When it rains, it pours

[gib68sg]

This is definitely a thread for me to get some feelings out and bitch about things lol. I just got the all clear to lift and go back to work about 6 weeks ago from a complicated umbilical hernia surgery. The actual muscle tissue in my stomach itself got infected, so they couldn’t use mesh. Just stitched it up and hoped for the best. Now, I just broke my damn hand. My dominant hand too. I’m a firefighter by trade, and I love my job. I love lifting. I love picking my son up and hugging him. This really sucks.

End of bitch fest lol.

 

[tenny]

This is definitely a thread for me to get some feelings out and bitch about things lol. I just got the all clear to lift and go back to work about 6 weeks ago from a complicated umbilical hernia surgery. The actual muscle tissue in my stomach itself got infected, so they couldn’t use mesh. Just stitched it up and hoped for the best. Now, I just broke my damn hand. My dominant hand too. I’m a firefighter by trade, and I love my job. I love lifting. I love picking my son up and hugging him. This really sucks.

End of bitch fest lol.

what did you punch???

did the stomach get pierced somehow???...or something

 

[OuchThatHurts]

This is definitely a thread for me to get some feelings out and bitch about things lol. I just got the all clear to lift and go back to work about 6 weeks ago from a complicated umbilical hernia surgery. The actual muscle tissue in my stomach itself got infected, so they couldn’t use mesh. Just stitched it up and hoped for the best. Now, I just broke my damn hand. My dominant hand too. I’m a firefighter by trade, and I love my job. I love lifting. I love picking my son up and hugging him. This really sucks.

End of bitch fest lol.

Let it out, brother. I'll even join you. Right now, I'm in a place where I want to tell everyone to just fuck off. Where I used to be jovial, perky, and upbeat, now I hardly speak. I'm starting a whole new life for myself (in a manner of speaking) and all the people I love around me know it. Do they offer any help? Hell no. Can barely get a return text. Have I helped them? You bet. In every way I could, for many years.

It's been said that it comes back to you a "hundredfold". If you mean bullshit, then yeah. If you mean acts of kindness, WTF? Lao Tzu is my best friend these days.

OK. Rant over.

 

[bigbumpkin2003]

Sadly the truth about society is there are givers and takers. Takers take everything they can get and leave the givers a shell of them former selves. Seen it over and over. I tell myself I’ll change . I’ll be a dickhead . Never sticks someone needs help I cave and help . The fact is once your an adult whichever of those two categories you fall into it’s a major undertaking to break free from the mold

 

[gib68sg]

Let it out, brother. I'll even join you. Right now, I'm in a place where I want to tell everyone to just fuck off. Where I used to be jovial, perky, and upbeat, now I hardly speak. I'm starting a whole new life for myself (in a manner of speaking) and all the people I love around me know it. Do they offer any help? Hell no. Can barely get a return text. Have I helped them? You bet. In every way I could, for many years.

It's been said that it comes back to you a "hundredfold". If you mean bullshit, then yeah. If you mean acts of kindness, WTF? Lao Tsu is my best friend these days.

OK. Rant over.

I hear you brother. Having recently gone through a divorce, all the people I was there for for 15+ years suddenly disappeared. Crazy how random people on the internet can feel closer than those we see in “real life”.

 

[gib68sg]

what did you punch???

did the stomach get pierced somehow???...or something

No idea on the infection, honestly. They didn’t even know until they cut me open.

And didn’t punch anything haha, hurt at work unfortunately. I’m a very, very mellow person…not violent at all although we all have those thoughts and day dreams.

 

[tenny]

No idea on the infection, honestly. They didn’t even know until they cut me open.

And didn’t punch anything haha, hurt at work unfortunately. I’m a very, very mellow person…not violent at all although we all have those thoughts and day dreams.

thats weird about the stomach bro. tough break.

what were the symptoms??

 

[gib68sg]

thats weird about the stomach bro. tough break.

what were the symptoms??

I had to take a cross country flight right after my shift to pick up my son. Quick stay in a hotel, woke up the next morning and above my belly button was poking out about 2.5”. It was incarcerated so maybe that caused the infection. The 6 hour flight home was fucking hell on me. I’m 6’4” and my 4 year old demanded the window seat so I was stuck in the middle lol. Surgery was about 3 days later.

 

[tenny]

I had to take a cross country flight right after my shift to pick up my son. Quick stay in a hotel, woke up the next morning and above my belly button was poking out about 2.5”. It was incarcerated so maybe that caused the infection. The 6 hour flight home was fucking hell on me. I’m 6’4” and my 4 year old demanded the window seat so I was stuck in the middle lol. Surgery was about 3 days later.

it never hurt or anything???....or did you just feel "sick"......no abdominal pain??

i get the hand...i broke my heal....the ball....not at work, (i wish it was) but STILL HAD TO GO TO WORK!!!!

are you in law enforcement????

you know its bad when the "resident" phy wants to tell everyone to "fuck off"

thanks doc.

 

[gib68sg]

it never hurt or anything???....or did you just feel "sick"......no abdominal pain??

i get the hand...i broke my heal....the ball....not at work, (i wish it was) but STILL HAD TO GO TO WORK!!!!

are you in law enforcement????

you know its bad when the "resident" phy wants to tell everyone to "fuck off"

thanks doc.

I woke up in some pretty serious pain in my stomach yeah.

I’m a firefighter

 

[tenny]

I woke up in some pretty serious pain in my stomach yeah.

I’m a firefighter

OK....thanks for being a first responder....

you'll be good bro.....focus on work and your boy.

 

[gib68sg]

A little update…just got released from the hospital. When the injury happened, I also go cut on my hand. Was put on antibiotics and they did absolutely nothing. Spent 48 hours in the hospital on IV unasyn and having alllll sorts of tests run to prepare for surgery. Got sent home for now, see the hand surgeon next week.

 

[Dave Perez]

Sadly the truth about society is there are givers and takers. Takers take everything they can get and leave the givers a shell of them former selves. Seen it over and over. I tell myself I’ll change . I’ll be a dickhead . Never sticks someone needs help I cave and help . The fact is once your an adult whichever of those two categories you fall into it’s a major undertaking to break free from the mold

For decades I have been using the givers and takers metaphor...you are 100% correct

 

[gib68sg]

Let it out, brother. I'll even join you. Right now, I'm in a place where I want to tell everyone to just fuck off. Where I used to be jovial, perky, and upbeat, now I hardly speak. I'm starting a whole new life for myself (in a manner of speaking) and all the people I love around me know it. Do they offer any help? Hell no. Can barely get a return text. Have I helped them? You bet. In every way I could, for many years.

It's been said that it comes back to you a "hundredfold". If you mean bullshit, then yeah. If you mean acts of kindness, WTF? Lao Tzu is my best friend these days.

OK. Rant over.

Let’s add insult (and more injury) to injury lol. While dealing with this, I was developing shortness of breath. Mostly ignored it until my girlfriend said something about my breathing. Threw on a pulse ox and got a reading of 89%. Go to the ER, they suspect a PE and do a CT scan, but mess up the timing of the contrast.

So, they send me home on Christmas Eve. Now the day after Christmas I have a cardiologist appointment. They do an echo and ecg and tell me I have to get to the emergency room. I just got out on the 2nd. Pericarditis, myocarditis and well as early stage cardiomyopathy and blood clots. Triglycerides and cholesterol are perfect. I do bloods every 2-3 months. No other warning signs. Not even 36 yet. Now my career is in jeopardy.

At least I’m alive lol

 

[UnholyAlliance]

Wow damn brother, hope you can get this all dealt with by the experts. Fingers crossed you bounce back from this quickly and keeping your job and your pride intact!

Aren't firefighters a brotherhood?

 

[gib68sg]

Wow damn brother, hope you can get this all dealt with by the experts. Fingers crossed you bounce back from this quickly and keeping your job and your pride intact!

Aren't firefighters a brotherhood?

We are but the standards may not let me proceed unfortunately. My dept follows nfpa 1582 which governs physical ability. And there is a hard deadline of 12 months sick leave at a time, I’ve been out since surgery in August unfortunately

 

[UnholyAlliance]

We are but the standards may not let me proceed unfortunately. My dept follows nfpa 1582 which governs physical ability. And there is a hard deadline of 12 months sick leave at a time, I’ve been out since surgery in August unfortunately

I see so this means you been out for nearly five months correct? Hopefully things turn around before that deadline.

 

[gib68sg]

I see so this means you been out for nearly five months correct? Hopefully things turn around before that deadline.

Thanks brotha. Yeah, I see my cardiologists again tomorrow. Trying to devise how we proceed here. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. Been doing this 15 years, it’s really all I know lol. Not really a religious man, but praying for a miracle or a false diagnosis or something

 

[UnholyAlliance]

Thanks brotha. Yeah, I see my cardiologists again tomorrow. Trying to devise how we proceed here. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. Been doing this 15 years, it’s really all I know lol. Not really a religious man, but praying for a miracle or a false diagnosis or something

Fingers crossed as it sure would suck to have to give up a career you loved.

 

[UnholyAlliance]

Have you a Plan B should you ever be forced to change careers due to some major health issue or disability? Perhaps you should look into an alternate career within your abilities if the future looks grim and you aren't able to go back to work as a firefighter. This should be something to discuss with doctors and specialists as well as your family.