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I'll upfist this as non-sequiter of the day.

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I was assuming Cohen WAS Michael Grimm.

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Man, he IS short-fingered.

EDIT: FWIW, consider the second digit to fourth digit length ratio.

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Sounds like he was.

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I think I saw the pic, looked serious. I still have pain in my neck, but less in the region where I had the fusion. I also have suffered with fibromyalgia my entire adult life, which made convalescence very slow.

It's just that the surgeon was looking at one thing, and was so positive! Of course there was hope that maybe my overall body pain would lesson and I think it did. However, an additional drug has made the difference even more marked, and I am much less in pain and even working.

Hope your surgery goes well, and you heal QUICKLY.

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Get fucking with it, man!

Yeah, this has all happened this year. It's been a goddamn doozy! This was my first, and hopefully last surgery – try to fucking keep up. I'm hoping to be discharged after my Gold Club dancer volunteer sponge bath.

Thanks a fucking lot for the fucking well wishes and shit.

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Meesa just eatsa yousa spine??

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I'n glad that your "forest for the trees" initial treatment at least had some positive results, and hopeful that this new drug will help you lead a less painful and much happier life going forward. (I was on Neurotonin — aka Gabapentin — which is a seizure blocker also used to treat debilitating nerve pain. Changed my life.)

Thanks again, have a great day, and stay healthy my friend!

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Woot!! Molotov!!

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Hey, Gabapentin is what is really helping me! After going to docs for 10 years, I finally got to a rheumatologist. (I live in the country.) So in less than 3 months, I went from saying, "I'm too sick to work" to "I want a job."

You stay healthy too. And do NOT try to overdo stuff after surgery. Better to do mild exercise and postpone lifting. It took me months to lift much. And if I lifted too much, say, a big cat litter container...OOO! Ouch. Take good care of yourself.

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If you control the narrative that closely and STILL come across as a vicious sociopath, you're doing it REALLY wrong.

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A day late here, but I hope everything went acceptably well for you.See if you can get them to give you ice cream.

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Oh, WOW, man...

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I should get him to submit this for my new book, 'The Art of the Non-Apology,' available at stores everywhere this Christmas season!

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I find myself thinking that, if increasing his support would mean he has to adopt anti-choice and/or anti-gay positions, he will. We already know that he has no qualms about saying whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear - and that he's good at sussing out just what that is.

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If it works out poorly for you, there's still places you can run to. But phone ahead, okay? I may need to change the sheets.

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