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Worst week ever

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Okay. This is a blatant cry for sympathy from my imaginary friends…

Last Wednesday, I woke up in the middle of the night with a fever. I went to the urgent care the next day and was diagnosed with a sinus infection and a kidney infection. I was still running a fever on Friday, so I went to my regular doctor. She gave me a shot of antibiotic, a new prescription and told me to go to the er if I still had pain in my sides. I did. So, I went to the ER for a cat scan. It came back fine and I was infection free, but I still felt terrible. By Tuesday, I was bright red and swollen from head to toe, so back to the emergency room to deal with the allergic reaction I was having to the new antibiotic. They gave me Prednisone. Was back in the doctor’s office yesterday with severe back pain. She took me off the Prednisone and told me to call back if I had any more symptoms.

Well..NOW all my joints are swollen. I can’t use my left hand. I feel like I have broken glass in my wrists, knees, ankles and elbows. My face is swollen and I look like a pumpkin. She wants to give me something else to alleviate the fluid retention, but at this point, I’m afraid to take anything else. Except for the painkillers. The painkillers are my only friend at this point.

And I’m at work today. I can move my fingers to type, but am thinking that any code I write today might produce unpredictable results.

Instead, I think I’ll just try to look busy and feel sorry for myself until 5:00.

Oh, and I can’t wear makeup. I can’t grip the brushes. So, I have a swollen, makeupless face.

So..in order to get through this day, I need help. Tell me something funny. Tell me that you’ve gone through the same thing and got better in no time. Tell me that even though I have a pumpkin head, I still look amazingly hot..

🙂

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Awww

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Well lets look on the bright side of things here, as you say you still look amazingly hot thats got to be a plus, here is something that might cheer you up abit.

> > Sex in the Dark
> >
> > There was this couple that had been married for 20 years.
> > Every time they made love, the husband always insisted on shutting off
> > the light. Well, after 20 years the wife felt this was ridiculous.
> > She figures she would break him of this crazy habit. So one night, while
> > they were in the middle of a wild, screaming, romantic session, she
> > turned on the lights. She looked down and saw her husband was holding a
> > battery-operated leisure device…A vibrator! Soft, wonderful and larger
> > than a real one. She went completely ballistic. ‘You impotent bastard,’
> > She screamed at him, ‘How could you be lying to me all of these years?
> > You better explain yourself!’
> > The husband looks her straight in the eyes and says calmly:
> >
> > ‘I’ll explain the toy. . You explain the kids.’

Okay

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You look hot!
Well sorry to hear that your having all of this medical issues. Stinks that sometimes medicines that are suppose to cure cause more problems than the orginal problem.
I can only offer my sympathy and well wishes as I don’t know what will fix ya.
Good luck and I hope you get better very soon.

My imaginary friends

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are saying “Pumpkin head? What pumpkin head? This babe is HOT!”
Shit. They got out their guns. If I don’t take them to you, they’ll shoot me. NOoooo!

Now look what you’ve done. 😀

I do hope things work out better for you next week, Mae. 😡

WOW … MAE what’s this

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we can’t have you sick like that.

All sounds horrible … must have you in good shape before the 25th 🙂

btw

That last sentence …”[b]I still look amazingly hot[/b]” :0

That’s my kinda gurl … woohoo … go on girl keep them comming, I love them 😡

Always like Pumpkin

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Sounds like the old hit-and-miss the docs try has been more miss than hit.

Yeah…

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Everything I’ve been given causes something worse. I would have been better off just letting the original infections run their course.

Ahhh….

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“Everything I’ve been given causes something worse.”

Reminds me of patching in my old NT4 days. 😀

LOL

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I used to upgrade SP4 machines to SP3 — LOL — fixed most issues 😀

global joke

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Nice ones JD :)

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Here’s one more

give this another try

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* What did one jack-o-lantern say to the other?
[i]Cut it out![/i]
* What is a pumpkin’s favorite sport?
[i]Squash[/i]
* Why do jack-o-lanterns have stupid smiles on their faces?
[i]You’d have a stupid smile, too, if you had just had all your brains scooped out![/i]
* What’s the ratio of a pumpkin’s circumference to its diameter?
[i]Pumpkin Pi (3.1428571428571428571428571428571)[/i]
* What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
[i]Frostbite![/i]
* How do you repair a broken Jack-o-lantern?
[i]Buy a pumpkin patch![/i]
* Why do pumpkins never quarrel?
[i]Because they have no stomach for fighting.[/i]

John, a city slicker from Boston, bought a pumpkin patch. He thought that he could make more money from chickens than the previous owner made from pumpkins, so he went to a poultry farm and bought 50 chickens.

’50 is a lot of chickens for that little pumpkin patch,’ commented the proprietor. ‘I am used to big business’ John replied.’

A week later John was back at the farm. ‘I need another 50 chickens,’ he said. ‘Boy, you are serious about this chicken farming,’ the poultry farmer told him.

‘Oh yes,’ John replied. ‘It’ will be Ok if I can just iron out a few problems.’ ‘Problems?’, asked the farmer. ‘Yeah,’ replied the John, ‘I think I planted that first batch too close together.’

Why Pumpkins Are Better Than Men?
[i]From the start you know a pumpkin has an empty head. [/i]

Amazing!

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that you think imaginary friends can answer the questions posted! You might think to actually consult them in your own mind than on the Internet!
Now for the question — Why are you at Work (yes, I used that nasty — evil word)??? And, why has your manager not sent you home???

Unpredictable Results in code, you are probably correct. Has any monitors suddenly become possessed and killed anyone in the office yet? Please inform us if that happen, and send the security video’s of it.

No, I cannot tell you that I have been through it. This is a Mae issue, not a W2k issue. However, that red glow that you have may be a little ‘hot’ to someone out there. But then again, some people dream of blue and green aliens, so there are weirdo’s out there. Who knows though, maybe there is someone that puts a pumpkin for a head on their blow up doll or something :0

D’oh!!

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I will say a quick prayer for you May. 🙂
At least you have the shovel incase anyone has the gall to give you crap about the issues you are currently experiencing. 😀

Question?

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Is this problem due to it being Friday the 13th? Are the Demons inside Mae just retaliating for being oppressed by Mae for so long???

I don’t think so..

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but, who knows.

You know, I got married on Friday the 13th once. It didn’t work out.

Oh Oh

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I may have inadvertently stolen your good luck. I got married on a Friday the 13th back in 1978, still married. 🙂

Hope you feel better soon Mae.

Try this

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Take Benadryl. This will help with the swelling if it’s caused by allergic reaction. Also, the general protocol in the ER for Allergic reactions is to also give Zantac, Pepcid, Prevacid, etc… So get some OTC Pepcid or Zantac and take that as well. Yes, it’s for Acid Reflux, but it has an ingredient that will help stop the allergic reactions. You may have to do several doses of this.

Prednisone will make you swell up and retain water. Cranberry juice is a natural diuretic, so get some of that and start drinking, and that may help with the fluid retention.

Good Luck!

I’ve been

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drinking cranberry juice. I’m trying to not take ANY more drugs right now. I just want everything to work its way out ad see if that will clear everything up.

Except the painkillers. I’m not giving them up quite yet. They help with the whole ‘feeling like I have broken glass under my skin’ thing.

Are those

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big chunks of broken glass, or tiny shavings?

Both

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It’s getting better, though. The swelling really isn’t getting any better, but it doesn’t hurt as much right now.

That’s the drugs

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but both — Ouch! — Maybe you need to come to terms with those demons, sign a peace treaty — let them out more often. Oppressing them seems to be a bad idea

ummm… Painkillers…

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I took some pretty hefty painkillers myself last night. The only problem with that is that after taking that stuff, I always wake up with a hangover.

I hope you start feeling better soon. Hang in there.

The perfect gift for Mojo

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What a thoughtful gift, while you are having a hard time getting around.

B-)

OH Goody Mae is unable to hold her Shovel

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Now what can I say to upset her even more. :^0

Hum Hum I can’t think of anything. :_|

Life is truly Terrible as I can not take advantage of Mae when she sick and unable to swing her Shovel. :8}

Here have a Keg of Gin while I try to think of something that should help your Fluid Retention and if it doesn’t after you finish it you will not care so it’s working. :p

Col ]:)

So the question begs

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Why exactly are you at work!

There are grounds to stay off I should think.

Anyway, try a measured mix of Jack Daniels and Coke. 1/5th Jack Daniels and the rest Coke. One to be taken every 1/2 hour or so for about 4 hours.

Normally does the trick.

And add a

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triple dose of NyQuil

I had a friend who had a pumpkin head once

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should have seen the look on his face every 31st October. He used to carry a candle but got bored after just the one night.

Last time I saw him he was just pie happy. Always thought he would end up in some hot soup some day but hey, what do I know.

Tried to speak to him the other day on the phone but kept getting the pips.

🙂

Mea, even though you have a pumpkin head. . . . .

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….. you still look amazingly hot to me.

< insert pumpkin-looking, swollen, makeup-less - but adorable - smiley face here >

You’ll get by with a little help from your friends. . . . .

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…..imaginary or otherwise.

What would you think if i sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and i’ll sing you a song,
And i’ll try not to sing out of key.
I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Going to try with a little help from my friends.
What do i do when my love is away.
(does it worry you to be alone)
How do i feel by the end of the day
(are you sad because you’re on your own)
No i get by with a little help from my friends,
Do you need anybody,
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love.
Would you believe in a love at first sight,
Yes i’m certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light,
I can’t tell you, but i know it’s mine.
Oh i get by with a little help from my friends,
Do you need anybody,
I just need someone to love,
Could it be anybody,
I want somebody to love.
I get by with a little help from my friends,
Yes i get by with a little help from my friends,
With a little help from my friends.

Or by this guy who seemed to make a career doing Beatles covers:

< insert a Ringo-singing smiley face here >

Mae, I don’t know what to say

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I must admit to a small frisson of enjoyment during your recent cold snap but this is a bit too much. Could I request that you get a bit better – maybe not quite so puffy, not quite so red – so that I can sit back, relax and enjoy this a little more.

Neil 😡

Seriously, girl. You get well! We need you on top form to keep the rest of us up to par.

p.s. Just to give you something to imagine. A few years ago I contracted Mononucleosis and half of my face swelled up (the right half) for a couple of weeks. NOT a pretty sight…

Has diddums London recovered from its snow then?

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I was amazed at its and for that fact England’s inability to cope with it. You should be kicking your councils arse over it.

Still good to gave the day(s) off I guess.

Why?

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Because we have a temperate climate and it snows (properly) down here for two days every twenty years, I’d be much more inclined to kick my council if they were all geared up with snowploughs and snow-blowers that were never used and rusted up.

I got one day off – well, thanks to technology, I worked from home. So, no days off. The rail shut down because there was a level foot of snow overnight – which is almost unprecedented and also was not forecast. We don’t know how to cope with it BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. That was bad but more snow was forecast during the day and the decision was made that although they could get people IN to work, they could not commit to getting them HOME and having people stuck at home rather than in the city was the lesser of two evils by a long way. As it happens, we didn’t get more than another half inch but that was hardly the fault of my local council. They did grit and salt all of the roads but they were anticipating the forecast of a couple of inches of show. A foot simply washed away all of the salt and covered the grit

The schools were closed for too long but that’s just the fault of Health and Safety gone wild and nothing new.

Just because you live in some hick town, don’t start giving it large with criticism over the management of a city of over 8 million. Leave it to the people who live here and know what it was like.

Neil

Hey, all of the Scottish Oil for Scotland crap has died down with oil crowding $30. Guess you’ll just have to keep sponging off us with the Barnett formula.

Hick town, I will have you know that I live in…

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well, now, that would be telling would it not.

Mind you 8 million is nothing – lived in city’s with 15 million +

EDIT: Actually now is the time to get that Oil guarded. Less chance of people poking their nose in when the price is low.

Eventually all oil will run out (Fact), may as well be ready for the cash in when the time comes, somebody will pay the premium.

Meantime spend the current money on harnessing the natural high winds and waves available here, all year, evey year.

“that would be telling would it not.”

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I wonder if you have the slightest idea just how much I don’t care.

🙂

Nope. I guess it would be beyond the bounds of your imagination.

Cared enough

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to let me know however.

no, Mae, last week was the worst week, but I’m oozing sympathy for you!

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First – if you need to get rid of fluid retention, don’t go the drugs way, go the herbal way. Herbal diuretics are made of natural products and work more naturally than chemical ones (i.e. you’re not running to the loo every five minutes!)

Second – if you’re having an allergic reaction, watch out for dry skin, dry skin patches and have an intensive moisturiser handy. From personal experience, these dry patches can occur anywhere (yes, anywhere) and if they dry too much can cause other problems.

Third – you got the wrong week. Some peeps on here already know, but I was in a five car pile up last week and I’m still recovering. Long story short, a pratt of the first order went into the back of Roger, my car (RIP) while I was stationery. He was doing 40mph. Banged forehead off dash, got an airbag deployed into my glasses, bruised coccyx, whiplash and trapped nerves in my neck and shoulder.

So, if you REALLY want to see what a red and swollen face looks like – peer me!

I’m ok and getting better; can’t believe the amount of paperwork (not to mention financial loss!) this pratt has caused me.

GRRRRRR!

Mae, you still look beautiful. Anyone dares to disagree, hit them with the shovel. Hard.

And go home. You’re in no fit state to be there. Self medicate with alcohol. (It’s the only painkiller for me!)

Take care – let me know how you are

GG
Edit: couldn’t send physical sweets, but saw this and thought of you….. (and Mojo!)

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=14104211

oh, and btw – [b] I’m [/b] not imaginary, it’s just the rest of ’em….. :p

Celery seed extract..i think

In reply to no, Mae, last week was the worst week, but I’m oozing sympathy for you!

Mae, do ye have a product called “Waterfall” there??
Its herbal, TRUST ME gets rid off fluid retention.

Its sold here for PMS bloating..
do not take it at night….take in morning.

OUCH

In reply to no, Mae, last week was the worst week, but I’m oozing sympathy for you!

So I guess you can say that the guy that hit you was a real pain in your @$$ and a pain in your neck.

You get well too!

Oh GG

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sorry to hear about your unfortunate incident! Good to hear you’re recovering, hope the financials and paperwork don’t weigh you down too much.

Take it easy girl!
Tink

Dayum!

In reply to no, Mae, last week was the worst week, but I’m oozing sympathy for you!

Sorry to hear you were in an accident. That is why I drive a full, size pickup, especially in the insanity on Atlanta traffic.

Just for an illustration of what it looks like when we are drivign around down here in the Southern US, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTcsg4OEtpw&feature=related.

How most of us feel on the roads in America http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkSFeWNAOV0&feature=related.

Sometimes it feels like these guys are loose in traffic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNTj_WPDqYM&feature=related.

But I really believe that it is this guy causing all the issues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plyWxrHLE14.

How’s this to tickle the funny bone…

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the site is completely fixed and no one will receive any errors today (unless JD pushes the red button or Scummy the blue one) 😉 :p 😀

If that don’t give you a giggle maybe this funny little prank will – http://www.thefunnystuff.net/viewmovie.php?id=1110

-Tammy 🙂

I dont know

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why the guy walked away — I would have been more like the last guy 😀

So what happens if Scummy accidentally pushed the RED button instead of the Blue button???

Then someone would need to…

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push the green button while facing north while standing on one foot while singing a Barry Manilow song at the same time that someone else pushed the yellow button while standing on their head facing west while singing a Captian and Tennille song. Once completed all must eat a case of spam covered in Grey poun within 30 seconds to counteract the affect of Scummy pushing the wrong button.

-Tammy 😀

Ahh Good

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Volunteers for this project, please start the webcams first.

Or

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Took the blue pill instead of the red pill lol :p

That last one there

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Was the Corporate Ethics Officer.

:^0

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:^0

Looking like a pumpkin…

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I guess it could be worse.

You could actually be a pumpkin and someone could come and rip you from your vine, poke your body with a knife, carve shapes into you then scrape out your guts and put a candle inside you…

Life doesn’t seem so bad now does it!

I

You look sooooo HOT

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You appear to have a fever!

Poor Mae

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How awful! I’m just curious – the kidney infection was gone that quickly? Must have been some very strong antibiotic.

I can’t give you any new advice, the others have pretty much provided it. I [b]can[/b] offer sympathy and empathy. I’m prone to kidney infections and UTI’s (about 3-4 a year) because of my kidney disease, so I know how THOSE feel. Yuck! (and the antibiotics I have to take during those – even YUCKIER! They tend to have that awful metallic/sulfuric taste. Blecch!)

Good luck on getting the fluid rentention down. And after you’re over the allergic reaction, you may want to have your kidneys checked again. Just to make sure there’s nothing else going on.

Thinking of you!
Tink

Don’t want to sound weird, but

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Semi-immobile pumpkin head has always been one of my unspoken fantasies. I have a rich erotic fantasy life, you know. I’ve already confessed my image of Nancy Pelosi, hands and knees, wearing only a satin pajama top and those pearls of hers. Now you come with your story, lighting up this whole other dark avenue in my soul. Ohhh. I have to stop thinking of this, or people will wonder why I’m groaning in my office.

Goodbye, before you do any more damage. See you in my dreams, hotness.

Can that be more WRONG???

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The entire post is just — WRONG

Scummy, I agree with you, that is just sick!

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Except for the Nancy Pelosi part. Does she have a twin sister? ]:)

You just

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wish you’d thought of it first. ]:) 😀

You need to grow your heart a little

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Think, how must the glassy-jointed punkin head must feel about it all? SOMEBODY thinks she’s special. I think you need to make room for that. I think you need to look critically at yourself a little.

Of course, I also have to admit that without a good visual, I can’t rank her relative to Nancy Pelosi. But that’s hardly the point, is it?

Nancy Pelosi? :^0

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ROFLMAO!

AV

“Welcome Great Pumpkin!”

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Sounds absolutely horrible, you must post a picture for us. 😉

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8DRnm-BCeIA/SQOlJKshbrI/AAAAAAAAAIE/dnPR4IxytEM/s1600-h/GreatPumpkin-771480.jpg

Just kidding, I’m sure you feel like crap, why on earth you would be at work though?!

I say go home, put on your favorite pill piled onesie and watch hardcore gay porn for the rest of the day, at least you can laugh at them. Or else put on Charlie Brown’s The Great Pumpkin, he’s pathetic enough to make anyone feel good about themselves! (plus you can always relate to the Great Pumpkin.

Or else, get that bottle out of the bottom draawer of your desk and get legless at work, always goes good with decent painkillers.

I just got off three days at home, where everytime I got up, I’d fall over or get sick. It was like being hammered drunk all day. I too went to the walk-in down the street and got antibiotics, fortunately I’m not allergic to much. Turns out it was an inner ear infection that caused the equivalent of motion sickness. Niiice.

So today, first day back. I am trying to look good and work hard so I decided to pitch in and pick a customer’s order (shipping was running late). While I pisked it, he changed it and I wasn’t told.

An hour later he called missing some fo his order, so I look like the a complete moron to the boss but the customer thought it was the boss’s fault and not mine.

After a 55 minute return drive, I just got back, feeling like crap and pretty miffed at myself, and teh boss, only to find that you too are having a crappo day. sorry but it is somewhat comforting to know I’m not the only one.

I hope you get it all sorted out, get aother opinion, different doctor and see how THAT goes. Have they not recommended a specialist yet?

some of us…

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…tend to look and feel like that every day! Kudos for going to work! At least that distracts you a bit. And yes, painkillers are our friend.

The reason women will never be satisfied on Valentine’s Day

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There has never been a man with a a chocolate penis that ejaculates money.

Ha!

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That’s actually pretty good. Now I know what to ask for.

In a roundabout sort of way

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there is now… ]:)

I’m sure

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I don’t want to know! 😀

Now yer talking…

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I’m sure this could be done with the new advances in science???

Dang…I can’t even begin to say the things I would do to have access to that

Isn’t that what Mae did

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… just ask 🙂

Pitty y’ll have to wait for another year before Valantine’s Day comes again ]:) 😀 😉

I’m thinking

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a choclate penis that ejaculates money is more of a year round thing.. a daily thing even..heck..several times a day thing!!!!!!!!

Day? Hour, surely……… ;\

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GG

Well

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didn’t want to come across as a complete ho ]:)

but yes..hourly would be good.. 🙂

Still … the Valantine fulfilling your request

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takes a year around to come again 🙂

You should try to ask Father Chrismas or our dutch Sinterklaas (5-dec)

Or … as Mae was in time to ask the wish … you could ask her to lend hers to you :0
[i]Oh boy the impure ride again[/i]

Seems you have

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recovered nicely from your accident … that is … if you wanna go for it by the hour … woohoo :0
[i]it’s just for the money to buy you a new car … isn’t it. Nothing else for sure 😉 😀 [/i]

[i]dang emoticons[/i]

hey mae

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I hope my peermail to ya gave you a bit of a chuckle this week. ]:)

edit typos

Ya know.

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I can’t tell you anything funny, but I can tell a couple of true events from my life where I thought all was lost.

In 1989 I received a blow to the head that crushed part of my skull. I walked into the hospital. X-rays were taken and revealed serious damage. On the way back to ER I puked all over everything. I was roomed for the night and the following day a Dr. came in and discussed the options. The doc’s were going to have to operate, the plan was to open my skull and weld the bone together with a laser. I approved. Well, I was put out, and operated on. When I came to, the duty nurse in recovery had to call security to belt me to the table because I heard incoming missles and was trying to roll off of the gurney but did not have enough muscle control for success, but would also attack anything that came into reach. I passed out after a while. When I came to again the next day I was hungry. I bit**ed until I got some food. The nurse brought it and saw that I lacked control to feed myself. She tried to feed me and was attacked for her effort, after the recovery scene I was still strapped to the bed at chest and feet. The nurse called a doc and was told to cut the meat but let me feed myself. I can’t tell you how many times I missed my mouth and stabbed myself with a fork. Before I managed to eat what I could hold there were tears of frustration in my eyes. The next day, I was taken to optometry. Hell, I did not know I had thread hanging out my eye from having the muscles cut to take my eye out for the operation. The first I know of this was when the optometrist pulled the string to align my eyes. Real weird sensation and I puked all over everything.. 90 days later I was released from the hospital in a wheelchair. 18 months later I regained most of my dexterity. To this day there is a part of my head that has no sensation and I have a mylar plate in my head because the bone could not be welded together.

About 2002 my elbow became real sore and inflamed. I went to ER. They examined me and found a small cut on my elbow that I was unaware of. The area of inflamation was about a 2 inch radius about that cut. I was immediately given massive doses of Penicillin and sent home after an emergency visit was arranged with my doctor for the next day. When I went to my doctor the next morning, the inflammation spread throughout my body. One look and the doc pulled the Penicillin and put me on the nastiest anti-biotic known to man. Two shots per day. Felt like a golf ball was being injected into my butt. I would sit in the waiting room for 40 minutes after each injection and then limp to my car. 14 days later, the infection was cleared. When the bateria was cultured, it was found to be a strep bacteria – the flesh eating one. I was lucky, this time.

All the ends well, is well.

Holy cow!!

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That does not sound like fun! :0

I hope you’re feeling better today

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Being sick is miserable to begin with, but a bad reaction to a drug can be even worse. At least you have painkillers.

You should stay home and rest. Work will just have to understand. Drink lots of tea and cranberry juice. Watch some chick flicks. I have some good ones to recommend.

As Good As It Gets

Out of Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF-lNumI2qk

The absolute worst is having to go to work swollen and makeupless and looking like a pumpkin. Major bummer. 🙁

AV

Hoky smokes

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You are still amazingly hot, and I don’t think it’s just the fever.

You will decompress soon and feel better than ever.

Until then, take care. Let Mojo take over.

I can hope by now

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that you are feeling so much better, being Saturday night and all.

Who would not think that you look amazingly hot, you are the Mae. Pumpkin Head and all, we love you.

Honestly, hope you are feeling better.

Mike

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I’ve never been an imaginary friend before. Can I do my Drop Dead Fred impression http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu7emKeklA0 at your office?

And do not worry about you head being swollen to pupkin size unless you end up hanging out with this creepy old biddy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvsoLnu41mA&feature=related.

But if someone is mean to you when you are all sickie, call up these dudes to do a Detroit Drive By on their heinies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWBtligcPU.

How were the books?

Okay..

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I guess it was withdrawal from the prednisone. I didn’t taper off after the first two (massive) doses.

Still a little swollen and nauseous, but much better. I spent most of the weekend laying on the couch and watching movies/TV. I watched 3 different shows (Man on Fire, Transporter II and the new Joss Whedon show Dollhouse) and every one of them was about a kid getting kidnapped. And in each instance, the kidnappers demanded 5 million dollars. I had no idea that was the going rate for a kid. So…I learned something while I was sick. 🙂

Nice to notice

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that you’re still learning about kid-rates … but not
Still good to read you’re recovering fine. 😡

Made me a bit worried with the swollen face and that kinda stuff … prednisone does do that kinda things to people.
I remember my M-in-law had to take some, as prophylaxis, to her radiotherapy she was taking. She got all swollen up you won’t believe (okay meanwhile you do I think)

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Glad you hear you are doing better Mae. I actually enjoyed Man on Fire. Although, I am quite a Denzel Washington fan (think he is one heck of an actor). 🙂
Hope your Monday is going well (well, about as well as a Monday can go). 😀

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