Originally Posted by
jimmytango
That blows man. My dude is a heroin junky who just got out of rehab a week ago. He got stabbed early this morning and the doctors gave him Dilaudid for the pain because the medical records hadn't been updated with the opiate rehab thing yet. In case you aren't familiar, Dilaudid is a strong opiate. In other words, the exact wrong ****ing thing to give someone who just got out of heroin detox. Pretty much caused an instant relapse. He's now in the hospital screaming for more, and he's alone because his wife walked out of the hospital, packed her ****, and went to her parent's house. Facebook has her name changed back to the maiden, and she told me that she's going to file for divorce tomorrow because "**** junkies, that's why."
Dude has been a great friend for close to ten years, we lived together briefly, were in multiple bands together, and he was a groomsman at my wedding. The irony of the whole situation is that when I was having my issues with drugs a few years back, he was one of the people that staged my intervention.
That's awful; surely a frustrating situation to deal with. I'm really sorry to hear. I've dealt with friends with drug issues(heroin as well) and it's not an easy drug for anyone to shake.
Originally Posted by
Dannihilator
I am sorry to hear . Keeping a positive attitude is all you can do.
I think he'll be ok. At 25, he's pretty resilient. Had his whole colon removed and has a colonostomy bag now. Started chemo to fight the cancer that spread to his lymph nodes, but he's doing really well. Isn't going to lose his hair, hasn't lost much weight other than having his colon removed, and just gets nauseous when he get off the chemo treatments for a day or two. He's expected to be fine, but it's still a scary thing to deal with. I honestly thought he was joking when he first texted me about it.
Originally Posted by
ambitions2o
Seems you and I had a very similar day. Hit a hole on 52nd and 2nd and popped both of my tubes. No tubes/tools so I decided a Gatorade and a coffee were in order. Carried my bike after the gym 15 blocks to home and ripped it apart.
It sucks. Just bad circumstances, flat tires/tubes will screw up your whole day. I'm fortunately that my tires are pretty stiff so I didn't have any problem walking my flat-tubed bike without hurting my rim, but it still was a crap start to the day.