*****MONDAY MORNING THREAD*****7/31

[Dazed]

Afternoon all! Storms last night & rain most of the morning.

@lonesomeagle1a Praying for you & your wife.

 

[finestkind]

Doctor finally got a diagnosis on my wife's condition.

Bloodwork shows a tick-borne disease called Babesiosis. Parasite that invades red blood cells. Rare, only 3000 cases in US/year.
Similar symptoms to malaria. High fevers, fatigue, dry cough, no appetite...

Treatment -2 antibiotics and a foul tasting emulsion that she has to take for 3 weeks.
Hopefully it gets knocked out

Need prayers

P

I hope she gets better quick.

 

[finestkind]

I've said it before but man, do you have a messed up view of distance. 9 hours roundtrip is NOT close.

Heck, my commute is 20-25 minutes and it's too long...

Road trip !

 

[Dodgerfan74]

Doctor finally got a diagnosis on my wife's condition.

Bloodwork shows a tick-borne disease called Babesiosis. Parasite that invades red blood cells. Rare, only 3000 cases in US/year.
Similar symptoms to malaria. High fevers, fatigue, dry cough, no appetite...

Treatment -2 antibiotics and a foul tasting emulsion that she has to take for 3 weeks.
Hopefully it gets knocked out

Need prayers

P

Prayers for your wife

 

[joey12508]

wife sent me this, told her i want one.

 

[nosterbor]

Hope your wife gets well soon. You have all of our prayers.

 

[banjar]

Yah, that was a good time. Really nice to meet @MrMet2.0 and his family. His son sure is into baseball! Takes after his old man I guess

A funny aside about the card he brought me (which I had to have shipped to his house, because the seller wouldn't ship to Colorado). One way out of the pub I stopped at the men's room, and as I pulled out my phone to see what time it was, the card came with it. It was in a 2-part plastic holder which promptly split open as it hit the floor, and sent the card skidding along the floor. A floor which, uh, had a coating on it of things you normally find on men's room floors. I just had to laugh. After all that effort and a cross country trip, I do that to it...

By the way, open invitation to FCB members who might be in the Denver area. I'm happy to offer suggestions of what to do around here, and even have a beer with you if you're up for it!

Morning all, another fun day in Denver yesterday, got to the Denver museum of nature and science around 11am and closed the place down at 5 and I’m still not sure we saw everything, then went to the Bull and Bush Brewery and had some great food, beer and conversation with fellow FCB member @banjar. He was very helpful with stuff arojnd the denver area so it was really nice to meet up have a beer and chat!

Now my son and I are headed to Mile High Comics while the wife’s at work


Sent from my iPhone using Freedom Card Board mobile app

 

[banjar]

Good luck to her! Hopefully the treatment does the trick. It seems to be pretty effective from what the web tells me.

Doctor finally got a diagnosis on my wife's condition.

Bloodwork shows a tick-borne disease called Babesiosis. Parasite that invades red blood cells. Rare, only 3000 cases in US/year.
Similar symptoms to malaria. High fevers, fatigue, dry cough, no appetite...

Treatment -2 antibiotics and a foul tasting emulsion that she has to take for 3 weeks.
Hopefully it gets knocked out

Need prayers

P

 

[gt2590]

@banjar

Why wouldn’t the seller ship to Colorado?

 

[banjar]

That is the question indeed. Here's his statement at the bottom of the listing:

PLEASE READ: NO SHIPPING TO HARRISBURG & PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA, NO SHIPPING TO THE STATES OF KENTUCKY, NORTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, ARIZONA, UTAH, COLORADO, WYOMING, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, IDAHO, MONTANA, AND ANY WEST COAST/WESTERN STATES! NO BIDDERS WITH LESS THAN 50 FEEDBACK!!

I don't see a pattern here. It's both red and blue states, heavy on the western states but also includes some east coast, and two cities in Pennsylvania for good measure. Best guess is that he had one problem with the PO in each of these states, and decided never to ship there again. I'm not sure he understands the whole idea of making money by selling on ebay...

@banjar

Why wouldn’t the seller ship to Colorado?

 

[tramers]

Saw a post ref USPS and issues in several states . will try to find that again