Blood on the saddle.


A guy that works in the warehouse was in the Canadian army. He was telling me about being in the arctic. They would keep watch for polar bears because they are deadly.
for the most part if they kept their distance they would leave the bears alone, but if they got too close they would get shot. Good moving target practice I suppose.
 
Duck said:
The NRA gave guns to polar bears so they'd be able to kill more global warming researchers and prevent their discoveries from being used to save humanity.

It's true. I heard it on CNN. :thumbsup:
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Makes sense. But the global warming researchers could simply disguise themselves as Coca Cola delivery men to infiltrate the area.
 
Damn.
This surgery has me on the ropes!
According to the fake news interweb forums a guy with a desk job might be able to return to work in as little as 3 weeks (which is where I am).
With a physical job, maybe 6 weeks.
The pain is like nothing I've ever known.
The right side of my gut is cramping with such a vengeance that it makes me yell out loud at times.

I went to the ER on Wednesday.
The nurse said I was lucky to draw the ER doc on duty because he used to run the whole emergency dept, then retired and now works on a contract basis.
He at least took the time to read my history after an exam.
He gave me a shot that felt like I had an icepick in my glute for a couple of days...
said I should have gotten it before I left the hospital.
Tri-something or other.
He told me not to take anymore narcotics because they would hinder the healing of my gut.
Then when I checked out they gave me a fresh script for oxy from my surgeon.
I don't even know how he knew I was there since he never returned 3 or 4 calls from earlier in the week.

I laid off the pain meds Tuesday night because I figured I'd be going in one way or another from the pain and didn't want drugs to skew an evaluation.

I didn't take any of the oxy until Thursday about noon when the pain and cramping was intolerable.
It helped...
A LOT!!
but the second dose Thursday night didn't do any good at all.

Tonight, bourbon and Ibuprofen is the only thing keeping me upright in this chair.
Ironic, huh?
Because bourbon is what makes it hard to stay upright in the chair sometimes!!
:biggrin-2:

Honestly, if the oxy didn't have acet... amet... Tylenol in it, I'd probably take a handful just to get some relief.
Tylenol scares the crap out of me because a friends daughter who was prone to seizures and short term memory loss OD'd on it once (years ago) and the doctors told him to either sign off on a kidney transplant or a waiver to donate her organs, because she would never recover...
She got a miracle.
:smile:


I don't even know what's going on.
The surgeon initially told me (more or less) that they got everything and that he didn't anticipate any long-term effects.
Then pulmonary scheduled an appointment and told me that they needed to monitor some nodules on my lungs.
:stare2:
When I went for that appointment they told me that the cancer would probably be very slow growing but may require intervention depending on results from oncology.
:O_o:
Oncology?
Yeah, you have an appointment in two weeks.

Well thanks for sharing...
FUTHERMUCKERS!!
:rant:


I suppose I ought to retract my previous statements about staying the hell away from doctors and hospitals...
and them being a good place to get on the wrong side of healthy...
on the other hand though,
I felt fine when I showed up for the 'routine' colonoscopy.

We'll see...

@DrDaliah
 
Blood said:
I suppose I ought to retract my previous statements about staying the hell away from doctors and hospitals...
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I avoided th' ol' drain probe from hell fer 12 years before knuckling under last year.

It's demeaning. :mad-97:

It's also necessary. Came out clean.
 
Blood said:
cancer
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Blood said:
may require intervention
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MAY? What kind of cancer doesn't require intervention? Are they purposely going to wait until it gets worse so they can sell more chemo drugs?

That's what it seemed like they wanted to do with my mom. I turned my sister loose on them. She knows how to speak medicalese. Got that stuff taken care of quick.

If you suspect for one second they're dragging their feet, let me know and I'll get my sister to call them and verbally horse whip them into submission.
 
Customer:
"hey I was just driving by and my oil light came on. I don't know what that means because I didn't spend ten years in college studying cars"

Auto mechanic:
"OK we looked at it. There's almost no oil in the engine at all. It'd be $30 to put in a few quarts, but it's kind of early at this point. I think we should just monitor it for a while. I'll make an appointment to have it checked again next week. If it gets any worse, or if your engine seizes up, we'll make an appointment to have a new engine installed. Until then there's nothing too concerning"
 
Feedback from my sister.


With mom it was just the schedulers not knowing the urgency. They did need to get cardiac clearance before the surgery because they saw changes in the EKG. That is not unusual. They have to make sure the heart is strong enough to survive the treatments or surgery.

With your friend they are probably referring to nodules in the lungs rather than nodes. Most don't require treatment and won't ever cause any problems. Good possibility they aren't related to the cancer. I have a marble sized nodule in one of my lungs that we only know about because it showed up on a CT I had for severe abdominal pain. We're just watching it.

There are treatment guidelines based on size and density of the nodule. These are standards based on decades of peer reviewed research. Fleischner Society Guideline Update 2017: Management of Solid Pulmonary Nodules
​
 
Blood said:
Damn.
This surgery has me on the ropes!
According to the fake news interweb forums a guy with a desk job might be able to return to work in as little as 3 weeks (which is where I am).
With a physical job, maybe 6 weeks.
The pain is like nothing I've ever known.
The right side of my gut is cramping with such a vengeance that it makes me yell out loud at times.

I went to the ER on Wednesday.
The nurse said I was lucky to draw the ER doc on duty because he used to run the whole emergency dept, then retired and now works on a contract basis.
He at least took the time to read my history after an exam.
He gave me a shot that felt like I had an icepick in my glute for a couple of days...
said I should have gotten it before I left the hospital.
Tri-something or other.
He told me not to take anymore narcotics because they would hinder the healing of my gut.
Then when I checked out they gave me a fresh script for oxy from my surgeon.
I don't even know how he knew I was there since he never returned 3 or 4 calls from earlier in the week.

I laid off the pain meds Tuesday night because I figured I'd be going in one way or another from the pain and didn't want drugs to skew an evaluation.

I didn't take any of the oxy until Thursday about noon when the pain and cramping was intolerable.
It helped...
A LOT!!
but the second dose Thursday night didn't do any good at all.

Tonight, bourbon and Ibuprofen is the only thing keeping me upright in this chair.
Ironic, huh?
Because bourbon is what makes it hard to stay upright in the chair sometimes!!
:biggrin-2:

Honestly, if the oxy didn't have acet... amet... Tylenol in it, I'd probably take a handful just to get some relief.
Tylenol scares the crap out of me because a friends daughter who was prone to seizures and short term memory loss OD'd on it once (years ago) and the doctors told him to either sign off on a kidney transplant or a waiver to donate her organs, because she would never recover...
She got a miracle.
:smile:


I don't even know what's going on.
The surgeon initially told me (more or less) that they got everything and that he didn't anticipate any long-term effects.
Then pulmonary scheduled an appointment and told me that they needed to monitor some nodules on my lungs.
:stare2:
When I went for that appointment they told me that the cancer would probably be very slow growing but may require intervention depending on results from oncology.
:O_o:
Oncology?
Yeah, you have an appointment in two weeks.

Well thanks for sharing...
FUTHERMUCKERS!!
:rant:


I suppose I ought to retract my previous statements about staying the hell away from doctors and hospitals...
and them being a good place to get on the wrong side of healthy...
on the other hand though,
I felt fine when I showed up for the 'routine' colonoscopy.

We'll see...

@DrDaliah
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Sorry to hear all this Dave. This really sucks. Do they have you on a restricted diet for a while after the surgery? I think they made a good call encouraging some liquor be involved with recovery. So the nodules aren't cancerous but can develop cancer later? Is that what they're saying?

I have a hard time understanding medical jargon and with my dad I'm lucky to have my oldest sister. Her daughter is bipolar so she was involved with doctors for many years until her daughter decided to take her meds regularly. She's real good at questions continually until she understands what is happening. Then she tells me wtf is going on. Sometimes I don't know what questions to ask in order to develop a good understanding.
 
dave350 said:
Sorry to hear all this Dave. This really sucks. Do they have you on a restricted diet for a while after the surgery? I think they made a good call encouraging some liquor be involved with recovery. So the nodules aren't cancerous but can develop cancer later? Is that what they're saying?
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Diet was only restricted for a week...
but there seems to be a correlation between eating heavy food and having pain so I'm going to go easy until after my next appointment in a couple of weeks.
Kathy fixed a yuge pot roast a few days ago and I've about finished the taters n carrots from it without eating too much meat.
Damn, you can't beat taters n carrots from pot roast!!
:smile:


They're going to put a scope down my throat next week to look at the nodes.
They said a biopsy may cause more harm than good.
They also said that the cure is sometimes worse than the condition which is why they want to monitor it for a while.
They said they might not treat it for up several years...
or maybe not at all depending on how it looks and how fast it grows.
 
Blood said:
Damn.
This surgery has me on the ropes!
According to the fake news interweb forums a guy with a desk job might be able to return to work in as little as 3 weeks (which is where I am).
With a physical job, maybe 6 weeks.
The pain is like nothing I've ever known.
The right side of my gut is cramping with such a vengeance that it makes me yell out loud at times.

I went to the ER on Wednesday.
The nurse said I was lucky to draw the ER doc on duty because he used to run the whole emergency dept, then retired and now works on a contract basis.
He at least took the time to read my history after an exam.
He gave me a shot that felt like I had an icepick in my glute for a couple of days...
said I should have gotten it before I left the hospital.
Tri-something or other.
He told me not to take anymore narcotics because they would hinder the healing of my gut.
Then when I checked out they gave me a fresh script for oxy from my surgeon.
I don't even know how he knew I was there since he never returned 3 or 4 calls from earlier in the week.

I laid off the pain meds Tuesday night because I figured I'd be going in one way or another from the pain and didn't want drugs to skew an evaluation.

I didn't take any of the oxy until Thursday about noon when the pain and cramping was intolerable.
It helped...
A LOT!!
but the second dose Thursday night didn't do any good at all.

Tonight, bourbon and Ibuprofen is the only thing keeping me upright in this chair.
Ironic, huh?
Because bourbon is what makes it hard to stay upright in the chair sometimes!!
:biggrin-2:

Honestly, if the oxy didn't have acet... amet... Tylenol in it, I'd probably take a handful just to get some relief.
Tylenol scares the crap out of me because a friends daughter who was prone to seizures and short term memory loss OD'd on it once (years ago) and the doctors told him to either sign off on a kidney transplant or a waiver to donate her organs, because she would never recover...
She got a miracle.
:smile:


I don't even know what's going on.
The surgeon initially told me (more or less) that they got everything and that he didn't anticipate any long-term effects.
Then pulmonary scheduled an appointment and told me that they needed to monitor some nodules on my lungs.
:stare2:
When I went for that appointment they told me that the cancer would probably be very slow growing but may require intervention depending on results from oncology.
:O_o:
Oncology?
Yeah, you have an appointment in two weeks.

Well thanks for sharing...
FUTHERMUCKERS!!
:rant:


I suppose I ought to retract my previous statements about staying the hell away from doctors and hospitals...
and them being a good place to get on the wrong side of healthy...
on the other hand though,
I felt fine when I showed up for the 'routine' colonoscopy.

We'll see...

@DrDaliah
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I came looking for news of you....after seeing that new zipper of yours knew it going to be a while for you to bounce back....hoping improvement happens quicly for you. Think your going to be playing cards or dominos with the mrs for a while. Mean time you may have to developed a new hobby too.
 
When I was in the drug induced stupor the night after surgery I kept trying to flick off the red LED they had on my finger for the O2 monitor.
I thought I forgot to put a cigarette out!!
:biggrin-2:
After I tried to throw it down a few times with no success...
I tried to smoke it!!
:coocoo:

:idiot:

:stare2:
 

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