Post #227,755
10/3/05 12:55:43 PM
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I'm Baa-aaack
Or rather, my wife's back.
You see she's going into the hospital tomorrow for a [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminectomy|laminectomy] and spinal fusion of the L4-L5 joint, to repair the results of a previous laminectomy and [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discectomy|discectomy] While the laminectomy was a "drive-by surgery", this one isn't; she'll be in the hospital for about 4 days, with some 6 weeks elapsing after surgery before she'll be allowed to start physical therapy.
So I could use another round of good thoughts from all youse, for me and especially SWMBO, Candyce.
thanx-
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #227,756
10/3/05 12:59:47 PM
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Here's round 2 from me
I'll keep you both in my thoughts and prayers.
Brenda
"I'll rock the darn boat all I want to, and if it's meant to stay afloat, then it will. If not, then we'll just all go down with the bloody ship!"
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Post #227,757
10/3/05 1:00:37 PM
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Ouch! Best wishes for a speedy and pain-free recovery.
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Post #227,758
10/3/05 1:00:53 PM
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Good thoughts to Candyce, SWMBO Esq LLC EIEIO
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Post #227,759
10/3/05 1:03:25 PM
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Back to the well, I see. :)
Wishing Candyce a successful operation and speedy recovery and you an easy time with it all.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #227,765
10/3/05 1:30:32 PM
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Yes...you go where you get
And there are some right fine people here (and that even includes you BeeP...but you already knew that...)
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #227,763
10/3/05 1:20:12 PM
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Thoughts and prayers!
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #227,768
10/3/05 1:43:42 PM
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Hopes and wishes headed your way
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George W. Bush and his PNAC handlers sent the US into Iraq with lies. I find myself rethinking my opposition to the death penalty.
--Donald Dean Richards Jr.
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Post #227,769
10/3/05 1:44:56 PM
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Best wishes again... and again for as long as necessary
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Post #227,775
10/3/05 2:25:08 PM
10/3/05 6:41:19 PM
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You mean "Her Baaaack!"
Wishing Candyce a successful surgery and speedy recovery. Good wishes to you, as caregivers need all the help they can get :-)
Much love,
Amy
PS:
Tip from someone who just came from the hospital...
Take your own pillow and blanket (preferably a much loved and colorful quilt). It really makes a difference when the patient can snuggle into his/her own pillow and blankie.
Oh Freddled Gruntbuggly!
Edited by imqwerky
Oct. 3, 2005, 06:41:19 PM EDT
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Post #227,782
10/3/05 2:36:36 PM
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Thoughts and prayers for you and Candyce!
--
Steve
[link|http://www.ubuntulinux.org|Ubuntu]
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Post #227,800
10/3/05 3:14:27 PM
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while (1) {Good Thoughts >> jb4;}
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #227,808
10/3/05 3:53:05 PM
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Good luck!
When somebody asks you to trade your security for freedom, it isn't your freedom they're talking about.
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Post #227,811
10/3/05 4:29:30 PM
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dont forget to score some of her meds for yourself :-)
"the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep
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Post #227,814
10/3/05 4:31:47 PM
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I hope all goes well
hospitals are lonely places. for some reason everyone seems to be self-absorbed. visit her often.
one time when I was in a hospital, some friends brought me a steak sandwich, still nice and hot. that did wonders for my outlook. just an idea....
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #227,817
10/3/05 4:39:12 PM
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Good point!
Thanks for the tip....
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #227,821
10/3/05 4:47:40 PM
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Hope all goes well.
Jesus was a star last week.
Now he's tending bar on Melrose.
Welcome to Hollywood.
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Post #227,831
10/3/05 5:08:57 PM
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These were probably the last fingers I had left to cross.
Unless somebody has some good news soon, I'll be starting on my toes for the next supplicant! :-)
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #227,832
10/3/05 5:14:36 PM
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In case you missed it then,
I had good news. my cousin and SIL made it to Texas and delivered the food, generator, etc, to the Texas relatives. They were grateful, everyone is safe, and it was a success.
So you can uncross the fingers you had crossed for me. :)
Brenda
"I'll rock the darn boat all I want to, and if it's meant to stay afloat, then it will. If not, then we'll just all go down with the bloody ship!"
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Post #227,849
10/3/05 6:05:17 PM
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Yeah, sorry; I actually saw that, but I forgot.
Or, I can't tell for sure any more, maybe I just *pretended* I'd forgot (for the moment, while writing my previous post), because it made for a more dramatic image... Either way, Fluffybird, 't'was good to hear that something went well in this world! ;-)
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #227,851
10/3/05 6:18:34 PM
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Best wishes to the wife
and good thoughts to you. Trying times for all.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #227,854
10/3/05 6:27:21 PM
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Now this is going just Too far with
"Keep a stiff upper lip"...now these guys wanna do it to her Back ?!
Am channeling the Small God of Competence on your behalf
(..soon -- at the moment She says, Sshhh! I'm working on Bush's brain, you idiot! -- but She'll call me back.)
:-)
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Post #227,855
10/3/05 6:28:08 PM
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Good luck with that...
Someone at the office here just had that operation, but in the neck. She should be fine.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #227,886
10/3/05 9:41:46 PM
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Thought, prayers, and wishes sent.
Good luck
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #227,904
10/3/05 11:26:25 PM
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Prayers and sympathies.
My (now) wife went through a discectomy at the same spot some years ago, however, they won't fuse the joint because it's too inflamed. Trouble is, anti-inflammatories either don't work or trigger side-effects in her. The latest is that she has an intra-thecal pump delivering morphine directly to the site.
It's all aboot quality-o-life, o'course...
Wade.
d-_-b
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Post #227,924
10/4/05 8:00:07 AM
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And here's me thinking a laminectomy
was something you did to an old kitchen...
Anyway.
Wishing you both the best, hope everything goes well.
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #227,928
10/4/05 8:17:43 AM
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Or...
Having those unsightly Peruvian ruminants removed.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #228,013
10/4/05 4:44:06 PM
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..that's a llaminectomy
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Post #229,063
10/11/05 9:47:36 AM
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Thanks, one and all...
I think this is the longest I've gone without posting (which may or may not be a good thing).
Anyway, Candyce us not back home, and once we got the meds adjusted properly, she's resting more or less (often less) comfortably. She's moving around the house on her oan,a nd doing some exercises to build up a little strength and keep everything loose. Now's the hard part...sitting around waiting for everything to heal.
Fortunately, Large Giant Corp. is letting me "work from home", and now that I have a) the VPN properly set up, and b) some time, I might actually get some work done.
Thanks, everybody, for the good wishes; I'm sure that the positive energy had (and continues to have) some positive effect.
Oh, and by the way, my sister's test came out...well, not very well. it appears that the seizures to not have a single locus, but several, making surgery more difficult. The Dr.s think that they can corect it with medication, and they're working on gettingthe dosages set up correctly (apparently, anti-seizure meds are somewhat more difficult to control than, say, your average aspirin). So we'll see how that comes out...
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #229,064
10/11/05 9:52:30 AM
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Fingers crossed. Hang in there. Enjoy the telecomputing!
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Post #229,113
10/11/05 1:24:41 PM
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Thanks for the update.
Glad to hear of a company with some flexibility. Will continue to send positive thoughts your/her way. Take care of yourself too!
Peace,
Amy
Oh Freddled Gruntbuggly!
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Post #229,239
10/11/05 11:38:21 PM
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positive news is good news
good to hear there is progress. patience and time...
the trouble with patience is it takes time. :-)
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #229,475
10/13/05 4:11:25 PM
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ICLRPD
the trouble with patience is it takes time. jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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