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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 31, 2018 20:03:41 GMT -5
I’ve only had chicken pox.
But since we’re comparing scars (and I got a literal one from it) my appendix burst inside of me because I blew off the pain as cramps until my wife had enough of my stubborn crap and took me to the hospital.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 31, 2018 20:04:39 GMT -5
I had measles, German measles, and chicken pox but managed to avoid the mumps. Instead I got tonsillitis a lot, the last time in my mid-30s (I had to stay home from work in case it turned into strep to avoid infecting my pregnant boss). I don't remember any of it being much fun, especially all the vomiting that came with the measles. How anyone could let scientific illiterates like Jenny McCarthy and Gwyneth Paltrow persuade them to risk putting their children and others through such misery (not to mention the far worse consequences I luckily avoided) is beyond me.
Cei-U! I summon the not-so-fond memories!
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 31, 2018 20:17:10 GMT -5
But since we’re comparing scars (and I got a literal one from it) my appendix burst inside of me because I blew off the pain as cramps until my wife had enough of my stubborn crap and took me to the hospital. Wow! Bobby Elliot of The Hollies was not expected to survive his appendix bursting, he put off doing anything I think because they were on tour (and this was in the '60s, so medical help might not have been as advanced then). I don't think Ringo cut things as closely (they had time to line up a replacement Beatles drummer).
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 31, 2018 20:38:52 GMT -5
But since we’re comparing scars (and I got a literal one from it) my appendix burst inside of me because I blew off the pain as cramps until my wife had enough of my stubborn crap and took me to the hospital. Wow! Bobby Elliot of The Hollies was not expected to survive his appendix bursting, he put off doing anything I think because they were on tour (and this was in the '60s, so medical help might not have been as advanced then). I don't think Ringo cut things as closely (they had time to line up a replacement Beatles drummer). She took me to the ER and they did an emergency surgery. Before I went under the doctor told me too much longer and it could have killed me. He said you might want to thank your wife for saving your life. I also had a drain so emptying that and repacking the incision that was some nastiness you’d see in The Thing was penance for my stubborn refusal to go to doctors. I try to be better about it after that.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 31, 2018 20:51:54 GMT -5
Wow! Bobby Elliot of The Hollies was not expected to survive his appendix bursting, he put off doing anything I think because they were on tour (and this was in the '60s, so medical help might not have been as advanced then). I don't think Ringo cut things as closely (they had time to line up a replacement Beatles drummer). It's always the drummer who causes trouble!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 31, 2018 21:22:46 GMT -5
I had measles, German measles, and chicken pox but managed to avoid the mumps. Instead I got tonsillitis a lot, the last time in my mid-30s (I had to stay home from work in case it turned into strep to avoid infecting my pregnant boss). I don't remember any of it being much fun, especially all the vomiting that came with the measles. How anyone could let scientific illiterates like Jenny McCarthy and Gwyneth Paltrow persuade them to risk putting their children and others through such misery (not to mention the far worse consequences I luckily avoided) is beyond me. Cei-U! I summon the not-so-fond memories! I still get tonsillitis. I wish so bad they’d taken them out when I was a kid. I’m also still prone to ear infections. In fact when I saw the doc that diagnosed my diabetes he asked if I knew I had a hole in my eardrum. I was not aware, but was not surprised.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 1, 2018 19:32:45 GMT -5
Thinking about giving up learning Japanese. Tried being into it the last couple of months self studying at least 30 minutes to an hour per day. Even recently got an online tutor on italki. Just not feeling like that's enough time to learn material, and retain it. I was frustrated, and took about a week off all together. Now I feel like I've forgotten almost everything. Maybe language learning isn't for me.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 2, 2018 5:43:24 GMT -5
Thinking about giving up learning Japanese. Tried being into it the last couple of months self studying at least 30 minutes to an hour per day. Even recently got an online tutor on italki. Just not feeling like that's enough time to learn material, and retain it. I was frustrated, and took about a week off all together. Now I feel like I've forgotten almost everything. Maybe language learning isn't for me. Do you have people conversing with you in that Language? It helps.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 2, 2018 7:53:43 GMT -5
Thinking about giving up learning Japanese. Tried being into it the last couple of months self studying at least 30 minutes to an hour per day. Even recently got an online tutor on italki. Just not feeling like that's enough time to learn material, and retain it. I was frustrated, and took about a week off all together. Now I feel like I've forgotten almost everything. Maybe language learning isn't for me. Do you have people conversing with you in that Language? It helps. Just my tutor I recently got on italki. She's a native, and clearly knows how to teach. Even with the textbook I've been using she already knows very well. She's handed out I think nearly 10k lessons online italki for the past seven years. So she remains busy. And she isn't that expensive. Still, I haven't booked a third lesson. I just felt, in addition to other things, overwhelmed. Like I was NEVER going to make progress with the daily time I allowed to study the language. I just have a bad habit of giving up on anything that is really difficult for me. Just mentally shut down. Sadly. I'm hanging on by a thread with this one. I was going to finally get back on track today after not having studied for about a week now. But I chickened out. I know I'm only getting worse though the the more days I let pass. I can't even do my flashcards at this point. I just hate the thought of going back several steps. I hate it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 2, 2018 8:38:34 GMT -5
Had to share this
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 2, 2018 17:13:38 GMT -5
It might not be a good idea for a male to have a female Japanese teacher as women and men speak so differently and even have different versions of words. I'm not sure though, maybe she would know to talk manly or something. There's also a 'chan' or kiddie version of the language. Way back it was women who used one written version of Japanese and the men the other (mostly the kanji or Chinese character based one). It's a logical language in many ways both written and spoken, but so much is inference really, you almost have to be a native to actually know what is being referred to at times, plus there is slang and even things that developed from the oldest pictograms that makes no sense since things evolved visually away from how they started. It's actually impossible even for most Japanese to ever be truly fluent in their own language anymore I've heard. If you look at the comics too there will be hiragana under the kanji because so many, especially the young, don't know as many kanji.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 2, 2018 18:49:55 GMT -5
Wow! Bobby Elliot of The Hollies was not expected to survive his appendix bursting, he put off doing anything I think because they were on tour (and this was in the '60s, so medical help might not have been as advanced then). I don't think Ringo cut things as closely (they had time to line up a replacement Beatles drummer). She took me to the ER and they did an emergency surgery. Before I went under the doctor told me too much longer and it could have killed me. He said you might want to thank your wife for saving your life. I also had a drain so emptying that and repacking the incision that was some nastiness you’d see in The Thing was penance for my stubborn refusal to go to doctors. I try to be better about it after that. I had to have my appendix out when I was in the first grade. It didn't burst, but came close. My parents took me to several doctors and hospitals, but they couldn't figure out why I was in such pain. Finally they took me to a doctor a couple of towns away who diagnosed the issue via a quick finger to an unpleasant place, and told them to take me to the hospital NOW. Still don't know why something fairly common was so hard to diagnose.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 2, 2018 19:41:03 GMT -5
She took me to the ER and they did an emergency surgery. Before I went under the doctor told me too much longer and it could have killed me. He said you might want to thank your wife for saving your life. I also had a drain so emptying that and repacking the incision that was some nastiness you’d see in The Thing was penance for my stubborn refusal to go to doctors. I try to be better about it after that. I had to have my appendix out when I was in the first grade. It didn't burst, but came close. My parents took me to several doctors and hospitals, but they couldn't figure out why I was in such pain. Finally they took me to a doctor a couple of towns away who diagnosed the issue via a quick finger to an unpleasant place, and told them to take me to the hospital NOW. Still don't know why something fairly common was so hard to diagnose. Thats pretty much what the doc in the ER did. Apply pressure to my abdomen and was like “yup you’re going to need surgery”
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 2, 2018 22:00:51 GMT -5
I had to have my appendix out when I was in the first grade. It didn't burst, but came close. My parents took me to several doctors and hospitals, but they couldn't figure out why I was in such pain. Finally they took me to a doctor a couple of towns away who diagnosed the issue via a quick finger to an unpleasant place, and told them to take me to the hospital NOW. Still don't know why something fairly common was so hard to diagnose. Thats pretty much what the doc in the ER did. Apply pressure to my abdomen and was like “yup you’re going to need surgery” Kinda wish it had been the abdomen. He went a more direct route through the back door.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 3, 2018 10:44:25 GMT -5
Thats pretty much what the doc in the ER did. Apply pressure to my abdomen and was like “yup you’re going to need surgery” Kinda wish it had been the abdomen. He went a more direct route through the back door. *tries to find emoticon to express that amount of discomfort but can’t find one*
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