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Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

Dirty Sanchez posted:

If your actual wheel didn't go over it you might've just bumped it.

It was a solid hit, at 30ish miles per hour. I can't imagine the animal surviving. I really wish I could have found it to make sure it wasn't suffering. I know it's "just" a cat, but I don't like for anyone or anything to suffer unduly.


Mister Dog posted:

Ok you got it. Name the place.

I don't really know any places. I've been singing karaoke and shooting pool at this joint a bit east on 13 Mile. I've also been to a couple of places closer to where I live, but I am not very familiar with the city, overall. I work north of the city, so Royal Oak, Troy, Madison Heights, Rochester, etc, are all pretty doable for something like lunch during the week. On the weekends, it doesn't matter. I don't mind driving, so an hour each way is OK, but 30 minutes is better.

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Tony Homo
Oct 30, 2014

by zen death robot
How are the three fine pussies doing?

Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul
My insurance just kicked in, so I went to the doctor, today. She referred me to a neurologist. I'm interested in how this will shake out.

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Forget the brain, how's the heart? Lost track on whether you managed to get your prescriptions sorted when I was lurking through the last thread.

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

darth cookie posted:

Forget the brain, how's the heart? Lost track on whether you managed to get your prescriptions sorted when I was lurking through the last thread.

Bleeding rear end in a top hat specialist and a dermatologist should be on that list.

The_Book_Of_Harry
Apr 30, 2013

Hello again, Centripetal Horse!

I'm happy to see this thread pop-up...I had been wondering/worrying about you occasionally.

I assumed you were hard at work, but I know that change is often weirdly difficult. Add a handful of mental and physical issues, and you're in for a struggle. However, as you continue to prove, you're made of some pretty tough stuff.

Especially happy to hear about your continual incremental growth, and that you've obtained access to (maybe) affordable healthcare. You 'deserve' something good to happen by now...gently caress.

Keep on keepin on, bud!

herhehejhrekjashsd
Mar 7, 2016

by zen death robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZUhnEWJ2c

Barnum Brown Shoes
Jan 29, 2013

Puppy Galaxy posted:

I will cop to this but also I'm not as weird as the people who drove the nice Mormons away

No such thing as nice mormons. Nice on the outside? Sure.

Puppy Galaxy
Aug 1, 2004

A.Barnum posted:

No such thing as nice mormons. Nice on the outside? Sure.

They were nice as hell dude. The husband drove 12 hrs to rescue a stranger's cats and the wife posted cat updates in GBS despite torrents of poo poo posts. Then they let the OP crash at their place when he was on his way to Detroit.

DONKEY SALAMI
Jun 28, 2008

donkey? donkey?

Op has blood on his hands

And this time not from wiping his rear end

TheReverend
Jun 21, 2005

Mormons are super nice.
Great neighbors!

Las Vegas is a failed Mormon colony. When I lived there a lot of my neighbors were LDS and they were the best.

Tony Homo
Oct 30, 2014

by zen death robot
I need an update on that fine Mormon wife

ChrisHansen
Oct 28, 2014

Suck my damn balls.
Lipstick Apathy
Make sure to go vote, op!

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

ChrisHansen posted:

Make sure to go vote, op!

Trump will provide free clean water paid for by Canadians.

Suburban Dad
Jan 10, 2007


Well what's attached to a leash that it made itself?
The punchline is the way that you've been fuckin' yourself




Just chiming in to say that I've enjoyed the thread and glad to see that you're getting back on your feet. I happen to live in the Detroit area and can help out with the car if you ever need to do some stuff to it. I have tools and am a questionable decent mechanic. (Not as my career, as a hobby)

As for the apartment heat, have you talked to your landlord? I know it's getting warmer around here somewhat, but it might not hurt. If it's an old style boiler (you mentioned radiators) sometimes they just need the air bled out of them and then they actually work. :) There's a screw or fitting on them usually to bleed air from it, simply loosen and have a rag ready and then tighten it up when water comes out.

turn it up TURN ME ON
Mar 19, 2012

In the Grim Darkness of the Future, there is only war.

...and delicious ice cream.
Glad to hear you are not dead and are doing well aside from the sadbrains. You have a solid plan in place and I hope you will continue climbing that ladder.

Also I hope you do not get fired.

Tony Homo
Oct 30, 2014

by zen death robot
Any updates on the hot wife taking care of the cats!

everdave
Nov 14, 2005
So no one asking if this fat gently caress is dead or not?

ChrisHansen
Oct 28, 2014

Suck my damn balls.
Lipstick Apathy
He was active in one of the pic combination threads you dingus

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:

Tony Homo posted:

Any updates on the hot wife taking care of the cats!

lol

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


Where are the cat updates?

Tony Homo
Oct 30, 2014

by zen death robot
What about the wife?

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
more importantly her boobs :q:

Tony Homo
Oct 30, 2014

by zen death robot

Syrian Lannister
Aug 25, 2007

Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.


Sugartime Jones
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3764522

Dek
Dec 19, 2010

It Just Works™

Centripetal Horse posted:

My insurance just kicked in, so I went to the doctor, today. She referred me to a neurologist. I'm interested in how this will shake out.

How about a shrink? or something like that.

Facebook Aunt
Oct 4, 2008

wiggle wiggle





Thanks.

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

Nooner posted:

more importantly her boobs :q:

I just want updates on the pussy.

Tony Homo
Oct 30, 2014

by zen death robot
I need cat-sitter pussy

BULLETKISS
Jul 3, 2003

Yo..where you at? Updates plz!

The_Book_Of_Harry
Apr 30, 2013

C-Trip has ostagrams.

The guy has depression, right?

Should we be happy he's playing with graphics manipulation instead of having us goons all 'up in his Koolaid'?

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
He used his first paycheck to buy a gun and then used the gun to kill himself

let it mellow
Jun 1, 2000

Dinosaur Gum
op buy the Audi

kimbo305
Jun 9, 2007

actually, yeah, I am a little mad
CH seems in good spirits in the MMA threads. Hopefully the rest of his life is in decent order.

AugmentedVision
Feb 17, 2011

by exmarx
do poor people not understand that old German cars are gonna cost a lot of money in the long run, or do they just not have the luxury of planning ahead?

Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

Larrymer posted:

Just chiming in to say that I've enjoyed the thread and glad to see that you're getting back on your feet. I happen to live in the Detroit area and can help out with the car if you ever need to do some stuff to it. I have tools and am a questionable decent mechanic. (Not as my career, as a hobby)

As for the apartment heat, have you talked to your landlord? I know it's getting warmer around here somewhat, but it might not hurt. If it's an old style boiler (you mentioned radiators) sometimes they just need the air bled out of them and then they actually work. :) There's a screw or fitting on them usually to bleed air from it, simply loosen and have a rag ready and then tighten it up when water comes out.

Thanks for the offer. I thought this thread had fallen out of existence. Mound Road ate one of my tired the other day, which is how I discovered that Pep Boys put non-standard lug nuts on my loving wheels when I bought a set of tires from them. It's also how I discovered that Pep Boys is apparently run by thieves, because my full-size spare disappeared and was replaced by a loving donut. Actually, I discovered that quite a while back, but it fit in with the rest of the story, so I went with it.


SquadronROE posted:

Glad to hear you are not dead and are doing well aside from the sadbrains. You have a solid plan in place and I hope you will continue climbing that ladder.

Also I hope you do not get fired.

I am doing my best, and I also hope that thing that you hoped at the end of your post.



Dek posted:

How about a shrink? or something like that.

This is probably not a bad idea.

Seen so far: Primary care physician, twice. Neurologist, twice. Urgent care, once. I am having a distressing problem breathing. The urgent care doctor basically said, "Your lungs sound fine, you must be an idiot," but he gave me a prescription for an inhaler and antibiotics, anyway. The inhaler does nothing, I have not taken the antibiotics. In the mean time, I haven't felt like I've had enough air in my lungs for two weeks. So, keep checking back, everdave, I may yet be on the way out.

On the list: pulmonologist, cardiologist, and possibly sad-brains specialist.



BULLETKISS posted:

Yo..where you at? Updates plz!

Sorry! Still sort of settling in. Trying to get the hang of my new job. I like the people, but either I am not asking the right questions, or my co-workers don't have the right answers. I still feel pretty useless, but I am working hard. I am paying back a couple of goons who helped get me safely out to Detroit, and trying to put together an actual household. My medical problems have not gone away, although my blood pressure is better since I lost weight, even after putting some of it back on. My heart has been acting up a bit, lately, which is why a cardiologist is back on the list. As soon as my primary care physician gets the records from the cardiologist I saw in Las Vegas, I am going back for a consultation. All in all, it's been pretty tough, and whatever is wrong in my brain makes me want to quit every day, but I'm fighting it.



The_Book_Of_Harry posted:

The guy has depression, right?

Probably. Almost certainly, really.



kimbo305 posted:

CH seems in good spirits in the MMA threads. Hopefully the rest of his life is in decent order.

I did have a little up-swing there, didn't I? I don't remember what I posted, but I remember that I posted an unusual number of times in a small span. Mark Hunt gives me strength. I'm only sort of kidding. If he can survive the life he's had, I should be able to pull it together.



AugmentedVision posted:

do poor people not understand that old German cars are gonna cost a lot of money in the long run, or do they just not have the luxury of planning ahead?

I didn't buy the Mercedes. I'm not an idiot. I went with a Honda PC800 motorcycle, which I rode on one wheel from Salt Lake City to right around Lincoln, NE. I was forced to ride like a square from that point on, because a cop gave me a wheelie ticket and a high-five.

AugmentedVision
Feb 17, 2011

by exmarx
motorcycle is a good choice as long as it doesnt rain/snow much and you have health insurance lol

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


But wheres the cat pics?

raton
Jul 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Some people do have constant shortness of breath without actually being short of breath but it's kind of rare. Did the doctor put a little clip on your finger when you went in there? If not at your next appointment ask them to take an SPO2. Should be above 96 without any effort on your part. If it's like 93 or 94 that's unusual. They will probably say the machine isn't working right (because of your age and a relatively non-stressed presentation they'll doubt the machine which is a good clinical instinct but you do need to trust it eventually), just have them try it on one of their fingers and as a control. I'm sure the pulmonologist will do this anyway.

Lung sounds are fairly difficult to learn and more of an art than a science outside of emergency type lung problems. I wouldn't trust a rando at an urgent care's judgement on them myself. Because you have a problem that's giving you discomfort but not disabling you its also going to be quite subtle, but I would expect a pulmonologist to handle it. Expect a chest X-ray.

I would be curious if oxygen helps or not. Personally if I listened to your lungs and didn't hear anything and then put you on O2 and you said you felt better I'd be inclined to think there's an actual treatable issue there even if the SPO2 monitor didn't move much (although it almost certainly will unless it's already at 100 once the oxygen is on). If your appointment is far away and you're curious one weekend you could go find an oxygen bar and try it out -- if they have those in tha D.

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Centripetal Horse
Nov 22, 2009

Fuck money, get GBS

This could have bought you a half a tank of gas, lmfao -
Love, gromdul

Sheep-Goats posted:

Some people do have constant shortness of breath without actually being short of breath but it's kind of rare. Did the doctor put a little clip on your finger when you went in there? If not at your next appointment ask them to take an SPO2. Should be above 96 without any effort on your part. If it's like 93 or 94 that's unusual. They will probably say the machine isn't working right (because of your age and a relatively non-stressed presentation they'll doubt the machine which is a good clinical instinct but you do need to trust it eventually), just have them try it on one of their fingers and as a control. I'm sure the pulmonologist will do this anyway.

Lung sounds are fairly difficult to learn and more of an art than a science outside of emergency type lung problems. I wouldn't trust a rando at an urgent care's judgement on them myself. Because you have a problem that's giving you discomfort but not disabling you its also going to be quite subtle, but I would expect a pulmonologist to handle it. Expect a chest X-ray.

I would be curious if oxygen helps or not. Personally if I listened to your lungs and didn't hear anything and then put you on O2 and you said you felt better I'd be inclined to think there's an actual treatable issue there even if the SPO2 monitor didn't move much (although it almost certainly will unless it's already at 100 once the oxygen is on). If your appointment is far away and you're curious one weekend you could go find an oxygen bar and try it out -- if they have those in tha D.

Doctors always check blood oxygen, these days. Mine was 97% at the urgent care facility, so meh. Because of my other issues, I've had (at least) two chest x-rays, and a handful of EKGs in the past year or so. The day before I went to the urgent care, I had a ridiculous wheeze (or maybe stridor, since it was only on inhale.) I would suck in a breath, and for like half a second after I stopped pulling, air would still be audibly wheezing into my lungs. It was just like using a hand-operated pump, where you pull the plunger out too fast, and create a vacuum, but it takes a while for the water to rush in and fill the space. That lasted exactly one day, and was gone, or at least not audible to the naked ear, the next day when I went to the urgent care.

I've had these symptoms, once before. It was so obvious and concerning, that my buddy, Mike (the one who passed away), constantly nagged me about going to the emergency room. This went on for weeks, until Mike injured himself and landed in the emergency room. I went to get him, and he harassed me into checking myself in while I was there. They didn't find anything, and I just lived with the symptoms for weeks longer. I am not entirely sure they ever went away, but they got better enough that it stopped being frightening. When I look up the symptoms, I get 85% "heart," 10% "COPD/asthma/other," and about 5% "anxiety." I've mentioned all these things, including anxiety (although I don't feel anxious, and I don't think I have the other symptoms associated with that) to doctors, but all they've ever done is listen to my lungs, and take x-rays, and then dismiss it.

I am also curious if the oxygen would do anything. I still have the symptoms, and the inhaler does exactly nothing. If it didn't say Ventolin and albuterol on it, I'd suspect it was distilled water, because the doctor seemed to think I was an idiot.

Are you a medical professional of some sort? I don't recall if you've ever specified.

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