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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 16 Jan 10 - 02:00 PM CELLAR! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Donuel Date: 16 Jan 10 - 03:26 PM I have a Squidward plush toy that sounds perfect for Tom I have recovered the ability to walk pain free after 20 months. Now its hard to see where I am walking since both my eyes have detached and a veil like rain on the windshield makes it hard to see against light backgrounds like this reply to thread box. Finally I can no longer trust my eyes. Now If I see something unsual I can dismiss it with impunity. Like Don RUmsfeld would say "you don;t get the trade off you want , you get the trade off you have." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Jan 10 - 05:31 PM Art Therapy - is he one like Art Brookes or Art Thieme? I'm settling down with a rather lovely blonde from Belgium... or am I in the wrong place fot that? LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 16 Jan 10 - 06:53 PM You're in the wrong place, Liz. The House of the Setting Sun is through that corridor and across the tracks. Any coconut custard pie to be had???? Here they are a standin in a rowwwwww |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 16 Jan 10 - 07:04 PM Do they serve Pina Coladas here or can I order in from the Tavern? I would kill for a macaroon. You put the lime in the coconut And drink down Call the doctor and he You put the lime in the coconut And drank it down????? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Severn Date: 17 Jan 10 - 01:33 AM SINSULL, Would you even dance the Macaroona for us for one? Or sing Eileen MacAroon? Would you commit mass murder for several Macareen? What would happen if you put quicklime in de coconut? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 17 Jan 10 - 05:36 AM Here is little old me, standing outside Sinsull's white room in the Jackson Pollock Wing, passing out blow paint pens to the inmates...errr patients. Come on have a go! http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 17 Jan 10 - 05:43 AM Great Swedish ear buns, Batman! The physio therapist has just arrived. Ivanna Hertyew |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Morticia Date: 17 Jan 10 - 06:27 AM Yanno, suddenly I feel much, much better.Must be check out time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: jacqui.c Date: 17 Jan 10 - 09:18 AM No recent incision, but can I have a little corner please, just for a while, with intravenous Chardonnay. I promise not to be any trouble..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 17 Jan 10 - 04:36 PM Ivanna Ivanna! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Phot Date: 17 Jan 10 - 05:50 PM Fresh bracing air is required! Form an orderly queue, a well fettled TR6 (In finest 70s purple) is available to give those who need it, a blast of finest sub zero night air.............No, I'm sorry, the roof does not go up, thats why heaters were invented! Wassail!! Chris |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 18 Jan 10 - 04:48 AM So... how are ve all filling today Ja? Ze gud doktorrr has come to zee you are all filling yourselfs properly. Der Sqveek is having zer lie down after a zubztanzal amount of ze red vine jestorday ja? But do not vear, she vill be up and sqveeking again verrrry zoon ja? Meanvile, der Doktorrrr is IN! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Severn Date: 18 Jan 10 - 06:38 AM Which (or Witch) doktor iss thiss Sour Kraut, anyvay? I see Lance Boyles for dermitology and have already met met Abraham Bortz the OBGYN and some ex-military type, Maj. Malcolm Function (ret.), the Director of Security Otto Pilate, Betty Beye, the anesthesiologist and that Native American orderly, Running Sore, among others. I haven't checked with the oncologist to see who's on call today. He's in charge of making the schedule. Who do we get to zee today? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Bat Goddess Date: 18 Jan 10 - 11:09 AM They wanted twenty bucks for the baby pterodactyl -- evidently not part of the post-Christmas mark down. I'd have considered 5 bucks. Ah well. I think I'll go take advantage of this snow day and my extreme fatigue and take a nap. Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 18 Jan 10 - 12:02 PM Nurse Cathy Terr will be along shortly with her equipment... best prepare yourself Sev! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: GUEST,wys-out Date: 18 Jan 10 - 12:05 PM Printing up to this point for Hardi to take to Michelle. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Montgomery Ward 2010 From: Severn Date: 18 Jan 10 - 12:29 PM The gang at the tavern just sent us a load of special commemorative Wotsomatta U. jello cubes colored Pomagranate and Puce. I know the Tidy Bowl game was played a while ago and I lost some money when dear old W.U. went down the tubes. I'm not sure where it's been or if it's any fresher than the green stuff they feed me daily in here, but I get the special sugar-free stuff, so bon appetit to the rest of you! I'd heard rumors it was originally destined to be funneled through Scotland for relief via the "Haggis For Haiti" group, but they must have sent it to "our own private Hades" by mistake. If it smells a bit squiddy, I wouldn't mess with it....... I'm feeling morphined-ish than ever after breakfast, so they must be planning to torture me extra hard today. So I guess that means that I don't get to get out to the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday white sales to get a good deal on some king sized sheets. I'll put the radio on the local Pacifica station WPFW, though, as they always have some good documentary programming about the man. Last year ar this time, I'd have been listening to it while working overtime at the Post Office where some friends put me on to it some years ago, but I'm free at last from that part of it! Happy American Holiday, world! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jan 10 - 01:47 PM There seems to be a rather large stack of stuffed animals that accumulated on the bed in Michelle's room overnight. You'll have to look hard to find her in with the critters. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 18 Jan 10 - 03:30 PM Severn... "Or sing Eileen MacAroon" I know a cookie there, Eileeeen MacArooooon. Fired in that oven ware. Fired with tender care. Flour and coconut, Eileeeen MacArooooon. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jan 10 - 11:41 AM I put in one last appearance in the holiday tavern, but I'm glad the hall coat closet is still connected back to the recovery ward. (Did you know they have booths in the tavern now?) How's everyone doing back here this morning? Someone ought to stick their head into the tavern kitchen in a few minutes and get some dibs on those muffins I smelled. I think they're blueberry. Oh, Look, Michelle is here, buried under all of those bears. I bet she's getting a little hot. . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: GUEST,WYS-out Date: 19 Jan 10 - 11:46 AM How's everyone doing back here this morning? Here, the licking of wounds is almost done-- and just in time to fly again, too. (I'm planning on taking my head with me, because I can re-attach it without Ratched, and I will not need to tuck it underneath my arm, LOL. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 19 Jan 10 - 12:59 PM That's not Michelle. It's Jacqui. That Chardonnay catheter is flowing a bit fast. Wasn't that box full an hour ago???? Memories of the Getaway: She's not breathing...I think she's dead....GOOD! She's moving and breathing. Probably needs the rest after all the drama last week. Close the door and leave her with the teddies. SPAW! Get away from that door. I said with the teddies not in one. Dirty old man... Michele bypassed the Recovery Ward and went straight home. Ingrate! All that painting and decorating and what happens? A drunken Jacqui flops on the bed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: GUEST,WYS-out Date: 19 Jan 10 - 01:18 PM Michelle was discharged from hospital too soon. (Treat her as still in it, Sins.) She'll be along when she's ready. She knows the Ward is open. ~Susan and Hardi~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 19 Jan 10 - 03:42 PM Oh dear. Guess I better get Jacqui out that room pronto. Maybe we can move her in with Kendall for a while. Seems OK to me. But then Seamus has to give up the bed. Decisions. Decisons. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 19 Jan 10 - 03:53 PM Gee... I dunno if this ward is a good place for Michelle at the mo. Seems to me one needs to be fighting fit in order to survive here. tam - looking for a quiet place to lie down for a bit. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Jan 10 - 04:52 PM Virginia, might I suggest you hunker down in the coat closet that links between the Recovery Ward and the Tavern? There are usually a few winter coats that have slipped off of their hangers, making it a fairly comfortable stopping point, actually, if you're crawling from one place to the other. . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 19 Jan 10 - 05:00 PM UMMMM I thought it would be OK if Seamus was moved there after he got kicked out of Kendall's Room. We really do have to expand this place. Or at least double up in the private rooms. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: LilyFestre Date: 19 Jan 10 - 06:52 PM Daffodils, red flowers and Mexican sunshine.......loving it!!! Makes me feel surrounded by a soft spring sunshine...wrapped right up in it and perfect for napping. Back to sleep for me. I'll be visiting again soon......I'm digging on Kendall's sheets with the chickens too! :) Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: jacqui.c Date: 19 Jan 10 - 07:24 PM Hic! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 19 Jan 10 - 07:39 PM No... I am a redneck... big diff, jac. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 19 Jan 10 - 08:47 PM What a muddle. Michelle is "digging on Kendall's sheets". In her condition you would think she could show a little restraint. But he HAD to wear that damn leather jacket and the hat. SIGH And Jacqui. Good grief! Nurse Ratched turned up her IV to full force. 2 liters of cheap Chardonnay in minutes. She usually has a little glass per night. I hope we can sober her up in time for the GRAMMYs. Seamus is nowhere to be found. I suspect he followed the smell of roasting velicoraptor into the Tavern. Between the duck, the squid, Liz the Squeak and Rap he may need rehab. Enough! I am taking the Red Room. I have always loved Chinese Red for a bedroom. Pure water in the IV and JD on the rocks in a glass. CD on - John Roberts, I think. Now all of you. Go AWAY1 And don't come back until 5:30AM with my coffee. Except you Captain. If Michelle doesn't behave come in here for a nap. I am too terrified of Jacqui to be a problem. But I don't snore so you may need ear plugs. Night all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Bat Goddess Date: 19 Jan 10 - 10:48 PM I'd settle for a nice cozy out of the way corner to quietly curl up in the fetal position and suck my thumb...is there a corner available? Maybe with a rabbit fur throw to wrap around me? (Or the famous trained cat blanket...) A Lillet drip would be nice, too. Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Severn Date: 19 Jan 10 - 11:25 PM When's graduation from these hallowed halls of IV? Oh, well. The pain management people are going to restock me tomorrow. And then, of course, back to another stretch of PT. I hope the lovely Nurse InterVenus DeMilo's running it again, maybe with somebody to lend her a hand this time (Sigh!).... Gene Pitney (of "Town Witnout Pitney" fame) was right. It hurts to be in love...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 20 Jan 10 - 10:11 AM Sev, Does it get better each time? Every time I read about that young boy set on fire by his friends I think of you. So much pain. You have my undying respect for handling it with grace and a sense of humor. I suspect i would whine quite a bit. Mary |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 20 Jan 10 - 10:51 AM Move Seamus off the bed, I need it... I've just got back from spending a night in the local hospital... chest pains got unmanageable (especially whilst driving but I pulled over safely before it was too late) and I called for one of those blue and yellow taxis with the pretty lights on the top. So... I was poked, prodded, stabbed, bled, Xrayed, monitored and observed for the night. Seems it's obligatory to wake patients up every 45 mins so consequently, I got about 3 hours sleep in 1/2hr increments. The 12lead ECG showed nothing horribly wrong but I do look like I've been rogered by an octopus. All is well though, I'm back home now for a rest on the sofa for a couple of days, catching up on the TV I've missed and waiting for more snow. Nurse, chocolate cherries, STAT! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 20 Jan 10 - 10:54 AM Jeez Liz. That's scary. Dark chocolate or milk? I'll bring an extra box for Ratched to keep her off your case. M |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 20 Jan 10 - 03:32 PM (Actually, I think I met her weird guy from Radiology... he was wearing white scrubs with an unhealthy mustard yellow trim - they seemed to match his eyes.... I was scared, really scared!) LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 20 Jan 10 - 03:58 PM The Devil was in radiology? Was he Haitian? Pat Robertson may need to know. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 20 Jan 10 - 07:31 PM Dunno about Haitian... definately strange bordering on freaky! Troglodyte sprang to mind, but I suppose, if you're going to work radiology at night, being a cave dweller is an advantage. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Re-covert and Wired 2010 From: Severn Date: 21 Jan 10 - 01:33 AM SINSULL, Thanks for your comments. Progress moves slow like a glacier, something to be measured in Centimeters or milimeters, but it DOES move.These Recovery Ward threads are great, not only because we all get to laugh off our pain together in a group of friends, but hidden in the jokes, fantasies and drinks, there is the information of what's really happening to us and how it feels. And we can do it all in here without resorting to starting individual or vanity sickness threads. Shared informative therapy is definitely a good thing. Have you ever been in a party or chatroom and you end up spending all your time telling the same illness updates and stories to various small groups of people all night? I recently went to a party full of people I hadn't seen in years and by the time the medical updates were through, I found I had little time to really reaquaint myself with these folks after fielding the inevitable first question of the night. I was wishing I could just walk in, issue flyers to everybody and get down to becoming a social being again. I can do updates in here for a lot of the on-line people to see and also refer other people to check out these threads so I can move on to talking about other things in my precious little time I have to socialize. I use humor to help deal with my pain and circumstances and try to inspire my fellow inmates to do and share the same, but I am going to see some stress management people about depression and if you don't think I whine and groan a bit, just ask my sole housemate, Molly The Cat. So I have to thank everyone in here for laughter, inspiration and shared news, friendship and information. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: VirginiaTam Date: 21 Jan 10 - 02:41 AM begin grumble... I just want about 4.5 hours uninterrupted sleep at least 2 nights in a row. Just to see how I feel after. And I don't want no freaking chemical inducement, cuz it makes me feel foggy after. I don't need no help in the stupid department. I do that quite naturally. ...end grumble |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 21 Jan 10 - 05:47 AM Sev - we hear you... and we're always available for therapy sessions if you feel the need to unburden... VT - I can recommend hypnotherapy - well, it works for me! At the very least, you get an hour's therapy session to yourself and it's very relaxing; that alone is worth gold! Morty - healing thoughts coming at you... keep eating the ice-cream - full of dairy goodness and calcium (and chocolate). And whilst we're here, can you spare a few thoughts for my friend the Biker, whose wife finally succumbed to her bone cancer on Sunday. He's not coping so well and needs all the help he can get. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Liz the Squeak Date: 21 Jan 10 - 06:15 AM That's Ian the Biker... d'oh! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Severn Date: 21 Jan 10 - 09:02 AM I'll correct that to depression-like symptoms. It's just that I've known friends and relatives that had severe cases and I know some of the warning signs. I only want to try to do some preventive maintenance, is all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 21 Jan 10 - 09:17 AM Very wise, Sev. Depression gallops in my family. Ignore a few base symptoms and full blown suicidal depression follows. You wouldn't wait for a toothache to become unbearable before seeing a dentist. Wonder why we do it with our minds? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: gnu Date: 21 Jan 10 - 10:35 AM Good points, Sev... and others. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Stilly River Sage Date: 21 Jan 10 - 11:05 AM If you're shuffling around here at slow depressed speeds you're less likely to hurt yourself if you step on one of Michelle's escaped staples. Watch where you're walking. She should turn up over here one of these days. She's watching Clean Sweep on one of the cable channels, so she may have some ideas about a few of the messier rooms in the ward. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: SINSULL Date: 21 Jan 10 - 12:00 PM How hard would it be to build a tunnel between the Ward and my house? I could use some de-cluttering help. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Recovery Ward 2010 From: Leadfingers Date: 21 Jan 10 - 12:39 PM 100 |
