In the hospital and will be confined to bed and chair for a year, help!!!

acedonkeyace

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Help please, inexpensive or a donation, please--looking for ferrule, dowel, acc. - 02-25-2011, 07:46 PM

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I HAVE POSTED A FEW THINGS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, DUE TO A MAJOR MEDICAL SITUATION THAT HAS COME UP. IN FACT, RIGHT NOW I AM TAPPING ON THE COMPUTER IN MY HOSPITAL ROOM, IN LARGO, FLORIDA. THIS TIME I'VE BEEN STUCK IN HERE FOR THE LAST 16 DAYS, AND I REALLY WANT TO GET OUTTA HERE.

ANYWAY, THE REASON WHY I AM POSTING THIS, IS SINCE I AM STUCK TO STRICKLY BED REST, WHY, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TOTALLY REMOVE MY WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HIP, I HAD AN ARTIFICIAL HIP THAT GOT MASSIVELY INFECTED AND AFTER 8 SURGERIES AND 8 COURSES OF IV ANTIBIOTICS, THEY HAD TO COMPLETELY REMOVE MY WHOLE HIP TO TRY TO GET RID OF MY HIP.

SO, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I STARTED TO, CRUDELY, PUT TOGETHER A LATHE TYPE THING TO SPIN THE SHAFTS SO I COULD DO SOME MINOR REPAIRS FOR OTHER POOL PLAYERS IN MY OLD LEAGUES.

WHAT I AM ASKING FOR OR LOOKING FOR IS ANYTHING THAT COULD BE UTILIZED IN FINISHING A TIP, FERRULE, OR DOWEL, THREAD JOB

LIKE:

-----TIPS
-----FERRULES
-----TAP TO GO INTO A TAILSTOCK
-----CYRO-TYPE GEL
-----DOWLES
-----TAP AND DIES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF TENONS

ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE LAYING AROUND, I'D WOULD TAKE AND HOPE TO UTILIZE IT IN MY LITTLE PHYSICAL THERRAPY, MIND-RELAXING ENVIRONMENT.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR JUST A BUNCH OF HAND-OUT/FREEBEES, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING I JUST CAN'T PAY MUCH CAUSE' I DONT HAVE MUCH.

PM ME, OR E-MAIL ME @ MICHAELKENNEDY_1@YAHOO.COM OR YOU CAN CALL ME IF YOU WANT TO TALK, I'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME @ 727-277-9853.

THANKS FOR ANYONE AND EVERYBODYS HELP,

I HAVE DONE PAY-IT-FORWARDS BEFORE ON THIS SITE AND IT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING.
IN THE PAST, I HAVE ALLWAYS BEEN THE ONE GIVING WHEN I HAD EXTRA ITEMS THAT COULD HELP OTHERS IN NEED.

BE SAFE AND THANKS AGAIN,

RESPECTFULLY

MIKE KENNEDY ''ACEDONKEYACE''

ps. ANY FERRULES, ROD, AEGIS, MPI, PORPER, TITAN, ELFORYN, MEUCCI, WHATEVER YOU MIGHT HAVE LAYING AROUND. CLEANERS AND POLISHER SYSTEMS, BLACK OR RED FIBRE PADS FOR PROTECTION ON THE FERRULE,

PSPS. TIPS, WHATEVER MISCELLANEOUS TENNON TAP TOOLS, MAPLE TENONS, DRILL OUT TAP THAT MOUNTS ON A TAIL STOCK OF A LATHE.

IF YOU HAVE ACCUMILATED A BIG EXTRA SELECTION OF ALL KINDS OF LATHE/ TIPS/ TENON/ FERRULE PACKAGE LET ME KNOW AND IF YOU CAN'T DONATE IT TO ME LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO PART WITH IT FOR.

I AM CHARGING FOR THE WORK THAT I AM DOING, BUT BECAUSE I'M JUST STARTING OUT AND USING THIS A THERAPY, I AM CHARGING LIKE $2.00 TO PUT A TIP ON, $5.00 FOR A FERRULE, $7.00 TO CUT A FERRULE, $10.00 TO DRILL OUT BAD TENON, INSTALL A NEW TENON AND THREAD IT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WITHOUT DONTATIONS, I CAN'T AFFORD TO OFFER THESE TYPES OF SERVICES TO LEAGUE PLAYERS, TOURNAMENT PLAYERS AND I ALSO HAVE THE LOCAL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB DROP OFF THERE SSTICKS AND I REPAIR THEM FOR THEM AND THE SAME FOR THE SENIOR CENTERS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, LARGO AND SAINT PETERSBERG.

THEY ALL REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK I HAVE SLOWLY BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE, BUT I NEED HELP, CAUSE EVERYONE IS TIGHT ON MONEY.

ANYTHING WOULD BE APPRECIATED AND AT THE END OF MY PHYSICAL REHABILITATION, I AM GOING TO POST A SPECIAL RECOGNITION PAGE FOR ALL THE INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HELPED ME OUT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN MY POSTINGS AND UPDATES ON MY MEDICAL SITUATION AND MANY THINGS I HAVE HAD TO GIVE UP TO CONTINUE TO TREAT MY STAPH-INFECTION IN MY RIGHT HIP, THAT EVENTUALLY HAD TO BE COMPLETEY REMOVED. IN FACT, JUST 8 DAYS AGO, I HAD ANOTHER SURGERY BECAUSE A MASSIVE INFECTION SETTLED INTO MY WHOLE RIGHT SIDE, THE BUG IS AN ENTROOCCOCOUS BACTERIA THAT USUALLY LIVES IN YOUR BOWEL AND DIGESTIVE TRACT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, MY WHITE BLOOD CELLS, WHICH IS MY BODIES ABILITY TO FIGHT INFECTION IS SO WEAK FROM ALL THE NASTY ANTI-BIOTICS THEY ARE GIVING ME, THAT THE BUGG BUILT-UP SO MUCH FLUID AND PUSS THAT THE SCAR FROM MY LAST SURGERY, WHICH WAS OVER 7 MONTHS AGO, SPLIT OUT FROM SO MUCH PRESSURE, IT SHOT OVER TEN FEET ACROSS THE ROOM AND COMPLETELY FILLED MY BEDDING AND BLANKETS WITH INFECTED FLUID.

A VERY NASTY SITUATION, BUT AFTER THAT, IT PUT ME BACK IN THE HOSPITAL AND LAST WEDNESDAY, THEY PULLED OUT THE UPPER SPACER, REPAIRED ALL THE DAMAGE, PUT MULTIPLE DRAIN TUBES IN ME TO DRAIN ALL THE BLOOD AND FLUID. UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN SO SICK, THAT THEY HAD TO GIVE ME 4 UNITS OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS TO TRY TO RAISE MY BLOOD LEVELS. THEY SEEM TO PUMP IT IN AS FAST AS IT LEAKS OUT.

ANYWAY, ENOUGH ON THE NASTINESS-SIDE. JUST VENTED MY SITUATION FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND THAT IS JUST WHATS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS OR OVER THREE YEARS NOW, 8 SURGERIES TO REPAIR, REPLACE AND INSERT SPACERS WITH VANCOMYACIN ANTI-BIOTICS AND THIS IS NOW THE 8TH, 3 MONTH REGIMENT OF VANCOMYACIN AND FLAGEL ANTIBIOTICS THAT I WILL GO THROUGH.

ALL THAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS KEEP MY SPIRITS-UPP, ITS THE ONLY THING I SEEM TO HAVE CONTROL OVER, SO I'M DOING WHAT I CAN DO.

I HATE TO ASK FOR HAND-OUTS, BUT I FEEL I AM PAYING IT FORWARD TO OTHERS AND KEEPING THE BILLIARDS AND POOL WORLD IN A LITTLE BETTER SHAPE AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON TAKING CARE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT, INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING A CUE AWAY, WHEN THEY RUN A TIP SO THIN THAT THEY CRACK THE FERRULE AND TENON.

THATS IT, TAKE CARE, BLESS ALL OF YA, CONTACT ME HOWEVER, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YA'S.

MICHAEL KENNEDY AKA 'ACEDONKEYACE' E-MAIL MICHAELKENNEDY_1@YAHOO.COM OR CALL ME BY PHONE # 727-277-9853:thumbup::thumbup:;):cool::wink::)
 
Please send me your address I have some extra tips here will send some you way

hope you get will soon
 
I need your address

Send me your address and i'll send you some things that you may be able to use. I feel bad after reading your post about your hip problems and I hope things get better soon. Give me a little time to send the items because i'm going out of town this week, but i'll get a package to you next week.

James
 
PM me your address and I'll send you something. How is it that you're operating a lathe out of your hospital room, or is this for after you head back home?
 
Which Hospital are you currently in, I may have a connection to get some flowers in your room to brighten things up!!:)
 
lots of extras

PM me your address when you get a chance , I hope you get well soon.
 
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P.M. me your address too, I have some ferrule material, and maybe some other extras too. I'm not a quick shipper, but I will send some things.


Rodney
 
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