dear taxx,

[Zanchief]

Damn that super sucks. He's, like, many times cooler then you.

What gives. Lyion Vonk and Taxx are all back. All we need is Danger Paul and we can really have at it.

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

Bonjour

[Gypsiyee]

It was 100% a stroke Gyps. The docs said that it's really not as rare as some people might think...but not common either. He said on a scale of 1-10 that it was a severe 7+ stroke. They seriously thought he'd never function normally again. What's worse is that is happened when they were down at our beach house in Chincoteague, VA so I had to drive 5.5 hours down to Salisbury hospital looking through tear-filled eyes.

ugh, that's the pits. I think the worst part is not knowing what caused it.. there's no reassurance in that. it's like one of those things where you dread hearing the news, but even if it's the worst case you know what the deal is.

did the doctors tell you if there's any likelihood of it happening again? i sure hope not

[Martrae]

My cousin had a stroke when he was 19. It put him in a coma. The doctors kept insisting at first that it was a drug related coma and kept trying to ferret out what he had taken. It wasn't until my aunt pulled him from that hospital and took him to another that they found it really was a stroke. Can't really blame the docs, though. It was in the early 70s.

He's perfectly fine now, aside from a limp and as far as I know has never had another one.

[Taxx]

The first thing they suspect in kids that age is drugs. I can say for a fact my brother doesn't do them at all. He drinks a lot but doesn't do drugs. Gyps they said another stroke is just as likely...or in this case unlikely...to happen as the first one was so he'll probably live a totally normal life and never have problems with it again.

[Kramer]

glad to hear your brother is doing well and look forward to your presence on the board again...

[brinstar]

I think the worst part is not knowing what caused it.

i know allllll about this

[Tossica]

Hey Taxx, good to have you back!

[leah]

I think the worst part is not knowing what caused it.

i know allllll about this

so do the bartels boys . . . iirc, they still aren't totally sure what happened that caused their sister to die makes me nervous for skyler (who has ticker problems) and you too also as well. ;\

[brinstar]

nah i'm good, nothing's happened since (three years this december)

[Drem]

and didn't it happen when you were riding a bike and smoking a cigarette or something? that kind of explains it :p

[Tikker]

cousin of mine had a massive stroke a couple years ago

she was healthy, active, etc etc

she was a vegetable for about a year

she's now at the point where she can communicate a bit, and has some use of her arms and legs

[brinstar]

and didn't it happen when you were riding a bike and smoking a cigarette or something? that kind of explains it :p

hehe no, although i have done that before

i was enjoying a quiet night at home, playing some gamecube

[Drem]

oh, that's bad then. stay healthy, you'll be fine

[Arlos]

One of my grandmothers had a series of micro-strokes over the course of years that effectively combined to leave her in about the same state as someone afflicted with a serious case of alzheimers. It was extremely sad. She would recognize people, but her personality changed, and she had no real connection to reality at all. It was seriously so bad I could barely stand to see her like that, knowing that she would have hated it just much herself if she'd known what was going on.

She lingered on like that for a few years, where we literally had to keep her in a nursing home, because there was no way for us to care for her. When she finally died, I was sad she was gone, of course, but also really relieved in a way, if for no other reason than I knew just how much she would've hated her state if she was lucid, and knew SHE would have considered it a relief.

Ultimately, from what the doctors said, the cause was the fact she was a heavy smoker for 40+ years. Knowing that, there's no way in bloody hell I am ever going to become a tobacco smoker....

Sorry to hear about your brother, Taxx, glad he's recovering OK. Strokes are nothing to laugh about.

-Arlos