What's the shadowcat update ?

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• shadowcat

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  8 years ago

  Hey Papi - I had therapists out to my house on Mon & Fri. A RN is supposed to be coming tomorrow. 2 more therapists coming next Mon & Wed. 2 appointments at Emory hospital on the 30. My strength is coming back and my appetite is starting to improve. I am getting fed through the feeding tube just once a day and we are working to eliminate that. Still need a lot of healing on my left arm where they took the bone graft from. I'm looking pretty scroungy as I has not shaved in almost 6 weeks. Still waiting for the neck to totally heal before I get near it with a razor. I am living at home by myself and am able to do some light cooking, cleaning, etc.
  
  Yes. I miss Follies but you can't rush mother nature. I doubt that I'll be driving the Mustang before Sept.
  
  Thanks for asking.
• Papi_Chulo

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  8 years ago

  Cool - slowly but surely.
  
  Are you able to eat solid foods or still a work in progress?
• shadowcat

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  8 years ago

  Today I ate 3 bananas, 2 cake doughnuts and a can of bean with bacon soup. Plus 2 12 oz cans of the high nutrition stuff through the feeder.
• shailynn

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  8 years ago

  So how many strippers do you have coming over next week?
  
  Sounds like you're heading in the right direction.
  
  
• shadowcat

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  8 years ago

  I had works in progress with 3 just my type strippers for OTC at my house. Now I have to wonder if they will still be working at the club by the time I can get there again.
• Clubber

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  8 years ago

  "Plus 2 12 oz cans of the high nutrition stuff through the feeder."
  
  BEER!
• shailynn

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  8 years ago

  Shit those strippers probably have kids by now!!!
• JohnSmith69

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  8 years ago

  Damn you must be desperate for a blow job.
• Papi_Chulo

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  8 years ago

  ^ are you volunteering JS? Damn you're a good friend!
• motorhead

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  8 years ago

  Good luck man.
  
  Get off the feeding tube as fast as you can. My mom had a permanent J-tube for 2 years and it was a source of chronic infection which leads to a whole other set of problems.
• Papi_Chulo

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  8 years ago

  ^ way to cheer him up motor
  
  :)
• Papi_Chulo

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  8 years ago

  It'd be good if Follies had a club-cam that shadow could watch (and the rest of us too)
• 3LeggedMan

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  8 years ago

  Papi, if there was a club-cam all us northerners would learn what Shadowcat actually looks like.
• JuiceBox69

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  8 years ago

  I herd he looks like pen head
• vincemichaels

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  8 years ago

  shadowcat is a handsome man, juice and like most of us here, I hope for his recovery.
• shadowcat

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  8 years ago

  Here is the killer. Today I received the hospital bill $187,446.34. I expect my insurance to cover most of it but it is still shocking.
• JuiceBox69

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  8 years ago

  Lol...yea when the hospital killed my mom they billed me $160,852.97 back in 04
  
  It's insane
  
  I believe for the most part the government should stay out of things but health care and education the government should be all up in that. I would pay higher taxes for free health and education
• Papi_Chulo

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  8 years ago

  If you have Medicare they usually only pay about 1/5 of what the hospital charges (patient is not responsible for the rest) - patient will have to pay a ~$1000 deductible (those that also have Medicaid, Medicaid (or secondady insurance) takes care of the deductible).
  
  My mom was in the hospital a while back for 3 or 4 days w/ most of it them just running tests on her - bill came out to about $35k and Medicare just paid somewhere b/w $6k or $7k - mom was responsible for a ~$1000 hospitalization deductible I think but if I recall correctly her Medicaid picked up that deductible.
• Clubber

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  8 years ago

  sc,
  
  You should be OK. Now if you had nothing you owned, you have it made!
• Cashman1234

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  8 years ago

  Glad to hear you are healing and dealing with life outside the hospital. Sometimes getting the bill is like getting slapped in the face. I hope you continue to heal - and get stronger too.