bigwiglaf

I've not had the pleasure of listening to the new Thro, er, Robbie cd yet....

I am doing better, yes, thank you much, Ziggy... :)

Mum's doing okay, Tess, and me back is one right royal mess.....post MRI on my thoracic and lumbar spine, and a visit to a back specialist, I have one nice little litany of things going on in my back...I have arthritis, bone spurs, deteriorated vertebral discs, 3 herniated discs in my lumbar spine causing spinal stenosis, curvature of the lumbar spine, and an inflamed sacroiliac on the right side....was prescribed meloxicam as an anti-inflammatory, which caused me a nasty rash, was also prescribed tramadol for pain, which made the rash worse....was prescribed 800 MG ibuprofen in place of the meloxicam....was also prescribed methocarbamol as a muscle relaxer, which isn't causing me any problems....back specialist has me currently going through physical therapy for me back, in an effort to reduce the pain/inflammation...if the therapy doesn't seem to be helping, then injections in the back are next.....option of very last resort would ne surgery, which I'm really REALLY hoping to avoid....

Yay back problems.....seems as though, from a CT scan results, I have lumbar stenosis, deteriorated discs, arthritis and 2 herniated discs in me back.....and, to top it off, mum's back in the hospital, 2nd time in 3 weeks, with chest pains.... *hirples off to the recliner and heating pad...* Have an MRI on my back scheduled for this coming Monday....a scan my doctor wants, to see what kind of mess my back is really in, before proceeding farther with any stronger pain meds or therapy....

I live in Florida, went to visit friends in Pennsylvania.....1000+ mile flight each way....

Wish me holiday didn't end back this past Monday....back to the grindstone....had a bang up time with me friends, tho...

Those were some right funny pics.....

Yes, it's THAT bad where I am now working.... As to Bertha, we thought we'd share the storm wealth, dontchaknow.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :P

Hello? :blink: Well, I have a phone interview set up with a hospital pharmacy in Philadelphia, PA on 18 August....just need to do well where they want to hire me, and get me out of the current rat's nest I'm in presently... *wonders to self, where's that place called Vertigo...* :P :P

A man is who she's hiding in that basket.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Sad news indeed, with that Maylasian plane being shot down....I get the impression there are those in the world who are not happy unless causing massive unrest in the world...

Message received, miss.... :)

Consecutive weeks, this one and last, at #8 for a forum place in the poster's chart....

Isn't this the wrong forum for a place called Vertigo?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :P

I'll be headed to Pennsylvania come 21 August, returning to the hell that is Florida the 25th....

I was at work, so I didn't have the chance to watch the Germany/Algeria match, but, someone at work was able to check to see who'd won...

Am gutted that the US squad lost 2-1 in extra time....US goalie Tim Howard had one helluva match, recording 16 saves against the Belgians...perhaps now the US squad, with this effort, won't be frowned upon so badly...at least that's how I see it, where footy is a much bigger game than here in the US...

Gutted that the US squad took the 2-1 extra time loss to Belgium...US goalie Tim Howard had a stellar night, though, with 16 saves against the Belgian squad...

It's US v Belgium next in the round of 16 at 2100 GMT on 1 July.....

Then again, who'd have thought Netherlands would have absolutely DESTROYED Spain, and, now as things progress who also would have thought that Spain, England, Italy and Portugal would not make it out of the group stages.... So, even with US playing Belgium on 1 July at 2100 GMT, I'm going to be cautiously optimistic and say that the US squad will advance to the quarter finals with a 2-1 overtime win...how's that for some prognostication for everyone... :rolleyes:

You're not having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave...shall we trade places, Jups? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Wonder how much longer FIFA will tolerate the shenanigans of Suarez before banning him completely.... Anyhoo, Team USA, even with their loss to Germany today at 1-0, still advance to the knockout stages, even with the Portuguese win versus Ghana today, all on goal differential....

Well, what a tough loss for the US squad at 1-0 to Germany, but, at times they were seriously outplayed in their by the German team. US team had a couple of chances late, but couldn't convert. At least the US squad moves on to the knockout stages, even with the Portugal win over Ghana, due to goal differential...

I'm a trifle upset at the happenings of the US-Portugal match tonight, a game that the US were this >.< close to winning........

I damn near had a stroke when Varela put in that header in the 95th minute for the draw......was desperately wanting the US squad to win this one against Portugal.....I know my younger brother, who's a much bigger footy fan than I am must be apoplectic about now..... Big trick now is for the US to draw against Germany Thursday in order to advance......