Dallas Denny

Hi Ya'll Updated photobucket with cabin construction pics today at http://s815.photobucket.com/albums/zz76/DallasDenny/Cabin%20construction/ and here http://s815.photobucket.com/albums/zz76/DallasDenny/Cabin%20Constuction%20Phase%202/ we're actually much further along (finished installing the metal roof yest) but didn't have time today to upload anymore......will do some more in a few days. Dallas Denny

Hard for me to believe it's only been 20 days since I last posted to this thread!!!! ....where to start?? ....I guess the trip to the building salvage place to buy materials....the final plan for the cabin ended up bein 896 sq ft of heated space with a 10 x 16 screened in porch off the bedroom, and a 8 x 16 covered porch outside the loving room.... ....the first item we went to find was the 8 windows....the plan incorporated seven 3 ft wide by 6 ft tall and one 3 ft by 3 ft for over the sink..... These were vinyl, dual pane, argon gas filled, low E windows that we had been quoted for $135 each.....so Mike and I go out to the ware house to check em out and we see this group of all wood cased Sierra Pacific windows....two 3 ft by 6 ft, two 3 ft by 5 ft, and two 3 ft by 4 ft.... And there was also a 2 ft wide by 30 inch tall, and a couple of 18" tall by 48" wide. We knew that just one of the 3 ft by 4 ft had a list price of over $500, so we pulled out the plans, figured out how to modify it to use the expensive ass windows, and then went in and ask the sales guy what kinda price he'd give us on the package....Jason, the salesguy, sez "oh!! Those are expensive units y'all!!! My heart kinda sunk, but he said" let's go look at em....we get to em and. He sez " yeah, these 3 ft by 4 ft list for $539, the rest are higher than that"......then he sez "if you'll take all 6, you can have em all for $500"!!!! I asked if he'd throw in the 2 ft by 30" for $50 and the two 18" by 48" for $20 ea and he agreed!!!! Close to 5 grand worth of windows for $590!!! We had planned on sheathing the exterior and interior walls with OSB wafer board and milling our own siding, but Jason sez "if you want those windows, I have some cedar siding that will go good with it that I can make you a deal on"!!!! Enuf cedar to cover ALL exterior AND interior walls for $1000!! That's less than 15 cents a foot folks!! Next stop, blue streak, beaded white pine ceiling for the whole house......$771 ( 49 cents a ft).... ......got all of the rest of the materials to dry the cabin in ( with exception of the exterior doors), including floor and 2x6 wall insulation and all of the material to build a 12 x 20 workshop for a grand total of $8881.75!!!!!!!!!! The only other expenditures this far are $125 for cement pads, and $865 for concrete and steel for the footings!!!! When we rolled up this evening we were ready to start hanging truss's....the ridge cap and screw for the metal roof will be here tomorrow nite so we should have the truss's lathed and the metal on Weds....30# tarpaper go's on Thurs along with setting the windows and we'll start the exterior siding and the Cornish on Friday!!!! This has truly been one of the most exciting experiences of my almost 65 years of life!!! We've built at an ez enuf pace that I've able to step away and snap pics with my iPhone on a regular basis, so I have a great slide show of the cabin coming up from the ground!! Unfortunately, the connection out here in the wilderness is weak so it's been impossible to publish videos to YouTube or upload pics to my photobucket account but I hope to get into Denison sometime this week so should have links to post for those soon!!! What an amazing ride y'all!!!!!! Dallas Denny

Here ya go.... http://www.clusterheadaches.com/wwwboard/messages2/110213.html DD

The move is finally complete and I'm in my tempory new digs!! http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz76/DallasDenny/Snapbucket/29F906C2.jpg

Hey Ya'll, Hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving!!! We spent the day in Okla at Cindy's Mom's after Mike and I checked the footings for water damage....had 5 1/2 inch's of rain last weekend but we were OK!! Sure glad I took the time to pump that 400 gallons of water in the septic tank though cause it would have floated for sure!!!! Still not sure how it does that but I DO know that they will float!! Thought I'd update this thread this morning with some links to my photo bucket account of the project thus far along with some related youtube vids . We're goin to the building supplies place in Celeste Tues mornin for the materials and should begin framin the pony walls for the foundation by the end of next week!! Woo Hoo!!!! The link for the photo album of the land project is http://s815.photobucket.com/albums/zz76/DallasDenny/Oklahoma%20Land%20Project/ One of the pics is of Mike's "project" house and I've got a couple of video's of it published to youtube......I tried to name them the "Redneck Virtual Video Tour", but he wouldn't let me since he was usin em as an ad to sell this place!! LOL!!! This video is of the drive in to the property on Treaty Road....the wooden bridge spans the creek that runs directly behind Mike's 5 acres which adjoins our property...umm, and ya don't need to watch the end of it where I miss the stop button so ya get to look at my pants leg and the truck door...lol!! Probably gonna be real busy for the next few weeks so I'll take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance!! DD

One of the many doctors I went to prior to being diagnosed with CH decided that I had Tri Geminal Neuralgia or Tic De La Rue (sp?) as he called it......he prescribed the tegretol and though it's been quite a few years, I think I had progressed up to 900mg a day when I said enuf!! It didn't affect the CH one way or another but it made me feel like pure hammered shit!!! As Doug stated though, I have read accounts of it being helpful for some folks...good luck!! DD

G'mornin Ya'll I posted this at CH.com this morning but wanted to put it up here as well....... I've shared this story in private with a few friends on the boards.......but it's one of those tales that I think just needs to be told......we hear and talk about all the "bad stuff" goin on in the world today and not enough is said about the good deeds folks do for others!!! Long story short, the "economic downturn" has kicked our ass's severely with a 75% reduction in net income between Mar and July of this year resulting in the impending foreclosure on our home .....that's the BAD news...... the GOOD news is that a VERY good friend offered to "front" us a 1.75 acre parcell of virgin land that is very densely wooded for what he paid for it 6 years ago ( 8K )......the land is on old indian camping grounds located about 20 miles South of Durant, Okla ( we'll be 5 miles from the Choctaw Casino.....meet n greet??...lol!!!).....the VERY good friend also happens to be my wifes ex (we call ourselves husbands in law..lol) and he's a custom home builder by trade.......he also volunteered to put up the money for the building materials (12K) to build a 852 sq ft cabin (and use his framing crew to build it), with 2x6 walls, metal roof, beaded pine ceilings, pecan flooring that were going to cut ourselves on his sawmill along with the Western Red Cedar for siding......only a 100 year old Falls River cast iron pot belly stove that I got junkin an old building with a friend last year for heat and a 10k btu window unit in the bedroom and another in the Great Room for cooling......I took out just enough trees for a drive and the house pad!!! We'll have spent a total of $3500 to get water, elect, and a septic system and we're going to owe Mike 20K payable at $800 a month for 25 months and we'll own the whole damned thing outright!!!!! Needless to say, we're also giving up internet service for the time being with the exception of my iphone so my time here and at ch.com is gonna be real limited for awhile......I can publish videos to youtube, so I'll use this thread to provide links to those as we go thru the building stages......we've been on hold for the past 3 or 4 weeks on getting the septic system installed and the footings dug but it looks like we'll finally get started towards the end of next week!! If the weather cooperates (yeah, sure that'll happen), we should be in the cabin by early Spring at the latest!!!! We are truly blessed beyond belief!!! DD

Appears to me that the jeebs just raised the bar on the CH medal of honor 'bonker' award!!! Very well done Matt!!! DD

That is TOO funny Siv!!! Hugs girl!! DD

Nice find Mystina!! Had to laugh at the last line: "all thanks to a crowd of tripping senior citizens" DD

Welcome back home Phil!! Great to see you back on the board my friend!! Denny

I posted this shortly after the Portland conference but it seems appropo to restate it here......as Dr J and I were saying goodbye at the end of the conference he told me that he was absolutely committed to clusterbusters and CH'ers but that what drove his passion was the sufferers in Third World and developing countries.......limited medical resources, clinics, and knowledgeable docs......no O2, no internet access to find us......just a lifetime of suffering with no hope!!! Hard for me to see profit as the primary motive in that statement!! DD

Hey Jerry, I posted this awhile back in a thread titled "Dallas area headache doc that gets it" on the CH.com board but I just looked and no one ever posted to the thread so I guess it got missed by the OUCH folks.... Hey ya'll I got a PM yesterday from a gentleman who was referred to me by someone on facebook....asked if I could recommend a neuro in the DFW metromess.....mine has quit treating headache patients so I called a young man in Arlington that I met last year from the clusterbusters board......gave me the name of his neuro in Arlington that he said was great and who also has a nephew that is a CH'er!!!! Dr Kevin Conner 817-417-6141 DD

You really need to procure a copy before then Kaboom....it will be excellent dosing material believe me!!! Lol!! DD

And I'm equally as positive that THIS isn't the for sure date...lmao....WTH you been smokin this mornin Doug!!!!! Good location though, my bride will make absolutely sure that WE attend next year..lol!!!! DD

I haven't been around clusterbusters as long as BobW and Doug, but I was among a few who got here and became active just as the board went live so I think I qualify as an old timer in that respect. I think maybe that the community is evolving and the culture has changed as a result? I don't know if thats ultimately good or bad, but is completely different than it was when I got here!! We had all the FAQ'a in one location on the home page, and the "mission" of that core group of folks was to educate and help sufferers who had come to a decision to bust, learn how to aquire and use "alt meds", and to become sufficient in supplying themselves.......when the home page went under reconstruction, alot of that info became "a mess"........then TommyD started his great files, and things became even more muddled because the links in them DON"T work as Tommy stated when he posted them.....they are a work in progress.......I tried to fix that with a post that Doug made a "stickie" of, but I still see folks sending the newbies to Tommys Clusterbuster files where the info is very hard to find and the links do not work!!!! My impression is that clusterbusters is becoming an "erowid" of sorts...... I don't know that thats good or bad, but I do agree with Doug in that our message and the direction of the board has changed drastically in the past few months!!! The focus has been taken off of "busting"!!!!! All of this other stuff is covered at our sister site, CH.com ( Thanks DJ ), we have a link to CH.com and the O2 page, the vast majority of sufferers and supporters who get here are also members there....... Dallas Denny

Hope you had a great day Cindy!! DD

Hopin you've had a great day!! Dallas Denny

Hey Doc Larry, I've been episodic for 27 years as well with cycles every 18 to 24 months. Last cycle was from Aug 15th thru Nov 26th of 2009. I've never experienced shadows......ususally when a cycle begins, I get a rogue hit followed by 2 or 3 PF days and it ramps up from there.......however, I have been experiencing episodes for the past 2 or 3 weeks of very minor pain along the same lines and points as is the past, watery eye and runny nose, buildup of pressure in my head......just like a full blown hit except for the fact that the pain level doesn't even approach the lower end of the Kip scale!!! I had one just a couple hours ago that was the strongest yet, but I still couldn't class it above a Kip 1. Another interesting point is that they've all occured during the daytime while I'm awake, while the majority of my hits in the past have been nocturnal. There's another thread on the board regarding the occurence of vivid dreams by another sufferer as a precurser to an approaching cycle.......I've never been aware of it before, but I have been having quite a few dreams the past few weeks and some of em were real vivid (jumped clean out of the bed last week gettin away from a BIG assed snake and landed knees first on hardwood.....woke my wife up and she was afraid I wasn't gonna be able to get up..lol) Along with you, I sense that I am in fact at the beginning of a cycle and the beast has just morphed one more time. Dallas Denny

Very cool Siv!! DD

...........A shroom with a view in upstate New York is on the market for $1.1 million

Thanks Matt!!! I was gettin no where with that deal!!! lmao!! DD

Jennifer Yes, fresh picked specimens will work!! However, unless you have previous "pickin" experience, please don't let your desparation lead you to bad judgement!!!! And, if you were prepared and had the means to go to Amsterdam, there is a thread here on the board about a little shack down in the islands for a "midnite brew".....I'll search for it and post it for you Dallas Denny

Hi Clusterfields, No experience with Tricare, but I do know getting O2 prescribed thru the VA at a high flow rate was not possible for me here in Dallas. My suggestion would be to look into welding oxygen......order the optimask from the CH.com website and a 25 lpm regulator from ebay......around $100 for both.......go to your local welding supply and lease a tank of welding O2 and you're set.....here in the Dallas area, deposit on a M sized tank is $150, refills are $17, and rental fees on the tank is $8 a month. Dallas Denny

Well Siv, you made an old man cry one more time!! I am so very happy for you!!! You go Girl!!!! BTW, I love that beautiful smile in your new icon!!!! ((((HUGS)))) DD