Posted by Larry Hoover on November 27, 2005, at 8:36:33
In reply to Re: Sorry, Larry... spriggy's rambling to Lar, posted by spriggy on November 25, 2005, at 14:11:20
> First of all,
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> I just feel really selfish right now asking you questions about meds,etc.. when you are going through so much yourself.Are you gonna make me drive all the way down there and .... and..... well, I don't know what, being a preacher's wife and everything.
Sasha, you honour me when you seek my counsel.
> Wow- in all honesty, you are one of the smartest people around- you seem to know an answer for everyone and you have always come across so strong!
Thank you.
> And even now, in your suffering, you still are strong; maybe tired/weary/worn out but you keep fighting the good fight!That's exactly right. And again, thank you.
> I agree with you; 1) you are a good man, and 2) I don't understand that block thing either.I'm real glad some of us have got it figured out. ;-) Although figuring out point 2 isn't really figuring it out. Hmmm. We better ask Toph about that.
> I don't know if your pain would be helped at all like my dad's has been but they installed a pump into his spine and he can walk again! ( It seems yours was your arm? though).It's my left arm. The same nerve that does your funny bone. I don't know why they call it that, because whenever I hit my funny bone, it wasn't funny at all. It's like when the doctor says, "This won't hurt a bit." I wanna say, "Here, Doc, let me not hurt you a bit with this thing you poked me with. Let's not hurt a bit, together."
Where was I? See, you got my mind off it. Anyway, that nerve that does the funny bone thing.....mine's locked on in funny bone mode. And to celebrate, the nerve has Level 2 functions that gamers at funny bone Level 1 haven't discovered yet. I have seriously looked at my arm as it is doing some of its marvels, and wondered if an alien was in there poking with the controls. My doctors do not support my alien theory, notwithstanding the television shows that have that exact thing happening, so it must be true somewhere? Just not in Canada?
Ooops. Distracted again. It's too soon for pumps. They're thinking about more surgery, though. I don't know what that's gonna be like, because the last one, when I came to in the recovery room, my first and instant awareness was me screaming in pain. I think they gave me four morphine injections (30 mg), to get me to shut the heck up. I was disturbing other people or something.
> Another thing that worked wonders for him was a pain patch.. and then he would take breakthrough meds when needed.I can't use a patch. My skin gets all weird under it. Anyway, I use sustained release pills with breakthrough meds when needed (like, always needed). Similar.
> I won't even attempt to compare my pain to yours, but some days, I hurt all over;achey/fevers/flu like. It gets very discouraging sometimes.No, honey, don't do comparisons, okay? Pain is pain, and I'm sorry you have it, and I'm sorry you know it's discouraging sometimes.
> THere are days I just pray for heaven!Some days, a little break, just a little one, would be heaven.
> I will be praying for you Lar! For comfort, relief from this pain, answers, wisdom, joy, peace and strength.Thank you. That's quite a list you got there. Sounds like you know somebody in the business. It's almost like I feel you joining with me in prayer. Thank you.
> You have many, many friends here.Yeah. Ain't it the truth. (Unless y'all were using your instruction 2 privileges, but I'll just assume otherwise. And if anybody wants to raise that issue, I'll just assume you were lying about lying, and where will that get you?)
I'm actually beaming here, but I don't know a smiley for that.
Lar
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