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I'm at the end of my rope. Twice now this draining fistula beside my belly button has dried up long enough for me to go on a liquid diet. After a week on liquids, I could begin a soft diet for a week and then I'd be home free to eat whatever I want. Problem is, each time around third day of...

You're right John... and I take back what I said. In my father's case, he had suffered 4 major strokes during his 42nd year of life which left him an empty shell of his former self. He had no hope of a meaningful recovery. In my case, I've always had the certainty of eventual recovery and it...

My father killed himself when I was 24. When this happens, you have no idea of the devastation for the family members left behind. Statistically, as the oldest son of a father who committed suicide, I am 7 times more likely that an average person to do the same. When I got sick with massive...

During my recent 6 month hospitalization, I was given an approximately 10 year old Dell laptop that had essentially never been used. When I got home, I installed XP over Win2000 and immediately turned the machine into a slow clunker. It only has 256 megs of RAM. I just obtained a never...

Partnerships usually don't work out unless one of the partners owns 51% of the biz. Just sayin'...

I'll be glad when I have the same report. Wearing this bag on my belly that collects intestinal bile is becoming a hideous experience. If it doesn't dry up by next month I will have a 17th surgery to remove the fistula.

I once duplicated a Texas state inspection sticker with my Edge machine. for a vehicle that needed too many repairs. Drove it with it on there for better part of a year before a cop spooked me along the road making me think I was getting pulled over. Decided not to press my luck any further.

I opened this thread thinking it had something to do with what I'm about to go thru. Six months on heavy duty narcotics is enough. I usually do a rapid taper that leaves me hyper as Rodney Dangerfield for a few weeks. Let the good times begin!

THANK YOU for the "real" version of the flowers ya sent me in another post. They are awesome! And best part is, i can't kill 'em by forgetting to water them. You are truly one of my favorite people.

Hi all... I'm back home after five months in a little hell hole hospital they referred to as a rehab facility. My surgery took place at the big new hospital next door, but as soon as it was evident the surgery had created a chronic problem I was shipped next door.The short, palatable version is...

ARLO on the line.... Well, I came out of surgery with 4 drains originally hanging from inside my belly Three of those sites of bile leakage from intestines have dried up and i'm down to one drain. As soon as last one dries up, i will be put on liquid diet for a week, and then solids for a week...

Arlo update from arlo hisself!!!! As of Wed of this week I will have been in the hospital for 12 weeks.My diet still consists of IV injections of pain and nausea meds 24/7. One absolutely cool thing though is my card covered wall from all of you.Nurses will still remark about it when I am am...

This is from my wife's FB page in a message to Bigdawg I think.Here is the official, firsthand (yet down to the last brain cell) update. It is as exciting as trying to give yourself a professional pedicure with a less than youthful belly hanging in your line of sight. Each and every day...

Murphy's Law prevails...Since all the good news from yesterday, Arlo has not necessarily taken a turn for the worse, but certainly not for the better. He has begun "leaking" so to speak into his abdomen, which means the repair job to his intestine did not hold, just as the surgeon was concerned...

newest Arlo update Hello all. It warms my heart to see all the posts about Arlo on here. He has been moved from ICU to PICU actually, which is the "step down" unit. He is still being monitored very closely and is not out of the woods just yet. He is not up and walking around, but has been...

Hello all, this is Arlo's wife. He wanted me to post an update on him since having his surgery on Wed., July 14. He is, what his family has come to call him, our Murphy's Law patient. What can go wrong for him usually does. The day of surgery went well and the surgeon was pleased with what...

It's 4:30am. I've been awake on the couch most of the night. I'm to be at the hospital at 5:45 - because I'm the first surgery scheduled today. That's a tip for you I've learned after 14 previous surgeries. If you ever have to have surgery, ask to be the first scheduled in the morning...

You have achieved the distinction of being the first woman to give me flowers in all my 57 years. Loved it - deeply touched. C'mon the rest of you ladies! ARLO WANTS FLOWERS!!!

Already discussed that with the surgeon. I'll have a couple months of OxyContin after I'm out of hospital. My surgeon said "you're not a cheap drunk. Your opioid tolerance is very high, we'll be dosing you real good." She's right. I get a script for 10/325 vicodin and eat five or six of them at...

looks exactly like a standard Gerber clipart that has been in the library of every Gerber software I've owned.