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#2746273 18-Jul-2021 16:45

There's a sign up in the hotel room I'm staying in:

"This room can accommodate a maximum of 2 people for the building's fire regulations. $200 will be charged for each extra person."

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#2746279 18-Jul-2021 17:16

msukiwi:

That it has been 8 years today since I had "Locked In Syndrome" and was resuscitated while alive!

(And I'm still here to celebrate "I'm Still Alive Day"!)

Now that is truly remarkable (and I expect unimaginable for most folks - including me). Have you shared your story publicly?

Keep smiling - it's fantastic you can.

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#2746288 18-Jul-2021 17:48

Fred99:Now that is truly remarkable (and I expect unimaginable for most folks - including me). Have you shared your story publicly?

Keep smiling - it's fantastic you can.

Thanks.

Short version is that I was born with the cause, nothing I could do to avoid the stroke as the "problem" was unknown and is actually unfixable without killing me - which defeats the purpose of fixing it!

Normally it is fatal, apparently about 3 people worldwide get up again. I lost half the interface from my brain to my spine.

2 months before I could move my right thumb once and 2 weeks more before I could do it again! (Let alone walk)

Originally (8 months before the stroke) I knew something was wrong. Was under a Professor at Christchurch Hospital for the 8 months before the stroke! (Never heard from him again after it!)

He took the left trail in the path, the problem was on the rarely used right trail.

On a Sunday night I had the stroke, ambulance came and said "No Problem" and left me.

By the Monday morning the damage was permanent, and I was not expected to live.

I defied the odds, and they decided to wean back the blood thinners. Thursday my blood obviously was no longer thin enough.

So now I'm on high dose blood thinners for the rest of my life. I can do most things ok, but arm or leg may pack a tantrum if I do too much.

Christchurch Hospital 10/10, Burwood 0/10 - Booked myself out in 6 days!

Referred by a friend to Balance Works Physiotherapy - worth every penny spent! (And cheaper for a home visit than a 1 way taxi trip to Burwood for free physio cost back then - the Govt would pay the return trip!

So here I am! As I told my Neurologist - "I'm still on this Planet as I still have people to persecute!" to which he said "That is as good a reason as any!"

So that is the basics. Hope I didn't bore anyone too much. Remember - if you think something is wrong - it probably is!

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#2746299 18-Jul-2021 18:39

msukiwi:

So that is the basics. Hope I didn't bore anyone too much.

I don't think you'll ever bore anyone with what is a quite remarkable story. I wish you all the very best.

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#2746305 18-Jul-2021 19:07

msukiwi:
Fred99:Now that is truly remarkable (and I expect unimaginable for most folks - including me). Have you shared your story publicly?

Keep smiling - it's fantastic you can.

Thanks.

Short version is that I was born with the cause, nothing I could do to avoid the stroke as the "problem" was unknown and is actually unfixable without killing me - which defeats the purpose of fixing it!

Normally it is fatal, apparently about 3 people worldwide get up again. I lost half the interface from my brain to my spine.

2 months before I could move my right thumb once and 2 weeks more before I could do it again! (Let alone walk)

Originally (8 months before the stroke) I knew something was wrong. Was under a Professor at Christchurch Hospital for the 8 months before the stroke! (Never heard from him again after it!)

He took the left trail in the path, the problem was on the rarely used right trail.

On a Sunday night I had the stroke, ambulance came and said "No Problem" and left me.

By the Monday morning the damage was permanent, and I was not expected to live.

I defied the odds, and they decided to wean back the blood thinners. Thursday my blood obviously was no longer thin enough.

So now I'm on high dose blood thinners for the rest of my life. I can do most things ok, but arm or leg may pack a tantrum if I do too much.

Christchurch Hospital 10/10, Burwood 0/10 - Booked myself out in 6 days!

Referred by a friend to Balance Works Physiotherapy - worth every penny spent! (And cheaper for a home visit than a 1 way taxi trip to Burwood for free physio cost back then - the Govt would pay the return trip!

So here I am! As I told my Neurologist - "I'm still on this Planet as I still have people to persecute!" to which he said "That is as good a reason as any!"

So that is the basics. Hope I didn't bore anyone too much. Remember - if you think something is wrong - it probably is!

I survived a descending aortic aneurysm. That was 15 years ago. I used to keep track of the anniversary but no longer do: I hope you get to that point. It's great to remember but to me at least it felt like a ticking clock!

Best of luck. I've used so many of my 9 lives I don't know how many remain!

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#2746312 18-Jul-2021 20:12

Thanks everyone.

I used to be "a hurry up and wait" guy. Now I mainly wait!

(PS: A nursing student did a study of my case including a home interview. Her tutor had heard of what I had and locked in syndrome etc but never had all the details. Needless to say that they were really impressed with the students report! I work on the theory that if I can help a person to learn something, I will. After all we all had to learn sometime!)

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#2746791 19-Jul-2021 18:49

Walked to work this morning.

No traffic about but there was a speed radar near some road works that picked me up walking towards it. Can report 5 to 6 km/hr.

(I stopped and restarted walking several times)

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#2746832 19-Jul-2021 20:59

smell of napalm and sound of napalm coming out of mufflers

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#2746935 20-Jul-2021 08:40

afe66: Walked to work this morning.

No traffic about but there was a speed radar near some road works that picked me up walking towards it. Can report 5 to 6 km/hr.

(I stopped and restarted walking several times)

I've seen one "record" a water filled barrier approaching at 30kmh. Except nothing was moving near the sensor.

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#2746936 20-Jul-2021 08:41

My son, learning from my wife about the bones in the hand, gets to the fingers, but can't recall what he was taught says:

The Thumb bone

The Index finger bone

The don't ever point it at anyone bone

The ring finger bone

The runty finger bone.

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#2747131 20-Jul-2021 13:51

geoffwnz:
afe66: Walked to work this morning.

No traffic about but there was a speed radar near some road works that picked me up walking towards it. Can report 5 to 6 km/hr.

(I stopped and restarted walking several times)

I've seen one "record" a water filled barrier approaching at 30kmh. Except nothing was moving near the sensor.

Those things are notorious for their more comical failures, eg reporting the side of a building travelling at 60 kmh, cars stuck in traffic doing 150 kmh, etc.

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#2747159 20-Jul-2021 15:19

Amusing software bugs, like Edge saying "good evening" to me at 15:19.

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#2747995 22-Jul-2021 09:42

Learning new things to help others and trying new toys:

Learning
Yesterday, learned how to connect my free Keepsolid VPN account to Core-elec on my minix neo u9-h so my partner can watch the Ozzy version of the Olympics through Channel 7.

Also yesterday, harvested the last of my $1 cauliflower plants I got from Mitre10. Brought into work and was snapped up in less than 10 minutes.

Buying

Just got me an Aeropress. Now waiting for coffee from Aoraki Roasters to arrive. Few of the workmates are keen to test out this new toy.

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#2748053 22-Jul-2021 11:13

Walking back from my blood test this morning to find a Courier waiting for me.

It was a dozen cans of Renaissance Brewing beer for me, sent by a friend in Australia for doing a favour for him!

A very nice surprise.

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#2748090 22-Jul-2021 11:36

Wakrak:
watch the Ozzy version of the Olympics through Channel 7.

He's doing the Olympic Torch concert again? I didn't know...

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