Official Brain Tumor thread

[Gunpowder]

I'd be fucked, I need like 3 at a time. I went through my shoulder script in like 5 days.

I suggest wine or bourbon to enhance the effects if you are running low. Even if you aren't running low or don't even need to take them at all.

Even that didn't make the effect thaaaat great. I have no idea how people get hooked on those in a world where delicious cocaine and savory MDMA exist.

[The Sybian]

I'd be fucked, I need like 3 at a time. I went through my shoulder script in like 5 days.

I suggest wine or bourbon to enhance the effects if you are running low. Even if you aren't running low or don't even need to take them at all.

Even that didn't make the effect thaaaat great. I have no idea how people get hooked on those in a world where delicious cocaine and savory MDMA exist.

I could see getting hooked if you live in chronic pain and build up an enormous tolerance. Anything less than 5 and a lot of booze never did much, but in that amount, it sure numbed the pain. That was my self-medication for depression, before seeking professional help. As much as that (temporarily) helped, it was just a once a week thing. It isn't a combo you'd want to take for a night out. Opium and heroin (not that I've ever tried heroin), create physical dependence. And opium is sooooo good. I totally get how people could bide their time in an opium den. Stimulants are fun, but I don't think it is in my makeup to get hooked on coke. My roommate was a fiend, and would finish whatever was in front of him, regardless of how much. I could stretch it out, do a couple lines and call it a day. The price wasn't nearly worth it for me.

[Gunpowder]

I am part of the finish whatever is in front of me group. I fortunately cannot afford to have a cocaine problem, so that makes it easy.

[sancarlos]

I haven't done coke in 20 years, but for the many years I was around it, I never once saw anybody partake a bit and then say they didn't want to finish what was available to them.

[brian]

On doctor's orders, I just finished the last of my anti-seizure medication. (You have to wean yourself off it or ironically, it can cause seizures*). So basically, I'm completely done with this ordeal as of today.

I hearby bequeath all my medical-related luck to BuffaloSoldier and his family.

* - I really do think this qualifies as irony.

[govmentchedda]

Good to hear, and yes, let's get all the good luck over to BuffSol.

[mister d]

Good to hear.

[Mr. C]

Great news!

[Keg]

Awesome news...yet another reason to celebrate this weekend!

[The Sybian]

On doctor's orders, I just finished the last of my anti-seizure medication. (You have to wean yourself off it or ironically, it can cause seizures*). So basically, I'm completely done with this ordeal as of today.

I hearby bequeath all my medical-related luck to BuffaloSoldier and his family.

* - I really do think this qualifies as irony.

Great news, I feared opening this thread. Now to be a pedantic asshole, going off of anti-seizure meds cold turkey causing seizures is about as far from ironic as possible.

[sancarlos]

Glad to hear the good news.

[rass]

Alright!

[Pruitt]

Fantastic!! Great to hear.

[Giff]

Great news, man!

[DC47]

You go Brian!

If you'd care to expound, I'm curious as to what's different in the way you look at life since you found out you had a tumor?

[brian]

You go Brian!

If you'd care to expound, I'm curious as to what's different in the way you look at life since you found out you had a tumor?

If I'm being honest, it didn't change much. I didn't get into this here for a variety of reasons, but the implications of the diagnosis never really had a chance to even sink in because of the circumstances under which it came. I had flown back to Michigan because my grandfather had died and I was trying to help my Mom out of course, so we were at his place up north and that's when I had I had a seizure.

So imagine me, I'm trying to keep it together for my mom, who within two days loses her dad and learns her son has a brain tumor. In a weird way, it was a blessing for me because it never gave me a chance to feel sorry for myself. I went to go see all the doctors and they had good news that it wasn't as bad as it could be, so that was good too, so I just stayed positive about it. (And I'm generally not the most positive of people, which was a little strange.)

But back to your question -- for good or for ill, I feel pretty good about my personal philosophy on life and getting "sick" didn't change that for me. Basically, it involves the golden rule, not suffering fools gladly and trying to live in the moment whenever possible. If anything, it just crystalized that I'm on the right path hopefully.

[HaulCitgo]

Real good to hear. Now back to destroying other vital body parts.

[DC47]

That's quite a story. You're not playing this up, but that was a hard time for you. It's not easy to be taking care of someone else when you've had a hard blow. Perhaps the double adversity caused you to discover a deep well of emotional strength that you didn't previously know.