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[nysoldiers]

The most excruiating pain that I have ever experienced was from a kidney stone a couple years ago. It was so bad that I couldn't sit or lay down without getting nauseous. Like someone was twisting a screw driver in my back. The only way to alleviate the pain was to pace the floor endlessly. Among the many meaningless lessons that I learned from that experience is how quickly members of your household can adapt to abnormal behavior. The sight of old Dad pacing from one end of the house to the other at all hours of the night like something out of "Paranormal Activity" quickly became commonplace. I remember relating my pain to my Dad during this period and he told me the story of taking my uncle from the 101st Airborne to the emergency room during a kidney stone attack and how he crawled into the hospital and asked them to shoot him in the head to alleviate the pain. I think my Dad intended that as a source of moral encouragement but it wasn't too GD successful.

This I can empathize with.....had kidney stones for a number of years (uric acid type) but now on Allopurinol so no problem for many years.
I can only describe the pain as having an elephant with high heels dancing on my back!

 

[hotel3alpha]

The most excruiating pain that I have ever experienced was from a kidney stone a couple years ago. It was so bad that I couldn't sit or lay down without getting nauseous. Like someone was twisting a screw driver in my back. The only way to alleviate the pain was to pace the floor endlessly. Among the many meaningless lessons that I learned from that experience is how quickly members of your household can adapt to abnormal behavior. The sight of old Dad pacing from one end of the house to the other at all hours of the night like something out of "Paranormal Activity" quickly became commonplace. I remember relating my pain to my Dad during this period and he told me the story of taking my uncle from the 101st Airborne to the emergency room during a kidney stone attack and how he crawled into the hospital and asked them to shoot him in the head to alleviate the pain. I think my Dad intended that as a source of moral encouragement but it wasn't too GD successful.

Ugh! I remember as a kid when my moms got them. We did not know what was wrong with her and as my dad was taking her to the hospital she grabbed for the wheel while he was driving. Seeing her is so much excruciating pain was an awful and scary sight. Yeah, I can't imagine nor do I want to.

John from Texas

 

[Alexander the Great]

….same issue with gallbladder attacks, terrible pain just terrible.

 

[lancer]

You all are going through my medical history. I've had stones (fortunately, they passed) and I've had the gall bladder problem (ended up it was diseased and had to be removed), so I will add another painful problem which I also was unfortunate enough to experience. While at work, I blew the L4/L5 disc in my back out. It impinged right on the main nerve (sciatic?). Not only was I incapacitated but the pain was excruciating. Pain killers barely touched the problem but I got lucky with treatment as the steroid shots directly into the sight of the problem actually worked to shrink the disc (the shots don't always work and surgery then becomes probable). It was a series of 3 shots and thank goodness they worked. My back isn't what it used to be (but what is at my age?) but it hasn't given much problem since the shots. Ok, who's next up in this litany of physical misery?^&grin -- Al

 

[Julie]

Administrators who look like this:

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Julie you DO NOT look like that, so there.^&grin But there are some who do. Not on TTF of course.

John from Texas

Thanks for clarifying! There may be days I avoid mirrors but I would hope someone would tell me if I looked like that!

Julie

 

[Go for Broke]

You all are going through my medical history. I've had stones (fortunately, they passed) and I've had the gall bladder problem (ended up it was diseased and had to be removed), so I will add another painful problem which I also was unfortunate enough to experience. While at work, I blew the L4/L5 disc in my back out. It impinged right on the main nerve (sciatic?). Not only was I incapacitated but the pain was excruciating. Pain killers barely touched the problem but I got lucky with treatment as the steroid shots directly into the sight of the problem actually worked to shrink the disc (the shots don't always work and surgery then becomes probable). It was a series of 3 shots and thank goodness they worked. My back isn't what it used to be (but what is at my age?) but it hasn't given much problem since the shots. Ok, who's next up in this litany of physical misery?^&grin -- Al

Fortunately, you didn't have to skip too many meals lately to buy JJD Knights of the Skies WWI airplanes.

 

[hotel3alpha]

You all are going through my medical history. I've had stones (fortunately, they passed) and I've had the gall bladder problem (ended up it was diseased and had to be removed), so I will add another painful problem which I also was unfortunate enough to experience. While at work, I blew the L4/L5 disc in my back out. It impinged right on the main nerve (sciatic?). Not only was I incapacitated but the pain was excruciating. Pain killers barely touched the problem but I got lucky with treatment as the steroid shots directly into the sight of the problem actually worked to shrink the disc (the shots don't always work and surgery then becomes probable). It was a series of 3 shots and thank goodness they worked. My back isn't what it used to be (but what is at my age?) but it hasn't given much problem since the shots. Ok, who's next up in this litany of physical misery?^&grin -- Al

Fell off a ladder inside my house. One of those 12 footers and landed flat on my butt and crushed a vertebra. Man...I rolled over to make sure I was not paralyzed it hurt so bad. I had to wear the back brace thing to keep me straight for about 4 months and I was miserable. Took about a year and a half to finally heal.

But, the shot on the bottom of the foot still send shivers up my spine.

John from Texas

 

[Panzer ace]

Fell off a ladder inside my house. One of those 12 footers and landed flat on my butt and crushed a vertebra. Man...I rolled over to make sure I was not paralyzed it hurt so bad. I had to wear the back brace thing to keep me straight for about 4 months and I was miserable. Took about a year and a half to finally heal.

But, the shot on the bottom of the foot still send shivers up my spine.

John from Texas

Broke my foot and shattered a toe once. The bottom of the foot shot was nothing compared to the one they gave me in-between my toes.

 

[lancer]

Fortunately, you didn't have to skip too many meals lately to buy JJD Knights of the Skies WWI airplanes.

Meals and I are an entirely different problem.:wink2:^&grin -- Al

 

[Panzer ace]

People who order 1 pound of meat at the deli and then when the total weight comes to 1.0000001 pounds they want a slice taken off;

 

[Vicknor]

Easy

All the deleted posts before I’ve had a chance to read their madness

Spoilsports

 

[Combat]

Reading yesterday about all the buttons that serve no purpose. Like the close door button on elevators. They apparently do not work. Or the Don't Walk buttons for pedestrians at most traffic signals. I read that most serve no purpose except to give you a sense of control while waiting. I suppose that is only annoying once you become aware that they do nothing. I still like to push them though.

 

[lancer]

Reading yesterday about all the buttons that serve no purpose. Like the close door button on elevators. They apparently do not work. Or the Don't Walk buttons for pedestrians at most traffic signals. I read that most serve no purpose except to give you a sense of control while waiting. I suppose that is only annoying once you become aware that they do nothing. I still like to push them though.

In the fire station I was assigned to there was a control board with all sorts of buttons for the man on watch. Buttons that controlled the bay doors, the traffic lights, station lights, generators, etc. There was one button with no designation, it was hooked to nothing, so naturally it was labeled in red letters as the PANIC button. It was the most used button on the control board. -- Al

 

[Panzer ace]

In the fire station I was assigned to there was a control board with all sorts of buttons for the man on watch. Buttons that controlled the bay doors, the traffic lights, station lights, generators, etc. There was one button with no designation, it was hooked to nothing, so naturally it was labeled in red letters as the PANIC button. It was the most used button on the control board. -- Al

I remember reading about a study that was done on buttons. One question stated that you were in a room with a closed door. You had the the option of pressing three buttons. The first button read "Open", the second button read "Lock" and the last one read "DO NOT PRESS". 95% of the people surveyed said they would press the "DO NOT PRESS" button.

 

[mikemiller1955]

my pet peeve!
automated tree phone services...

they always start with...
"your call is very important to us"...
hahaha...yea right...that''s why you don't answer with a live person...
followed with...
"please listen closely to the prompts as our menu has recently changed"...
then comes the...
"did you know you can get answers to all your questions by visiting our website at blah...blah...blah...blah...blah?"...
it always has several forward slashes and hyphens in the web address...
saying it so fast...it just annoying...
not for me...
this is an important matter and I want to make sure it's done correctly...
I want a live person...

they make you jump through hoop after hoop listening to the prompts and selecting the right buttons...
until I'm just begging for a live representative to help me...
now saying the words "representative"..."agent"...every time there is a pause...

I have gotten on these before and sometimes it takes 5 minutes...even more...just to get to the right department...
but that's just another trick...
when you do...they tell you that you have selected the wrong department and they will transfer you...
that's usually when you get disconnected...

Direct TV and Blue Cross Blue Shield are a couple of the worst...but I'm sure you know some too that are just as bad...

so you call back again...
and go through the same process...
and after I have sufficiently identified myself though entering my phone number...date of birth...account number...family history...shoe size...
for the second time...

screaming the words "representative"..."agent"...every time there is a pause...
I'm so frustrated I swear to myself I'm gonna unload on the first live person that answers...

now 10-15 minutes into trying to get hold of a live person...
wouldn't you know it...
someone comes on line...
but the agent has such a thick foreign accent I can't even understand him...

I called Dell computer about 10 years ago for assistance...

and the guy is walking me through the process of correcting my computer problem...
we're deep into...
maybe 45 minutes of pressing buttons in a section of the computer I didn't know existed...
I'm hoping this guy knows what he doing...
cause I have downloaded some pretty sketchy stuff to my computer and I'm feeling helpless...
I'm totally frustrated now...

so...
he tells me..."press the letter 3"...
I'm like..."what?"
he says "press the letter 3"...
I repeat..."what?"...
he pauses and...I say..."you mean then number 3?"...
he says...."no, no, no, no...press the letter 3"...
I say..."3 is a numerical character...not an alpha character...3 is not a letter"...

he won't agree with me...insisting..."I have to press the letter 3"...to move forward...
this goes on like a Laurel and Hardy skit for another 5 minutes...
I finally hang up swearing never to buy another Dell product...

I hate those trees...
WITH A PASSION!

 

[Combat]

You Tube celebrities. My daughter took me to a recent convention in which some of the attendees are apparently well known via You Tube. It seems like self absorbed narcissism to believe that you are so fascinating that you will record yourself and the public will be interested. But I suppose that is not so different from "real" celebrities.

 

[wayne556517]

All these great bargains people have on here but then you read US buyers only!!
Why if us foreigners are happy to pay fees why not give us a go??
I understand eBay dramas but if it's a long time member on here why can't I/we buy it.

 

[Alexander the Great]

All these great bargains people have on here but then you read US buyers only!!
Why if us foreigners are happy to pay fees why not give us a go??
I understand eBay dramas but if it's a long time member on here why can't I/we buy it.

Because it takes extra effort to ship to you Wayne

 

[BobZ]

Combat,

I'll add...plantar fasciitis on the bottom of your foot. Then, worse than that they steroid shot to relieve it. Probably, the single worst (double) pain I have ever experienced. It was so bad even the doctor apologized. Tears flowed on that appointment.

Been wearing $300 custom made inserts since and YES I wear Birkenstocks with pride. 10 years pain free.

John from Texas

I'll double that on the plantar/steroid shot pain. Doctor told me it was gonna really hurt. I laughed and said something like "I'm a big boy. I've had shots before." All I remember after that is shouting out some very bad words. {eek3}

 

[hotel3alpha]

I'll double that on the plantar/steroid shot pain. Doctor told me it was gonna really hurt. I laughed and said something like "I'm a big boy. I've had shots before." All I remember after that is shouting out some very bad words. {eek3}

Ummmhmmm,

John from Texas