No. I don’t follow you, but when you post something stupid and I see it, I will respond. That was stupid.
A question about masks . . .
- Thread starter Aloha Hoosier
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Don't stress, Aloha. Gotta take the fake internet tough guy geniuses for what they're worth...a chuckle.
I’ve had surgery three times and I know everyone involved had masks on. Even Mr.”I’m Inoculated,” Aaron Rodgers had a mask around his neck after his Achilles surgery and he’s an anti-masker.
I lean on surgeons and patients vs. Dr. Facebook. Seems like the doctors doing heart surgery at Stanford think it’s important.
I am still baffled bi this subject when the answer is a Google search away.
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No stress here. I'm disappointed that we have so many willfully ignorant people on my side of the aisle. I know we've had them all along, but they're certainly much more vocal these days. They follow the lead of a certain politician.
I’ll tell you what baffles me about healthcare. We just did a jailbreak from the latest round of pancreatitis. Four hospital stays this year at the premier hospital in the region Wash U. There are no words to describe how bad the food is. Why wouldn’t a hospital have decent food? It’s literally inedible. You would think the doctors would complain and demand something better. It’s worse than high school cafes by a long shot. With as obscenely expensive as hospital stays are get some good food and throw it on the made up bill
So sorry to hear this news. Good that she is tolerating chemo well and a positive prognosis.
I noticed the same thing at my church last week. Not a single young family with kids Maybe a couple people under 40. Most over 70. Are all the young people going to Mega Churches now?
I think many are. My sisters both go to large churches with “praise music” bands. Lots of young people in both those churches. My wife likes traditional churches so that’s what we do. If it was up to me, I’d probably go to a predominantly black church with great gospel music. I find the praise music very repetitive.
In Hawaii the Samoan congregation at our church would join ours once a month and the music was awesome those days.
The most recent hospital I spent much time visiting the cafeteria was really good, but the food the patients got was awful. That made no sense.
That’s wonderful. Would make the stay so much better. Cafeteria at our hospital is disgusting and room service worse. And it’s too cold and hard to get back into the hospital to bring food back.
I like traditional ones too. I tried a Unitarian once but didn’t like it. My minister didn’t have his robes on this week and I missed that. I like the familiar hymns and trappings I guesses. There’s a church in Maui I loved too, but it was destroyed in the fire.
We went during meal time on purpose. Lots of choices too. You’d think, like you said, the professionals who work there would demand more. This was like a food court with 4 or 5 different stations.
On top of it the cafe serves largely greasy shit. Chicken fingers fries etc. for sure re the doctors. I know if I was a doc up there I’d be throwing a fit.
I'm old enough to remember when a cancer diagnosis of any sort was usually a death sentence. Huge progress has been made. I'll assume she's going to be one of the ones benefiting from this.
Treatment options are so much better too. Not nearly as debilitating and disfiguring as they once were. They've also wised up and taken a data driven approach, as in the case of my prostate cancer, where it's been determined that it's not doing any harm to speak of and that aggressive treatment provides no long term benefit. Something else will take me out before the prostate cancer does.
Best to your wife, Aloha. Sincerely.
I'm sorry to hear this Hank. That's got to be tough to watch.
I have to believe there were some underlying mental health issues that Covid brought to the forefront. Is she getting any kind of professional help?
Wife had a procedure at the new Bloomington hospital shortly after they opened and I was required to hang out there. The food court type setup they had looked inviting, but all I got was a cup of coffee. And no froo froo latte creamy whippy shit either; it was strong and black, just like I like it.
Sounds like a bad choir and the masks are being worn to mitigate the sound.
Yes. When I read the initial post, I took it to be a hard satire lean. Sorry if I missed the mark. But, in general, choirs wearing masks do not really work well together.
Yeah. She's always had some anxiety. But Covid just pushed her way over the line. It's as if it gave her an excuse to retreat. She has seen counselers and therapists. I'm not sure they've helped much. Of course they can only help if she's straight with them about her issues, and who knows what she actually shares with them.
This hits home. I had high anxiety in my mid-20s. Coped by mostly sitting in my apartment smoking cigarettes and coming up with excuses not to hangout w friends and family. I was too dumb to even see a professional about it, so kudos to your daughter for at least taking that first step. Kind of a lost 5 years but I prob had to hit a rock bottom. Slow climb out but now wouldn’t trade that perspective for anything.
Keep the faith.
The first audiobook I ever listened to was “The Long Gray Line” - about the 1966 graduating class from West Point, read by Bruce Weitz (who I knew as “Belker” on Hill Street Blues). I was hooked.Worked here since late 2009. For my last three years of active duty, I commuted from Columbus area - 62 miles each way. Got through close 38 audiobooks during those three years. I got a civilian job in this area, so we moved. I only did the commute because we owned that house, and I wasn't sure where I'd retire to. This is a good location because it's close to my family in Louisville and southern Indiana, but not too close!
Incidentally, there are a lot of good audiobooks available. I really enjoyed most of them. The best to listen to of them all was "Lonesome Dove." It's truly and outstanding audiobook. It's also a great book. One of the few I've read multiple times.
Bad weather and cancelled flights made me haul our golf trip guys back from Pinehurst one year. I don't think anybody spoke the whole way - I stuck in John Adams by David McCullogh.
Absolute best way to drive!
God bless you and your family Aloha.
We grew up knowing cancer as a death sentence. It isn’t that way anymore. No joy ride, but the cure rates are astonishing.
Good luck!
Who is this “shitlib” you speak of?
If the clot shot was living up to its name, this person would have died from heart issues, not lung issues, right?
Um. I’ve been indisposed recently but IGW has been MIA for a while. I would hope not everybody’s favorite Comcast hater and demolition expert.
Seriously.
Our Worst Suspicions About Covid Health Officials Were Just Confirmed | Mary Katharine Ham
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins admits to the failings of his department in fighting Covid in its early stages.
www.outkick.com
I think this is good analysis of Collins statements with context
