downhill racer

Post #414,261 by rcareaga 10/5/16 2:40:24 PM 10/5/16 2:40:25 PM Reply	downhill racer Late one afternoon decades ago I was returning to Oakland from Woodside, driving north along the Peninsula on Route 35, a two-lane road winding through the mountains, when to my horror the oil light on the dashboard flickered on and remained lit. I was miles from a gas station. The temperature gauge needle was redlined. Fortunately, I was at a point where I could simply throw the vehicle into neutral and coast downhill for five or six miles, riding the brake as required, until I was able to pull into a station and replenish the reservoir. The attendant expressed astonishment at the degree of depletion—my bad. (I owned that shitty car for a quarter of a century. It was apparent early on that the Pennsylvania autoworkers who assembled it took no pride in the product, but by god, it had the heart of a champion: the foreign-made engine, for all the neglect and abuse it took, kept going like the Energizer bunny. I hope it was salvaged after I junked the heap ten years ago.) Not ordinarily given to hypochondria—on the contrary, a long-time subscriber to the doctrine of "ignore it and it will get bored and wander off"—I’m feeling lately like that car, that road, that oil light. I have developed an unaccountable fondness these latter weeks for sublingual nitroglycerin, prescribed three years ago for a false alarm and never used; now my daily succour and relief. About twenty-six hours till the good people at CaesarCare put me up on the lift and check the fluids and valves. memento mori and all that jazz,
Post #414,266 by Another Scott 10/5/16 2:51:02 PM 10/5/16 2:51:02 PM Reply	Hope you're good to go for another 100,000 miles! Fingers crossed!
Post #414,269 by boxley 10/5/16 3:01:28 PM 10/5/16 3:01:28 PM Reply	yeah, time to hit the treadmill with iodine in your blood, hope it turns out ok always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #414,274 by a6l6e6x 10/5/16 3:59:05 PM 10/5/16 3:59:05 PM Reply	Whoa! Hope all goes well! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #414,279 by mmoffitt 10/5/16 4:21:34 PM 10/5/16 4:21:34 PM Reply	Good thoughts >> you.
Post #414,314 by rcareaga 10/6/16 7:22:27 PM 10/6/16 7:22:27 PM Reply	Re: downhill racer Goddamn motherfucking bloodsucking CaesarCare. That is all.
Post #414,315 by a6l6e6x 10/6/16 8:50:32 PM 10/6/16 8:50:32 PM Reply	Not a one of those attributes is positive. Hang in there! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #414,335 by Ashton 10/7/16 2:58:52 PM 10/7/16 2:58:52 PM Reply	Most disturbing to learn that Cæsar has sold out to BrutusCare. Please send coded message, should the IWE/Seals need to assemble and saddle up. Sub-space message of Good Cheer sent.
Post #414,374 by rcareaga 10/8/16 7:14:54 PM 10/8/16 7:14:54 PM Reply	Well, shucks They called me back the following day to be shot full of radioactive dye and scanned, and now they're saying they don't like the pictures. I don't have time for this. dishearteningly,
Post #414,375 by crazy 10/8/16 7:17:52 PM 10/8/16 7:17:52 PM Reply	Pictures where?!?!?! I have an appointment in a few days for a biopsy consult. The ultrasound confused them. Bastards.
Post #414,376 by rcareaga 10/8/16 7:46:10 PM 10/8/16 7:46:10 PM Reply	pictures of the heart ...resting and stressed, as seen by a device that can "see" radioactive iodine. Apparently I'm to be fitted with a "cardiac catheter." The timing is exceedingly inconvenient. cardiacally,
Post #414,378 by boxley 10/8/16 9:18:42 PM 10/8/16 9:18:42 PM Reply	seems like you have a clog going on, get it fixed and get back to life always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #414,377 by malraux 10/8/16 8:13:45 PM 10/8/16 8:13:45 PM Reply	Good luck with the testing. Thoughts and prayers... well, at any rate, I hope it turns out well for you. Timing may be inconvenient, but so would be a Serious Event. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #414,407 by crazy 10/9/16 10:55:21 PM 10/9/16 10:55:21 PM Reply	Watch the whole show https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-verizon&ei=tgL7V6SoOo_nePSlkagB&q=jeselnik+thoughts+and+prayers&oq=jeselnik+thoughts+and+prayers&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3..0i67k1j0l3.4464.5319.0.6390.3.3.0.0.0.0.192.295.0j2.2.0....0...1.1j4.64.mobile-gws-serp..1.2.293...0i13k1.vdMBQCnj7lY
Post #414,380 by Another Scott 10/8/16 11:14:42 PM 10/8/16 11:14:42 PM Reply	It sounds like you need to make time. :-) Seriously, I'm glad they found the issues before something dangerous happened. Take it easy, do what you doctors and therapists say, and don't worry about the timing. We're pulling for you! Cheers, Scott.
Post #414,381 by a6l6e6x 10/9/16 7:47:03 AM 10/9/16 7:47:03 AM Reply	Amen! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #414,383 by pwhysall 10/9/16 8:47:58 AM 10/9/16 8:47:58 AM Reply	Get a robot heart Might be softer than the one you've got now. /rimshot Get well soon!
Post #414,389 by drook 10/9/16 12:06:27 PM 10/9/16 12:06:27 PM Reply	Get a pig heart ... rimshot -- Drew
Post #414,392 by boxley 10/9/16 2:54:37 PM 10/9/16 2:54:37 PM Reply	andrew has a recipe for it always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #414,434 by rcareaga 10/11/16 1:18:28 PM 10/11/16 1:18:28 PM Reply	reporting tomorrow AM They will run a teeny camera* into the ticker and either install an inflatable catheter or, should the landscape descried prove too cluttered, go full-on chest-cutting coronary bypass. The latter course, which I did not realize was a contemplated course of treatment until yesterday's consultation, has definitely moved the psychological marker from "man, a stent, what a drag" to "that's certainly the more appealing option, yessiree!" cordially, *Soranzo: Did you but see my heart, then would you swear— Annabella: That you were dead. —John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, ca. 1629
Post #414,456 by Another Scott 10/11/16 8:46:55 PM 10/11/16 8:46:55 PM Reply	Fingers crossed! Report back when you're able, but not a second sooner.
Post #414,481 by malraux 10/12/16 4:56:07 PM 10/12/16 4:56:08 PM Reply	Godspeed Rand Fingers crossed and other darker rites contemplated. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #414,499 by rcareaga 10/13/16 8:47:20 PM 10/13/16 8:47:20 PM Reply	back ...after nearly thirty-six hours away. My first time in an operating room since, well, my first time in an operating room, on which occasion I weighed under seven pounds. My first time overnighting in Walnut Creek CA since I abused the hospitality of a young woman's parents there in 1973. No chest-cutting necessary, but they did install two "stents." Apparently, had I waved away the symptoms much longer, these were going to tug more vigorously at my sleeve. I quite liked the happy juice the introduced into my bloodstream for the procedure, which made the ordeal seem to be happening to someone else; conceived a deep loathing of hospital patient "gowns." I look forward to sleeping at home this evening untethered to banks of whirring, beeping medical kit. with considerable fatigue,
Post #414,500 by boxley 10/13/16 9:17:53 PM 10/13/16 9:17:53 PM Reply	glad yer home and cool with a blood flow. always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #414,504 by crazy 10/13/16 10:10:34 PM 10/13/16 10:10:34 PM Reply	Good to know. Thanks Today I went for a consult to a surgeon for a possible biopsy. Lump on my back, about 4 months old. Ultrasound just confused them. He said: no point. If it is benign, we'd cut it out. If it is malignant, we'd cut it out. So skip the biopsy and let me cut it out. Shit. Fine. Cut it out. Waiting for scheduler to call. My issue if I'm under state oversight, no opioids allowed without dispensation. The days after the surgery are gonna suck.
Post #414,506 by boxley 10/13/16 10:40:36 PM 10/13/16 10:40:36 PM Reply	just had a benign lump removed. No opiates required 6 stitches lump was 4 centimeters would have cut it out myself but I couldnt reach it. always look out for number one and don't step in number two
Post #414,508 by pwhysall 10/14/16 3:06:12 AM 10/14/16 3:06:13 AM Reply	Cyborg! Glad to hear things went as unshittily as could reasonably be expected.

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