I discovered a time machine
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I just got out of the hospital after 4 days (medical condition occasionally causes me to get a little crazy), and I think I discovered a time machine. I totally lost track of time because they were taking blood every 4 hours, getting vitals at all hours, and shoving pills at me 24 hours a day. I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day. Due to this, I felt that I was there for over a week - turns out it was only 4 days.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.
H.G. Wells, The Time Machine :-\
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I just got out of the hospital after 4 days (medical condition occasionally causes me to get a little crazy), and I think I discovered a time machine. I totally lost track of time because they were taking blood every 4 hours, getting vitals at all hours, and shoving pills at me 24 hours a day. I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day. Due to this, I felt that I was there for over a week - turns out it was only 4 days.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
I understand. A couple of years ago I made time stop for weeks. I had some dental surgery, and the doctor over-stretched the muscles on the right side of my jaw. The resulting case of trismus (lockjaw)[^], wasn't bad enough; it triggered the worst migraine I've ever had. I ran out of my normal migraine meds, and the surgeon couldn't prescribe anything that would help. I spent ten days in bed, the last four without eating. When it finally let up, I couldn't believe it had been only ten days. What a way to lose 12 pounds :suss:.
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I just got out of the hospital after 4 days (medical condition occasionally causes me to get a little crazy), and I think I discovered a time machine. I totally lost track of time because they were taking blood every 4 hours, getting vitals at all hours, and shoving pills at me 24 hours a day. I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day. Due to this, I felt that I was there for over a week - turns out it was only 4 days.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
I understand, personally I teleported once! Funnily enough I too was sick, went down the stair for something, and when about to climb up, I sighed at the upcoming exercise and.. suddenly I was upstairs! :O Never could do it again... 😕
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I just got out of the hospital after 4 days (medical condition occasionally causes me to get a little crazy), and I think I discovered a time machine. I totally lost track of time because they were taking blood every 4 hours, getting vitals at all hours, and shoving pills at me 24 hours a day. I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day. Due to this, I felt that I was there for over a week - turns out it was only 4 days.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
When they do that to prisoners, it's treated as torture. :omg: Glad you're feeling better.
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I just got out of the hospital after 4 days (medical condition occasionally causes me to get a little crazy), and I think I discovered a time machine. I totally lost track of time because they were taking blood every 4 hours, getting vitals at all hours, and shoving pills at me 24 hours a day. I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day. Due to this, I felt that I was there for over a week - turns out it was only 4 days.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
stoneyowl2 wrote:
taking blood every 4 hours
stoneyowl2 wrote:
I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day
stoneyowl2 wrote:
turns out it was only 4 days
5 days at Ellis Hospital, Upstate NY. I have diabetes. I somehow developed an infection in my right elbow that caused me to have a 6.5 hour emergency surgery to save my right arm. They did save my arm, but I only have 80% usage of it, and can't carry anything over 30 pounds with it. Good enough to code with and that is all I need really. With that said, they took blood 4-5 times a day from me, for 5 days, trying to figure out the infection and what may have caused it. They still don't know to this day. Weird. Aliens?? I did not get much sleep in that 5 days. Also, having a nurse sponge bathe me in the middle of the night is not fun either, although you would think so. :-O Glad you are out of the hospital and on the mend, I hope. :thumbsup:
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I just got out of the hospital after 4 days (medical condition occasionally causes me to get a little crazy), and I think I discovered a time machine. I totally lost track of time because they were taking blood every 4 hours, getting vitals at all hours, and shoving pills at me 24 hours a day. I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day. Due to this, I felt that I was there for over a week - turns out it was only 4 days.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
Having a major de**ist phobia (can't even type the word!) I've had IV sedation 3 times now. Last time was last Wednesday. It's bizarre - I remember everything up to chatting with the anaesthetist. Then - nothing - until the car journey home. The thing is, I'm not unconscious, it's not like a GA. I can see, hear, respond to requests but apparently am entirely chilled out. There are stairs down from the surgery and I navigate them just fine, apparently. I just don't remember a single thing; and so quick - like turning the light on and off. (Bloody expensive though!)
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Having a major de**ist phobia (can't even type the word!) I've had IV sedation 3 times now. Last time was last Wednesday. It's bizarre - I remember everything up to chatting with the anaesthetist. Then - nothing - until the car journey home. The thing is, I'm not unconscious, it's not like a GA. I can see, hear, respond to requests but apparently am entirely chilled out. There are stairs down from the surgery and I navigate them just fine, apparently. I just don't remember a single thing; and so quick - like turning the light on and off. (Bloody expensive though!)
Well, at least I know what mine is: NASH. If you look it up, the effects of ammonia on the brain can be drastic. And, the only way to remove the ammonia apparently, is via the (ahem) BM movements - at least 3 a day. So one of my medicines is a prescription strength laxative, taken every 4 hours. The other one is a medicine that is so expensive it costs me with insurance, over $2000 a day. I get that from a doctor friend in Ecuador for $400 for 6 months supply.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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I understand. A couple of years ago I made time stop for weeks. I had some dental surgery, and the doctor over-stretched the muscles on the right side of my jaw. The resulting case of trismus (lockjaw)[^], wasn't bad enough; it triggered the worst migraine I've ever had. I ran out of my normal migraine meds, and the surgeon couldn't prescribe anything that would help. I spent ten days in bed, the last four without eating. When it finally let up, I couldn't believe it had been only ten days. What a way to lose 12 pounds :suss:.
Software Zen:
delete this;I feel your pain. a long time ago I had the migraine headache problem, (turns out I had viral meningitis that caused it.) took 4 different doctors sequentially, to figure it out. One of them prescribed Percodan, now outlawed, and it helped for several hours. Immediately after taking one. I would see a shimmering haze, and the pain would go away for 3 to 4 hours. Don't even talk to me about dentists! :mad: Every hospital, doctor's office, and dentist's office should have a sign over the door that reads "Abandon all of your dignity, and most of your hope, you that enter here"
Ed
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Well, at least I know what mine is: NASH. If you look it up, the effects of ammonia on the brain can be drastic. And, the only way to remove the ammonia apparently, is via the (ahem) BM movements - at least 3 a day. So one of my medicines is a prescription strength laxative, taken every 4 hours. The other one is a medicine that is so expensive it costs me with insurance, over $2000 a day. I get that from a doctor friend in Ecuador for $400 for 6 months supply.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
It always leaves me speechless that a "developed" nation like the US doesn't provide the basic human right of healthcare for all, even though I know situations like yours are common; and worse, that the health industries choose to make obscene profits out of people's misfortune. Yes, I said my t**th work was expensive... but I could have had the work done on the NHS for very little (without the IV sedation, and the kid-glove handling that my mental block about dent**try requires) had I chosen to wait a little longer. And when I say it's expensive, I mean it's cost me a day's income. On average, the staff at the practice must earn about what I do. My sympathies to you and glad to hear you've found an affordable solution. Hoping you can manage to get the condition under control.
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I feel your pain. a long time ago I had the migraine headache problem, (turns out I had viral meningitis that caused it.) took 4 different doctors sequentially, to figure it out. One of them prescribed Percodan, now outlawed, and it helped for several hours. Immediately after taking one. I would see a shimmering haze, and the pain would go away for 3 to 4 hours. Don't even talk to me about dentists! :mad: Every hospital, doctor's office, and dentist's office should have a sign over the door that reads "Abandon all of your dignity, and most of your hope, you that enter here"
Ed
4 doctors… I am glad you did not give up. What did the (dumb) neurologist say? “Well, after X years of never having a migraine, ever, you just got your first one! Try this cocktail of drugs.” I heard that once when my wife had a blocked carotid artery which was the source of her headache. I have met a single, smart neurologist, but I consider that the exception.