The Cerebral Palsy (CP) Thread

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    We're all confused.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    I think @Birdleson has a very arbitrary and absurdist comedic mind; he lightens moods in these cases...
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    That or he's been preparing for an MRI.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
    edited September 2017 Posts: 3,675
    Yes @Birdleson, go stick your head in the MRI somewhere. Because these bastards want your head. And I'm seriously considering feeding you to them. :D
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Mum meaning "Mom" in UK dialect or mum as in "Shh"?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    You guys are weird. You should all get brain scans.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Would you like one?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Would you like one?

    I'd be fascinated, yes. I'd love to see how my brain reacts to different stimuli, and what that could tell me about my brain.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    So.....got some fun coming up on Tuesday. /sarcasm. Botox and phenol injections.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Does it sting? And does it take long?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Does it sting? And does it take long?

    Why do you need to know? Preparing for some Rosa Klebb-esque torture sessions, are we?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Well, if one is awake it feels like being stabbed by daggers.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I hate being stabbed by daggers. So are you put to sleep, then?
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Yes. Good old propofol.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.

    You sound like Colonel Sun there!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.

    You sound like Colonel Sun there!

    It was the book that pushed me over.
    Yes. Good old propofol.

    Best of luck with the procedure.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.

    You sound like Colonel Sun there!

    It was the book that pushed me over.
    Yes. Good old propofol.

    Best of luck with the procedure.

    Now I'm feeling bad about recommending that book to you, Thundy.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.

    You sound like Colonel Sun there!

    It was the book that pushed me over.
    Yes. Good old propofol.

    Best of luck with the procedure.

    Now I'm feeling bad about recommending that book to you, Thundy.

    Not at all. just a few torture experiments, nothing too much. Besides, I am on a new book that is giving me some moral guidance. German book by the title Mein Kampf.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.

    You sound like Colonel Sun there!

    It was the book that pushed me over.
    Yes. Good old propofol.

    Best of luck with the procedure.

    Now I'm feeling bad about recommending that book to you, Thundy.

    Not at all. just a few torture experiments, nothing too much. Besides, I am on a new book that is giving me some moral guidance. German book by the title Mein Kampf.

    My paternal grandfather read the book pre-spoliers.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Really?! Cool.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Really?! Cool.

    Yep. Sadly I never met him. A friend gave it to him and told him to read it as it explained all Hitler would do in the years ahead!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.

    Ah...remind me to never let you get close to the man inside my head.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Yes, experimenting a bit in the basement.

    Ah...remind me to never let you get close to the man inside my head.

    You mean this gentleman?
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  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Yummy yummy monkey brains.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    Fun "murder" fact: One US cup of pure, undiluted Botulinum toxin A is enough to kill the entire United States.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Fun "murder" fact: One US cup of pure, undiluted Botulinum toxin A is enough to kill the entire United States.

    Fleming would have loved that fact and would have included it in a Bond novel I'm sure.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
    edited September 2017 Posts: 3,675
    Following is a complete transcript of a document I have drafted for my neurologist. Bad news, guys. Sorry:
    Narrative
    At approximately 12:20 AM C.D.T. on Friday, 29 September 2017, I had a third seizure. I had taken my dose of Keppra about 10 minutes earlier, at about exactly twelve hours apart from that morning as I always have done. I was trying to go to the bathroom with my dad when I first noticed what, at the time, I described to dad as an “echo” in my head. My sense of hearing seemed sharper than normal, that is. Accompanied by this was a sense of scrambled information in the right side of my head. One moment, I was thinking about one song, the next it was completely different song. My thoughts seemed to be racing a mile a minute. I also had a mental picture of the neurons firing in my brain, like the solar flares on the surface of the sun. I do not recall, but before the description of the “echo” I must have said something along the lines of “peeing in my head” because, in subsequent conversations with dad he stated that he made a joke about peeing on my head. I was having trouble going to the bathroom. Dad has since said that the description of the “echo” was pretty much the last thing I said to him before the full seizure manifested itself. I had also wondered aloud shortly before beginning to convulse if the “echo” was on the side of my brain that had the irritation and if that had anything to do with a seizure starting. Then my ears started ringing in much the same way as tinnitus. I must have thought “uh-oh” because I asked my dad if he recalled me saying anything like that and he replied in the negative. As the convulsions began, my dad reports that I turned my head to the extreme right and my eyes also went in that same direction. I didn’t hear it but my dad must have called for my mom to come into the bathroom as I went into convulsions. He confirmed this fact later saying that he called for her almost immediately after I turned my head.

    My symptoms, together with the convulsions were the following:
    • Looking to the extreme right, head turned as well as the eyes and part of the body, as if being pulled
    • Slight shaking jerks (a strong quiver)
    • Right arm in a contracted position
    • Left arm stretched across my body, touching the right shoulder
    • Chattering teeth towards the end of the seizure
    • Garbled and incoherent speech shortly before onset
    • Possible grunts during the convulsions, like a skipping DVD*

    As I was convulsing, my dad put his hand on my chest in order to prevent me from falling out of my chair. I didn’t pitch forward, but he was concerned nonetheless. My mom stood in the doorway to the bathroom cradling my head in a hugging type gesture as I came out of it and became coherent again. By both my dad’s and my estimates, the seizure lasted for just less than a minute, but longer than 30 seconds.

    Questions
    1. Is there possible interference from the other pills I take working against the Keppra?
    2. All three of the seizures, I have turned to the extreme right. Is there a reason?
    3. How come, if the dosage is said to be sufficient enough, I would have another?
    4. Is the correct “therapeutic” dosage different for everyone?
    5. Do seizures interfere with lifespan?
    6. Is there risk of possible brain damage after several of them?
    7. Is there a way I can see what area of my brain the seizures are coming from?
    8. What is “irritation”?
    9. With the proper dosage of pills, will seizures stop completely?
    10. Why don’t we know more about seizures than we do?

    *This is unconfirmed, but I feel like I myself remember making the noises.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Thanks for the update. Sorry about your troubles. Just hang in there as always , keep positive and hope you recover.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Sorry to hear you've had another seizure, Justin. I hope the specialists can get this sorted out quickly.
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