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[The Metal Mallet]

Greetings one and all! Just thought I'd stop by and say hello.

I haven't been around here in quite awile but I do notice that many of the regulars are still present from my foray at these forums and that's great to see.

I feel a bit bad for somewhat abandoning this website, especially since I was given my own sub forum for my written works, but when one loses their interest in writing Elder Scrolls fanfiction and has to deal with a busy real life they tend to not visit said sites as frequently. It definitely wasn't because of the people, I just basically got burnt out.

So why am I back? Well, I currently have a lot of time on my hands. I recently got diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and I'm undergoing treatment for it that will hopefully put the disease into remission (currently the disease is only treatable, not curable). Treatment right now consists of taking a lot of medication and supplements, one of which can have some nasty side effects. I only started the serious treatment this weekend but I'm feeling much better than I have been for the last three months. My bowel specialist doctor has taken me off work until late March so that has left me with absolutely no responsibilities at the moment since I'm in the middle of taking a year off from college. I may as well converse with some nice people!

I'm not sure at the moment whether I might resurrect the story I was writing before my hiatus, I do know the direction I wanted to take it I just don't know whether I care enough to take it there. I also don't have any plans at the moment to start anything new that's Elder Scrolls related. I'll probably check up on some of the stories I read back in the day and mayhaps some of the new ones and participate in the general forums here.

Hopefully, I stick around for a bit because I do miss this place. I just felt like explaining myself there.

[minque]

Oh mallie! it's great to see you here again, I've missed you, you know!

Now Crohn's disease is nothing I'd wish upon anyone! It's really not funny at all, but you may have long times with no symptom, and then it just comes over you...ewww you know I know a lot about both Crohn's and Ulcerative colitis, since my eldest daughter is diagnosed with colitis!

Those two diseases are really quite similar, the symptoms are alike but! but but..Colitis just affects the large intestine while Crohn's can appear in other parts as well. But you know that of course!

Well the infection or inflammation can be reversed by cortison f ex. My daughter responds to cortison immediately, as soon as she feels the slightest symptom she starts a cure with cortison.

Now cortison isn't a very nice drug, especially not for young ppl, so...but it helps!

My daughter has had 3 major attacks since she was diagnosed and that was 4 years ago when she was 18. Between attacks she's totally ok! But she has to eat medicine throughout her life! Some substance that will keep the inflammation away. But she can eat anything she likes and live a completely normal life...apart from the medication of course! But that becomes routine after some time, she doesn't even think about it, she just takes the pills.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you will be as ok you can be...

Oh and please stop by and tell me how you are....now and then!

Writing should be a good thing to do..keeps you from thinking too much about it

So take care!

[The Metal Mallet]

Oh mallie! it's great to see you here again, I've missed you, you know!

Now Crohn's disease is nothing I'd wish upon anyone! It's really not funny at all, but you may have long times with no symptom, and then it just comes over you...ewww you know I know a lot about both Crohn's and Ulcerative colitis, since my eldest daughter is diagnosed with colitis!

Those two diseases are really quite similar, the symptoms are alike but! but but..Colitis just affects the large intestine while Crohn's can appear in other parts as well. But you know that of course!

Well the infection or inflammation can be reversed by cortison f ex. My daughter responds to cortison immediately, as soon as she feels the slightest symptom she starts a cure with cortison.

Now cortison isn't a very nice drug, especially not for young ppl, so...but it helps!

My daughter has had 3 major attacks since she was diagnosed and that was 4 years ago when she was 18. Between attacks she's totally ok! But she has to eat medicine throughout her life! Some substance that will keep the inflammation away. But she can eat anything she likes and live a completely normal life...apart from the medication of course! But that becomes routine after some time, she doesn't even think about it, she just takes the pills.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you will be as ok you can be...

Oh and please stop by and tell me how you are....now and then!

Writing should be a good thing to do..keeps you from thinking too much about it

So take care!

Thanks for the welcome back minque, I really appreciate it!

I haven't done a whole lot of reading on Crohn's yet but I do recall seeing what you mentioned above with the similarities to colitis. I'm pretty sure I'll be on medication the rest of my life as well. After my (hopefully) 8 week treatment on the "dangerous" medication (the stuff can cause stuff like mood swings, irritability, weight gain which I need since I lost I lot of weight before getting on treatment, and calcium deficiency), I'll probably be put on a preventative medication to help avoid relapse.

From what I've heard from others, it seems that people deal with Crohn's in different ways. Some people live completely normal lives and can eat anything while others have to go on specific diets and such since certain foods cause problems. Hopefully I'll end up in the former rather than the latter.

Right now I seem to be responding well to the medication. The stuff is supposedly supposed to make me feel hyper but I really felt like taking a nap only an hour and a half after taking the medication. We shall see I guess. The annoying thing is I still have one more unpleasant examination to go through this week and the preparation for it requires me to take laxatives and go on a liquid diet over 24 hours before the procedure. I was just starting to get my appetite back too!

And mayhaps I will get the writing bug again. It just might take the Cabin Fever to bring it on haha.

[minque]

uhhh yeah! i recall when My daughter shold go through that examination! She was in a veeery bad mood, not so much for the examination, what caused her angriness was that she had to fast 24 hours! When she doesn't eat she becomes very hard to be with....oboy that was an ordeal..

As a matter of fact I was with her doing it...very interesting indeed! She got a sedative so she wasn't even aware of it, and when she woke up she was high as a chimney...

I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway for you..They have to look inside you you know...to see where the thing is.

oh btw they say aloe-vera-juice is very good....it helps the intestine to heal.

[Ibis]

Mallet it is so nice to see you back again; although upsetting to hear that your busy life got put on the side track for such a serious condition. I wish you very well with your examination and that it all goes by quickly. I know my hubby had to have a colonoscopy and that was bad enough.

You enjoy yourself and your time off as well as you can. I hope that you do get some writing done. I now too find myself with a lot of time on my hands but it is because I got laid off from work and haven't found another job yet. I find myself getting somewhat depressed at times which I never used to feel when I was working. But overall I am enjoying the time off and modding more for Morrowind.

Anyway, great to have you back MM!

[redsrock]

Welcome back, Mallet. I was sad when you stopped coming by, but believe me, man...I know how busy busy and hectic life can be. At least you're back now.

And I'm awfully sorry to hear about your illness. Last Fall my dad underwent major surgery on his stomach, and then they thought he had colon cancer. Thankfully he does not. The point I'm trying to make is that I know how scary these sort of situations are. Hang in there and get better.

This post has been edited by redsrock: Feb 3 2009, 04:12 PM

[Olen]

Good to see you back and sorry to hear you're ill, I hope everything works out as well as it can and you get better as well as possible. My sympathies are with you as far as fasting goes, I know just how nasty that is.

I hope you don't need a specific diet but I wouldn't worry too much, it's amazing how little you miss things after a couple of months.

[The Metal Mallet]

Thanks for all the well wishes folks. My day and a bit of liquid meals begins tomorrow so I've kinda been enjoying as much solid food as possible today. I hope these next two days go by quickly and hopefully I don't do anything too embarrassing once my examination is done and I'm still loopy on the sedatives haha!

Sorry to hear about getting laid off at your work Ibis. My brother is going through the same thing right now and fortunately he's been taking it in stride. I know that if he can you can as well!

Hopefully I won't get too grumpy tomorrow but don't be surprised if you see me venting out my frustrations here.

[redsrock]

That's kool, I don't mind it when people vent. Just ask Ibis and she'll tell you all about it.

[canis216]

Venting is kind of what the Coffee Shop is for, so by all means vent, my man. I also hope that you don't have to go on a limited diet. My college adviser, who is a good friend, picked up Giardia when he was young and it messed up his digestion to the point of making him lactose intolerant. More recently, he's even had to give up beer.

Still no job for me, but I had phone interviews Thursday and yesterday. The first job would stick me back around my Montana haunts working as a botanist, the second would have me working right outside Yosemite National Park in California catching and tracking sage grouse by radio telemetry.

[Olen]

Giardia is nasty. I know I had it very badly but lactose intolerance wasn't so bad (even with a gluten allergy to keep it company). But its amazing how many things people eat so there's always pleanty of range.

I spent most of today writing a lab report which I'll spend most of tomorrow trying to print because the computers at uni don't like none microsoft file formats. Still its done now and a good session of jitsu and a while in the pub this evening should restore my sanity.

Both those jobs sound great canis, hope you get one.

[Wolfie]

So I was at the Trinity Science Ball, this evening, which was held in the Clontarf Castle Hotel (a really fancy place). It was a black tie event, and I looked damn good in my suit (might add a photo of me in said fancy duds to this post later, who knows). Had a great time, 3 course meal followed by drinking and dancing. No luck with the ladies, unfortunately, but still a great night nevertheless.

[Ibis]

Sounds wonderful, Wolfie; we'd love to see you in your finery. I can almost picture you in a tux.

Canis, I too hope you get one of those jobs. The one about the sage grouse sounds particularly interesting, but I'm sure Montana is great too.

[minque]

OMG I love you all...yup I'm slightly...well yeah I've had a glass of wine...or was it two perhaps? Aaaaaanyway my thoughts are with you all....

Mallie...how are you? I hope you're coping with everything...I promise you'll get better...gosh I so feel for ya...

@Canis....I keep my fingers crossed..you'll get a job, jeez a nice guy like you should be the dream of any employer

@Ibis, sweet birdie, I wish you all the best....hehe one day I come visit you..so beware of the minkey

@wolfie, sweet wolfie.....see ya soon , right?

@Olen, redsie....sweet friends of mine....I wish you all the best



OMG...I'm quite....hmmm

[The Metal Mallet]

My procedure went all right I suppose. I nearly fainted when they prepped me for the procedure (basically putting a needle in my arm and leaving it in there until after the procedure, the drugs get added later). I think the fact that I hadn't eaten anything in over 24 hrs plus the thought of having something stuck in me and just left there sorta got to me a bit. At least I got to lay down on a bed instead of sitting in a chair because of that.

I was consciously sedated for the procedure so I did get feel some unpleasantness but it wasn't anything severe. I guess I was still loopy from the drugs because I supposedly had a conversation with my doctor after the procedure about when we were going to have a follow-up. I think I was too focused on the swirling ceiling to remember what she told me. I think she told me 4 weeks, but I intend to call her office to make sure.

Other than that, my mom took me to my favourite burger joint afterwards and I slept a lot that night. The next day I hung out with my friends and won the poker game we had. It's been awile since I've done that!

[minque]

I'm glad to hear you coped well with that procedure! As I maybe already mentioned my daughter was high as a chimney afterwards.

It's a good thing to have frequent follow-ups now in the beginning, then the medication can be adjusted in a good way for you!

I'm glad you're here and please us with your presence, you know we support you right?

I wish you all the best..

m

[Olen]

Well I had a strange weekend. More or less on a whim I decided it would be fun to have a mohawk, so out came the scissors and a razor or two and I now do. I raised a bit of money for charity while I was at it. Of course removing most of my hair during a cold spell in winter was perhaps not my finest idea, but it definately is a fun thing to have.

[Bolzmania]

Just got a new AWESOME computer. It can run Oblivion with max settings and Quarls texture pack III without lag. It doesn't even lag with fraps running!

[redsrock]

Minque needs to lay off the booze!

[seerauna]

Just got a new AWESOME computer. It can run Oblivion with max settings and Quarls texture pack III without lag. It doesn't even lag with fraps running!

Lucky I can barely play with the settings turned almost all the way down.

@MM- I wish you the best!

Now back to what I was going to say... The weather here in Nashville finally warmed up! But of course I get sick as soon as it does. First strep, then an ear infection, and now the flu. Fingers crossed I can actually go to school tomorrow!