Let me tell you what the all-time biggest pile of bullshit is ever: food poisoning.
My current hope is for posting to resume tomorrow. In the meanwhile, you know you're sick when watching a Godzilla movie sounds like too much physical work.
Update, 4/22: Well, food poisoning sure turned out to be a wildly optimistic self-diagnosis. New plan: the blogger, lighter by the weight of one gall bladder, expects to be back to business as usual tonight. Or definitely for sure tomorrow.
Thanks everyone who's chimed in with best wishes for my health!
Final update, 4/24 Gall bladder is out, I'm home, and the recovery is gliding along nicely. There's some obvious soreness, and no-so-obvious (do you have any idea how many abdominal muscles are involved in clearing your throat?), but that's what pills and bed are for, and the rest of my system is holding together nicely. Back to business as usual, I do hope, and thanks to everyone who chipped in with words of encouragement and their own stories!
24 April 2014
32 comments:
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...well THAT sucks. >_O Hope you feel better soon, Tim; hang in there.
ReplyDeleteMy fiancé and I both went through an awful food poisoning/stomach flu last year. It is the absolute worst! I also have some back problems and that was exacerbated during that time as well. Hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteAwww jeez. Get well soon, Tim!
ReplyDeleteI remember well the last time I got food poisoning. STOP THROWING UP! HOW MUCH MORE LIQUID CAN YOU POSSIBLY CONTAIN?!? I shouted at myself. Not fun, but at least it only lasted for a single night. Hope you're feeling better.
ReplyDeleteGet well soon, Tim :(
ReplyDeleteGet better soon! I got bad food poisoning once from a sushi place and its the worst.
ReplyDeleteHang on, Tim. I think I found a Blu-Ray rip of Sabotage for you. Cure you in no time.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Tim, I'll send you a copy of Silent Hill: Revelations to watch while you're sick.
ReplyDeleteDon't think I've forgotten. Someday when you least expect it, you are going to go out to your mail and there is going to be a box in that mail and in that box there will be a copy of Silent Hill: Revelations 3D along with a pair of old 80's 3D glasses.
Hope that helps scare the food poisoning away.
Oh dear. I guess it scared the extraneous organs out of you instead.
ReplyDeleteJeez. I mean, I'm glad it worked out, but... aren;t you supposed to take a greater-than-12h break after major organ extraction? o.O
ReplyDelete...Or are you going to do it hopped up on painkillers? "i liike transcebndence becuase the cimeatohgraphical fran,ong reminfds me of buttrfkluues. :)))))"
Let's be honest: I would watch the hell out of At The Movies With Tim Brayton And Codeine. ;)
ReplyDeleteouch, painful. get well soon!
ReplyDeleteOh no! I hope you feel better soon, and you have all my sympathies.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I had my gall bladder removed in 1979 after months of excruciating pain. Granted, that surgery was a BIG DEAL back in the day, and I understand they've really managed to minimize the severity of the procedure.
ReplyDeleteStill, no fun. I hope you feel better soon.
Yikes. Well, this should make you a leaner, meaner film-reviewing machine, right?
ReplyDeleteJesus, Tim! Ouch.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteAdding my best wishes for your swift recovery! I'm glad they caught it.
ReplyDeleteomg. speedy recovery to you.
ReplyDeleteThanks all, I really appreciate all the good thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThe good news is, I still haven't been cut up, and the better news is that I have my computer with me this time. The bad news is that I'm going for two straight nights in a hospital bed because of bureaucratic shitfuckery, and I will be cut up tomorrow.
Also, I have it on good authority that of all abdominal surgeries, this is pretty much the easiest to recover from (it's one of those little snips that happen through tiny holes in your tummy nowadays), and since I've already gone through one of the hardest to recover from, I have high hopes that it won't be but a day or so of throbbing pain interspersed with stretches of lucidity.
Anyway, I'd rather sit in pain and think about movies than sit in pain and think about sitting in pain.
Thoughts and feels for a speedy recovery, sir!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the surgery and get better soon!
ReplyDeleteBoo hiss physical ailments! Feel better!
ReplyDeleteHell Tim, if you're going to be hopped up on Codeine I should send you a copy of Enter the Void to review!
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon dude. Take all the time you need to recoup!! Why not do a series of reviews of awful TV shows and Syfy originals you watch from your hospital bed?
Feel better soon Tim! I've been reading your past work to help cope with 'Tim-blogger' withdrawals!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness, Tim, I hope you are well and that your recovery period isn't horrible. I had my gallbladder removed six years ago and while I'm happy now (damn thing caused me excruciating heartburn for almost a decade and turned out to be full of stones the size of peas), my recovery/adjustment was... not fun. "How much more liquid can I contain?!" is a good way to put it. Get well soon and in the meantime avoid spice and olive oil and enjoy the painkillers.
ReplyDeleteI like the David Greenwood plan ("What does Sharknado's choice of the 16:9 aspect ratio say about the human condition?") but I suspect Tim would recover faster on a, say, all-Dario Argento diet.
ReplyDeleteMore to the point, do well at surgery, Tim. :) Hope it goes well and you recover quickly and without undue discomfort. :)
All the best wishes for a speedy recovery, Tim. This blog has occupied a space on my bookmarks toolbar for many a year now, and it's good to see that medical difficulties haven't dampened your enthusiasm.
ReplyDeleteHope you have an easy and speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Tim, and hopes that the hospital TV programming is less painful than the procedure!
ReplyDeleteJesus, Tim. Cholecystitis really is no fun at all.
ReplyDeleteWish you a speedy surgery and an equally speedy recovery!
I'll chime in with hopes for a speedy recovery, too! You're one of my favorite bloggers, and it's always great to be able to click on over here and see a new review every time, but don't feel too much pressure to get back. Health comes first! :)
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