with a walleye tournament guy, Mike4cobra, he was a member on this site until he got married. One year while fishing Willard early in the season, I tried a ultra light Rapala rattling fat rap, in a shad pattern and caught a walleye while using a bottom bouncer. So, there is little doubt that will work, just use the floating model, so it doesn’t drag the bottom.
I thought that the correlation between cancer and agent orange were pretty well documented - am surprised the VA would turn their head on it
Cancer, yes. Chronic kidney disease - not yet.
You are getting in to see the doctor much quicker than I did, so that’s good but as long as you have had this issue and as weak as you are I sure hope you have a better diagnosis than I received. One thing I will say is they told me it was likely from chemicals I was exposed to in the military but it could also be from radiation treatment from iodine 131 over twenty-five years ago when I had my thyroid removed.
My prostate cancer is directly related to Agent Orange. I suspect that my kidney disease is, also, but the VA doesn’t acknowledge that yet.
Or I’m just old.
As many of you know, I have been having treatments for aggressive prostate cancer since October. The radiation and hormone regimens have left me badly anemic. Fearing internal bleeding, the Docs (plural) scheduled me for a complete GI exam. That happened today.
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The two-day prep was simply awful with four kinds of atomic laxatives one after the other. It just kept coming! The actual procedure was easy, except for me being terribly weak, cold, and tired with no food for two days. They put me under and then did an "upper" exam from mouth to as far into the small intestine as they could go, and then the "lower" where they meet in the middle. It was a "cheeks to cheeks" exam! As I expected, I was clean as a whistle: no cancer, no bleeding, and only one small polyp, which he removed. But because he found nothing and I’m still badly anemic, he wants me to see a blood Doc ASAP. That’ll be next week. In the meantime, samo samo…rest, stay hydrated, no driving.[/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I’ve been buying fishing supplies online, tying irresistible (I hope) walleye rigs, resting, staying hydrated, and in general vegetating for months now. [/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I’ll keep y’all posted as things develop.[/font]
Well that does not sound like any fun, sorry you had to go through that. I sure hope your hematologist doesn’t come back with the same diagnoses I received and I hope you are able to get an appointment with your hematologist quicker than I did, it took me three weeks to get in for an appointment.
I’m booked next week. I think this will be doctor #11 on my ever-growing list. Whoopee.
I firmly believe that my blood issues are a direct result of the radiation treatments, and that it will be temporary. The question is how long is temporary. and the bigger question is, will I be able to go fishing this year.