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First off, to Chris (nice name by the way says one Chris to another), Biggie (dude you made me misty, you rock!), Shader, Blood, & SFLU - we will be going to follow up w/ a couple law firms to see what we can do going forward, but to you all I say THANK YOU!
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@Mr.Vic20 sincerely thank you. While, to my own detriment more often than not, I unfortunately don't "reach out" when its needed & necessary (sorta why I posted this as a cry for help in some way I guess?) However, I'll use this thread to update when I can. That all said, no shit, reading your words brought tears to my eyes, I thank you for your time just to say all of that.
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I'm not one to put my personal stuff out there too much but I'm writing this in hopes others may have had some experience either personally or via someone close in their lives (unfortunately that is once you hear what's going on). So my wife had surgery back in the end of November for a hiatal hernia (more than half of her stomach was outside of her stomach as the sphincter around the esophagus was loose from GERD & constant stomach acid eroding it). So she gets a nissen fundoplication (essentially cut a bit of the stomach & wrap it around to strengthen the sphincter & ensure the stomach stays in place). The thing that happened however, was that her vagus nerve was damaged. How severely? Unknown yet as she'll be going for what will be her roughly 6th non-surgical procedure related to her gastrointestinal issues. She has ZERO quality of life post-op. She can spend days at a time, morning, noon, & all throughout the night dry heaving & retching (the surgery makes it so she can't physically actually throw up by the way). The nerve being damaged makes her constantly nauseated, unable to eat barely anything (legit, she can barely polish off one of those P3 protein snack packs). She is weak, dizzy, unable to maintain body temps throughout the day, is suffering from further numbness & tingling in her extremities, a number of other issues. Meanwhile, we went to the gastro doc that had referred her to the surgeon who fucked her up real good, and not only did he confirm via the last two tests that my wife absolutely has gastroparesis & as he went on about the results he became physically uncomfortable & awkward while attempting to change the topic & move onto other items of note to address. This is off the back that when my wife had gone for a follow up w/ the surgeon, she took ZERO responsibility for any issues being suffered at the hands of my wife, so much as to even throw her own assistant (essentially a medical grad student doing her residency under this woman) for not even doing the stitches appropriately. So in essence, the surgeon who has completely made my wife's life EVEN WORSE than it was prior to surgery, isn't taking any responsibility for her part in it & immediately sent her back to the referring doctor aforementioned. Fast forward to earlier today when my wife went to see her primary care physician & in essence, said not only the same thing I had said not 48 hours prior to my wife & the gastro doc that she has no quality of life, but that the surgeon needs to take up responsibility for the error & issues caused. I'm pretty sure this is a solid enough case legally, no? Furthermore, if ANYONE has had any type of interaction with or know of someone suffering from something similar, just doing what I can for a little help or understanding or just SOMETHING! I know that literally none of this is about me, yet it sickens me to no end that there is literally fuck all I can do for my wife aside from being loving & supportive (I know that these are absolutely big deals yet in my opinion, for the one I love above all others including myself, this isn't acceptable!) Just really going through it, this is taking up the bulk of my time & life of course, a myriad of other things going on, mental health is struggling to say the least. TL;DR - Just thanks for being here if you do reply!
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I happened across this on Friday the 10th for the first time, yet from what I can gather, this event happened a week prior on the 3rd. I happened across it because of Twitter, it wasn't until about an hour or so ago I saw personally, the first mass news report (more like a 2 second throwaway summary and kept moving on) - meanwhile those both in the know & those dealing with this in the immediate areas are telling a far different story than anything being reported on.
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Movies 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' trailer... wat?
SoberChef replied to Derek's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
This makes me SO very happy to hear. Experiences like these are why going to theaters is unlike anything else. Hoping to catch it this weekend for sure! -
Movies 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' trailer... wat?
SoberChef replied to Derek's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
Remember that not only does this arrive in theaters today but that there's a collector's edition Blu Ray set announced as well! -
Music ~*The Music Thread*`
SoberChef replied to GeneticBlueprint's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
Since going to see it in December, the Babylon soundtrack has played practically nonstop in my head. -
Movies first trailer for new Children of the Corn
SoberChef replied to EternallDarkness's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
I never actively root for a film to fail but this doesn't look all that good. Granted, I only just watched the original within the last 3 or so years, haven't watched any of the sequels, so not entirely sure what to think of in terms of tone or anything. I'll wait & see...