The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 04: Come On In

[NightSailor]

Good luck. Hopefully you’ll be celebrating rather than drowning your sorrows.

Thank you. One does not drown sorrows with a 12 yo scotch on my current budget! That's done with Dewar's.

 

[NotWise]

I can’t get my story approved for the life of me. The grammar and English comp police won’t approve it. Can I post it here?

The forum isn't for posting stories. The moderators won't allow more than two or three paragraphs.

It sounds like you could use some editing help. Try posting a request to the Editor's Forum. Ask for an editor. Tell them how long your story is, what category it should be published in, a little about the story, and what you need (grammar and composition, from the sounds of it). Then wait. Sometimes you'll get a response right away, sometimes you won't.

 

[oggbashan]

I found it the best policy, myself.

I had my jab against Shingles the other day (we get it fee if you are over 50).
The jab still hurts !

But now - Coffee

Did that last week myself. A man seldom has a chance for that much fun, does he? It was five or six days before the ache was totally gone.

But coffee - or Coffee - is always good.

I had a jab for shingles the year before last at the same time as my flu jab. I didn't notice any pain or soreness afterwards.

BUT - I attended another hospital visit this morning to discuss the results of CT scans on shoulders, chest and abdomen. I have a small lesion on my lower right lung which could be lung cancer, and if so, could be the cause of my recent problems with falling over, poor eyesight and speech. (Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome)

If it is lung cancer it has been detected at a very early stage and could be treatable and that would relieve my other symptoms. The hospital will be in touch as soon as oncology has viewed my scan.

Strong coffee is needed...

 

[TarnishedPenny]

It's Friday US EST. Job interview in 2 hours. Screw coffee. I'm going for a Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood when this is over....

Hope the interview went well.

 

[_Lynn_]

I had a jab for shingles the year before last at the same time as my flu jab. I didn't notice any pain or soreness afterwards.

BUT - I attended another hospital visit this morning to discuss the results of CT scans on shoulders, chest and abdomen. I have a small lesion on my lower right lung which could be lung cancer, and if so, could be the cause of my recent problems with falling over, poor eyesight and speech. (Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome)

If it is lung cancer it has been detected at a very early stage and could be treatable and that would relieve my other symptoms. The hospital will be in touch as soon as oncology has viewed my scan.

Strong coffee is needed...

The shot for shingles isn't as painful as shingles themselves can be. I had them on my neck but recognized the signs early and received treatment right away.

Best of luck, Og.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Oh, Ogg! I’m so sorry to hear that. Hope and prayers coming your way, sir.

 

[oggbashan]

Thanks for the sympathy.

The specialist doctors seem relieved that they have identified a possible cause for my symptoms and that if it is lung cancer it has been found very early (and only because so many tests have been done on me this year).

Apart from the falling over, poor eyesight and impeded speech (and long standing but controlled Type II diabetes) I am very fit for my age so the prognosis is good(ish).

Until now I have been an interesting but puzzling case. If my symptoms are related to early stage lung cancer I am still a very rare presentation...

I have been arousing considerable medical interest.

 

[Javahead]

I have been arousing considerable medical interest.

Some of the most frightening words in the English language.

Wishing you a good prognosis and minimal medical monkey business along the way.

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Sorry to hear it, Og. My grandfather had lung cancer, but it wasn't detected as early, mostly due to his own stubbornness in insisting he was fine until my grandmother basically dragged him to the doctor. Lung cancer isn't fun (although no variant is, obviously), but at least if it's detected early that's some good news. Hoping that's not it, of course, but then I can imagine at least knowing what's wrong would be some sort of relief in itself too. Either way, wishing you the best.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Big hug Ogg, and if they got it this early you should be good. Amazing what modern medicine can do.

 

[Voboy]

Hang in there, Ogg. We sort of need you around here.

Best wishes, and may your doctors drink just enough to think creatively but not so much that their vomit contaminates the specimens.

 

[Handley_Page]

Thanks for the sympathy.

Until now I have been an interesting but puzzling case. If my symptoms are related to early stage lung cancer I am still a very rare presentation...

I have been arousing considerable medical interest.

Fingers crossed, Ogg.

And now for a cup of coffee.

 

[oggbashan]

Sorry to hear it, Og. My grandfather had lung cancer, but it wasn't detected as early, mostly due to his own stubbornness in insisting he was fine until my grandmother basically dragged him to the doctor. Lung cancer isn't fun (although no variant is, obviously), but at least if it's detected early that's some good news. Hoping that's not it, of course, but then I can imagine at least knowing what's wrong would be some sort of relief in itself too. Either way, wishing you the best.

Knowing that my symptoms have a cause and that if the lung cancer is treatable those symptoms will end IS a relief. I would like to be able to walk, talk and see.

In the meantime I have a new sense of urgency about my part-completed stories. I will have three entries for the Summer Lovin' contest but I have over 300 part-written stories on my hard drive. Some I should review and ditch but at least half are viable. Maybe I'll finish another 50 by the end of the year.

And then there are the breeding plot bunnies - thousands of them...

 

[MelissaBaby]

If my symptoms are related to early stage lung cancer I am still a very rare presentation...

I think you were always a rare specimen. All the more reason to take care of yourself.

Best wishes, Ogg.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

All right, all right... Finally, got my desktop fixed, what a mess.

First the motherboard croaked, so I ordered a new(used) one. Got that in a week. Got it all set up. All the plugs plugin and everything set. Flipped the switch on the PSU(Power Supply) and press the go button. Nothing. Shit.

At least before with old mother board all the fans would come on. This time nada.

Luckily, the PSU was still under warranty, yeah me. Submitted a RMA request with the manufacture. A week later I got a ticket number and instruction on how to send it back to them. I had to pay to ship it, what a bummer.

Finally, got the replacement three weeks later. It worked.

Then windows had to do about a dozen updates... that went fine. Then it wanted to do another bunch. I let it and it froze at 100% complete for like an hour and a half. Shit. Well, I shut it off and rebooted... it didn't like that one bit. I had to a complete reinstall of windows, which really sucked. Then I had to reinstall all my software... that all took about a week, what with the 250 windows updates.

Finally got all that straighten away and then thought I would delve into Linux. So, I did a little research and decided on Linux Mint - Cinnamon 19.1. So far, so good.

So I'm back, not having to put up with my slow ass laptop.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I had a jab for shingles the year before last at the same time as my flu jab. I didn't notice any pain or soreness afterwards.

BUT - I attended another hospital visit this morning to discuss the results of CT scans on shoulders, chest and abdomen. I have a small lesion on my lower right lung which could be lung cancer, and if so, could be the cause of my recent problems with falling over, poor eyesight and speech. (Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome)

If it is lung cancer it has been detected at a very early stage and could be treatable and that would relieve my other symptoms. The hospital will be in touch as soon as oncology has viewed my scan.

Strong coffee is needed...

Oh, sorry to hear this... but there is a chance that it might be sarcoidosis, which present on xrays and CT scans just like cancer. They can only tell by doing a biopsy of the spot. Sarcoidosis is treatable with antibiotics.

Good wishes sent your way.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Knowing that my symptoms have a cause and that if the lung cancer is treatable those symptoms will end IS a relief. I would like to be able to walk, talk and see.

In the meantime I have a new sense of urgency about my part-completed stories. I will have three entries for the Summer Lovin' contest but I have over 300 part-written stories on my hard drive. Some I should review and ditch but at least half are viable. Maybe I'll finish another 50 by the end of the year.

And then there are the breeding plot bunnies - thousands of them...

I hope all goes well and that you've got plenty of time to sort, post, and corrall plot bunnies.

 

[Handley_Page]

Cloudy bright ?
Dimmer than expected , more like

Any Coffee left ?

 

[oggbashan]

All right, all right... Finally, got my desktop fixed, what a mess.

...

So I'm back, not having to put up with my slow ass laptop.

Congratulations on a task eventually completed.

I need to sort out or replace my 'slow ass laptop'. I think the real problem is that it isn't powerful enough to run Windows 10. I bought a better one - but my wife swiped it!

Fixing my slower one might be more expensive than replacing it but if I'm going to spend time in hospitals I need a reasonable laptop and the current one isn't.

 

[srosa]

Knowing that my symptoms have a cause and that if the lung cancer is treatable those symptoms will end IS a relief. I would like to be able to walk, talk and see.

In the meantime I have a new sense of urgency about my part-completed stories. I will have three entries for the Summer Lovin' contest but I have over 300 part-written stories on my hard drive. Some I should review and ditch but at least half are viable. Maybe I'll finish another 50 by the end of the year.

And then there are the breeding plot bunnies - thousands of them...

It's never the plot bunnies that get cancer, is it.

Best wishes for a clear diagnosis and a speedy recovery, Ogg!

 

[Handley_Page]

It's been cooler today.
Time for a mug of good Tea,

 

[MagicaPractica]

I had a jab for shingles the year before last at the same time as my flu jab. I didn't notice any pain or soreness afterwards.

BUT - I attended another hospital visit this morning to discuss the results of CT scans on shoulders, chest and abdomen. I have a small lesion on my lower right lung which could be lung cancer, and if so, could be the cause of my recent problems with falling over, poor eyesight and speech. (Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome)

If it is lung cancer it has been detected at a very early stage and could be treatable and that would relieve my other symptoms. The hospital will be in touch as soon as oncology has viewed my scan.

Strong coffee is needed...

I hope they are finally on the right track.

 

[Handley_Page]

Thoughts & Prayers, Ogg.

I do wish our weather would make up its mind.

Long coffee, I think

 

[oggbashan]

1. Thanks for all the good wishes. I am waiting for a message from the hospital in the next week or so.

2. I have decided my old slow laptop is beyond economic upgrade. I have ordered a refurbished Windows 10 laptop for £166.

 

[LexxRuthless]

We've never really talked, but I am pulling for you Ogg. Be well, dammit!