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Published: Nov 27, 2013
Author: C
Post Date: 2013-11-27 09:50:44 by christine
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I received an email from Esso (Jim) this morning. He was involved in a very serious car accident last night. It was a head on collision. Jim's car is totaled. He sustained a fractured sternum, lacerated spleen, the doctor's suspect heart damage and internal bleeding.
Jim is one of the most unselfish, generous, good hearted men I have ever met. I think the world of him.
Please think healing thoughts or prayers of a speedy recovery for him.
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#19. To: christine, Esso (#15)
He's been discharged as he's able to walk

Thanking God.

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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
GreyLmist posted on 2013-11-27 18:20:37 ET (1 image) Reply Trace Private Reply
#20. To: GreyLmist, Esso, 4 (#19)
Amen.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2013-11-27 18:24:46 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#21. To: christine, Esso (#0)
Thank you for keeping us informed, Christine.
Esso, get well soon my buddy, there are many more battles to fight.
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
Dakmar posted on 2013-11-27 19:18:37 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#22. To: christine, Esso (#15)
He's been discharged as he's able to walk

Wow, that's amazing. Esso's blessed.
I was in the hospital for nine months after a traffic wreck. I can imagine what Jim's going through.
Best of luck & I know you'll really have something to be thankful for tomorrow.
Happy Thanksgiving, old paint!
Know guns, know safety, know liberty. No guns, no safety, no liberty.
randge posted on 2013-11-27 19:51:23 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#23. To: scrapper2, Esso (#14)
"Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens. - Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker." --Nietzsche

www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7203/pg7203.html

Deasy posted on 2013-11-28 7:08:47 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#24. To: Esso (#0)
Best wishes.
Looking forward to having you back online as soon as you're up for it.
It's the bankers fault !
Buzzard posted on 2013-11-28 10:30:05 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#25. To: randge (#22)
9 months??? what were your injuries?
To question is to value the ideal of truth more highly than the loyalties to nation, religion, race, or ideology.
christine posted on 2013-11-28 11:19:41 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#26. To: christine (#25)
Smashed femur, near fatal blood loss, nerve damage, concussion covers most of it.
Know guns, know safety, know liberty. No guns, no safety, no liberty.
randge posted on 2013-11-28 12:17:22 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#27. To: christine, James Deffenbach, Lod, Original_Intent, Jethro Tull, Cynicom, Hmmmmm, Deasy, Pinguinite, Prefrontal Vortex, X-15, titorite, farmfriend, noone222, scrapper2, GreyLmist, Dakmar, randge, Buzzard, 4um, All (#0) (Edited)
Thank you, everyone, for the kind words.

Here's what happened: At about 6:00pm on Tuesday I was travelling northbound on Maplecrest Road in the company 2007 Honda Fit wagon. I approached the stoplight at Lake Avenue which was green to continue on northbound. The turn arrow for northbound traffic to proceed west on Lake was also activated. The northbound turn arrow went to solid green (yield for turn) and both southbound lights went solid green (proceed straight, yield for turn eastbound).

When that happened, the driver in the southbound lane turning east must've thought it was a green arrow and darted into the intersection directly in my path about 30 feet in front of me. I was travelling 40-45mph (speed limit 45) and slammed directly into them head-on.

The event probably lasted about a quarter of a second. I didn't even have time to lift my foot off the gas. The last thing I remember was the initial sound of the crunching metal then I was out.

When I came to, the police, fire trucks and ambulances were there. I knew I was hurt pretty badly. The firemen removed my coat in the car and slid me out onto the backboard and strapped me onto it and taped my head down. A cop got in my face and told me it was pretty obvious that the other driver was at fault and not to worry, I would be taken care of. Into the ambulance I went.

Enroute to the Parkview Trauma Center, they went to work on me cutting my clothes off, right down to my boxer-briefs, hooked up their electrical DooDads to me and worked me over with their tools of the trade. At that point, I was alert, lucid and able to answer all of their questions and monitor my vital statistics.

My blood pressure was running about 200 systolic, pulse was in the high 100s, glucose was high, cardiac rhythm was OK. The high readings were probably caused mostly by shock and fright.

They got me to the hospital and did their hospital stuff. Bottom line: Fractured sternum, lacerated spleen, just about all my internal organs showed signs of stress from the impact, but not too much internal bleeding. The only visible injuries were a small scrape on my left pinky and my right knee. They took me up to the room, hooked up their monitors, IVs, etc. They started me on pain killers and Pepcid. Trying to sit up caused me much dizziness but it passed. I tried to sleep, but they had pressure cuffs on my lower legs that would inflate and deflate every minute or so which kept me awake all night.

The next morning some young cocky punk doctor came in and I told him I wanted the hell out of there. He told me I couldn't even walk and needed to stay longer. I told him of course I couldn't walk with all their tubes and wires hooked to me and to take them off and I'd walk. He did and I did. Then he said I wouldn't be released until I ate something and was able to keep it down. I ate and was fine. I was released about 1:00pm Wednesday.

I am one, hurting sumbitch. Any upper body movement causes a shearing pain in me that about makes me pass out. Mundane tasks such as putting on my socks is a lesson in pain. Bending, twisting and lifting are out for awhile. Walking isn't too bad. The painkillers they gave me don't seem to help the pain much, but they sure make me feel crappy and tired. I'm going to try to get into my GP tomorrow, my fingers started going numb today, that has me a little concerned.

All-in-all, I'm doing OK. Your kind words mean a lot to me.

Thanks,
Jim

Edit: I saw the Honda yesterday and recovered my belongings out of it. The car is totaled. The entire front end of the car is destroyed and twisted badly. The engine is pushed into the firewall, windshield is broken from the unibody distortion. Driver's side front airbag is deployed. The driver's side B column is distorted and the seatbelt is destroyed. There is a lot of damage to the inside of the car from the G forces. The impact turned my reading glasses into a pretzel, and my fancy new metal e-cigarette which was sitting on the passenger seat was broken in half and badly dented. My cellphone which was clipped to my belt was nonfunctional. And I just filled up the goddamned gas tank that morning. Dammit.
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso posted on 2013-11-28 18:04:26 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#28. To: Esso (#27)
Jim, we're sending over a lap dancer ASAP.
Get well soon, man ... the best place is any place that ain't a hospital.
"The amount of our National Debt is the measure of our enslavement to Jewish World Finance. We live in a democracy, yet loans are contracted that always cost more than the amount of the loan, and no one has a word to say about it. We Americans do not know how much interest we pay every year, and we don't know to whom we pay it."
The Dearborn Independent / Henry Ford
noone222 posted on 2013-11-28 18:10:32 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#29. To: Esso (#27)
Thanks for the update. Hope you heal up soon and all this will just be a bad, but passing, memory.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

Paul Craig Roberts
James Deffenbach posted on 2013-11-28 18:26:20 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#30. To: Esso (#27)
Thanks for the information.
Good idea to see your GP asap.
Continued prayers, lod
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2013-11-28 19:12:35 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#31. To: Esso (#27)
Iron man.
Glad to hear you're home in one piece.
Just goes to show that you never know how fate may turn when you get up out of the sack in the morning.
Have you heard what happened to the putz that pulled out in front of you?
Know guns, know safety, know liberty. No guns, no safety, no liberty.
randge posted on 2013-11-28 19:16:54 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#32. To: noone222, Esso (#28)
Jim, we're sending over a lap dancer ASAP.

In case Esso is not up to a lap dance, I would be willing to sub for him.
Thats what friends are for.

Cynicom posted on 2013-11-28 20:15:24 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#33. To: Esso (#27)
They got me to the hospital and did their hospital stuff. Bottom line: Fractured sternum, lacerated spleen, just about all my internal organs showed signs of stress from the impact, but not too much internal bleeding. The only visible injuries were a small scrape on my left pinky and my right knee. They took me up to the room, hooked up their monitors, IVs, etc. They started me on pain killers and Pepcid. Trying to sit up caused me much dizziness but it passed. I tried to sleep, but they had pressure cuffs on my lower legs that would inflate and deflate every minute or so which kept me awake all night.

good grief. this is the first ive seen this. Sounds like quite an accident. Im very sorry that happened, but glad you are ok enough to post and be on the internet. Me & my wife will be praying for your continued recovery, take good care.

Ive always heard of a 'ruptured spleen.' im gonna have to look up & see what a 'spleen' is. ;-/
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
Artisan posted on 2013-11-28 20:37:37 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#34. To: Cynicom (#32)
lol - take a number on this one.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2013-11-28 20:39:06 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#35. To: Cynicom (#32)
I was once thrown from a Jeep when I was 18. I rolled across the highway, across the meridian, across the other side of the highway, and came to rest in the ditch. I wasn't hurt but when I stood up my socks and boots were gone. I never found them.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2013-11-28 21:28:36 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#36. To: Esso (#27) (Edited)
Prayer for Healing

Lord, look upon me with eyes of mercy, may your healing hand rest upon me, may your lifegiving powers flow into every cell of my body and into the depths of my soul, cleansing, purifying, restoring me to wholeness and strength for service in your Kingdom. Amen.

Prayer for Healing

O God who are the only source of health and healing, the spirit of calm and the central peace of this universe, grant to me such a consciousness of your indwelling and surrounding presence that I may permit you to give me health and strength and peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for the Sick

Omnipotent and eternal God, the everlasting Salvation of those who believe, hear us on behalf of Thy sick servant, N., for whom we beg the aid of Thy pitying mercy, that, with his bodily health restored, he may give thanks to Thee in Thy church. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

This one is also very interesting:

http://www.catholichealingprayers. com/

Healing Scriptures

The following scripture passages have the power to bring healing and strength to your heart, mind, body, soul and spirit. Meditate on them day and night. Allow God to speak to your situation through his written Word. Accept the Word of God as if the Lord himself were speaking directly to you. Take what is being said deep into your heart.

Allow your faith to grow to the point where you can command the mountain of sickness, hardship and despair out of your life. For according to Mark 11:23– 24, Jesus says, “Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

Exodus 15:26
Exodus 23:25
Deuteronomy 7:15
Deuteronomy 28:1–14
Deuteronomy 30:19–20
I Kings 8:56
Psalm 91
Psalm 103:1–3
Psalm 107:19–20
Psalm 118:17
Proverbs 4:20–22
Isaiah 41:10
Isaiah 53:4–5
Jeremiah 1:12
Jeremiah 30:17
Matthew 8:1–3
Matthew 8:17
Matthew 18:18–19

Matthew 21:21–22
Mark 11:23–24
Mark 16:17–18
John 10:10
Romans 4:16–21
Romans 8:11
II Corinthians 10:4–5
Galatians 3:13–14
Ephesians 6:10–17
Philippians 2:13
Philippians 4:6–7
II Timothy 1:7
Hebrews 10:23
Hebrews 10:35
Hebrews 13:8
James 5:14–16
I Peter 2:24
I John 3:21–22

Books of the Bible (online Bible)
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
Artisan posted on 2013-11-28 21:32:23 ET (1 image) Reply Trace Private Reply
#37. To: Turtle (#35)
Driving by the median, I found one sock.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2013-11-28 21:32:33 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#38. To: Lod (#37)
Driving by the median, I found one sock.

If there was a foot in it, then it's not mine.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2013-11-28 21:46:34 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#39. To: Esso (#27)
And I just filled up the goddamned gas tank that morning. Dammit.

Bummer Dude! ;-)
Glad you're around to relate the experience.
Now hurry up and finish healing before you get me to telling "Sea Stories" about my visit to the Cardiac ICU last year. :-)
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
Original_Intent posted on 2013-11-28 22:47:39 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#40. To: Cynicom, noone222, Esso (#32)
Jim, we're sending over a lap dancer ASAP.
In case Esso is not up to a lap dance, I would be willing to sub for him.
Thats what friends are for.

You sir, have a ~~hard~~ heart of gold. :-)
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
Original_Intent posted on 2013-11-28 22:50:06 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#41. To: randge (#31)
Have you heard what happened to the putz that pulled out in front of you?

No, not really. I asked the ambulance attendants if anyone else was hurt. and they said no, they refused treatment. I asked if any children were involved and they said no again.
I'll probably go downtown Monday and get the police report and see what it says. I don't know anything about what is being claimed by the other driver or witnesses, if any.
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso posted on 2013-11-28 23:05:54 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#42. To: Esso (#27)
I'm glad you made it through, bro. Sounds like a life changing experience.
I think about that once in awhile. It could happen to me or anyone else in a split second.
Best wishes,
Fred

Fred Mertz posted on 2013-11-28 23:29:11 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#43. To: Turtle (#35)
across the meridian

WTF is meridian?

Fred Mertz posted on 2013-11-28 23:31:16 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#44. To: Cynicom, noone222, 4um (#32)
In case Esso is not up to a lap dance, I would be willing to sub for him.

Go ahead, OM. I'm not up for much jostling around right now. Last night, one of my gal friends went to hug me which was not what I needed right then. When I got home, I sat down on the couch and laid down on my side. When I did, this intense shear of pain went through me, my vision when went pure white like someone shining a spotlight in my eyes, I had this wave of intense dizziness and nausea come over me, I thought I was going to throw up which would be damned painful. I won't be doing that again anytime soon.
Now if you happen to know of a good nursemaid (thin, beautiful, smart, 29-42) to help me get my socks on & off, we'll talk. If you're wondering, I'm 52 and can afford to be picky. Damned picky.
The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. - Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)

Esso posted on 2013-11-28 23:40:21 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#45. To: Esso, Lod, scrapper2, HOUNDDAWG (#44)
I agree with Lod on visiting a GP. Keep the acerbic wit coming.

Deasy posted on 2013-11-29 1:42:41 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#46. To: Fred Mertz (#43)
I rolled across the highway, across the meridian, across the other side of the highway, and came to rest in the ditch.

WTF is meridian?

Hmmm.... Must be one of these:
1.Geography .
a) a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
b) the half of such a circle included between the poles.
2.Astronomy . the great circle of the celestial sphere that passes through its poles and the observer's zenith.
3.a point or period of highest development, greatest prosperity, or the like.
4.(in acupuncture) any of the pathways in the body along which vital energy flows.
adjective
5.of or pertaining to a meridian.
6.of or pertaining to midday or noon: the meridian hour.
7.of or indicating a period of greatest prosperity, splendor, success, etc.

My guess is #3 or #4.

Pinguinite posted on 2013-11-29 1:47:42 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#47. To: Esso (#27)
Almost 20 years while in my Eagle Talon I broadsided an SUV that was travelling the opposite direction but went to make a U-turn right in front of me. I had no airbag, but my seatbelt was on.
Car was totalled... Front end was maybe 1.5 feet shorter than it was before, but I felt okay immediately afterwards. About 2 weeks later couldn't swing a baseball bat. Discovered how wonderful the treatment of chiropractic can be. Took several months of that, and needed more sessions a few years later. I think the seat belt's single point of restraint across the center of my chest was the reason, which caused strain & micro damage at that point on my backbone. Perhaps the airbag served you a bit better.
Keep chiro in mind, starting in maybe a month. Thanks for the report.

Pinguinite posted on 2013-11-29 2:00:44 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#48. To: Pinguinite, Fred Mertz, Turtle (#46)
median strip
n. Eastern, Midwestern, & Southern U.S.
The dividing area, either paved or landscaped, between opposing lanes of traffic on some highways. Also called median; also called regionally boulevard, mall1, medial strip, meridian, neutral ground. See Regional Note at neutral ground.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

www.thefreedictionary.com/median+strip

Deasy posted on 2013-11-29 2:02:42 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#49. To: Esso (#44)
(thin, beautiful, smart, 29-42)

leaves me out. one out of 4 ain't bad.
A study group recently released its findings as to the best presidents of the United States of America.
Obama has been rated as the 4th best president ever:
Reagan and 9 others tied for first, 15 presidents tied for second, 18 tied for third, and Obama came in fourth.
farmfriend posted on 2013-11-29 2:05:18 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#50. To: Turtle (#35)
my socks and boots were gone. I never found them.

some turtle probably made off with them.
A study group recently released its findings as to the best presidents of the United States of America.
Obama has been rated as the 4th best president ever:
Reagan and 9 others tied for first, 15 presidents tied for second, 18 tied for third, and Obama came in fourth.
farmfriend posted on 2013-11-29 2:11:12 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#51. To: farmfriend, turtle (#50)
some turtle probably made off with them.

A+++
Snicker hehehehe

Cynicom posted on 2013-11-29 6:59:15 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#52. To: Esso (#44)
I truly wish you a speedy recovery, Esso !
"The amount of our National Debt is the measure of our enslavement to Jewish World Finance. We live in a democracy, yet loans are contracted that always cost more than the amount of the loan, and no one has a word to say about it. We Americans do not know how much interest we pay every year, and we don't know to whom we pay it."
The Dearborn Independent / Henry Ford
noone222 posted on 2013-11-29 7:04:12 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#53. To: Fred Mertz (#43)
across the meridian

Where I'm from we called them meridians. It's the grassy area on an interstate between the two lanes.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2013-11-29 8:01:52 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#54. To: Deasy (#48)
n. Eastern, Midwestern, & Southern U.S.

I'm from the Midwest.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2013-11-29 8:03:29 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#55. To: farmfriend (#50)
some turtle probably made off with them

Insolent puppy gets smacked on its nose with a rolled-up newspaper.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2013-11-29 8:05:09 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#56. To: Esso (#27)
Sorry you got hurt, but I'm very glad you survived this. I hope you heal fully and quickly.

Ferret posted on 2013-11-29 8:31:17 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#57. To: Cynicom (#56)
A++ to Cyni for being such a selfless friend. ;)
To question is to value the ideal of truth more highly than the loyalties to nation, religion, race, or ideology.
christine posted on 2013-11-29 10:41:08 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#58. To: Turtle (#55)
Insolent puppy gets smacked on its nose with a rolled-up newspaper.

hey you walked into that one.
A study group recently released its findings as to the best presidents of the United States of America.
Obama has been rated as the 4th best president ever:
Reagan and 9 others tied for first, 15 presidents tied for second, 18 tied for third, and Obama came in fourth.
farmfriend posted on 2013-11-29 13:33:18 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#59. To: christine (#57)
It's just wonderful how some people will just go ahead and do just about anything for a friend, isn't it? Thinking nothing of his own happiness, he volunteered for that lap dance meant for someone else. >(;^{] Just about brought a tear to my eye.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.

Paul Craig Roberts
James Deffenbach posted on 2013-11-29 13:38:05 ET Reply Trace Private Reply

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