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Serious storm last evening. We have water encroaching up the drive.

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Apparently the main morning market in the city was waist deep in water (I assume that would be Thai waists).
 
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I've just seen a snake (around 600mm long) chasing a frog across the lawn. The frog was far faster than the snake and the snake was faster than the dogs.

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What a rollercoaster! :scratchhead:

The University hospital EXCLUDES CTEPH. Even without the PH. They're going to do more research, but their theory is now that I have PE sensitivity related to my reuma and previously to the colitis. A fraction of a fraction of people with autoimmune conditions has this so that's not great, BUT:

The doctor's acknowledge this must be caused by the possible reuma /unknown new autoimmune disorder, so priority will be given to finding out what it is as Colitis has been ruled out.
 
Feeling a little sad for my oldest brother. He’s moving away today, about four hours up the road.

He’s a very sentimental person, and it’s hard to explain, but his house is one he designed and built himself, so it’s very quirky and unique, just like he is, and it’s built on a corner of our grandparents’ farm, so he has that nostalgic connection as well. She’d given him five acres for his house with the understanding that he’d look after her before she died, which he did.

To say he has a strong attachment to the place is an understatement. His previous dogs are buried there. He knows every nail in it, and over the years, it’s grown up to be a little compound of sorts, with multiple outbuildings for his motorcycles and other things.

It’s gotten to be too much for him to maintain, he’s got some health problems, so he and his wife are moving into a small town, close to her family.

That’s what’s breaking his heart as much as anything. He still lives less than eight miles from where he was born and raised, and that suits him just fine. He’s still friends with people who went to kindergarten with him in 1960 or so. He likes to go around and make sure all the family graves are well-tended, he likes to hop on his “motorcycle du jour” and make the rounds visiting all his family and friends, and he’s giving that up.

On top of that, he’s my parents’ main caregiver, and that’s going to be a huge loss, for him and for them. He feels a huge responsibility to take care of them, being the oldest sibling.

Texts from him the last days and weeks have been depressingly sad, and today’s the day the moving truck comes to haul out the last of it.
 
Windigo said:
Am on my way to the University hospital to meet a CTEPH specialist.
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Windigo said:
The University hospital EXCLUDES CTEPH.
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Wow, you must be feeling every emotion there is since the last few days have passed.

I hope they can get that autoimmune disorder figured out for you soon. That seems to be where the key lies.
 
TastyReuben said:
Wow, you must be feeling every emotion there is since the last few days have passed.

I hope they can get that autoimmune disorder figured out for you soon. That seems to be where the key lies.
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Yes, unfortunately that's less easy to solve but also no imminent death sentence like it seemed before. Once there's clarity on the immune issue I'm sure it will sink in. I'm a bit overwhelmed now.
 
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Feeling a little sad for my oldest brother. He’s moving away today, about four hours up the road.

He’s a very sentimental person, and it’s hard to explain, but his house is one he designed and built himself, so it’s very quirky and unique, just like he is, and it’s built on a corner of our grandparents’ farm, so he has that nostalgic connection as well. She’d given him five acres for his house with the understanding that he’d look after her before she died, which he did.

To say he has a strong attachment to the place is an understatement. His previous dogs are buried there. He knows every nail in it, and over the years, it’s grown up to be a little compound of sorts, with multiple outbuildings for his motorcycles and other things.

It’s gotten to be too much for him to maintain, he’s got some health problems, so he and his wife are moving into a small town, close to her family.

That’s what’s breaking his heart as much as anything. He still lives less than eight miles from where he was born and raised, and that suits him just fine. He’s still friends with people who went to kindergarten with him in 1960 or so. He likes to go around and make sure all the family graves are well-tended, he likes to hop on his “motorcycle du jour” and make the rounds visiting all his family and friends, and he’s giving that up.

On top of that, he’s my parents’ main caregiver, and that’s going to be a huge loss, for him and for them. He feels a huge responsibility to take care of them, being the oldest sibling.

Texts from him the last days and weeks have been depressingly sad, and today’s the day the moving truck comes to haul out the last of it.
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That's heartbreaking. Its sad that there wasn't a better solution.
 
caseydog said:
I hope our CB members in Florida are prepared and safe. Hurricane Ian is getting stronger by the hour. I believe most of you are on the East coast of Florida, but things could still get ugly there.

Keep us posted.

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We have our own on it's way from the South China Sea. It's already caused major damage and loss of life in the Philippines and is now approaching Vietnam, Laos and us. Typhoon Noru.

Tropical storm Noru forecast to hit Thailand on Tuesday
 
Ditto here in Australia as well....

Another 2cm today all in very sudden heavy thunderstorms, so an all or nothing situation, but we're getting off lightly thankfully compared to the north of NSW.

The thunderstorms have intermittently knocked out my internet (satellite broadband only works through light rain) and I've had no phone signal for most of the day. Little to no tv signal either because of the storms between us and Canberra. So it's been a quiet day listening to the sound of rain hammering down on the tin roof.

But I'm that tired and feeling icky that I don't need to go anywhere tomorrow, just Thursday and Friday which might give the flooding chance to go down before we leave the house again.
 
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