suz!

here’s what on my mind—- gthis whole election thing is weird= such a shitty economy, Romney should be killing Obama; and Romney’s such a shitty candidate, Obama should be killing Romney; i guess it’s balancing out and the election is close, for now

they’re both shitty candidates, but romney is shittier

spur! how ya doing tonight?

bfl! i think its gonna be one of those things where no one is happy except the corporations, no matter the outcome

how’s the city beautiful tonight?

hanging in there, and you?

Aloha, Suz and lln pups…! It’s trying times here in paradise, the munchkin had 2 seizures this morning, and after 6 hrs at the ER, he was released, had another seizure, he’s back up there and most likely headed to Oahu’s Kapiolani Hospital soon, where he’ll get real care…! 8-(

ditto — hanging in and hangin on

oh tut, i’m so sorry!

oh noz tut. jen had 3 grand mal seizures when she was 16 months. they never did figure them out but i think they were related to the mmr shot she had 8 days before. the doc said they would only consider it related if they happened within 7 days….

my thoughts and prayers that the munchkin is treated with care, compassion, and skill and that he is back home quickly. (((tut family)))

can’t turn the sound on :-(

do ya have your computer sound turned on? if so, look to see if the icon of a horn has an x by it — that means its is muted – click the horn and the x will disappear and the sound should come on

They haven’t a clue what’s going on over here, sadly, they even did a spinal tap to rule out meningitis…! I’m pissed that they’d released him to begin with, and, still haven’t performed a CAT scan which they do have(they did a chest x-ray instead)…!

crawling off. g’nite suz, bfl, tut. fingers crossed for the munchkin.

Sending gramma-type love from the other Pacific Coast to your little munchkin… and to your whole family. Hope baby-boy is all better…. and real soon. (((CTut&family))))

TCB is OK; no rain and i’m happy that rainy season is winding up— as you know, i’ve been in a bit of a funk lately about fatherhood and all— my little girls aren’t little anymore

Mahalo, spur, Suz, and all…! *g*

no, i mean i can’t turn the sound on due to double sleeping occupancy in this room. thanks for the info, though! g’nite again.

Tut, you are gonna think me nuts and god only knows what else.

Take the kid to a Chinese acupuncturist. Now.

man! prayer wagon for you and the family; always room, i’ll probably be at my favorite right wing yahoo church tomorrow

you told me that, too– never got around to it— are there any in The City Beautiful

must be

nite, man

they were getting ready to release her from the er when she had the 2nd. the 3rd was during a cat scan and that’s when they decided to transfer her to children’s oakland. they gave her a spinal tap too to rule out meningitis, etc. the specialists never did figure it out

g’nite spur

hey dearie — how was your day?

hey tuez — how was your day?

Spousal unit swears by this one.

The dog swears by another but I don’t think you want the link.

the other thing aboutr the election— i’m reading people saying that Ryan will mop the floor with biden in a debate; hey, no matter the stupid shit he says on the trail, Joe Biden was a wonk before there were wonks (on foreign policy anyway), chairman of foreign affairs committee, chairman of judiciary committee, Obama has him in on everything— the guy is no dummy; he’s been doing this shit since Ryan was collecting social security

All good in the ‘nard, Suz. And it’s fall here! We’ve had fog… and now the light is lower and the air is cool. My walking partner and I are loving it!

brought in the houseplants i have had out on the porch today — its starting to get down into the low 50′s, high 40′s at night. of course tonight the weather dood said we are gonna hit 80 tomorrow *laughing*

If Ryan was such a failure at the AARP meet-up, imagine how inept he will be against Biden. (At least I certainly hope so!)

But after a cool down, some Indian Summer is such a treat!

Did she ever experience another gran mal seizure, Suz…? Both sides of his family does have histories of seizures, the Better Half had them, and even my son had ‘em, along with his other gramma…! 8-(

another specific area where our counrty is a fucking disgrace— i kmow this from tne local epilepsy association (NOT epilepsy foundation)– they do fundraisers and i ask where the money goes– they tell me to buy people meds and stuff they need to deal with seizures, especially kids– because people can’t fucking afford it! U-S-A! U-S-A! FUCKING DISGRACE

Out of my hands now, tuez…! I might be able to convince my daughter to allow it later on…!

nope — they put her on phenobarbital and never up’d her dose. took her off it when she was 3. never another hint of one and she was on such a minimal dose by the time they took her off.

The truest thing I have read all day .. good evening to all ..

hey tearloch — how’s it going?

Biden will be fine; i bet he fucks up on something- a statistic or something- but nobody is gonna care– if that’s the best Willard can do is to run on that-a Biden mistake– that’s pretty sad; then again, Joe may not; Ryan’s no dummy but he has a rough position tto try to defend

Al is well Suz .. hope you are re-gaining your mobility .. autumn setting in .. new Mumfort and Sons cd to fill the sound, and FDL to stimulate my indignation ../s

when they switched me off phenobarbitol (“nobody uses that anymore, Beerfart” said my doc) they just kept reducing my doses of the new meds until I had a seizure—- oops, that’s your theraputic dose; that’s how they find it– keep weaning you off anti seizure meds until you have a seizure

All my best wishes and vibes to your babe Ctut .. sorta like Sutherland in the Dirty Dozen would do it .. or maybe Kelly’s Heroes ..

hello tear

am back in my brace and have an appt with the surgeon himself on 11/19 to discuss options, including possible further surgery. unless i get a call that he wants to see me sooner after reviewing my xrays and his p.a.’s report from monday — that would be a bad thing for sure if i got such a call

Ryan is a lightweight. He’s only now getting over his teenaged infatuation with Ayn (Ein) Rand….. and only because he had to to remain even mildly acceptable. I hope he goes down in flames. And I deeply appreciated the Olds booing his stupidity. I don’t know how old he is, but however old he is, he is too young to be VP, anyway.

yup — they said similar to me when they started her on it. that first size based dose at 16 months was what she was weaned off when she was 3. i guess with babies they do it backwards because they grow so quickly

The dog seems to be able to go a year between needles. $75 for her, $70 for the spousal unit. That said, the dog is only 2-1/2. That said, no one knows what causes seizures whether in dogs or people.

I think it’s worth the try. Of course, I personally don’t have them.

That’s exactly what they did with my son, BFL, but the initial dosages sparked grand mal seizures and the weaning process caused petit mal seizures…! What a crap shoot…! 8-(

i noticed there are already lowered expectations being put out there by the gop mouthpieces re rmoney’s performance at the debates… i don’t think ryan is gonna be able to out-debate biden – just as rmoney aint gonna out-debate obama

i was thinking the same thing— guy has that dear-in-the-headlights look; i don’t think he’s ready for prime time; everybody knows his playbook— the biggest concern for Biden is whatever dipshit moderators they have, not Ryan, in my view

Mahalo, tearloch…! How goes the Pipeline battle…?

Romney-Ryan scare me more than Dole-Kemp .. I am listening to/watching about 8 hours political noise a day .. a mannequin and a hand-puppet ..

they say there are all kinds of different triggers– I’ve had two seizures in Publix,

My brother is the Mayor of one of the towns in the Ensbridge pipeline’s path to our northern coast via some of the cleanest water in the world .. he has stated for the record that they, the Municipality and local native bands, will never agree to this pipeline .. so we are working in mysterious ways ..

they never figured hers out — called them idiopathic which is a fancy word for i dunno

seizures suck—– that’s for sure; so many things can cause them, some they can figure out, some they can’t; my doc wants me to get a Vegus Nerve Stimulator– would have to go to tampa i told him it’s pain in the ass to get over there on a bus, he asked me why don’t i drive there– no shit; i said “Um, I have seizures, I don’t drive” asshole

jeebus bfl — whatta maroose

there is a silent majority behind you…… let us know if there is something we can do to help.

Am finding the best way to develop a concern about things like this is just to find ways to discuss it with everyone I know .. and asking them to pass it on to their friends .. I love to talk .. and I find myself talking to a lot of folks who do the twitter-text-facebook thing .. I just talk and they like to gossip .. but hardly ever say a word verbally .. Gawd, what a world .. “social networking” indeed .. /g

Go to that doctor who I linked to above. Who cares what causes the “shakes”, all you care about is stopping them.

thank you for keeping us informed, too. fdl is a good place to share the word(s).

it’s just another example, one that’s brought home to me of how the health care system, such as it is, in this country— i keep using the word disgrace; i just don’t understand how people cannot realize that it sucks; i mean for me, it’s just the price of meds, but if i lose my job or if a person works part-time with no benifits, it’s seizures left and right simply because the meds cost too much; we’re not talking about some involved operative procedure, it’s just meds; and people can’t get them and they can’t live a normal life— and that’s true of many conditions; fucking disgrace; i see the kids all the time when i go to the neurologist for checkups (my docs wife is a pediatric neurologist) and it’s heartbreaking; but if we can’t even assure that people who need meds will get them, so many of these kids just won’t get what they need; and who knows how many don’t even make it into a docs ofice ’cause of lack of insurance; nothing pisses me off more than the healthcare mess in this country– and go ahead and mention single payer and people literally laugh at you– shitheads

Or how many will die.

actually i like the guy and he’s been good for me– i chalk it up to a brain fart– but he’s really pushing that VNS shit on me– a new toy and a money maker all around

you and me both bfl — its a fucking national disgrace the way we don’t provide for the neediest among us. add in when those needy ones are kids and i can’t hardly think about it without feeling my blood pressure going up

how the hell can these psuedo-christians in the gop say all the bible words but work hard to prevent what the bible says christians should do

when i say “the price of meds” for me it’s $7 a pop with a prescription drug plan; without = over $100 for a 30 day supply for one and $70 something for another med for 30 days— all togethr now– fucking disgrace

*sigh*

I’ll take you or go with you.

Cause I’m like that.

we had a cop who had to be retired due to vegas nerve episodes. this was back in the 90′s.

i gotta get to bed– goin’ to bed angry; hey CT, gtry to take care, i know that’s easy to say and difficult to do, keep us posted if you want— best of everything; good night everybody; i could stay up all night bitching about healthcare

you’re just lookin’ for a demo that you misssed at the RNC

g’nite bfl

Take care, all ..

I’m sure there’s a snark tag at the end of that line…. in the mist somewhere.

g’nite tearloch

Hugs and prayers for you CT, and hope this is resolved. I have had seizure disorder since I was a teen, well controlled by meds but BFL is right. If the meds aren’t there, people can’t live a normal life or can’t live period. Simple meds, simple preventive medical care. That’s what we’re lacking in this country, preventive care.
I mean think about car maintenance. If you just let your car go without any upkeep at all ever, would you be surprised that it failed and was expensive (or impossible) to fix? We don’t have a health care delivery system, we have a crisis sickness patch-up system. That is astonishing bad planning for a first-world country.

i read it with one

hey margot — how’s southern ohio tonight?

Pleasant dreams, BFL, I couldn’t agree more with your excellent rant on the sad state of healthcare, which ain’t about to improve anytime soon, even under Obamacare…! 8-(

It’s mild and rainy, pretty nice. How is it in your beautiful town?

… That is astonishing bad planning for a first-world country…

Mahalo, Margot…! It’s a national disgrace…! 8-(

cloudy this morning but the sun burned through the clouds around noonish. still dry. haven’t had any measurable rain since 7/20 and there still is no rain in my forecast…

Here’s a thought: Encourage all the dispossessed, homeless, uninsured to quickly join the Mormon Church….. Mormons claim to be Christians, claim to help the poor, claim to be striving to gain their own planet. Heck, Catholics don’t obey the Pope’s directives regarding birth control, so I don’t see any reason why the needy would be morally impelled to believe the credo. Get help! Join up! Let’s see if the Mormons are as generous as they claim to be… and as helpful.

No.

CT. My thoughts are with you. {{{CT}}}

hey homeroid — how’s homer tonight?

Hi CT best to the munchkin.

Mahalo, homeroid and bb…!

Wet and wild. Was blowin 50 but calmed now. I would usually call the way the winter plays out. Not this year. It’s a crap shoot really. Aint it funny the state of the world is kinda the same.

no kidding — seems like everything is a crap shoot nowadays. the old normals about dayam near everything are gone

i’m fading pups. g’nite all

I wish i had more time to maintain my generator. This could be one long frikkin winter. But i keep an MSR stove for emergency.

I glanced at vehicle bumper stickers at a big box store near me, just today.
2 McCain-Palin stickers on rear windows of pickup trucks
1 Ohio for Obama sticker
0 Romney-Ryan.
I don’t know if that suggests who people are going to vote for. Maybe people just don’t want their car scratched up, and maybe the Romney voters aren’t that excited about him…just thought it was interesting.

Good night dear lady.

Woop’s wrong thread. But cool i understand.

Sweet dreams, Suz…! The better half got home and while she made all the calls, I made her some chow…! The test came back negative for meningitis, and when she’d left he’d finally fell asleep…! He was also eating earlier and drinking on his own…!