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#12072 Gothos

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Posted 20 May 2015 - 10:59 AM

Out of the hospital, finally.

Had my nasal septum straightened (ie broken/cut and sewn back together) and a polyp removed. Now I'm looking forward to over 2 weeks of medical leave :headbang:

Still waiting to see the effects of the operation itself as my nose is still slowly filling up with blood, but that will pass.

Avoid hospitals if you can.

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#12073 Tsundoku

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Posted 20 May 2015 - 11:19 AM

Gothos, on 20 May 2015 - 10:59 AM, said:

Out of the hospital, finally.

Had my nasal septum straightened (ie broken/cut and sewn back together) and a polyp removed. Now I'm looking forward to over 2 weeks of medical leave :headbang:

Still waiting to see the effects of the operation itself as my nose is still slowly filling up with blood, but that will pass.

Avoid hospitals if you can.

Told you that coke habit would catch up to you.

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#12074 Maark Abbott

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Posted 20 May 2015 - 12:25 PM

Gothos, on 20 May 2015 - 10:59 AM, said:

Out of the hospital, finally.

Had my nasal septum straightened (ie broken/cut and sewn back together) and a polyp removed. Now I'm looking forward to over 2 weeks of medical leave :headbang:

Still waiting to see the effects of the operation itself as my nose is still slowly filling up with blood, but that will pass.

Avoid hospitals if you can.

As someone whose pride is the 8mm tunnel through his nasal septum, this made me cringe like a little bitch.

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#12075 Loki

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 01:40 AM

My uncle is doing well and has been allowed to return home. :headbang:

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#12076 amphibian

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 05:10 AM

Gothos, on 20 May 2015 - 10:59 AM, said:

Out of the hospital, finally.

Had my nasal septum straightened (ie broken/cut and sewn back together) and a polyp removed. Now I'm looking forward to over 2 weeks of medical leave :headbang:

Still waiting to see the effects of the operation itself as my nose is still slowly filling up with blood, but that will pass.

Avoid hospitals if you can.

I know someone who had this done bc her crooked nose was really giving her a tough time breathing. She LOVES the result. Could not stop talking about how awesome it was to nose breathe and see it straight for several months.

I hope you end up in a similar situation.

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#12077 Loki

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 06:10 AM

My friend had the same thing done a month ago. She's had nothing but infections since. :S
Though, for the first week she did keep commenting on how cold air felt when she breathed through her nose.

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

~TQB~

#12078 Gothos

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 06:44 AM

Air feels normal I guess. I still have stitches in my left nostrils so that blocks stuff considerably and picks up blood and maybe some phlegm too. When I got up today my nose was full. Worst part - can't blow my nose 'cause the stiches could break.

Got my followup meeting on the 27th, maybe they'll remove stitches then. In the moments my nose is clear, though, breathing feels a lot easier, true enough.

#12079 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 11:56 AM

Finally did something useful in my professional life that has had a big impact on a section of UK public health. It's a small section but still useful! Can't talk about it, even in this dimly lit corner of the internet but it feels awesome to have directly done something that will mean some people live longer and in better health. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy (and slightly self important :headbang:

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#12080 Maark Abbott

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 12:40 PM

Mezla PigDog, on 21 May 2015 - 11:56 AM, said:

If you work in care services at all, it'd not surprise me if you've bumped into Mother Dearest.

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#12081 Mezla PigDog

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 03:11 PM

Not unless she's a gay chap presenting regularly at sexual health clinics........ Is she?

Burn rubber =/= warp speed

#12082 Maark Abbott

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Posted 21 May 2015 - 03:32 PM

Mezla PigDog, on 21 May 2015 - 03:11 PM, said:

Not unless she's a gay chap presenting regularly at sexual health clinics........ Is she?

For you baby, chshe could be. *Snap snap*

No, but in seriousness her job title is something unfathomable but involves setting up and negotiating NHS-paid care programmes for people of diminished mental capacity (i.e. learning difficulties, dementia etc). Handles Dorset for the moment.

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#12083 Egwene

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 12:50 PM

Well, talking of diminished mental capacity....

I was totally on cloud nine last night because I had at last managed to add a properly working poll to the Wiki homepage, only to have CN point out to me earlier that I had missed out one of the books. Ooophs!!

I am pleading diminished responsibility, posting having been way past my bedtime which, unbeknown to me, had a temporary diminishing effect on my mental capacity. So there, lol.

Anyway, I am still totally over the moon about the changes I made and keep checking in to see if anyone has voted. Unfortunately, editing the poll meant that the votes already cast were lost. Nothing is ever straight forward, is it?!

But... :headbang:

<---- I am still this happy!!!

#12084 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 23 May 2015 - 08:44 AM

I am the witcher.

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#12085 Maark Abbott

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 04:09 AM

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 23 May 2015 - 08:44 AM, said:

I am the witcher.

Goo goo g'joob.

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#12086 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 08:51 AM

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 23 May 2015 - 08:44 AM, said:

I am the witcher.

Other half is playing The Wild Hunt at the moment, and all I keep hearing in my head is the Zero Punctuation quote on the first one "Geralt is a sort of demon hunter for hire, not as you might reasonably assume a witch hunter". Looks awesome though!

WMMHT: Mastered makeup for a wedding we're going to in a couple of weeks. I don't wear it very often and I will no doubt cock it up and be unable to replicate it on the day, but I'm really chuffed with it.

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#12087 Illuyankas

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 06:00 PM

Back from my awesome holiday weekend at a chalet in Westward Ho! (yes, the ! is included) with the girlfriend, a weekend that went from Thursday to today. No internet, but then no distractions either.

Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.

#12088 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 06:20 PM

Briar King, on 25 May 2015 - 05:23 PM, said:

I ll take one for the team. Tell the old man I ll take you to the wedding so he can keep playing Wild Hunt.

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#12089 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 06:57 PM

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 25 May 2015 - 06:20 PM, said:

Briar King, on 25 May 2015 - 05:23 PM, said:

I ll take one for the team. Tell the old man I ll take you to the wedding so he can keep playing Wild Hunt.

You charmer, you! Posted Image

Careful. With the amount of bugs and stuff that are constantly attacking BK, he is bound to have fire ant or a million hidden upon his person at any given time...

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#12090 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 07:43 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 25 May 2015 - 06:57 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 25 May 2015 - 06:20 PM, said:

Briar King, on 25 May 2015 - 05:23 PM, said:

I ll take one for the team. Tell the old man I ll take you to the wedding so he can keep playing Wild Hunt.

You charmer, you! Posted Image

Careful. With the amount of bugs and stuff that are constantly attacking BK, he is bound to have fire ant or a million hidden upon his person at any given time...

Any bug damage to my very pretty dress (I found a dress that actually makes me come over all girly - quite the event!) and there'll be trouble, BK!

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#12091 QuickTidal

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Posted 25 May 2015 - 07:46 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 25 May 2015 - 06:57 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 25 May 2015 - 06:20 PM, said:

Briar King, on 25 May 2015 - 05:23 PM, said:

I ll take one for the team. Tell the old man I ll take you to the wedding so he can keep playing Wild Hunt.

You charmer, you! Posted Image

Careful. With the amount of bugs and stuff that are constantly attacking BK, he is bound to have fire ant or a million hidden upon his person at any given time...

Indeed. And he's studied and weaponized them. So now he has slick bug firing gauntlets.

*and now I want bug firing gauntlets*

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