The AFK Thread

[jkason]

I've been ill the last several days, and the medicine basically knocked me out, or left me completely loopy if I was conscious. My apologies. I'm back today; should be able to catch up.

 

[perrinmiller]

This weekend is going to be busy. Tomorrow they are calling for a snowstorm and 6-8 inches or more. And then I am taking an overnight trip on Sunday with limited Internet and losing my writing time on Monday. I expect to be swamped as a backlog builds up. Just a heads up in case I appear to be not getting to some things, while posting easier stuff instead.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Busy weekend, followed by a very busy Monday. I hope to get caught up some this evening, but that's not a certainty.

 

[GlassEye]

Too much pacing and fretting, not enough posting. I'll try to get posts in tomorrow (Friday) so I don't hold things up over the weekend.

 

[jackslate45]

Over the weekend my personal computer decided to shut down, and my initial attempts to revive it have not worked. My posting will be slower than usual until I can get it back up.

 

[Systole]

I'm going to be out on vacation for the next week or so, so posting will be spotty. I'm also having a medical issue that's not responding to treatment as fast as my doctors would like. It might take me out of commission rather suddenly for a bit of a hospital stay. I'd rate this as 'pretty unlikely but possible.'

 

[perrinmiller]

I'm going to be out on vacation for the next week or so, so posting will be spotty. I'm also having a medical issue that's not responding to treatment as fast as my doctors would like. It might take me out of commission rather suddenly for a bit of a hospital stay. I'd rate this as 'pretty unlikely but possible.'

Thanks for the heads up and good luck with the medical issue. May you get some more Aid Another rolls on your Fort Save or the Doctor’s Skill checks.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

I'm going to be out on vacation for the next week or so, so posting will be spotty. I'm also having a medical issue that's not responding to treatment as fast as my doctors would like. It might take me out of commission rather suddenly for a bit of a hospital stay. I'd rate this as 'pretty unlikely but possible.'

Thanks for the heads up and good luck with the medical issue. May you get some more Aid Another rolls on your Fort Save or the Doctor’s Skill checks.

Ditto that!

 

[jackslate45]

I'm going to be out on vacation for the next week or so, so posting will be spotty. I'm also having a medical issue that's not responding to treatment as fast as my doctors would like. It might take me out of commission rather suddenly for a bit of a hospital stay. I'd rate this as 'pretty unlikely but possible.'

Be healed by the power of Awesome!

 

[Systole]

Well, the meds I started taking yesterday seem to be working somewhat. The medical problem is hypertension (a.k.a. high blood pressure), but it's the kind of high blood pressure that makes nurses' eyes bug out when they read it. Or sometimes they just get kind of pale. My girlfriend finally pestered me into getting it treated last month. The problem is, I haven't been responding to the meds they prescribed, and yesterday when I went in for a follow-up, it was record high, even for me. The doctor said, "[Based on this reading,] some of my colleagues would call an ambulance and have you taken to the hospital right now, but you've been living with this for years, so we're just going to treat it with a different medication. In the meantime, you probably shouldn't do any strenuous exercise."

In general, I'm a fairly healthy guy, but apparently I have a massive genetic predisposition for this kind of thing.

It does make me wonder what they do to reduce blood pressure in the hospital. Leeches?