Couch 240: The Vanadis Couch

LostOnTheTrail · Oct 24, 2022, 03:51 PM

No worries, willowtigger!

LonesomeTonight · Oct 24, 2022, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Yeah just a little while ago i heard some bizarre gurgling from my stomach area, but like i usually hear from my gall bladder. So i wonder if that was gallstones blocking pancreatic ducts.

Its making me more careful about what and when and how much i eat. I kinda eat like a growing teenager rather than a shriveling octogenarian.

In talking about some of my own GI issues with Dr. T recently (I've hit some new levels of TMI with him), he commented on how our "plumbing" starts to break down after 40.

unaluna · Oct 24, 2022, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by willowtigger

not sure what a octopus generation is

Im from detroit - hockey fans here throw an octopus on the ice for good luck!

Oops! Im just a septuagenarian. I thought octogenarian meant 8th decade of life.

stopdog · Oct 24, 2022, 05:43 PM

A little law school fun:
The rule against perpetuities requires the owners of property in a will to be ascertainable within a certain period of time. The fertile-octogenarian rule means that if a person having a child would break the rule against perpetuities, the person will be considered capable of having a child no matter their age or physical condition.

Oh how we laugh and laugh at the fertile octogenarian rule.

unaluna · Oct 24, 2022, 06:08 PM

Stopdog - you ARE the father!

Oct 24, 2022, 07:11 PM

Stupid here does not understand stopdogs post, never mind though

stopdog · Oct 24, 2022, 07:41 PM

RIP Leslie Jordon - I thought he was quite funny -but I also thought he was a lot older than 67.

ArtieTheSequal · 08:31 PM

Back home from my trip up north, looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight!

Just got the results from my thyroid ultrasound. (trigger for medical stuff)

Possible trigger:

The nodule they are watching has grown significantly (at least that's how it seems to me) since a year ago, it is now 1.4 cm.x 0.9cm x 0.7 cm. A year ago it was 0.9cm x 0.9cm x 0.6cm. They recommend a FNA (biopsy) when they are over 1.5 cm so it appears I'm getting close to that, right now they're still saying ultrasound again in a year. I looked up the rankings and see that TI-RADS 4 (which the report says mine still is) they consider "moderately suspicious" for possible malignancy. My doctor previously told me that these things are very common and that very few of them are malignant. But I'm a little concerned at the growth of this one in just a year. I probably should not have looked up the results on the radiology place's website...

unaluna · Oct 24, 2022, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

RIP Leslie Jordon - I thought he was quite funny -but I also thought he was a lot older than 67.

Yeah i never know if they are lying about their age, or if i look a lot older than i think i do.

unaluna · Oct 24, 2022, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by willowtigger

Stupid here does not understand stopdogs post, never mind though

She likes to share arcane or unusual bits of law.

atisketatasket · Oct 24, 2022, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

A little law school fun:
The rule against perpetuities requires the owners of property in a will to be ascertainable within a certain period of time. The fertile-octogenarian rule means that if a person having a child would break the rule against perpetuities, the person will be considered capable of having a child no matter their age or physical condition.

Oh how we laugh and laugh at the fertile octogenarian rule.

We are getting closer and closer to it no longer being a joke: 74-year-old reportedly has twins, may be oldest to ever give birth

and

List of oldest fathers - Wikipedia

atisketatasket · Oct 24, 2022, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Im from detroit - hockey fans here throw an octopus on the ice for good luck!

In Philadelphia we throw fetal pigs in jars at referees.

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Originally Posted by unaluna

She likes to share arcane or unusual bits of law.

Makes my heart go

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

We are getting closer and closer to it no longer being a joke: 74-year-old reportedly has twins, may be oldest to ever give birth

and

List of oldest fathers - Wikipedia

oh my. Remembering my own son's birth when I was 36 I cannot fathom doing that at my current age (60) let alone 74!! Holy smokes.

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 10:50 AM

Oops, break's over better get back to work

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 06:23 PM

Guess I'm still more stressed than I knew; about the results of my thyroid scan and H's upcoming liver biopsy I suppose. I air fried some tilapia filets just now and my stupid tongs are wonky, so instead of just making them work like I usually do to remove the fish from the air frier, I yelled at them and threw them across the kitchen with much authority and it felt damn GOOD too. They are now most decidedly broken, haha. I should have thrown them away when they first went cockeyed, but no, I kept trying to use the dern things anyway...

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 06:25 PM

...I haven't yet found the little metal piece that held the two halves together, I guess I better go find that before one of us steps on it barefooted.

LonesomeTonight · Oct 25, 2022, 06:42 PM

Hugs, Artie!

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 07:18 PM

Thanks, LT.

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I found myself starting to head into a conflict with Dr. T today, but managed to pull us out of it. I actually said the words, "I feel like this is turning into a conflict, and I don't want that." And...it worked!

It was a case where he was suggesting I was putting words in his mouth, and I was trying to tell him that I wasn't saying he'd actually *said* certain things, but that it was how my brain interpreted them because I was already feeling bad about myself regarding that topic (stuff with my marriage).

I do think it's some sort of growth for me to realize in the moment that things are heading in a negative direction and taking steps to stop it, including accepting my own responsibility in it.

That sounds like growth to me, too. Like, you were very present in the moment and stuff so you were able to defuse whatever started to happen. Good work!

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 07:23 PM

Hugs all around for those who need/want.

NP_Complete · Oct 25, 2022, 08:11 PM

I just picked up some new glasses with a new prescription and I'm having a lot of difficulty reading my laptop screen with them on. Distance vision seems ok other than my eyes trying to adjust to the newness. This is so frustrating I want to cry. I don't want a different pair of glasses for normal use vs. laptop use vs. reading. I wonder if they'll rewrite the prescription with my old prescription.

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 25, 2022, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

I just picked up some new glasses with a new prescription and I'm having a lot of difficulty reading my laptop screen with them on. Distance vision seems ok other than my eyes trying to adjust to the newness. This is so frustrating I want to cry. I don't want a different pair of glasses for normal use vs. laptop use vs. reading. I wonder if they'll rewrite the prescription with my old prescription.

Hugs, NP. Sorry your glasses aren't working. It sucks when you're expecting to see better when you get them, then they aren't right!! My current pair, I had to get remade. I now have a pair for computer and a pair for distance, both are bifocals with the bottom section for reading.

WarmFuzzySocks · Oct 26, 2022, 11:18 AM

NP, I had to have my glasses remade twice last time. I ended up using an older pair for reading and my new ones for driving because they still weren’t quite right. Are you comfortable taking the glasses back in to be remade or prescription rechecked?

This year the doc told me I might need 2 different pairs of glasses but I chose a frame with a slightly larger lens and I can both drive and read in them.

LonesomeTonight · Oct 26, 2022, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

That sounds like growth to me, too. Like, you were very present in the moment and stuff so you were able to defuse whatever started to happen. Good work!

Thanks, Artie!

LonesomeTonight · Oct 26, 2022, 12:39 PM

NP, with new glasses, I've heard that you should just wear them for 15 minutes at a time to adjust to them (and your old glasses the other time). Maybe try that? I panicked recently when I first tried my new glasses and wasn't able to read the screen, but after a few times of wearing them for a short bit of time, I'm able to read the screen now (but am still just doing short amounts of time).

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