by Maverick 32 Replies latest social relationships
CJ:
The choice of words was entirely descriptive, from the perspective of an ill guy.
I KNOW it's not how you gals see it and that the intentions are entirely humane, but ill guys tend to get very neanderthal...
...ok, ok, I'm just speaking for myself again
Of course, there's a time and a place for everthing!
That Florence Nightingale uniform might be appreciated at another time
There's a difference between someone barfing into the toilet and a visit to the hospital. I would not sit by you or xjw while you are talking to the big white telephone. I'd be somewhere else in the house. But excruciating pain that brings you to the hospital is a tad different.
I'll forgive you this time
cj "of the not liking to be referred to as a clucking hen class"
Sorry about the inadvertant offense
You are right, of course.
Some macho-bullsh*t can be highly risky.
Personally the idea of getting someone to drive me to a hospital only to "pass-wind", on the way there, would be a humiliating nghtmare.
It would be the stuff of dinnertime conversation with friends and colleagues, for years to come...
LT "stupidly stoic" and "miserable when ill" classes
Mav thought he was doing the right thing by not wanting to bother anyone or worry them. His heart was in the right place but it wasn't the best reasoning. If you had lower abdominal pain and thought it just might be gas, I could see keeping quite for awhile. Even bad back pain comes and goes with people. But, if it's something you usually don't feel, tell someone. Too many people pass away by handling situations like these on their own.
Gumby
I just wanted Little toe to hear me here.
CLUCK-CLUCK !!!! lol
Seems to me that if you two boys lived around me.. Mav and LT.
I would cluck over the both of you. I think you guys have been hurt in someway. A lost love perhaps? Parental abandonment maybe?... Or the two of you are just plain "tough as nails".
and need a good old clucking person around for awhile. If caring an being their is "clucking".. then I am proud to be a clucker. cluck...cluck.. cluck.....cluuuuuucccccck! I care..
with love
sincerely clucking
Special K
Mav, when you are in such pain you are not going to always think of what's best for you. You might have made better decisions had you not been in that kind of pain. But you were in horrendous pain and you did what you did. Just next time, get someone to take you to the hospital. For your own saftey and that of others. Your daughter doesn't want to lose her dad.
I used to get three to four kidney stones a year. No one should be driving who is in that kind of pain.Stones do vary in the degree of pain they cause. However; the pain killers they give you for kidney stones are very, very strong. To drive less than four hours after having had strong pain killers is just like driving while you are drunk. I'd be very upset with Andy if he did that rather than ask me for my help. I love him and there is no way that I will ever replace him. I don't want him wiping himself out in a wreck or ending up doing time because he drove under the influence. It's not okay to drive while under the effects of painkillers and while recovering from the trauma of something as serious as a kidney stone.
Flyin'
When I first read this I thought... 'Yeah. Silly man... you need to get someone to help you.'
Then it occurred to me... if anything happens to me - I am all on my own. No one here to walk into their room and say, "Hey! Could you please drive me to the hospital?"
So... it would be up to ME to take care of myself if anything happens to me.
It ain't being 'macho'... it's just the way it is. Some folks don't have anyone. I fall into that class. *shrug*
Regards,
Jim TX
It ain't being 'macho'... it's just the way it is. Some folks don't have anyone. I fall into that class. *shrug*
In this case you need to call your doctor and explain the situation. He can tell you if you need an ambulence or cab ride to the hospital. No one with a kidney stone needs to be driving to and from the doctor's office or hospital. This has to do with safety and not machismo.
Flyin'
I'd take consideration over others myself. If i have an emergency that requires me to go to the hospital, I'd have someone take me. Incase something happend to me on the way and I crashed into someone else and killed them, I'd feel horribly guilty and stupid and probably serve some jail time for neglect and manslaughter.
