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Post by ryan_ott on May 9, 2016 22:26:03 GMT -5
You apparently never worked out of a van... I won't say any more.
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Post by spaz12 on May 9, 2016 22:42:33 GMT -5
In my 20's I did a lot of construction related jobs and such and didn't get into management until my 30's. Hell, I've built custom log cabins, framed homes and tied rebar for decking and pools. And even now (before the accident) climb into the back of semi trucks to inspect loads. This particular day was just not my day. What's worse is that I wasn't supposed to even be there since it was my day off. Sh*t happens  |
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Post by niz76 on May 9, 2016 23:12:15 GMT -5
If lawyers had anything to do with it, you'd sign a contract about "possible death" every time to eat, sleep, or go to the bathroom. You'll be alright. Make sure you've got access to the forum from that couch! I'm on it! I got it covered with a wireless keyboard and mouse. It's getting to the bathroom that's going to be the difficult part. Maybe I can take a page out of Howard Hugh's book and use mason jars?  If you start running tape lines and talking to yourself we'll be sending someone over ASAP! lol. Hoping for a full and speedy rehabilitation for ya brotha! Don't enjoy the pain meds too much ;P |
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Post by FrankenMech on May 10, 2016 0:53:19 GMT -5
Don't worry, I have been put down/under 5 times. The worst part is coming out of the anesthesia. You know time has passed but have no recollection of it. It kind of blows your mind. Don't bite anyone or break arms like I did the first time.
The death part is legal boilerplate but it is a reality in any operation, or procedure, -shit happens. Chose your hospital and doctor well. Remember they just 'practice' medicine. It has not been that long ago they were bleeding us, shaking rattles, jumping around, chanting, making smoke, poisoning, potions, or wearing scary masks... Some still do!
I hated the pain meds, even morphine. I flushed all my pain meds down the stool. The only pain med that ever did any good was Nubain or something like that.
'Night call' bottles are good. Antifreeze jugs are good, so are the cat litter jugs.
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Post by spaz12 on May 10, 2016 0:59:51 GMT -5
The fear of what I say when my friend brings me home really worries me. I'm afraid I might say something about his hot wife.
I've seen those video's of blubbering idiots after they come to and I don't want to be one of them lol.
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Post by FrankenMech on May 10, 2016 1:03:30 GMT -5
Oh shit, find somebody else to sit with you in recovery.
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Post by ryan_ott on May 10, 2016 12:42:07 GMT -5
You apparently never worked out of a van... I won't say any more. Spaz I was refering to your mason jar comment. I hope you didn't take it the wrong way. |
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Post by 'O'Verse on May 10, 2016 20:45:13 GMT -5
 Well....?
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Post by spaz12 on May 10, 2016 21:51:32 GMT -5
lol I was kinda thinking you thought I hadn't done any real work so yeah, that's why I brought up my non-sissy history  About those mason jars... I've done that a few times. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. |
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Post by ryan_ott on May 10, 2016 21:55:41 GMT -5
I've got a camping toilet in my van, #2 sucks when you have nowhere to go. My van is my office, this one is 9 months old - 17,000 mi so far.
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Post by spaz12 on May 10, 2016 22:07:01 GMT -5
I was two hours late to my operation so I got lucky (?) that they did it. My damn sleep schedule has gotten so messed up that I go to sleep at 3 or 4 in the morning and wake up whenever.
I was scheduled to be at the hospital at 5:45 and didn't wake up until a nurse called me at 6:30. She wasn't sure if the doctor would still do it and said she'd call me back. 30 minutes later I gave up the idea that she'd call back, so I called myself. Yup, the doctor still wants to do it so I rushed down there as fast as one can rush in Vegas and got there just shy of 7:45.
Anyway, the foot is still there and it feels like a lead weight on the end of a floppy shoe string. It's all swollen from them filling it with fluid so that they could fish around in there with a camera and whatever other tools they used.
And I just generally feel like shit. But, I'm alive and hopefully this will let me go back to work.
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Post by FrankenMech on May 10, 2016 23:07:35 GMT -5
I hope you recover well.
Can you still get to the slots with a wheelchair? Isn't that the most important thing about living in Lost Wages? My father lived out there for over 20 years. He came for the food buffets but stayed for the slots. He lived in one of the most horrible places on Earth, in a sea of hot black magma called asphalt billed as an RV park.
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Post by spaz12 on May 10, 2016 23:39:01 GMT -5
Thanks Frank.
Not me, I rarely, if ever gamble. I think I could honestly say that I've lost less than 20 dollars in the last couple of years.
And I remember as a kid growing up here many times eating at the casinos because back then you could get a nice steak dinner for next to nothing. It's not like that now so there is absolutely no reason I'd want to visit a casino now.
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Post by Fox on May 10, 2016 23:56:29 GMT -5
I'm on it! I got it covered with a wireless keyboard and mouse. It's getting to the bathroom that's going to be the difficult part. Maybe I can take a page out of Howard Hugh's book and use mason jars? I kept a big mouthed jug next to my bed for a few months after my knee surgery. Ain't no shame in that. Just doin' what you gotta do homie. |
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Post by 2stroked on May 13, 2016 14:53:53 GMT -5
Glad ya Made it through....
Now is the hard part, recovery and physical therapy. Listen to the doctors, they sometimes know what they are talking about.. Trying to rush ones recovery, can actually hurt more than help. I know from expierience. I tried to rush things after my motorcycle accident. Wound up costing me an extra four months of therapy, and another surgery.
This time after my surgery was over, I decided to listen to the doctors and take it slow.
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