Negative/Positive

Hollylane · 02-17-2013, 06:47 PM

Negative: I just read in my pre-op instruction packet..."The temporary gastric pacemaker testing phase will last 7 days, please do not bathe or shower during this phase. Use soap and a wash cloth for personal hygiene." Seriously?

Positive: (My not-so-much-inner environmentalist chimed in) Think of the water that will be saved!

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Negative: I have been diagnosed with a mild case of Bell's Palsy (temporary lateral paralysis of the facial muscles). I do not want to be seen in public, I think I look really odd, I'm talking a little funny, and I don't want to have to explain this.

Positive: Once I recover, whenever I give a nasty look to someone in a leadership position, and they comment on it, I can claim it was a facial tic related to my palsy..

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Negative: My house trained 3 year old dog, Obi, pooped in the middle of the living room (again).

Positive: One less turd to wrangle out of the grass later!

Hollylane · 02-18-2013, 08:04 PM

Negative:

It really seems like I keep having to go through procedure after procedure. I'm tired of the anticipation of more surgeries. Tomorrow will make three in the past 2 years. If the temporary thingy works, it means yet another surgery, and I still need to see my ortho doc about the crumbling cement in my knee replacement (I'm procrastinating as long as possible about this), which means, you guessed it, another surgery (for which the recovery time is way too fucking long).

Positive(s):

1) Perhaps my body is just making sure everything gets taken care of before I start my future (even more active) life, with an active (damn handsome) and loving partner, in Maryland.

2) I have awesome insurance!

3) The first knee replacement lasted 11 years, with my starting weight being 280 pounds. Which means this one should last at least 15 years, since my starting weight is drastically lower.

4) My recovery may take less time, since I won't be a severely overweight smoker. Healing time should be much faster!

Kelt · 02-18-2013, 09:18 PM

The bad thing

My back, knees, and both feet were fubar with pain for over a decade

The good thing

It led me to drop 160lbs and regain my health

The bad thing

It didn't do shyte for my back

The good thing

My general health and other pains were fixed

The bad thing

Still the back

The good thing

This is driving me to look even further into specific nutrition and exercise kinesiology solutions

The bad thing...

None! Just keepin' on keepin' on

Hollylane · 02-20-2013, 01:05 PM

Negative: I'm in pain and am not able to take pain medication, and was not able to go to work today. My favorite distraction (Gaige), had to go to bed because she works tonight, so I'm thinking too much about pain and discomfort.

Positive: The leads coming out of my nose are a pretty blue color, when I'm able to get to work (hopefully tomorrow), my friend/co-worker Patricia promised to decorate the leads stuck to my face. We talked about sparkly beads and other dangles that would look fashionable... HAH!

DamonK · 02-20-2013, 01:32 PM

Negative: it still hurts to take deep breaths
Positive: giving and receiving

~ocean · 02-20-2013, 01:35 PM

negative i want chicken parm.
positive I wont make it ~~ lol...

Talon · 02-22-2013, 05:07 PM

The Negative: A disappointing revelation that was brought to light today.

The Positive: I'd rather know now, rather than later.

I guess that we all must suffer one of two things...the pain of discipline
or the pain of disappointment.

02-20-2013, 01:35 PM	#6
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02-17-2013, 06:47 PM	#1
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,359 Times in 5,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	Negative: I just read in my pre-op instruction packet..."The temporary gastric pacemaker testing phase will last 7 days, please do not bathe or shower during this phase. Use soap and a wash cloth for personal hygiene." Seriously? Positive: (My not-so-much-inner environmentalist chimed in) Think of the water that will be saved! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Negative: I have been diagnosed with a mild case of Bell's Palsy (temporary lateral paralysis of the facial muscles). I do not want to be seen in public, I think I look really odd, I'm talking a little funny, and I don't want to have to explain this. Positive: Once I recover, whenever I give a nasty look to someone in a leadership position, and they comment on it, I can claim it was a facial tic related to my palsy.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Negative: My house trained 3 year old dog, Obi, pooped in the middle of the living room (again). Positive: One less turd to wrangle out of the grass later!

02-18-2013, 08:04 PM	#2
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,359 Times in 5,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	Negative: It really seems like I keep having to go through procedure after procedure. I'm tired of the anticipation of more surgeries. Tomorrow will make three in the past 2 years. If the temporary thingy works, it means yet another surgery, and I still need to see my ortho doc about the crumbling cement in my knee replacement (I'm procrastinating as long as possible about this), which means, you guessed it, another surgery (for which the recovery time is way too fucking long). Positive(s): 1) Perhaps my body is just making sure everything gets taken care of before I start my future (even more active) life, with an active (damn handsome) and loving partner, in Maryland. 2) I have awesome insurance! 3) The first knee replacement lasted 11 years, with my starting weight being 280 pounds. Which means this one should last at least 15 years, since my starting weight is drastically lower. 4) My recovery may take less time, since I won't be a severely overweight smoker. Healing time should be much faster!

02-18-2013, 09:18 PM	#3
Kelt Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Beach Butch Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,751 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19,765 Thanked 15,301 Times in 2,539 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	The bad thing My back, knees, and both feet were fubar with pain for over a decade The good thing It led me to drop 160lbs and regain my health The bad thing It didn't do shyte for my back The good thing My general health and other pains were fixed The bad thing Still the back The good thing This is driving me to look even further into specific nutrition and exercise kinesiology solutions The bad thing... None! Just keepin' on keepin' on

02-20-2013, 01:05 PM	#4
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,359 Times in 5,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	Negative: I'm in pain and am not able to take pain medication, and was not able to go to work today. My favorite distraction (Gaige), had to go to bed because she works tonight, so I'm thinking too much about pain and discomfort. Positive: The leads coming out of my nose are a pretty blue color, when I'm able to get to work (hopefully tomorrow), my friend/co-worker Patricia promised to decorate the leads stuck to my face. We talked about sparkly beads and other dangles that would look fashionable... HAH!

02-20-2013, 01:32 PM	#5
DamonK Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: May 2010 Location: . Posts: 2,199 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,527 Thanked 7,762 Times in 1,881 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Negative: it still hurts to take deep breaths Positive: giving and receiving

02-22-2013, 05:07 PM	#7
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	The Negative: A disappointing revelation that was brought to light today. The Positive: I'd rather know now, rather than later. I guess that we all must suffer one of two things...the pain of discipline or the pain of disappointment.