I'm pretty damned sick, but I'm still kicking (weakly).
So far I've had four hospital stays: Memorial Day through the following Friday, July 10-14, August 11-14, and August 15-24.
I've been "not right" since at least January, beginning with severe swelling of both legs. The first hospital trip was due to that. Diagnosis: non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. (That means "lots of scar tissue to the point the liver don't do it's job much.) Second trip was due to internal blood loss from a gastric ulcer combined with blood thinners I'd been taking since May of 2017. I had about half my normal blood volume. Felt great for for a couple of weeks after being given three units of blood, then August 11 I didn't feel great anymore. Lots of blood tests, lots of medication adjustments. After being discharged from the hospital, I collapsed at home the next evening, so back we went. Seems your kidneys don't work real well if your liver isn't working right, and also if your liver isn't working right, nasty crap like ammonia builds up in your bloodstream.
I "lost" a couple of days there I literally have no memory of. Took about a week to get my brain fully back online. For an engineer, it's scary to realize you cannot do simple arithmetic in your head.
So I've been at home now since 8-24, and I'm setting up "Short-term disability" until I can get some strength back, at least enough to get into my office to start doing some paying work. So if' you've been wondering where I've been, now you know.
The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. - Ayn Rand
Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama
I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit
The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David
The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish
All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck
I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit
The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David
The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish
All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck
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