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The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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North_Ranger
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Hookay... Last day before heading off to the hospital.
Couldn't sleep last night, mind bouncing everywhere, even considered writing a traditional Finnish enchantment to ward off cancer. I know, strange thoughts, strange thoughts...
Hopefully all goes well, and I damn well want them to get the damn operation done as soon as possible. It's not the procedure itself that scares me, it's the damn waiting and mulling about it that is driving me bonkers, bat-shit insane, up the wall and few other appropriate euphemisms.
Still, trying to be hopeful. Hell, I pretty much have to get better. Three friends of mine have actually told me they'll kick my ass if I don't. And two of them are women, so I'll do all I can to avoid their wrath
Couldn't sleep last night, mind bouncing everywhere, even considered writing a traditional Finnish enchantment to ward off cancer. I know, strange thoughts, strange thoughts...
Hopefully all goes well, and I damn well want them to get the damn operation done as soon as possible. It's not the procedure itself that scares me, it's the damn waiting and mulling about it that is driving me bonkers, bat-shit insane, up the wall and few other appropriate euphemisms.
Still, trying to be hopeful. Hell, I pretty much have to get better. Three friends of mine have actually told me they'll kick my ass if I don't. And two of them are women, so I'll do all I can to avoid their wrath
North_Ranger
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Thanks. Might be a few days before I'm out of the hospital - so much depends on whether the tumor's malignant or benign. But I'll let you know when I'm back. Or when I get bored out of my skull and ask for the folks to bring my laptop over.
North_Ranger
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Back from the hospital. The operation's tomorrow morning, and since I live practically next door to the hospital - thus making me a likely candidate for undead lunch in case of a zombie apocalypse - I opted to come home to sleep for the night.
Metric crapload of tests of various bodily fluids, X-rays, checking my heart and lungs in preparation... that's what my day mostly entailed.
The bad news is that the majority of tumors like this are malignant, meaning cancer.
The good news is that as a 28-year-old non-smoker it is highly unlikely for me to develop such a cancer.
Won't know for sure for another three weeks, though. Tomorrow they're going to "shave" the bugger off and keep me hospitalized for the weekend
and send the tumor to the pathologist. Until his report comes in, it's merely academic guessing whether or not I have cancer or just an abnormally placed wart or something.
The nurses were nice, but I thank God that the doctor I met isn't going to be the one to operate on me. I swear, the man looked and sounded like he was baked like a wedding cake. And when it comes to letting a man with a knife near my John Thomas, I do prefer someone who doesn't have Funky Town playing in his noggin.
Metric crapload of tests of various bodily fluids, X-rays, checking my heart and lungs in preparation... that's what my day mostly entailed.
The bad news is that the majority of tumors like this are malignant, meaning cancer.
The good news is that as a 28-year-old non-smoker it is highly unlikely for me to develop such a cancer.
Won't know for sure for another three weeks, though. Tomorrow they're going to "shave" the bugger off and keep me hospitalized for the weekend
with a pipe up my dick and a plastic urine bag next to me,
The nurses were nice, but I thank God that the doctor I met isn't going to be the one to operate on me. I swear, the man looked and sounded like he was baked like a wedding cake. And when it comes to letting a man with a knife near my John Thomas, I do prefer someone who doesn't have Funky Town playing in his noggin.
North_Ranger
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...Just pray to God that they don't put that pipe in wrong the first time! Trust me, it sucks!
It's kinda like hearing about those porn videos that involve a vagoo, a mouse and a transparent, hollow tube. You are tempted to ask but at the same time horrified about the answer.
!Buena Suerte!
North_Ranger
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Uhh... Quesadilla con pollo?
I'd rather not, if you don't mind. But thanks for the heads-up.
Good Luck, NR!
M
makare
oh god... i am so motion sick now.
In case anyone else was curious:
1. Van Gogh - Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, 1886/87
2. Van Gogh - Self Portrait, 1887
3. Renoir - Young Girl with Long Hair, or Young Girl in a Straw Hat, 1884
4. Cézanne - Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1875/76
5. Van Gogh - Portrait of Joseph Roulin, 1889
6. William Segal - Self Portrait in a Yellow Hat
7. Camilo Henriquez Van den Borght - Jeune Chilien au chapeau
8. Jane DesRosier - Impressionist Girl With Hat Painting
9. Kees van Dongen (seems wrong as the style is completely different, and a Google search seems to suggest it's an original work by Elmyr de Hory, a noted forger.)
10. August Macke - Portrait of the Artist's Wife with Hat, 1909
11. Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida - Maria with Hat, 1910
12. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky - Self-portrait with Straw Hat, 1937
13. William Merritt Chase - Clara Stephens wearing a hat with an orange, 1913
14. Theo van Doesburg - Self-portrait with hat, 1906
15. Matisse - Woman with a Hat, 1905
16. Kees van Dongen - Lady in a Black Hat, 1908
17. Charles Camoin - Portrait de femme au chapeau, 1926
1. Van Gogh - Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, 1886/87
2. Van Gogh - Self Portrait, 1887
3. Renoir - Young Girl with Long Hair, or Young Girl in a Straw Hat, 1884
4. Cézanne - Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1875/76
5. Van Gogh - Portrait of Joseph Roulin, 1889
6. William Segal - Self Portrait in a Yellow Hat
7. Camilo Henriquez Van den Borght - Jeune Chilien au chapeau
8. Jane DesRosier - Impressionist Girl With Hat Painting
9. Kees van Dongen (seems wrong as the style is completely different, and a Google search seems to suggest it's an original work by Elmyr de Hory, a noted forger.)
10. August Macke - Portrait of the Artist's Wife with Hat, 1909
11. Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida - Maria with Hat, 1910
12. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky - Self-portrait with Straw Hat, 1937
13. William Merritt Chase - Clara Stephens wearing a hat with an orange, 1913
14. Theo van Doesburg - Self-portrait with hat, 1906
15. Matisse - Woman with a Hat, 1905
16. Kees van Dongen - Lady in a Black Hat, 1908
17. Charles Camoin - Portrait de femme au chapeau, 1926
Sculptures made from recycled tires... awesome.
Looks like the traffic from Reddit ate up all the artist's bandwidth, so here's a Google image link.
Looks like the traffic from Reddit ate up all the artist's bandwidth, so here's a Google image link.
North_Ranger
Staff member
Yeah... the operation got postponed. There was a fire in one part of the hospital complex (the TYKS or Turku University Central Hospital is a rather big one), and while I hear there's no casualties, much of that part of the hospital had to be evacuated. Including the ICU, which now needed an available operating theatre - which inded up being the one where I was supposed to go.
Got a new operating time for Monday morning, plus some new and quite disturbing medical information. Apparently the tumor is located in such a way that it has effectively blocked my left urinary tract, i.e. the line connecting my left kidney to the bladder. Effect: the kidney has shut down its operations. And while that sounds severe, the doctor who will perform the operation told me that there will be no ill effect to having a defunct kidney. A single kidney alone can handle the job and then some, so having two is something of an evolutionary redundancy. Plus, the defunct kidney will not be rejected by the body, so unless there are some complications with the tumor that will require a more drastic operation (such as removal of the bladder, eek!), there's no medical reason to pluck it out.
In other words, I'll be spending a few more days in waiting.
The silver lining to all of this is that now I can attend a friend's housewarming party tomorrow
Got a new operating time for Monday morning, plus some new and quite disturbing medical information. Apparently the tumor is located in such a way that it has effectively blocked my left urinary tract, i.e. the line connecting my left kidney to the bladder. Effect: the kidney has shut down its operations. And while that sounds severe, the doctor who will perform the operation told me that there will be no ill effect to having a defunct kidney. A single kidney alone can handle the job and then some, so having two is something of an evolutionary redundancy. Plus, the defunct kidney will not be rejected by the body, so unless there are some complications with the tumor that will require a more drastic operation (such as removal of the bladder, eek!), there's no medical reason to pluck it out.
In other words, I'll be spending a few more days in waiting.
The silver lining to all of this is that now I can attend a friend's housewarming party tomorrow
North_Ranger
Staff member
I fail to see what Doctor Strangelove has to do with anything...
GasBandit
Staff member
Wait, am I in the random crap thread, or the rant thread?
North_Ranger
Staff member
This would be the random crap thread. To get to the rant thread, take a left at Awesome Videos and keep going forward. If you come to the corner of Say Something About the Previous Poster and One Pic Thread, you've gone too far.
I actually thought that it was great, and giggled a little.
North_Ranger
Staff member
Okay, going to the hospital, take two.
Hopefully this time there won't be a fire or a tsunami or a flood or a Godzilla attack...
See you on the flip side, folks.
Hopefully this time there won't be a fire or a tsunami or a flood or a Godzilla attack...
See you on the flip side, folks.