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| [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103380] |
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USAussie
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G'day,
I asked about Duane in another message and decided to create a new one.
Can anyone update us as to how he's doing?
Where is he at?
Can we send him get well cards?
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Rob M.
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103395 is a reply to message #103394] |
Mon, 18 October 2010 13:23  |
Dennis S
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Dan
This was posted by JimK recently
Duane came down very recently with an Auto Immune Disease.
He is under care at a local hospital.
Billie has requested that it would be nice if we not call or Email them at
this time.
If you would like to send them a card, I'm sure she would not object.
Duane and Billie Simmons
4320 Fernwood Ave.
Orange, CA 92869
We have known him as "Mr. Onan" as he is very experienced and knowledgeable
in this area and has freely given his time and energy to educate us all.
He also took an active part with GMC International as the Western Regional
VP.
I know we all wish him a rapid recovery .
-- End quote
Dennis Sexton
73 GMC
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 18, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Dan Gregg <gregg_dan@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> This is a good question. I too need to know how he is doing. Now, at Du Quoin I got information that he is much improved but still in a rehab center, never knowing for sure what attacked his immune system. Don't take this as gospel because I got it second handed. There seems to be a lack of info on the board here about him. That may be because he was not on our list here. He is one great fella who has been very helpful to me. Anyone with info please let us know. An address for cards would be great.
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103403 is a reply to message #103398] |
Mon, 18 October 2010 13:43 |
Dennis S
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| WD0AFQ wrote on Mon, 18 October 2010 13:33 |
Oops, I missed that one Dennis. Thanks for reposting.
Dan
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Dan,
It was originally posted August 10, but the address was included.
Dennis
Dennis S
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103456 is a reply to message #103403] |
Tue, 19 October 2010 08:52 |
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Duane's recovery is progressing slowly. He has just began regaining
movement in his arms and legs and is able to sort of walk a few feet. He
uses his fist to hold a spoon so he can eat. In another couple of weeks he
will be moved to home for continued recovery. Not much more that that and
they never really figured out what was wrong with him, just gave it a
convenient generic title.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dennis Sexton <dennisfsexton@aol.com>wrote:
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> WD0AFQ wrote on Mon, 18 October 2010 13:33
> > Oops, I missed that one Dennis. Thanks for reposting.
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> Dan,
> It was originally posted August 10, but the address was included.
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> Dennis
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103458 is a reply to message #103456] |
Tue, 19 October 2010 09:44 |
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Just possibly it was Guillain Barre syndrome, technically, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. That is the most likely cause of non-traumatic paralysis arising fairly suddenly (over a few weeks) in adults. Guillain Barre is an autoimmune disease of the peripheral nerves. The autoimmune reaction attacks the covering of the nerve fibers: the axonal myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is slightly analogous to insulation on an electrical wire. However the difference is that, in the absence of this myelin covering, the nerves don't conduct impulses efficiently from the central nervous system to the peripheral muscles (whereas a copper wire would still conduct just fine). As a result, the electrical depolarization gradually weakens or dies out along the length of the axon. Given the reduced electrical impulse the muscle cells don't get a strong enough electrical depolarization and the vigor of contraction is reduced, resulting in the typical weakness. Of course t
he leg axons are the longest (running from the lower back to the toes) and interestingly the weakness is often first perceived in the legs.
There's no specific treatment, aside aside from general supportive and respiratory care, and perhaps plasmapheresis (removal of immunoglobulins from the bloodstream by a kind protein dialysis) instituted early in the course. Even without specific treatment 80% or more recover spontaneously over 6-12 months as the autoimmune reaction declines and the myelin cells regrow. The recovery progress can be slow and rehabilitation is often needed, but very often full or nearly full function returns. A small minority is left with significant disability. Let's hope Duane makes the expected recovery. Let me emphasize that I have no knowledge of Duane's personal condition. I only write this so that perhaps folks on the list are reassured that the doctors probably aren't totally confounded, and that things could well turn out positively.
Mike Lincoln (MD, FACMI, Associate Professor of Medicine, but mechanically fairly clueless, go figure)
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On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Steven Ferguson wrote:
> Duane's recovery is progressing slowly. He has just began regaining
> movement in his arms and legs and is able to sort of walk a few feet. He
> uses his fist to hold a spoon so he can eat. In another couple of weeks he
> will be moved to home for continued recovery. Not much more that that and
> they never really figured out what was wrong with him, just gave it a
> convenient generic title.
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dennis Sexton <dennisfsexton@aol.com>wrote:
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>> WD0AFQ wrote on Mon, 18 October 2010 13:33
>>> Oops, I missed that one Dennis. Thanks for reposting.
>>> Dan
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>> Dan,
>> It was originally posted August 10, but the address was included.
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>> Dennis
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>> 73 Painted Desert 230
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103460 is a reply to message #103458] |
Tue, 19 October 2010 10:03 |
jimk
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Mike,
We appreciate your input, as Billie has never mentioned the cause.
Way my simple mind works, I would classify it as an Phenomena.
Thanks,
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Michael Lincoln <mlincoln1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just possibly it was Guillain Barre syndrome, technically, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. That is the most likely cause of non-traumatic paralysis arising fairly suddenly (over a few weeks) in adults. Guillain Barre is an autoimmune disease of the peripheral nerves. The autoimmune reaction attacks the covering of the nerve fibers: the axonal myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is slightly analogous to insulation on an electrical wire. However the difference is that, in the absence of this myelin covering, the nerves don't conduct impulses efficiently from the central nervous system to the peripheral muscles (whereas a copper wire would still conduct just fine). As a result, the electrical depolarization gradually weakens or dies out along the length of the axon. Given the reduced electrical impulse the muscle cells don't get a strong enough electrical depolarization and the vigor of contraction is reduced, resulting in the typical weakness. Of course t
> he leg axons are the longest (running from the lower back to the toes) and interestingly the weakness is often first perceived in the legs.
>
> There's no specific treatment, aside aside from general supportive and respiratory care, and perhaps plasmapheresis (removal of immunoglobulins from the bloodstream by a kind protein dialysis) instituted early in the course. Even without specific treatment 80% or more recover spontaneously over 6-12 months as the autoimmune reaction declines and the myelin cells regrow. The recovery progress can be slow and rehabilitation is often needed, but very often full or nearly full function returns. A small minority is left with significant disability. Let's hope Duane makes the expected recovery. Let me emphasize that I have no knowledge of Duane's personal condition. I only write this so that perhaps folks on the list are reassured that the doctors probably aren't totally confounded, and that things could well turn out positively.
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> Mike Lincoln (MD, FACMI, Associate Professor of Medicine, but mechanically fairly clueless, go figure)
> 1978 Coachman CK Royale
> 1980 Grob Twin Astir N8485W
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> On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Steven Ferguson wrote:
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>> Duane's recovery is progressing slowly. He has just began regaining
>> movement in his arms and legs and is able to sort of walk a few feet. He
>> uses his fist to hold a spoon so he can eat. In another couple of weeks he
>> will be moved to home for continued recovery. Not much more that that and
>> they never really figured out what was wrong with him, just gave it a
>> convenient generic title.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dennis Sexton <dennisfsexton@aol.com>wrote:
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>>> WD0AFQ wrote on Mon, 18 October 2010 13:33
>>>> Oops, I missed that one Dennis. Thanks for reposting.
>>>> Dan
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>>> Dan,
>>> It was originally posted August 10, but the address was included.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
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>>> 73 Painted Desert 230
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103466 is a reply to message #103458] |
Tue, 19 October 2010 11:25 |
Ken Henderson
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Sort of like my 6 yo (now 46 yo) daughter's urologist who offered to fix her
bladder in exchange for me fixing his VW, huh? :-)
(He DID repair her reflux problem, apparently permanently, but never let me
touch the VW.)
Ken H.
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Michael Lincoln <mlincoln1@gmail.com>wrote:
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Mike Lincoln (MD, FACMI, Associate Professor of Medicine, but mechanically
> fairly clueless, go figure)
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103474 is a reply to message #103380] |
Tue, 19 October 2010 12:59 |
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To Mike Lincoln, my son had something called, so "they said", Acute disemininated enseflomylitis(pardon the spelling) symptoms just like MS, even looked like MS in the spinal tap. He went blind and could not walk(over a period of a few weeks). As swiftly as it appeared it went away and hasn't returned(approx 10 years) we were led to believe it was "auto-immune". No one ever mention Gulan Barre, although I have heard of it.
DAVE KING
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DAVE KING
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #103480 is a reply to message #103474] |
Tue, 19 October 2010 13:48 |
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It might have been encephalomyelitis, or inflammation of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). It features cerebral (brain) symptoms (the enchphalo-"part) including as spinal nerve paralysis (e.g., blindness is a paralysis of spinal nerve II) and other symptoms such as confusion or altered mental status. It also has some spinal (-myelitis) symptoms affecting movement. Such inflammation is a general category of disorder with many specific causes. It can be autoimmune, post-infectious (e.g., West Nile virus, equine encephalitis), and in fact multiple sclerosis is a variety of encephalomyelitis (brain and spinal inflammation).
Guillain Barre is quite distinct because it affect the peripheral nerves, not the CNS, and thus has very different symptoms (confusion, coma in bad cases, in addition to weakness) and physical findings (e.g., no hypo- or arreflexia--diminished or absent knee jerk--because the peripheral nerves are affected, rather than hyperreflexia when the CNS is impaired and the peripheral nerves preserved).
Mike
On Oct 19, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Dave King wrote:
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> To Mike Lincoln, my son had something called, so "they said", Acute disemininated enseflomylitis(pardon the spelling) symptoms just like MS, even looked like MS in the spinal tap. He went blind and could not walk(over a period of a few weeks). As swiftly as it appeared it went away and hasn't returned(approx 10 years) we were led to believe it was "auto-immune". No one ever mention Gulan Barre, although I have heard of it.
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #104603 is a reply to message #103480] |
Sat, 30 October 2010 01:39 |
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I was just thinking of Duane, though I've never met him. One of the current discussion threads is asking the question - is interest in the GMC waning?
It made me think of all the great innovation that this group promotes. From bearing pullers that don't destroy the bearings to totally new front end using 1 ton parts. Electric wipers? Ragusa parts? Firestone bags going away - no problem. How about brakes that really work? Air conditioning, stainless brake lines, wicked goofball over the top "restorations" in the moist Florida air? We got 'em. How about a whole new dash? Automatic fire extinguishers? Soup to nuts supplier in Silicon Valley who makes reduction gears and sells APC cables. There is so much more innovation than I can list, but you get the point.
So look at what Duane has contributed. I talked to him some time ago when I bought a battery tray, and it's a nice piece of work. He makes other poly-pro tanks, and so on, but he is best known as Mr. Onan here on the net. He has a way of whispering to the beast, they say!
Arch added a lot to the list, and Tom Warner too (some fireworks too!). But I suppose my point is that if there is innovation out there for our coaches we hear about it, discuss, dissect, laud and lampoon it here. We come to know each other, and care. A lady raising her kids in a GMC in Arizona touched us. Dan and Teri stuck in dreary southern California - we all worried for them. Now Duane is taken ill and we all are pulling for him.
Interest in the GMC is alive and well, thanks, but it's the people that compel us to come back and share our stories. If anyone has an update on Duane's recovery I'm sure we'd all like to know.
Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #104605 is a reply to message #104603] |
Sat, 30 October 2010 02:50 |
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What we have here, is a "sucess" to communicate!, to borrow a line from Cool
Hand Luke.
Good job, recording the history is important too.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 Royale 403
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I was just thinking of Duane, though I've never met him. One of the current
> discussion threads is asking the question - is interest in the GMC waning?
>
> It made me think of all the great innovation that this group promotes. From
> bearing pullers that don't destroy the bearings to totally new front end
> using 1 ton parts. Electric wipers? Ragusa parts? Firestone bags going
> away - no problem. How about brakes that really work? Air conditioning,
> stainless brake lines, wicked goofball over the top "restorations" in the
> moist Florida air? We got 'em. How about a whole new dash? Automatic fire
> extinguishers? Soup to nuts supplier in Silicon Valley who makes reduction
> gears and sells APC cables. There is so much more innovation than I can
> list, but you get the point.
>
> So look at what Duane has contributed. I talked to him some time ago when I
> bought a battery tray, and it's a nice piece of work. He makes other
> poly-pro tanks, and so on, but he is best known as Mr. Onan here on the net.
> He has a way of whispering to the beast, they say!
>
> Arch added a lot to the list, and Tom Warner too (some fireworks too!). But
> I suppose my point is that if there is innovation out there for our coaches
> we hear about it, discuss, dissect, laud and lampoon it here. We come to
> know each other, and care. A lady raising her kids in a GMC in Arizona
> touched us. Dan and Teri stuck in dreary southern California - we all
> worried for them. Now Duane is taken ill and we all are pulling for him.
>
> Interest in the GMC is alive and well, thanks, but it's the people that
> compel us to come back and share our stories. If anyone has an update on
> Duane's recovery I'm sure we'd all like to know.
> --
> Larry Davick
> The Mystery Machine
> 1976 Palm Beach
> Fremont, Ca
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #104613 is a reply to message #104603] |
Sat, 30 October 2010 08:48 |
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G'day,
VERY well stated! Good on yah, Mate!
Regards,
Rob M.
USAussie
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing
I was just thinking of Duane, though I've never met him. One of the current
discussion threads is asking the question - is interest in the GMC waning?
It made me think of all the great innovation that this group promotes. From
bearing pullers that don't destroy the bearings to totally new front end
using 1 ton parts. Electric wipers? Ragusa parts? Firestone bags going
away - no problem. How about brakes that really work? Air conditioning,
stainless brake lines, wicked goofball over the top "restorations" in the
moist Florida air? We got 'em. How about a whole new dash? Automatic fire
extinguishers? Soup to nuts supplier in Silicon Valley who makes reduction
gears and sells APC cables. There is so much more innovation than I can
list, but you get the point.
So look at what Duane has contributed. I talked to him some time ago when I
bought a battery tray, and it's a nice piece of work. He makes other
poly-pro tanks, and so on, but he is best known as Mr. Onan here on the net.
He has a way of whispering to the beast, they say!
Arch added a lot to the list, and Tom Warner too (some fireworks too!). But
I suppose my point is that if there is innovation out there for our coaches
we hear about it, discuss, dissect, laud and lampoon it here. We come to
know each other, and care. A lady raising her kids in a GMC in Arizona
touched us. Dan and Teri stuck in dreary southern California - we all
worried for them. Now Duane is taken ill and we all are pulling for him.
Interest in the GMC is alive and well, thanks, but it's the people that
compel us to come back and share our stories. If anyone has an update on
Duane's recovery I'm sure we'd all like to know.
--
Larry Davick
The Mystery Machine
1976 Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #104616 is a reply to message #103380] |
Sat, 30 October 2010 09:38 |
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Another non medical armchair diagnosis.... but I wonder if he has high metal levels in his system. (as I did) I would think so if he has done lots of Onan circuit board soldering over many many years, it is cumulative. This is often overlooked, missed, misdiagnosed and can cause many symptoms. The other one also missed time and again is Lyme disease. Working on a Onan out in the grass or campgrounds as he has would be a perfect setting for ticks. I'd bet the odds are high for that. (ask me how I know and I don't even work on Onans in the grass) Also often missdiagnosed with a myriad of symptomes including loss of mobility. Just a thought. Get well soon.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: [GMCnet] How's Duane Simmons Doing [message #104631 is a reply to message #104603] |
Sat, 30 October 2010 15:28 |
jimk
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He is home now and has therapy there.
They do not know exactly what happened.
Medical doctors anymore are more concerned about their country club
than the patients.
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I was just thinking of Duane, though I've never met him. One of the current discussion threads is asking the question - is interest in the GMC waning?
>
> It made me think of all the great innovation that this group promotes. From bearing pullers that don't destroy the bearings to totally new front end using 1 ton parts. Electric wipers? Ragusa parts? Firestone bags going away - no problem. How about brakes that really work? Air conditioning, stainless brake lines, wicked goofball over the top "restorations" in the moist Florida air? We got 'em. How about a whole new dash? Automatic fire extinguishers? Soup to nuts supplier in Silicon Valley who makes reduction gears and sells APC cables. There is so much more innovation than I can list, but you get the point.
>
> So look at what Duane has contributed. I talked to him some time ago when I bought a battery tray, and it's a nice piece of work. He makes other poly-pro tanks, and so on, but he is best known as Mr. Onan here on the net. He has a way of whispering to the beast, they say!
>
> Arch added a lot to the list, and Tom Warner too (some fireworks too!). But I suppose my point is that if there is innovation out there for our coaches we hear about it, discuss, dissect, laud and lampoon it here. We come to know each other, and care. A lady raising her kids in a GMC in Arizona touched us. Dan and Teri stuck in dreary southern California - we all worried for them. Now Duane is taken ill and we all are pulling for him.
>
> Interest in the GMC is alive and well, thanks, but it's the people that compel us to come back and share our stories. If anyone has an update on Duane's recovery I'm sure we'd all like to know.
> --
> Larry Davick
> The Mystery Machine
> 1976 Palm Beach
> Fremont, Ca
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jimk@appliedairfilters.com
http://www.appliedgmc.com
1-800-752-7502
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Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC
jimk@appliedairfilters.com
www.appliedgmc.com
1-800-752-7502
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