The short version of a very complicated issue
by denz on Oct 25, 2010 4:30 PM MDT
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PrintOver the last 3 months I have had a couple serious medical issues come up, most were dealt with quickly but last week I had an issue that I thought was a case of "kidney stones", and I thought it like Kansas City's playoff hopes would quickly pass. Well by Thursday the pain was severe enough that I didn't go to work, but tried to work from home, that evening I found myself in so much pain that I feared I would pass out (I have a high pain tolerance, so it was nasty bad) and I called an ambulance to take me to the hospital, I didn't care which one.
The crew of ambulance did a quick job of driving and getting my vitals and starting the first of many IV's. The reality was that "kidney stones" were not to blame and my system for still not clear reason had gone into Acute Renal Failure. 16 plus IV's of liquids, 4 IV's of antibiotics, 21 pain shots (1 bad loratab pill), over 20 blood pulls, 28 other shots and 5 days in the University of Utah hospital, and I am now home. There is still a very long recovery path for me, one that will impact me for the rest of the year.
I have only gotten 3-4 hours of sleep since Thursday night, so I am going to bed now and will probably sleep most of Tuesday as well. I will then be working from home for the rest of this week until I go back for some evaluation and follow-up on Friday morning. I will try to put together a couple posts this week but I am not going to make any promises. I want to thank the many readers and other SB Nation writers who joined my many other friends in expressing concern and offering to help. If you want to help out this week, I would be greatly in your debt, just create a fan post, see the link on the right hand side of the page, and I will post it up to the main page.
thanks again to all of you who offered so much support, you simply have no idea how much it meant to me to get texts, emails, and tweets from all of you. I honestly believe I would still be in the hospital for the rest of the week if it hadn't been for all the support.
OFF MY SOAPBOX
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I would love to help out…RSL is my passion. I hope you feel better… Get well soon
by James Christopher Weeks on Oct 25, 2010 5:18 PM MDT reply actions
I would love for you
to write up whatever interests you, one of the reasons I went with SB Nation is that you all can be part of the content via the fan posts and fan shots. My recovery will be much sweeter if out of this the blog become a better place for all RSL fans.
I wish you a fast recovery
Dude, get rested and recovered. I hope this passes for you without any further setbacks. The sooner you get better and start blogging again, the sooner we can start arguing about MLS stuff again. Until then though, none of this really matters. I with you a fast and complete recovery.
thanks
I love people who are passionate about MLS, and their teams. While we may not all agree, we all know that we are growing and that the sport is taking hold in a big way.
I can’t wait to be back up to 100%, hopefully in time for the home leg of the RSL vs Dallas series.
Get Well Soapbox!
Win or lose, we will always be here for you.
by johnjahafanclub on Oct 26, 2010 8:50 AM MDT reply actions
thank you all
I can’t tell you how much your support and well wishes help out. Thanks to all of you for the incredible show of support.
get well soon
we’ve obviously never met, but I was sorry to hear about your illness. 6 months ago when I started reading this site, i was mostly indifferent to RSL, and now I can’t stand them, and its mostly thanks to you.
That’s intended as a compliment. I hope you make a speedy recovery and continue to irritate me with your endless RSL enthusiasm as soon as possible.
thanks for the love and the hate
I understand, for a lot of people hating RSL is easy. I mean no fancy coach, just a former player, no fancy DP’s just a roster of 24 guys who can all play, slackers who got into the playoffs last year and got lucky, oh the first MLS team to win a CCL group, multiple MLS records set this year, and missed the supporters’ shield by a couple point. It is easy to hate a team who is successful, I am confused how anyone could hate a team that is successful doing almost everything the right way, but I can understand it.
Thank you for the works of support, and I will do my best to get back to irritating you with my knowledge that RSL will win the MLS Cup this year, and it doesn’t matter who gets in our way.
you know you've arrived
when you start to garner haters as well as supporters.
I can certainly respect what RSL have done, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. My criteria for hating a sports team is pretty low, pretty much being a team other than the one I support and having vocal fans whose cocky predictions occasionally come true.
Just remember your health is the most important thing. I’d hate to see you put too much stock in the team’s performance and then have the devastation of the inevitable let-down adversely affect your recovery. (seriously, though, all the best.)
by ianua ditis on Oct 28, 2010 12:03 PM MDT up reply actions
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