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[Jim Doe]

Starting yesterday, I am taking medicine for high blood pressure. It's seriously kicking my ass at the moment, making me constantly tired, achy, dizzy, slow, and - today at least - a little bit nauseous. I pretty much feel like someone has been beating me with a baseball bat.

For those of you who may be worried after that description, no need to be. This is actually a normal reaction to blood pressure medication, believe it or not. It'll just take a little while for my system to get used to it, after which I should be just dandy.

As a result of this, I'll be mostly in lurker mode for the next week or thereabouts. I'll still be reading posts - especially the S3 and F3 stuff, natch - but I probably won't actually be saying much myself. And when I do, expect it to be completely incomprehensible mish-mash every once in a while. A little more incomprehensible than usual, anyway.

Cheers.

[John Roberts]

*Insert something rude here* I got nothing.

Seeya when you get back mate.:]

[Valerie Valens]

Sounds like it is really kicking your ass.

Here's hoping you get better from it soon.

[chief]

Yea that old age will catch up to ya..

[Jim Doe]

And unfortunately horribly true.

[Velvet D'Coolette]

Oh dear. Well, look after yourself and please, please don't actually get attacked by a nutter with a baseball bat while you're feeling like that.

'Coz you'll feel twice as worser, innit?

See you when you're better.

[Jim Doe]

Just so everyone knows whether I'm going to explode or not, my blood pressure readings from the past three days (Date - Pressure Pulse):

4/29 - 119/79 69
4/30 - 130/75 70
5/1 - 117/76 68

Just for reference, the top of the average normal reading is about 120/80. So, besides a nasty spike yesterday (which may have been an equipment malfunction, damn Wal-Mart pressure machines), I initially seem to be doing alright. I guess this medication is doing whatever it's supposed to be doing.

I'm not aching all over anymore, but I'm still extremely logy. Exerted myself a little too much at work today . . . think I'll go take a nap.

*fwump*

*snore*

[chief]

Jim... you make me scared of getting old

[John Roberts]

You just take care of yourself, you old cunt. :]

And Paul? The amount of injuries and trips to the hospital you've had you are automatically classed as 'old and useless'.

[chief]

Yea but I can not tell people about those and they'll think im just a young 20 year old...In till they know me for a year and see me make a few trips to the hospital...

[Jim Doe]

Okay, I guess I might be back. Gonna start posting semi-regularly again. Going to take it easy still, tho' . . . while I'm feeling a fair bit better physically, not having to concentrate on my physical problems has apparently allowed a state of depression over my situational problems to settle in. I'm hoping that getting back into working on S3 and F3 and whatnot will help pull me out of it a little.

[John Roberts]

If not you'll always have me to make out with to keep your mind off things.

[Jim Doe]

And what if I don't wanna make out with you? You gonna send that Buffy guy to beat me up?