YehudahTzvi

Wanted to let everyone know that B”H it seems that I am infection free. I couldn’t go to my Inf. Disease Dr. last week due to my ride having to cancel. I am going on the 21st (I”H) and hope to get a good report.

For those davening and/or saying Tehillim for me, I want to thank you again. I have an ongoing congenital bone condition that causes fractures in my legs. I have fractured both femurs over a dozen times. Though I am (I”H) free of infection, a mention of my name for refuah or a kipitel Tehillim if you are saying it for others would always be greatly appreciated.

This Thursday I have my first foray into bringing in some parnassa after nearly two years without (due to the fractures, surgeries and infections). If you could put in a good word Upstairs for hatzlacha, I would be eternally grateful. I guess that name would be Yehudah Tzvi Ben Chanan HaCohain. In return, I will GLADLY daven for you if you are in need of refuah, parnassa, shidduch or ANYTHING. Please feel free to post and let me know. I will update (B”N) next week on both fronts… health and parnassa.

Thank you all again and may Hashem give you shefa brachos miElyona!

Oh, and Celtic Malts writes on their site: “Some casks are so deeply impregnated by their previous contents that the influence on the character of the whisky is not only observable to the general public, but intentionally creates part of the flavour profile of the whisky. Such for example, is Macallan. Particularly because Macallan deliberately uses only ex-sherry casks, all Macallan is deemed not kosher.”

Just sayin’.

“Dayan Weiss, the Minchas yitzchock was famous for saying that all scotch is kosher. Sherry he said id not a problem because it does not add flavour it just takes away a bitter flavour. Additionally, the sherry barrels used in scotch are reused many times and the flavour is not apparent therefore it is botul beroiv. Dayan Westheim of igud harabonim (KIR) in manchester concurs with him as do many gedolim who have researched scoth properly.”

Englishveg: Rabbi Eidlitz of Kosher Quest out here in LA writes on his website regarding Scotch: “No Hashgacha required on any except when label states aged exclusively in sherry casks, sherry finish, port finish or dual cask finish.”

That is why Macallan is not recommended.

Rabosai, is this not the view of rov Poskim? Seriously, I need to know as I have been drooling to try Macallan. Help a sober brother out.

Okay, Baal HaBooze has not yet responded. I am posting this pointless message to get it back to the top of the list.

Thank you for your patience.

(Cue musak)

Rabbi Eidlitz of Kosher Quest (LA) doe not recommend it. Auchentoshan is part of the boycott.

For the record, these are the boycotted brands:

Macallan is aged exclusively in sherry casks.

Went to the Orthopedist today. No visible healing of my bones. It has been over a year and a half since the initial break. But, thank G-d, I do not seem to have any more infection. Please G-d, let it be gone for good!

Hello all. Moadim L’simcha. B”H I am feeling better. Doctor wanted me on IV antibiotics for another week until I showed him my hands. The skin on my palms has been peeling off. He immediately took me off the antibiotics. So far so good.

Just to add another degree of tzuris, I sprained my right elbow, so I can’t even use my walker to get around!

That being said, we had a family in our Sukkah over Yom Tov. The mother was in the hospital for over a month and in a coma for six days! She flat lined twice and had a “life after death” moment before being revived. B”H she is on the mend, but it certainly puts thing in perspective.

kapusta: Thank you very much for your kind words. May you too have Brius, Brachos and Hatzlacha with everything!

Minyan Gal: While I am sure to be in major discomfort, it looks like I will indeed need to fast. I was told to try and dry swallow my medications. Maybe I can send a sandwich through my IV. 🙂

Rodelheim has Oseh HaShalom which is what I used to say. I switched because every Ashkenaz shul I’ve davened in doesn’t change from the regular ending.

am yisrael chai: The one about Oseh HaShalom? It’s still there.

am yisrael chai: Thank you for your kind words. Trust me, I am no trooper. I’m just trying to stay positive.

I have been putting on tefillin over the Picc line (gently) as my Rav said that I could do it with a bracha even though the Picc is a chatzitza.

I need to ask about the fast.

CA passed a law that the MOST one can sue for in malpractice cases is 250,000. Most lawyers in CA don’t even bother because it’s not worth their time and expense. I have been turned down four times by four separate lawyers.

“Yehudah – You obviously have a chronic illness and I’m not going to ask you what it is. If you want to tell us fine, but what I want to know is how did you get a bedsore which progressed to sepsis?”

Long story short. I lived and worked in NY for a year. My job required extensive travel and running around. I was injured on the job but was told by two doctors that i was nothing. I finally went BACK to my Orthopedist who said I had to be admitted to the hospital IMMEDIATELY (I had a cracked femoral head, the bone that connects the leg to the hip). I had been walking around like that in excruciating pain for months. 6 hour surgery. Long recovery. Went back for a check up. surgery had failed. Moved back to LA. head or Ortho Trauma at major hospital did 8 hour surgery. Hospital mistakenly put me on the cardiac floor, not the orthopedic floor so I wasn’t moved for 48+ hours after surgery. That is how I developed a bedsore, and then sepsis. I had to have an entire debridement of my backside. Then three months later, the hardware in my led failed and I had to have another surgery to repair it. Then i got ANOTHER infection in the hospital and had to have a minor debridement of my incision site. Then, this infection…

Needless to say, this has been the worst two years of my life. Also within these two years my father (A”H) was niftar and my wife suffered a miscarriage.

But B”H this is a new year and I have high hopes that HaMelech will have rachmanus on me and my family and that all my past pain and suffering should be a kapara for not only me but all of Klal Yisroel.

My pain levels have been down and I was able to get to shul for shofar and davening. Hopefully this is a turning point and things will improve.

Without sounding preachy, PLEASE, even if you are going through tzaros, if you are healthy THANK HASHEM! If you can walk THANK HASHEM! If you are free of debilitating physical pain THANK HASHEM!

I am not on the level yet where I can thank Hashem for my pain and suffering but I know that everything He does is good and for the good.

Friends,

Just back from the Infectious Disease Dr.’s.

Ugh, another two weeks on all the IV antibiotics! Guess I’ll be spending Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with an IV attached to me. But it certainly beats the alternative of going back to the hospital in excruciating pain!

I found out that my white blood cel1 count was 27,000 when I was in the hospital (normal is 4000-9000)! As of now, my pain is mostly controlled (with Percocet). I just have to contend with the PICC line, the IV infusions, the metallic taste 24/7 in my mouth and the massive fatigue. All in all, not a bad deal, considering.

I do not think, I know, that your kindness in recitinf tehillim and davening for me is helping tremendously. Thanks you all, again!