Sheryl, <P>I am sorry you have been so down. I know you have that humor in you ,too. But, honestly, how can you not be rolling on the floor here with posts like the ones between Devasated and Medic!!! Hang with us, we will pull each other through!<P><BR>Devastated,<P>Hilarious!!!!!! <P><BR>Medic,<P>Excuse me for asking, but WHAT were you doing with the defib and your tongue??????<P>Roll Me Away<P><P>------------------<BR>"Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort."<P>Sir Humphry Davy<BR>

Hey Devastated, NB and RMA,<P>This is an honest to God true story. This happened 12 years ago. Two of our crews were sitting at the building and a passer by stopped in to tell us that there was a person having a seizure right up the street. <P>Both crews responded because, well, there was nothing good on TV and everyone in EMS likes to see somebody doing the tuna! [seizure]. <P>We got on scene and found a male mid thirties to be in full cardiac arrest. We initiated CPR and I cut his shirt to expose the chest for defibrillation. It was wet with sweat because he was on the jogging path. Hey, no big deal I shocked in the rain before. I hit him with 200 joules. About that time I realized that sweat DOES conduct electicity. Now I know why dead people jump, it hurts like hell!<P>There were some bystanders watching and my partner told me to stop f*cking around. I told him I just got HIT. He replied "Oh is that why your hair flew up?" <P>I continued treatment and disregarded advise to step back and be checked. Unfortunately the patient expired because of a heroin overdose.<P>I did experience a priapism for about a week. And they say that a diamond is the hardest substance on earth. Not after 200 joules it isn't.<P>NB,<P>I am so sorry that you have temporarily lost the key to your sense of humor. You will find it again. That was the only thing that kept me going up to a few days ago. Things are looking up for me. I do not need anyone else to make my happy. Happiness comes from within. Yes, I know that our situations suck raw moose 1234. I absolutely do not require Valerie to be present or remain my W to be content in this lifetime. Sure, I would like it very much if we could work things out. But, it is very doubtful that I will cease to survive if it does not happen for me.<P>As I have said before. You do NOT marry for happiness. You marry for love.<P>Look inside yourself. You are a GREAT person. You must find NB first before you can tackle anything else. I found myself on a shelf behind the shake and bake. <P>------------------<BR>"It's not over till we say it's over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? H*ll no!" Blutto...Animal House 1984<P>Wishing us all the Best.<P>Medic<P>

I guess the one thing i have kept is my sense of humor thank God for that. I loved your story. Even though I have no idea what you look like I can see the hair stand straight up. And as to the rest of your story I won't go there. <P>Have you heard the story why there is angel on top of the Christmas tree? If you haven't heard it I copy and post it to this thread, very interesting!<P>------------------<BR>di<P>

Medic,<BR>Good thing it wasn't 500 joules!!!<P>I have always been happy and can have fun doing about anything.<P>The happiness thing was one of the reasons for my stbx affair. She is "looking" for happiness.<P>She actually told me that she had tried Christianity, had tried marriage, and tried having kids, but none have made her happy like om. So she has basically given up on all these other things. She is such an unhappy person that she would wake up in a bad mood. How can you do that?????????<P>I ended up letting her moods affect me, if she was mad, I was gone ! This wasn't good for the marriage plus I never knew how to get her out of those moods so I ran and hid !<P>I'm learning now, that I'm not responsibel for others moods and I don't have to respond to them unless I want to.<P>------------------<BR>"You can't always get what you want! But if you try real hard,you might just find, you get what you need!"<BR>Mick Jagger

RMA, <P>Thanks for the pep talk... I've now got the flu because I didn't get my flu shot - it would have been around the time of the massive colon probs, so they wouldn't give it to me... poop! Now I'm sick, as well as mentally unbalanced!<P>Medic,<P>Behind the shake n' bake, huh? Okay, you made me smile ... Little smile, but a smile nonetheless!<P>~Sheryl<p>[This message has been edited by new_beginning (edited December 11, 1999).]

Hey SDS,<P>Humor keeps me going too. Always has, I gotta be a smart [censored]. I have consistantly marched to the beat of a different drummer. I'm coo coo for cocoa puffs! I believe that's the only reason I have been a Medic for so long. So many others burn out before 5 years. <P>I don't think I heard the angel on top of the tree thing. If you would be so kind to enlighten me. <P>Hey RWD,<P>If it was 500 joules I'd be known as DEAD MEDIC238.<P>Just posted on your thread re the children. <P>I have spoken to many social workers and their response was that if any SO's, our W's, are looking for happiness outside the marriage that they have a self esteem problem. They must look inside themselves. The marriage is not the problem. They can't find happiness in a can or at the 7/11.<P>NB,<P>Sorry you are feeling poorly with the flu. I hope you are getting better every day. <P>WHAT DO YOU MEAN LITTLE SMILE?<BR> <P>------------------<BR>"It's not over till we say it's over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? H*ll no!" Blutto...Animal House 1984<P>Wishing us all the Best.<P>Medic<P>

I thought I would share it with everyone check the my post a joke the birth of a tradition. I think you will like it.<P>------------------<BR>di<P>

I glad you guys liked the funnies. I did hesitate to send because some people DO NOT have a sense of humor or much of one. Like I<BR>said I'm trying to hold on to that. In fact I<BR>used to be such a happy person that I would<BR>actually wake myself up laughing. Anyone ever done that? I'm hope I'm not the only one. Just wish I could have remembered what the h#LL was SO funny. I alway remember my other dreams. <P>Anyway, anyone want more things to help them<BR>laugh I have tons of stuff. Lately, they haven't been making laugh as much as they use to. Laughter is good for the immune system too. I had a very BAD night here and I'm fighting the urge to leave. Trying to find the funny side is not easy.

Medic,<P>You asked, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN A LITTLE SMILE"??<P>I meant that I'm too sick to Roll on the Floor Laughing my A*s Off, but not too sick to turn up the corners of my mouth into a "smile"...<P>How's that?

Hi NB,<P>I didn't realize that you were that sick. Sorry. Hope you are feeling better soon.<P>I haven't been feeling that well physically since discovery. I have had a killer cough for the last 9 months, gee, I guess it coundn't be because I'm smoking two packs a day. Mentally I'm a nutball. Hey, sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you are. That keeps me going!<P>WE will survive this speed bump!<P>So let it be written ,so let it be done!<BR> <P><P>------------------<BR>"It's not over till we say it's over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? H*ll no!" Blutto...Animal House 1984<P>Wishing us all the Best.<P>Medic<P>

I know I'm new, but I wanted to start participating right away. I feel pretty good about myself; he's bent over backwards to show his remorse and that helps. I just wish she'd leave us alone--every time she contacts us it's like picking at a scab. It's exhausting.<BR>I have some questions: what is an EMS?

Hi Barrie,<P>Welcome to the club that you don't want to belong to. I'm going to leave the official welcome to NSR. He is our elected committee welcome wagon guy. <P>Sorry you have to be here, but, you will not find a greater bunch of folks to help you in the world.<P>EMS as my screen name hints to is Emergency Medical Services. Yep, I'm an ambulance guy. I've killed with the best of them. Just kidding. I'm the best!<P>Sorry, I was left outside in the rain as a small child and am severly warped. <P>Keep posting, the real guys are truely wise. I'm just goofy.<P><P>------------------<BR>"It's not over till we say it's over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? H*ll no!" Blutto...Animal House 1984<P>Wishing us all the Best.<P>Medic<P>

Oh,okay. I thought maybe it was one of the board-related euphamisms--like extra marital something. Thanks for the welcome anyway. I have good feelings about our future, but then I have "crazy moments" when I go and check his email! By the way, what does "sniffing" mean?

Barrie,<P>I think I will let my sister ,Karmagrrl, answer that for you. <P>OK, you win, sniffing is looking to advance a relationship with someone that you already have a solid friendship with and would like to take it to a higher place. Is that right Sis? Of course it would be non sexual! This is not an established MB term. Just one that I have to found to be used in the western coast. Well. by some of the more intellectual folks. <BR> <P>------------------<BR>"It's not over till we say it's over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? H*ll no!" Blutto...Animal House 1984<P>Wishing us all the Best.<P>Medic<P>

I think sniffing would be checking *any* female, friend or not, to see if she's available for the mating ritual. <P>Ok, so we don't marry for happiness - we find that within ourselves, I agree. But it takes two to make me sad, and three to make me miserable. <P>Happy birthday, Medic - it was 37 years ago tonite we were separated at birth.

Hey Sis,<P>That's just raw. I thought I put it much nicer. If you noticed I did keep it clean because that's the way I am.<P>Happy Birthday to you, too. Sorry, I almost forgot. It seems funny that we are the only twins in the world that were born two years apart. Makes me smile evertime I think of it. <P>Wishing us the Best.<P>Medic<p>[This message has been edited by MEDIC238 (edited December 13, 1999).]

Medic<P>I read your message to Chris- where you said you were getting your W some jewelry for xmas. <P>Want a chick-point of view? Don't get her jewelry. Jewelry is for lovers - it's a reward - it's like marking your woman (yes, back to the sniffing/marking thing). Your W has met none of these criteria. Women know what jewelry is all about. Don't waste your money. <P>Get her something "sisterly" - sweet and low-key. Use the hundreds you saved on jewely and buy yourself a new look. <P>Buy yourself a new cologne first off. Fragrance is tied to our memory sensors in the brain. If you smell new you'll be perceived as "not the same old Medic" by your W. This is a good thing cuz she's already been there/done that with the old Medic. <P>No offense intended, but if you want your W back - be the man she'd trade you in for. Time for a new you. <P>Love Metallica? Lemme guess: Is your hair long in back and short in the front? <BR>

KarmaGrrl -- Couldn't resist responding to your question to Medic. The hairstyle you described is me...One of the guys that works for me is convinced that I am in a second teenage-hood. I love most hard rock and the "new" rock (Creed, Everlast, Alice in Chains, etc.). It's not really a bad place to be...

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KarmaGrrl -- Thanks, you have done wonders for my self-esteem. "Butt-rock"???? Haven't heard any radio stations calling their format that....