Morbid thought: "You're never quite as sick as just before you die."

[Redstone]

Discuss.

Or not, if you'd rather enjoy your evening.

Redstone

[KitchenWitch]

1. Thanks for the sunshine and roses!

:P

[Redstone]

2. Hey, I gave you the choice of opting out!

Redstone

[KitchenWitch]

4. True

But you know I had to respond to that!

Because I am a sick fucker!

[Redstone]

8. And I'll bet 25 others won't be able to resist, either. It's like slowing down to see

a car wreck on the highway. Human nature.

Redstone

[BarenakedLady]

3. I think you are right unless it is an accident.

If you have a disease that is killing you of course.

If you are depressed enough to end your own life, the same is true.

Accident? Then no. Unless you mean for that split second...

Ok, way too deep for my state of mind atm.

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. Unless you die really unexpectedly, like you're hit by a car.

Or have a heart attack. :o

[Aristus]

6. I'm reminded of Steve Martin's occasional show-closer in his

stand-up act:

"We sure had some fun tonight, considering we're all going to die."

[SlavesandBulldozers]

14. never heard that. thats awesome! n/t

[Dangerously Amused]

7. Unless you get blindsided by a semi,

...or erupt in spontaneous combustion, or something. Then you might have been in jolly good health just before.


But in most cases I think you're right.



:hi:

[Redstone]

9. But it only counts if you're sick. As I am tonight, and dreadfully so.

Off for another 13 hours' sleep soon.

Redstone

[Sugar Smack]

15. I'm sorry, cousin.

I hope the sleep works its magic on you. I'll be thinking about you! :hug: :loveya: :pals:

[Dangerously Amused]

19. Ooooh, now I'm a'gonna be thinkin' 'bout you AND Redstone!!

Eeeeeeee!


:bounce:




:loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

23. OMG! Yoooooouuuuuuu! *hearts, flowers, windchimes*

:loveya: How are you, my little petit four? Egad, I've missed ya!

I really REALLY should get out of GD for a while and be posting in the Lounge again! Are you okay? How've you been??

Jeebus...HI!!!!!:bounce: :toast:

[Redstone]

29. Yes, think about her, and me, and you, and Mrs R. If I can say so without getting

the thread locked.

Redstone

[Redstone]

21. Thank you, my dear, my cousin, my heart. Another few days and I'll be back

to my old crabby self. Hey, could you tell Mrs R to stop worrying?

Redstone

[Sugar Smack]

26. STOP WORRYING, MRS R. My cousin just needs a few aspirin &

a good night's sleep.

And so do you, Mrs. R! :hug: :hug: <---This is me hugging y'all.

[Redstone]

30. I showed her that. It hepled her feel better. You have that effect on people.

Redstone

[Sugar Smack]

34. OMG, thank you. Hey Mrs. R! *wave*

I just want you to feel better. And tomorrow you can fix a treat like one of your 'mater sandwiches and a Rolling Rock. And take 2 hours off to watch a movie on the couch. Lurk a little on DU. Heehee! Thank you for the compliment, too.

:D :hug: :yourock:

[Redstone]

37. Funny, we just bought some nice hothouse tomatoes. I may just do

what you suggested. It's medicine after all, with tomatoes being so rich in Vitamin C and Lycopene, yes?

And yes, Mrs R does like you, and would welcome you to Casa Redstone anytime.

Redstone

[BarenakedLady]

46. Oh no!

I hope you feel better soon!

:hug:

[Blue-Jay]

10. Unless you're healthy and step in front of a bus.

Or get shot by a stray bullet.
Or get hit by a drunken driver.
Or slip on a cliff.
Or are a resident of Baghdad.
Or slip in the tub and break your noggin.
ad infinitum..

[jmm]

11. I always thought you're never quite as sick as

just before you vote Republican.

[Redstone]

12. I like that. I laughed. Thank you.

Redstone

[lildreamer316]

13. ....which is EXACTLY how I felt this weekend..

...after that person drugged my drink.
Was sure I was gonna die.

[Redstone]

22. WHAT? Did I miss it? Did I see it and forget? Please send me a PM with a link.

You got hit with the Roofies?

Redstone

[SlavesandBulldozers]

16. it's interesting people mention "not unless youre hit by a bus"

whatever happened to the old piano falling from a building?

[LynzM]

17. Sorry you're feeling bad, dude...

Get yourself some tea and chicken soup and such, unless this is more in the Vicodin line...

:hug: Here's hoping you feel better soon!

[Redstone]

24. But we'll be there on Saturday. Unless it seems I'm stll carrying something that

might get spread around. Though that's unlikely; it's probably just malaria again. Or the other thing.

Neither of which is communicable.

Redstone

[LynzM]

32. Oh lordy....

:hug: :hug: :hug: to either of those. Oy. We'd love to see you guys on Saturday, but definitely understand if you're not feeling up to it.

Drop me a message if you'd like lunch delivered on Friday; I might be able to swing that ;)

[Redstone]

41. Will do. Among all the friendly DUers, you're about the best friend I've found.

But Mrs hasn't been working much lately, so she'll probably be abole to cover that.

Redstone

[Lowell]

61. Malaria is fucking awful

I hope you aren't having a relapse. That shit never leaves you. Even now after nearly 40 years it kicks my ass occassionally. Good luck, drink plenty of fluids and go to bed.

[crim son]

18. You may never be quite as sick,

but it doesn't necessarily follow that you are at the greatest point of suffering just before you die. Emotionally and even physically there is often a respite - a time of peace - so says my father, a physician. I think in the case of long-term illness the sense of sickness is compounded by fear and the realization that there will be no end until the end. That must be the most terrible, even for the most brave. :hug:

[Redstone]

25. That was well-said.

Redstone

[SPKrazy]

50. I Would Attest To That

I watched my mother fight ovarian cancer for 5 years. When she finally succumbed, it was probably more to the treatments than the disease, but the disease was always there, always present, always waiting to devour her. It terrified her. I never had thought of her as brave before she had that to deal with, but she fought and fought when many (perhaps myself included) would have easily given up. Maybe she had a false hope that there would be a cure down the road if she could just hang on. She said as much, but knowing what I knew about ovarian cancer at the stage hers was found, it was a damned miracle to have survived a third of the time she did.

But in the end, she was peaceful in a way that was not just strong drugs. She was a little out of it, but that was okay too. I said in another thread that she mentioned that I and my sister, should read "The Kite Runner", without explanation. We just looked at each other. I have yet to read it, but it is on my to do list because she told me to.

[bicentennial_baby]

20. hey you...

:hug: I'm sorry you're feeling poorly....me too, just in a different way.... :hug:

[Redstone]

27. Whatasamatter, kiddo? Family stuff? You can always send me a PM, you know.

Redstone

[bicentennial_baby]

28. yeah....

both the one i live amongst and the immediate one....yeah. i'll be ok, just under extreme stress...as usual. :)

:hug:

[Redstone]

39. Take a break. You can always stay here for a few days. We have room, and

stuff you can do around town to decompress.

Redstone

[Hibernias Daughter]

31. My father had a different twist...

He was in the Navy and had an awful problem with seasickness. So he learned to console himself with the thought that if he got any sicker he would die. He found some kind of bizarre comfort in that... enough to re-tell the story anyway... :shrug:

[Redstone]

33. And I assume that since your dad was Irish, it was always a good story.

Redstone

[Hibernias Daughter]

45. Funny part is

though he's 3/4 Irish like me (my mother is 3/4 too) he has always identified with the little bit of English in our lineage. He's a military, bible thumping republican which makes sense when you parallel the English Imperial philosophy with our current administration. But this is the lounge and it's about fun not politics so I will go no further.

You are right though, my dad can tell an excellent story no matter how hard he tries to deny his lineage. He and my mother never caught the Irish Virus though; Thank God, Mother Mary and all the Saints above!!!! They were volatile enough! :crazy:

[Deja Q]

35. Well, that's lovlier than a bowl full of squirrel snot for breakfast...

:(

[Sugar Smack]

38. OMG, Hypno! You just have the DARLINGEST way of putting things!

:rofl:

[Deja Q]

40. I stay crunchy in milk too.

:7

:rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

42. Oh, oh, oh! SO DO I!

But only if consumed very quickly! :P :rofl:

[Deja Q]

44. Don't you dare get all soggy on me!

:spray: :rofl:

[ashling]

36. Death is just nature's way

of telling you to slow down.

[Redstone]

43. But I've ALREADY slowed down! What the fuck else does he WANT!

Redstone

[ashling]

55. What does he want, what does HE want?!?!?!?!!!

What are you, some kind of sexist religio ..... uh, ... sorry. I just came out of GD. :shrug::blush:

[Redstone]

58. Oops. Mistyped. Left off the s. Your post was funny, though.

Redstone

[mainegreen]

47. Every time your sick, its the worst ever.

Right now I have two tissues formed into plugs and jammed up my nose.
I hate being sick.

[Gormy Cuss]

48. Sometimes not true.

I know people who were horribly ill, recovered, then had some stupid ass thing like a car accident take them out.

On the other hand, I know people who were the picture of health until a final nasty illness.

Such is life.

[Redstone]

49. And so it goes. Remember Jim Fixx.

Redstone

[Gormy Cuss]

51. Remember my friend, sick or healthy, we all should seize the day.

Take care of yourself.

[sundog]

52. thanks on behalf of all the sick people who are suffering tonight

and hoping for a better tomorrow


boo :thumbsdown:

[otherlander]

53. If you're murdered

then in the instant before you die you'll probably feel sicker than you ever have before, realizing that you're about to die. But then again, maybe you won't. It's possible that someone, realizing that they're about to get killed, wouldn't even care, but isn't that itself an indication of mental sickness?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

54. Ahh. Another nugget of joy from Zorak.

In a mood, are we? I can recommend several medications that may help with it...

[Redstone]

57. Who's Zorak? And what was his advice?

Redstone

[leftofthedial]

56. gee thanks

I'm going to the frigging doctor tomorrow morning

the third round of the same stinking respiratory infections started yesterday

I can't get well

So, if this is it . . .

it's been swell. Adios.

[Kerrytravelers]

59. Well, I just got over the sickest I've felt in a long time.

Three days!

I was vomiting (eight times in day one) and dizzy, a 103 fever, shaking, freezing, body aches. I felt like I was just going to die. I passed out in front of the toilet after vomiting. On the phone, my mother was a bit worried because I sounded so out of it. My sleep was restless because I kept waking myself up calling out or moaning. I was one degree away (104) from going to the hospital.

Finally, today, I was able to eat on not throw it back up. I'm sitting up and feeling a bit better. I am still a bit dizzy, have a headache and some body aching.

[JVS]

60. Good one, put it on some needlepoint and I'll hang it up

Oh hell, it's in my sigline now