The Drop in Centre

[Solus Magus]

17 hours ago, kbois said:

It depends. Parents tend to make a big deal over birthdays when their kids are young. Some adults go all out for their birthday, others don't. I think most people tend to celebrate less as they get older unless it's a milestone like 50. Most people I know will acknowledge a birthday in some way... text, social media post or even..*gasp*.. a phone call! 

Hmm. I see, I see.

Personally, I like throwing swimming parties for some reason. When I was in my teens, I think there was 6 or 7 consecutive years that would always be a swimming party. LOL. But now? I box of pizza if fine by me. So you're right. We tend to celebrate less as we get older. 

[Ryan Jones]

I've always been a little weird about everything. So birthdays have been no different.

When I turned 50 I was given the usual party with the black balloons, like a funeral. A wild party but the general idea was that I was on the "downhill" slide.

So I decided that 50 was as old as I was going to get. I let all my friends and family know that from now on, each year on that date, I was going to go backwards a year. When I reached zero, I'd start back up.

Had a fantastic party on my "second" 40th birthday and this year I had my 30th birthday once again. Thankfully the covid restrictions had eased so we could have a real party. The weather cooperated and we had it outdoors with tents. It was amusing to see the +1s of attendees when it turned out the 30th birthday party was for me. Their faces had those puzzled looks until they were provided with an explanation.

In two years Justin and I will both be 28 (him for the first time) and we're already starting to plan that party!

[Fae Briona]

On 10/1/2021 at 12:58 PM, Solus Magus said:

Hmm. I see, I see.

Personally, I like throwing swimming parties for some reason. When I was in my teens, I think there was 6 or 7 consecutive years that would always be a swimming party. LOL. But now? I box of pizza if fine by me. So you're right. We tend to celebrate less as we get older. 

Sounds fun -- but my birthday is in November; in Oklahoma. Unless it was an indoor heated pool, you'd freeze your bits off.   lol

[kbois]

While I don't mind being summoned for jury duty, it's always a relief when you call the night before you're supposed to report and hear that if your number is between 269 and 400.... you are excused. I'm #344. Feel sorry for #268 though.

[Solus Magus]

20 hours ago, Fae Briona said:

Sounds fun -- but my birthday is in November; in Oklahoma. Unless it was an indoor heated pool, you'd freeze your bits off.   lol

My birthday is in April and it's in the middle of summer since we're a tropical country. That's why I looooove pool parties. LOL. Also the perfect time to look at some of those bits cool down the heat.

[chris191070]

Morning All

Relief from Kidney Stones get nearer.

Pre-Op today.

[Kitt]

Finally!  Wishing a smooth procedure and speedy recovery.

[kbois]

1 hour ago, chris191070 said:

Morning All

Relief from Kidney Stones get nearer.

Pre-Op today.

Good luck Chris! Hope all goes well.

[chris191070]

Just now, kbois said:

Good luck Chris! Hope all goes well.

It's only pre-op today. Actual op is on 19th October, my birthday.

[chris191070]

19 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Finally!  Wishing a smooth procedure and 

It's Only pre-op today actual op is 19th October, my birthday 

Edited October 4, 2021 by chris191070

[Kitt]

2 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

It's Only pre-op today actual op is 19th October, my birthday 

Yeah, but it has been a long road. Now the end is in sight.

[Reader1810]

2 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Morning All

Relief from Kidney Stones get nearer.

Pre-Op today.

Good luck, Chris! 

[chris191070]

Well I've good news and bad news.

Everything went well with the Pre-op until they asked when my last Epileptic seizure was.

Here's the bad news my Op date I had on the 19th Oct has been cancelled as they can't cope if I had a seizure at that hospital.

So have to wait for another date at the correct hospital.

 

Edited October 4, 2021 by chris191070

[Kitt]

Ok, I have officially changed my mind about socialized medicine. The US Healthcare system may be broke but at least stuff like this doesn't leave peeps waiting months for help.

[Reader1810]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

Ok, I have officially changed my mind about socialized medicine. The US Healthcare system may be broke but at least stuff like this doesn't leave peeps waiting months for help.

Oh, I don’t know about that.

I’ve had 14 surgeries over my lifetime, and I only had one time when I had to wait a long time (19 days, back in ‘99), and that was because there was a crazy number of brain aneurysm patients who were more urgent than me. 

Sometimes, things go quick, and sometimes they don’t.

One good thing, those surgeries were mostly in my childhood with the first four before public healthcare existed. Darn good thing, my dad changed jobs two months before I was born, so his company picked up the tab for my long hospital stay.

Edited October 4, 2021 by Reader1810

[rickproehl]

2 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Well I've good news and bad news.

Everything went well with the Pre-op until they asked when my last Epileptic seizure was.

Here's the bad news my Op date I had on the 19th Oct has been cancelled as they can't cope if I had a seizure at that hospital.

So have to wait for another date at the correct hospital.

 

Chris

so sorry to hear this.

Edited October 4, 2021 by rickproehl
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[spyke]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

Ok, I have officially changed my mind about socialized medicine. The US Healthcare system may be broke but at least stuff like this doesn't leave peeps waiting months for help.

Don't be too sure about that. It took me 6 months from diagnosis to get my cancer treatment done because of screw ups. Then to top it off, I had to have the procedure re-done because the machine broke mid-way through. That said, I'm doing really well now with no re-occurrance. 

[spyke]

2 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Well I've good news and bad news.

Everything went well with the Pre-op until they asked when my last Epileptic seizure was.

Here's the bad news my Op date I had on the 19th Oct has been cancelled as they can't cope if I had a seizure at that hospital.

So have to wait for another date at the correct hospital.

 

I really hate that for you Chris. I've got my fingers crossed that they can get you into the correct hospital quickly. 

[Ryan Jones]

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Facebook and Instagram are down. Is this the long awaited alien invasion?

Almost 2 hours now. I may have to rewrite that acid trip from the bible, revelations, to cover this scenario!

[Ryan Jones]

2 hours ago, spyke said:

Don't be too sure about that. It took me 6 months from diagnosis to get my cancer treatment done because of screw ups. Then to top it off, I had to have the procedure re-done because the machine broke mid-way through. That said, I'm doing really well now with no re-occurrance. 

My family in Amsterdam have never had issues with the medical care there. At least not that I've ever heard of.

The waiting times seem to be everywhere now though for tests, or specialists. Took me 2 months to get a gastro appointment and another month to do the endoscopy. My sister needed an epidural for neck pain issues and the doctor she was referred to was doing December appointments.

The only quick appointment I had was with a urologist.

[spyke]

2 hours ago, Ryan Jones said:

Facebook and Instagram are down. Is this the long awaited alien invasion?

 

Nah, planned outage after that whistle blower interview over the weekend. Got to distract and deflect. 🤣

[kbois]

After two weeks and two days.... we finally have air conditioning. Just in time for the humidity to roll back in and temps will hit the 90s. 

Now I have about three hours of free time between now and Thursday to clean the house before my brother comes for a quick visit to see mom. He won't stay with my other brother. So it's Casa de K for three nights. I don't mind....  he's the one normal sibling I  have left. 

Hope everyone has a good rest of the week!

 

[MichaelS36]

On 10/4/2021 at 6:58 AM, chris191070 said:

Morning All

Relief from Kidney Stones get nearer.

Pre-Op today.

Hope all went well.

[MichaelS36]

On 10/4/2021 at 10:06 AM, Kitt said:

Ok, I have officially changed my mind about socialized medicine. The US Healthcare system may be broke but at least stuff like this doesn't leave peeps waiting months for help.

Mmmm .. most people get surgery asap. But things do happen from time to time. 

 

Edited October 7, 2021 by MichaelS36

[rickproehl]

DiC friends.

Wanted to stop in and say ‘Good Morning’.

spent the last week busy - had my 70th birthday this past Sunday - 

Took a small vacation feeling better.

 Now catching up on things in DiC so how are things with you?

Stay Safe