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Posted 4/7/2011 11:28 AM (GMT 0)
WOW!
I can't tell if these are insults, or the ravings of two twisted individuals, perhaps it's both. I do appreciate the offer by both of you (yet again) to switch to polygamy, a la Big Love. Missy is more than enough for me to handle. Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's are where I do most of my shopping, clothing as well as tackle. Nothing says "I'm cooler than thou," better than bedroom accessories in camo. Although, I'm still not sure what a sham is, there's no doubt that Mick probably has dozens of them. Or was it scams?

Nantucket is 30 miles at sea (south of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard) and one must fly or take a ferry to access the island. It's about 14 miles long and 4 miles wide in the middle. There are no lighted traffic signals and the maximum speed limit is 45 mph or as you blokes say 32 furlongs and 7 stone per centimeter squared.

I spent the last 3 evenings at our Town Meeting (6 pm - 11 pm) and so my senses are dulled. I'll be back for more insults later.
Posted 4/7/2011 12:04 PM (GMT 0)
Hello David , I'll keep this brief as Rick has briefed me on your short attention span. He said it's a southern thing with all you southern boys. Also are you in denial David ? I freely admit I'm from the upper class suburb of Mosman on the North Shore of Sydney. So be proud of where you come from David ! It's highly likely that your being teased by two morons with nothing better to do ! I'ts hard to say which Michael Kelly was talking to you, there are several in my head . Tomorrow (Friday) Karen has some sort of charity luncheon to go to , I'm expected to go even if it just for eye candy. Love the sound of where you live ,. You're not the Godfather of Nantucket are you?
Playing with Karen's yo yo now ,I think the yo yo's mine now thanks to Karen's short attention span. She can't even rock the cradle!

Top of the morning to you David
Mick
Posted 4/7/2011 12:31 PM (GMT 0)
And the rest of the day to you...
Posted 4/8/2011 7:30 AM (GMT 0)
Hello David ,
Went to that luncheon ,it was at the Masonic Hall down the road ,it was in aid of the soup kitchen .I'm positive it was the same food just the left overs from the soup kitchen . Anyway might win the raffle ,a weekend at Ettalong Beach Club a mere 200 metres from where we live now. So that was that . It's Derby Day out here tomorrow on the horses I'll toil and hope for that elusive winner . I've been told by an American form expert that Lucky Mo is a moral in the Kentucky Derby. Lucky I've been in good health this week it seems to me I've been flat out like a one arm paperboy all week .
Heres hoping I back a winner
God knows I deserve to

Post Edited (michael kelly) : 4/8/2011 1:35:12 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/9/2011 9:37 PM (GMT 0)
To all and sundry,
After three poor weekends on the punt I came good yesterday . So it's off to the Beauty Therapist all week !
Mick
Posted 4/9/2011 10:02 PM (GMT 0)
Poor, poor Beauty Therapist.
Posted 4/9/2011 10:16 PM (GMT 0)
At least I make an effort David . The two good priced winners from yesterday (true) were "Shamrocker " at 7's and "Once Were Wild " at 10's . Irony huh .
Mick
Posted 4/9/2011 11:28 PM (GMT 0)
So, your secret is betting on horses because the name sounds cool. I like to bet on the ones that take a dump on the way out to the gate. Wait, you are talking about horses, right.
Posted 4/9/2011 11:38 PM (GMT 0)
I have to admit to being born in the Deep South...Florence, AL.  I left there when I was 10 and went to NYC (Manhattan) to join my mother who had already been up there for 7 years establishing herself as a dress designer on 7th Ave.  I got teased so much the first few weeks about my accent that I lost it as quickly as I could.  (My mother never lost hers, but talked really fast with a Southern accent.)  I found that Yankees basically looked down on Southerners.  Being from the South was quite an embarrassment, so I quit mentioning it.  I have no more relatives in AL--haven't for decades, as they all scattered across the country.  My grandparents retired to FL and my aunt went along with them.

I really consider myself a New Yorker, though I've spent more time in FL now.  N. FL is more like S. GA.  I don't really like it.  But Mayo is here and it's a lot less expensive than most places.

Hope you're all having good weekends.

Hugs,

Connie

Posted 4/10/2011 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
Southern girl here.....born in Atlanta, GA and raised in Greenville, SC and proud!! I spent a very short time in Northern VA before moving to Texas!!! So, needless to say, still have my accent, although it's not as "Scarlett Ohara" as it used to sound. LOL!

Mer
Posted 4/10/2011 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
Mer, Scarlett is much more refined than the TX twang.  (Apologies to any Texans here.)

 

Hugs,

Connie

Posted 4/10/2011 4:22 AM (GMT 0)
David and Connie , two quick questions .
Firstly Prof Veysey sent me another e-mail on Friday regarding biopsy ,What's involved?
How painful ? If any .
Q.2 He signs off with kindness regards Martin .Is this the green light to call him Martin in person.
That's all folks ,hoping you can help.
Mick
Posted 4/10/2011 10:36 AM (GMT 0)
Hello David, I think you're wonderful xxx
Posted 4/10/2011 10:53 AM (GMT 0)
Hello
Posted 4/10/2011 12:24 PM (GMT 0)
Mick,
Biopsies are different for each of us. I have had 3, though the last one was under anesthesia. The first 2 were with a shot of xylocaine to numb the skin. They insert a biopsy needle into your liver, then they pull the trigger and a tiny piece is removed for study. While there wasn't any pain, it felt like a shock in my side. The side was all the way across from the biopsy site.

My brother had a couple of biopsies and in both cases, he had shoulder or back pain. It lasted several hours. I seem to recall that Connie had pain as well. A biopsy is the ultimate test to find out exactly what's happening to your liver.

Where you live, they'll probably hogtie you and then brand you at the same time. Don't forget to ask for the stick to chew on during the procedure.

Ask Prof Veysey what to call him. I call my PCP by his first name, but that's because I've fished with him and tiled his house. My surgeon is Dr. Hertl, though at the clinic many call him "Hurricane Hertl" Funny thing, Dr. Hertl's first name is Martin.
Posted 4/10/2011 2:26 PM (GMT 0)
Mike had a biopsy in 2003.

He said it was quick, the tech joked around with him before, during and after. 

Like, David, they gave a local numbing injection and then jabbed quickly.  Maybe they used sometihng automatic. 

He didn't complain afterwards at all.

But he rarely complains about that kind of thing.  The man cuts himself doing every kind of project and doesn't even know he's hurt.  I have to dig out those surgical gloves from time to time to clean him up!

They did it at hospital in a same day surgical procedures area.  In an out in a few hours.

Happy Sunday..is it still Lent?  Mama Lama

Posted 4/10/2011 5:53 PM (GMT 0)

Levianthan, I deleted a couple of your posts since they were repetitive.  Perhaps you thought they were not going through because nobody had answered you.  The weekends tend to be slow in here...people have other things to do.  I see that David has posted in response to Mick, so perhaps he chose not to comment on your post.  It does smell of troll.  You show up on a new forum and all you post is a rather strange comment to one of the posters.  Do you have liver disease?  If so, I suggest you start a New Topic (Just click on that instead of Reply), introduce yourself and tell us what brings you here.

Connie


Posted 4/10/2011 6:22 PM (GMT 0)

Mick, my first biopsy, shortly after I'd been diagnosed with hep C in '93 was painful.  Yes, they did give the local injection but I don't think the GI gave it enough time to take effect.  Besides that, they inject the biopsy needle deeply and there's not going to be any anesthetic where it goes.  They gave me nothing whatsoever for anxiety or pain prior to the biopsy, and I had to stop taking ibuprofen (or any kind of blood thinner) for a week prior to the biopsy.  The biopsy was at 7:15 AM.  Quite frankly, I felt like I had been hit with a hammer with a knife on the end of it.  Then I had terrible upper back pain on the right.  I asked for a Darvocet or some oral pain med after the procedure and they said all they had was IV Demerol on that floor (Outpatient Surgery.)  I really didn't want to take that, given my drug history.  They had me there for a couple of hours after the procedure, waiting for a room, as a 23-hour patient.  At that time, they wanted me to lie on my rt. side with a folded blanket against my side until 3 PM.  Because it was taking me so long to get a room and the pain wasn't subsiding, I finally asked for the Demerol.  It took the pain away completely and I was flying high all day.  I was discharged about 4:30 PM when my then-husband came to pick me up.  (They don't keep you nearly that long anymore.)  I think 3/4 of the people who have biopsies only experience some mild discomfort.  I know I have a low pain threshold.

Once I got home, I only had to take a Darvocet twice the next day (stayed home from work as I was pretty sore and felt wiped out), and after that was fine.

I didn't have a biopsy again until '07 when I was under anesthesia having the rt. liver lobectomy.  A biopsy was done of my left lobe and it showed cirrhosis.  The one in '93 showed none.  This was strictly due the hep C, as I've mentioned before.

As to your doctor, when you next speak with him, ask him if you can call him Dr. Martin.  My feeling is that physicians have studied long and hard to earn the title of M.D. and that they deserve the respect of having that title used when being addressed...unless they specifically ask you to call them only by the first name.  I worked closely with a nephrologist for about 4 yrs.  His office manager, who had worked with him for 12 years and had been to his house for dinner, etc., called him by his first name, but ours wasn't a social relationship so I wouldn't have dreamed of calling him by his given name.

Hugs,

Connie


Posted 4/10/2011 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Connie,
I have a feeling that I know who the "mystery" writer is.

To Mick,
You're tough. In OZ they use a knitting needle with a hook on the end to grab the specimen. I doubt you'll be laid up for much more than a fortnight while writhing in agony. At least Karen will have some time to herself.
Posted 4/10/2011 10:28 PM (GMT 0)
Connie,
Thankyou so much for your input, I once had a high threshold for pain. However now after 12 months eight of which were spent in hospital and a private nurse coming here along with Karen's constantly babying me ,I don't believe I even have a pain threshold anymore. I flinch even when I'm getting blood taken these days! I've always had the greatest respect for Professor Veysey and will continue to do so . Mostly due to your advise ,certainly not David's .! On the subject of University and the years of study I would become the butt of more of David's jokes if he knew how long it took me to gain a Bachelor of Arts degree. Oh no ! I've just realized that I've given David more ammunition. Once again thankyou very much for your well crafted ,intellectual advice.
Mick
Posted 4/10/2011 10:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Mama Lama,
Thankyou for your valuable input . Much appreciated. Yes It's still lent over here ,not that I'm over religious but we do go to church at Easter. Hope your MK can improve to the level of life that brings joy to you both.
Mick
Posted 4/10/2011 10:51 PM (GMT 0)
Hello David, FYI Karen once upon a time used to tell me to go and get a stick .I put thought into it and came up with the idea of a leather belt ,it's only a once a month thing that's what Karen tells me anyway., and I still protest to this day! "No it's not ,in any language it's a proper whipping." That along with all the taking of my precious blood, unnecessary pushing and prodding, but its 'the probing that I really don't need .He keeps mentioning the word "prostate " I'm just thinking get the hell out of there !
As for the Leviathan situation I realized I had grabbed the wrong laptop ,Sporting Bet and Leviathan are my punting names with a corporate bookmaker ,.Then I thought "what the hell , lets have some fun with David " Fortunately for you Connie's fantastic at riding shotgun!
I have another laptop and I will catch you out one of these days.
Cheers The Leviathan.

Post Edited (michael kelly) : 4/10/2011 6:14:23 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/11/2011 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
Howdie Rick,
What yaal ben doin,
My guess after some thought he's probably out castrating pigs that won't perform! Yaal have to teach me some of this southern boy ( Good ole boy speak) see I can keep it simple Rick !
Mick
Posted 4/11/2011 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
Pam,
Just posted to say hello and hope you and hubbie are doing just fine.
Posted 4/11/2011 5:08 AM (GMT 0)
Rick .Thankyou for your reply , My mind had been awash with something happening to you . At first I thought you may have been bitten by a snake at your church service .Then I thought he's busy doing his weekend vet work. I mean come on Rick , how long did you think it would last telling the owners " It's not contagious so cook it for dinner" . Why do you think the animals around you love you so much!
I came with a good name Rick , that's my gambling laptop .What the hell did you have for tea last night Rick? Not the snapping turtles again!!! Granted easy to catch but they have toxins in them .You may be delusional once again!
Mick
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