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I have banned Keystone because he contributes little to this forum, aside from trolling.
What a Bad Beat!
I have no idea who Keystone was. ;) :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I used to see JungDaeWoo and K.Stone around from time to time at VCT, and I heard some about them from the regulars, none of it good.
Woo and K.Stone hated MDawg only as one gambler can hate another. "MDawg keeps winning at that casino. I can’t figure out how to win, how does he. It burns me up to see someone make it big when I can’t even manage to clear a roll of nickels." His toothless mouth was twisted with hate.
Archiving posts from 7 years ago...typical productive behavior from this life long loser....yet another reason he is full of shitQuote:
Originally Posted by MDawg
Did Tasha hijack Mdog’s account?
Dumbass forgot you don’t put quotes around shit you’re making up that no one ever said.
Marbury v. Madison is 222 years old and remains good law. So do the reasons for banning K.Stone remain intact, as evidenced by the very posts made by the offenders in this thread.
This applies to Jung and K.Stone same as theywontpay,Quote:
Originally Posted by MDawg
Why isn't this retard out winning 80% of his tie bets?
Did you learn this approach from Rob Singer?Quote:
Originally Posted by MDawg
Well at least Keystone isn't banned. Keystone is the man imo.
It's the one thing we can all agree on. I think of Keystone as the linchpin of the forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by theywontpayontuesday
You, twpot, and the mice in your pockets are all that agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Perignom
I ran Keystone off of this forum at least twice before any of you faggots joined.
He's the leachpin of this forum, probably a sock.
Druff's gonna ban him again.
Bro you never ran anyone off anywhere stupid lololol…..you’re a virus on this forum. Only useful when Singer and MPussy want some online headQuote:
Originally Posted by coach bellyYou, twpot, and the mice in your pockets are all that agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Perignom
I ran Keystone off of this forum at least twice before any of you faggots joined.
He's the leachpin of this forum, probably a sock.
Druff's gonna ban him again.
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Originally Posted by Keystone
But wait...there's more, leachpin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Druff did, not you, Squidward….now take that apron off and quit washing dishes and honor the veterans that provided you the freedom to cyber fellate Singer and Habib as you are prone to do….just remember to zip them back up for God’s sakeQuote:
Originally Posted by coach bellyQuote:
Originally Posted by Keystone
But wait...there's more, leachpin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Honestly, I forgot I ever banned Keystone.
The date is interesting to me.
On August 16, 2018, I noticed an annoying "lump" sensation in my throat which I couldn't get rid of. For whatever reason, it bothered me to no end, and I started highly stressing over it.
I went to an ENT that week. It was some incompetent old fart who looked in my throat a second, diagnosed me with "LPR" (a syndrome, not a disease, usually related to reflux), and told me to go buy Nexium and take it.
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Unbeknownst to medical science at the time, that class of medication (PPIs) cause crippling anxiety in a small-to-moderate percentage of the population. Unfortunately, I was part of that group. It is now acknowledged, but in 2018 it was not yet known.
Within days, the anxiety took hold, and it was the worst thing I ever dealt with in my life. I was also told to quit caffeine. Another moronic piece of advice. Caffeine wasn't causing this, and in fact its abrupt cessation brought on severe depression on top of the anxiety.
I also had other issues. The lump in my throat was causing a choking sensation whenever I would lie down, so I couldn't fall asleep. Every time I'd start to fall asleep, I'd choke and wake back up. It was the worst thing ever. Eventually I solved this by a fluke. I had mentioned my throat was also dry, so my girlfriend bought me dry mouth rinse. Amazingly, that took care of the choking sensation as well, and that was that. Huge relief to discover this.
Eventually I brought my mind back mostly to normal. I quit the Nexium, brought back the caffeine, and was taking Xanax once every 96 hours just to normalize my brain. None of this was suggested by a doctor, but it worked. First the depression abruptly lifted, and then the anxiety slowly lessened. It took about 3 months to get all the way better.
Turned out I didn't have reflux anyway, and this idiot was wrong. The lump was from a combination of dryness in my throat and general postnasal drip. I eventually just got used to it.
Anyway, my ban of Keystone was during the very beginning of this, which is probably why I don't remember it. I find that my brain has blocked out a lot of details from that time period.
At best, you are a groupie.Quote:
Originally Posted by coach bellyYou, twpot, and the mice in your pockets are all that agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Perignom
I ran Keystone off of this forum at least twice before any of you faggots joined.
He's the leachpin of this forum, probably a sock.
Druff's gonna ban him again.
My messages sent don't go back to 2018, but IIRC, I PMed you after hearing of your symptoms, and suggested it might be LPR. That must have been before you were diagnosed with it. I have battled LPR for a decade. A lot of people (including doctors) think it is just your run of the mill acid reflux. IT is not! With LPR, reflux gets past not just the lower valve (LES) as is common with regular reflux, but also past the higher (UES) which is at the top of the esophagus. This is a much bigger deal because the acid in the reflux then hits your throat, which unlike the esophagus is soft tissue, ill-equipped to handle the stomach acid and the damage it can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
The body's immediate response is to create more mucus to coat the damaged throat area. That leads to a sensation of choking and coughing, worse after eating and when lying prone. Sleeping on a little bit of an angle with the head of your bed elevated 6-8 inches helps.
As for medical intervention, a lot of people who are eventually diagnosed with LPR are bounced around between ENT and gastro doctors until you finally hit on someone who can help. There are so few that are knowledgeable about LPR and the difference between regular acid reflux. First course of action is PPI's. these are drugs that reduce stomach acid. They are terrible, terrible drugs to be on long-term. Reducing acid effects digestion and can lead to other stomach issue. They also have a number of bad side effect, some of which you mentioned. Long-term use is also believed to effect bone density as well as cause dementia. But some of these PPI haven't been around long enough to really know all the long-term effects.
The final problem is that if you get your LPR under control, through use of medications, identifying and avoiding food triggers, and lifestyle changes like losing weight and elevating the head of your bed, eating smaller meals more frequently and NEVER within 2-3 hours of going to bed, and you decide to try to get off these PPI's it is damn near impossible. There is a horrendous rebound effect. People claim you can tapper down and eventually get off them. I have tried probably a dozen times with no success.
As I said, the medical profession is still learning about LPR (the L & P stand for Larynx/pharynx). Most of what I have learned has been from simply reading some home type remedies that have eventually helped others. One that really helps me during bad periods is sipping high PH water throughout the day. The enzyme in the stomach acid, called Pepsin, that does the damage in the throat, is neutralized when it comes in contact with liquid with a PH balance of about 9 or above.
Even still, sometimes I have weeks or even a month where I am good, and sometimes days or a week that it flares up. I haven't heard of your dry throat home remedy, but will give it a try. Anything is worth a try.
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kewlJ:
Yes, we discussed my situation. You mentioned having LPR, and believed I had it.
However, I still don't believe I have LPR. This is for a few reasons:
1) Subsequent examinations of my throat did not find any significant irritation consistent with LPR,
2) I did a "PepTest" by mail, where I spit into a vial, send it to the UK, and they analyze it for an enzyme consistent with LPR. It came back negative.
3) At the time, I did not have any known reflux issues in general. I could eat/drink something very acidic, lie down, and not have any heartburn. This is also true for everyone in my immediate family.
4) I went to have a special instrument used on my throat, which takes a video. It goes in through your nose, and produces a clear picture. There's another version of this which goes through your throat, and you gag horribly, but I drove the extra 50 miles for the nose-insertion machine, as it's far more modern and there's no gagging or any significant discomfort. This study did not produce any symptoms of LPR.
The only sign of anything reflux-related was that, about once every year on average, I would wake up with a reflux event where I couldn't breathe. Within 30 seconds, after standing up and gasping for air, I could breathe again. This was scary, and left my throat burning, but ultimately harmless. I first had this in Vegas in 2008, and it freaked me out. I did notice that it was far more common to occur when visiting Vegas (the last one as recently as 2024) than at home in LA. However, again, this doesn't occur often, even when I'm in Vegas.
Anyway, I determined that this lump in my throat feeling is primarily from dryness, and somewhat from just general irritation from postnasal drip.
That's why using the dry mouth rinse made such a dramatic difference. Without it, I would go into choking mode whenever I would lay down, even at an incline. With the rinse, I could easily fall asleep. This was discovered by accident. I was trying the rinse on a night because my girlfriend had bought it for me, and my mouth felt particularly dry on that evening. I woke up in the morning and said, "I don't know if this is significant, but I somehow didn't choke at all and fell right asleep!" That was the first step in getting better.
The second step was having enough time off the PPI meds.
The third step was bringing the caffeine back.
The fourth step was taking low dose Xanax once every 96 hours, in order to "remind" my brain what it's like to feel normal. I feel like this is an underrated strategy in mental health. Some mental health issues are a vicious cycle. Your brain gets used to feeling a certain way under certain circumstances, and it's difficult or impossible to override with logic. Xanax somewhat breaks this cycle, as it somewhat suppresses the fight-or-flight mechanism, and generally slows your thought processes. The more your brain is used to feeling normal, the more it will end up being normal.
This entire process, while unorthodox, was successful. I was seeing a psychiatrist at the time, who admitted he had never heard of this process before, but said it made sense in theory, so he didn't mind my trying it to see if it worked.
Aside from the throat thing, my first real breakthrough was one night in mid-October 2018. I was walking my dog Otis (RIP) at 2am, and watching a Steven Crowder video on YouTube just to keep my mind occupied. At the time, I had both severe anxiety and severe depression, and the depression also caused something called anhedonia, which is the complete inability to feel any positive emotions. You don't feel joy about anything, nor do you feel love, nor do you feel excitement, nor can you enjoy good food or good music. Negative emotions still come through, but positive ones are completely muted. During this walk, I laughed at a joke Crowder made. This was my first laughter in 2 months, and seconds later, I knew it was a great sign. About a minute later, I laughed at another joke made by one of Crowder's co-hosts. As dumb as this sounds, it was one of the best moments of my life. I said out loud to my dog, "Did you hear that, Otis? I laughed! I actually laughed! I think I'm finally starting to come back."
Within a few days, the entire depression was gone. The anxiety took another month to dissipate, and got to about 85% better. I never got 100% back.
kewlJ:
Yes, we discussed my situation. You mentioned having LPR, and believed I had it.
However, I still don't believe I have LPR. This is for a few reasons:
1) Subsequent examinations of my throat did not find any significant irritation consistent with LPR,
2) I did a "PepTest" by mail, where I spit into a vial, send it to the UK, and they analyze it for an enzyme consistent with LPR. It came back negative.
3) At the time, I did not have any known reflux issues in general. I could eat/drink something very acidic, lie down, and not have any heartburn. This is also true for everyone in my immediate family.
4) I went to have a special instrument used on my throat, which takes a video. It goes in through your nose, and produces a clear picture. There's another version of this which goes through your throat, and you gag horribly, but I drove the extra 50 miles for the nose-insertion machine, as it's far more modern and there's no gagging or any significant discomfort. This study did not produce any symptoms of LPR.
The only sign of anything reflux-related was that, about once every year on average, I would wake up with a reflux event where I couldn't breathe. Within 30 seconds, after standing up and gasping for air, I could breathe again. This was scary, and left my throat burning, but ultimately harmless. I first had this in Vegas in 2008, and it freaked me out. I did notice that it was far more common to occur when visiting Vegas (the last one as recently as 2024) than at home in LA. However, again, this doesn't occur often, even when I'm in Vegas.
Anyway, I determined that this lump in my throat feeling is primarily from dryness, and somewhat from just general irritation from postnasal drip.
That's why using the dry mouth rinse made such a dramatic difference. Without it, I would go into choking mode whenever I would lay down, even at an incline. With the rinse, I could easily fall asleep. This was discovered by accident. I was trying the rinse on a night because my girlfriend had bought it for me, and my mouth felt particularly dry on that evening. I woke up in the morning and said, "I don't know if this is significant, but I somehow didn't choke at all and fell right asleep!" That was the first step in getting better.
The second step was having enough time off the PPI meds.
The third step was bringing the caffeine back.
The fourth step was taking low dose Xanax once every 96 hours, in order to "remind" my brain what it's like to feel normal. I feel like this is an underrated strategy in mental health. Some mental health issues are a vicious cycle. Your brain gets used to feeling a certain way under certain circumstances, and it's difficult or impossible to override with logic. Xanax somewhat breaks this cycle, as it somewhat suppresses the fight-or-flight mechanism, and generally slows your thought processes. The more your brain is used to feeling normal, the more it will end up being normal.
This entire process, while unorthodox, was successful. I was seeing a psychiatrist at the time, who admitted he had never heard of this process before, but said it made sense in theory, so he didn't mind my trying it to see if it worked.
Aside from the throat thing, my first real breakthrough was one night in mid-October 2018. I was walking my dog Otis (RIP) at 2am, and watching a Steven Crowder video on YouTube just to keep my mind occupied. At the time, I had both severe anxiety and severe depression, and the depression also caused something called anhedonia, which is the complete inability to feel any positive emotions. You don't feel joy about anything, nor do you feel love, nor do you feel excitement, nor can you enjoy good food or good music. Negative emotions still come through, but positive ones are completely muted. During this walk, I laughed at a joke Crowder made. This was my first laughter in 2 months, and seconds later, I knew it was a great sign. About a minute later, I laughed at another joke made by one of Crowder's co-hosts. As dumb as this sounds, it was one of the best moments of my life. I said out loud to my dog, "Did you hear that, Otis? I laughed! I actually laughed! I think I'm finally starting to come back."
Within a few days, the entire depression was gone. The anxiety took another month to dissipate, and got to about 85% better. I never got 100% back.
I have had the 24 hour enzyme monitoring tests, both throat and nose. Neither is all that pleasant. My tests usually come back saying very moderate enzyme detection when I KNOW from symptoms it is much worse than that, so I don't put all that much stock into them. I know how I feel and that is all I care about, not some doctor telling me the tests only showed moderate issues. One of my doctors even said, they aren't that conclusive with some people.
One misconception that you mentioned is that eating acidy foods, or drink increases acid reflux. Different triggers for different people, but generally acidy foods are not one of them, even though people believe that.
Continued good luck in this situation. Hope you have conquered it for good or at the very least learn to control some of these issues.
It is kind of funny that you mentioned the issues when visiting Vegas. When my LPR first started, I thought it was more of a breathing/asthma type thing because of the symptoms (I don't have asthma). I thought my problem might be something brought on or worsened by the dry desert air and the dust in the air when the wind blows here in Vegas. (air quality). Took me a while and multiple trips to the doctor before I began to figure it out. I was able to figure it out even before the doctor did. I try to be my own health advocate. Not replace doctors, but learn everything I can about issue I may have and what to do about them. Nobody....no doctor is going to care about you like you care about yourself.
I don't have issues with anxiety or depression like you do. I am sorry to hear that. But when you are really going through a bad period with LPR, coughing and clearing your throat every 10 second and can never get it clear, sensation of choking and even difficulty breathing and I think it is just a sensation not really difficulty breathing, but certainly is anyone did have issues with aniety that would bring it out.
BTW, a lot of doctors don't like it when you read online about possible medical situation and attempt to self-diagnose. I have a doctor that not only doesn't mind that, but encourages his patients to be proactive. he is every aware I try to learn what I can about any situation. At times he will even ask, "what do you think it might be?" And when I say what I am thinking he will say "no it can't be that" or else, "yeah it could be that...lets try this...."
Additionally, waking up with the burning of the throat is a definite sign of LPR. It means the reflux has made it through both valves and into your throat. If this occurs regularly it can lead to increase risk of throat cancer. I only have that happen occasionally now, since I have learned to control my LPR, but when it does I usually have not only throat burning and pain/discomfort, but also an earache on which ever side I was sleeping on. This is caused by the acid not only making it up to the throat during the night but then continuing up the little tube from throat to ear causing an earache. these sensitive areas just are not designed to handle that acid enzyme.
Before I learned to control it, my doctor recommended a product called Gaviscon Advance. It is a liquid, you take it at bedtime and it works by forming a barrier that sit on top of whatever is in your stomach that makes it difficult for the acid to get through. Sounds far-fetched but it actually helps.
It is not cheap and it is also kind of tricky because there are 3 different companies that make Gavison Advance. One in the US, one in Canada and one in the UK. They all have different amounts of the key ingredient Alginate (made from seaweed). Th US version the smallest amount or weakest Uk the highest amount or strongest and Canada somewhere in between. So if anyone decides to give that a try, be sure to order from the UK company (I think the company is Rickets Becket or something like that) not the U.S company.
I need to correct this. I should have said eating acidy foods doesn't increase LPR type reflux. It can increase general heartburn type acid reflux.Quote:
Originally Posted by kewlJ
I don't ever wake up with the throat burning, except those rare times when I have the liquid reflux attack which wakes me up and I can't breathe. But as I said, I have that about once a year at most.Quote:
Originally Posted by kewlJ
I tried Gaviscon Advance (the UK version) in 2018. Did nothing. That plus the Peptest showing zero, plus the doctor seeing "a little throat irritation at most" convinced me that this isn't a reflux thing -- it's mostly a dry throat thing. That's why the rinse works.
I was able to eventually remove my bed from the incline. First I slept on an "incline body pillow" AND incline bed. Felt like I was sleeping on a hill! Then I felt good enough to remove the pillow, and eventually I put the bed flat on the floor as well.
Funny enough I am starting to have some of the same issues again, but a lighter version of it. I might actually put the bed back on an incline, at least a small one.
I do wish I could use nasal spray every day. Stuff feels great. But it is very addictive.
When I was 15, I didn't know this, and accidentally got addicted to nasal spray, in an attempt to return to the track team after a bad cold. I used it every day for 2-3 weeks, then suddenly noticed that I HAD to use it, or otherwise my nose would be stuffy. I said to myself, "Shit, I bet I'm addicted to this", and stopped cold turkey. I was ashamed to tell my parents. Somehow this worked, and my nasal passages went back to normal. Some people have a lot harder time coming off of it than that. Ever since then, I won't use nasal spray 3 days in a row, under any circumstances.
Been there, done all that. :D When I read about raising the head of the bed 8-10 inches, I first used cinder blocks under each leg at the head of bed. Doesn't sound like it would be much of an include, but fuck. Literally like sleeping on a hill. You have to pull yourself up a dozen times during the night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I also tried the wedge pillow. I sleep on my side, with the arm from that side under a pillow. That didn't work with the wedge pillow as it was too wide. I couldn't get comfortable. I now have bought a set of bed lifts from amazon. They are plastic but durable. There is a 3 inch, and a 5 inch which are stackable to make an 8 inch. I have settled on the 5 inch. Still some pulling myself up a couple times a night, but not nearly as bad.
Just out of curiosity, can I ask how long you were on PPI's?
If you buy them over the counter, there is a strict 21 day supply. There is a reason for that. They are incredibly hard to get off once you are on them for more than a month or two. Of course now it is even worse as I am on prescription PPIs at double the OTC strength for years now. :(. My doctor knows I want off of these damn things, but I can't do it. I always think I can fight through the rebound effect period, but I just can't seem to get there. I wish I had known how hard it is to get off them before I started on them.
I have never seen a nasal spray that didn't warn you not to use for more than 3-4 days. Are you not reading the warnings? :D
As a 15-year-old in 1987, no, I did not read the warnings. I'm not even sure if such a warning existed on the bottle back then. Things were different in the '80s. You kinda just did stuff and felt your way through it.Quote:
Originally Posted by kewlJ
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Originally Posted by kewlJ
I was on for about a week and quit them myself, fearing they were possible the cause. I actually got away from blaming them, and believed it was probably just the lump in my throat causing all the anxiety/depression, perhaps worsened by the sudden caffeine withdrawal.
BUT...
The following year I was prescribed PPI for a different purpose, and I took it, not even thinking about the anxiety thing. That night I started to get bad anxiety again, just like 2018! I asked myself, "Wait... how is this back??", and then I realized it.
I have since spoken to several people who got crippling anxiety/depression from PPIs.
Medical science has since caught up, and there has been credible research in the 2020s about PPIs causing anxiety in some people. In fact, many scientists now believe that PPIs are far more dangerous for anxiety than is presently acknowledged, and that they need a lot further study in this area.
All I can tell you is that it brought me to a state I didn't think possible, and I suffered permanent psychological damage as a result.
I won't ask what you were on them for the second time. Probablly some sort of stomach disorder that acid makes worse like an ulcer or something.
This is one of my big issues with medicine today. Everything is take a pill for this. Half the time there are side effects from taking the pill (especially long-term) that are worse than the original issue. Or even worse, they don't even know all the side effects and long-term use damage. 15 years down the road it is, well now you have cancer and it could have been caused by this.
I have become VERY uncomfortable with the relationships between Doctors and the pharmaceutical reps and companies.
But these PPIs are really bad news. Any time you start on a new medicine, have some sort of side effect and then the doctors response is well we can give you something for the side effect, it is bad news.
Plus with long-term use, your body adjusts to some of these medicines. I have discussed this with my doctor about PPIs. I have a theory that the medicine initially has you make less stomach acid, as it is designed to do. But over time, your body adjusts and goes back to making the same amount of acid as before you started with the medicine. So then if you stop, your body is now making twice as much leading to a bigger problem then the original problem or possible some new issues.
My doctor has said no to my theory, but I am not convinced. The human body adjusts.
I am sitting here, thinking about and trying to understand the connection between reduced stomach acid and increase in anxiety. :confused: I don't have those issues so it is hard for me to see a connection. I am not doubting you or anyone else you say has increased anxiety in any way. Just hard to figure a connection. But I guess it is all chemicals and chemicals do different things to different people.Quote:
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What I think we can agree on is that PPIs are a bad deal. Newer medicines, I think maybe 20 years old now for the first group, that were rushed out before they knew everything and all the dangers. And I think there is a lot of THAT going on.
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Originally Posted by kewlJ
I was on for about a week and quit them myself, fearing they were possible the cause. I actually got away from blaming them, and believed it was probably just the lump in my throat causing all the anxiety/depression, perhaps worsened by the sudden caffeine withdrawal.
BUT...
The following year I was prescribed PPI for a different purpose, and I took it, not even thinking about the anxiety thing. That night I started to get bad anxiety again, just like 2018! I asked myself, "Wait... how is this back??", and then I realized it.
I have since spoken to several people who got crippling anxiety/depression from PPIs.
Medical science has since caught up, and there has been credible research in the 2020s about PPIs causing anxiety in some people. In fact, many scientists now believe that PPIs are far more dangerous for anxiety than is presently acknowledged, and that they need a lot further study in this area.
All I can tell you is that it brought me to a state I didn't think possible, and I suffered permanent psychological damage as a result.
Quick cautionary tale. About 10 years ago, I had a killer head cold with some upper respiratory symptoms. I went to a doc-in-box a mile away and was prescribed a fluroquinolone. I took two doses, then started having an erratic heart beat, but what I didn't realize was that it had immediate psychological effects. I was off in the wild blue yonder and didn't really realize it.
Fortunately, I called my girlfriend, who was in California at the time, and she realized something was seriously wrong with me mentally. So she stayed on the phone with me for more than an hour and talked me out of taking a third dose. I'm pretty much a regimented person (or was) when it comes to formal medical instructions. I follow the print. But she managed to convince me that something was wrong with me. Well, I had a bag packed for the hospital next to me and was convinced I was 50/50 to die during the phone call, but she calmed me down.
I wound up not taking the third dose, which was a really good thing. Eventually, I got myself to a cardiologist. My initial EKG suggested I had " damage consistent with a heart attack" and I was scheduled for a stress test which (had I failed) could have resulted in immediate surgical intervention. Well, I passed the stress test easily, and the question became what the hell was wrong. I wore one of those flak jacket heart monitors for a week. Turns out the further I got from the medicine dosing, the more normal my heart became.
Eventually the cardiologist said he thought he recognized the problem, but only because he had the same issue. I had a ventricular bundle delay, which is not really a problem, unless I took this kind of drug. The drug could have killed me had I taken more doses.
So no fluoroquinalones for me. Or penicillin for that matter, since that almost killed me as an infant. I basically avoid antibiotics altogether unless I were to be hospitalized.
The moral of the story is that while under the sudden influence of the drug, I had very little idea I was mentally screwed up. It was a sudden onset, and after the second dose, I was bizarro. So this kind of side effect can whack you suddenly and from out of left field and you won't necessarily even perceive the effect and how messed up you are.
RIP Otis :(.
Reading about your health issues DD definitely something almost impossible to overcome and I'm glad you did. Those two months of negativity must have been torture.
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Originally Posted by MDawg
Why isn't this retard out winning 80% of his tie bets?
It's an uncomfortable read when anyone writes about their medical struggles, particularly those within & around the respiratory and digestive systems.
But one has to ask: are either or both of these guys ignoring safety and instead abusing the situations they've chosen to indulge in? Excessive periods of hanging around smokey casinos, free alcohol, and fatty sugary & salt-laden foods does do more harm than anyone would want to believe they do.
We all know about the very undesirable stuff kew puts in his mouth from time to time. Yet if you asked him or Dan if either of them drank 128oz. of water daily--life's magical elixir--what answers/excuses would you expect?
We're all given one body to live these lives in, and these bodies are truly wondrous creations.
Stop treating them with disrespect, and they will treat you far better than you ever thought possible. And with that comes a nice bonus: mental stability.
Rob, you are about as useful as Lenny Bias was to the Celtics. (Boston reference for ya)
** and your advantage play gambling career was just about as long. :cool:
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Oh I thought Mdawg was warned to stop trolling Dan Druff's threads.
Mdog wants to debate what is a "harmless lie" and what is a "tall tale". Let's do it! :cool:
** Dog, when you posted winning sessions and days, day after day, for 7 straight months, only to later retract to "about even", was that a harmless lie or a tall tale?
** When you posted about winning just shy of a million dollars this past January, when actually records show you in the red, was that a harmless lie or a tall tale?
** When you posted about purchasing a mid seven figure "mansion" when public real estate records show no such purchase, was that a harmless lie or a tall tale?
** When you claimed to play a $100-$5000 spread (1-50) playing double deck at a strip casino, only to change your story after Wizard called you out, was that a harmless lie or a tall tale?
** When you claimed to be playing blackjack with members of the Montreal Canadians, when the team was actually quarantined in Canada, was that a harmless lie or a tall tale?
** When you claim that you win, win, win (many millions over the years of this adventure tale) and that casinos don't care, was that a harmless lie or a tall tale?
I could go on and on, but am not going to. But I will answer for you. Many of these things are far from harmless lies. The $100-$5000 spread for example, and the winning and casinos not caring. Players will and likely have been harmed by these lies, trying to emulate your bullshit claims. I can almost guarantee that probably more than one player was backed off or 86ed at Cosmo after you posted that bullshit claim about spreading 1-50 for 10 straight hours.
Nothing I have said or shared has harmed anyone. I may change some details, sometimes even more than Dan Druff thinks is necessary, but my experiences are real. And they don't defy the math. And they don't defy the way casinos work, saying some bullshit like "casinos don't care about winning players".
As a matter of fact, not only have I not harmed anyone, but any blackjack players that read what I share, and try to emulate, would do pretty damn well. Over the years, I have given a blue print of how to be a successful mid-level, blackjack card counting type AP, and still be welcome to play which is most of the battle.
Where as, you have just made up bullshit stories that have harmed other players. And Now you do NOTHING but troll. Are you ever going to grow up and stop?
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Originally Posted by Gottlob1
Now Rob, I'm sure you have no qualms about sticking your 9 1/2 inch shlong down the gullet of your beloved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob.Singer
"Love, honor, cherish and ...stick undesirable stuff down her throat?"
My point: you wouldn't hold it against your wife for blowing you, so what is your problem?
A blow job is a blow job, right?
Don't mean nothin'; hell any more with some folks it's little different than a kiss goodnight.