Evan
The Living Force
Somewhat better today. I’ve not posted here for awhile because my life has been fairly routine. Last Mondayevening however, I had an episode of hepatic encephalopathy during which I was altered mentally and unable to articulate answers to basic questions. I got the year wrong when asked by the EMT.
I was taken to the hospital where they did my bloodwork and immediately admitted me to the ICU. I woke up on Wednesday in soft restraints to the familiar kind face of Dr Tu, the resident of the ICU and Telemtry floors. I told him I had to pee and he held up the urine bag that demonstrated fairly certainly both that I was and had in fact been peeing the entire time, as well as explaining the soft restraints, which he then kindly removed.
By our second visit on Wednesday afternoon he was, as per usual, stunned by the how quickly I had reverted to my normal, lucid,, talkative, outgoing, friendly, funny self. Wednesday afternoon was also when my nurse brought me a phone so I could call my Wendy. She showed up a few hours later and brought my glasses, iPhone, and most importantly a pair of boxer briefs because I hate little, short hospital gowns!
Anyhoo I spent Thursday and Friday getting my three squares and my morphine with an adderall chaser (because as it turned out, there was a secondary issue: my electrolytes were out of whack, my heart rate was over 200 multiple times, and my blood pressure was hitting 180/122 hypertensive crisis levels). Turns out the methadone I’ve been taking for the past 3-4 years is now fatal if I keep taking it. I have an appointment with my pain management doctor on Wednesday. I also found a place called Aquatic Therapy of Los Alamitos, which is like a 5 minute walk from Wendy’s mom’s house which is about 11 minutes from our place. The irony of being a disabled person living 800 feet from the beach but can’t find it pretty to swim is at an end!
It still feels a little spacey and new, sort of like I’m readjusting to the gravity here, but it’s good, except for that Charlie Kirk thing, but I’ve spied it thread on that which I shall surely read. Well, time to go. Got a list of doctors to call, but I had to first check in with our community and share how I spent 9-11-2025
I was taken to the hospital where they did my bloodwork and immediately admitted me to the ICU. I woke up on Wednesday in soft restraints to the familiar kind face of Dr Tu, the resident of the ICU and Telemtry floors. I told him I had to pee and he held up the urine bag that demonstrated fairly certainly both that I was and had in fact been peeing the entire time, as well as explaining the soft restraints, which he then kindly removed.
By our second visit on Wednesday afternoon he was, as per usual, stunned by the how quickly I had reverted to my normal, lucid,, talkative, outgoing, friendly, funny self. Wednesday afternoon was also when my nurse brought me a phone so I could call my Wendy. She showed up a few hours later and brought my glasses, iPhone, and most importantly a pair of boxer briefs because I hate little, short hospital gowns!
Anyhoo I spent Thursday and Friday getting my three squares and my morphine with an adderall chaser (because as it turned out, there was a secondary issue: my electrolytes were out of whack, my heart rate was over 200 multiple times, and my blood pressure was hitting 180/122 hypertensive crisis levels). Turns out the methadone I’ve been taking for the past 3-4 years is now fatal if I keep taking it. I have an appointment with my pain management doctor on Wednesday. I also found a place called Aquatic Therapy of Los Alamitos, which is like a 5 minute walk from Wendy’s mom’s house which is about 11 minutes from our place. The irony of being a disabled person living 800 feet from the beach but can’t find it pretty to swim is at an end!
It still feels a little spacey and new, sort of like I’m readjusting to the gravity here, but it’s good, except for that Charlie Kirk thing, but I’ve spied it thread on that which I shall surely read. Well, time to go. Got a list of doctors to call, but I had to first check in with our community and share how I spent 9-11-2025
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