The Vent and Rant Thread

[WT Sharpe]

I'm guessing the idiot who said PTSD is a bunch of bull never spent day one in a war zone.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'm guessing the idiot who said PTSD is a bunch of bull never spent day one in a war zone.

+1


Stitchawl

[bjones6416]

And indeed, PTSD even originating with other kinds of trauma exists. I worked with an energetic, outgoing, self-confident woman years ago who fell through her attic onto concrete and shattered her ankle. After multiple painful surgeries and procedures, she turned into a shadow of her former self, afraid of everything. Her first day back at work, while still in a wheelchair, she had a panic attack complete with EMT's and ambulance. Thankfully, she got help and was fine last time I saw her, but it was very real for her.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

Ahh but then they would be telling you that you would understand when you grew up (I'm still waiting at 63) or some other condescending nonsense.

For what it is worth I know, probably because of my age, a lot of people who have had knee or hip surgery, and so far all are happy with the results. Hopefully the hardest part is the waiting.

Helen

it's my second knee. the first one was botched and I have been in years of agony because of it. my first doctor labeled me a "seeker" (meds) and never, ever tried to find out why I was in so much pain, which turns out to be a hole in the bone under the prosthetic, loosening "glue" around it and the entire device constantly shifting

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Hey! Chill out! You got to where you are today because you were able to successfully handle everything that was thrown at you. This isn't going to be any different. You WILL handle it, and you WILL handle it well. You know that. I know that.



Really? You wanna go through puberty again?
Send the guy to me and let me straighten him out about PTSD. I was the Poster Boy...


Stitchawl

I know, just keep patting me on the head and telling me it's ok. and actually, puberty wasn't all that bad

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'm guessing the idiot who said PTSD is a bunch of bull never spent day one in a war zone.

he didn't, I did, both soldiers, he resents the hell out of the fact I was deployed and he wasn't

Originally Posted by bjones6416

And indeed, PTSD even originating with other kinds of trauma exists. I worked with an energetic, outgoing, self-confident woman years ago who fell through her attic onto concrete and shattered her ankle. After multiple painful surgeries and procedures, she turned into a shadow of her former self, afraid of everything. Her first day back at work, while still in a wheelchair, she had a panic attack complete with EMT's and ambulance. Thankfully, she got help and was fine last time I saw her, but it was very real for her.

yeah, the more I get into it, the more I know some of the triggers came from YEARS ago and I've been working through all of them ever since

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

yeah, the more I get into it, the more I know some of the triggers came from YEARS ago and I've been working through all of them ever since

PTSD often come many years after the stressor. That's why it's called 'Post' Trumatic Stress. In the case of Vietnam vets, 15 years after has been the average time for the crisis period to develop and come to a head.


Stitchawl

[kindlekitten]

yeah, I know (insert pouty face) I really don't want this

I'm really stressing about going into the hospital. he's become really astute about knowing when it's time to comfort me. the otherside of that is that he has some real separation anxieties also now

[kindlekitten]

sorry... my service dog, somehow I thought he had become part of the conversation

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

yeah, I know (insert pouty face) I really don't want this

I'm really stressing about going into the hospital. he's become really astute about knowing when it's time to comfort me. the otherside of that is that he has some real separation anxieties also now

That's tough(having to leave your dog) on both of you. Plus I know you have a lot of stress about both the hospital and the surgery itself. But I have great hope and expectation that you'll come out the other side of this with a whole lot less pain and a happy knee.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by CRussel

That's tough(having to leave your dog) on both of you. Plus I know you have a lot of stress about both the hospital and the surgery itself. But I have great hope and expectation that you'll come out the other side of this with a whole lot less pain and a happy knee.

thanks! I sure hope so!

[kindlekitten]

yee gads and little fishes! what a freaking day! I'll explain tomorrow, 2330 here and 0530 roll out

[poohbear_nc]

Well, regular readers in this thread have shared in my workplace woes - specifically the adventures with my boss in computerland .....

Could things deteriorate any more you might wonder?

Of course they can .... For instance, take yesterday afternoon:

I get a call from my boss - it seems that after lunch he went to the local university's Surplus Stores to buy a new office chair.
[Disclaimer: he's a millionaire and has an office full of perfectly good, almost brand new chairs.]

So why buy a used dirty chair for $10? Why, because it's only $10 of course. And, when he has meetings in his office, having to wheel chairs in from other offices is embarrassing.

So, he returns with 2 chairs - a LARGE executive chair (for him) and a second SMALL chair to use for additional seating for meetings.

Sounds simple, right?

1. He wheels them into the room that houses the server for the company - it's the coldest room in the building and has empty floor space - and tries to adjust his new chair - it's supposed to tilt back and it won't tilt.

2. It's supposed to tilt back and won't tilt - so he begins fiddling with the ratchet under the seat that has directions printed on it in microscopic script.

3. Logic fails to reveal how to operate the ratchet.

4. He then decides to use brute force and starts to fling himself in & out of the chair, banging into the back of the chair - in case the tilt mechanism is stuck.
Why is this maneuver a problem? Aside from the fact he's 65 years old and not used to any exertion? And his face is turning tomato red?

5. The chair is on wheels ... so that his bouncing is rolling the dang thing into the tables holding the server and associated computer equipment. He weighs almost 200 pounds, so the chair is being propelled with considerable force .... into the computers ....

6. Attempts to intervene rationally are ignored and the physical temper tantrum continues.

7. What am I doing you ask?

8. I'm acting as the human bumper - sitting in the 2nd chair I am skittering about behind him trying to block his attempts to destroy the company computers with a $10 chair that won't tilt.

9. This goes on for almost an hour ...

10. I finally convince him to tilt the chair to view the alleged tilt mechanism.

11. Judicious use of a flashlight reveals that the seat was attached bass-ackwards to the base. He only has to unscrew 4 Phillips head screws, rotate the seat 180, and screw it in place.

Simple, right?

12. He runs out and fetches the electrician and the grounds keeper. The electrician holds the flashlight, the guy who cuts the grass operates the screwdriver, and .....

THE LARGE $10 CHAIR IS HEALED! It now tilts!

It only took 2-1/2 hours, the time of 4 employees, and the near coronary of the boss.

Oh, BTW, the computers were unscathed ....

Today, you ask? Who is using the new chairs? Why no one! They're filthy ... and, so far, he can't find anyone stupid enough to volunteer to clean them.
He'll probably pay the lawn guy to hose them off.

[Why yes, thank you for asking, I AM preparing for early retirement.]

[samhy]

My sympathies, pooh

[CRussel]

ROFLU!

Oh, thank you, Pooh! That truly made my morning. I thought I was having a bad day, but not any more!

Dear me, you really need to work on that resume/job search!

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by CRussel

ROFLU!

I've never seen that with a "U" at the end before. Is it "uproariously", or "uncontrollably" maybe?

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I've never seen that with a "U" at the end before. Is it "uproariously", or "uncontrollably" maybe?

Old CompuServe-ism. Uproariously, uncontrollably, upchuckingly. Take your choice, all seem appropriate.