Can we please refrain from making "clot" jokes?

[leftofthedial]

Please remember that some DUers have had clots. It is bad enough that these unfortunate souls have been the victims of clots through no fault of their own. We don't need to compound their suffering by making insensitive, unfeeling, unliberal, unAmerican clot jokes. Clots aren't funny!

[cynatnite]

1. One almost killed my mother-in-law...

I haven't read any jokes about this, but I've been away, too.

[ronnykmarshall]

2. How 'bout anal cysts?

:shrug:

[leftofthedial]

4. rectal discomfort of any kind

should be off-limits to DU jokesters, since W-A-Y too many DUers regularly experience rectal discomfort.

[ronnykmarshall]

10. Boils?

How 'bout boils? The kind that you gotta get lanced and when ya look at 'em it makes ya sick?

[leftofthedial]

27. Are those the secret ingredient in crawfish boils

in Louisiana?

[Swamp Rat]

46. HELL NO! ... lay off the crawfish boils!

[Clark2008]

78. OMG!! He's sucking the life force out of that baby!!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. "W-A-Y too many DUers regularly experience rectal discomfort"

6 years and counting for me...

[AnneD]

31. Yes...

I get rectal discomfort every time I sit down to read the newspaper any more or follow GOP politics on tv. It must be the sitting....Maybe these folks developed cysts from using improper paper....or not cleaning themselves properly after taking a big one. (must... not... use... smilies)

[leftofthedial]

35. "Taking" a big one?

They ARE a big one.

[Buzz Clik]

12. In all fairness to PigBoy --

he not only had an anal cyst, he was one.

[babylonsister]

3. I agree. I saw a friend die when one went from her leg to her heart.

It happens more than anyone realizes.

[leftofthedial]

5. I'm sorry for your friend

and for your experience. That had to be just awful for you.

[babylonsister]

7. Thank you, and it was brutal. We had just returned from dinner, and

she died, just like that. She had been having clotting problems for years, but we thought she was on the mend. :-(

[leftofthedial]

23. I can't imagine that kind of sudden thing happening.

I've been with someone who had a seizure due to a previously undetected brain tumor. Scared the hell out of all of us. She recovered remarkably well eventually.

Despite my sarcasm and goading here, I really am sorry for you and your friend.

:hug:

[Cronus Protagonist]

24. I've had two friends die of clots

One was a man one month older than me, which was very sad. He died at 37 after a routine operation when a blood clot moved into his heart and caused his death. The other was in hospital for a long time, got out for a few days and died after passing out in Trader Joe's when a blood clot in his leg restricted blood flow and he later died in the hospital when the clot moved into his heart.

I fear blood clots after any operation, given how common they are.

[leftofthedial]

28. geez. 37.

I guess clots can be very hard to detect.

[Cronus Protagonist]

51. The main problem is that you usually find out about them...

..when you're dying from them. My 37 year old friend went home after his operation and died at home due to the blood clot. It shocked me at the time. He left behind a wife and two children, who were lucky to have the support of their church. If he'd been in hospital, there's a chance he could have been saved, but my other friend died in the hospital and they knew he had a blood clot. They gave him drugs to thin it out, but I think the thinning allowed it to loosen and move to his heart. He was 72 and had major surgery, so perhaps it was more complicated with his age and other illnesses. Both of these events opened my eyes to this problem. It's worth discussing with the surgeon if having an operation. There are steps that can be taken to minimize risk - drink plenty of fluids before and after the operation, for example.

[Cabcere]

76. I'm sorry to hear that.

My dad nearly died at age 46 a few months after a successful (traditional) hernia surgery when he suffered a massive pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung - although in his case it was blocking all of one lung and half of the other). To this day we're not really sure how he survived, but I'm damn glad he did, and I feel for the families and friends of those who weren't so lucky. :( Clots scare the hell out of me - even now, seven years later, I still get a little shaky thinking about them, but for several years after the incident I couldn't even bring myself to talk about it. It's a horrible thing to watch - as long as I live, I don't think I'll ever be able to forget the way he lay there at the top of the stairs where he had collapsed, gasping for breath as his skin turned a horrible grayish-purple. :scared: I guess it may have been a blessing in disguise, though, because they did some testing once he was out of immediate danger and found out that part of the problem was caused by a genetic disorder called Factor V Leiden - a disorder that yours truly happens to have inherited. :( It's not generally tested for, because it's only present in about 8% of the population (I think) and most people never suffer any ill effects, but they decided to test me since a) my dad had nearly been killed because of it and b) I was a teenage female who could be seriously affected if I ever went on the birth control pill or got pregnant. So yeah, I can't ever go on the pill, and if I do decide to become pregnant later in life I'll have to be kept under close medical supervision (and probably inject myself with heparin or something) for the entire pregnancy. At least I know, though, so I can take the appropriate precautions (and that includes things like starting an aspirin regimen, making extra sure to get up and walk around on long plane flights, etc.).

Sorry to ramble, but this issue has affected me greatly (as you can probably tell). Peace!

[CTyankee]

42. even after laparascopic surgery?

I'm going to be having that kind of surgery soon and I didn't know that the clot thing might be involved.

[Cronus Protagonist]

45. Both of them had tradiational surgery, not laproscopic

I'm not a doctor or anything, but I understand laproscopic surgery is almost bloodless. I had my gall bladder removed using it and I'm fine. No bleeding at all. I suppose even laproscopic surgery could go wrong, but I understand the whole point of it is to make it quicker, easier and safer. If you have any concerns, you need to talk with your doctor.

[CTyankee]

48. Thanks. I will be talking with him very soon. But it's good

to know about the clot thing.

I hear good things about laparoscopic surgery, also.

[GoneOffShore]

52. Get a young surgeon

Mrs GoS had her appendix out laparscopically and the surgeon looked like he was 25. But that's a good thing. More used to playing video games.

[CTyankee]

56. Well, I don't know. My gastro doc made a recommendation based on his

own appendectomy. I think I'll go with that. The surgeon is at Yale Medical School.

[GoneOffShore]

58. Our guy was here in Philly.

Don't know where he went to school, but he did a good job on an appendectomy which he described to me as, " Not textbook". Mrs GoS has three small incisions which are healing nicely from a gangrenous appendix which was wrapped around her small intestine.

I didn't ask about video games though he did mention a fondness for xBox and cabernet sauvignon.

[CTyankee]

61. Wow! That sounds harsh! Your poor wife.

I just have garden variety diverticulitis and am being treated for my second bout of it. So they are suggesting the surgery. When done laparoscoptically it is a lot easier on the body than done open. So I am encouraged, particularly if it means I never have this kind of infection again (twice is enough for me!).

[GoneOffShore]

66. I've had diverticulitis twice

Not severe attacks but uncomfortable.

I've been eating a high fiber diet, and that seems to be helping.

Good luck with the surgery.

[CTyankee]

79. I've been eating a high fiber diet for years and it still happens to me!

That's why I think it is because of a link with my mother's diverticulitis.

Obviously, I have this weakness in the wall of the sigmoid colon so I think it is in my best interest to have the surgery. Then, no more attacks!

[GoneOffShore]

81. Best of luck with that.

I said to my quack: "This getting old sucks."

Her reply: "Think of the alternative."

[MADem]

6. Well, there's that "HIDE THREAD" feature that might be helpful

I haven't seen any 'clot joke' threads, first of all. But I don't think that EVERY subject should be put on a "PC" pedastal in the event that some member of DU has an issue with it. And, FWIW, members of my family have suffered heart disease, strokes, and clots.

There isn't a joke in the world that some person won't take the wrong way.

If people want to get snarky about Big Dick's clot, it's fine with me. Life IS short. And that HIDE THREAD feature can save you angst if the subject troubles you.

[leftofthedial]

14. I'm sick of you people constantly making jokes about the "HIDE THREAD" feature

In fact, there should just be no jokes ever.


In case someone might be mildy discomfitted in some unforeseen way.







And don't bother reminding me about the :sarcasm: smilie either.


Really.

[Buzz Clik]

8. I agree. We were hemorrhaging with clot jokes.

Let's put another twist on the tourniquet and stop the flow. Perhaps we can revisit the topic when this scabs over.

And please stay away from the dog! We'd hate to have a flea bite us.

[leftofthedial]

17. hemostat

that plasmatic eruption of coagulating corpuscles there pilgrim. I mean it! Clots are not funny.


Well, okay. Maybe a little bit funny.

[GoneOffShore]

55. Took me two readings

but

flea bite us!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lars39]

9. Er...after you:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=351256&mesg_id=351268

[Catherine Vincent]

15. oh my god!

LOL!

[ronnykmarshall]

18. oooooooooo!

[IChing]

30. It was a metaphor I made, just like a "cancer on the presidency"

To quote John Dean.

PRESIDENT NIXON: In other words, you, your judgment as to where it stands, and where we go now---

DEAN: I think, I think that, uh, there's no doubt about the seriousness of the problem we're, we've got. We have a cancer--within, close to the Presidency, that's growing. It's growing daily. It's compounding, it grows geometrically now because it compounds itself.


Guess he shouldn't have used the cancer analogy either
I stick with my analogy on the clot..

[leftofthedial]

20. busted!

Shit.

I'm just a bad person. I should be spanked, but not on the right side, because I might develop clots and not on the butt because we've already established that rectal discomfort is no laughing matter.

[Beelzebud]

21. CLASSIC.... Pot.... Meet Kettle! LOL

[leftofthedial]

25. CLASSIC.... sarcasm meet dawning awareness

What else should we declare off limits to humor?

[Blue-Jay]

43. Maybe people didn't get that you were being humorous.

It's not as though you have a reputation for being funny.

Not intentionally anyway.

[leftofthedial]

71. I have a reputation?

I'm the smartass in the back of the class shooting spitwads

always have been

[HEyHEY]

29. Ouch, that's gotta hurt

[in_cog_ni_to]

38. That's too damn funny.

:)

[SlowDownFast]

63. "Ask clot what your country can do for you...."

Ooops, sorry.

Dick Cheney can clot in hell.

Sorry, again.

[whistle]

11. I just have to squeeze one more in...Dick Cheney's favorite mixed drink

...The Blood Clot = 1 part vodka + 1 part tomato juice + 3 parts tomato aspic

If it doesn't gel it isn't aspic!

[AnneD]

44. HMMMMMM

aspic...naah, that's a limpball joke.

[whistle]

49. do you prefer jello?

[Bake]

13. Um ... NO.

The jokes are at Chaingang's expense, not at the expense of DUers who have had similar problems. Lighten up. Chaingang's got it coming to him.

I guess we can't call him CrashCart Cheney either, because some GOOD people have had heart problems.

It's not incorrect/improper to make jokes at the expense of the powerful.

Bake

[leftofthedial]

16. Um ... okay.

you convinced me.

[Bake]

36. In my euphoria, I thought you were serious at first

Then, I wasn't too sure. But if you're that easily convinced, well alrighty!

Bake

[leftofthedial]

40. I'm pretty much never serious

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Didn't we lose Kheph to a clot? :^(

[proud patriot]

75. Yes

that's how we lost Khephra :cry:

[ContraBass Black]

26. What prompted this?

[leftofthedial]

33. One too many calls to make "subject X" off limits to humor

because it might offend someone

and the no-brainer potential for TONS of amazing clot jokes with the Cheney scenario, the Libby verdict, etc.

and just the random spewings of a SOB (Uh-oh. Now I've done it. I used the abbreviation for "bitch" which is a verboten word.)



But then it turns out a bunch of DUers have in fact been traumatized or victimized by clots, so now I feel like an ass. AND another bunch of DUers totally missed the sarcasm.

Time to walk the dog and get to work. -sigh-

[Bake]

39. Does that mean we can go back to "prison rape" jokes???

Gosh, I hope so!

Bake

[leftofthedial]

72. personally, I think anything can be funny

especially painful things, since humor is a way to deal with what makes us uncomfortable

but around here, there is an "anti-" constituency for pretty much every subject, all of whom appear to me to have pretty much zero sense of humor.


you could talk about the old Roadrunner cartoon where a piano falls on Wile E Coyote and someone here will complain that a piano fell on the head of their Uncle Ernie and it's no laughing matter. And call you names for being such an insensitive sap.

If you find being buggered by a felon to be funny, I say let 'er rip with the jokes.

[uppityperson]

57. Difference of opinion about if rape jokes are funny or not. Copycat thing.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

64. He's pissed off that he's not allowed to joke about gays, women, et cetera so he's posting this.

:eyes:

[leftofthedial]

73. no. I don't want to make jokes about gays or women

in fact, you can search everything I've ever written or said and I doubt you'll find one of either

it's just you personally I wish I could joke about

but you probably wouldn't get it, so why bother?

[ORDagnabbit]

32. if we limit our jokes to things noboby has ever experienced we have no humor

[leftofthedial]

37. Bingo

[Buzz Clik]

34. In Cheney's case, this stuff really doesn't clot:

No idea what the doctors thought they saw, but it was more of a "clog" than a clot.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

41. The clot thickens.

Sometimes keeping a senseahumma is all that keeps us sane. When you forget how to laugh at adversity, you're lost.

[Swamp Rat]

47. LOL!!!!

Exactly! :D

[dkofos]

50. And if we don't??

[madokie]

53. Yea me I spent a week in the hospital too, but if you know any good jokes I want to hear 'em

I guess I could be refered to as just an ole clot now huh :rofl:
In all fairness I don't understand though :shrug:
just being a smart ass here ;-)

[treestar]

54. Clots aren't funny, and DUers with clots aren't funny

But Cheney having a clot - now that's funny!

[Forkboy]

60. Badda bing!

[Duncan Grant]

59. Boo-hoo-hoo. You poor dear.

Maybe you'd like to offer up a concise argument about why gays, women, and minorities (or even prison rape) should be fair game for "humor" at DU?

All of your sarcasm won't change the rules. Don't like the rules? Then go away. Please.

[sniffa]

62. heh

i thought you were serious the first time i read this.

now, i figured out that you're stiLL smarting over being caLLed on your phobe enabLing.

i saLute you sir, as i'm usuaLLy pretty quick at picking up on the snarky threads. (i train young padawans in the art)
:patriot:

[Bake]

67. I completely missed it the first time

And I had seen the other "Can we not make ___ jokes" threads!

leftofthedial, I believe, has earned a black belt in snarkitude. Because the BEST snark is the snark that sneaks up on you.

Bake

[Maven]

68. Well,

unless your own snark blows up right in your face. ;)

Kick

[leftofthedial]

74. thanks for the salute, but one correction

I didn't get called on phobe enabling (because I didn't enable any phobes)

What I got was called a homophobe.

[sniffa]

80. phobe, phobe enabLer

is there reaLLy a difference?

and i doubt your persecution-compLex wouLd have been different regardLess.

[leftofthedial]

82. you persecution- complex- victim-phobe!

your insensitivity is disgusting.

I am outraged.

[Bake]

84. Hey! **I** have been disgusted before

And it wasn't very damn funny!

Bake

[ScreamingMeemie]

65. When phlebitis patients start having their rights taken away from them

and start getting beaten in the streets just for having clots, I will gladly join you in your fight.

[TroglodyteScholar]

69. A clot definitely isn't funny.

What IS funny is quadruple bypass surgery, two angioplasties, implantation of a pacemaker, and two operations for aneurisms in both knees -- all taking place in order to sustain a guy who has no idea about the value of human life.

Well, it's not funny in a "ha-ha" way, but still.

[Jamastiene]

70. While we are at it, let's lay off the gay jokes and the

trans jokes and for the record, Ann Coulter is not a man, nor is she gay. She's straight. Admit it, she's on the straight team. We, and I think I can speak for many many of us in the GLBT community, do NOT want her. She's all yours. Do with her as you wish.

[NMMNG]

77. Yeah

When people are discriminated against and made to fear for their lives for having clots I'll get back to you. Until then :popcorn:.

[ProudDad]

83. But don't you like the idea

that Nancy Pelosi is one blood clot and a beer and a pretzel away from the White House?

[leftofthedial]

85. LOL

Go Clot Go!