Hope you’re feeling better soon .
There’s a lot of it going around.
Awful.
I hope you remain well
you as well. I just had a checkup with my cardiologist. I am among the first patients in a new unit especially for adults with congenital cardiac issues. It’s interesting hearing about all the various technicians and specialists that get together to discuss us ‘thin end of the bell curve’ folks.
Lucky me, I get to get an MRI to allow for clearer visualization of all my particular oddities. This wouldn’t be a big deal except that earlier this year, I finally got the earrings I’ve been wanting since the 90’s. Black 10ga niobium captive bead rings. These types are not easily removable. They require special pliers if you don’t want to scratch them up. They’re non-ferrous, so they shouldn’t present a problem, but depending on how much of a stickler the lab is, I may have to have get them taken out before hand. It’s a minor pain in the ass, just a trip to the piercing shop, but I remain salty at the inconvenience of it all.
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All I can say is “Wow”. What I have to do for an MRI is take a few milligrams of Lorazepam. I’m so claustrophobic I have to hit the panic button if I’m not sufficiently sedated. I absolutely hate that experience. It’s so cold and loud.
Once I got the diagnosis of my blood disorder, my primary care doctor told me she had only heard of it on board exams. My oncologist was also astonished. I live with chronic fatigue. Some people who have severe cases of it have to have their spleens removed. I’ve lost enough body parts and am resisting losing more.
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A little salt is always a good thing.
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Especially with a shot of tequila and a wedge of lime…
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I had to remove what appeared to be around 75 bobby pins from a spectacular up-do for a late evening MRI following a live taping of my band. Probably easier to remove than your bling, but a PITA nonetheless. I’d hoped to keep that 'do for a few days, given how much $$$ I’d spent on it 
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I’ve got sternal wires. That’s how they put you back together after they saw you in half for open heart surgery. It’s a no-no for MRIs, so I understand. The last time I was in the courthouse I set off the metal detector. I told the deputy it was probably from my open heart surgery, and he said, “me, too” - and that was that. Nuthin’ up my sleeve …
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That’s it, keep the humor going!!!
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Some really interesting soy candles in Asian flavored fragrances. I’m Christmas shopping in July. These look fun.
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I’ve had 4(!) open heart procedures. I know I had a wire at one point, but I’ve had mri’s since and nothing has cooked me from the inside or come flying out of me yet.
New doctors are always surprised when they meet me. The read my history and expect someone with walking aids, possibly supplemental oxygen. Then I walk in looking normal and they’re all discombobulated for a second.
I know that I probably have a slightly lower life expectancy for all the mishegoss, but I have seen several family members cruise past 80 and frankly, I’ll pass.
As far as I’m concerned, everything over 75, you’re playing with house money. Have the cookie. Try the drug. Eat the foie.
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When people would say “I hope you live to 100” my mom would say “oh God, I hope not.” (Born in 1928, she grew up thinking 70 was ancient.) Now she’s 95 and still hasn’t quit smoking–I think the doctors are slightly pissed that her heart and lungs are still healthy. She takes cholesterol (she won’t quit cheese either;) and blood pressure meds, but that’s it.
I think longevity is like baldness–it skips a generation. Aunts and uncles all went well into their 90s; 2 of mom’s 4 children have already passed 
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But what if instead of dying before 80, you carry on in misery, and not because you’re miserable without drugs, cookies, and foie.
Not that I have the answer.
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enjoy.
at 78, I’m way past all my family tree.
had heart stents at 69 - doing the ‘low fat’ diet/living since - LDL calculated in the high 50’s.
so, you is what you are - do what youse can.
sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t work . . .
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Life is a crap shoot. We don’t choose our genetics or get handed an instruction manuaL.
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I think they can adjust the MRI machine to account for internal metal - think of all the pins and knobs and screws and stuff people carry around in them. The big ol scar should be a giveaway ….
This may just be the darkest thread drift in HO history.
Has anybody heard any good jokes lately 
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This. It sucks for those left behind, but it’s a personal choice for those in this position.
I watched my Mom linger a couple of months after she had made it clear she was ready to leave this earth. She was tired. There was nothing holding her here, other than the love of her children. And my sister and I made it clear she should leave on HER terms, and my brother (who left us 16 days after my Mom passed) had made a visit before she passed.
I don’t want to live a life past what I’m capable of actually living.
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