The Naked Party Thread

[Handley_Page]

Hi all! Just quickly popping in.

I thought I would have news on why you are all crossing your fingers for me, but alas, it will have to wait until tomorrow.

In the meantime, I have a very short new addition to my Master and Maeve series. In fact, it wasn't even a series until I threw this one up there. Those who read my blog may recognize it. It's more of a scene than a story, but I don't have time for story writing right now!

Hope you all are well! I'll just grab a hot toddy on the way out, it's damn cold here.

Fingers crossed

 

[johneb87]

Hi all! Just quickly popping in.

I thought I would have news on why you are all crossing your fingers for me, but alas, it will have to wait until tomorrow.

In the meantime, I have a very short new addition to my Master and Maeve series. In fact, it wasn't even a series until I threw this one up there. Those who read my blog may recognize it. It's more of a scene than a story, but I don't have time for story writing right now!

Hope you all are well! I'll just grab a hot toddy on the way out, it's damn cold here.

Holding out on the news? You tease. Still keeping fingers and toes crossed for you.

How have you been? *hugs*

 

[voluptuary_manque]

So this publishing house contacts me and wants to publish my work. That sounds great, right? But then I get involved with an editor and my silly lark of a story series is turning out to be (gasp) work! Whooda thunk?

 

[SweetWitch]

So this publishing house contacts me and wants to publish my work. That sounds great, right? But then I get involved with an editor and my silly lark of a story series is turning out to be (gasp) work! Whooda thunk?

Poor bear. Whatever shall you do?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Write better?

 

[johneb87]

Congrats, Bear!

Leaving work early to run over the pass and back to pick up my brother.

 

[SweetWitch]

Write better?

I suppose that's a choice. WE could all use a little of that.

 

[TxRad]

Out of the horsepital but still not feeling worth a shit. It's good to be home at any rate.

 

[SweetWitch]

Out of the horsepital but still not feeling worth a shit. It's good to be home at any rate.

What were you doing in the hospital? What did I miss?

 

[johneb87]

Out of the horsepital but still not feeling worth a shit. It's good to be home at any rate.

What!?! You ok, Tx?

 

[Idarrau]

I'm so sorry to hear that you had to be at the hospital. I'm glad you're home now and keep getting better.

 

[TxRad]

Uh, sorry. I guess I should have add a little more information. My mind is still a little fuzzy or at least fuzzier than normal.

It seems one of our new hands brought a very bad dose of flu in from Houston and i had no immunity to it. It hit me like a ton of bricks. One of the guys got me up off the floor, halfway dressed in something besides flannel PJ bottoms and took me to the hospital. Two days in the hospital, a weird and wild trip to get my truck and stuff from the rig, and a partially remembered trip home.

Second day home and I'm almost sure I might live but i ain't placing any bets. Weak, feverish, stuffed up, ect, ect, ect. At least I can almost think and see.

Sorry to worry everyone.

I had something like this about 6 years ago. I was down for the count for a couple of weeks.

 

[Handley_Page]

Write better?

I suppose that's a choice. WE could all use a little of that.

Molly,you & the Bear need it like a hole in the head

Out of the horsepital but still not feeling worth a shit. It's good to be home at any rate.

Best wishes for a speedy return to fitness.


My new ISP should be working tonight.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Yanno, Tex, old mammals like us really need our annual flu shots. HM gets totally on my case if I don't have it at latest by November.

 

[johneb87]

Christmas tree up and decorated.
JohnEB87 B shared "IMAG0938.jpg": https://skydrive.live.com/redir?res...uthkey=!AK6QuC6PpBjOZTY&v=3&ithint=photo,.jpg

 

[Handley_Page]

Christmas tree up and decorated.
JohnEB87 B shared "IMAG0938.jpg": https://skydrive.live.com/redir?res...uthkey=!AK6QuC6PpBjOZTY&v=3&ithint=photo,.jpg

How very festive (and a good picture, too).


Bear, This is the second year I've failed to go get my 'flu shot; and they're free.
Both times I was very busy doing other things for someone else.
But I have had (a month or two ago) a bad cold . . . .

 

[oggbashan]

Bear, This is the second year I've failed to go get my 'flu shot; and they're free.
Both times I was very busy doing other things for someone else.
But I have had (a month or two ago) a bad cold . . . .

I daren't miss my flu shot. They are free for me too. I qualify on age and on several medical conditions.

 

[sheablue]

Tx! I'm sorry you got so sick, that sounds awful!

In other medical news, you guys keeping your fingers crossed has come to fruition. Sort of.

I know you are probably as sick of hearing about my medical drama as I am talking about it (and living it) but the mystery illness may have been solved. Sort of.

I went back to the ENT, and he is convinced I have some kind of uncommon thyroiditis. Like a kind that can be fatal if it goes untreated. Awesome. But maybe a mild version of that form. Maybe maybe maybe I think I think. So I had another really specific blood test and it came back normal. I wanted to cry. But the doctor says I'm symptomatic and he still thinks I have thyroiditis. He says it can be so hard to pin down thyroid issues, even with blood tests. So he is going to move forward and treat me as such. Yay! I'm going on two weeks of steroids, and hopefully I will start to feel better just in time to put crappy 2013 far behind me.

So ... is this a good time to start working out?

Thanks to you all for being there for me and having my back. I really appreciate it. Keep crossing those fingers that this is really the answer and I will get better!

 

[SweetWitch]

Uh, sorry. I guess I should have add a little more information. My mind is still a little fuzzy or at least fuzzier than normal.

It seems one of our new hands brought a very bad dose of flu in from Houston and i had no immunity to it. It hit me like a ton of bricks. One of the guys got me up off the floor, halfway dressed in something besides flannel PJ bottoms and took me to the hospital. Two days in the hospital, a weird and wild trip to get my truck and stuff from the rig, and a partially remembered trip home.

Second day home and I'm almost sure I might live but i ain't placing any bets. Weak, feverish, stuffed up, ect, ect, ect. At least I can almost think and see.

Sorry to worry everyone.

I had something like this about 6 years ago. I was down for the count for a couple of weeks.

You take care of yourself, sweetie. I'd miss you if I didn't get to see you on a regular basis.

Tx! I'm sorry you got so sick, that sounds awful!

In other medical news, you guys keeping your fingers crossed has come to fruition. Sort of.

I know you are probably as sick of hearing about my medical drama as I am talking about it (and living it) but the mystery illness may have been solved. Sort of.

I went back to the ENT, and he is convinced I have some kind of uncommon thyroiditis. Like a kind that can be fatal if it goes untreated. Awesome. But maybe a mild version of that form. Maybe maybe maybe I think I think. So I had another really specific blood test and it came back normal. I wanted to cry. But the doctor says I'm symptomatic and he still thinks I have thyroiditis. He says it can be so hard to pin down thyroid issues, even with blood tests. So he is going to move forward and treat me as such. Yay! I'm going on two weeks of steroids, and hopefully I will start to feel better just in time to put crappy 2013 far behind me.

So ... is this a good time to start working out?

Thanks to you all for being there for me and having my back. I really appreciate it. Keep crossing those fingers that this is really the answer and I will get better!

You know, I had swollen joints. The nice doctors told me to lay off the salt. So I did. Then I had nasty headaches--worse than my usual--and body aches. I thought it was the flu. Time went on and I started having strange sensation, sort of a fuzziness in my brain. It was as if I could not get focused. Weird, but not too troublesome. More time and I started feeling faint from time to time. My stomach hurt. I had a tightness in my chest. I felt weak.
Then I had an electrical seizure in my heart and ended up in the hospital. They treated me for a heart defect but the meds almost killed me. Took myself off them. I saw a pulmonologist because I started having trouble breathing. He found nothing--such a shame because he was hot and there was no reason to return to him. I was sent to a neurologist, who said I was having symptoms of a very strange and rare autoimmune disease, and since I had a particular gland anomaly, they sent me for blood tests. Negative.

Next it was the endocrinologist. That man was a total prick and I fired him on the second visit. By the time I went to see him, I was having difficulty swallowing. I was afraid to eat, afraid I would choke to death. The lab tests came back slightly skewed, but he said there was nothing wrong with my thyroid. I'd read the path reports. There were three nodules. Some levels were elevated while others were the lowest of normal. I asked for more specific tests by name and he gave me a snide laugh and told me not to tell him how to do his job.He told me I was not medically trained and the problem was not my thyroid. He said I needed an ENT to check my throat.

The Irish in me rose to the surface and I fired him. He said he didn't work for me, that he worked for my insurance company. The gall! I had to remind him insurance companies do not make health decisions for patients. Patients do with the help of trusted providers--and he was not to be trusted. His PA had to cover her mouth to stifle the laughter.

I was done with doctors.

I fully believed it was my thyroid. After 2.5 years of this bullshit, and all the massive research in medical sites, libraries, medical books and discussions with medical community members, I was thoroughly convinced, but no one was hearing me.

Joey and I sat down and went over everything in my life that had changed over the 2.5 years and before: diet, exercise, environment, etc.

It came down to eliminating salt. No salt, no iodine. No iodine in a land-locked world except what we get in our iodized salt. No iodine, ineffectual thyroid.

I took kelp pills twice a week for a month and put salt back in the diet. I reduced all sugar intake.

I can swallow, I hardly ever have a heart palp, my joints are no longer swollen (it was the sugar causing it), the aches are gone and I can think straight again.

Doctors piss me off.

Good luck and get well.

Just read that after I posted it and it looks awfully negative. I should be ashamed of myself. Just so you know, the only doctor I had real offense with was the arrogant SOB of an endocrinologist. I'm sure yours is a good doctor. Mine just had a nasty attitude--which brought mine to the surface. You'll do well, doll.

 

[Handley_Page]

Tx! I'm sorry you got so sick, that sounds awful!

In other medical news, you guys keeping your fingers crossed has come to fruition. Sort of.

I know you are probably as sick of hearing about my medical drama as I am talking about it (and living it) but the mystery illness may have been solved. Sort of.

. . . and he still thinks I have thyroiditis.

Thanks to you all for being there for me and having my back. I really appreciate it. Keep crossing those fingers that this is really the answer and I will get better!

I just looked it up. Ooh - uncomfortable (and that being polite!). Inflammation of the Thyroid. Ain't 'Inflammation' relatively easy to fix ?
Fingers Crossed, Shea.

You know, I had swollen joints. The nice doctors told me to lay off the salt.

. . and since I had a particular gland anomaly, they sent me for blood tests. Negative.

Next it was the endocrinologist. That man was a total prick and I fired him on the second visit. By the time I went to see him,
. . . I asked for more specific tests by name and he gave me a snide laugh and told me not to tell him how to do his job.He told me I was not medically trained and the problem was not my thyroid. He said I needed an ENT to check my throat.

The Irish in me rose to the surface and I fired him.
Patients do with the help of trusted providers--and he was not to be trusted. His PA had to cover her mouth to stifle the laughter.

I was done with doctors.

It came down to eliminating salt. No salt, no iodine. No iodine in a land-locked world except what we get in our iodized salt. No iodine, ineffectual thyroid.

I took kelp pills twice a week for a month and put salt back in the diet. I reduced all sugar intake.

I can swallow, I hardly ever have a heart palp, my joints are no longer swollen (it was the sugar causing it), the aches are gone and I can think straight again.

Doctors piss me off.

Good luck and get well.

We cannot 'fire' our doctors like that. One might ask "for a second opinion" but that's it. Anything really wrong and your descendants can sue all they want.

Molly, I recall some of the things you wrote at the time, and most strange, not to say, alarming they were. But please tell me, when you refer to 'salt' are we talking Sodium salt [common table salt (sodium chloride)] or Potassium salt ?

Keep taking the tablets, me dear; I'd miss your writings. . .


Now then, a glass of something, perhaps ?

 

[TxRad]

Morning all

Almost normal, whatever that is. Anyway, I want coffee this morning so I'll take that as a sign I'm going to live.

 

[annanova]

So, this is my 2,000th post. I thought I'd save it for something special and then I realized that I could end up waiting forever. Besides, mostly good news from shea qualifies.

Good morning, Nakeds. Fresh, hot coffee is ready for anyone who needs some.

So this publishing house contacts me and wants to publish my work. That sounds great, right? But then I get involved with an editor and my silly lark of a story series is turning out to be (gasp) work! Whooda thunk?

Wouldn't that just get in the way of your woodworking?

Leaving work early to run over the pass and back to pick up my brother.

I'd think it would be easier (and more efficient) to drive.

Oh, lovely tree!

Uh, sorry. I guess I should have add a little more information. My mind is still a little fuzzy or at least fuzzier than normal.

It seems one of our new hands brought a very bad dose of flu in from Houston and i had no immunity to it. It hit me like a ton of bricks. One of the guys got me up off the floor, halfway dressed in something besides flannel PJ bottoms and took me to the hospital. Two days in the hospital, a weird and wild trip to get my truck and stuff from the rig, and a partially remembered trip home.

Second day home and I'm almost sure I might live but i ain't placing any bets. Weak, feverish, stuffed up, ect, ect, ect. At least I can almost think and see.

Sorry to worry everyone.

I had something like this about 6 years ago. I was down for the count for a couple of weeks.

At least it was ONLY the flu that he brought back from Houston! I'm glad you're more or less on your feet again. Take care of yourself, Tx. We kinda like having you around.

I know you are probably as sick of hearing about my medical drama as I am talking about it (and living it) but the mystery illness may have been solved. Sort of.

I went back to the ENT, and he is convinced I have some kind of uncommon thyroiditis. Like a kind that can be fatal if it goes untreated. Awesome. But maybe a mild version of that form. Maybe maybe maybe I think I think. So I had another really specific blood test and it came back normal. I wanted to cry. But the doctor says I'm symptomatic and he still thinks I have thyroiditis. He says it can be so hard to pin down thyroid issues, even with blood tests. So he is going to move forward and treat me as such. Yay! I'm going on two weeks of steroids, and hopefully I will start to feel better just in time to put crappy 2013 far behind me.

So ... is this a good time to start working out?

Thanks to you all for being there for me and having my back. I really appreciate it. Keep crossing those fingers that this is really the answer and I will get better!

Good grief, shea! As much as I dislike being sick, having something that is apparently undiagnosable has to be frustrating. Here's hoping the steroids help and that you'll be able to face 2014 with a clean bill of health. I'll continue sending you the good health vibes.

...
The Irish in me rose to the surface and I fired him. He said he didn't work for me, that he worked for my insurance company. The gall! I had to remind him insurance companies do not make health decisions for patients. Patients do with the help of trusted providers--and he was not to be trusted. His PA had to cover her mouth to stifle the laughter.

I was done with doctors.

I fully believed it was my thyroid. After 2.5 years of this bullshit, and all the massive research in medical sites, libraries, medical books and discussions with medical community members, I was thoroughly convinced, but no one was hearing me.

Joey and I sat down and went over everything in my life that had changed over the 2.5 years and before: diet, exercise, environment, etc.

It came down to eliminating salt. No salt, no iodine. No iodine in a land-locked world except what we get in our iodized salt. No iodine, ineffectual thyroid.

I took kelp pills twice a week for a month and put salt back in the diet. I reduced all sugar intake.

I can swallow, I hardly ever have a heart palp, my joints are no longer swollen (it was the sugar causing it), the aches are gone and I can think straight again.

Doctors piss me off.

I've "fired" a doctor before. I went in with chronic lower back issues. He gave me a handful of sample anti-inflammatories and a figurative pat on the head. I left the exam room, went to the reception desk to request another appointment and asked the woman at the desk to please put a note on my file that I would never see that particular doctor again. The doctor I started seeing after that was WONDERFUL. She listened and we spent half of each appointment in laughter.

Hmm, reducing sugar intake would be a good thing for me to do....

Stay calm over the holidays, everyone!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Anna, yes it will. But . . . but . . . there's money involved!

 

[annanova]

Funny, Bear. That's what people tell me about the sex toy business....

Seriously, good luck with the writing and the publishing. I hope you'll remember us lowly scribblers when you hit the tour circuit.

 

[johneb87]

Tx! I'm sorry you got so sick, that sounds awful!

In other medical news, you guys keeping your fingers crossed has come to fruition. Sort of.

I know you are probably as sick of hearing about my medical drama as I am talking about it (and living it) but the mystery illness may have been solved. Sort of.

I went back to the ENT, and he is convinced I have some kind of uncommon thyroiditis. Like a kind that can be fatal if it goes untreated. Awesome. But maybe a mild version of that form. Maybe maybe maybe I think I think. So I had another really specific blood test and it came back normal. I wanted to cry. But the doctor says I'm symptomatic and he still thinks I have thyroiditis. He says it can be so hard to pin down thyroid issues, even with blood tests. So he is going to move forward and treat me as such. Yay! I'm going on two weeks of steroids, and hopefully I will start to feel better just in time to put crappy 2013 far behind me.

So ... is this a good time to start working out?

Thanks to you all for being there for me and having my back. I really appreciate it. Keep crossing those fingers that this is really the answer and I will get better!

Glad to hear the good news! Still keeping good thoughts for you.

We're here for you and always will be.