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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76059 is a reply to message #76057] |
Thu, 16 November 2006 15:50 |
dc[3]
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Yeoww! Great story.
I have O- blood which means I can donate to anyone, but only O-
can donate to me. So when my Dad decided to head-on (apply
directly to the forehead!) a car in the middle of bumf*ck Indiana in
1962, and I broke the winshield with my face, they had to fly in
some blood. It was probably infected with Hep C.
Fast forward 35 years. Doc sez "OMG you have Hep C antibodies!!.
Gotta do more tests but you probably have it. Not a good thing.
So he does a genetic screen and there is no Hep C genetic material.
None. What this means is that I had it, and beat it. It's 100%
conclusive and very rare to do that.
I had to change docs a while back and the new doc goes OMG you
have Hep C antibodies!! and I try to tell her that I don't have the
genetic material. She smiles indulgently and tells me I am getting
the test anyway because the first test must have been wrong. So,
we do another genetic test. She calls me back "you don't have any
genetic material!, no hep C"!!
And this is basically the sequence of events whenever I have a new
doc...
The good side is that the blood bank, which used to bug me every
4 days for blood (being I can donate to anyone) and were often
quite insistent (can't blame them), now run screaming from the
room when I reveal that I have Hep C antibodies. They don't even
CARE that I beat it and am negative. No more calls from the
vampires!
Glad your partner is OK!
DC
"DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote:
>I've been trying to reach my studio partner over the last week or so.
>Nothing important really...................just to let him know that I was
>still waiting on a few things to trickle in so I can finish up the new
>studio confuguration before we start our next project. I hadn't heard from
>him but he's a touring musician and also has some stuff going on with a
home
>building project in Hawaii so I figured I'd hear from him when he had a
>chance to come up for air.
>
>I just got a call from him. He was at our local hospital in the ER a week
>ago Tuesday due to his wife having some problems. He started getting a
>severe headache and then collapsed and started convulsing. They were on
it
>immediately and a spinal tap showed he had lood in his spinal fluid. Further
>tests confirmed that he was having a cerebral hemmorage. They called his
>family in Oklahoma and put him on a life flight jet to Denver with a 5%
>chance of survival. His brother is a trauma surgeon in Oklahoma city and
had
>already told his parants to prepare for the worst because the chance of
his
>waking up were around "zero". Everyone flew to Denver to wait it out.
>
>Instead of an arterial bleed, it was a vein. The bleeding stopped on it's
>own, without surgery and he's back home and though a little weak, he's
>entirely normal..brain function 100%. The doctors said this is pretty much
>unheardof...a one in a multimillion outcome and that he should just go on
>and live his life. The chances of it happening again are about as remote
as
>his chances were of survival when it happened.
>
>We figure there's a song in there somewhere.
>
>;o)
>
>
>
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76075 is a reply to message #76059] |
Thu, 16 November 2006 20:48 |
DJ
Messages: 1124 Registered: July 2005
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Ever had malaria? That'sll run off a vampire in a heartbeat.
;o)
"DC" <dc@spammersinhell.com> wrote in message news:455ceb20$1@linux...
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> Yeoww! Great story.
>
>
> I have O- blood which means I can donate to anyone, but only O-
> can donate to me. So when my Dad decided to head-on (apply
> directly to the forehead!) a car in the middle of bumf*ck Indiana in
> 1962, and I broke the winshield with my face, they had to fly in
> some blood. It was probably infected with Hep C.
>
> Fast forward 35 years. Doc sez "OMG you have Hep C antibodies!!.
> Gotta do more tests but you probably have it. Not a good thing.
> So he does a genetic screen and there is no Hep C genetic material.
> None. What this means is that I had it, and beat it. It's 100%
> conclusive and very rare to do that.
>
> I had to change docs a while back and the new doc goes OMG you
> have Hep C antibodies!! and I try to tell her that I don't have the
> genetic material. She smiles indulgently and tells me I am getting
> the test anyway because the first test must have been wrong. So,
> we do another genetic test. She calls me back "you don't have any
> genetic material!, no hep C"!!
>
> And this is basically the sequence of events whenever I have a new
> doc...
>
> The good side is that the blood bank, which used to bug me every
> 4 days for blood (being I can donate to anyone) and were often
> quite insistent (can't blame them), now run screaming from the
> room when I reveal that I have Hep C antibodies. They don't even
> CARE that I beat it and am negative. No more calls from the
> vampires!
>
> Glad your partner is OK!
>
> DC
>
>
>
>
> "DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote:
> >I've been trying to reach my studio partner over the last week or so.
> >Nothing important really...................just to let him know that I
was
> >still waiting on a few things to trickle in so I can finish up the new
> >studio confuguration before we start our next project. I hadn't heard
from
> >him but he's a touring musician and also has some stuff going on with a
> home
> >building project in Hawaii so I figured I'd hear from him when he had a
> >chance to come up for air.
> >
> >I just got a call from him. He was at our local hospital in the ER a week
> >ago Tuesday due to his wife having some problems. He started getting a
> >severe headache and then collapsed and started convulsing. They were on
> it
> >immediately and a spinal tap showed he had lood in his spinal fluid.
Further
> >tests confirmed that he was having a cerebral hemmorage. They called his
> >family in Oklahoma and put him on a life flight jet to Denver with a 5%
> >chance of survival. His brother is a trauma surgeon in Oklahoma city and
> had
> >already told his parants to prepare for the worst because the chance of
> his
> >waking up were around "zero". Everyone flew to Denver to wait it out.
> >
> >Instead of an arterial bleed, it was a vein. The bleeding stopped on it's
> >own, without surgery and he's back home and though a little weak, he's
> >entirely normal..brain function 100%. The doctors said this is pretty
much
> >unheardof...a one in a multimillion outcome and that he should just go on
> >and live his life. The chances of it happening again are about as remote
> as
> >his chances were of survival when it happened.
> >
> >We figure there's a song in there somewhere.
> >
> >;o)
> >
> >
> >
>
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76083 is a reply to message #76079] |
Fri, 17 November 2006 06:39 |
IOUOI
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rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>glad to here he's okay...if not a song they already have a >drink named
after theis...the bloody brain.
Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
:D
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76094 is a reply to message #76083] |
Fri, 17 November 2006 07:59 |
rick
Messages: 1976 Registered: February 2006
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let the royalties begin
On 18 Nov 2006 00:39:04 +1000, "Neil" <IOUOI@OIU.com> wrote:
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>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>glad to here he's okay...if not a song they already have a >drink named
>after theis...the bloody brain.
>
>Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
>
>Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
>
>Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
>Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
>E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
>Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
>
>:D
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76099 is a reply to message #76094] |
Fri, 17 November 2006 08:43 |
DJ
Messages: 1124 Registered: July 2005
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You guys get sicker and sicker every day.
Carry on....
;o)
"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> let the royalties begin
>
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> On 18 Nov 2006 00:39:04 +1000, "Neil" <IOUOI@OIU.com> wrote:
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> >
> >rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>glad to here he's okay...if not a song they already have a >drink named
> >after theis...the bloody brain.
> >
> >Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
> >
> >Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
> >
> >Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
> >Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
> >E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
> >Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
> >
> >:D
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76100 is a reply to message #76059] |
Fri, 17 November 2006 09:20 |
Jamie K
Messages: 1115 Registered: July 2006
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Don that's amazing! Maybe you're a candidate for Hep C genetic
resistance research.
I just played a benefit for a hep C organization:
http://www.hepc-connection.org/ - Looks like a good resource for
information and support for anyone who just got the bad news.
Deej, wow, that's lucky alright! Bummer that he had to have a cerebral
hemorrhage. But if you gotta have one, the ER is the place to do it.
Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com
DC wrote:
> Yeoww! Great story.
>
>
> I have O- blood which means I can donate to anyone, but only O-
> can donate to me. So when my Dad decided to head-on (apply
> directly to the forehead!) a car in the middle of bumf*ck Indiana in
> 1962, and I broke the winshield with my face, they had to fly in
> some blood. It was probably infected with Hep C.
>
> Fast forward 35 years. Doc sez "OMG you have Hep C antibodies!!.
> Gotta do more tests but you probably have it. Not a good thing.
> So he does a genetic screen and there is no Hep C genetic material.
> None. What this means is that I had it, and beat it. It's 100%
> conclusive and very rare to do that.
>
> I had to change docs a while back and the new doc goes OMG you
> have Hep C antibodies!! and I try to tell her that I don't have the
> genetic material. She smiles indulgently and tells me I am getting
> the test anyway because the first test must have been wrong. So,
> we do another genetic test. She calls me back "you don't have any
> genetic material!, no hep C"!!
>
> And this is basically the sequence of events whenever I have a new
> doc...
>
> The good side is that the blood bank, which used to bug me every
> 4 days for blood (being I can donate to anyone) and were often
> quite insistent (can't blame them), now run screaming from the
> room when I reveal that I have Hep C antibodies. They don't even
> CARE that I beat it and am negative. No more calls from the
> vampires!
>
> Glad your partner is OK!
>
> DC
>
>
>
>
> "DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote:
>> I've been trying to reach my studio partner over the last week or so.
>> Nothing important really...................just to let him know that I was
>> still waiting on a few things to trickle in so I can finish up the new
>> studio confuguration before we start our next project. I hadn't heard from
>> him but he's a touring musician and also has some stuff going on with a
> home
>> building project in Hawaii so I figured I'd hear from him when he had a
>> chance to come up for air.
>>
>> I just got a call from him. He was at our local hospital in the ER a week
>> ago Tuesday due to his wife having some problems. He started getting a
>> severe headache and then collapsed and started convulsing. They were on
> it
>> immediately and a spinal tap showed he had lood in his spinal fluid. Further
>> tests confirmed that he was having a cerebral hemmorage. They called his
>> family in Oklahoma and put him on a life flight jet to Denver with a 5%
>> chance of survival. His brother is a trauma surgeon in Oklahoma city and
> had
>> already told his parants to prepare for the worst because the chance of
> his
>> waking up were around "zero". Everyone flew to Denver to wait it out.
>>
>> Instead of an arterial bleed, it was a vein. The bleeding stopped on it's
>> own, without surgery and he's back home and though a little weak, he's
>> entirely normal..brain function 100%. The doctors said this is pretty much
>> unheardof...a one in a multimillion outcome and that he should just go on
>> and live his life. The chances of it happening again are about as remote
> as
>> his chances were of survival when it happened.
>>
>> We figure there's a song in there somewhere.
>>
>> ;o)
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76113 is a reply to message #76083] |
Fri, 17 November 2006 15:46 |
DC
Messages: 722 Registered: July 2005
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"Neil" <IOUOI@OIU.com> wrote:
>Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
>
>Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
>
>Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
>Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
>E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
>Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
>
>:D
verse 2:
Gimme the shot I'm hurtin' a lot
ambulance driver went and did cocaine
stitches ahead, stitches behind
got to call my lawyer, he'll be feelin' fine
sorry...
DC
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76115 is a reply to message #76083] |
Fri, 17 November 2006 16:26 |
Paul Braun
Messages: 391 Registered: September 2005
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On 18 Nov 2006 00:39:04 +1000, "Neil" <IOUOI@OIU.com> wrote:
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>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>glad to here he's okay...if not a song they already have a >drink named
>after theis...the bloody brain.
>
>Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
>
>Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
>
>Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
>Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
>E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
>Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
>
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
Damn, dood, that was quick! And good! Gonna put that as a hidden
"bonus track" on "Bigger Buildings"???
pab
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76128 is a reply to message #76115] |
Sat, 18 November 2006 01:36 |
rick
Messages: 1976 Registered: February 2006
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and don't forget "you're so vein"
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:26:19 -0600, Paul Braun
<cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote:
>On 18 Nov 2006 00:39:04 +1000, "Neil" <IOUOI@OIU.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>glad to here he's okay...if not a song they already have a >drink named
>>after theis...the bloody brain.
>>
>>Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
>>
>>Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
>>
>>Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
>>Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
>>E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
>>Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
>>
>
>ROTFLMFAO!!!!
>
>Damn, dood, that was quick! And good! Gonna put that as a hidden
>"bonus track" on "Bigger Buildings"???
>
>pab
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76135 is a reply to message #76128] |
Sat, 18 November 2006 07:44 |
DJ
Messages: 1124 Registered: July 2005
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OK................that's it. My Tijuana bordello story doesn't even compare
to this level of sickness. .
"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> and don't forget "you're so vein"
>
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:26:19 -0600, Paul Braun
> <cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote:
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> >On 18 Nov 2006 00:39:04 +1000, "Neil" <IOUOI@OIU.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>glad to here he's okay...if not a song they already have a >drink named
> >>after theis...the bloody brain.
> >>
> >>Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
> >>
> >>Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
> >>
> >>Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
> >>Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
> >>E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
> >>Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
> >>
> >
> >ROTFLMFAO!!!!
> >
> >Damn, dood, that was quick! And good! Gonna put that as a hidden
> >"bonus track" on "Bigger Buildings"???
> >
> >pab
>
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Re: OK...how lucky is this? [message #76156 is a reply to message #76135] |
Sun, 19 November 2006 02:18 |
rick
Messages: 1976 Registered: February 2006
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thank you.
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:44:55 -0700, "DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote:
>OK................that's it. My Tijuana bordello story doesn't even compare
>to this level of sickness. .
>
>
>
>
>"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:60ltl25ovkv6n7un1jdjujd36j5te2h24b@4ax.com...
>> and don't forget "you're so vein"
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:26:19 -0600, Paul Braun
>> <cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote:
>>
>> >On 18 Nov 2006 00:39:04 +1000, "Neil" <IOUOI@OIU.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>rick <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>glad to here he's okay...if not a song they already have a >drink named
>> >>after theis...the bloody brain.
>> >>
>> >>Well, you could come up with a song pretty easily:
>> >>
>> >>Sung to the tune of "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead:
>> >>
>> >>Blood on my brain, feeling some pain,
>> >>Ambulance you'd better, hit top speed,
>> >>E.R. ahead, trouble behind,
>> >>Doctor please be ready, to fix up my mind,
>> >>
>> >
>> >ROTFLMFAO!!!!
>> >
>> >Damn, dood, that was quick! And good! Gonna put that as a hidden
>> >"bonus track" on "Bigger Buildings"???
>> >
>> >pab
>>
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