Don't call me during a rush song

People tend to call me while I'm driving and, as much as I hate actually answering the phone, I especially hate it when a RUSH song comes on. There's just some music you do not interrupt. Now, I'm no die-hard RUSH fan, but there are a few of their songs I really like and if I can't hear 'em straight through, I get pissed. So if you call me and I happen to sound angry, don't complain. Just be fucking grateful I put aside my good mood brought on by a RUSH song to take your stupid call.

I guess I'm in a pissy mood because I still feel like crap from whatever hit me Sunday night and needed to bitch about something. After I worked-out last night I weighed myself and it looks like I've dropped 3 pounds since last week. How much of that was lost during my recent bout with whatever caused me to release everything in my body that wasn't attached by sinew, through my ass? I don't know. But let's keep that going because I could stand to lose a few more. At least my energy is still up. Gonna need it because work is being a pain, lately. Still busy and more coming down the pipe. I know I shouldn't complain because more work = keeping my job. Everyone around here is a little on edge since April is upon us and there's always the chance for cuts. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I did read some interesting news about Warner Bros. trying to acquire the movie rights to the uber-popular manga, BLEACH! For those who don't know, head on over to Wikipedia to get a nice synopsis about the series. Now, if you're a fan, like me, but also a skeptical, pessimistic fuck, you would love to see this movie yet dread the unescapable fact that it'll be crap. Remember Dragonball? Yeah. Of course, you do. There's just something lost in the translation and studios, for whatever fucking reason, always think it's better to change the fucking story around to 'better suit newcomers'. FUCK NEWCOMERS! Don't these wrinkled dog sphincters realize that if you please the real fans that it gives the work credit and these highly-praised newcomers will give it a shot and be less apprehensive? I would rather they went ahead with the much discussed AKIRA movie, but BLEACH is super popular across different media (games, manga, anime, etc.) right now and would be a great IP to bring to the screen. Keeping my fingers crossed, but on my other hand. Shit. It's getting tough to type.

Fuck you, pothole!

I seriously hate potholes. I hate them with a passion. I hate 'em even more now thanks to the Geico(?) commercial with the talking pothole that's poorly voiced and sounds like some redneck hooker on a Monday morning. Uhg. Everytime I see one that's all I think about. Last night, the bitch got me! I have no idea how I didn't see it, but at around 8 o'clock, getting off at exit 62 on the LIE I hit this pothole so fucking hard I was picking suede from my asshole when I got home. This thing could not have been that big since I wasn't able to spot it, but from how hard I hit it, it must've been deeper than Star Jones's bowel. Fortunately, there was no damage to the wheel or tire, well, not that I could see, anyway. The wheel didn't fall off on the way in, this morning, so I guess so far, so good. Can't get the same sound out of my head, though. Just so painful to hear.

On a side note... God of War 3 comes out, today! I can't play because I have work to do! Yay! What? No! No 'Yay'. Are you crazy? That sucks! Grrr... Gonna have to wait until the weekend, I suppose. I fucking hate being responsible.

Health Sucks!

Another day, another doctor appointment. This crap is getting old real fast. Maybe, just maybe, they'll find out what's the continued cause of all my issues. Wait, I just realized, you have no idea what I'm talking about? Allow me to fill you in - I'll try to keep it quick.

It started in July '08. I had a respiratory infection that turned out to be a Pleural Effusion (sp?). Basically, I had fluid in between the two layers of tissues in my left lung. Took Avelox for a week. Didn't work. Then I was given Levaquin and Predinisone. FUCKED ME UP! I couldn't sleep for a week. I had the craziest heart palpitations (always starting at exactly 11pm - weird, right?). Thoughts of suicide. I was just a friggin' wreck. As soon as I was off of that stuff, I started to feel better. However, within a couple weeks it happened again. Not the lung part, but the heart issues. Scared the hell out of me, as can be expected. I went to a Cardiologist and he found no problems whatsoever, so that was a HUGE weight off my shoulders. Well, it didn't last long. Had another episode not long after.

I then started seeing a Gastroenterologist (I'll just refer to him as Gas-Man from here on out) because I had also developed really bad GERD (acid reflux disease). He put me on Nexium (WONDERDRRUUGG!!!!) and scheduled an Upper Endoscopy. Let me just say that it was the first time I was ever put under for anything and it was wonderful!

He didn't spot anything, thankfully. Again, another weight off my shoulders. So now it was like, what the hell could be wrong? I still had some episodes every now and again, but nothing major. Fast forward to April '09 and I had a really bad episode. Went to the hospital and had an ultrasound on my abdomen. They found polyps on my Gall Bladder which could be causing some pain, but not the other issues. So, once again, what the fuck is going on???

A couple days after, my sister, who works for a pharmaceutical company, told me about a conversation she had with a doctor. She told him what I was going through and he mentioned he had the same thing happen to him recently. He found out it was a reaction to MSG because he NEVER eats anything with it and had a dish at a restaurant he hadn't had before and, well, he got more than he wanted. But MSG!?! The wonderful flavor additive in Chinese food - my favorite cuisine after Portuguese food!?! No way! I love that stuff! Well, folks, I happened to have been eating Chinese food that weekend in April that I hadn't had in some time, and when I looked back at all the other episodes I had... yeah you know where this is going. Not only had I been eating a ton of Chinese food, but also the other foods I was eating had plenty of MSG in them. So, I started cutting it out and from April '09 until October '09 I was problem-free!

However, that isn't to say I haven't had issues. I still have very minor episodes, but it turns out that it can be either MSG or bad gas. I've adjusted my diet accordingly and it's helped quite a bit. Unfortunately, there are still other issues I gotta take care of, but things are looking up. One by one, House-style, we're getting things in order and patching me up.

Update:

The latest results from recent CT Scans show that I'm still here and still awesome!