I'm about ******* done with 'Rona.

[MTC]

Jizzer's job just announced 9 more people died this week and 17 more are battling for their lives.

$50 hospital bill

 

[JMM]

Wig your post pissed the hell out of me...This whole thing is fn ridiculous. Back in the Fall of 2020 my stepdad died alone in the hospital from Covid and before he got so bad off, he was unable to communicate with us because the ******** at the assisted living place lost his fn hearing aids. Just about every week I hear of other instances like yours that are just as bad if not worse.

 

[wig]

Sorry for the insanity you're enduring, Wig and hope your Dad does well and recovers.

If my sister in law, that lives in Missoula is any indication, that town is a bastion of liberal madness, pretty as it is.

Ya. I LOVED Missoula back when I went to college late 80's early 90's. It was always known as the "Granola" town. We had our share of nature-lovin' hippies. And Missoula IS very liberal, but you expect that in a large town (it IS large for Montana, anyway.)

But today, the granolas would be PISSED. Missoula isn't about good ole organic nature-lovin' hippies anymore, it's about boutique health-food and weird-**** stores that really cater to the ultra wealthy and liberal elements that have been filtering in over the decades.

Bozeman is the same. It's the only place in Montana where you can walk down a main street in June and see a woman dressed in full furs walking a giant pedigreed poodle.

 

[Djfan]

Ya. I LOVED Missoula back when I went to college late 80's early 90's. It was always known as the "Granola" town. We had our share of nature-lovin' hippies. And Missoula IS very liberal, but you expect that in a large town (it IS large for Montana, anyway.)

But today, the granolas would be PISSED. Missoula isn't about good ole organic nature-lovin' hippies anymore, it's about boutique health-food and weird-**** stores that really cater to the ultra wealthy and liberal elements that have been filtering in over the decades.

Bozeman is the same. It's the only place in Montana where you can walk down a main street in June and see a woman dressed in full furs walking a giant pedigreed poodle.

Screw that. I love driving here in Wyoming, where diesel trucks out shout the sound of trains. The libs don't last too long here in my small town.

 

[ZonaBurgh]

Ya. I LOVED Missoula back when I went to college late 80's early 90's. It was always known as the "Granola" town. We had our share of nature-lovin' hippies. And Missoula IS very liberal, but you expect that in a large town (it IS large for Montana, anyway.)

But today, the granolas would be PISSED. Missoula isn't about good ole organic nature-lovin' hippies anymore, it's about boutique health-food and weird-**** stores that really cater to the ultra wealthy and liberal elements that have been filtering in over the decades.

Bozeman is the same. It's the only place in Montana where you can walk down a main street in June and see a woman dressed in full furs walking a giant pedigreed poodle.

The only saving grace of visiting the wife's family there was renting a cabin on Flathead for a week.

 

[wig]

The only saving grace of visiting the wife's family there was renting a cabin on Flathead for a week.

My wife grew up in Kalispell at the edge of the lake. Her parents (her mom just passed at the start of the year) own a cabin on Cyrstal Lake, about an hour out of Kalispell. Pretty much the most amazing place on Earth.

Myself, I grew up in the farmlands north. In fact, I grew up about 60 miles south of the Canadian border. Great place to live and grow up. Good people. Good town.

 

[Steelworth]

biking 50 miles for fun.

Good to hear he's doing great man, but I was wondering if this was a typo?

Cause if you be biking for 50 miles, that's some serious cardio. You'd have to put me on life support after 5 miles. Granted, you mentioned he is a younger guy, but that's pretty hard core. I don't know where you guys (or he) live but the rock climbing and mountain hiking here is great. Or so I've heard with the rock climbing.

 

[Superman]

best wishes to WigDad and the desk nurse lady probably should thank her lucky stars that ConspiracyWig didnt show up in place of Wig.

 

[wig]

Conspiracy Wig did want to go full Passive Aggressive but he was held in check.

 

[Steelworth]

desk nurse lady probably should thank her lucky stars that ConspiracyWig didnt show up in place of Wig.

I was honestly thinking about the RP McMurphy and Nurse Ratched strangle scene from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest for a minute.

 

[JMM]

I was honestly thinking about the RP McMurphy and Nurse Ratched strangle scene from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest for a minute.

Medication time.... medication time.

 

[hamster]

Best wishes Wig.

Yup, the insanity.

 

[JMM]

Best wishes Wig.

Yup, the insanity.

No doubt he'll be cancelled..

 

[Steelworth]

That impression was FloggedHardTard in a nutshell. I'm going to start calling him PollyFlogged.

 

[Stoney]

Sorry to hear the nonsense you're going through, and hope your dad has a speedy and full recovery.

We went through something similar recently when my mom was hospitalized with a dangerously erratic heart rate. It was agreed that she needed a pacemaker asap, but there are a couple different types and we were deciding which was safest/best for her. Well she went in to the hospital on a Thursday and ended up not getting the pacemaker until Monday b/c no procedures on weekends. Thats 5 days where we were told only the same two visitors would be allowed.
We have a large family (7 children + spouses and grandchildren), no way we weren't ALL going to get a chance to speak with my 82 y/o mom before she went 'under the knife'. My sister and I were the designated visitors, we let the rest of our family, two at a time, in one of the employee entrances as often as they wanted to visit over the next 5 days. Why? Because **** them, thats why.

Everyone got to see her at least once. Nobody died. Nobody caught the bug. There are more reasonable ways to allow visitors without putting patients at risk.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

Wig, so sorry to hear about your ordeal. Like so many others, it makes my blood boil. It is infuriating, wrong, non-science, authoritarian, without reason. My wife had post cancer surgery. Several, actually. The last was during Covid. I had to drop her off at the door. Literally, she got out of the passenger seat, said goodbye and walked in...to get operated on in the pandemic. I couldn't even go in...her husband. I had to come back and pick her up at the same door as they walked her out after. She had to walk in, alone, check in, go in afraid, without a family member there to be with her.

My HS friend died of Covid. Alone. As I've mentioned in the other thread. Could only Facetime his family while still able AFTER they told him he wasn't going to make it. They forbid ANYONE go visit him. Yet they let nurses come back to work 5 days after testing positive.

How many of our relatives/friends have had to die alone due to Covid or other illnesses and their families have been kept away because of stupid policies that make no scientific sense? It's horrifying.

We have let the powers that be take away our humanity.

It's time to end this. And rise up. Eyes open.

 

[IndySteel]

Yet they let nurses come back to work 5 days after testing positive.

Actually they let nurses work right now while being positive, but unclotshotted nurses who are negative can't work.

 

[wig]

Update. Dad came home today. The surgery was successful and they drained a pretty fair amount of blood out of his brain cavity. His speech has been very badly slurred but it is getting better day by day. It seems the blood was on his brain for months (you know, because his local doctors didn't consider doing any scans, even though he had been diagnosed with a brain bleed in the E.R. after he fell.)

Anyway, because the blood was in there for so long as I understand it, it caused the lining of his brain to swell up a LOT which is why he had all the symptoms that ultimately lead to his having to go BACK to the E.R. in Missoula.

As that lining swelling goes down, it is reducing pressure on the left side of his brain and his speech is improving. He still needs physical and speech therapy, but at least you can understand him when he talks now. Before it was a real challenge and it was frustrating him badly. It's hard being able to speak "in your head" but having it come out as gibberish when you actually speak.

Anyway, he's home and I'm going to talk to him tonight.

 

[MTC]

Update. Dad came home today. The surgery was successful and they drained a pretty fair amount of blood out of his brain cavity. His speech has been very badly slurred but it is getting better day by day. It seems the blood was on his brain for months (you know, because his local doctors didn't consider doing any scans, even though he had been diagnosed with a brain bleed in the E.R. after he fell.)

Anyway, because the blood was in there for so long as I understand it, it caused the lining of his brain to swell up a LOT which is why he had all the symptoms that ultimately lead to his having to go BACK to the E.R. in Missoula.

As that lining swelling goes down, it is reducing pressure on the left side of his brain and his speech is improving. He still needs physical and speech therapy, but at least you can understand him when he talks now. Before it was a real challenge and it was frustrating him badly. It's hard being able to speak "in your head" but having it come out as gibberish when you actually speak.

Anyway, he's home and I'm going to talk to him tonight.

Glad he’s better

 

[Steelworth]

Update. Dad came home today. The surgery was successful and they drained a pretty fair amount of blood out of his brain cavity. His speech has been very badly slurred but it is getting better day by day. It seems the blood was on his brain for months (you know, because his local doctors didn't consider doing any scans, even though he had been diagnosed with a brain bleed in the E.R. after he fell.)

Anyway, because the blood was in there for so long as I understand it, it caused the lining of his brain to swell up a LOT which is why he had all the symptoms that ultimately lead to his having to go BACK to the E.R. in Missoula.

As that lining swelling goes down, it is reducing pressure on the left side of his brain and his speech is improving. He still needs physical and speech therapy, but at least you can understand him when he talks now. Before it was a real challenge and it was frustrating him badly. It's hard being able to speak "in your head" but having it come out as gibberish when you actually speak.

Anyway, he's home and I'm going to talk to him tonight.

Fantastic news, wig. Big ole bear hug time but I'm sure you're already way past that. Thank god he's going to make a recovery with some therapy.

Edit: noticed you said you're going to "talk" to him but bear hug next time you see him I'm sure.

 

[MT~Forged]

Crap, our job just announced that we all have to go to the N95 type masks. I really wish that I didn't have to go back after my rona attack.

I am so glad to be living in the Free State of Montana. On day 1 our Sheriff came out and said the mask mandate from the prior Governor was not enforceable, so don’t bother calling his office. A few businesses tried to make a fuss about wearing them in their place of business, so we decided that we really didn’t need their services after all. Now, it is all in the past.

 

[MT~Forged]

I’ve been know to be an *******, so I got 15 people together, went into places and left as soon as they mentioned masks. 3 of the places went out of businesses because they thought they wanted to be the mask patrol. One of them still whines on FB because people wouldn’t wear a mask and they went broke.

 

[Badcat]

Update. Dad came home today. The surgery was successful and they drained a pretty fair amount of blood out of his brain cavity. His speech has been very badly slurred but it is getting better day by day. It seems the blood was on his brain for months (you know, because his local doctors didn't consider doing any scans, even though he had been diagnosed with a brain bleed in the E.R. after he fell.)

Anyway, because the blood was in there for so long as I understand it, it caused the lining of his brain to swell up a LOT which is why he had all the symptoms that ultimately lead to his having to go BACK to the E.R. in Missoula.

As that lining swelling goes down, it is reducing pressure on the left side of his brain and his speech is improving. He still needs physical and speech therapy, but at least you can understand him when he talks now. Before it was a real challenge and it was frustrating him badly. It's hard being able to speak "in your head" but having it come out as gibberish when you actually speak.

Anyway, he's home and I'm going to talk to him tonight.

Glad to hear the news buddy! Hoping that he's back to 100% soon!

 

[JMM]

I’ve been know to be an *******, so I got 15 people together, went into places and left as soon as they mentioned masks. 3 of the places went out of businesses because they thought they wanted to be the mask patrol. One of them still whines on FB because people wouldn’t wear a mask and they went broke.

Darwin extends into business as well.

 

[JMM]

Update. Dad came home today. The surgery was successful and they drained a pretty fair amount of blood out of his brain cavity. His speech has been very badly slurred but it is getting better day by day. It seems the blood was on his brain for months (you know, because his local doctors didn't consider doing any scans, even though he had been diagnosed with a brain bleed in the E.R. after he fell.)

Anyway, because the blood was in there for so long as I understand it, it caused the lining of his brain to swell up a LOT which is why he had all the symptoms that ultimately lead to his having to go BACK to the E.R. in Missoula.

As that lining swelling goes down, it is reducing pressure on the left side of his brain and his speech is improving. He still needs physical and speech therapy, but at least you can understand him when he talks now. Before it was a real challenge and it was frustrating him badly. It's hard being able to speak "in your head" but having it come out as gibberish when you actually speak.

Anyway, he's home and I'm going to talk to him tonight.

That's great news Wig. Glad to hear some good news first thing in the morning.