The Dish

Today got me to thinking how very nice the people from Dish Network are. It seems they put up dishes for people and then when they move they leave the dish and put up a new one at their new address.

With Grace now in a nursing home we have all been spending time getting her house cleaned up and many of the things there ready for a garage sale. One item left was the aforementioned Dish Network Dish. I have a fairly new dish at home and another at Twin Mills. Both are mounted and used when we are at either place.

I decided to take down the dish left at the farm and now will use it for our travels with the motorhome. It will mount very nicely on the portable tripod I purchased and I believe make it much easier to tune into the satellite as we travel during the winter.

Last year I used a rather bulky setup consisting of a long pole and a heavy duty tripod to mount the dish on. The Assembly and dis assembly took a bit of time and some work and was not the most efficient way to manage it. I have no doubt this new setup will be much lighter and easier to work with this winter.

Now a medical update. I saw the hematologist and he decided it was indeed the beginning of arthritis. With the amount of pain I suffered I am not looking forward to advanced arthritis. I am currently on a new drug that treats the arthritis as well as the sensitive stomach I have. It is a fairly expensive drug and I will be talking to the doctor to see what we can replace it with.

Bottom line is that my knees feel much better and I am able to do some things as long as I do not overdo it. I am hoping for enough improvement to be able to take those morning walks I started and perhaps even loose a few pounds. Riding the bike is not too bad as it does not cause heavy impact on the knees and keeps the weight off them. I look forward to being able to spend some time in the Hot tub at the resort this winter.