From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V5 #152 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Sunday, June 18 2000 Volume 05 : Number 152 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: [OT] Get well vibes needed. [Lee Jackson Subject: Re: Alloy: [OT] Get well vibes needed. On Thu, Jun 15 2000 16:32:49 GMT+1100, you wrote: >Found out a few minutes ago that my best friend is undergoing an operation in about an hour to have gall stones and very likely her gall bladder removed. I have no idea how serious or straightforward the procedure is, but I do know that it has a large impact on life afterwards so I'm worried about her. I'm hoping that someone will tell me it's a fairly routine thing but I have no idea myself. I wish I could give cause for optimism, but I'm still haven't recovered after having mine removed back in December of 1998 (about a year and a half ago). My situation wasn't common - I didn't have the normal gallbladder full of smooth, greenish cholesterol stones that most cases involve. I had what they call "pigment stones," which are made of bile salts that have been compressed and crystallized into small, blackish, spiky asteroid-looking things. I also had an infection of the gallbladder when they performed the operation. To complicate matters, some of the pigment stones "escaped" out of the gallbladder and went up into the bile duct towards the liver. Less than two weeks after the removal, I wound up back in the hospital and had an endoscopic procedure to have the stones and "residue" flushed out of the duct. In May of '99, I was back in the hospital again. For some unknown reason, my bile duct had collapsed on itself and closed off at the point where it empties into the digestive tract. The doctor said he couldn't even insert a catheter through the opening during the endoscopy (known by the technical term "Endoscopic Retrograde CholangioPancreatography," or ERCP for short - see http://www.ddc.musc.edu/public/test/ercpwhat.htm for a description). He wound up having to cut the valve open, but unfortunately it didn't stay open. In early September of '99, he did another ERCP, this time inserting a 4" long piece of rubber called a "stent" into the duct to keep it open. He left it in until late November, then did another ERCP to remove it. I still had residual pain from the stent, and in December started getting sick again. Lots of nausea and other digestive fun. The doctor put me on something called Actigall, which really helped for a few months. Then, in late March of this year, things started going downhill again. I've had tests run, and the only thing he can find right now is that one of my liver enzyme levels (SGPT/ALT) is about twice the normal upper limit, meaning it's leaking from the liver into my bloodstream. He still thinks the medicine will eventually fix things, so I'm in a holding pattern on Actigall, Prevacid, Librax, Bentyl, and painkillers (Talwin, which I've had to take ever since the stent went in) for now. There's probably some correlation between healing time and the type of gallbladder problem that necessitated removal, so you might want to check up on the exact problem if you want a better idea of the recovery period. Above all else, tell your friend to IMMEDIATELY report ANYTHING that seems the slightest bit wierd during the recovery period. While most gallbladder removals are routine, some can get complicated (as mine has), and others can get even worse, especially if left alone. Watch everything very closely, and keep your fingers crossed for a routine recovery. :-) Best of luck, to both you and your friend! - -- Lee Jackson (jacksonhome@home.com) http://gameaudio.3dportal.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 19:45:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: So who are all the Sissies here again? In article <60.41e422c.267ac54c@aol.com>, you wrote: >Mine's a little more embarassing than that...I had wanted to use Suzanne >(proving that Suzannes are mean mean people), but it was already used (by the >top-ranked Sissy, so I guess she proved it for me!) and I happened to look >across the way (I was at work) and saw a Chasey Face (you're better off not >knowing about that) and decided Chasey was a cute-but-secretly-evil name, and >there it was! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Okay, I've got to ask... what is a Chasey Face. At first I thought your Sissy's name was "Chansey" like the pokemon. ^_^ I chose "Ghastly" for mine because... well that's the pen name I do all my hentai artwork under. I chose that for my pen name because... well... generally when you create ecchi-art you try to make is as kinky as you can without losing your lunch (the Japanese really have a thing for bizarre, kinky erotica). My first works of hentai artwork were based on Pokemon. The works (especially the Lemons) were pretty ghastly (at least I thought so, some hentaisha told me they found them tame, but frankly those people scare the heck out of me), and there is a pokemon named Gastly (a pokemon that is a ghostly ball of gas) so I figured "Ghastly" would be a neat pen name to create my hentai artworks under. I figured my ecchi pen name would strike more fear into the hearts of my fellow Sissies than Crackers would, so I used it for my Sissy name. CRACKERS (AKA Ghastly from hell!!!!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.netway.com/~hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:47:02 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Alloy: announcement & happy Father's day :) I've just found out I'm a new Auntie thanks to Dave's brother and his wife, and of course little Chloe, who weighs in at eight pounds, twelve ounces. I'm so excited!! Excellent timing, I think :) To all the dads at Alloy, I wish a peaceful and fun Father's day! (I don't know how many nations around the world have Father's Day, but you all get to celebrate anyway by proxy) xxx Robin T ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V5 #152 ***************************