Last night we were admitted to hospital. Today we're having emergency surgery to remove our gal badder. It's a hot mess. The drugs are good but the pain really really hugely BAD!

Inside kids are totally freaked. Go figure.

Haven't told D yet, but will.

Ravin

 D got his skin grafts today.

They used fetal pig foreskin.

It can't get wet so we used condoms to cover them for his shower today.

Can't make this shit up!

Ravin

Where to start this entry? Never let a head mate play with fire and metal with the expressed idea to make a statement. Best I can figure R came up with the notion, instead of hiring a professional, she'd brand M's name and death date into the left wrist to commemorate the year anniversary ( Read more... )

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OMG!

I think the body is finally going into some sort of menopause, even if the blood work says NOT!

The body is having these spontaneous-self-combustible gross sweat-ball wringing wet episodes ( Read more... )

We've been having these dizzy spells, had all the usual causes checked out and nothing there. Then we had a neurologist check us out AND THEN ANOTHER at Miami Teaching Hospital, testing done nothing of interest on our EEG or MRI and Carotid Ulta-sound was clear. So what are the doctors doing? Medication increase, "try taking an increase of ( Read more... )

Medical experts debate the ethics of distorting or erasing traumatic memories. Read article here: Original Article

"Propranolol, a common "beta blocker" blood pressure drug often prescribed after heart attacks, is an unlikely miracle drug. It blocks adrenaline, which makes it useful to ease hypertension and anxiety, and is often used by performers ( Read more... )

How sad does it get when I go off to the GP to have get my MRI report just for affirmation that YES in fact I am in a hell of a lotta PAIN. The report goes down the lumbar and every disc is damaged in some way, a tear here a herniation there. DrB looked up and said, you've got to be in a great deal of pain, I'm sending you to a back surgeon. I was ( Read more... )

This week is at the hump and still climbing.
( Hiking the Hump )

Our visit with the GP started with, "here's the bad news, your blood work is all within normal limits except for a slightly elevated 'bad' cholesterol ( Read more... )

There must be a better body we could use somewhere, cuz this one is sucking right now.

( Calculating Pain Numbers )