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Difficulty sleeping with CKD…

Posted by mgrspixi25 @mguspixi25, Oct 9, 2023

Hi there, for the last 8 months I’ve had decline in kidney function to stage 3a. The most unsavoury part is the negative impact on ability to sleep, for a few reasons: needing to pee a whole lot more during the night, feeling sore in my back adjacent to kidneys when I lay down, and the general feeling of not being as well as I used to be/toxic kind of feeling, that keeps me awake (it’s currently 12:45 in the am here in Sydney). I’m wondering if anyone here gets a little bit of this stuff going on? And if so, if you have any tips of conquering this problem and you’re happy to share, I’d really like to read your thoughts and experiences 🙂

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mgrspixi25 | @mguspixi25 | Oct 10, 2023
In reply to @gordy6898p "It's never too late to considered getting back into flying... If you contact a nearby EAA..." + (show)
@gordy6898p

It's never too late to considered getting back into flying...

If you contact a nearby EAA chapter, folks there are always friendly and helpful.

One of the strangest use of a plane for spraying I ever saw was a B-25.

Our family was visiting my parents on their anniversary in Daytona Beach, Florida, staying on Sanibel Island.

It was early morning and suddenly, out of nowhere, three planes came roaring past at treetop level, all spraying, one a B-25. These old restored warbirds are worth a fortune, hard to imagine one being used to spray chemicals!

I don't know if you've ever heard of Gene Soucy, the youngest pilot to ever win the World Aerobatic Championship many years ago.

He performed aerobatics at airshows in a Pawnee (Ag Cat?). During one airshow in Glendale, Arizona I was briefly introduced to him by a pilot fiend. My friend's son knew Gene, they had gone through training together to qualify as control tower operators.

At that time Gene was preparing for an aerobatic routine at a Glendale fly-in, and was up on a ladder fueling a large bi-plane. I don't recall the plane, but I'd seen him fly it at other airshows... looked something like a Stearman.

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Oh yeah - Mitchell B-25 medium bomber..that would’ve been awesome to see! There’s an air museum in Nowra NSW Australia (the spot on the planet where I’m at), and it’s full of decommissioned military planes and some of them they use to do fly-by’s over the runway on weekends to the delight of the crowds.
My friend used to teach in his Piper Pawnee, as it was retrofitted to have two seats (albeit squishy, and if you both had long legs, there was not full control ability of the ailerons in roll! Haha).
I used to watch him when he would take the Pawnee up and put it through it’s paces after a 100hourly, and it was amazing to watch what that thing can do..like taking a Porsche 911 and putting it to work towing a trailer!
The Ag Cat is a biplane, and much bigger in size than the Piper 🙂
My friend bought his from the States, and flew it back to Au in stages.
It’s always nice to meet a flight legend. Haven’t met one myself, but used to watch them a fair bit at air shows🙂

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mgrspixi25 | @mguspixi25 | Oct 10, 2023
In reply to @gordy6898p "Being that you mentioned flying authorities... I was once cited for "buzzing," and was contacted by..." + (show)
@gordy6898p

Being that you mentioned flying authorities...

I was once cited for "buzzing," and was contacted by a Pennsylvania State Trooper... they investigate aviation incidents.

The trooper gave me the choice of meeting him at the police barracks, or he come meet me at my home.

I knew, through a friend, that he was also a pilot, and I was building an experimental plane (BD-4). So, I thought he might be interested in my project, and invited him to meet me at home.

He definitely was interested, and we spend a couple pleasant hours swapping airplane stories and drinking coffee.

As he was leaving he remarked "If you're gonna buzz someone, do what I do. Buzz them, and get the hell out of there. Don't make a second or third pass, drawing a crowd."

Good advice. I ended up being fined $60, but at least I wasn't temporarily grounded!

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That’s a great story!
We have the Civil Aviation Safety Authority here (back when I was being rude and flying without a pilot’s licence, they were called the CAA).
They are the ones who take charge when it comes to cheeky behaviour, and they are considered by some to be quite the fun-police! 😁

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gordy6898p | @gordy6898p | Oct 10, 2023
In reply to @mguspixi25 "That’s a great story! We have the Civil Aviation Safety Authority here (back when I was..." + (show)
@mguspixi25

That’s a great story!
We have the Civil Aviation Safety Authority here (back when I was being rude and flying without a pilot’s licence, they were called the CAA).
They are the ones who take charge when it comes to cheeky behaviour, and they are considered by some to be quite the fun-police! 😁

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The trooper investigating my buzzing incident was Dick Skillman.....

As mentioned in the this obituary, he investigated the incident of the still missing B-25 crash into the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/butlereagle/name/richard-skillman-obituary?id=23887535
Check out the B-25 thing, it's interesting.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Oct 11, 2023
In reply to @mguspixi25 "Yes; everybody is different :) That sounds like it was so much fun (holding a private..." + (show)
@mguspixi25

Yes; everybody is different 🙂
That sounds like it was so much fun (holding a private pilot certificate)!
I thought about formalised training a few times when the opportunity arose, however I was known to the authorities as someone who flew planes in ways that weren't lawful, so I knew it wouldn't be as much fun with the law right there in my prop wash waiting for me to become officially fine-able 😉
If you like flying, you may enjoy motorcycling?

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@mguspixi25 Yes, I have been a motorcyclist for decades. "Rubber side down" at all costs. And experienced in other assorted transportation modes. Only once was I called up for buzzing a place I shouldn't have been, oops. Not my fault the flightline was just too appealing to ignore....
Ginger

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mgrspixi25 | @mguspixi25 | Oct 12, 2023
In reply to @gingerw "@mguspixi25 Yes, I have been a motorcyclist for decades. "Rubber side down" at all costs. And..." + (show)
@gingerw

@mguspixi25 Yes, I have been a motorcyclist for decades. "Rubber side down" at all costs. And experienced in other assorted transportation modes. Only once was I called up for buzzing a place I shouldn't have been, oops. Not my fault the flightline was just too appealing to ignore....
Ginger

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yes, rubber side down besides when conserving wear on one tyre - either front or rear, haha.
Other assorted transportation modes sounds quite mysterious, hopefully it was fun of some sort.
Some rules (especially those that discourage buzzing) are inherently designed to be broken! 🙂

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