Earthmichael is very sick right now

[Earthmichael]

Starting on June 30, I started experiencing symptoms of extreme nausea, vomiting, and dry heaves; severe diarrhea; and extreme abdominal pain (worse than a kidney stone).  I was admitted to the emergency room, then the hospital, where testing showed my gall bladder was non-functional, so I had my gall bladder removed on July 19.

Unfortunately, this has shown to not be the primary cause of my symptoms, which continue unabated by the removal of my gall bladder.     I have remained hospitalized until August 14, where every test imaginable has been run.  My doctor calls my situation a diagnostic conundrum, and they are now looking at transferring me from my hospital in Houston, to Mayo clinic in Minnesota, to see if they have some other ideas.

It is too bad that House is just a fictional television show instead of reality show with a super diagnostician.

So your prayers and insights into my situation would be most welcome!  Thank you for thinking of me!

[Buster's Uncle]

Lord.

One never knows what to say in these situations.  Earthmichael, you are in our thoughts.

[Geo]

Here's for finding a medical Holmes&Watson team in Minnesota.

Best of luck in this, Eartmichael. 

[Kirov]

Yeah, in such situations my eloquence never goes much far beyond "this sucks, dude" and religious I am hardly, but I wish you all the best and hope you'll get in that hospital all the medical assistance you need. Take care, mate!  And keep updating us with the info.

[Lord Avalon]

Some civilian workers got in among the research patients today and became so hysterical I felt compelled to have them nerve stapled. The consequence, of course, will be another public relations nightmare, but I was severely shaken by the extent of their revulsion towards a
project so vital to our survival.

—CEO Nwabudike Morgan  ,
The Personal Diaries

It is a medical commonplace that the tissues of the human body replace themselves regularly, essentially creating an entirely new body every seven years. From whence then come cancer and the slow degeneration of age? They exist as faults in the patterns of intelligence within the genes themselves; by reprogramming these smallest parts, the whole becomes well.
—Academician Prokhor Zakharov  'Nonlinear Genetics'

If we pool our EC, do we have enough to rush a Nanohospital?


Get well soon, Earthmichael.

[roninscg]

I hope you soon feel better,
We're with you,
call if you need any help,

[JarlWolf]

Hopefully it's not a resource shortfall in your base.

Let's wish for a speedy recovery!

[gwillybj]

The gwillybj household wishes you a speedy diagnosis and swift recovery.

[Dio]

I hope you find out what is wrong and get better quickly.

[Green1]

MP guys, I know that winning at MP is serious business but y'all did not have to poison the guy just to get ahead in the ladder! 

Seriously, EM. Get better.

I have not been in the MP portion of the boards long enough to properly reveal myself to you. You still have not kicked my tail yet.

[t_ras]

Get well EM!
Maybe if there was no diagnosis it means there is no really serius problem.
Hope to see you back soon!

[Buster's Uncle]

Hey EM - can you think of any forum goodies you'd like that are within my power to bestow?  You are a Valued Member - for your quality play, for your participation in discussion elsewhere on the forum, for the nice things you've posted in Downloads - and for being you.  We'd like to make some gesture reflecting that.

Guys, I think he might draw a blank.  Feel free to suggest a big (loud, dumb, funny) way for us to honor our ailing friend in a way he'd like...

[JarlWolf]

A custom faction based on him as a forumite or his ideals.

More likely the former if you want the funniest outcome though.

[Buster's Uncle]

EM, you'll be interested to know that Sigma just finished the art for an Objectivist faction...

[Earthmichael]

I am all for rushing the Nanohospital!  Great idea!

I would like an Objectivist (more like Liberatarian) faction.  It would be interesting to see what artwork and faction attributes are there.  The biggest problem I have with most Objectivists, is that that they are rabidly anti-supernatural, rather than going with wherever the evidence leads.  A lot of scientific phenomenon was thought to be supernatural when it was the evidence was first discovered, and it was investigation of this evidence that went against conventional science that led to the scientific breakthroughs we have now.

I think the whole idea of segregating evidence into categories of natural and  supernatural is absurd; if something is a part of objective reality, it exists.  Maybe it cannot be perceived directly with the senses and instruments that we have available yet.  It just means we don't know enough about the reality or the natural world to say how the phenomenon can be accounted for.  No one has objectively proven that God, extraterrestrials, or other such beings do not exist; as such evidence for God and other elusive beings should be gathered and studied for what may be found.  It is foolish to reject evidence just because it does not fit our current worldview.  But that is what I find many Objectivists do.  Of course, I am all for debunking claims of supernatural workings when the evidence leads that way.  "Faith Healers" which are fed information by radio claiming to receive a word from God are just con artists, who deserve to be exposed.  Yet if you shift through the frauds, you can find some seemingly true Faith Healers who do have a genuine track record of legitimate healing, usually without a lot of hype and million dollar infrastructures.  I think these are men and women are worth studying and understanding.

It looks like Mayo clinic is out for now, because I have to be narcotic free for at least two weeks to be seen, and I currently cannot endure one of my abdominal attacks without resorting to prescription narcotics.  I wonder if Mayo has some alternative pain management method that I can use?

Thanks for all of your kind thoughts!