Karen von Pills: Who is Michael Hubbs?: Who is Michael Hubbs? Michael Hubbs is a Texas School for the Deaf Alumnus. He was a Gallaudet student at on...
Just something I learned...hmm...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Killer DVD Movie ASL Review
well isn't this an interesting twist to a classic but yet famous history of Abraham Lincoln. Yes, the Honest Abe. A Vampire Killer. Crazy isn't it? It begins when he was a young boy and ends when he's killed in a theater.
Abraham Lincoln as a vampire killer? It sounds bit hard to believe and swallow, but just go along with it for the movie's sake. In the end, the movie did turn out to be decent. I would recommend ya all to watch it. It's a decent 3 out of 5 stars.
Stupid questions = Stupid answers
You've got to love stupid questions and stupid answers. I'm not talking about Yahoo answers. I'm talking about real life questions.
I mean like when you're sitting and watching tv and someone asks you "What are you doing"...you just want to say "what the hell does it look like what I'm doing?"
Those are the stupid questions that has an obvious answer!!! One of my brothers used to do this to me all the time so I would always think of various stupid answers to reply back to him ...all in hopes of him giving up asking stupid questions.
He never learned. SO I continue on coming up with stupid answers. Have a good one you want to share? Leave a comment!!
Friday, February 15, 2013
Cat Scratch Fever
No I'm not talking about the song by Ted Nugent. I'm talking about the actual disease that is known as cat scratch fever.
Funny. I sit here blogging about the very thing that flipped my life upside down and drastically changed my view/thinking/perception.
Roughly 8 years ago, I worked at a local company Seyberts.com (Check them out...great prices on billiard products! Great staff too) I had worked there for couple years when suddenly I got sick. Went to the doctor, they did a blood test. Found out I had the mono. Yep. The so called kissing disease. Nothing I can do about it. So I continued to work...I had to work. I was living in a home with a roommate that didn't have a job, couple dogs and couple cats. I had the full responsibility to pay the bills on my own. I didn't want to use my sick days if I didn't have to. My roommate was out looking for jobs, but no one was hiring.
Few months later, I was feeling sick again. Had a lil tender spot on my left side neck. Thought maybe just a muscle knot from stress. Paying all bills, worrying about if my check will be enough for bills, will my electricity be shut off? Will I have enough money to buy dog/cat food for the critters? Will I have enough gas money to get and back forth to work? I continued to have the tender spot but it had grown outward.
At first I thought it was just a lil bit of bacteria stuck in the gland, and body's just a lil weary from fighting it off. I did see a doctor and she thought the same thing. Gave me some antibodies to help my body fight it off. Doctor said if not better by 7th day...I'm to come back and she'll prescribe me a stronger antibodies. Sure enough, I returned, and she gave me another script for a stronger antibodies.
A week after that, I was in no better health. In fact, I was feeling worse. Lump had tripled in size. It was a scary sight. Scared myself every morning when I looked in the mirror. At that time, I was so busy...I had become a zombie. I lived an hour away from a job that I loved so much...worked 8-9 hours 5 days a week. Sometimes 6 days if needed to work on Saturdays. So I basically had 10-12 hours shift. My co-workers & boss was disturbed with the sight and mentioned to me..."dude..what is up with your neck? Go see a doctor" I did. Later that night I came home, extremely exhausted...just collapsed on the couch.
It was 8 years ago on Feb 12th that I went to the emergency room. The lump was the size of a grapefruit. I was so busy with working and life, I had ignored the lump on my neck for several months. They did a blood test and found that my white cell count was high..indicating a serious infection. They sent me to an ear nose throat doctor for further diagnosis.
I sit in the ear nose throat doctor's examination room, The doctor does some kind of scope where he numbs your nose and throat with a spray. He then slides a tiny tube that contained a camera thru my nose and downward my throat. He tells me to say "Ahhh" and "ehhh". He pulls out the scope. "Do you have cats?" What the fuck does that have to do with this lump on my throat? I replied "yeah we have cats...what does that have to do with it?" Doctor replies "Well it's either one of the two things. You have cancer or you have cat scratch fever"
What the fuck you talkin about? Cat scratch fever? Hahaha whatever dude. I've had cats all my life and I've never gotten sick. My family do have history of cancer. I had been convinced that whatever I have in my throat...was cancer. Doctor said "You need an emergency surgery...come to the hospital at 7 a.m. It'll be outpatient surgery. We need to go in and explore to rule out one of the two options. Then we'll decide what to do next"
I go home thinking "fuck....I'm not even 30 yet and I've got cancer." Yep. I was that convinced. I go to the hospital in the a.m. and I'm laying in the bed hooked up to an IV. My roommate is with me and she's bawling her eyes out. I'm laying there very calmly and I comfort her. "I'll be fine. Remember I'm a bastard...I ain't gonna go down that easy" I'm wheeled into the operating room and I'm instructed to count backwards from 10. 10, 9, 8.......
Next thing I remember, I'm waking up...I see a nurse and my roommate. I poked my roommate in the nose and said "C`mon bitch. Let's go outside. I need a smoke" She laughed. "No not yet...there's some bad news...doctor will come in a minute and tell you" I'm laying there groggily and I'm grumbling wanting that cigarette right now. My mom shows up...hiya mommy! I feel funny but I'm just fine..aren't I? Doctor then comes in.
"Deb we have to keep you overnight. When we opened you up, your neck literally blew up. It was full of pus and infection. Too severe to let you go home today. We have you on a heavy duty antibodies via the IV. We have inserted two tubes in your neck to help with the drainage. Good news is you don't have cancer, but you have a very serious case of cat scratch fever. I believe if you had waited couple more weeks, you wouldn't be here with us."
I lay there.....quietly. I see my mom take a sigh. My roommate bawling her eyes out. Three bags of liquid with tubes running to my forearm & hand (my vein sucks....) If I had ignored my neck any longer...I would have been dead. Really? Fucking cat scratch fever can kill you? As I'm put into a ICU for an overnight visit, I'm going over the past few months as to what I did and what could I have done differently? I drift off to sleep.....
I awaken on Feb 14th. "Happy V's day to you babe!" says my roommate. "Eh..fuck the V's day...c`mon really now...I've got a fucking hole in my neck with two tubes sticking out....I'm still full of infection and I fucking want to go home. I want a fucking cigarette right now" I'm impatiently pushing the pain killer button and paging a nurse as well. "I want to go home. I'm done. Get the doctor. I wanna go home right now." By the time I was released from the hospital on Feb 14th I had couple bags of heavy duty antibodies in my system. I get my prescriptions from a pharmacy and I get home an hour away from the hospital. I sit on my couch and laid down. My roommate changes my bandages and cleans up my neck. She puts on new bandages, gets me a pillow and a blanket.
I slept on the couch for nearly a month & half. I was off work for a month & half....I used up my two weeks worth of sick pay. I'm cleared by CDC (yeah center of disease control) to return to work. My doctor says to ease back into working full time. My boss says We really need you back full time. I worked for two half days and then worked full time afterwards.
Today as I write this, I'm still affected by this experience. Not only by the big scar on my neck, but by appreciating the simple things in life. I get sick easily and often have to sleep alot to feel better. I have to pace myself on daily basis so I won't pay for it. I am thankful it wasn't cancer. It has truly changed my life. To this day, I still have cats as a pet. I am more careful when I am around cats as to not allow them to bite me or lick me silly. Same for dogs. I love my animals even tho their simple bacteria nearly killed me.
I did have another encounter with cat scratch fever but luckily since I was more attentive to my health, my doctor and I were able to stop it in enough time for antibodies to fight it off and eliminate it from my system. It was on my right side. I don't want a matching scar :)
Funny. I sit here blogging about the very thing that flipped my life upside down and drastically changed my view/thinking/perception.
Roughly 8 years ago, I worked at a local company Seyberts.com (Check them out...great prices on billiard products! Great staff too) I had worked there for couple years when suddenly I got sick. Went to the doctor, they did a blood test. Found out I had the mono. Yep. The so called kissing disease. Nothing I can do about it. So I continued to work...I had to work. I was living in a home with a roommate that didn't have a job, couple dogs and couple cats. I had the full responsibility to pay the bills on my own. I didn't want to use my sick days if I didn't have to. My roommate was out looking for jobs, but no one was hiring.
Few months later, I was feeling sick again. Had a lil tender spot on my left side neck. Thought maybe just a muscle knot from stress. Paying all bills, worrying about if my check will be enough for bills, will my electricity be shut off? Will I have enough money to buy dog/cat food for the critters? Will I have enough gas money to get and back forth to work? I continued to have the tender spot but it had grown outward.
At first I thought it was just a lil bit of bacteria stuck in the gland, and body's just a lil weary from fighting it off. I did see a doctor and she thought the same thing. Gave me some antibodies to help my body fight it off. Doctor said if not better by 7th day...I'm to come back and she'll prescribe me a stronger antibodies. Sure enough, I returned, and she gave me another script for a stronger antibodies.
A week after that, I was in no better health. In fact, I was feeling worse. Lump had tripled in size. It was a scary sight. Scared myself every morning when I looked in the mirror. At that time, I was so busy...I had become a zombie. I lived an hour away from a job that I loved so much...worked 8-9 hours 5 days a week. Sometimes 6 days if needed to work on Saturdays. So I basically had 10-12 hours shift. My co-workers & boss was disturbed with the sight and mentioned to me..."dude..what is up with your neck? Go see a doctor" I did. Later that night I came home, extremely exhausted...just collapsed on the couch.
It was 8 years ago on Feb 12th that I went to the emergency room. The lump was the size of a grapefruit. I was so busy with working and life, I had ignored the lump on my neck for several months. They did a blood test and found that my white cell count was high..indicating a serious infection. They sent me to an ear nose throat doctor for further diagnosis.
I sit in the ear nose throat doctor's examination room, The doctor does some kind of scope where he numbs your nose and throat with a spray. He then slides a tiny tube that contained a camera thru my nose and downward my throat. He tells me to say "Ahhh" and "ehhh". He pulls out the scope. "Do you have cats?" What the fuck does that have to do with this lump on my throat? I replied "yeah we have cats...what does that have to do with it?" Doctor replies "Well it's either one of the two things. You have cancer or you have cat scratch fever"
What the fuck you talkin about? Cat scratch fever? Hahaha whatever dude. I've had cats all my life and I've never gotten sick. My family do have history of cancer. I had been convinced that whatever I have in my throat...was cancer. Doctor said "You need an emergency surgery...come to the hospital at 7 a.m. It'll be outpatient surgery. We need to go in and explore to rule out one of the two options. Then we'll decide what to do next"
I go home thinking "fuck....I'm not even 30 yet and I've got cancer." Yep. I was that convinced. I go to the hospital in the a.m. and I'm laying in the bed hooked up to an IV. My roommate is with me and she's bawling her eyes out. I'm laying there very calmly and I comfort her. "I'll be fine. Remember I'm a bastard...I ain't gonna go down that easy" I'm wheeled into the operating room and I'm instructed to count backwards from 10. 10, 9, 8.......
Next thing I remember, I'm waking up...I see a nurse and my roommate. I poked my roommate in the nose and said "C`mon bitch. Let's go outside. I need a smoke" She laughed. "No not yet...there's some bad news...doctor will come in a minute and tell you" I'm laying there groggily and I'm grumbling wanting that cigarette right now. My mom shows up...hiya mommy! I feel funny but I'm just fine..aren't I? Doctor then comes in.
"Deb we have to keep you overnight. When we opened you up, your neck literally blew up. It was full of pus and infection. Too severe to let you go home today. We have you on a heavy duty antibodies via the IV. We have inserted two tubes in your neck to help with the drainage. Good news is you don't have cancer, but you have a very serious case of cat scratch fever. I believe if you had waited couple more weeks, you wouldn't be here with us."
I lay there.....quietly. I see my mom take a sigh. My roommate bawling her eyes out. Three bags of liquid with tubes running to my forearm & hand (my vein sucks....) If I had ignored my neck any longer...I would have been dead. Really? Fucking cat scratch fever can kill you? As I'm put into a ICU for an overnight visit, I'm going over the past few months as to what I did and what could I have done differently? I drift off to sleep.....
I awaken on Feb 14th. "Happy V's day to you babe!" says my roommate. "Eh..fuck the V's day...c`mon really now...I've got a fucking hole in my neck with two tubes sticking out....I'm still full of infection and I fucking want to go home. I want a fucking cigarette right now" I'm impatiently pushing the pain killer button and paging a nurse as well. "I want to go home. I'm done. Get the doctor. I wanna go home right now." By the time I was released from the hospital on Feb 14th I had couple bags of heavy duty antibodies in my system. I get my prescriptions from a pharmacy and I get home an hour away from the hospital. I sit on my couch and laid down. My roommate changes my bandages and cleans up my neck. She puts on new bandages, gets me a pillow and a blanket.
I slept on the couch for nearly a month & half. I was off work for a month & half....I used up my two weeks worth of sick pay. I'm cleared by CDC (yeah center of disease control) to return to work. My doctor says to ease back into working full time. My boss says We really need you back full time. I worked for two half days and then worked full time afterwards.
Today as I write this, I'm still affected by this experience. Not only by the big scar on my neck, but by appreciating the simple things in life. I get sick easily and often have to sleep alot to feel better. I have to pace myself on daily basis so I won't pay for it. I am thankful it wasn't cancer. It has truly changed my life. To this day, I still have cats as a pet. I am more careful when I am around cats as to not allow them to bite me or lick me silly. Same for dogs. I love my animals even tho their simple bacteria nearly killed me.
I did have another encounter with cat scratch fever but luckily since I was more attentive to my health, my doctor and I were able to stop it in enough time for antibodies to fight it off and eliminate it from my system. It was on my right side. I don't want a matching scar :)
Monday, February 11, 2013
Marvel Avengers - ASL Movie Review
Wow..just amazing movie really. Marvel Avengers are just awesome group of ultimate superheroes. In this movie they get together to defeat an enemy. The special effects are mindblowing and frankly is in top 5 movie of all.
Check it out..find out what I rated this movie to be...
Check it out..find out what I rated this movie to be...
Audism...my experience
In this video I speak how audism has affected my family. Not just me. My family. My parents doesn't know alot of signs and they were adviced not to use sign language with me at home. My parents wanted me to be able to speak and learn how to communicate with the public. However, they were mislead to a point of no usage of signs at all at the comfort of home.
My mom does wish she had learned signs. She believes that it would have helped greatly (We are best friends today regardless of how we communicate).
My mom does wish she had learned signs. She believes that it would have helped greatly (We are best friends today regardless of how we communicate).
Saturday, February 9, 2013
More raw moments - Odds & Ends
Few more questions that were more simple and didn't need alot of time to answer or explain.
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Raw moment
I have been asked of this question so many times...I recorded myself in my raw moments of storytelling. I am an open book and I'll tell you basically anything you ask me...even stupid questions.
#1 question I get asked....
Were you born deaf? How did you lose your hearing? How did you become deaf? Why?
So here's the ASL answer....
#1 question I get asked....
Were you born deaf? How did you lose your hearing? How did you become deaf? Why?
So here's the ASL answer....
Friday, February 8, 2013
#1 Random Vlog Challenge
I didn't have anything planned for today so I sought for a challenge from my viewers. One made a comment and I liked it so much so I made a vlog about it.
Congrats Shauna. :)
Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Magic Mike - ASL Movie Review
I had an opportunity to sit and watch a movie. I grabbed the first one that was available that I hadn't seen and it was Magic Mike. Odd choice I know but I do like watching all kinds of movies. One would think Magic Mike was all about male strippers and all the glory. Yes that part is mentioned and shown in the movie, however, there are more to it in the movie..I can't say as it will ruin the "experience" I have rated this movie 4 Stars. The first 15 minutes were somewhat boring but entertaining enough to keep my interest....the cast of actors/actresses were excellent and they did their characters justice. The ending is somewhat different but very pleasant.
Here is a link to view my ASL movie review of Magic Mike.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Driving my hearing g/f batty!
I love to drive my girlfriend crazy when I speak in another language. Mind you, she is in process of learning more and more daily. Just a lil fun samplings of what we go though just about daily.
My PowerDirector Review - Use to make your youtube videos!
I have been using this program to create my youtube videos. Great software and it's so easy to use. It is basically point and click. It even has a magic button when you're done adding pictures, videos or whatnot....it just makes it into a full completed video. Can even upload directly from the program itself. You won't be disappointed when you buy the software.
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