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05-08-2024, 05:34 PM | #31 |
Politically Incorrect
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I should be dead.
Massive DVT blood clot in my left leg in Oct 2019 that ran from my ankle to halfway in my thigh along with 4 pulmonary embolisms. The clot was about 10 days old before I went to the ER and I could barely walk. It was a whisker away from completely closing off and stopping blood flow to my heart and killing me instantly. I spent 5 days in ICU as they performed a thrombectomy with TPH clot busting drug that turned my blood to water. They had nurses monitoring me 24 hours to make sure I didn't bleed out. They did genetic testing and screened me for cancer as to the root cause but they have no idea why I developed the clot. Today I wear compression socks, don't fly over 6 hours straight, move around often and continue to work to turn my health around. On 5mg of blood thinner Eliquis twice a day for the rest of my life. |
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05-08-2024, 05:42 PM | #32 | |
Thread I will end you.......
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05-08-2024, 05:59 PM | #33 |
Fish are scared of me
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My daughter actually had an assignment last week with a similar question about if there was any event that changed your behavior as a family.
So, when I was about 8 years old my mother had set the dryer to run at night and went to bed. Well, it caught fire. It was at the other end of the house but it filled the house up with smoke while we all were asleep. My dad awoke and got us all out, each bedroom was luckily equipped with big sliding door windows you could just open and walk out of. The fireman told us the smoke level was within 7 inches of our nose while we were asleep and only a few more minutes would have been death. SO, we NEVER start our laundry dryer at night. Laundry has to stay in the washer or be completely done when we turn in. Also I keep a spare set of truck keys at my bedside. |
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05-08-2024, 06:01 PM | #34 | |
#triggering
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05-08-2024, 06:05 PM | #35 |
**** you, you cretin.
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Took my gun to a bar because I knew there would be some dudes there I didn’t like.
Long story short, my friends and their friends all got into it. Two of them started walking towards me, I opened my truck door to get my gun. I pointed a loaded .45 at one of the guys, but held back. We didn’t like each other because we got into a fight at a party. Very pathetic, could have been very bad. |
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05-08-2024, 06:10 PM | #36 | |
What's up braj?
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05-08-2024, 06:16 PM | #37 |
Supporter
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Searching for my first post.
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05-08-2024, 06:19 PM | #38 |
Has a particular set of skills
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As I said in the retirement thread, most thought I’d be dead by 25.
At 25, I’m in Jerusalem in the old city. The Arab part of the old city. The Israelis patrolled the area to make sure the tourists didn’t go into the Arab quarter. I wanted to go in there. Went to the top of David’s tower and figured out a path through the Israeli soldiers. It worked I’m in taking some pictures. I see a real old man leading a donkey through some of the old arches and took the pic. He was pissed. Starting yelling at me flying his arms about etc. a group of young men were suddenly by me. I’m saying all I did was take his picture. They said something to the effect the old man wants $100. I told them to **** off turned to leave and got busted in the head with something and the fights on. I took out 2-3 before they got me on the ground kicking the shit out of me. I was thinking laying on the ground getting the shit kicked out of me that this was a stupid way to die. About that time the Israeli patrol had heard the commotion and came to investigate. The attackers scattered and the Israelis got me off the ground and outta the Arab quarter. Didn’t get into any trouble because I got my ass kicked I'd probably not do that again. Went to the hospital and I had a preferatted stomach, burnished kidneys and a concussion. Within a month I was back in the states. Decided I wanted to live, have a family, fall in love and raise the kids. 33 years later I’m still madly in love with my wife. Son is in NYC pursing his dreams. And now, I’m retired comfortable enough. Wife retires in 3 weeks. Time to show her the world as just a regular tourist doing tourist things. And yes, I still have that picture of the old man in Jerusalem. |
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05-08-2024, 06:25 PM | #39 |
Sometimes it's black and white
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When people wonder:
How can a pro athlete risk his million dollar career engaging in stupid X behavior... Meh, what's 50 million here or there. Almost killing myself in what most would probably consider a stupid recreation didn't get me to change my behavior. |
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05-08-2024, 06:31 PM | #40 |
In Search of a Life
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I mean there was an accumulation of things but not one specific trigger. Literally just woke up one day and said I never was going back and I didn't.
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05-08-2024, 06:33 PM | #41 |
George Brett shit his pants
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After the 9th DUI I finally stopped drinking and driving. Started drinking before I drive.
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05-08-2024, 06:41 PM | #42 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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05-08-2024, 06:43 PM | #43 |
What's up braj?
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05-08-2024, 07:02 PM | #44 | |
NFL's #1 Ermines Fan
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05-08-2024, 07:03 PM | #45 |
Veteran
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When I was young I did stupid stuff to entertain people. I tried a 2 1/2 flip from about 25 feet up in a tree into a rock quarry and cracked my skull on impact.
What’s worse I had a sinus infection at the time which entered my brain. Long story short I decided those ungrateful bastards could entertain themselves from then on |
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