I got this e-mail this morning.
Good morning. I cover the media as a beat for the Journal-Constitution. I'm looking for a politically oriented blogger in the Atlanta area who does a lot of reporting in addition to commentary. Would you fit that description? If not, can you point me to anyone who does?
Obviously this guy doesn't read my blog and all the nice things I have to say about the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation.. Report? Me? Hell, I'm just a crippled blogger in sweats. I did report on snow conditions at Breckenridge in January and I did report on dive conditions at Cayman Brac (and the perils of getting there and returning), but I don't think that's the type of reporting he has in mind. So there goes my big shot at being legitimate.
Anyway, my writing has sucked since I got back from Cayman Brac. I have an excuse. The evil hacking cough has returned. It's not as bad as when I left, but it still sucks. On top of that I think I have a touch of the flu.
I was awakened this morning by an intense throbbing of the achilles tendon in my left leg. This usually occurs when I have a fever. I have no sensation there so applying Ben Gay or the like doesn't work. Percocet does.
Two years ago when I had my hand surgery, I was given percocet after the operation for pain. I had no pain, but took the percocet anyway. Cindy made me stop because I was real wacky and didn't make much sense. Yeah. Yeah. I mean worse than normal.
I have some percocet left over. I used it. It worked.
Also, since I have been sick, I haven't been able to do my workouts at the gym. As such, my back spasms are acting up again. I got two drugs for that. I've taken them. They're working.
So, if my posts are short and suck the next few days you will know why.
Time to take more drugs and go to bed.
O, Denny ...; don't ignore this. TCIDNN is fading fast in the rear-view mirror.
If you get a chance to be one voice of the hub called Atlanta, don't you DARE not rise up to the occasion!
Unless you are bombarded with 9-5 "Job"-stuff!
Hey! tEACHER! Fire us kids up more!
Denny:
Good guy.
Dan S
*recovers from laughing at Urinal-Constipation dude*
I'd like to point him to his own asshole, but it looks like his head is already there.
Aheh. Moving on..
Sorry you're not feeling tip-top. Let me know if you need some photos to cheer you up. ;-)
Posted by: EatShiz on March 3, 2005 03:49 AMI hope you get to feeling better soon.
Posted by: Kim on March 3, 2005 07:03 AMDenny, have you tried a humidifier for your cough? We keep ours cranked all winter and it helps a lot. My daughter would cough all night if I didn't have a humidifier in her room. It might work since your cough left when you were in a more humid area. Just a thought...
Posted by: AnnaB on March 3, 2005 10:19 AMKeep taking the drugs. They work for me. I don't care if they DO make me incoherent. I don't hurt anymore, and that's good enough for me.
Posted by: Acidman on March 3, 2005 02:01 PMHey, Dude-Mon: I've got family in seven states and everyone has that bitch "cold" that's going around, around, and... around! Hang in there; you're not alone - just more impacted because of the obvious. On my fourth sleepless night, "talking" with Tiger*, as he seems to understand.
*Russian Blue/Gladiator - frightens people off the dock, and that's just fine.
Posted by: Jim on March 3, 2005 04:22 PMLike I always said, "Give me Dilaudid or give me death!"
Posted by: Ralph Gizzip on March 3, 2005 08:39 PMDenny-
Are you taking a quinolone (Levaquin, Avelox, others)? Some of them can cause Achilles tendon ruptures. If so, call your doctor who prescribed it.
Posted by: Paul on March 4, 2005 07:16 PMPaul - The achilles tendon pain is sumpin' I get when I run a fever. I also get knee pain in my left leg. Once again, I have no sensation there. If I actually did rupture my achilles tendon, I would not know it.
Posted by: denny on March 4, 2005 08:31 PMHave your Dr give you some Tussionex liq (F1).
You won't cough, wouldn't care if you did, and you'll sleep!!