Posted By Russ Emerson on September 30, 2007 at 12:18 pm
The late D. James Kennedy, former Chaplain of the Senate.
But for those for whom the very mention of Christ is an offense, I sometimes feel that what I would like to say is: Dear friend, in case you haven’t noticed, in America over two hundred years ago, we gave up any supposed “right not to be offended by anything anybody might say” when we accepted the right of Freedom of Speech.
You can’t have both. You’ve got to choose one or the other; and if everything offends you then I would suggest you’re in the wrong place. You ought to pack up your offense and ship it off to China… and leave us alone.
I’m offended!
Er… maybe not so much.
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Posted By Russ Emerson on September 26, 2007 at 10:07 am
Yesterday was the long-awaited appointment with the neurology and neurosurgery folks at Duke. I went with the expectation that something, anything concrete might result, diagnosis-wise.
Oh, ha ha ha… right. As if anything has gone the way I’ve expected or hoped with this whole thing.
After a short and to-the-point physical examination, the neurosurgeon got on the phone with my neurologist — and again, I remind you that these guys are the best to be had in this area, among the best in the country — and came to two conclusions.
First, what I have is almost certainly not CIDP. In a way, this is good, because while it is treatable, CIDP is an auto-immune disease that probably would recur in the future. On the other hand, if it had been CIDP, I could be fixed fairly quickly.
Second, another test is necessary… and not one of those fun tests that wind up telling you whether you are a “Fall colors” or “Spring colors” person. No, this will be a repeat of the spinal tap, writ large. A full 24 hours in the hospital, being drained, with physical tests before and after to determine if my nerve and muscle functionality improves after the removal of larger quantities of spinal fluid.
I am not looking forward to this one, except insofar as it might give us the answer. It’ll probably leave me laid up for a few days, but it could conclusively prove whether the original diagnosis of hydrocephalus is correct.
Could. All the things that have happened over the course of this episode have been thought to lead to one conclusion or another, and yet none have been fully determinitive. I’m still half convinced that I’ll end up with a disease named after me.
It’s getting to be awfully difficult to remain optimistic, but I’m trying. I really am.
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