LOW PITOT PRESSURE @ 11R

dacker · Post by **dacker** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:15 pm

I was having lunch with some guys at the restaurant in Brenham today when one of the guys came back from the restroom with tears in his eyes... an older gentleman (might have been one of our 170 crowd) was heard to say, "I used to be able to pee over the hood of a Peterbilt, now I can barely clear my tennis shoes!".

Gave us our laugh of the day! Really gives us something to look forward to.

David

Roesbery · Post by **Roesbery** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:11 am

Have the guy take some Saw Palmetto. No down side. Been taking it for years, pee like a horse. Some years ago during my airman medical the Dr. asked what I was doing. I asked what do you mean? He says I have a prostate of a 20 year old. So I told him I had been using Saw Palmetto and noticed I put out a stronger stream. Turns out he had a enlarged prostate. The next time I had a medical he said he no longer had a problem and was using Saw Palmetto. I use the plain jane simple stuff put out by NATURE'S HERBS. Don't know about other sources.

Plummit · Post by **Plummit** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:27 pm

Roesbery wrote:Have the guy take some Saw Palmetto. No down side. Been taking it for years, pee like a horse. Some years ago during my airman medical the Dr. asked what I was doing. I asked what do you mean? He says I have a prostate of a 20 year old. So I told him I had been using Saw Palmetto and noticed I put out a stronger stream. Turns out he had a enlarged prostate. The next time I had a medical he said he no longer had a problem and was using Saw Palmetto. I use the plain jane simple stuff put out by NATURE'S HERBS. Don't know about other sources.

When did AMEs start checking the prostate? Sounds like his "exam" was a little too all-encompassing...

regards

~Marc

Post by **GAHorn** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:47 pm

AMEs are not required to do it, but the better, more caring one's who truly give a dang about their clients/patients health do. One that I know in dacker's home town (CLL) does- James Cooper.

Signs of an enlarged prostate are reduced flow...and frequent trips to the bathroom at night. If you have these symptoms, make an effort to do something that might save your life.... see your Doctor, or even better see a Urologist. Treating symptoms with health-store pills might be OK, but it's only a symptom of a larger problem that might be life-threatening if you disregard or hide the symptoms.

Plummit · Post by **Plummit** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:48 am

gahorn wrote:AMEs are not required to do it, but the better, more caring one's who truly give a dang about their clients/patients health do. One that I know in dacker's home town (CLL) does- James Cooper.

Signs of an enlarged prostate are reduced flow...and frequent trips to the bathroom at night. If you have these symptoms, make an effort to do something that might save your life.... see your Doctor, or even better see a Urologist. Treating symptoms with health-store pills might be OK, but it's only a symptom of a larger problem that might be life-threatening if you disregard or hide the symptoms.

The day I walk in for my aviation medical and the AME "gloves-up" - is the day I find a new AME!

regards

~Marc

dacker · Post by **dacker** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:00 am

You guys just had to turn something funny as hell into a serious discussion about prostates!

I don't think Dr. Cooper is practicing anymore. I used to go to him every year, and since my wife is a physician he wouldn't charge me. He was a hoot to talk to, he was a Navy man also so he would share stories while examining me.

Actually, he would usually just ask "Are things OK down there?".

At the time I was only 39 or 40, so it wasn't as critical. I am still only 45 but I get the "check" every year, I figure a few seconds of discomfort is far better than cancer. If you think about it, it's sort of a stupid way to die if it is detectable.

I just thought the ability to pee over the hood of a Peterbilt truck was pretty impressive!

David

blueldr · Post by **blueldr** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:04 am

At eighty five, I just wish I could clear the hood of my great grandsons Tonka Truck.

Plummit · Post by **Plummit** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:16 am

Hey I'm sorry, but I thought my remark about the medical being "too all encompassing" was keeping with the humor of the thread. That's the way I meant it anyway. Sorry if others took it differently.

regards

~Marc

Haydon · Post by **Haydon** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:25 am

Howdy,
This is for Blu-elder

A tablespoon of "CLR" in the prune juice oughta have the local volunteer fire department...."pressuring" you to join up..

Richard.......

Post by **GAHorn** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:57 am

Sorry. Didn't mean to get so "anal".

Blue Elder... Did you hear the one about the old boy who noticed his buddy was eating a sandwich on rye bread?

He said to his buddy, "I thought you hated rye bread?"

"I do!", replied the buddy, "but My Doctor told me it would cure anything that's wrong, so I started eating it.....and he was right! You should try it!"

So on the way home the old boy stopped by the bakery and told the young lady behind the counter "I'd like to have five loaves of rye bread."

"Five loaves?", she asked. "Are you sure? You know by the time to get to the fifth loaf it'll be hard, don't you?"

"Why am I always the last one to find out about these things?!!!", he exclaimed.