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On the road to recovery

deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
edited October 2013 in Champions Online Discussion
I was unable to report this at any time beforehand, but I was admitted the hospital due to a spontaneous pneumo-thorax collapse my left lung suffered on August 18th. I am now announcing that I am no longer in a critical state and now waiting for the day these tubes are no longer needed in my chest cavity.

I've been granted a laptop to continue my adventures with you guys until my eventual complete recovery. I hope to see you all mean well to each other and keep fighting the good fights as heroes should.

Hope to see some of you in-game before one of my own heroes makes a critical demise of his or her own!
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  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Speedy recovery!
    May your underwear stay above your tights for many years!
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  • stergasterga Posts: 2,353 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Welcome back.

    ... Yes, I will keep up the good fight. As a hero... Of course.... <.< >.>
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  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited September 2013
    Man... glad to hear you're okay, that's way frightening. Hope your full recovery soon!
  • alexofspades#2085 alexofspades
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    edited September 2013
    I have some Recovery mods (rank 6) in the bank, if you need them just pm.

    Get better soon :)
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  • forutnefireforutnefire Posts: 477 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Hope you recover quickly!
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Jeebus, dude, you're not supposed to take your forum handle that seriously!

    Listen to the doctors, try to add a Regeneration passive to your build in the so-called Real World, and we'll see you around Mill City!
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  • cybersoldier1981cybersoldier1981 Posts: 2,501 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Listen, every week or so I go to the nearest public bathroom and lick the floor, builds up my immune system. I've never been sick. Drink some whiskey, swallow some tobacco spit, and do some push-ups. You'll be fine.
  • forrksakesexcoforrksakesexco Posts: 435 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    Jeebus, dude, you're not supposed to take your forum handle that seriously!

    Listen to the doctors, try to add a Regeneration passive to your build in the so-called Real World, and we'll see you around Mill City!

    Yeah jonsills is spot on on the first bit.

    As regards to build advice I'd recommend an armored epidermis and conviction tapping.

    Get well soon and enjoy your time in bed.
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  • fantasycharacterfantasycharacter Posts: 458 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    All the best in recovering!

    Sorry you had to go through such an experience.
  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    trailturtle wrote: »
    Man... glad to hear you're okay, that's way frightening. Hope your full recovery soon!

    I'll still be hospitalized at least until the 10th, but it's good to see that everyone still cares, even you Turtle.
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  • rowan79rowan79 Posts: 47 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Hope you recover as quick as possible :)
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  • theravenforcetheravenforce Posts: 7,140 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    deadman20 wrote: »
    I'll still be hospitalized at least until the 10th, but it's good to see that everyone still cares, even you Turtle.

    Best wishes and I do hope you recover quickly and fully!

    *Sends deadman20 [Recovery Armoring 9000]* :biggrin:
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    Jeebus, dude, you're not supposed to take your forum handle that seriously!

    I'm gonna be staying alive for a long time to come. :3
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  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    No ****, I had a partial collapse of my right lung about 2 months ago. It hurts, I feel your pain. That's about the most terrifying sensation I've ever experienced, and I fell 50ish feet and broke all of my ribs in a rock climbing accident. The lung hurt worse.

    It's a pretty disconcerting feeling to be blown up like a balloon, huh? I hope you feel better, dude.
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  • itsbrou#5396 itsbrou
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    edited September 2013
    Sounds like no fun at all. Hope for a speedy recovery.
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  • zahinderzahinder Posts: 2,382 Arc User
    edited September 2013
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  • logandarklighterlogandarklighter Posts: 334 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Gah!!! That really sounds painful and frightening!

    Glad to hear you're doing better!

    Take it easy and let yourself mend.
  • lafury001200lafury001200 Posts: 567 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    deadman20 wrote: »
    I was unable to report this at any time beforehand, but I was admitted the hospital due to a spontaneous pneumo-thorax collapse my left lung suffered on August 18th. I am now announcing that I am no longer in a critical state and now waiting for the day these tubes are no longer needed in my chest cavity.

    I've been granted a laptop to continue my adventures with you guys until my eventual complete recovery. I hope to see you all mean well to each other and keep fighting the good fights as heroes should.

    Hope to see some of you in-game before one of my own heroes makes a critical demise of his or her own!
    -@DZPlayer122

    Good to know you are coming back. Don't let em release you until you get your sea legs back and can move comfortably under your own power. If they try to discharge you early, mention having an attorney.

    Speedy recovery nonetheless. Give em hell.
  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    glad to hear you're getting better.

    Now, just remember, show the nurses the pictures of you wearing your underwear on the outside. The ones in game that is, not the drunken party ones:biggrin:
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  • lilsteffielilsteffie Posts: 598 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Whoa.. critical state? Sheesh.

    Nice to hear you're on your way to recovery! Hope to see you soon in CO fully recovered!

    See ya in-game pal!:biggrin:
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    This is it everyone, my tubes get removed today. Wish me luck and hope my lung doesn't collapse again!

    I'll let you know if I ever do get to go home. :smile:
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  • gingervitosgingervitos Posts: 275 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    deadman20 wrote: »
    This is it everyone, my tubes get removed today. Wish me luck and hope my lung doesn't collapse again!

    I'll let you know if I ever do get to go home. :smile:

    Get well soon dude your one of the nicer chaps I see in zone the game needs you.
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Ladies and mentlegen, the tubes are out! Now to wait and see if they can stay that way. :D
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  • xcaligaxxcaligax Posts: 1,096 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    deadman20 wrote: »
    Ladies and mentlegen, the tubes are out! Now to wait and see if they can stay that way. :D

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  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited September 2013
    DZ, you've earned that kitten. Now keep recovering and be healthy! :biggrin:
  • kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    deadman20 wrote: »
    Ladies and mentlegen, the tubes are out! Now to wait and see if they can stay that way. :D

    Good luck, gawdspeed and all that jazz.

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  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    xcaligax wrote: »
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    xcaligax wrote: »
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    That's just too cute!

    Anyway, everyone's been saying I look alright. I might be going home at around Lunchtime.
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Alright folks! My discharge papers are being written up as I'm posting this message to yall. It was good to have you on my side until I finally have my freedom. Yall take care, and I'll see you sooner than you think!
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  • lokikinlokikin Posts: 624 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Yay! Glad you've finally been parole... I mean, released!

    Now that that's out of the way, no more spontaneous pneumo-thorax collapsing for you, young man!

    No one wants you to live(?) up to your forum name...
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Actually, you can live quite a long time with that condition. It's not terribly pleasant, I understand, but SF author Spider Robinson, for instance, has been subject to occasional pneumothorax collapses since the mid-'70s sometime (when he finally got to meet Jeanne, the woman he would one day marry, his first words to her in person were, "My lung has collapsed. I need to get to a hospital immediately"). And he's 64 now. (And yes, Spider, we still need you and we'll still feed you... :) ).

    He also afflicted his viewpoint character in the novel Very Bad Deaths with it, probably to give him an excuse to describe the sensations in vivid detail.
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    lokikin wrote: »
    Now that that's out of the way, no more spontaneous pneumo-thorax collapsing for you, young man!

    No one wants you to live(?) up to your forum name...

    As much as I'm sure yall thought I was in the clear, the sad news is I have failed the X-Ray checkup and am being shoved back into the hospital. This time for the OTHER lung.

    So close... yet so far! Hopefully I won't be staying around here as long as I did last time. On the bright side I get some morphine to help get me through the next few days.


    Better luck next time!
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  • nextnametakennextnametaken Posts: 2,212 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I was going to ask about this yesterday but you were jib jabbing
    about something that seemed to take you far away from all of it.

    Breath easier.
  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,545 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Almost a month late, but keep getting better and well my friend :3

    I recall a former boyfriend of mine had the very same thing. Very painful :c

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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Posts: 3,797 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    Jeebus, dude, you're not supposed to take your forum handle that seriously!

    Listen to the doctors, try to add a Regeneration passive to your build in the so-called Real World, and we'll see you around Mill City!
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Just got out of surgery everyone. I'm was having a bit of trouble staying awake, so I figured hopping on will help me. Oxygen stats are low, so it's a very bad idea to nap right now.

    Also, yay for getting a new wired mouse, the wireless one we had proved to be counterproductive.
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Well, looks like this round is going to go by much faster. Made it out of the ICU two days faster and I'm already feeling capable of getting up on my own (Though I'm still tethered to the bed). Could be out next week or so! :smile:
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  • theravenforcetheravenforce Posts: 7,140 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    deadman20 wrote: »
    Well, looks like this round is going to go by much faster. Made it out of the ICU two days faster and I'm already feeling capable of getting up on my own (Though I'm still tethered to the bed). Could be out next week or so! :smile:

    Good to hear!

    I hope you are able to keep up your current level of fast recovery!

    *dons a cheerleading outfit and cheers you on* :wink:
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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Posts: 3,797 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    theravenforce wrote: »
    Good to hear!

    I hope you are able to keep up your current level of fast recovery!

    *dons a cheerleading outfit and cheers you on* :wink:

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    edited October 2013
    deadman20 wrote: »
    Well, looks like this round is going to go by much faster. Made it out of the ICU two days faster and I'm already feeling capable of getting up on my own (Though I'm still tethered to the bed). Could be out next week or so! :smile:

    Hooray!!

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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    theravenforce wrote: »
    *dons a cheerleading outfit and cheers you on* :wink:

    Rah rah systembah! :biggrin:
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    klitty wrote: »
    Hooray!!

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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Okay, so I've got something that I can't consider good or bad news yet. If the next X-Ray shows something, I'm getting one of my tubes removed early because of some swelling. If it looks good and I stay healthy it gets to stay out. If not then I have to go through the procedure to put another one back in its place.

    The removal of the tube isn't the most comfortable thing this early, but progress is progress I suppose.
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  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited October 2013
    Hope the results are good...
  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    trailturtle wrote: »
    Hope the results are good...

    I can gladly inform you that they were awesome. :biggrin:

    Got one tube removed now and it seems like I could be out (again) by Thursday. So far everything's checking out well and I've finally gotten a sleeping aid instead of putting some morphine in to take a quick nap. Feels much better.

    Too bad I'm physically useless now. Can't lift more than 10 pounds without someone yelling at me not to push myself. Moms. :rolleyes:
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  • nesnonesno Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    If things turn to the worse, I'll give you a good deal on your stuff. Thanks.

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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    nesno2 wrote: »
    If things turn to the worse, I'll give you a good deal on your stuff. Thanks.

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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    gradii wrote: »
    Glad to hear the tests went well! the tubes are chest tubes? those DO hurt when they are removed :frown:

    For me the only painful part about it is the removal of the bandages covering them, but yes they're Chest Tubes. Just don't get me started on how the hole feels afterward.

    Thank god Morphine helps me cope with the process.
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