Derb is in the hospital

[K1JJ]

Yep, he`ll be back here swingin` that monkey like nobody`s biznass......

Gloria,

Tell Derb swingin monkeys is now illegal in CT, unless you badder than the monkey - then it's OK.   

[N3DRB The Derb]

I`m not sure, but I`m thinkin` if he started swingin` his monkee in the hospital, it might get him kicked out sooner?

Or slapped by a nurse......

[WB2YGF]

I don`t even know what he hell that means, LOL!!!

Beats me...I even tried Google.

[KB2WIG]

I once found a  Marlboro Box stuffed inside of a Long necked Budweiser.....



slimpe flied lice

klc

[Ed/KB1HYS]

I don`t even know what he hell that means, LOL!!!

Beats me...I even tried Google.

Maybe we should put up a Wikipedia page???

[K1JJ]

"Swinging the Munky"  is not as porno as it may sound.

It's an old CB phrase that referred to either your own modulation on your peak reading wattmeter -  or the other guy's S-meter, as it swung wildly under  modulation. (on AM)  A big munky swing is a good thang...

Commonly used today, I think The Derb was the first one to introduce it to the AM ham crowd. 

T

[k4kyv]

I have never had a serious case of food poisoning that I know of.  But while I was teaching school, the last day of the school year they always had a luncheon for the staff.  I taught classes at two schools, so I had my choice of which one to attend.  One year I made the lucky choice, because about half the staff at the other school was stricken with food poisoning from some pork or chicken barbecue, and several had to be hospitalised.  It was a hot day, and one of the school administrators picked up the barbecue at a local establishment and brought it to the luncheon site.  Evidently, it had just enough time in the hot trunk of the car during the trip across town for stuff to start growing in it.

I have had a case or two of the flu and some hellacious hangovers in my day, but thankfully, never any serious food poisoning.

Hope you are soon back on your feet, Derb.

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

It's MUNKY. Not Monkey.

"Swinging the Monkey"  is not as porno as it may sound.

It's an old CB phrase that referred to either your own modulation on your peak reading wattmeter -  or the other guy's S-meter, as it swung wildly under  modulation. (on AM)  A big monkey swing is a good thang...

Commonly used today, I think The Derb was the first one to introduce it to the AM ham crowd. 

T

[K1JJ]

It's MUNKY. Not Monkey.

Then "Munky" it is.

We better contact Mr. Webster to stake our claim before someone names it to a new asteroid or swamp slug...

T

[W7SOE]

I have never had a serious case of food poisoning that I know of.  But while I was teaching school, the last day of the school year they always had a luncheon for the staff.  I taught classes at two schools, so I had my choice of which one to attend.  One year I made the lucky choice, because about half the staff at the other school was stricken with food poisoning from some pork or chicken barbecue, and several had to be hospitalised.  It was a hot day, and one of the school administrators picked up the barbecue at a local establishment and brought it to the luncheon site.  Evidently, it had just enough time in the hot trunk of the car during the trip across town for stuff to start growing in it.

I have had a case or two of the flu and some hellacious hangovers in my day, but thankfully, never any serious food poisoning.

Hope you are soon back on your feet, Derb.

I thought I had had food poisoning.

Then I got it.

Rich

[WB2EMS]

In 1979 I was traveling around the country on a motorcycle, Rochester, NY to Anchorage AK, to San Diego CA, and back. In September I was working my way down the Alcan Highway ahead of the snow to Haines Alaska to catch the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry back down to the lower 48. I got to Haines in late afternoon for a ferry boarding at 4am the next day. Set up my tent at the campground and went to a local restaurant for a meal. I ordered a cheeseburger, fries and a glass of milk.

When the milk came it was watery and tasted odd and my immediate thought was "Oh this is Carnation powedered milk mixed not very well with water." and set it aside. It tasted just like that, not 'bad'. Wrong! By 9pm I was heaving. By midnight I was spewing at both ends 2-3 times per hour. A 4 am I was a feverish sodden shaky mess but managed to manhandle the Suzuki on board and under the stairwell with the other bikes and retire to the lounging chair that 'deck passage' bought you instead of a room. I spent the next 2 days shivering and sweating on the way to tacoma. Other folks were lounging in their bathing suits in the sun, I was huddled on the chair in my hoodie and gloves and hat 'sweating it out'. No doctor on board and I'm not sure what he could have done for me anyway. Around the 3rd day i was able to start eating lightly again and by the end of the trip on the 4th afternoon I was more or less functional and taking interest in life again. No fun at all. I've had it twice more through the years, once while on a business trip in Scottsdale, and once at home.

I'm attaching 3 pics. One is of the motorcycle up along the Canadian highway just before getting on the ferry Matanuska going north. The second is of the tent down in the Kenai peninsula outside of Hope Alaska, and the third is of the 'deck passage' area on the Malaspina. Our deck passage chairs were under there at night with infared heaters in the ceiling. Pretty cool group of deck passengers. On the trip up we had a lot of musicians including me with my guitar. On the way down the group had even more musicians, include *two* cellists with their instruments. They put on a show one night, and we all played music each night on the deck.

Good memories, despite the food poisoning.

[Carl WA1KPD]

 

 
I thought I had had food poisoning.

Then I got it.

Rich

That captures it perfectly...

I was in XE land on business about 6 years ago. I have traveled to MX and  China a few times so I am pretty careful about the usual precautions

On Monday I had a take out taco of some sort from a local shop. Took one bite and it tasted nasty. I immediately gave up and went without.

Tuesday I began to feel a little off and by 5 PM I had the worst headache. By 3 AM life was not a pleasant thing. I spent 4 days in the hotel room and lost 20+ lbs.
The details are best left out.

It was a long flight home from MX City to CT, but "uneventful". There was nothing left! My local Dr. told me to drink copious amounts of Gatorade.

It was many trips back down there before I dared to try anything that was not completely boiled, broiled or baked.

As Rich indicated,once you have really had it you know how awful it is. It is the sickest I have ever felt.

Get better Derb. that is miserable

[N3DRB The Derb]

Hi again guys.  Mrs. Derb here.....



I have some bad news about Tim.  His doctor wanted to "talk to both of us together" today. That never sounds good. So she tells us they are pretty sure he has a rare form of meningitis, Listeria meningitis.  They did a CT scan on his head tonight but won`t know the results until tomorrow. Also took more samples of stuff for more testing, but she didn`t expect anything to show up because of all the antibiotics he`s already been on. Said she had consulted with another doc in Morgantown or somewhere and after she explained Tim`s symptoms, he told her he has Listerial meningitis and they better start treating him for it.  From what I`ve been reading up on tonight, timely treatment is of the essence, but I guess it is with any meningitis.

This form is not the viral kind that is spread from person to person, it is picked up in contaminated food (CHINESE food, perhaps???)))  She actually thinks it is likely it was the Chinese we had. In normal people (not that I consider myself all THAT normal) like myself it pretty much runs it`s course usually in under 24 hours and is fought off by your immune system. In people like Tim, who are immunocompromised, (or babies or very old people) it takes hold and they can`t fight it off, and the bacteria can multiply.

Now I know why they were making a fuss about meningitis, but when I asked a doc about it, he didn`t explain it to me like that.

So I called the local health dep.`t today and gave them the story, but this was before I got the meningitis news.  She gave me the usual rundown of questions about where we had eaten and what we had eaten in the last 5 days (like I`m gonna remember that far back), where we had gone, do we have pets, are they sick, on and on...
She said since they had no other complaints about anyone being sick from this place, it was probably not going to be treated as a major public health concern, but they would be interested to know how Tim`s test results came out. His doc is calling them tomorrow, and they are gonna sit up and take notice this time.  They may want to test the food too, so it`s a good thing I kept it, even tho it makes me sick just looking at it.

Oh, yeah, then she tells us that was the GOOD news....WTF???

The bad news, according to her, is that Tim will spend the next 2 to 3 weeks in the hospital since they must give him ampicillin every 4 hours around the clock.  I know that`s not good news, but I thought it was the better than telling us what he actually has.  Of course, Tim wanted to know what the worst case scenario was, and she said that there is a 20% chance of death.  She is very hopeful that he will recover, though, since he has already shown steady improvement.

I have been reading up on this stuff tonight, and I don`t like what she didn`t tell us, like possible side effects (seizures, mental confusion, memory loss, all things he is ALREADY dealing with) as well as personality changes, mood swings, and some other stuff I can`t remember right now...
Also I have read that in some cases, where the patient already is immunocompromised, they have shown steady improvement until about 2 weeks into the treatment, and then suddenly crashed.  I`m gonna talk to her about the chances of that happening when I can get her alone.

I think I should stop researching now. Tim wants me to print out some stuff about it and take it to him. If he were here he would spend hours looking up everything he could find.

If anyone wants to send him a card, I know he`d really enjoy that. The hospital address is:

Jefferson Memorial Hospital
300 S Preston  St.
Ranson WV  25438
room#  216
Timothy West

I will get his phone number tomorrow. I didn`t think he was up to answering the phone, so I didn`t make note of it, but we put the table it is on right beside his bed, so he can reach it easier.

Thanks again, everyone, for all your positive thoughts. Keep `em coming. 

Glo

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

DAMN! Does it ever end? Sorry to hear this. Hope The Derb is feeling well soon again.

Hang in there.

[WBear2GCR]

Glo,

Don't trust the doctors.

The internet is your friend now.
Start with Wikipedia and check out what they say about this Listeria and Meningitis as well. Follow the links... learn as much as they know, otherwise you're at their mercy.

They MAKE MISTAKES - constantly.

This isn't TV. They miss things, misdiagnose, use the wrong meds.
Some of them are wack job ego nuts, others are insecure jerks, others still are just plain ignorant despite the white coat and beside manner or title. On rare occasion you find one that cares and may have the right information.

Believe me, they look stuff up in a book and then come back to you as if they know what the heck they are talking about at least 50% of the time...

I say this from personal first hand experience over time.

Learn all you can as fast as possible. Question the bastards, and don't take no for an answer.

Hope Derb comes through... he was just starting to look like he was on a roll again with the Gonset Linear project too...

Keep us posted.

                   _-_-bear

[K1JJ]

Thanks for the update, Gloria.

I was hoping he would be home and on the air soon - and now this.

Tell Derb we're all thinking of him.

T

[Opcom]

I sure hope the DERB gets well soon! I'm sure he will, he's such a great guy (from what I know of him on the BBS) and he's not the kind of person to shrink from challenges. We'll keep him and you Gloria in our prayers daily.

[Ed-VA3ES]

Listeriosis, eh?   Not good.    I'm praying for you, Derb.  You don't need this.

[ka3zlr]

Hello Mrs. Derb,

Hey Hang in there man, WOW...floored me but good...wholly smokes...

one extreme to the other...sheeze..

[Carl WA1KPD]

Tell the Derb we are thinking of him
Carl
/KPD

[w4bfs]

Tim and Gloria ... all possible best wishes coming your way ... many prayers for a full recovery ... John

[wa2dtw]

Bear.
You have obviously had some regrettable encounters with doctors.  But please don't condemn the entire profession.   
The internet is not peer-reviewed, and trying to be your own doctor can be dangerous.  The important thing is to find a good doctor, one whom you can trust.  And there is always the "other opinion", if needed, or if you have reasons to doubt or question a physician's advice or judgement.

My very best wishes to Derb for a speedy and complete recovery.

73
Steve WA2DTW

Glo,

Don't trust the doctors.

The internet is your friend now.
Start with Wikipedia and check out what they say about this Listeria and Meningitis as well. Follow the links... learn as much as they know, otherwise you're at their mercy.

They MAKE MISTAKES - constantly.

This isn't TV. They miss things, misdiagnose, use the wrong meds.
Some of them are wack job ego nuts, others are insecure jerks, others still are just plain ignorant despite the white coat and beside manner or title. On rare occasion you find one that cares and may have the right information.

Believe me, they look stuff up in a book and then come back to you as if they know what the heck they are talking about at least 50% of the time...

I say this from personal first hand experience over time.

Learn all you can as fast as possible. Question the bastards, and don't take no for an answer.

Hope Derb comes through... he was just starting to look like he was on a roll again with the Gonset Linear project too...

Keep us posted.

                   _-_-bear

[K4TLJ]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. My step son had the same and recovered. He had a tough time of it. His hobby is taxidermy and there was some suspicion that he got the infection from preparing a deer for stuffing.

[David, K3TUE]

Here'e to his speedy recovery

[flintstone mop]

YUP Gloria
YUNNS is definitely a Pennsyltucky word. More like around the Pittsburgh area.

Get well and deifintley get the food poisining admin involved.

Watch for DERB'S parents, I remember them from the Balto-Wash days and they were up in age.
My incident with a 911 call and 3 day hospital stay wasn't food poisining but some really nasty stomach virus going around town. I fainted a couple of times in the bathroom banging my head on something along the way. Not goodness.
I'll be praying for YUNNS

Fred