Went to get stitches taken out at the local pôle santé.

Very efficient, just turn up, only one person in front so I was seen in
10 minutes.

The nurse sits me down, some sucking of air when she sees the wound's
still weeping but begins to attack the stitches with a blade.

There's no pain at all, in fact very little feeling, but, I still don't
feel the need to watch so I do the cat's bum thing again (tm Mark Roberts).

Chair's pretty comfy and I close my eyes and start to feel, weird. Next
thing I remember is being soaking wet and several people looking at me.
Took me a while to come around.

That's only the second time in my life I've completely blacked out -
can't say I enjoyed it.

Checked BP when I got home, 108/66. I think I need to cut back on some
of the pills.

--
/Simon

On 04/09/2023 11:29, siwilson wrote:
> Went to get stitches taken out at the local pôle santé.
>
> Very efficient, just turn up, only one person in front so I was seen in
> 10 minutes.
>
> The nurse sits me down, some sucking of air when she sees the wound's
> still weeping but begins to attack the stitches with a blade.
>
> There's no pain at all, in fact very little feeling, but, I still don't
> feel the need to watch so I do the cat's bum thing again (tm Mark Roberts).
>
> Chair's pretty comfy and I close my eyes and start to feel, weird. Next
> thing I remember is being soaking wet and several people looking at me.

They threw a bucket of water over you?

Chris

--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 04/09/2023 12:48, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 04/09/2023 11:29, siwilson wrote:
>> Went to get stitches taken out at the local pôle santé.
>>
>> Very efficient, just turn up, only one person in front so I was seen
>> in 10 minutes.
>>
>> The nurse sits me down, some sucking of air when she sees the wound's
>> still weeping but begins to attack the stitches with a blade.
>>
>> There's no pain at all, in fact very little feeling, but, I still
>> don't feel the need to watch so I do the cat's bum thing again (tm
>> Mark Roberts).
>>
>> Chair's pretty comfy and I close my eyes and start to feel, weird.
>> Next thing I remember is being soaking wet and several people looking
>> at me.
>
> They threw a bucket of water over you?
>
> Chris
>

I think it was a cup ;)

--
/Simon

On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 11:29:56 +0100, siwilson <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:

> ... so I do the cat's bum thing again.

I once kept an annual optometrist's appointment — 100 mi away — a
couple days after hacksawing through the muffler hanger under an RX-7
— with contact lenses — without goggles. Needless to say, I got my
eyes full of iron filings. My optometrist took one look and booked an
emergency appointment with an ophthalmologist in town. I drove over,
got into his chair, and, holding my breath, let him grind out the rust
spots in my right cornea. He thought he was done, but I insisted he
look at the left eye. He decided it was almost as bad and said he
couldn't imagine how I was able to see to drive. I held my breath
some more as he went to work. The ophthalmologist patched the right
eye, leaving the left open for me to see to drive home. I remember he
told me he got all the bits of rust out. Then, an indefinite period
passed before I regained consciousness. The specialist was pissed. He
didn't know me, didn't know what kind of pain killers I was on, and
wasn't sure I ought to get back in my car. MORAL: Breathe during
medical procedures.

--
Worst Case

On 04/09/2023 11:29, siwilson wrote:
> Went to get stitches taken out at the local pôle santé.
>
> Very efficient, just turn up, only one person in front so I was seen in
> 10 minutes.
>
> The nurse sits me down, some sucking of air when she sees the wound's
> still weeping but begins to attack the stitches with a blade.
>
> There's no pain at all, in fact very little feeling, but, I still don't
> feel the need to watch so I do the cat's bum thing again (tm Mark Roberts).
>
> Chair's pretty comfy and I close my eyes and start to feel, weird. Next
> thing I remember is being soaking wet and several people looking at me.
> Took me a while to come around.
>
> That's only the second time in my life I've completely blacked out -
> can't say I enjoyed it.
>
> Checked BP when I got home, 108/66. I think I need to cut back on some
> of the pills.

Would it not have been better if they had checked your pressure while on
site?
>

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 04/09/2023 11:29, siwilson wrote:
> Checked BP when I got home, 108/66. I think I need to cut back on some
> of the pills.

Back in your original hedge cutter v forearm post you wrote "I can't
quite work out how, but..." - are you sure that there wasn't a momentary
loss of consciousness or lapse into semi-consciousness while wielding
the trimmer? Perhaps while looking up or holding it above your head?

--
Bruce Horrocks
FJR1300AS

On 04/09/2023 23:23, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
> On 04/09/2023 11:29, siwilson wrote:
>> Checked BP when I got home, 108/66. I think I need to cut back on some
>> of the pills.
>
> Back in your original hedge cutter v forearm post you wrote "I can't
> quite work out how, but..." - are you sure that there wasn't a momentary
> loss of consciousness or lapse into semi-consciousness while wielding
> the trimmer? Perhaps while looking up or holding it above your head?
>

Pretty sure not. I think blaming the medication may have been incorrect.
Later on the day my BP was back up to its usual slightly too high readings.

--
/Simon

On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 10:14:09 UTC+1, siwilson wrote:

> Later on the day my BP was back up to its usual slightly too high readings.

You too, huh?

I used to have incredible blood pressure; 190/100 on a few occasions.

I'm pretty convinced[1] the high pressure allowed greater blood flow to my
brain. Once it got under control via medication (ish) I think my speed of
thinking slowed. Or maybe I just got older.

[1] or slightly wonder.

On 05/09/2023 10:58, Stephen Packer wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 10:14:09 UTC+1, siwilson wrote:
>
>> Later on the day my BP was back up to its usual slightly too high readings.
>
> You too, huh?
>
> I used to have incredible blood pressure; 190/100 on a few occasions.
>
> I'm pretty convinced[1] the high pressure allowed greater blood flow to my
> brain. Once it got under control via medication (ish) I think my speed of
> thinking slowed. Or maybe I just got older.
>
> [1] or slightly wonder.

I have to keep fending-off nurses with glasses of frit-juice, cups of
nasty quality tea, or other liquids, because I can't persuade them that
my BP is normally 95/55 or similar, and has been since the 1950s, to my
knowledge.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 04/09/2023 11:29, siwilson wrote:
> Went to get stitches taken out at the local pôle santé.
>
> Very efficient, just turn up, only one person in front so I was seen in
> 10 minutes.
>
> The nurse sits me down, some sucking of air when she sees the wound's
> still weeping but begins to attack the stitches with a blade.
>
> There's no pain at all, in fact very little feeling, but, I still don't
> feel the need to watch so I do the cat's bum thing again (tm Mark Roberts).
>
> Chair's pretty comfy and I close my eyes and start to feel, weird. Next
> thing I remember is being soaking wet and several people looking at me.
> Took me a while to come around.
>
> That's only the second time in my life I've completely blacked out -
> can't say I enjoyed it.
>

"White coat syndrome" ?

Happened to me while being X-rayed (standing up) after the 5 barred gate
incident on the SO AJS decades ago.

> Checked BP when I got home, 108/66. I think I need to cut back on some
> of the pills.
>

Ah.

Whereas mine is hovering uncooperatively well above 140 a lot again.

Might be the four days of MoHo life and 'wine o'clock' every day TBF.

--
Moto Morini 2C/375
Gilera 175 Sport, Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen
Honda CB250RS (Not Waynetta!)
"Do not adjust your mind, there is a fault in the reality"

Stephen Packer <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 10:14:09 UTC+1, siwilson wrote:

>> Later on the day my BP was back up to its usual slightly too high readings.

> You too, huh?

> I used to have incredible blood pressure; 190/100 on a few occasions.

> I'm pretty convinced[1] the high pressure allowed greater blood flow to my
> brain. Once it got under control via medication (ish) I think my speed of
> thinking slowed. Or maybe I just got older.

> [1] or slightly wonder.
A quarter of a century ago I went to see the doc because I had persistent
headaches.

BP was 220/160.

--
Spike

On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 14:15:58 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
> Stephen Packer <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 10:14:09 UTC+1, siwilson wrote:
>
> >> Later on the day my BP was back up to its usual slightly too high readings.
>
> > You too, huh?
>
> > I used to have incredible blood pressure; 190/100 on a few occasions.
>
> > I'm pretty convinced[1] the high pressure allowed greater blood flow to my
> > brain. Once it got under control via medication (ish) I think my speed of
> > thinking slowed. Or maybe I just got older.
>
> > [1] or slightly wonder.
> A quarter of a century ago I went to see the doc because I had persistent
> headaches.
>
> BP was 220/160.

Fuck me, your IQ must have been through the roof.

El Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:07:13 +0200, Worst Case escribió:

> On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 11:29:56 +0100, siwilson
> <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ... so I do the cat's bum thing again.
>
> I once kept an annual optometrist's appointment — 100 mi away — a couple
> days after hacksawing through the muffler hanger under an RX-7 — with
> contact lenses — without goggles. Needless to say, I got my eyes full
> of iron filings. My optometrist took one look and booked an emergency
> appointment with an ophthalmologist in town. I drove over,
> got into his chair, and, holding my breath, let him grind out the rust
> spots in my right cornea. He thought he was done, but I insisted he
> look at the left eye. He decided it was almost as bad and said he
> couldn't imagine how I was able to see to drive. I held my breath some
> more as he went to work. The ophthalmologist patched the right eye,
> leaving the left open for me to see to drive home. I remember he told
> me he got all the bits of rust out. Then, an indefinite period passed
> before I regained consciousness. The specialist was pissed.

He got that bored waiting for you to wake up that he sat there and got
pissed? Wow. I wouldn't have thought that that would be allowed.

--
Paul.

https://paulc.es

Stephen Packer <stephen.packer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 14:15:58 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
>> Stephen Packer <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 10:14:09 UTC+1, siwilson wrote:
>>
>>>> Later on the day my BP was back up to its usual slightly too high readings.
>>
>>> You too, huh?
>>
>>> I used to have incredible blood pressure; 190/100 on a few occasions.
>>
>>> I'm pretty convinced[1] the high pressure allowed greater blood flow to my
>>> brain. Once it got under control via medication (ish) I think my speed of
>>> thinking slowed. Or maybe I just got older.
>>
>>> [1] or slightly wonder.
>> A quarter of a century ago I went to see the doc because I had persistent
>> headaches.
>>
>> BP was 220/160.

> Fuck me, your IQ must have been through the roof.

It might have been, but the headaches kinda of got in the way.

Recent BP average over three weeks, taken at random times of the day, is
124/72.

--
Spike

On 5 Sep 2023 15:05:01 GMT, Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com> wrote:

> El Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:07:13 +0200, Worst Case escribi�:

> > Then, an indefinite period passed before I regained consciousness.
> > The specialist was pissed.

> He got that bored waiting for you to wake up that he sat there and got
> pissed? Wow. I wouldn't have thought that that would be allowed.

You misunderstand. ... not pissed as in enebriated. Pissed as in
pissed off, i.e., upset, frustrated, or angry. Get the difference?

--
Worst Case

On 06/09/2023 16:22, "Worst Case"@dizum.com wrote:
> On 5 Sep 2023 15:05:01 GMT, Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> El Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:07:13 +0200, Worst Case escribi�:
>
>>> Then, an indefinite period passed before I regained consciousness.
>>> The specialist was pissed.
>
>> He got that bored waiting for you to wake up that he sat there and got
>> pissed? Wow. I wouldn't have thought that that would be allowed.
>
> You misunderstand. ... not pissed as in enebriated. Pissed as in
> pissed off, i.e., upset, frustrated, or angry. Get the difference?

*whoosh*

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org

On 06/09/2023 17:55, Eddie wrote:
> On 06/09/2023 16:22, "Worst Case"@dizum.com wrote:
>> On 5 Sep 2023 15:05:01 GMT, Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> El Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:07:13 +0200, Worst Case escribi�:
>>
>>>> Then, an indefinite period passed before I regained consciousness.
>>>> The specialist was pissed.
>>
>>> He got that bored waiting for you to wake up that he sat there and got
>>> pissed? Wow. I wouldn't have thought that that would be allowed.
>>
>> You misunderstand.  ... not pissed as in enebriated.  Pissed as in
>> pissed off, i.e., upset, frustrated, or angry.  Get the difference?
>
> *whoosh*
>
AFAIC 'pissed' means inebriated. Always. 'Pissed-off', whatever its
derivation, means tired of/bored with/annoyed with, so IRIA inebriated.

Long covid has ruined my enjoyment of flavours - even acream sherry
tastes too sharp, and any decent wine draws my arseole up to my armpits,
so getting pissed pisses me off.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 06/09/2023 23:53, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 06/09/2023 17:55, Eddie wrote:
>> On 06/09/2023 16:22, "Worst Case"@dizum.com wrote:
>>> On 5 Sep 2023 15:05:01 GMT, Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> El Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:07:13 +0200, Worst Case escribi�:
>>>
>>>>> Then, an indefinite period passed before I regained consciousness.
>>>>> The specialist was pissed.
>>>
>>>> He got that bored waiting for you to wake up that he sat there and got
>>>> pissed? Wow. I wouldn't have thought that that would be allowed.
>>>
>>> You misunderstand.  ... not pissed as in enebriated.  Pissed as in
>>> pissed off, i.e., upset, frustrated, or angry.  Get the difference?
>>
>> *whoosh*
>>
> AFAIC 'pissed' means inebriated. Always. 'Pissed-off', whatever its
> derivation, means tired of/bored with/annoyed with, so IRIA inebriated.

Unfortunately, it is a leftpondian trait to omit the 'off' thereby
leading to this ambiguity.

HTH

Chris

--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

On 9/7/2023 4:18 AM, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 06/09/2023 23:53, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 06/09/2023 17:55, Eddie wrote:
>>> On 06/09/2023 16:22, "Worst Case"@dizum.com wrote:
>>>> On 5 Sep 2023 15:05:01 GMT, Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> El Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:07:13 +0200, Worst Case escribi�:
>>>>
>>>>>> Then, an indefinite period passed before I regained consciousness.
>>>>>> The specialist was pissed.
>>>>
>>>>> He got that bored waiting for you to wake up that he sat there and got
>>>>> pissed? Wow. I wouldn't have thought that that would be allowed.
>>>>
>>>> You misunderstand.  ... not pissed as in enebriated.  Pissed as in
>>>> pissed off, i.e., upset, frustrated, or angry.  Get the difference?
>>>
>>> *whoosh*
>>>
>> AFAIC 'pissed' means inebriated. Always. 'Pissed-off', whatever its
>> derivation, means tired of/bored with/annoyed with, so IRIA inebriated.
>
> Unfortunately, it is a leftpondian trait to omit the 'off' thereby
> leading to this ambiguity.
>
Unfortunately? Well, since we have so many other words to describe
inebriation, 'pissed' isn't used in that context very often.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS & ST1100 (in memoriam)

Turby wrote:
> we have so many other words to describe
> inebriation

You reckon?

On 07/09/2023 12:18, chrisnd @ukrm wrote:
> On 06/09/2023 23:53, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 06/09/2023 17:55, Eddie wrote:
>>> On 06/09/2023 16:22, "Worst Case"@dizum.com wrote:
>>>> On 5 Sep 2023 15:05:01 GMT, Paul Carmichael <wibbleypants@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> El Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:07:13 +0200, Worst Case escribi�:
>>>>
>>>>>> Then, an indefinite period passed before I regained consciousness.
>>>>>> The specialist was pissed.
>>>>
>>>>> He got that bored waiting for you to wake up that he sat there and got
>>>>> pissed? Wow. I wouldn't have thought that that would be allowed.
>>>>
>>>> You misunderstand.  ... not pissed as in enebriated.  Pissed as in
>>>> pissed off, i.e., upset, frustrated, or angry.  Get the difference?
>>>
>>> *whoosh*
>>>
>> AFAIC 'pissed' means inebriated. Always. 'Pissed-off', whatever its
>> derivation, means tired of/bored with/annoyed with, so IRIA inebriated.
>
> Unfortunately, it is a leftpondian trait to omit the 'off' thereby
> leading to this ambiguity.
>
> HTH

Not really - helps me to understand though. Rightpondian isn't that for
nothing - Leftpondians should consult Rightpondianwordbooken before
being permitted to dip their toes in the internet.

So there!

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

RustyHinge wrote:
> Leftpondians should consult Rightpondianwordbooken before
> being permitted to dip their toes in the internet.

Their gaff, their rules.

On 9/7/2023 10:05 AM, ogden wrote:
> Turby wrote:
>> we have so many other words to describe
>> inebriation
>
> You reckon?

Well, Thesaurus.com lists 33 alternatives to 'drunk', but 'pissed' isn't
one of them.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS & ST1100 (in memoriam)

Turby wrote:
> ogden wrote:
> > Turby wrote:
> >> we have so many other words to describe
> >> inebriation
> >
> > You reckon?
>
> Well, Thesaurus.com lists 33 alternatives to 'drunk'

Bless.

> but 'pissed' isn't one of them.

You either need better sources...

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/pissed
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pissed

....or need to pay more attention to the ones you're using...

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/pissed

"as in blind drunk

SYNONYMS for pissed

buzzed
crocked
dead drunk
inebriated
intoxicated
loaded
plastered
sloshed
smashed
tipsy
under-the-table"

etc.

On 07/09/2023 20:54, Turby wrote:
> On 9/7/2023 10:05 AM, ogden wrote:
>> Turby wrote:
>>> we have so many other words to describe
>>> inebriation
>>
>> You reckon?
>
> Well, Thesaurus.com lists 33 alternatives to 'drunk', but 'pissed' isn't
> one of them.

I predict that rat-arsed won't festure either

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.