monster news/updates

infinite monkey • Dec 31, 2012 7:09 pm
Monster has been in touch to tell me she has been admitted to the ER with stroke symtoms: numbness, vision problems...but no evidence of bleeding on her brain.

Let's all send the strongest vibes we can muster. I know how active she is, isn't a smoker, so i think that she will be just fine.

But she needs us. I will assume that she will have some info related from the cellar. I don't know about her phone capabilities but i can keep her apprised, or beest if he can.

:comfort: to my friend.
orthodoc • Dec 31, 2012 7:29 pm
Please send my best wishes and strongest positive vibes along to Monster ... I hope very much this is reversible and that she'll be home before the night is out.

:hug:
Chocolatl • Dec 31, 2012 7:32 pm
Yikes! Good vibes/prayers/wishes for her to be healed by FSM's noodly appendage.
infinite monkey • Dec 31, 2012 7:37 pm
I told her. :)
BigV • Dec 31, 2012 7:46 pm
Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster!!

With stokes time is of the essence. I'm glad it sounds as good as it does. With my experience with stokes, once at the hospital things get better. It's not like some disease that gets worse before it gets better. If she's pretty good now, that's a really good sign.


Good luck monster. Good luck Beest. Good luck to the sprogs. Take care, follow the doctors instructions.
Sheldonrs • Dec 31, 2012 8:18 pm
Sending my good thoughts and wishes!!
Griff • Dec 31, 2012 8:37 pm
Keeping her in my thoughts as well.
Pete Zicato • Dec 31, 2012 8:39 pm
Well crap. That's not the way to start the new year, Monster.

You are in my prayers.
footfootfoot • Dec 31, 2012 9:29 pm
Would it be inappropriate to add her to celebrity death pool 2013?

Tell Monster I wish her a speedy recovery and holy crap.
glatt • Dec 31, 2012 9:37 pm
Woah! Shocking news. You're in my thoughts and prayers, monster. Get better!

Not fair, after your back troubles.
zippyt • Dec 31, 2012 10:10 pm
Feel betterer Monsta !!!
regular.joe • Dec 31, 2012 10:30 pm
Yes, add my thoughts and good thought waves in her general direction. Please keep us appraised.
bluecuracao • Dec 31, 2012 10:35 pm
Could be symptoms of extreme stress? Stress will kick your ass in many terrible ways.

Monsta, sending you all teh calmness of being...you're strong and will recover.
zippyt • Dec 31, 2012 11:33 pm
She just posted on Face book
footfootfoot • Dec 31, 2012 11:37 pm
Might make me consider joining.
orthodoc • Dec 31, 2012 11:47 pm
Maybe you should. Although - I don't have anyone's fb stuff from here, lol! Anyway - I hope monster is doing better.
Stormieweather • Jan 1, 2013 12:33 am
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Monster!
richlevy • Jan 1, 2013 2:28 am
Get well soon, Monster.
Nirvana • Jan 1, 2013 2:34 am
Well that is one way to get out of the advent/new year calendar thingy... I kid I kid

Luv and best wishes really :hug:
limey • Jan 1, 2013 4:06 am
Holy shit! As Big V says, if this is stroke related then Monster is in the right place, and promptly, too. Sending all my good wishes and pleas to FSM thst His noodly appendage be applied to Monster to good effect!

Sent by thought transference.
DanaC • Jan 1, 2013 6:46 am
Bloody hell, what a start to 2013 for the Monster family. Hope she's ok and gets well soon.
jimhelm • Jan 1, 2013 6:59 am
Please to get better quickly. And permanent like.
Trilby • Jan 1, 2013 8:58 am
get better soon monster! we need all the monsters!
infinite monkey • Jan 1, 2013 12:00 pm
The last i heard, this morning, is that it was a stroke. They are still looking at stuff and will work on preventing more. Sorry, i know very little. I don't want to bug the crap out of her so i will wait for more info.
fargon • Jan 1, 2013 12:05 pm
Oh no Monster we will be praying for you.
orthodoc • Jan 1, 2013 12:18 pm
Oh no. Please continue to pass on best wishes to monster and her family when you can.
Clodfobble • Jan 1, 2013 1:12 pm
Holy crap. I'm glad she went to the ER when she did. Please keep us non-facebookers updated when you can, IM.
limey • Jan 1, 2013 1:13 pm
Bollocks. Here's hoping prompt identification and treatment will nip any problems I the bud.


Sent by thought transference
monster • Jan 1, 2013 3:04 pm
footfootfoot;845912 wrote:
Would it be inappropriate to add her to celebrity death pool 2013?

Tell Monster I wish her a speedy recovery and holy crap.



gottd admit the thought crossed my mind.

athanks all, hebe posted on my facebook for me but now I hAve my computer in hospital.

I have had a stroke! caused by a blockage in artery rto brain they are now investigating hole in heart as cause (maybe those who said I was heartless were right;) )

The bizarre thing is that I diagnosed myself because I have neglect, and two of the profs where got my phd are the leading experts in the field




Bi
zippyt • Jan 1, 2013 3:50 pm
Glad to hear your doing better

Oh and No adding your self to the death watch list
Undertoad • Jan 1, 2013 3:51 pm
Sense of humor, intact.
asidebet • Jan 1, 2013 4:08 pm
Oh, Monster! PLEASE get well really, really, REALLY soon! I mean you don't want to hang around easting nasty hospital food when you could be back home posting nasty comments on the Cellar, right? ;)
limey • Jan 1, 2013 4:09 pm
Good to see you here, and nice work on the diagnosis, Doc!


Sent by thought transference
Griff • Jan 1, 2013 5:03 pm
A hole in the heart was what lead to my (good) co-teacher's stroke. She has made a very good recovery. I hope you do as well.
Gravdigr • Jan 1, 2013 5:04 pm
Dang Monster. That is so not the way to start your year!

Glad to hear you're doing well.

:comfort:
Nirvana • Jan 1, 2013 5:39 pm
>Lucy [Gravdigr} you got some 'splainin to do! Where you been? :hug:

[/hijack]
orthodoc • Jan 1, 2013 5:41 pm
Gravdigr! Happy New Year!
Gravdigr • Jan 1, 2013 5:49 pm
So as not to hijack this thread...

Go over here.
Aliantha • Jan 1, 2013 5:57 pm
I hope things continue to improve monster. I guess you could always look at it from the perspective of getting the really shitty stuff out of the way early on so the rest of the year can only be better. :)
infinite monkey • Jan 1, 2013 6:39 pm
Good to see your post. Bacefook is hard to follow, esp. From my phone. Are you still in hospital?

Get well, buddy. :)
Lola Bunny • Jan 1, 2013 7:49 pm
Get well soon. :)
plthijinx • Jan 1, 2013 11:13 pm
get well soon!!
sexobon • Jan 1, 2013 11:37 pm
Aliantha can get updates on monster for us by calling the nurses station pretending to be the Queen checking on an expat.

monster;845996 wrote:
...




Bi

Monster, I was going to help fill the hole in your heart; but, since the stroke made you bi and you've come out with it, I'll let infi do that.

Bi---omedical.
limey • Jan 2, 2013 3:27 am
Monster has made a couple of posts on FB thanking Hebe and friends for stepping up to the mark during the crisis. Not clear whether she is home yet.

Sent by thought transference.
Trilby • Jan 2, 2013 7:59 am
Good lord! Best to you monster!
Spexxvet • Jan 2, 2013 12:16 pm
get well, Monster
limey • Jan 2, 2013 2:14 pm
A couple more posts on FB indicating that she's still in hospital and will be for a day or two. "I intend to tunnel out using my razor sharp wit".

Sent by thought transference.
monster • Jan 2, 2013 6:24 pm
th4 inpqatient ewt1y 4or rehab they were threatening may not happen. visually I have a left field cut and I have no left limb coordinatiion. otherwise I'm fine, no hole in heart official diagnosis is cause unknown (there wF THE CEREBRAL ARTERIES, but no clotting can be found anywhere and cjolesterol plaque is unlikely

still in hospital tonight food is gruesome as is the arcgaic wake-you-up-to-make-sure-you're alive routine
BigV • Jan 2, 2013 7:01 pm
Oh monster. I wish I could visit you in the hospital.













Cause then I would ask "Are you gonna eat that?"
glatt • Jan 2, 2013 7:11 pm
monster;846150 wrote:
visually I have a left field cut and I have no left limb coordinatiion.


well that doesn't sound good :(
IamSam • Jan 2, 2013 7:19 pm
Drat! No, it sound like a major bummer. You get better right this minute, young lady - or else! :thepain:
limey • Jan 2, 2013 7:20 pm
Good news about the heart - we knew you had one somewhere! Not so good they don't know WTF. The food will help you with New Year's resolution to lose weight I suppose.

Sent by thought transference.
Aliantha • Jan 2, 2013 9:10 pm
sexobon;846048 wrote:
Aliantha can get updates on monster for us by calling the nurses station pretending to be the Queen checking on an expat.


Monster, I was going to help fill the hole in your heart; but, since the stroke made you bi and you've come out with it, I'll let infi do that.

Bi---omedical.


haha...I don't think so. I'm just a stupid Aussie. I couldn't pull off a stunt like that. ;)

monster, if there was ever anyone I knew who'd get themselves back in the game quickly and efficiently, it's you, so hurry up and get your arse outta bed and start on the rehab. You'll be fighting fit before you know it.

Channel that fighting spirit we all know you have and focus it on getting those limbs working properly again.

My best thoughts and wishes go to you. I know you can get past this one. You have a family who needs you, so you have no choice.

xxx
orthodoc • Jan 2, 2013 9:17 pm
Sending best wishes, Monster - hope they can get you started with rehab right away. And I hope you can quickly say goodbye to the inpatient routines and that gruesome hospital food!
monster • Jan 2, 2013 9:26 pm
http://www.glyphic.com/free/fieldtester/VisualFieldTester1.html#FieldCuts
toranokaze • Jan 2, 2013 10:17 pm
Praying for you monny
Glinda • Jan 2, 2013 11:04 pm
Jeezly crow, woman. Don't scare us like that. *sending kick-arse recovery vibes your way*
ZenGum • Jan 3, 2013 5:21 am
Holy moly.

Take care, Monster, may the FSM watch over you!
monster • Jan 3, 2013 8:48 am
ok I get waking me to measure vitl signs. but to deliver fresh water and then get called away? grrrrrrrrrr
Trilby • Jan 3, 2013 9:06 am
monster;846217 wrote:
ok I get waking me to measure vitl signs. but to deliver fresh water and then get called away? grrrrrrrrrr


didn't you know? The hospital is the one place completely designed to drive you bat shit crazy. And rest/sleep? Don't even THINK of it.
infinite monkey • Jan 3, 2013 9:11 am
monnnnnsterrrrrrrrrrr...I sent you a guh mail. Also, I need your mailing address. STAT. (A little hospital lingo there for you.) Yeah I had it but I lose things. I'm the loser of found things.

Hang in there!
limey • Jan 3, 2013 4:12 pm
Monster is home, according to FB.


Sent by thought transference
monster • Jan 3, 2013 4:23 pm
the docs agreed with us that I'm one of those "specisl" people for whom inpatient rehab may not be best! I sm home!
monster • Jan 3, 2013 4:23 pm
and still tryping for shit ;)
footfootfoot • Jan 3, 2013 4:27 pm
Glad you are up and at 'em. I don't like to resort to threatening the afflicted*, but if you don't get well soon, I will put you on my 2013 list.


*I have little choice n the matter, threatening the well gets my ass kicked.
Gravdigr • Jan 3, 2013 4:27 pm
monster;846267 wrote:
and still tryping for shit ;)


You just keep typing for shit, we'll decode it.
zippyt • Jan 3, 2013 4:37 pm
Yer typen looks Fyne to me

Glad yer home
IamSam • Jan 3, 2013 4:41 pm
we wantz u n badd tying not no u and gudd typing!
limey • Jan 3, 2013 5:24 pm
zippyt;846273 wrote:
Yer typen looks Fyne to me

Glad yer home


It would Zip. In fact, I think Monster has been taking spelling lessons from you. ;)


Sent by thought transference
Aliantha • Jan 3, 2013 6:10 pm
haha...yeah limey, I was thinking exactly the same thing when I read Zips post. lol
BigV • Jan 3, 2013 6:53 pm
Maybe she had a zip and not a stroke....
orthodoc • Jan 3, 2013 7:15 pm
monster;846267 wrote:
and still tryping for shit ;)


Tryping for shit could have all sorts of good meanings and outcomes ... glad ur home, glad u don't have to put up with gruesome hospital food nymore. Get better now ur in ur own place.
Chocolatl • Jan 3, 2013 7:26 pm
Glad to hear you're home, monster.

im not sorry about ur typing -- it's good to hear from you even if you do speak Zippy, now.
infinite monkey • Jan 3, 2013 8:21 pm
So monster converted to zip code. Get it? Huh?

Well done! :)
ZenGum • Jan 3, 2013 8:48 pm
You know, there is a (possibly not real) condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome, where a stroke patient begins to speak with a different accent.

Is this some new variant? Funny spelling syndrome? Monstah, is it color or colour?
Perry Winkle • Jan 4, 2013 8:12 am
Glad you're home monster. Take care of yourself.
monster • Jan 4, 2013 6:58 pm
infinite monkey;846227 wrote:
monnnnnsterrrrrrrrrrr...I sent you a guh mail. Also, I need your mailing address. STAT. (A little hospital lingo there for you.) Yeah I had it but I lose things. I'm the loser of found things.

Hang in there!
dear munkeh. mailing address is in top left cornerer [/channellingzippyt] of the envelopes I send you all those fried eggs in :p
infinite monkey • Jan 4, 2013 7:00 pm
I know. Imma clean off my computer table tomorrow...i'm sure it's in there somewhere
monster • Jan 4, 2013 7:02 pm
Gravdigr;846269 wrote:
You just keep typing for shit, we'll decode it.


oh look who I ressurected! lol how was pokey?
infinite monkey • Jan 4, 2013 7:07 pm
Or Gumby, dammit!
monster • Jan 4, 2013 7:23 pm
Gumby? I heard she gives great head
Trilby • Jan 4, 2013 7:28 pm
glad you're home monster.

the hospital is teh suck
infinite monkey • Jan 4, 2013 7:29 pm
*snort*

Wish i could post a pic of Gumby and Pokey. Oh, and vid of Eddie Murphy as Gumby, dammit. ;)
monster • Jan 4, 2013 7:32 pm
tx tril and all. hospital is teh suck, but I got 'em trained in the end -the nurse who checked me out got me back telling me thry were sending me home with extra stool softeners.....



OH AND GET THIS....... THEY TESTED ME FOR LUPUS!

resul!s aren't fully back yet. shall we take bets? :lol:
infinite monkey • Jan 4, 2013 7:34 pm
It's never lupus.
footfootfoot • Jan 4, 2013 7:39 pm
They were probably having a special on lupus
Trilby • Jan 4, 2013 8:09 pm
infinite monkey;846453 wrote:
It's never lupus.


^wss

clearly, you're hiding something from Dr. House, ,monster.

Everybody lies!!!!!
monster • Jan 4, 2013 8:34 pm
They didn't really appreciate me saying "it's never lupus"

Neither where the staff in the ER impressed when they wheeled me in and I said "oh good, you have the machine that goes "ping" " :D
footfootfoot • Jan 4, 2013 9:04 pm
monster;846473 wrote:
They didn't really appreciate me saying "it's never lupus"

Neither where the staff in the ER impressed when they wheeled me in and I said "oh good, you have the machine that goes "ping" " :D


This is why I love you Monster.
glatt • Jan 4, 2013 9:11 pm
yeah. I would have loved to see that. :)
Pete Zicato • Jan 5, 2013 12:16 am
monster;846473 wrote:
They didn't really appreciate me saying "it's never lupus"

Neither where the staff in the ER impressed when they wheeled me in and I said "oh good, you have the machine that goes "ping" " :D

Brilliant. Glad you're doing better.
classicman • Jan 5, 2013 1:12 am
Coming in late .. Sorry for the shit... happy to hear you are better.
orthodoc • Jan 5, 2013 3:28 am
monster;846473 wrote:
They didn't really appreciate me saying "it's never lupus"

Neither where the staff in the ER impressed when they wheeled me in and I said "oh good, you have the machine that goes "ping" " :D


It ain't lupus 'til the monitor pings.

Keep getting betterer, Monstah.
morethanpretty • Jan 5, 2013 3:34 am
I'm sorry to hear of your ordeal monster! I'm so glad you could keep your humor and that you're home. Rest, relax, and take care of yourself.
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 5, 2013 3:40 am
monster;846473 wrote:
They didn't really appreciate me saying "it's never lupus"

Never say never, It killed my sister-in-law.
Gravdigr • Jan 5, 2013 5:46 am
monster;846439 wrote:
oh look who I ressurected! lol how was pokey?


As in, The Pokey? Don't know, [SIZE="1"]thank God[/SIZE]:worried:, no pokeh for me.
BigV • Jan 7, 2013 8:22 pm
monster;846451 wrote:
tx tril and all. hospital is teh suck, but I got 'em trained in the end -the nurse who checked me out got me back telling me thry were sending me home with extra stool softeners.....



OH AND GET THIS....... THEY TESTED ME FOR LUPUS!

resul!s aren't fully back yet. shall we take bets? :lol:


bets... I bet they get paid for taking the test, not for delivering results....

I'm glad you're softening up monster. :D