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By By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
Last week I was working on my wife's ATV in the driveway and I had a choice to make.
I could crawl under the machine with my aching back on the hard asphalt to fix the loose floorboard that was giving her trouble or I could walk over to the glider near the patio and get a cushion pad to lay on. Problem was to do that I had to walk farther on my bad knee on one leg and worn out ankle on the other to get it.
Ah, which to choose.
I finally decided that laying on the hard ground and then having to get up (which in itself brings on pains in other parts of my body) would be the alternative I would not select. I hobbled over, got the pad, threw it on the ground and crawled under the machine.
Then I realized in my haste of getting the pad down, I had left the tools on the seat. I had to get up again and get them.
When I was 20, 30, even 50 I could easily jump under something like that and work on it get up and go at it again.
Now I must plan my every move, and then take Aleve at the end of the day.
People have made lists time and time again about getting older and the things you can't do or no longer do as well, so this is nothing new to anyone reading this. Like everyone I laugh (and relate) to those lists. But, for some reason, they were a lot funnier when I was 35.
My grand kids (bless them) always tell me how young I look and that I am not that old. They secretly, of course, believe that I was around when the Pyramids were built.
Inside I still feel 18 in so many ways, and yet I am a realist and know I no longer can run up and down a basketball court or climb a trail for 30 miles in one day, come back drink a beer and watch television until midnight anymore.
In my life I have known a lot of "old" people and I don't fit in that category (yuk, yuk). I have had people tell me that you are not old until you can't get around by yourself. Well, while I can get around okay, often it is painful, very tiring and disturbing to watch me do it. Does that mean I am half old?
Here are some of the other things that bother me as old man time continues to run the race and is catching up with me every time we pass a mile marker.
â¢I can't read the phone number on the prescription bottle when I have to order my blood pressure medication, so I have to use a magnifier to see it. You'd think that I could just memorize the number after having used it for so many years, but I forget it, like I seem to forget many things nowadays.
â¢One day I was having trouble with a vehicle I was in and was looking under the hood. A couple of 20 somethings pulled up and asked if they could help. I told them I could handle it (it was something simple and I had already figured it out). The one young man said "Well I always stop when we see someone elderly having a problem with their car, just to be sure they are okay. I mean I wouldn't want my grandpa stuck out somewhere without anyone to help him."
â¢I have to be careful with stairs nowadays. I have always had the propensity to fall up stairs because I used to rush up them so fast. My wife said I am the only person she has ever seen that consistently falls up instead of down. Nowadays I have to watch them both ways because going down one knee could easily give out, and going up, well lets just say that their is more weight to carry than there used to be, and the apparatus for carrying it is a little creaky.
â¢When I was 17 I used to love freaking out older people by playing my hard rock as loud as I could in my car as I drove down the street. Now I play it just as loud, not to freak people out, but so I can hear it.
â¢When I have to go, I really have to go.
â¢No one will let me ride anything on two wheels anymore. I would prefer riding a dirt bike to my ATV, but no one in my family will let me buy one. They all think I will fall off and hurt myself (as I did when I was young, but that is beside the point). When I was 5 people all controlled my life. Now. 55 years later is seems they still do.
â¢People call me sir way too much. That actually started when I was in my 30's and it bothered me then. I know it isn't a term that is actually related to age, but not having been in the military, I only used that term for people that were really old when I was 10 (or course really old was anyone who was mad at me that was over 18).
Okay there are probably a lot more I could list, but suffice it to say that in my book there are way to many drawbacks to getting old. On the other hand there are some things that are good about it too.
Like when I am a grump they now attribute it to age (a natural occurrence) rather than to me (then it's my fault). In fact the grand kids call me "grumpy." So I can be as ornery as I want and it is never my fault now!
I guess that just goes to prove that there is a silver lining to almost everything, even if that lining shows up in the hair on your head.


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WHILE NASSAU FIDDLES WITH ANOTHER MEETING……Wang is listening to offers from municipalities in New York and elsewhere
There will be a meeting about the future of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property on Tuesday at 2:00 pm at the headquarters of the Nassau County Legislature. The meeting will be led by Republican legislature member Denise Ford, who is the chairwoman of the Economic and Community Development and Labor Committee.
Tuesday's meeting may be another snoozefest, but Nassau had better wake up soon. According to sources with intimate knowledge of the situation, Charles Wang is listening to any municipality that wants to make the Islanders feel at home.
At Ford's meeting – open to the public – you can be sure every politician and real estate developer speaking will include a nod to the Islanders. "Let me make it clear that we want our Islanders to stay," at least one will say. Some will profess to be Islanders fans. One or two might not even be lying about it.
Not much will come out of the meeting, but Feb. 14 will be an historic day. Should the unthinkable happen – the Islanders leave Nassau – Tuesday will be remembered as the official beginning of the end.
"The focus of the meeting will be on what can be done with the entire property," said Ford, who hopes to make the case for more money from New York State.
Three of the leading men with the plan to develop the Coliseum are influential members of the Association For A Better Long Island. You remember the ABLI, the group that spent a lot of money and influence campaigning against the Aug. 1 referendum.
These gentlemen wanted what's best for Long Island and now – presto – they want to develop the property. Vincent Polimeni? He lost the bid in 2005 to the Lighthouse Group. Ed Blumenfeld? You got it. He came up way short almost seven years ago. Jan Burman? Another loser to the Lighthouse.
Lucky for them, the Lighthouse was shuttered by Kate Murray and the Town of Hempstead. Now, without the Islanders and without the Coliseum, Polimeni, Blumenfeld and Burman want their chance to lead Nassau in its development of the Hub – in their words, "with or without the Islanders."
It's no wonder Wang hasn't said anything substantive about the arena issue since Aug. 1.
Behind the scenes, however, he is enjoying his free agency. After the referendum was fumbled by County Executive Edward Mangano and rejected by Nassau voters, Wang did not hang his head. He told his staff, as he told the press that night, that there was gold in the Coliseum's expiring lease.
Sources insist that he is utilizing his leverage to be prepared for 2015.
But here's where it gets really dicey for the true Orange and Blue believers, and those ignorant folks – namely, this writer – who found the notion of the Islanders ever leaving New York inconceivable.
Wang does not want to leave Nassau County, and staying put remains his first choice. But when I asked top executives to confirm that Wang will only consider overtures from municipalities within the New York metropolitan area, I could not get a promise on or off the record.
"I can't guarantee that anymore," said one source on high. "They are looking at options inside and outside of New York State. It would be misleading to say New York only."
So there you have it.
After offering to pay for the Lighthouse Project under a Democratic county regime and watching the Republican-led referendum fail – and now having to endure watching ABLI members tell the county what it should build – Wang is listening to everyone. He wanted a yes or no and heard no twice, emphatically, on a pair of diverse arena development deals. And now Mangano is listening to offers from developers who acted without conscience around a conflict of interest to kill his own referendum.
Dum de-dum dum.
Wang's options are endless — Brooklyn, Queens, Suffolk – and apparently boundless, too. A few Canadian cities want an NHL team and are willing to write blank checks to get one. Wang, who does not have the Islanders on the market and would be foolish to sell after hanging on while sustaining $200 million in losses, will do what he has to. (And to be clear, while there may be one or two wannabe saviors out there with fantasies of buying the Islanders and making it work in Nassau, no one has yet to make an offer. So far, it has been just the kind of all talk and no action the under-financed Bob Gutkowski teased fans with in the 90s). After owning the Islanders for 12 years, Wang does not have to worry about anyone questioning his loyalty to Long Island.
Nassau, of course, is not out of the running. But 40 years after the Coliseum opened, 30 years after the dynasty, and 15 years after the Gulotta-Milstein fiasco, what was once thought impossible could actually happen. The Islanders could leave Nassau County. The Islanders could leave New York.
If they do, put all those developers who claimed to want a better Long Island at the top of the list of people who made it possible.

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Police vehicles swarm an area on Des Moines' south side where a shootout was reported Wednesday afternoon. / Andrea Melendez/The Register
Des Moines police flood a south-side region after a man reportedly shot at passing vehicles and exchanged fire with police. / Lisa Lawrence/The Register
Des Moines police flood a south-side region after a man reportedly shot at passing vehicles and exchanged fire with police. / Lisa Lawrence/The Register
A car window is shattered Wednesday. / William Petroski/The Register
A Des Moines man armed with a semi-automatic rifle terrified a south-side neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, as he fired dozens of bullets from his yard at houses and passing vehicles before turning his weapon on police arriving on the scene.
Bullets shattered windows in vehicles, hit houses and injured a passerby. Nearby Lincoln High School was briefly locked down as police swarmed the area.
Two officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect in front of the white bungalow-style house at 1018 Creston Ave. The gunman suffered at least one bullet wound; he was transported to a local hospital. Police declined to say how the gunman was wounded.
Police have not released the suspect�s name, but a neighbor identified him as Steven J. Vogel, 38, of Des Moines. Vogel�s criminal record includes multiple gun charges; in 2008 he was ordered to turn over all of his guns to authorities, online court records show.
Michelle Lundy told The Des Moines Register that she saw Vogel, her neighbor, firing gunshots from his back deck shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Lundy said she then saw Vogel walk around the side of his house to the front yard. She called 911 and ushered her three children � 9-year-old twins and an 11-year-old � into the basement.
After about 10 minutes of continued gunfire, Lundy said she heard police returning fire.
�I was terrified when the police got here because I was afraid he was in close proximity to our back door,� she said. �I was worried he might come through our door.�
The gunfire stopped after several minutes, and Lundy said she peeked out her window to see medics on Vogel�s back porch putting him on a stretcher.
Two weapons found by police officers
Sgt. Jason Halifax, a Des Moines police spokesman, said officers found the gunman on the ground not moving behind the house where the gunfire originated. The man was still breathing when officers arrived. He was taken to Iowa Methodist Medical Center. He was listed in critical condition Wednesday evening.
Also Wednesday evening, police had not yet said where or how many times the gunman was shot. It was not yet known if he was shot by police or his own guns, Halifax said.
Police found a semiautomatic rifle similar to an AR-15 and a handgun with the suspect in the backyard. Several gun cartridges were found in the backyard, police said.
Halifax said cartridges for the rifle used often contain 10 or 15 rounds.
Police said one passerby was injured in the shootout. A man drove himself to a south-side medical clinic and was later transported to a Des Moines hospital, an officer at the clinic said. The victim�s vehicle had a shattered window and visible bullet holes in it.
Officials did not identify the wounded man.
Police blocked off the street where the shooting occurred for a block in each direction. Officers swarmed the neighborhood, knocking on doors, checking for injured bystanders and noting damage to vehicles and houses hit by gunfire.
By 5 p.m., a crime scene van was at the home.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is reviewing the case, Des Moines police said. DCI is routinely called to investigate officer-involved shootings.
Neighbors reported seeing gunshots hit windows in vehicles and the gutters of houses.
One bullet hit a tree limb in the front yard of Hannah Trebec, who lives three houses east of Vogel.
�I was scared,� said Trebec, who rushed to her basement when the shooting erupted.
Trebec said was surprised to hear gunfire coming from Vogel�s home. She considered him a friendly neighbor and dedicated father. She visited his home several years ago and remembers meeting his cat and parrots that could be heard from outside his home.
�He always said �hi� and raised his finger from the car when he saw me,� Trebec said. �It�s surprising.�
Suspect has criminal history from 1999
Vogel�s criminal history includes assault and harassment charges.
In 1999, he was charged with interference with official acts, which resulted in a conviction and a year of probation.
The shooting was first reported to police at about 3:20 p.m. Lincoln High School, one block to the north, was locked down for about 20 minutes. Few students were around, as school lets out at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
John Donahey, 16, was with a friend at his house a block from where the shooting occurred when he heard gunshots and saw a police officer run through his backyard.
�It got a little bit scary,� Donahey said. �I thought it was a pretty good neighborhood and then I heard this.�
Reporters Joel Aschbrenner, William Petroski, Timothy Meinch, Grant Rodgers, Katherine Klingseis, Jens Manuel Krogstad and Clark Kauffman contributed to this story.


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At Bessemer, we spend a lot of time mapping out the industries most fertile for disruption by startups. With a deep focus in our practice areas, we can quickly evaluate new investment opportunities, and, more importantly, bring our knowledge, track record and rolodex to the boards of our portfolio companies.
Every year we re-assess and refresh our investment hypotheses ("road maps"), re-organizing our practices appropriately. So we do have additional practice areas in development, plus others that we just haven't yet had time to profile here.
And of course we try to remain keenly aware of areas where innovation meets market need. We use our roadmaps as guides, not limits, and stay open to the next revolutionary idea.Here are some of the practice areas where our professionals team up to find, fund and assist the entrepreneurs poised to shake things up. If you share one of these areas of interest with us, please click on that practice to read about some of our thoughts and activities there.
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In addition to Bessemer's long history of successful enterprise software investing, we have been particularly focused on the emergence of Cloud Computing. We believe Cloud Computing is the most important trend in the software industry of the decade. We have been fortunate to work with many of the early pioneers in this high growth market segment, and continue to invest actively to grow our current portfolio. We define Cloud Computing as the umbrella encompassing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platforms-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Historically, we have been very active in the SaaS space and will continue to do so. However, as cloud computing has expanded beyond just providing applications as a service, so has our practice.
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At Bessemer Venture Partners, we believe that our long history and successful track record in cyber security provide us a key advantage in identifying and assisting the most important security startups – our investors have been involved in starting or funding over thirty cyber security companies over the last two decades, including 6 IPOs and many more large acquisitions. By sharing our perspective on how we invest capital in this space, we hope to inspire like-minded entrepreneurs, and attract them as our partners.
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BVP has invested in healthcare-related companies for more than two decades. Drawing on our investors' experience in medicine, science, information technology, and management, BVP has backed developers of innovative therapeutics - Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ISIP) and Sirtris (NASDAQ:SIRT); providers of healthcare service - VistaCare (NASDAQ:VSTA) and U.S. Behavioral Health (acquired by United Healthcare, NYSE:UBH); and suppliers of healthcare information technology - GMIS (NASDAQ:GMIS) and Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX). As the world's healthcare needs increase, we relish the opportunity to support entrepreneurs who will create the innovations of tomorrow.
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India's vibrant economy offers huge potential in fulfilling demand for both domestic and export consumption. Just as BVP saw the long term opportunity when it entered Silicon Valley in the 1970s, the firm sees a similar opportunity in India driven by the growth in middle class prosperity and innovation. BVP's investment advisory team combines local knowledge and technical expertise with a global platform to help guide portfolio copmaines to global success. Since 2004, BVP has invested in 21 companies and established a 14-person Mumbai-based advisory team.
Industry Software
Industry-specific cloud software companies don't get as much attention as their horizontal brethren like Salesforce or Workday. Why? It's been assumed that the markets they serve are simply too small and sleepy. We think that's misguided.
While companies like Guidewire, athenahealth, DealerTrack, Veeva, Demandware, and RealPage don't get much fanfare in the press, they are solving real problems in each of their industries. And they have quietly grown to become multi-billion-dollar publicly-traded companies.
This is just the beginning. We're convinced that many more industries—from banking to mining to agriculture—will be transformed by ditching their legacy vendors and migrating to the cloud.
Infrastructure 2.0
Bessemer has been investing in industry-leading IT infrastructure companies for close to forty years, yet we have never been more excited about the potential for innovation in this arena. Several key technology trends and market developments promise to transform the industry (again) in the coming decade, creating the opportunity for a new set of industry leaders to emerge.
Israel Opportunities
BVP has been investing in Israel since 1992 and opened an office in Herzliya in 2007. The partners consider companies at many stages, from seed to growth, and across a number of sectors - Software, Internet, Semiconductors, Storage, Communications, and Cleantech.
As investors, we believe that the best business model ever conceived could be the marketplace model. Because marketplaces benefit from powerful network effects – supply and demand follow each other – it's often a high-stakes battle for leadership: when one marketplace achieves undisputed leadership, it can generate huge profits, retain customers and keep competitors at bay. We admire this winner-take-all (or, occasionally, winner-take-most) dynamic, and are actively evaluating marketplace investments.
Bessemer's history in communications spans more than three decades, dating back to companies like Ungermann-Bass, which pioneered local area networking (the term "LAN" was actually coined in the living room of BVP's Neill Brownstein). Our investments have followed the rapid evolution of the communications landscape with many of our recent investments focused on the mobile space around the themes of mobile device penetration, the consumer experiences they enable, and the challenges these devices bring to operators.
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Throughout history, the exploration of new frontiers has yielded economic bounties in the forms of resources, living space, military advantage, and scientific research. Today, our new frontiers lie in space, which humanity must eventually colonize for minerals, energy and new homelands. As Carl Sagan observed, "All civilizations become either space-faring, or extinct."


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UPDATE: (News-Leader) - After retirement, Paul Brian Brooks, 70, and Margaret Susan Brooks, 69, spent winters at their son Patrick's lake house off Table Rock, escaping Michigan's cold.
They had three sons, three daughters-in-law and nine grandchildren. In July, they planned to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
"Susan and Brian spent their retirement years watching each of their nine grandchildren grow, filling their days with more memories than any one person could possibly remember," a statement from the family said.
The couple, who the family referred to by their middle names, retired to what's described as a 'modest' lake home in rural Baldwin, Mich., after years of work, he in the Detroit auto industry and she as a homemaker.
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LAMPE, Mo. (News-Leader & WZZM) - Two juveniles suspected of killing an elderly West Michigan couple Thursday had run away from a local at-risk boys ranch earlier this week, officials have confirmed.
"The boys had run away, and we had reported that to the proper authorities," said Richard Bottorf, chairman of Lives Under Construction Ranch.
The two are suspected of killing Paul and Margaret Brooks in a Table Rock Lake home Thursday night. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said police had no indication from the report that the boys were dangerous.
Stone County deputies received a call from a resident of Trace Hollow Road at 5:43 p.m. Thursday. The man reported that he was holding two young men at gunpoint after confronting them for suspicious behavior.
The man continued to hold the juveniles, ages 15 and 16, at gunpoint for 14 minutes until the first sheriff's deputy arrived at 1722 Trace Hollow Road. The suspects are in custody but are not being held in Stone County, juvenile officer Keith Parris said. There is no juvenile facility in Stone County.
Paul Brooks, 70 and Margaret Brooks, 69, of Baldwin, Mich., were found dead inside the home. The bodies have been sent to Columbia for autopsies, after which the sheriff hopes to know more about how they died.
"Apparent signs of foul play prompted further investigation," Rader said.
The two juveniles were first spotted taking items from the house next door, according to a neighbor. Jack Martin, who owns the house next door to the victims, a rental which had been vacant for several months, received a phone message from Rick Balsley.
Balsley lives across the street from where the victims lived.
Balsley's first message was that the youths were in a blue vehicle with no front license plate. The second phone message he left was shorter. He told Martin to call him as quickly as possible and that it was "important."
Martin did not listen to the voice messages until after returning from work at 9 p.m. He then called Balsley, who told him that the Brookses were dead.
"I just could not believe it," Martin said.
Balsley would not talk to a News-Leader reporter Friday afternoon. Martin said he did not know if Balsley was the person who held the juveniles at gunpoint until police arrived. Martin lives near his rental house on Trace Hollow Road. He said Friday that the house was, in fact, burglarized and that there were two burn marks on the bedroom carpet.
"It looked like someone had burned hard plastic," he said, adding that it did not appear as if anyone had been living in the house without his knowledge.
Martin said the residents of the dozen or so houses on Trace Hollow Road are a mix of year-long and seasonal residents.
The Brookses were seasonal residents, according to a neighbor who declined to give his name. They typically arrived around Thanksgiving and returned to Michigan in April or May.
Family member Tina Brooks confirmed the couple had lived in the Baldwin area, north of Grand Rapids, for the past several years.
"They were great people," the neighbor said. "They were both in poor health. He had had surgery on his foot and had lost a toe. She had had knee surgery."
The Stone County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control are continuing an investigation into the deaths. At a press conference Friday morning, the sheriff praised the neighbor who held the suspects.
"I'm very proud of him," said Rader.


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Until recently, Herman Cain was a largely unknown businessman whose major claims to fame included a high-level appointment in the Federal Reserve System and some degree of success in the private sector. But after an early GOP primary debate hosted by Fox News, his name exploded into the headlines as that of a serious contender for the 2012 Republican nomination. Some elements of the Tea Party movement quickly latched onto Cain's candidacy — basking in his relatively conservative rhetoric, his harsh criticism of President Obama, and his perceived status as a political outsider. Some of that early enthusiasm, however, began to fade as Cain made the rounds on TV and talk radio.
His position on the war in Afghanistan has been one of the main issues dogging his candidacy. That's because he has repeatedly refused to explain what it is, claiming he would need access to "classified information" before deciding what to do. "Ever since the South Carolina Republican presidential debate, reporters have continued to challenge me for not having a specific plan for our nation's involvement in Afghanistan," he explained in a statement. "They continue to think that if you are running for president then you must have an answer for everything. I don't!"
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Jenine Bentley and Joan Powell pose with a kidney shaped pillow.
The optimist that she is, Joan Powell says she still didn't understand what it meant when her good friend Jenine Bentley told her her kidneys were shot and they wouldn't work anymore.
"I knew her kidneys had shut down a couple of times and that the second time it happened, the kidneys were done," she said. "I knew that she was going to have to do dialysis. But I still didn't get it as to how serious her situation was."
It was at a birthday luncheon the two and good friend Jana Abrams hold three times a year when Joan learned about the condition.
"She said she was on the transplant list at the University of Utah," said Joan. "It was then that her condition hit me like a ton of bricks."
Jenine, a diabetic since she was 29, was in trouble. Dialysis was the only option, but it wasn't something that would allow her to live out a normal life span, with a normal life. She needed a transplant kidney, and many people offered to give her one. But she worried about the long time ramifications for anyone donating.
"I was actually hoping for one from a cadaver," she said on Friday at home as she was recuperating from surgery. "I knew that a kidney from someone who died would not be as good as one from a live donor, but I didn't want anyone I knew to give one of theirs up for me."
Joan thought immediately about donating one to her very good friend.
"She fought me on it but I didn't listen," she said. "I got the paperwork and contemplated what I would do."
Joan's husband Gary was concerned too. He wasn't sure it was something she should do.
"I found out last year in March and it took me until August to submit the papers to apply to donate one," said Joan. "I guess my self-centeredness stepped in. I waited so it wouldn't mess up my ATV riding season."
That was just the beginning. Tests and many other factors had to tie into the donation. After the blood work and some tissue tests, Joan was almost a perfect match.
"The odds of them matching up are not very good," said Joan. "There were a few little things that didn't but they were not important. I was the first person tested and the one that could donate."
While most may think that the failing kidneys were a result of Janine's diabetes, Janine says it was only a contributing factor.
"I was bitten by a Brown Recluse (spider) in 1998," she said. "That is when all the trouble began."
Joan says while no one can exactly pinpoint when it happened or even if it happened all the signs of the wound that appeared on her big toe led all to guess that is what happened.
"I went through a lot with that," she said. "The doctors kept wanting to amputate my big toe, but I kept resisting it. I thought I was tough."
Joan saw what was happening.
"She would always say, 'It'll be okay' or maybe 'I'll get through this,'" said Joan. "And she would suck it up (she would say 'cowgirl-up) and face the matter head on and deal with it."
In retrospect Jenine says now she realizes she should have allowed them to do it. Instead she lived with it for years, and eventually she had to have surgeries. During one of those surgeries she contacted MRSA, a flesh eating disease. In the treatment she lost both her big toes and had to have the tendons in her toes cut.
"When I am walking around I am fine and no one can tell," she said. "Not long after the surgery I went line dancing and as I went to turn around I fell. I couldn't do it anymore.'
She also found she couldn't climb anything either.
What really got her kidneys was the huge amount of specialized antibiotics she was given during the MRSA days. That along with high blood pressure and diabetes her kidneys began to shrivel up.
Dialysis, while it keeps one alive, is not pleasant. She went to Castleview Hospital three days a week for three and a half hours a day for two years so she could continue to live and work.
Yes work. She works in the accounting department at Intermountain Electronics and she would go through dialysis in the morning and then go to work afterward.
"Most people don't work while they are having dialysis," said Joan. "But she did."
Joan and Jenine became friends 25 years ago as their girls played softball together. But then came high school rodeo and the amount of travel that must go on means people have to really get together. Joan and Janine became best friends through that.
"Janine and Jana would load up the horses and leave earlier than I could to go to the rodeos," said Joan. "When I got done with work I would drive the motorhome to where it was being held."
The season for high school rodeo actually runs most of the year with the exception of the winter months. And since it is not a school sport, but a club sport, parents had to do the transport of the kids. Everyone gets close.
Joan and her family began to prepare for the fact that she would be giving a kidney.
"We were at one meeting and the doctors asked my husband if he was in favor of it," said Joan. "He said "I'm not but it is her decision."
He told the doctor he just couldn't face losing her, which Joan said was the dearest thing he had ever said.
"He's not much of a romantic, but that really got to me," she said with tears in her eyes.
But as the two families began to meet people through meetings who had donated and those that had received, they realized this was something many have faced and have done successfully.
The community also stepped up big time. There is a great deal of money involved getting a transplant and there must be some hard cash up front before a transplant can take place. Jenine and her family were busy all summer long getting stuff ready for booths at local fairs and special events days in the local communities. When the benefit for her in August was held they had raised the necessary amount of money to get it done.
On March 5 Janine and Joan went in for surgery. Joan's kidney was removed, and placed in Janine's body.
Janine felt pretty good after the surgery; Joan was very sick for a few days.
"Despite how sick I was, I never regretted that I did it for a moment," she says now.
Later, following what doctors had told them both, Janine got very sick. But within a short time after the kidney was transplanted, it's function increased hourly until it was totally working. No more dialysis for Janine.
As of April 5, Joan doesn't have to go back for checkups any more. She is fine. Janine must give blood twice a week and go the University of Utah Medical Center for a once a week checkup.
She is feeling better every day.
"I like to tell her that a little piece of me lives at her house every day," said Joan her eyes filled with tears looking at Janine who was in the same condition.
So what is a little kidney between friends?
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TherOmega Side Effects
Generic Name: omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
Note: This page contains side effects data for the generic drug omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. It is possible that some of the dosage forms included below may not apply to the brand name TherOmega.
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For the Consumer
Applies to omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: oral capsule liquid filled
As well as its needed effects, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (the active ingredient contained in TherOmega) may cause unwanted side effects that require medical attention.
If any of the following side effects occur while taking omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, check with your doctor immediately:Incidence not known
- Bleeding gums
- cough
- coughing up blood
- difficulty with breathing or swallowing
- dizziness
- fast or irregular heartbeat
- headache
- hives, itching, or skin rash
- increased menstrual flow or vaginal bleeding
- nosebleeds
- paralysis
- prolonged bleeding from cuts
- puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue
- red or black, tarry stools
- red or dark brown urine
- sweating
- tightness in the chest
- unusual tiredness or weakness
Some omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids side effects may not need any medical attention. As your body gets used to the medicine these side effects may disappear. Your health care professional may be able to help you prevent or reduce these side effects, but do check with them if any of the following side effects continue, or if you are concerned about them:Less common
- Acid or sour stomach
- bad, unusual, or unpleasant (after) taste
- belching
- bloated or full feeling
- change in taste
- excess air or gas in the stomach
- heartburn
- indigestion
- stomach discomfort, upset, or pain
- Diarrhea
- difficulty having a bowel movement (stool)
- loss of appetite
- nausea or vomiting
- passing of gas
- stomach fullness
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: oral capsule, oral delayed release capsule, oral liquid, oral tablet chewable
Gastrointestinal side effects including eructation (4.9%), dyspepsia (3.1%), anorexia, constipation, dry mouth, dysphagia, colitis, fecal incontinence, gastritis, gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal disorder, increased appetite, intestinal obstruction, melena, pancreatitis, tenesmus, and vomiting have been reported.[Ref]
General side effects including infection (4.4%), flu syndrome (3.5%), back pain (2.2%), pain (1.8%), enlarged abdomen, asthenia, body odor, chest pains, chills, suicide, fever, generalized edema, fungal infection, malaise, neck pain, sudden death, and viral infection have been reported.[Ref]
Other side effects including taste perversion (2.7%) and lymphadenopathy have been reported.[Ref]
Dermatologic side effects including rashes (1.8%), alopecia, eczema, pruritus, and sweating have been reported.[Ref]
One study concluded that omega-3 fatty acid supplementation reduced heart rate and QRS duration in heart transplant recipients who were presumably devoid of vagal intervention. These findings suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may modify the electrophysiologic properties of the myocardium itself.[Ref]
Cardiovascular side effects including angina pectoris (1.3%), arrhythmia, bypass surgery, cardiac arrest, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, migraine, myocardial infarct, myocardial ischemia, occlusion, peripheral vascular disorder, syncope, and tachycardia have been reported.[Ref]
Musculoskeletal side effects including rheumatoid arthritis, arthralgia, arthritis, myalgia, pathological fracture, and tendon disorder have been reported.[Ref]
Metabolic side effects including edema, hyperglycemia, increased ALT and increased AST have been reported.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects including depression, dizziness, emotional lability, facial paralysis, insomnia, vasodilation, and vertigo have been reported.[Ref]
Respiratory side effects including asthma, bronchitis, increased cough, dyspnea, epistaxis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, pneumonia, rhinitis, and sinusitis have been reported.[Ref]
Genitourinary side effects including cervical disorder, endometrial carcinoma, epididymitis, and impotence have been reported.[Ref]
Hypersensitivity side effects including anaphylactic reaction have been reported.
Oncologic side effects including neoplasm and central nervous system neoplasia have been reported.[Ref]
Ocular side effects including cataract have been reported.[Ref]
Hematologic side effects including hemorrhagic diathesis have been reported.
1. "Product Information. Omacor (omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids)." Abbott Pharmaceutical, Abbott Park, IL.
2. "Product Information. Sea-Omega 30 (omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids)." Watson Pharmaceuticals, Corona, CA.
3. Harris WS, Gonzales M, Laney N, Sastre A, Borkon AM "Effects of omega-3 Fatty acids on heart rate in cardiac transplant recipients." Am J Cardiol 98 (2006): 1393-5
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