RANDOM Comments on MISC. STUFF

[KJ4VTH]

I was just about to say this Random Comment thread was getting a little too 'deep'.
Thanks for bringing it down in the ditch.

[N0SYA]

The leading cause of divorce is marriage.

[N0WYO]

it is just a civil wedding at the town hall, for the moment.

That's good, my boy! Save the UNcivil stuff for later.

[AF6LJ]

I just finished taking an exhaustive, comprehensive battery of tests to see if my career path--as a technical writer and database coder--are ones that I should stick with or switch to a different occupation that would be a better fit for my strengths, knowledge, and experience.

Are you ready for what would be my #1 best-suited occupation? (Now, you lifers here know my temperament and how I don't take myself seriously.)

Funeral Home Director!

Second recommendation:

Nurse!


I couldn't make that up if I tried. *heavy sigh* That's $50 I won't get back. Being an INTJ, I should've seen it coming.

That's scary

I took one of those tests once....
It said housewife.

[N8XE]

That's scary


I took one of those tests once....
It said housewife.

I took something similar..


It said I should be in sales...


I have some ice I want to sell to Steve (NL7W) and Eric (KL7AJ)

73,
Jason N8XE

[KB3LAZ]

Coffee, smoke, shower, wedding, and then lunch with the in-laws.

[N8CPA]

Coffee, smoke, shower, wedding, and then lunch with the in-laws.

Felicidades a ti y tu novia--er--esposa!

I have not yet posted anything about it here, but here's how I began this week. Last Sunday, my wife and I ate a very simple supper of barbecue sandwiches--Jul 4th leftovers. A few minutes later, I began to feel 'fluttery'--the best way to describe it.

I have had occasions like that for the past several years and up til now thought it might have been a condition commonly experienced by spinal cord patients, dysreflexia. It is a condition in which the autonomic system affects various processes, heartbeat, perspiration, etc. And the occurences have been fairly short in duration, because i can restore normal sensations by standing and walking for a few minutes.

But Sunday's episode persisted for several scary minutes, so i did something I rarely do--I told my wife about it. After 20-25 minutes, she asked if she should call 911. I finally said yes. 5 minutes later, the paramedics had me hooked up to a portable EKG. The waveform showed atrial fibrillation, and necessitated a trip to cardiac ER.

In short, I spent Sunday and Monday nights in the cardiac unit at a local hospital, hooked to monitors, IV's and continuous stream of nurses and lab technicians. Monday I had a TEE test [Transesophageal-electrocardiogram], followed by a cardioversion--a brief shock to restore normal heart rhythm. And in my immediate future, a chemically stimulated stress test--since I can't use a treadmill without my knees collapsing. I'll probably end up with yet another daily medication to add my chemical arsenal.

I've always known my skeletal system was decades older than I am. Now the rest of my sytems are catching up. I guess i really am old now--not to make the thread sound like 75M.

[AF6LJ]

Coffee, smoke, shower, wedding, and then lunch with the in-laws.

I hope all goes well.

[AF6LJ]

Felicidades a ti y tu novia--er--esposa!

I have not yet posted anything about it here, but here's how I began this week. Last Sunday, my wife and I ate a very simple supper of barbecue sandwiches--Jul 4th leftovers. A few minutes later, I began to feel 'fluttery'--the best way to describe it.

I have had occasions like that for the past several years and up til now thought it might have been a condition commonly experienced by spinal cord patients, dysreflexia. It is a condition in which the autonomic system affects various processes, heartbeat, perspiration, etc. And the occurences have been fairly short in duration, because i can restore normal sensations by standing and walking for a few minutes.

But Sunday's episode persisted for several scary minutes, so i did something I rarely do--I told my wife about it. After 20-25 minutes, she asked if she should call 911. I finally said yes. 5 minutes later, the paramedics had me hooked up to a portable EKG. The waveform showed atrial fibrillation, and necessitated a trip to cardiac ER.

In short, I spent Sunday and Monday nights in the cardiac unit at a local hospital, hooked to monitors, IV's and continuous stream of nurses and lab technicians. Monday I had a TEE test [Transesophageal-electrocardiogram], followed by a cardioversion--a brief shock to restore normal heart rhythm. And in my immediate future, a chemically stimulated stress test--since I can't use a treadmill without my knees collapsing. I'll probably end up with yet another daily medication to add my chemical arsenal.

I've always known my skeletal system was decades older than I am. Now the rest of my sytems are catching up. I guess i really am old now--not to make the thread sound like 75M.

WoW sorry to hear this...
It's always scary and upsetting when our body betrays us.
/Sending good thoughts your way....

[WF7A]

Indeed, Steve. A quote more fitting for the Rolling Stones thread that's running now but applicable here: "What a drag it is to get old."