My company was sued out of existence, through no fault of my own or my team, and I was left without a job. We were given 3 months before it would all end.
My team and I came together and negotiated a deal to join a European company and continue to do the superior job we were doing before.
We had the full 3 months until we would join the new company. In the mean time the economy got really bad, housing market collapses, credit crisis occurred, the stock market plummeted, the bail out plan was rejected the first time, the presidential candidates blamed everyone else, and everything looked bleak. But at least I had a job to look forward to.... Well, not so much...
Just 2 weeks before we would join the new company didn't like the numbers anymore and decided to drop us. Now I have no time to get a job before my time runs out and the economy is in horrible shape. But at least I don't need another spinal tap.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Spinal Taps Suck!
I was very sick a few months ago and they had no idea what was wrong with me (boy I love the medical community). My symptoms included a very high fever (104.5+), neck pain, and a lot of other weird stuff (dizziness, weakness on one side, inability to focus/think).
My wife took me to an urgent care and they sent me to the hospital. They were worried about meningitis. So of course once we got there the ER Doc did some work and wanted to do a spinal tap to check for meningitis.
Now if you every have the choice between a spinal tap or sitting on a flaming cactus, look into that second and less painful option. These things suck.
For those of you who don't know, a spinal tap (also know as Lumbar puncture) is where they make you sit up in the fetal position, expanding the space between vertebrae, and then they slowly stick a huge and long needle in your lower spine!
After the needle has penetrated your back muscles, with a powerful snap, it has reached your spinal fluid. Then they open up the back of the needle and allow spinal fluid to slowly drip out and they collect the stuff for testing. See more here: Wikipedia
Of course I didn't have meningitis, nor anything else they could test for with blood work or a head CT. Now my symptoms included major headaches (from spinal fluid loss), muscle bruising (from the spinal tap), and lots of other pain.
They eventually sent me home and I suffered for a few days until I got better. That is of course until I saw the hospital bill of > $10k.
My wife took me to an urgent care and they sent me to the hospital. They were worried about meningitis. So of course once we got there the ER Doc did some work and wanted to do a spinal tap to check for meningitis.
Now if you every have the choice between a spinal tap or sitting on a flaming cactus, look into that second and less painful option. These things suck.
For those of you who don't know, a spinal tap (also know as Lumbar puncture) is where they make you sit up in the fetal position, expanding the space between vertebrae, and then they slowly stick a huge and long needle in your lower spine!
After the needle has penetrated your back muscles, with a powerful snap, it has reached your spinal fluid. Then they open up the back of the needle and allow spinal fluid to slowly drip out and they collect the stuff for testing. See more here: Wikipedia
Of course I didn't have meningitis, nor anything else they could test for with blood work or a head CT. Now my symptoms included major headaches (from spinal fluid loss), muscle bruising (from the spinal tap), and lots of other pain.
They eventually sent me home and I suffered for a few days until I got better. That is of course until I saw the hospital bill of > $10k.
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