Comments on: Herro flom the hospital

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:30:46 +0000

Oh man, get well buddy.

Make sure you use a soft toilet paper or your ass is going to hate you even more.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:35:56 +0000

My ass is fine, it's my guts I'm worried about. I look like I'm entering my second trimester. Just had a sonogram done and I'm waiting to see a doctor. And I'm way past gentleness. I'm ready for Roto-Rooter or blasting caps.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:24:54 +0000

I drank two liters of green tea yesterday. Used it to wash down 10 laxatives. No dice.

By: missb

missb — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:19:41 +0000

Yikes! Your poor ass!

Umm…good luck with that poop thing. And watch it with those laxatives! They can sneak up on you! Go for something gentle like Swiss Kriss tea, or something.

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:16:25 +0000

green tea does it for me every time! Do you drink it? Worth a shot. Get well.

By: jessie

jessie — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:12:50 +0000

hello rich hope you get better by the way keep the pod casts coming. they are cool.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:12:30 +0000

I've already resigned myself to the fact that someone's probably going to have to stick something or other up there. Like maybe a fire hose or a stick of dynamite.

By: Trever Shick

Trever Shick — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:52:27 +0000

Well, hopefully you're not 'impacted'. the description.

I've known of this since my father in law was caring for special needs kids and they would get impacted. It's a manual process for removing the blockage. They say 'digitally' in the artical, but that's fingers, not ones and zeros

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:15:28 +0000

Did you take care of that yet? Feeling better? The hospital picture looks familiar…??? hmmmm

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:00:25 +0000

That hospital I went to was one that was razed a few years ago and rebuilt. The old building was the kind of place I picture as the typical Japanese hospital–barely standing. But when they rebuild them, they certainly do it right. The entire process was computerized from start to finish and it ran as smooth as silk. Even the pharmacy across the street was run like a 23rd century military operation. I can tell you, that is NOT the way most places are here, and you're right, the experienece is either one extreme or the other.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:38:38 +0000

Man, your local hospital is a lot nicer-looking than the relics we have here in Nakano. The disparity in hospitals is one of Japan's most amazing points.

My mother-in-law had cancer surgery in Nagoya and the hospital was like a swank hotel. Her sister (my wife's aunt) had a knee replaced at Japan University Medical College Hospital in Ochanomizu and there narrow hallways, dingy floors and walls, exposed pipes, and exceedingly few rooms with proper doors – just half-curtains.
The quaint private hospital around the corner from my apt. has ambulances parking in the street and lifting stretchers up a couple of steps to go in through the emrgency door, which opens into a hallway. I'm not sure how old it is, but it'd be safe to say it's pre-Bubble and then some.

By: Darren (daz)

Darren (daz) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:06:02 +0000

Have a good one! seriously get well soon!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:02:44 +0000

Hope you get patched up soon again Rich. All the best.

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:04:37 +0000

Hey, at least I'm admitting that I'm completely full of shit.

By: 神ちゃん

神ちゃん — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:57:19 +0000

So I guess thanks to you Japan's share in greenhouse gas emissions has just doubled. What an inconvenient truth.

Get well soon.