What are you drinking?

[AlSymerz]

Raspberry and Lemon cordial...that's right the hard stuff!!

 

[Sheol]

On 2/22/2022 at 2:39 PM, navybsn said:

That's cruel and unusual. An EGD as we call it is pretty miserable. When I used to do sedation for those procedures, I was always a little heavy handed on the "forgetful juice". It was always the one procedure I never wanted to have myself. For my procedure yesterday (which was all clear btw), I had propofol (aka Milk of Amnesia, the shit that killed Michael Jackson). It's pretty great stuff. Just lights out until it's all over. I had heard over the years that there were places in Europe that didn't use any sort of sedation for gastroscopy or colonoscopies. I can't understand why. Sedation is safe and effective when provided in a monitored environment and makes the whole thing much less unpleasant.

Wait, you get sedation for *scopies? I've had gastroscopy, colonoscopy, Sigmoideoscopy, at the most I've gotten some paracetamol and something that was supposed to calm me down, but did shit. Some colonoscopies were fine, but some hurt like a motherfucker, especially when they inflated the colon with air. Ugh.

Anyway, glad to hear they didn't find anything significant Navy.

[navybsn]

2 hours ago, Sheol said:

Wait, you get sedation for *scopies? I've had gastroscopy, colonoscopy, Sigmoideoscopy, at the most I've gotten some paracetamol and something that was supposed to calm me down, but did shit. Some colonoscopies were fine, but some hurt like a motherfucker, especially when they inflated the colon with air. Ugh.

Anyway, glad to hear they didn't find anything significant Navy.

That's crazy. Can't imagine doing any of those procedures fully awake.

[Dead1]

Nescafe Blend 43 flat white no sugar - my favourite drink of all time

[AlSymerz]

Portello which according to wiki is a carbonated grape and berry flavoured soft drink. I'd have never picked it as that, but I don't care I've been drinking it on and off since I was a kid. Although it's available in bulk packs from the supermarket it's not available at every take out place any more so I don't drink it too often but I had Subway for lunch so a sugary drink complimented the diet!

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Orange Gatorade, I know there are better electrolyte drinks out there but until I’m serious about the gym and fitness routine I’ll just stick with what I have easy access to.

[JonoBlade]

12 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Orange Gatorade, I know there are better electrolyte drinks out there but until I’m serious about the gym and fitness routine I’ll just stick with what I have easy access to.

Don't they have water from a tap where you are?

[RelentlessOblivion]

If you want to drink water that taste like watered-down milk be my guest…

[AlSymerz]

Eeewwww I remember that gross fucking powdered milk my mum used to buy when we were kids. How the fuck that even passed the test to be called milk was beyond me and it hasn't improved. (I say that now knowing that the majority of milk produced by my fellow farmers in this country goes to make powdered milk products so therefore it is at least in part milk.)

Watered down milk still tastes better than the dregs at the bottom of the tank, or creek water after a lot of rain up in the hills. But sometimes we have to play the hand we are dealt.

[markm]

Enjoying some local Maryland craft IPA beers recently:

Oliver 2006 IPA -Baltimore, being a MD resident I was eager to try-good!

Beer Farm-Peace IPA (proceeds go to Ukraine)-another MD brewery, Brookview, MD

Raven Beer/Tell Tale Hear, Baltimore,  IPA

 

[MacabreEternal]

Bratislager, Slovenian Pale tonight.  Sweet and crisp without being too aromatic.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Beam and Coke, and plenty of them it’s been a week… Also the more I drink the less my back hurts so there is that

[FatherAlabaster]

20 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Also the more I drink the less my back hurts so there is that

Unfortunately temporary, but yes.

[AlSymerz]

Coffee

[RelentlessOblivion]

Gatorade, electrolytes help the hangover… Definitely over did it last night

[AlSymerz]

Were you blind drunk?

[RelentlessOblivion]

Coffee, for the first time in a week, and perfect timing I was starting to have caffeine withdrawals. That’s probably not a good thing now that I think about it.

[AlSymerz]

Is no coffee directly related to covid or just because you didn't feel like eating or drinking in general?

Around here after about 24 hours everyone got their appetites back and for the week my wife was home I found out just how much coffee she drinks while she's at work. I was sure there was a hole in the bottom of the coffee tin for that week.

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Mostly it’s because it felt like someone was tearing my throat up with rusty hooks so I didn’t particularly feel like drinking coffee for the week, also I’m the only coffee drinker in the house and therefore the only one who knows how to make a decent coffee.

[AlSymerz]

It's weird the different effects and ailments people have had with covid. My wife would have been hell to live with if she couldn't have coffee. But instead she couldn't stomach chocolate, which also saved us a fortune.

 

 

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Yeah my symptoms were completely different to what everyone else in the house experienced when they caught Covid, and I was the only one who had the fever for a start. I’m sure I would have been a nightmare to be around being unable to drink my coffee but fortunately for everyone else my space is separate from the rest of the house. Now I’m just waiting for the text to come through granting me permission to finally leave the house again, cabin fever is definitely setting in. 

[AlSymerz]

I don't even know if the wife and child even measured their temps. I know they had bad head aches for the first 24-36 hours but I don't remember anyone going for the thermometer or mentioning a high temp.

You need permission? In Vic we don't even need a negative test, it's just out after seven. Mostly because they've also realised that many people can still show positive after 7 days but not be contagious. I thought my wife would need some kind of proof she had covid for work (gov. depart) but she didn't even need that.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Yeah yeah quarantine doesn’t end until 11:59 pm on the day you get your text from SA health to say your isolation period what is up. Darren might that might not necessarily be seven days after you return the positive test it could be 10 days because of issues with the system which me and your report isn’t always processed on the day that you actually let them know you’ve tested positive we are very backwards in South Australia when it comes to this 

[FatherAlabaster]

I couldn't have coffee for a couple months after Covid. I couldn't really taste it and it made me feel weird. I guess I went through caffeine withdrawal while I was sick enough not to notice, and I could have kicked the habit then, but life is better with coffee.

[GoatmasterGeneral]

5 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I couldn't have coffee for a couple months after Covid. I couldn't really taste it and it made me feel weird. I guess I went through caffeine withdrawal while I was sick enough not to notice, and I could have kicked the habit then, but life is better with coffee.

Between coffee and black metal I don't know which one I would begrudingly agree to give up gun to head. They're both essential. I've just finished my "morning" coffee here at 2pm after an epic game of Uno with the kid and yeah I don't think I'd want to live my life without coffee.

Two of my best friends are not coffee drinkers at all and that perplexes me when I stop and think about it. One dude drinks a lot of Coke (he usually buys Pepsi or the cheaper RC Cola brand actually) which I can't stand, and the other one drinks sweet tea and/or Red Bulls. I could drink a sweet tea if I had to on a hot day but I haven't ever even tried a Red Bull which people seem to think is strange. No idea how they make it through life without coffee.