I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 70: Hookers and Blow  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Sep 04, 2012 9:54:42 am PDT #20907 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The solution is to place a couple paddles on either side of my spinal cord where the pain is most...painy, and that needs a power source, and the best place to hide it (because I'm a young woman, and I'd want to wear evening wear) is in my butt.

Which is like announcing: "No man is ever going to see you naked again, because if he's not put off by the wiring, he might yank some out in his cyborg-induced frenzy of lust."

There is a test period where I'd carry the battery and the control module (which has buttons--I would now be programmable) on my belt.

I cannot imagine this costing less than six million dollars, to be honest.

This guy has done a shitload of procedures on me--this year and before. Most of them do have a clear positive impact (even the nerve block this year which hasn't worked properly--it's worked some, but absolutely not as well as any of the previous times he's done it), so he's historically trustworthy.

But I don't want to be bionic...

I just re-read a work email I wrote late one weekend night, and I signed off ita !

I hope no one noticed...


le nubian - Sep 04, 2012 9:56:35 am PDT #20908 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Okay, now I close my office door after chortling through the last page.

Cash, how did you not tell off the health coach?

This reminds me of my visit to the nurse after my doctor diagnosed me with diabetes. The nurse gave me a whole harangue about losing weight and was surprised I had gained a pound from the week prior.

My doctor apparently later read the nurse the riot act because given my blood sugar was so out of control and I had gotten back into control after about a week, typically patients GAIN weight in those circumstances because they were expelling water the whole time. That I only gained a pound showed the results of the strict diet I was on.


Burrell - Sep 04, 2012 9:57:00 am PDT #20909 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Ugh ita, sounds super invasive. But being able to control the pain better would be a huge benefit.


tommyrot - Sep 04, 2012 10:05:37 am PDT #20910 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Finally caught up in Natter.

I'm sorry for your loss, Theo.


Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2012 10:09:37 am PDT #20911 of 30001
brillig

They're talking about pain implants for Hubby. He's not sure he can cope with another surgery. Considering he gets about three months of relief from each fusion, until the next one in line begins to crumble under the stress, I don't blame him.


§ ita § - Sep 04, 2012 10:17:37 am PDT #20912 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I assume that the correct response is to get over my anxiety and do everything anyone suggests will make my head hurt less, but...I have a lot of getting over to do in this case.


Laura - Sep 04, 2012 10:21:01 am PDT #20913 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

How invasive is the setup for a test? The amount of relief would be an important part of the decision I would think.


-t - Sep 04, 2012 10:22:20 am PDT #20914 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't think there is a correct response, as such. There's just your response, and you are allowed to have many different responses over time, even.


Jesse - Sep 04, 2012 10:26:20 am PDT #20915 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

What -t said.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 04, 2012 10:43:06 am PDT #20916 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

For a second, I thought the battery pack was going in your anus, and I was wondering how you would poop!

Jesse, consider pretending that Biz Markie is your rep instead. Consider him just a friend.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL