Aragorn
2023-01-03 15:43:02 UTC
Hi Everyone,
The following post is a virtually identical copy of a post I made in
alt.os.linu.ubuntu two days ago.
The thing is that I had a (mild) stroke on Boxing Day, and I was in
hospital from Tuesday the 27th until the evening of the 29th.
At the moment, I am "fully functional", but my left knee is very weak,
and my upper left arm is completely numb, as if it has been
anesthetized. This numbness extends upwards onto my left ear and
the rear part of my left cheek, as well as downward to below my
left elbow.
My hands are functioning normally — I can obviously type with both
hands, and I can even still play the guitar — but while I was having
the stroke, my whole left arm was numb and I couldn't move the fingers
of my left hand. It was like my left arm didn't belong to me anymore.
My neck was also numb, and I had a bad headache and a pain in my neck.
My cognitive functions were still fine, though.
According to my neurologist and cardiologist, the stroke was caused by
excessive blood pressure and a too high cholesterol level. There's no
doubt on my mind that my unhealthy feeding habits — and the fact that
I'm an ardent smoker — will have been the primary cause, but there have
in the past couple of months also been some extremely traumatic events
in my personal life that have chased my blood pressure up very high and
that may as such have contributed to the release of thrombotic
particles into my blood stream, ultimately then culminating in this
stroke.
Considering that I'm still well off compared to other people who've had
a stroke — things could have been much worse — I consider it a warning
shot across my bow, and therefore I must drastically change my
lifestyle.
I know I cannot quit smoking, but I can at least cut it down somewhat —
as the matter of fact, I'm already doing that right now. I've also
stopped adding salt to my food — I used to overdo it in that
area — and I've also gone almost entirely sugar-free.
Either way, as a result of the stroke and the very brief reoccurrence of
animosity on this thread, I have now made my choice on account of my
earlier indecision regarding whether or not to leave Usenet [...].
I don't like cutting ties, and I've been a steady Usenet denizen for
some 24 years now, but the times have changed, and too many of the
familiar faces have already long sought out greener pastures. So,
keeping my health in mind, [...] I've decided that it's going to be
better for my wellbeing if I leave Usenet behind me.
I'm not abandoning the GNU/Linux community, of course. First and
foremost, I will remain a big fan of the GNU/Linux operating system and
a big advocate of Free/Libre & Open Source Software until my dying day,
and I am still a moderator and active helper at the official Manjaro
support forum — until very recently I was also the Manjaro forum member
with the highest number of accepted solutions behind their name, but I
have now been overtaken by one of the forum administrators — as well
that I'm also a mostly lurking but occasionally active member at the
official PCLinuxOS forum, both under the same identity as I'm using
here on Usenet.
Anyway, if anyone wants to reach me after my departure from Usenet —
just to say "hi" or something — the email address next to my name
does work. It's a simple email proxy — freely available from (and at)
duckduckgo.com — that automatically redirects everything to my real
email address while stripping out the tracking code from the emails in
the process.
This leaves me to bid you all a very happy 2023, and I mean that,
because 2022 was a stinker of a year, as were 2021 and 2020 before it.
Maybe we'll meet again — who knows? ;)
The following post is a virtually identical copy of a post I made in
alt.os.linu.ubuntu two days ago.
The thing is that I had a (mild) stroke on Boxing Day, and I was in
hospital from Tuesday the 27th until the evening of the 29th.
At the moment, I am "fully functional", but my left knee is very weak,
and my upper left arm is completely numb, as if it has been
anesthetized. This numbness extends upwards onto my left ear and
the rear part of my left cheek, as well as downward to below my
left elbow.
My hands are functioning normally — I can obviously type with both
hands, and I can even still play the guitar — but while I was having
the stroke, my whole left arm was numb and I couldn't move the fingers
of my left hand. It was like my left arm didn't belong to me anymore.
My neck was also numb, and I had a bad headache and a pain in my neck.
My cognitive functions were still fine, though.
According to my neurologist and cardiologist, the stroke was caused by
excessive blood pressure and a too high cholesterol level. There's no
doubt on my mind that my unhealthy feeding habits — and the fact that
I'm an ardent smoker — will have been the primary cause, but there have
in the past couple of months also been some extremely traumatic events
in my personal life that have chased my blood pressure up very high and
that may as such have contributed to the release of thrombotic
particles into my blood stream, ultimately then culminating in this
stroke.
Considering that I'm still well off compared to other people who've had
a stroke — things could have been much worse — I consider it a warning
shot across my bow, and therefore I must drastically change my
lifestyle.
I know I cannot quit smoking, but I can at least cut it down somewhat —
as the matter of fact, I'm already doing that right now. I've also
stopped adding salt to my food — I used to overdo it in that
area — and I've also gone almost entirely sugar-free.
Either way, as a result of the stroke and the very brief reoccurrence of
animosity on this thread, I have now made my choice on account of my
earlier indecision regarding whether or not to leave Usenet [...].
I don't like cutting ties, and I've been a steady Usenet denizen for
some 24 years now, but the times have changed, and too many of the
familiar faces have already long sought out greener pastures. So,
keeping my health in mind, [...] I've decided that it's going to be
better for my wellbeing if I leave Usenet behind me.
I'm not abandoning the GNU/Linux community, of course. First and
foremost, I will remain a big fan of the GNU/Linux operating system and
a big advocate of Free/Libre & Open Source Software until my dying day,
and I am still a moderator and active helper at the official Manjaro
support forum — until very recently I was also the Manjaro forum member
with the highest number of accepted solutions behind their name, but I
have now been overtaken by one of the forum administrators — as well
that I'm also a mostly lurking but occasionally active member at the
official PCLinuxOS forum, both under the same identity as I'm using
here on Usenet.
Anyway, if anyone wants to reach me after my departure from Usenet —
just to say "hi" or something — the email address next to my name
does work. It's a simple email proxy — freely available from (and at)
duckduckgo.com — that automatically redirects everything to my real
email address while stripping out the tracking code from the emails in
the process.
This leaves me to bid you all a very happy 2023, and I mean that,
because 2022 was a stinker of a year, as were 2021 and 2020 before it.
Maybe we'll meet again — who knows? ;)
--
With respect,
= Aragorn =
With respect,
= Aragorn =