Get Your Grump on Thursdays - Was (What's chapping my @ss today?)

mstyer, my sympathy to you and your wife.

I have a crunchy sealed bearing that needs replacement. I have one bike. Oh well.

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Originally Posted by mstyer

My wife was diagnosed with MS yesterday.

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Bless you guys and the best to your wife.

Finally a diagnosis! CFS. Worst part is I know how I ended up here and I kind of knew I was doing it to myself. Might grow a beard.


Edit: Sorry. Didn't see Morgans post above. Very sorry to hear about your wife. Makes my post seem disrespectful now.

Prayers with you and your wife, mstyer.

Jr high and high school friend has stage 4 brain tumor. Benefit auction for him on Saturday.

8-month-old took her first true crawling movements last night. While that might be cause for celebration in many households, in mine it just means that the house needs to be re-configured like yesterday... <grumpy>

No worries, devlin.

It's a sucky diagnosis, but it seems like there's a lot of knowledge and support out there.

Her doctor cautioned strongly about spending too much time in the sun and overheating, so we're trying to figure out how big of an impact that will have on our planned tandem adventures.

Prayers for your friend, DT.

Years ago I researched, wrote and produced marketing materials for an MS treatment. The video shoot took several days, and I spent much of that time with two wonderful ladies who were participating in the clinical trial. I've held the patients and treatments of MS in my thoughts ever since.

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Originally Posted by mstyer

My wife was diagnosed with MS yesterday.

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Thoughts to you and your wife. Hang in there, aim to enjoy each day and always find something to be grateful for.

Guess I better put a grump here as I can't do pushups.
Another friend goes under the knife for BC next week.

Here top this: Got hired Thursday last, started Monday this, drew final check TODAY.

some sort of mismatch, "biz decision", not personal, still pals.

but i'm BUMMED just a little bit.

also FUCK!

Hey no disrespect meant on the MS diagnosis.

My apologies to all for posting first, reading later. My pop has been officially MS for about 25 years.

PM sent.

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Originally Posted by WadePatton

Got hired Thursday last, started Monday this, drew final check TODAY.

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Guess I failed the Mansplainin thing.

Today I had to go to a conference at a hotel near O’Hare. Took the Chicago Transit Authority light rail train to its penultimate stop before O’Hare Airport. Seated next to me the entire ride out was a well-dressed female with a suit case and one of those u-pillows people take with them on long airplane rides.

For whatever reason the automatic p.a. system said my stop was O’Hare rather than Rosemont.

I saw the woman get up and head to the doors, but assuming she would recognize the train was not in fact at the airport said nothing. At first I lost track of her in the bustle to the station exit but as I walked out on the street level I happened to look back and noticed she was ambling about by all appearances trying to figure where the exit to the airport was. As it happens, she was at least two miles away from the airport.

Arguably my failure to assume the woman did not know where she was quite possibly contributed to her missing a plane.

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Originally Posted by mstyer

My wife was diagnosed with MS yesterday.

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that is a fucking bummer

but know this - the therapeutic landscape for MS is vastly different now than it was in the past... early intervention with effective agents is really really reducing flares, lesions, and progression to disability. give that disease hell!!

i was going to bitch about something but christ, for now i'm healthy. life is a gift muchachos... time for a beer

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Originally Posted by Badonkadonk

i was going to bitch about something but christ, for now i'm healthy. life is a gift muchachos... time for a beer

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Agreed. I had planned something stupid about my bike or about the rain...but this Thursday isn't for grumps anymore; I'll ride home slowly and appreciative of what I've got instead.

Styer. Let's knock out a couple of bucket list items. I'm not busy.

OK on to this grump bid-ness.

There is so much going on I'm beginning to let things slide and I hate that.

Nap time.

New fckin hearing aids. First time with both ears. They're small but I feel like I'm walking around with one of those beer can helmets with the straws in them.
Sucks hard. Super uncomfortable.
My own voice sounds like a robot and I'm not sure if I'm properly pronouncing my S's anymore.

Need to remind myself not to feel sorry for myself. I'm too healthy and lucky otherwise.

I started the week with a dull pain behind my left shoulder blade. By noon today it had worsened to a constant and severe pain that spread down my left arm with tingling in my ring and middle finger. Turns out I have a slipped disc between C6 and C7 and it's crushing into my ulnar nerve. So, yeah, I'm friggin' grumpy.

In the last week:

- My wife's aunt died.
- The only person I like at work (which is not a hyperbolic statement) quit.
- One of my parents' cats died.
- My grandmother had a massive stroke and she isn't going to recover. They made the decision today to end all support except pain medication.

What a week.

I can't brush my teeth without crying (which is an improvement, earlier this week it triggered severe nausea as well).

All of the rain this week, shitty old plumbing and shitty watershed routing contributed to a flooded basement. All of the floors are out now and the walls are cut out with industrial dehumidifiers doing the rest. Lot's of things ruined. For the first time ever, we were actually feeling okay with our finances.

"Boo!" to the week of epic suck.

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Originally Posted by WadePatton

Here top this: Got hired Thursday last, started Monday this, drew final check TODAY.

some sort of mismatch, "biz decision", not personal, still pals.

but i'm BUMMED just a little bit.

also FUCK!

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Seriously, WTF is that?

This CFS really sucks. I starting feeling and thinking I'm getting better then I climb a set of stairs and I realise I have a looong way to go. Doing nothing is the hardest thing I've ever had to do.