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Message 1910233 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 2:52:30 UTC - in response to Message 1910223.  

I hope I don't have either one, I don't want to go down My brothers path, I want to out live Him into My 80's.

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It says: Life Expectancy : 87

Exposure to 2nd hand smoke is not taken into account there.

My brother lived until He was 61, I also read the life expectancy for people with Emphysema was 5 years, which would mean I'd get to 63 maybe, another said there are varying levels of the disease.

I'd rather live as long as My aunt, She passed at 88.
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Message 1910234 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 2:59:31 UTC - in response to Message 1910232.  

Angelia, I must be dead, your calculator said I should be dead at age 66 and I'm 72 and in pretty good health except for arthritis, which really sucks.

It seems that I'm going to out-live Ol' Pookers by more than ten years, but then again don't believe everything you read on the internet! There were no questions on this calculator about family cancer history. My family members on both sides are quite cancer-prone.

My mom and brother had cancer, but no one else, My dad I think had a problem with a blockage, like I did, then lead poisoning.

I still want to live down below again, cold air is not good for Me, nor is extreme heat either, smog is not good, but I'm used to being inside, so that is not a real problem.

I also still need to get rid of the aquarium, I think I got all the supplies out at last.

And I'm throwing boxes out as fast as I can too, the park only has 2 bins now, I looked.
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Message 1910265 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 6:20:05 UTC

Emphysema would explain a lot - the shortness of breath, the continued exhaustion, the coughing and is certainly "life limiting". Living in a former coal mining area I see people (men mostly) who have emphysema, and have had it for many years.
However there are more factors in life that impact on our life expectancy, physical and mental health, wealth, diet, weight, family and so on. I just ran a number of calculators on my own life expectancy and got answers ranging from "dead four years ago" to "another 30 years to go" so take care when answering the questions and interpreting the results...
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Message 1910275 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 8:44:04 UTC

Vic.

I sat in a doctors office as he told me I almost certainly had a cancerous growth on my thyroid.

He the proceeded to describe the operation I would need and the quite scary consequences.

I spent several weeks worried sick

After I had the operation I was seen by another more pleasant doctor who said that it wasn't cancerous after all.

Wait for results and try not to worry too much.
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Message 1910285 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 11:45:10 UTC - in response to Message 1910275.  

Best not to dwell and ALWAYS get 2nd or 3rd opinion...
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Message 1910354 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 17:48:13 UTC

and panic if people come through the door with a "sack truck and belt" to move one straight into theatre.....
(second thoughts, if that happens you haven't got time to panic, just take a deep breath...)
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Message 1910365 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 18:28:07 UTC - in response to Message 1910204.  

I hope I don't have either one, I don't want to go down My brothers path, I want to out live Him into My 80's.
Your hopes echo mine, sir.

Not pleasant news. My sympathies.
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Message 1910387 - Posted: 3 Jan 2018, 20:36:03 UTC

Thanks Bernie Vine, Stargate (SA), Rob Smith, Sir Rodney Ffing, and anyone else I missed.

I just got up, so far the Doctor is setting up the CT scan, and I just told some of My local friends, who uses a rescue inhaler and I gather a nebulizer, I'll have to talk to the Doctor about those soon I expect, maybe. My friend is allergic to cigar smoke.

And I had just gotten done with food shopping, kind of ruins ones day.
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Message 1910418 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 0:25:44 UTC
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Now I have another problem, until I resolve that, I may not be going anywhere, My car is in need of 3 things, a front end alignment $80, a changing the spare tire to a new proper fitting rim $19, and a "new" tire a local friend is taking care of $0.00, and a rim to replace a rim that is of the wrong bolt pattern, it looks like My bolt pattern, but does not fit at all, I found a rim on Amazon that Amazon says fits My car, $60.00, which will only cost Me $60.00 from an Amazon gift card balance, sigh.

And then there is valve stems too, sigh...
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Message 1910420 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 0:31:33 UTC

And no I have not bought the rim, yet. Though I should.
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Message 1910425 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 0:40:07 UTC

Ok I don't know if it's an alignment issue or not, the right front strut might be damaged cause of a blow out that I had a few months back, I'll find out more after I get the tire replaced tomorrow.
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Message 1910431 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 1:12:46 UTC

And the quoted amount for an alignment is for a manual alignment, I think I'll take it elsewhere, once I get the tire replaced on Thursday, I'll take the car into town and get an idea of what needs to be done and how much that will cost, the rim was going to be funded with an Amazon gift card balance, which is $135.00, the rim would be $60.00 total, which would leave $75.00 and I'm not sure if I can get that refunded to My debit card in whole or in part, or at all for that matter, I'll have to ask Amazon first.
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Message 1910454 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 3:50:10 UTC

I don't know if it's possible or not, but I sent an email to Amazon asking that a gift card balance be sent to My debit card.

I just have to wait and see.
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Message 1910503 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 14:50:36 UTC

Ok I asked Amazon, they said NO, a gift card balance is not refundable.


Hello Victor,

Thanks for contacting Amazon.com Customer Support!

As much as we want to help you with your concern.

Unfortunately, we're unable to transfer fund from gift card to debit card.

I am so sorry.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

We'd appreciate your feedback. Please use the buttons below to vote about your experience today.

Best regards,
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So the $135.00 there is only available to use on Amazon, so a $60 rim it is, the rest will just have to stay there, at least it doesn't expire.

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I'm going to turn the car around, and try to take off the bad front right tire, turning the car around will place the right side on concrete, though the problem seems to be one of alignment to Me, a bad manual alignment got Me into this, nothing on that can be done here currently.

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Message 1910514 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 15:20:24 UTC

Before rushing out to spend money or even trying to jack it up (we don't want you to hurt yourself), have a look at the wear patterns on all four wheels,
They should be uniform across each wheel, with no obvious wear on either the inside or outside edge. you only need to do this on the bit of the tyre you can see. If there is inside or outside edge wear, look at the "shape" of the wear pattern as that can tell a lot about what the potential problem is.
It is highly unlikely that miss-alignment would be caused by a blow-out. The other possibles are, wheel bearings worn out (they don't always make graunching noises when they go) - now that may be "helped along the way" by a blow-out, but they would have to be nearing the end of their life for that to kick in; bent suspension arm, worn out suspension bushes, damaged strut (old age and decrepitness is high on the list of suspects there), damage to the actual frame of the car, and so the list continues.
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Message 1910518 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 15:44:48 UTC - in response to Message 1910514.  
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Before rushing out to spend money or even trying to jack it up (we don't want you to hurt yourself), have a look at the wear patterns on all four wheels,
They should be uniform across each wheel, with no obvious wear on either the inside or outside edge.
you only need to do this on the bit of the tyre you can see.
If there is inside or outside edge wear, look at the "shape" of the wear pattern as that can tell a lot about what the potential problem is.
It is highly unlikely that miss-alignment would be caused by a blow-out.
The other possibles are, wheel bearings worn out (they don't always make graunching noises when they go) - now that may be "helped along the way" by a blow-out, but they would have to be nearing the end of their life for that to kick in; bent suspension arm, worn out suspension bushes, damaged strut (old age and decrepitness is high on the list of suspects there), damage to the actual frame of the car, and so the list continues.

The inside edge of the front right tire/tyre is past the safe point, steel belts can be seen sticking out of the tire.

I checked by feel on the opposite side and if I had a problem over there, the place that mounted the tire on the left would have told Me, the right side was not mounted professionally on the spindle.

The front struts were mounted by a friend, not a shop, so one could be near alignment, while the other could be not in alignment.

I had the entire front end replaced, by a local shop, the struts at the time did not show any wear, so this does not apply to the front struts.

Well I have to replace the tire, thankfully that will cost nothing, what is there now won't make it 13 miles down the fwy to Barstow CA.

The rim for the spare, that is correct according to Amazon, has been paid for, all of $60.00, I have $75.00 left there, the $75 can't be used anywhere else, and I tried to move that money to My debit card already, that went nowhere.
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Message 1910526 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 15:57:38 UTC
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I've got one of the 2 left problems, I don't know if both could happen at once, but then I'm not a mechanic. My tire looks like Toe.

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Message 1910548 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 16:45:01 UTC

Certainly sounds like a massive alignment issue - toe out and/or incorrect camber, but then collapsed wheel bearings can end up with the same wear pattern. I would look at getting a proper "four wheel" alignment check done as that will make sure the whole car is square and true.

Whenever changing struts it is vital to do an alignment check, just in case something else has been disturbed. If he did not even do a basic "string and gum" check then I wouldn't trust him not to have damaged the new wheel bearings :-( A string and gum check is so easy - park the car close and parallel to a wall - measure the gap at mid height between the "front" and "back of the back tyre, repeat for the front tyre on that side - the difference between the two pairs of measurements should be the same. Repeat on the other side. Adjust the tracking to suit, this will get it close enough to be able to drive to a proper tracking place and do the job correctly.
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Message 1910550 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 16:54:40 UTC - in response to Message 1910548.  

Well I did get 2 out of the 4 lug nuts off, the other 2 I can't budge.
I have the car jacked up a bit, and the tire is flat again, the tire won't hold air.
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Message 1910575 - Posted: 4 Jan 2018, 17:39:06 UTC

If possible, put the wrench onto the nut, with the bar pointing down at about 45 degrees, now lower the car gently so putting the car's weight on the end of the wrench (make sure you've got it on the right way round so it will undo the nut....)

Following your earlier description of seeing the steel cord from the tyre I'm not surprised at it not holding air :-(
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