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The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
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For some reason I am just reading your journal now and getting caught up...sorry about that my friend.
Hey...whatever you have to do to stick around this planet longer! Glad the treatment went well yesterday...hope the treatment today goes well also.
As far as the diet goes...sound like you have things handled. But, you could go Paleo or something like that (low carb - whole food approach). As long as you have been on Keto...you might not even get out of ketosis on Paleo. I went paleo after keto for a while and was able to say in ketosis for months afterwords just limiting my carbs to vegetables and some fruit.
Anyway...you know best. I just wanted to through that out there.
I really hope this works well for you and discomfort is at a minimum. I'll be saying a prayer or two (probably more) for you KJ!
Hey...whatever you have to do to stick around this planet longer! Glad the treatment went well yesterday...hope the treatment today goes well also.
As far as the diet goes...sound like you have things handled. But, you could go Paleo or something like that (low carb - whole food approach). As long as you have been on Keto...you might not even get out of ketosis on Paleo. I went paleo after keto for a while and was able to say in ketosis for months afterwords just limiting my carbs to vegetables and some fruit.
Anyway...you know best. I just wanted to through that out there.
I really hope this works well for you and discomfort is at a minimum. I'll be saying a prayer or two (probably more) for you KJ!
Late to the game KJ. Prayers my friend.
My local target KJ
LOL. Funny stuff. I may have to look for that.
Been Meaning to catch up on a few things here.
Tuesday's Shave
I decided to pull out my SV clown puke tub. You see a while back @BarberDave sent me samples of all of the SV soaps. I gave them all a couple shaves to try them out and see what scent I might like best. Unfortunately, I just did not care for the performance of them. I know Dave thinks they are top of the line and in his top 2-3 of all soaps. But I just get mediocre slickness from them, and almost no residual slickness. All I can say is YMMV. Since I found most of them similar in scent, I decided to just throw all the sample leftovers into one tub and make an all SV tub. I pull it out from time to time, to try to see if I'm missing something whenever it gets brought up on the forum, which I did on Tuesday. I keep thinking maybe I wasn't giving it a fair shot before since I was loading off a sample, and maybe not loading enough, but now loading off a clown puke "puck" I've eliminated that concern. Regardless, I still get the same mediocre performance. (Sorry Dave) But, it at least still smells great. I'm really looking forward to trying the new "First Lather" lather/slickness enhancer product from @Dragonsbeard, to see how it helps soaps like this. Because I am very curious about the new SV Desert Vetiver.
Also I used a new to me, KCG Gillette DE Razor. It has more blade feel than I expected, but it isn't aggressive. It performed very well, and this could easily be a daily driver razor. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was. Super impressed for a $30 razor.
Wednesday's Shave
☢GLOW DAY☢
So for those who have been following along, my Glow Day was Wednesday, and that's the day I Went in for my Radioactive Iodine Treatment. So I decided to treat myself with a shave with the complete line of 42 by B&M, which I had just recently received and hadn't used yet. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy theme of "Don't Panic" seemed very appropriate for the day. This is an amazing scent, that I really love. And it's my favorite theme of any soap maker, because The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is my favorite book of all time, and I have a tattoo sleeve to match.
Well, after that it was off to the hospital. It's an hour drive to the hospital that's just outside of Kansas City, because they don't have Nuclear Medicine at our local hospital.
Now, I take the Don't Panic theme to heart. I rarely worry about anything and pretty much go with the flow. I also like to have fun, so I decided to fave some fun on my Glow Day. I pulled out some glow necklaces and my glow glasses to wear. I grabbed my little glow worm and put on a Spider-Man T-shirt. The Spider-Man shirt was ultra fitting, because when you take the radioactive iodine pill, you actually radiate Gamma (and some Beta) radiation. And as you all know, or should, many super-heroes got their powers one way or another from Gamma Radiation, Hulk and Spider-Man being two of the more popular ones. Anyway, I like having fun with the Nurses/Techs and think that If they see me having a good sense of humor about everything, then they are going to give me better care, or at least have a better experience with me. Here I am in the hospital waiting room.
So, when you get your Radioactive Iodine pills (I-131), it's no joke. These pills are radioactive, and need to be handled accordingly. They are brought to your room in a lead canister. It's about the size of a softball, but weighs at least 10 pounds. The Technologist (their word) explains to you that once he opens it, it is radiating the whole room, including him, so to swallow them as quickly as possible, without rushing (in other words, don't dawdle. Inside it there was a vial with 3 pills, I have a dose on the lower side, so I assume some people need to take many more pills when they do it. Here is the canister.
There are a whole bunch of possible side effects, and they say it may upset your stomach, and they say the most important thing is that you keep the pills down. If you throw them up, you have a HAZMAT situation on your hands. I hadn't eaten anything since dinner the night before, so my stomach was completely empty. It did feel uneasy when they hit my stomach, but I never felt sick or nauseous. A fe hours later, I could feel an irritation in my throat, which is where the thyroid tissue is, and where the iodine was headed, so I could kind of feel it working. Beyond that, I've been a little tired every day, but haven't had any real side effects, so that is great.
The worse part of all, is I need to self isolate. No contact with anyone for a week. Not within 6 ft. Anything I touch for the first 3-4 day needs to be wiped down because the radiation is in my sweat, skin cells, and all other bodily fluids. Nobody else can touch anything that I've touched. But, thanks to The Rona, I've kinda been practicing for this for the last few months.... just not this extreme.
I go in next Wednesday for a Whole Body Scan. This will show if there are any remaining thyroid cells anywhere in my body, to show if there is any concern of the cancer returning.
More on that later.
Tuesday's Shave
I decided to pull out my SV clown puke tub. You see a while back @BarberDave sent me samples of all of the SV soaps. I gave them all a couple shaves to try them out and see what scent I might like best. Unfortunately, I just did not care for the performance of them. I know Dave thinks they are top of the line and in his top 2-3 of all soaps. But I just get mediocre slickness from them, and almost no residual slickness. All I can say is YMMV. Since I found most of them similar in scent, I decided to just throw all the sample leftovers into one tub and make an all SV tub. I pull it out from time to time, to try to see if I'm missing something whenever it gets brought up on the forum, which I did on Tuesday. I keep thinking maybe I wasn't giving it a fair shot before since I was loading off a sample, and maybe not loading enough, but now loading off a clown puke "puck" I've eliminated that concern. Regardless, I still get the same mediocre performance. (Sorry Dave) But, it at least still smells great. I'm really looking forward to trying the new "First Lather" lather/slickness enhancer product from @Dragonsbeard, to see how it helps soaps like this. Because I am very curious about the new SV Desert Vetiver.
Also I used a new to me, KCG Gillette DE Razor. It has more blade feel than I expected, but it isn't aggressive. It performed very well, and this could easily be a daily driver razor. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was. Super impressed for a $30 razor.
Wednesday's Shave
☢GLOW DAY☢
So for those who have been following along, my Glow Day was Wednesday, and that's the day I Went in for my Radioactive Iodine Treatment. So I decided to treat myself with a shave with the complete line of 42 by B&M, which I had just recently received and hadn't used yet. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy theme of "Don't Panic" seemed very appropriate for the day. This is an amazing scent, that I really love. And it's my favorite theme of any soap maker, because The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is my favorite book of all time, and I have a tattoo sleeve to match.
Well, after that it was off to the hospital. It's an hour drive to the hospital that's just outside of Kansas City, because they don't have Nuclear Medicine at our local hospital.
Now, I take the Don't Panic theme to heart. I rarely worry about anything and pretty much go with the flow. I also like to have fun, so I decided to fave some fun on my Glow Day. I pulled out some glow necklaces and my glow glasses to wear. I grabbed my little glow worm and put on a Spider-Man T-shirt. The Spider-Man shirt was ultra fitting, because when you take the radioactive iodine pill, you actually radiate Gamma (and some Beta) radiation. And as you all know, or should, many super-heroes got their powers one way or another from Gamma Radiation, Hulk and Spider-Man being two of the more popular ones. Anyway, I like having fun with the Nurses/Techs and think that If they see me having a good sense of humor about everything, then they are going to give me better care, or at least have a better experience with me. Here I am in the hospital waiting room.
So, when you get your Radioactive Iodine pills (I-131), it's no joke. These pills are radioactive, and need to be handled accordingly. They are brought to your room in a lead canister. It's about the size of a softball, but weighs at least 10 pounds. The Technologist (their word) explains to you that once he opens it, it is radiating the whole room, including him, so to swallow them as quickly as possible, without rushing (in other words, don't dawdle. Inside it there was a vial with 3 pills, I have a dose on the lower side, so I assume some people need to take many more pills when they do it. Here is the canister.
There are a whole bunch of possible side effects, and they say it may upset your stomach, and they say the most important thing is that you keep the pills down. If you throw them up, you have a HAZMAT situation on your hands. I hadn't eaten anything since dinner the night before, so my stomach was completely empty. It did feel uneasy when they hit my stomach, but I never felt sick or nauseous. A fe hours later, I could feel an irritation in my throat, which is where the thyroid tissue is, and where the iodine was headed, so I could kind of feel it working. Beyond that, I've been a little tired every day, but haven't had any real side effects, so that is great.
The worse part of all, is I need to self isolate. No contact with anyone for a week. Not within 6 ft. Anything I touch for the first 3-4 day needs to be wiped down because the radiation is in my sweat, skin cells, and all other bodily fluids. Nobody else can touch anything that I've touched. But, thanks to The Rona, I've kinda been practicing for this for the last few months.... just not this extreme.
I go in next Wednesday for a Whole Body Scan. This will show if there are any remaining thyroid cells anywhere in my body, to show if there is any concern of the cancer returning.
More on that later.
That's some gnarly stuff right there. Did the technologist mention anything about what they would do to prevent you from throwing up if you got nauseous? Seems like that would be fairly common considering what you're ingesting.
Related. I started reading The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I wish I would've heard the series before reading and watching, but I digest.
Related. I started reading The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I wish I would've heard the series before reading and watching, but I digest.
No, the only thing they tell you is that the best case is that you can make it to a toilet and get it flushed. Beyond that, if you can get to some sort of receptacle, so at least it's contained.
I mean, I get it, you are radiating and they want you out of the hospital as quick as possible.... but you'd think there would be a safe room or something you could sit in for 30 minutes to ensure it stayed down.
Nope, 5 minutes after swallowing the pill, I was back in my car.
As much as I love the first book, I never got past halfway in the third book. I really need to get on reading the rest of the series. I'm just not much of a reader.
That's pretty fast. You are in my prayers, KJ.
Good thing you didn't end up flushing it down the toilet. I'm astounded that no one has really thought this through. Radioactive waste will certainly be ingested by the Sewer Alligators, and then where will we be? Battling Giant Radioactive Super Alligators and Corona at the same time?!
Yeah, that would probably be a smart thing to do, but I guess if you don't throw up immediately probably won't throw up at all. That's my guess, but I have absolutely no knowledge of nuclear medicine.
Same here, but I absolutely adore the movie. I love how Mos Def plays Ford Prefect. The book is always better, though.
I actually asked about this, in a way, because there are high concentrations in your urine for the first few days. I have a septic tank which drains into a sewage lagoon, which is inhabited by many frogs. I wondered if the radiation would harm the bacteria in the tank or frogs in the pond. I was told that the radiation dispersed fairly quickly in water, so the levels in the tank would be spread out enough to not be harmful.Radioactive waste will certainly be ingested by the Sewer Alligators, and then where will we be? Battling Giant Radioactive Super Alligators and Corona at the same time?!
I read the book first, in high school. Then I learned there was a BBC series that covers the first two books. I immediately sought them out. They are great! If you haven’t them you should. Arthur Dent from the series has a cameo in the movie.
I really want to listen to the old radio series sometime too.
Whew!
woodpusher
TSC’s International Man of Meh
I remember listening to the BBC radio serial of Hitchikers every Sunday night; we had just starting receiving FM radio and had our choice of 2 channels!!! Woot!
I take it that you were driving? Kinda weird that they know you could lose your cookies but give you the boot outta the hospital as quick as they can; lesser of the two evils, I guess. Would be cool to see glowing frogs for a few nights.
I take it that you were driving? Kinda weird that they know you could lose your cookies but give you the boot outta the hospital as quick as they can; lesser of the two evils, I guess. Would be cool to see glowing frogs for a few nights.
Yeah, you kinda have to drive yourself. Because afterward, you can't be within 6 ft of another person. So if someone else drives, you need to sit in the back opposite corner. And if it's a small car, I guess you gotta ride in the trunk.
woodpusher
TSC’s International Man of Meh
GLOW+4 day ... how are you faring physically and mentally, KJ?
Dave in KY
Shave Newbie
He's probably in the backyard playing with the Giant Glowing Toads