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I want a new brain

winston53660 said:
Its a congenital defect And it is a very unique experience. Some of the stuff they can do is fascinating
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Heart technology today is amazing. I had to have the wall between the upper two chambers of my heart repaired. Somehow it just ruptured. My heart was actually blowing bubbles from one side to the other. Eventually, a bubble escaped and caused me to have a stroke. I went totally blind, but because of these new intervention drugs...my eye sight recovered pretty fast.

Right before I had surgery, I saw a video of my heart blowing bubbles from one side to the other. It was freaky to see.

It took about 6 or so months to basically heal to the point where they could make some call as to how well the patch was working. So far all is good. I had surgery in Dec. 2009. For the first two years...every 6 months. I have to have an E.C. only once a year now.

After the 5 year mark...and tests good then they span the test out even more. Not sure how far apart.

Hang in...Winston....
 
Gipper said:
It doesn't fix anything. It's like trying to cure a runny nose with a clothes pin.
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A comedian I saw recently, paraphrased:

"I used to be angry, just angry at everything...all the time. So then I started taking zoloft, and I just stopped being depressed and angry, and I felt better. But then my friends said to me, Phil, aren't you just disguising the source of your depression and hiding it like a coward? And I said, yes. And when it's cold out, I put on a jacket, and like a coward I cover myself from the cold."

I do so love listening to the non-chronically depressed lecture to the chronically depressed on how they can feel better. They're incorrigible.
 
Cardinal said:
A comedian I saw recently, paraphrased:

"I used to be angry, just angry at everything...all the time. So then I started taking zoloft, and I just stopped being depressed and angry, and I felt better. But then my friends said to me, Phil, aren't you just disguising the source of your depression and hiding it like a coward? And I said, yes. And when it's cold out, I put on a jacket, and like a coward I cover myself from the cold."

I do so love listening to the non-chronically depressed lecture to the chronically depressed on how they can feel better. They're incorrigible.
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Yeah, I can't imagine how I could believe that depression is blown way out of proportion.
 
Gipper said:
Yeah, I can't imagine how I could believe that depression is blown way out of proportion.
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I have no doubt it can be. But people who don't suffer chronic depression typically only understand it from a situational point of view. Thus advice like "sleep better, exercise, join a knitting club, etc." When there is a chemical imbalance the person's life can be, from an outside observer's point of view, completely positive and yet he'll still be depressed. A chemical imbalance guarantees that there can be no 1:1 relationship between the quality of their lives and their happiness.
 
Cardinal said:
I have no doubt it can be. But people who don't suffer chronic depression typically only understand it from a situational point of view. Thus advice like "sleep better, exercise, join a knitting club, etc." When there is a chemical imbalance the person's life can be, from an outside observer's point of view, completely positive and yet he'll still be depressed. A chemical imbalance guarantees that there can be no 1:1 relationship between the quality of their lives and their happiness.
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I have never questioned the existence of depression through chemical imbalance. What I have questioned is the diagnosis of many cases that claim this to be true. I think that it's just a "diagnosis of convenience" in way, way too many cases.
 
Gipper said:
I have never questioned the existence of depression through chemical imbalance. What I have questioned is the diagnosis of many cases that claim this to be true. I think that it's just a "diagnosis of convenience" in way, way too many cases.
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Of course, but it doesn't help to leap to that conclusion. Amadeus, for example, sounds like the real deal to me.
 
Gipper said:
Quite possibly. Neither of us will know for sure.
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I'd wager my 1995 Corolla on it. Read through the OP again -- that's some extremely basic chronic depression-speak right there. With chronic depression it's fantastically common to describe one's self at being at war with their own mind, or to refer to reality as being a thick and heavy fog to trudge through.
 
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Cardinal said:
I'd wager my 1995 Corolla on it. Read through the OP again -- that's some extremely basic chronic depression-speak right there. With chronic depression it's fantastically common to describe one's self at being at war with their own mind, or to refer to reality as being a thick and heavy fog to trudge through.
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You do know that this is the internet, right?

I'm just saying this because I'm a well-hung billionaire philanthropist.
 
Gipper said:
You do know that this is the internet, right?

I'm just saying this because I'm a well-hung billionaire philanthropist.
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And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that meddling Gipper.
 
Amadeus said:
And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that meddling Gipper.
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Ruht ro, Shaggy.

Anyway, I'm not saying I don't believe you. I'm not saying you don't have a chemical imbalance. I'm just saying that internet anecdotes really don't give me enough information to make an informed diagnosis.

Oh, and that "I'm not a medical doctor" thing.
 
Gipper said:
Anyway, I'm not saying I don't believe you. I'm not saying you don't have a chemical imbalance. I'm just saying that internet anecdotes really don't give me enough information to make an informed diagnosis.
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No worries. I'm pretty open about my flaws, which is a bit uncommon and can raise an eyebrow or two. I don't think I'll be attracting many ladies on DP with my 'bragging', though. ;)
 
For what it's worth, I absolutely hate my Toyota Corolla. Most overrated car ever.
 
Amadeus said:
No worries. I'm pretty open about my flaws, which is a bit uncommon and can raise an eyebrow or two. I don't think I'll be attracting many ladies on DP with my 'bragging', though. ;)
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Attracting ladies on DP is a fruitless endeavor anyway. Even if one is near you, which can be rare, they have to be compatible. Then they have to be single (well, don't "have to", but that opens up a can of worms). Then they have to not be f'n insane.

Long story short, this isn't a dating site. Not saying it can't happen, but odds are not on yours or any male's side here.
 
Gipper said:
Attracting ladies on DP is a fruitless endeavor anyway. Even if one is near you, which can be rare, they have to be compatible. Then they have to be single (well, don't "have to", but that opens up a can of worms). Then they have to not be f'n insane.

Long story short, this isn't a dating site. Not saying it can't happen, but odds are not on yours or any male's side here.
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I know, I was just referencing your analogy about bragging about a big schlong and having lots of money. Not quite the same as admitting you're a bit mental and have volunteered for shock treatment.
 
Amadeus said:
No worries. I'm pretty open about my flaws, which is a bit uncommon and can raise an eyebrow or two. I don't think I'll be attracting many ladies on DP with my 'bragging', though. ;)
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I would love to be your internet mom. ;)
 
Amadeus said:
I know, I was just referencing your analogy about bragging about a big schlong and having lots of money. Not quite the same as admitting you're a bit mental and have volunteered for shock treatment.
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Well, if women want to believe that I'm a well-hung billionaire, they're more than free. I'll take the ability to make some e-panties drop.
 
Gipper said:
Well, if women want to believe that I'm a well-hung billionaire, they're more than free. I'll take the ability to make some e-panties drop.
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:roll:
 
I want a brain also. Here, you can have this Big Brain if you like. Made especially for you from Deutch and Canadians, and it is free. I already ordered it ;) .

Amunts, K., Lepage, C., Borgeat, L., Mohlberg, H., Dickscheid, T., ... Evans, A. C. (2013). BigBrain: An ultrahigh-resolution 3D human brain model. Science, 340 (6139): 1472 DOI: 10.1126/science.1235381

Bigbrain: An ultra-high resolution 3-D roadmap of the human brain
 
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