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Don't watch the news and stay off of mainstream social media. Maybe binge a good series or two? Do you have access to a gym? Just physically going somewhere and walking on a treadmill could do wonders. Stay strong ROFL.

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13 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

Fighting depression.  Want to sleep this away - recognize that won't do anything.

Slept in today til 2p.

Watching way too many cooking videos on Facebook & those only aggravate my diabeetus & make me hungry..

I apparently had 2 small strokes back months ago & my brain isn't fully functional - having a difficult time writing contracts / estimates.

Further.

I cannot find a way to help myself.

If you need additional reading material you could read the mental health thread and especially the AA thread cover-to-cover. I realize that’s not where you’re at in your life but I think there’s a lot of good reading in there that doesn’t have anything to do with booze. 
And I enjoy Willy Braun’s YouTube cooking. He’s of Reckless Kelly fame, and has RD Canecutter’s sense of humor. 

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[mention=636]phdhorn[/mention] came out for a visit today with Q from Pig Pen.
It was great to have the company & i would enjoy his visit again, regardless of food.
Definitely was a highlight of my day +.

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Saw the update from LeeAnne, how are we feeling ROFL? 
'Bout had to put a weak foot up Monster's ass to get him to do a couple of simple chores.
Did close to 7... 8 minutes of stumble walking this afternoon as i looked @ various outside the house tasks (am supposed to do 10 minutes daily) & have been back on a C-diff problem for almost a week now.  I will be most appreciative when that nonsense goes away.
I am still accepting visitors, Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday on Creek Road closer to the middle of Downtown Drip if so inclined to come say "hi" (food not required but always accepted).
[mention=168]Judge Roybeanbag[/mention], :eyeballs: 


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How’s things these days man?
We prob. need to update the Gho Fund thing; having trouble with wound care co-pays @ $ 60 ea. & related expenses × 3 per week.

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Updating things specific to this thread & adding +rep where needed.

■□ Approximately TWO WEEKS prior to the wreck, I got the truck registered with Hays County.  Remember this for later.
•• The truck sat idle for quite awhile as it needed a new engine & I was paying that off to the diesel shop in advance of a new engine.  $ 20,000 which I figured was in the long run less expensive than a monthly diesel note (the old engine had 360,000 miles).

 ● Wreck was 016 Nov. 24, & it was in Oak Hill on Highway 290 Westbound @ a couple of minutes past 2200. 
• This was not a dirt road & I was NOT speeding, however there could have been some dust & construction pebbles on 290.

● Gemini (Samsung A I.) was not able to provide any cloud cover data for that time in 78736 however I do recall it was not wet).
● The "fixed body" dump truck (probably ~30 to 40 ft .  long?), ...not a separate cab + Dumpasaurus trailer combo... was idle in the L of 2 Westbound lanes *(next to the concrete temporary wall) & a bit on the Eastern side of the new Discount Tire.
•• It is unknown if the male driver was there unmoveable for 5 sends (just happened& Ō time to react) or  5 minutes & was simply a dumbfuck 
I'm going with dumbfuck 
• He spoke Ø Wnglish. In ABSOLUTELY NO WAY am I blaming ANY of these events as described on his ethnicity (or mine).
● Firefighters had to use a hydraulic piston to expand the cab  bit as my R knee was pinned in a bit & that required Jaws of Life to cut the door off @ the hinge.
• I was ambulatory & d&eclined the CareFlight helo ride because those Fulkerson ain't cheap. Mom (front / passenger) took the Travis County green bus trip) & my son + me (back seat, behind Mom) rode with my wife driving.  Off to Saint David's South Austin Hospital.
● Once in the E.R.& processed, I got ×Ray's & the doc says "How-d you get all that metal in your hands?""
Me": "Ummm... ?"
Sends me home with a 3 or 4 day. Supply of pain Rx (nothing else), saying "Let's see if that metal works it'sown way out'l & off we go (Monster. Is mostly OK except for minor seatbelt trauma).  I am still mobile & had probably started thar thread prior detailing the wreck when I still had (2) thumbs.  On advice of counsel, I requested via SMS to Black Lab that he murderate that thread. 
Mom has broken her L hand in3 additional places & ends up w/"Pins & Olates" in there 
● 2 days later, R hand looks bad (swelling) & we go back to S.A H. ER.I. SAH admits me & eventually (don't know how much time later) I awoke with only one thumb.  Hand surgeon said there had been a 50-50 on taking the whole hand above the wrist due to sepsis & unrelated infection due to Takata metal ķ there was also talk about BOTH thums, R AND L.  Tthankfully my glasses took the hit & shielded my eyes 
Apparently while in surgery I had (2) strokes due to a nutso white count & sugar was +700.
Took me a few days in "Step - Down" (just below ICU, where I was for 4 or 5 days)bto understand what had happened after the return to hospital & I was freaky deaky m... apparently saying all sorts of odd Shag² - worthy shit like "Big Bang Theory does NOT need a laugh track!  They have GREAT writers!" & asking everyone if they had voted for Trump. & Suhooter. While a day or three after surgery, I complimented some cute nurses on their perky hooters.
••I was in Step - down for 2 weeks & my vision was F'd up. Colors were either baby food green or washed out Grey.  Couldn't hold my phone during to my L hand being splinted.
● I had a 3m "Wound Vac" for around 4 months (pic to follow) & that device was 98% amazing - 2% a pain in the ass to drag around / take with to the bathroom, maintain, etc.  Without it, I would slprobably still be a mangled looking l]mess with a gnarly gash.
■● While in SAH, I got "C-Diff" which is very common & essentially gives you a ba case of the shits.  You try to fight it with a nasty tasting oral Rx & balance that out with a specific set of antibiotics which in turn means probuotics.  I kept that nonsense going for probably 1½ months while home & I was literally sitting the bed (I e. a diaper some 3 or 4× a day).
■ I tried to be self ambulatory & make it to the bathroom (a short 5 or 6 feet away) & fell due to stroke issues affecting balance / strength.  Th÷y put me on a bed monitor & if I even lifted my ass to adjust for comfort m, that thing would **TWEEDLE** to rat me out.   & due to constant short staffing, it wouldtalk +10 minut÷s before anyone could assist, so probably 40% of the time when i hit the call button the said "Yeah, just shit in the disposable brief & we will wipe you up.   & once home, I also fell in the bathroom around 0300 & got wedged between the terlit & wall... my wife could not get me up / unstuck & Monster had a hard time but eventually I got back to bed.
■ Total time in hospital was around 2 months & typing via my phone took FOR-EVER when my L hand was splinted.  I still only use my L hand to tap & my R hand mobility (all remaining digits) sucks.  I can't really "hold" the phone & like now, prop the hone against a pillow w/ the R hand trying to insure it doesn't slide.  R hand capabilities to almost nil.  No sensitivity & I do 1× / week O.T. because we cannot afford 2× a week like the therapist wants & I don't have transportation for that even if we COULD swing the $.
● L thumb has limitations on extension & it is a hassle picking my nose.  I feel like "aggy winning at halftime' if I get out enough of a booger clump to free my nasal passages & despite allergy sprays, 2 or 3 days I'm back to clogged again.
◆ Just before X-mas, LeAnne lost her job within the Sain David's system (I won't go into specifics here, however it was petty shit) & as long as I was still in a Saint David's facility, her employee insurance was required maintain care & pay bills.  Ø Deductible while in any H.C.A. facility, etc.
She is employed again, lower $ than before & worse insurance which is why I am on UHC 
So...    Still partially recovering from the strokes & we have burned up savings due to property taxes, Rx & health care deductibles & food / utilities.  We don't eat out or go to the movies & don't have satellite except for internet through ViaSat (too remote for Fiber).  We were generously gifted an HEB $ 200 gift card through a [mention=207]Baboontyme[/mention] connection months ago (I'm still not certain how that happened but am immensely grateful).
■ To anyone who called me after I got home, I wanted to chat with rvmmevery one if you however my brain was very foggy.  I still don't have a rapid 'just answer the phone & go" capacity & don't know if I will be able to drive again.
My retinas suffered frome the strokes & it has been a shitty time trying to get insurance coverage for a specialist who can do the injections (on Affordable Care Act to United Healthcareĺ.
If anyone wants to see the fangoria amputation pics I will send via PM because doing the thing is a hassle with that many.
Slight "yay" is my hand has healed to where I most likely will NOT need a 'Cadaver Flap" or any skin graft    the L hand is maybe 50% functional (is how I exclusively write via text).
LeAnne has been amazing through all of this & I am acutely aware of how stressed out she is over both my health AND our finances.  If anyone of y'all have a real life $rich$ Nigerian Princess connection, send her (or him) him my way... I'm not above money for platonic marriage to establish US citizenship.
 
I have been trying to find some sort of genuine "work from home" thing & would need to enable some sorta Chat-to-Text software.  ANY sort of customer service type job would help if I can get the connection to my computer to function with it 

◆◆To the lawsuit:.
No uninsured motorist coverage (me)
V.
No insurance coverage / no traceable lineage on his dumper (him). 

Even if we DID know the status (where) for the dump truck, it would not exceed any recoverable value to sue & win.  We don't even know if he was cited for no insurance or no license..

****remember up top where I said "registration" w/? Hays County"¿
10 days AFTER the wreck, I got mail from Takata notifying me the airbag was under recall

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AND... on with the photos.  Thank for sticking through this LongCat read 



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4 hours ago, Bevo said:

 ROFL Box sent me some way nastier pics 

As said in the new post, if you want to see the Fangoria pics, send a PM (or text if you have my digits) 

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