A big HI to all,
I am sorry, I have not had time to go through all the posts but will be doing so soon and you'll hear more from me. This to warn all Peg Feeders : Never, Never go the fridge in the middle of the night, without switching on the lights. Yours truly did ,last night, excatly what he's saying you should not do and half groggy I saw a blackish liquid in a Pepsi bottle. Without thinkin twice, I took it out, went back to my room (and I cannot smell without "my Orator") and poured it down. There was no fizz - but what the heck a Pepsi without a fizz was a Pepsi without a fizz.

Boy it was some Pepsi!!! I have never had Pepsi give me such a kick in my life. This was as good as the "cuba libres"( rum and coke) one would knock down and I was dead drunk. My legs refused to be a part of me just as my arms and the rest of my body. My brain just stopped figuring out why I was so happy!!

So, I began playing the bufoon - I switched on all the lights in the house, called my sons, went and tickled my wife and kissed my mum (or was it the other way around??!!). Everyone came charging to our room and when saw me sitting and laughing like an idiot, my wife too between her uncontrolable laughter told everyone what had happened. Yours truly had just poured the contents of the biggest Pepsi into his tube. Only it was not Pepsi, but some wine which had been kept there for some reason! I had finished a full bottle of wine and more in one go.

And now I got to go - I got this massive hangover something I have not had in years and its not as pleasentas it used to be in the good old days. I think they clicked some snaps of me in my drunken state - if they have I will post them or send them to Krishan as they will one of a kind!!!!

I love you all, See you all later today, Behave yourselves, dont get DRUNK!
CHEERS-
Ananth

Hi Ananth, I've tried this not getting drunk thing but I dont seem to be able to grasp the concept properly . Not good for an ex mouth cancer patient but I'll keep trying. Going teetotal after xmas. Hope the hangovers gone now. Hagg.

hi anath im of the opinion that if it feels good.......do it. good luck to ev1 and take care

jeffers

And here was I planning to install a PEG so that I could have an alcoholic drink again by bypassing the "sensitive" area - after all it's been 2 years and 2 months since my last alcoholic drink, which is when the Zapping began... Oh well - I suppose it hasn't hurt me by abstaining.
Good luck to you all - Pete

Hi guys,
I honestly do not think there is anything wrong with enjoying your drink and not reeking of it. See the advantages! In the first instance one normally tends to give it all up as we were brought up with the saying instilled in us that drinking was the curse of all the evil! Honestly, I did like the sensation that the "pepsi" gave me though I have not tried it again.

I recall my last visit to my doctor, when he asked me if I was smoking. I looked at him awestruck and asked him how did he expect me to do the same and I will never forget what he showed me near the general ward at the hopsital. These were hard core smokers who were smoking through their tracheostomy. I guess they look at life in a different way.

But if you'll want do have a drink and remember to pour one for me ( though I do not drink ) - a nice cuba libre( white rum and coke will suit me well.
Cheers.

Ananth

Mine's a straight vodka,very cold.

I never was a big drinker--not even before my hemiglossectomy and free-flap resection--but since "Flappy" was born, I've found that alcohol just doesn't taste good. Wine never appealed to me, but I did like the occasional rum & coke (twist of orange peel, please) or Kahlua and chocolate milk. Now I've discovered that spirits taste like rubbing alcohol. There is good news: beer still tastes wonderful, the darker the better.

JuliA

Dear Julia,
I was never much of a drinker but would have that occasional wine and beer to keep company as my bosses never drank water and prefered either of the too. Once I contracted this crazy thing called cancer, even that little bit of what I would drink vanished and so you can well imgine what happened when I poured a full wine bottle that was kept in a PEPSI bottle into my peg thinking it was the pepsi gone flat.
I took me days to get over the hangover and I have never made the mistake again.
I am glad however, you do enjoy your beer as in limted quantaties it is supposed be good for your system. My wife goes on about getting some bottles and pushing some down my peg - but its become so distasteful that I cannot even stand the smell let alone pour it into my system.

However, no harm done and Julia - Cheers and enjoy the beers. Which one are you drinking? Even though I do not drink or drank I know about almost all the beers and their potency. I have some wierd habbits of gathering strange information and this turned out to be one.
So Once again Cheers and have a sip from my side,
Lots of love, hugs and as always what I give all the women - xxxx's,
Ananth

Ananth,

For months I have been reading your posts. I came on to seek help for dealing with my brothers total glossectomy. I have found another site, which I have put me in contact with many people but I always, for some reason, come on to read your posts. For some odd reason I find you fascinating. Your posts make me think, wonder and best of all laugh. I found, some time ago, the one where you move your foot clockwise and with your finger make a number six, boy did my family get a kick out of that. Now that I am kind of down, I opened up this post and could not stop laughing. Thank you from this stranger who stalkes your posts.

Hi Ananth

I don't indulge very often because the beers I really like are on the costly side ($4 a bottle and up)--not more than one a month--but my favorites are oatmeal stout, Smith's Nut Brown Ale, and--of course--Guiness.

Dear Lil Sis ( or older?),
It always happen does'nt it - the person who is going through the ordeal takes it easy while the rest of the family go from site to site to find ways to make things more comfortable. Now thats life - have everyone fussing all over you. But in all seriousness, I do hope your brother is doing well and is keeping his spirits high.
You see li'l Sis, I have this whacky sense of humor which refuses to go away and the way I look at it - if I can make someone smile or give them something to laugh about - its something worthwile to be a nut like me. I find all the wierdest of things happen only to me and noone has ever understood why and neither have I - but then whats life without some excitment? I have reached a point where nothing can get better but can only worsen - so I live life more then ever with everyday that passes by. I love reading various things about various things - some that will make you laugh, some cry and some just smile.
In fact when I noticed you from the US of A and so was Julia - I just remembered about a place we have in India called USA - and it stands for Ullas Sindhi Association. The place can be well equated with the US as one gets everything made in the US in this area - now no one tells you which USA but then USA is the USA. They make full use of the name and manafacture luis strass jeans, the unoriginal...., Contrevesial keds, Nike outfits which would put the originals to shame and the same with all the other brands.

ts most amazing that though I have travelled all over the world and especially very extensively to the latin American Countries, starting from Mexico - I never once set foot in the your USA ( well I have not set foot in our USA as well!). My sister has been living in your USA for 25 years now and is completely a Yank. Though she feels she can adapt herself to India once again - I do not think its ever going to be possible. Even living in India after so many years - I find things pretty uncomfortable at times. She would complain that I was not bothered about her or my BIL and niece and that was the reason for not jumping the border to get to Chicago. I would always evade the issue and would ask them to come across to Mexico, which they did a couple of times. However, now its too late and I dont think I will ever get to meet Col. Chicken or Mr McDonald in person( we have them in India but as they say - its different). I realsie I have missed out on a lot of lovely places that I would have loved to have visited but alas - some other time. Who knows I may be reincarnated (excatly the way I am - with the same whacko sense of humor and having wierd things happen to me), I may become one the future Presidents of your USA. Wow, that would be something - just thinking about it gives me the shivers as Bush just flashes in front of me and its not a very nice sight (with due apologies if you are Bush fan). I can tell you a whole lot of jokes and funny things to do - some which are for universal viewing and others strictly for adults.
I however only post the nice decent cracked up jokes keeping in view the strict vigil that is kept over me by all the lovely ladies here of the forum - who have tolerated me for so long.
I cannot understand why you are feeling down? Just sit and think - is there any point in feeling that way as what has happened is not something that was in your or anyones control. It happened because it had to - but that does not mean one should groan and moan over something that is done with. As I keep saying( Hey Chicas - dont laugh at me!!) the clock cannot be turned back - so enjoy every moment you live. This applies to both the patients as well as the caregiver. I know it sounds very easy to say that but when you sit and think carefully you will realise time does not wait for anyone and every moment you spend feeling down and out - its that much time you are loosing out your time. So. sis - never ever feel down and out and just remember everything that happens does so because it has to - so let things fall in place as they want to and meanwhile you enjoy every precious moment. Do things that you always wanted to do - never back off from trying the impossible as you will never ever know if the impossible was possible unless you tried to make the impossible possible. Once you find the impossible has become possible you will right away look at other impossible feats to make them possible; and with each feat becoming possible inspite of you feeling it was impossible your life will be truly wonderful and that I can assure you is not imposssible but posible.
We have great people on this forum who are a massive support to each other and each one has been through a lot and understand each other very well. I am sure the more we see of you here in the forum - you will actually begin feeling at home.
Let me end this post with one promise that I will post a few real funnies which will give you a reason to smile or even fall of your chair laughing.
So my dear sister - till later as I get my funnies together,
With lots of love and some huge great bear hugs - and some small pecks on the cheeks ( as its tough to say sister and send kisses!),
Ananth

am attaching something here below and hope you all enjoy this one - Oh this world!!! I am going to tell you as to why the chicken really crossed the road. No wait - I think I let the more known figures of our society do that. Have fun Li'l Sister:

Ananth

DR. PHIL : "The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems".


OPRAH:"Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens."

GEORGE W. BUSH: " We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here."
(Middle ground here would surely mean death of the chicken.)

COLIN POWELL: "Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road..."

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN:"We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road."

JOHN KERRY:"Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it."

NANCY GRACE:" That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks."

PAT BUCHANAN:"To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American."

MARTHA STEWART: "No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information."

DR SEUSS: "Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told."

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:" To die in the rain. Alone."

JERRY FALWELL:"Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay, too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side'. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that."

GRANDPA: " In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough."

BARBARA WALTERS:"Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road."

JOHN LENNON: "Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace."

ARISTOTLE:"It is the nature of chickens to cross the road."

BILL GATES: "I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% ........ reboot."

ALBERT EINSTEIN: "Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken."

BILL CLINTON:"I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken? "

AL GORE: " I invented the chicken!"


COLONEL SANDERS: "Did I miss one?"


DICK CHENEY: "Where's my gun?"

AL SHARPTON: "Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens."


Hillary Clinton: "I have vast experience with chickens and if elected, I will ensure that EVERY chicken has the ability to cross any road they desire."

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Dear Julia,
I never really thought of beer being an expensive proposition and that just goes to show my limited knowledge about the cost of beer in Southeast Michigan! That is a new one to add to my kitty of things everyone should know but do not make attempts to find out. $ 4/- is a lot of money to shell out for a beer whatever the make. Though I have heard of the brands - the only one I have ever tasted was all time favorite - Guiness. Having lived in Spain for a very long time, I did prefer Corona but again its only when I was forced into taking a swig. I guess I hated passing more time in the loo passing what one passes after having a lot of beer.
Once a month is great and am sure you really savour it and enjoy every drop of it. As I mentioned to Lil sister life is ment to be lived and that too to the fullest you can. I am glad you are living that life.
Take care and as usual - lots of love, xxx and hugs,
Ananth

Hey guys,
You'd better not start drinking Guinness in the pubs in the UK then. USD4.00 = GBP 2.00. In some pubs Guinness is over GBP 3.00per pint and almost GBP 4.00 in the south of the UK !!!!

Dearest Winnie,
Thank heavens I do not have any such urges and beer is certainly not on my list. Now that is an expensive proposition!!!
Lots and los of love,xxx and hugs,
Ananth

Thanks for the warning, Winnie. Plus, you have to add the airfare to get to the south of the UK.