08-21-2008, 10:22 AM | #301 | |
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How is your neck?
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08-21-2008, 10:37 AM | #302 |
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The neck is coming along fine. I can lift my head from the pillow again and look to the left and right properly when biking. Still got a lot of bruises though. I look like a human punchingbag >_<
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08-21-2008, 11:07 AM | #303 |
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*hugs Mari*
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08-22-2008, 11:34 AM | #304 |
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I'm kind of frustrated... I think my voice is pretty close to being back to normal, but I just don't have the energy... I can only seem to motivate myself to work on breathing for about 30 minutes, then I've only got enough left to sing for about 40-50 minutes. Argh!! I need more energy so I can practice longer.
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08-22-2008, 01:21 PM | #305 | |
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That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ “Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.”...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May |
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08-22-2008, 01:26 PM | #306 |
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My string cheese tastes weird. [/end vicarious venting]
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08-22-2008, 01:30 PM | #307 |
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Are you eating anything odd with it?
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I worry about that, but I worry more about falling behind. I don't want to lose more time to getting sick again, but it just kills me to think that I lost around six weeks of work, and that I could've been making so much progress... I just want to be good so freaking bad I can taste it. I mean almost literally--I can feel my wanting to be a good singer so much it's like another person standing next to me saying, "Come on, you can do better, just work a little harder." Which is both motivating and frustrating at the same time because I know no matter how hard I work I may never be good enough... but I've gotta push as far as I can without overdoing it. |
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08-22-2008, 01:35 PM | #309 |
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Only the normal sandwich and bring-my-own-lunch stuff.
Not that it's THAT big of a deal.
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08-22-2008, 03:30 PM | #310 |
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You mean besides the string cheese?
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08-22-2008, 10:04 PM | #311 |
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08-25-2008, 01:28 PM | #312 |
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Blarg. Woke up tired, again, today.... despite getting plenty of sleep. I've been feeling off and on again sick for a few days now, but I think maybe it's a little better. I wish I didn't have to work a full 8 hours today. Blaaaarg! :P
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08-25-2008, 01:50 PM | #313 |
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Pro: You're much less likely to fall asleep at work if you're standing the whole time
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08-25-2008, 02:11 PM | #314 |
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Tess...be careful. Don't get yourself all sick again.
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08-25-2008, 03:34 PM | #315 |
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What Gwai said. Don't make me come over and whack you >_<
But if you think you can go on: go for it
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08-25-2008, 05:36 PM | #316 |
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Darn right. You take good care of yourself, honey. Don't make us come over there, tuck you in a blanket before the fire and force-feed you tea with honey or a hot coco.
Um... wait... that didn't sound nearly as threatening as it did in my head... Let's try again: You take good care of yourself, Tessar, or... or... or ELSE! I mean it!
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08-25-2008, 10:24 PM | #317 |
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O.o force-fed coco and tea? HOW DREADFUL [/not sarcastic AT ALL] :P
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08-26-2008, 02:52 AM | #318 |
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Are you a Donkey on the edge? [/random Shrek moment]
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Tessar, what's your job?
And when you do, will you please, please write a book about it.
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08-26-2008, 04:47 AM | #320 |
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Hi all,
New to this community, but I saw this thread and thought that under the heading of "One of the best ways to get to know someone is to share their gripes and ills" that maybe sharing here might be a good idea. I'm a 29yr old guy, live in Florida though I was born and spent my first eleven years in Chicago. I'm (technically) married, though doing my best to end that nightmare. Now I'm involved again with my childhood sweetheart and first love. Anyways, I suffer from an as yet undiagnosed (not for a lack of trying) condition that's been causing progressively more intense back, neck and shoulder pain since I was eighteen. At first it wasn't so bad. I'd take the pills the doctor prescribed and the pain would go away, allowing me to go on with my life as normal. Then the real problems began. It seems that I develop a tolerance to opiod (narcotic) painkillers at a rate of something like 5-6x faster than a regular person. Making matters worse, I was in an accident the summer of my 21st year. Fast forward to the present. A month ago I was in a bad car accident, got rear-ended sitting at a red light by this guy talking on a cellphone, he never even hit his brakes. So my pain issues have been understandably compounded. Worse still, State Farm screwed me and has taken the position that I didn't have Collision on my insurance policy, even though they managed to charge me for enough to equal paying for it. (My bad for not examining the policy or my billing statements better). Bottom line being my truck was completely totalled and had to be sold to the wrecker just to pay the towing bill. "Better" yet, my mother just had surgery to remove a malignant growth from her kidney. The bright spot being that while they expected to have to remove part or all of the kidney as well that multiple lucky breaks made it possible for them to remove the mass without removing her kidney. The downside being that her recovery is extremely painful and slow. The household finances are in bad shape because she isn't working to boot. On top of this: My beloved had cancer as well six years ago. Chemotherapy in conjunction with outpatient surgery served to clear it up then, but within ONE week of my mother's diagnosis my angel's yearly examination results caused the doctor to schedule a biopsy, the results of which were that the cancer had recurred. They caught it very early, which is good, but the horrible thing is that since losing my own vehicle my parents have effectively been keeping me from her side by denying me the use of their vehicles. She's just barely scraping by financially as well, but there's nothing I can do to help right now since I'm unable to work in my condition. So, I'm trapped in my parent's house and am dealing with all this as best I can, but it's really hard. The cherry on top is that I've wrestled with depression since I was sixteen. Sorry for the laundry list of troubles if it bothered anyone. It's just that I'm feeling it all boil over this morning. Just typing it all out helped me, so thank you ) On a lighter note: I hope to get to know all of you here. I've always wanted to find a great LotR forum community, and this place looks really great. I wish the Silmarillion forum was more active, but ah well. Hope everything is looking up for all of you ) |
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