I believe they are baked differently and the word stuck? I dunno!
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
But you offer me tea and biscuits and you very clearly are offering me tea and cookies.
biscuits never enter the equation!
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
"Here Munkus, have some British biscuits, and some tea NO DON'T TRY TO PUT ICE IN IT!"
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Stale, this is a nosy question but how easy is it for you to have health insurance? I get the impression you've been ill for a long ass time and I always thought insurers did their best to get out of paying for pre-existing or long-term conditions.
I believe they are baked differently and the word stuck? I dunno!
It's about being twice baked, and etymology, and possibly French?
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Stale, this is a nosy question but how easy is it for you to have health insurance? I get the impression you've been ill for a long ass time and I always thought insurers did their best to get out of paying for pre-existing or long-term conditions.
I'm lucky enough to work jobs that almost always provide good health benefits. Not always, as with my last job, I was denied coverage because the finance company I worked for got the cheapest insurance they could find and fucked me over with a shovel. sideways.
However the company I work for currently has BCBS and since I eclipsed the "out of pocket maximum" by the third week of january, I'm only responsible for the tiny 10% portion.
It's really all about how good, (i.e. expenisve) the coverage is that your employer provides. If I was self-employed?
My grandpa died yesterday. He had pretty advanced parkinson's, a lot of dementia, and some other issues. He got pneumonia last week and was put in hospice care. On Sunday he was running a super high fever. My aunt who was there sent out a text to the family that my grandma (who has alzheimer's pretty bad) said she wanted him taken off the oxygen, so they were going according to her wishes and taking him off. Another aunt texted back that they should put the oxygen back on when grandma left the room, that it was too soon for him to die. They did not turn the oxygen back on.
I'll miss him and am bummed that if I ever manage to have kids, he won't get to meet them, but at least he's not feeling any pain anymore.
My granddad had a seven-year battle with dementia and symptomatic Alzheimer's after complications from pneumonia and bronchitis.
What I really remember is that he'd been a lifelong railroad engineer, and a great tinkerer and repairman. He used to take brand new appliances to pieces just for the hell of it, just to see how they ticked. And one day he dismantled his radio... and didn't know how to put it back together again. He just held the pieces in his hands and looked at them, and that's the first time I realised something was wrong
Eventually the pneumonia struck again. Even breathing hurt. But my nana had made peace with losing him, as he hadn't been himself for the last year of his life. The last time I saw him he thought I was his little brother Bill. But at least he still managed to recognise his wife before he died- even if he didn't know what year it was, she was comforted by that
Hello fellow chronically ill patients, I am back home from the hospital after 2 and a half weeks in the hospital. I am still not near 100% but it is pretty rad to be out of the hospital. In other news I just posted a picture of my surgery scar on Facebook. Also after the operation the surgeon told me I had the most intestinal scarring of any chron's patient he had ever seen!
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
So, tentatively good news.
The abscess has shrunk and inflammation has gone down, despite everyone else's expectations. IV antibiotics seem to be working magic, which is what I had been saying they would.
SO
AS OF RIGHT NOW
No surgery is scheduled.
Oh, and I have a PICC line for home infusions.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
So, no bag? I hope that's what that means...
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AnialosCollies are love, Collies are life!Shadowbrook ColliesRegistered Userregular
Yey Munkus! Lets hope the IV anti-bios continue their magic.
Got the the phone call from my doctor on my first round of blood test on this round of chemo.
I am healthier on chemo than I am off. He doesn't know how or why. He can't really explain it entirely.
I'm also starting to digest easier, or at least more completely. The pain is still there, but my body seems to be reacting favorably even though were just shy of two weeks in.
"I don't know Dan. You're an Honest-to-God mystery. I've rarely encountered someone who responds atypicaly to everything."
Also @Munkus Beaver I have a nagging suspicion that you're going to set out to bankrupt everyone in my made-up economy
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ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
That is so good to hear, you guys.
Munkus, you really needed some good news, and I am so glad for you.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I am sitting here with a canister of cipro that is slowly infusing into my body.
Antibiotics: They work! But only through the IV. And nobody knows why.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I don't suppose anyone here has run-ins with sleep apnea? I've noticed when dozing that the whole breathing thing'll stop for a half second--kinda like a hiccup, only more painful. Once it happened while I was sleeping, at like 2 AM, and woke me up--that was thoroughly weird.
Anyway I'm thinking of asking the doc to refer me for a sleep study. I'm told the usual treatment for obstructive sleep apnea is a CPAP machine worn during sleep; what I can't figure out from the net is, is this something I'd be wearing the rest of my life, or do I eventually get 'better'?
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I believe they are baked differently and the word stuck? I dunno!
biscuits never enter the equation!
It's about being twice baked, and etymology, and possibly French?
The fuck kind of tea isn't iced
Of course it helps that our lovely brits live in a climate where it's perpetually clammy. I live in a climate where I'm perpetually sweating.
[flips table]
second, if it's hot, and in a mug, it's either coffee, or it's shit
I'm lucky enough to work jobs that almost always provide good health benefits. Not always, as with my last job, I was denied coverage because the finance company I worked for got the cheapest insurance they could find and fucked me over with a shovel. sideways.
However the company I work for currently has BCBS and since I eclipsed the "out of pocket maximum" by the third week of january, I'm only responsible for the tiny 10% portion.
It's really all about how good, (i.e. expenisve) the coverage is that your employer provides. If I was self-employed?
I'd have been dead long, long ago.
I think this is the key thing! Its raining right now outside, and its chilly. Not cold-drink drinking weather!
So much anger, Stale! Hehehe
As a denizen of the PNW I must say that weather definitely matters. When I lived in NC I never thought to have hot tea. Now? Hot tea all day erry day.
Satans..... hints.....
I'll miss him and am bummed that if I ever manage to have kids, he won't get to meet them, but at least he's not feeling any pain anymore.
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My granddad had a seven-year battle with dementia and symptomatic Alzheimer's after complications from pneumonia and bronchitis.
What I really remember is that he'd been a lifelong railroad engineer, and a great tinkerer and repairman. He used to take brand new appliances to pieces just for the hell of it, just to see how they ticked. And one day he dismantled his radio... and didn't know how to put it back together again. He just held the pieces in his hands and looked at them, and that's the first time I realised something was wrong
Eventually the pneumonia struck again. Even breathing hurt. But my nana had made peace with losing him, as he hadn't been himself for the last year of his life. The last time I saw him he thought I was his little brother Bill. But at least he still managed to recognise his wife before he died- even if he didn't know what year it was, she was comforted by that
just for that, I'm ignoring your drawsomething game
I imagine a packet of these could be his undoing...
What does Keith do when he's excited?
The abscess has shrunk and inflammation has gone down, despite everyone else's expectations. IV antibiotics seem to be working magic, which is what I had been saying they would.
SO
AS OF RIGHT NOW
No surgery is scheduled.
Oh, and I have a PICC line for home infusions.
I am healthier on chemo than I am off. He doesn't know how or why. He can't really explain it entirely.
I'm also starting to digest easier, or at least more completely. The pain is still there, but my body seems to be reacting favorably even though were just shy of two weeks in.
"I don't know Dan. You're an Honest-to-God mystery. I've rarely encountered someone who responds atypicaly to everything."
I've named this Animal-Mother Syndrome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iH5R4tgGdDk#t=141s
Also @Munkus Beaver I have a nagging suspicion that you're going to set out to bankrupt everyone in my made-up economy
Munkus, you really needed some good news, and I am so glad for you.
Here's to hoping your tentative good news becomes permanent good news!
Yay stale!!!
Antibiotics: They work! But only through the IV. And nobody knows why.
Anyway I'm thinking of asking the doc to refer me for a sleep study. I'm told the usual treatment for obstructive sleep apnea is a CPAP machine worn during sleep; what I can't figure out from the net is, is this something I'd be wearing the rest of my life, or do I eventually get 'better'?
Because it's an IV. Acupuncture. Proof that it works! Don't worry about the antibiotics, you need more needles!
Stale... this alone made me fall in love with you.
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