Prayers, uplifting thoughts, and encouragement for others

[VonBonfire]

My 'puter's too-old to show the pics but I read all the text.

Fish farm all setup with a concrete dome house. Ideal for south FL unless the flooding gets too severe. If I post the pics on the forum directly would you be able to view them? I'd be happy to do it if that is something you'd enjoy.

I know you been having a rough go so I just wanted you to enable you to dream a little. Get well bro, everyone here is looking forward to your return.

 

[Monkey Man]

Wow thank you brother!

Yes I'd be able to see them but only if you convert them to .jpg first, assuming they're currently .webp (that's usually the reason I can't see images 'cause this format was invented many years after my computer was current).

EDIT:
I read the blurb but didn't spot anything about a fish-farming setup. Amazing!

 

[VonBonfire]

Wow thank you brother!

Yes I'd be able to see them but only if you convert them to .jpg first, assuming they're currently .webp (that's usually the reason I can't see images 'cause this format was invented many years after my computer was current).

EDIT:
I read the blurb but didn't spot anything about a fish-farming setup. Amazing!

It looks like the listing was removed or sold so the aerial shot of the ponds isn't there but here are a couple pics I tried converting to jpeg. Lemme know if you can see them. Based on the address given it looks the neighbors next door on a couple sides are also into the fish farm business. There are 15 smaller ponds on the property and one larger one. Check out that house.

One of the ponds with a greenhouse setup in front of it.

 

[Monkey Man]

Awesome thank you Brother VB!

 

[The~Kid]

@VonBonfire I went to church this Sunday and it was pretty damn good.....


Its like the pasture had the right message and it really clicked.


Good stuff and God Bless you Brother Von and was thinking of you too.

 

[VonBonfire]

@VonBonfire I went to church this Sunday and it was pretty damn good.....


Its like the pasture had the right message and it really clicked.


Good stuff and God Bless you Brother Von and was thinking of you too.

Thanks Daniel. Glad to see you going. I'd like to make it more often myself but it's a long haul to my parish and I work late a lot of times on saturday nights. I am spiritually lazy at times, it's a personal failing. I did go to Vespers and make confession pretty recently. It's always a good experience and my priest is really great to me.

I gotta do some traveling early in the a.m tomorrow so not sure how much time I'll have to hang here until I get back. Kind of apprehensive about it cause I'm going places I haven't been before playing for and with people I don't know that well. I have a couple trips to make outta town in the next few weeks plus an old friend is stopping by later this month. Once I knock the next month out the gig season will wind down for me. A hot weekend of gigs at the end of August kind of fried me on summer....

@Tone Monster I hope you are doing well bro.

@HellraiserJohnny I hope you are feeling well enough these days to play your guitar. I know it's a big source of enjoyment and a morale booster in your situation.

@Monkey Man It's good seeing you here more again. You are the guy who makes this board as good as it is. It's not the same without you.

@DrewJD82 wanted to hear how you been in general. I should've texted you a while back but I failed in that, getting sidetracked by life's hassles I guess. Sorry about that.

@Rottweiler My prayers have been with you and your family and hope the foot is still recovering good.

@Shevek I know we haven't gotten along that well in the past. Hoping that's going to keep changing for the better with time. Thanks for being patient with me. For what it's worth I added your mom to my commemorations a couple weeks back since you were kind enough to share her name on the board. I hope everything is well with the business, the band, and life.

I think everyone here should be keeping member JDub aka Jason Wallis in their thoughts and prayers. It seems like he is going through an excruciating time of his life both physically and financially. Makes my problems seem pretty minor by comparison.

Me, I been very tired lately and feeling burnt out on everything. Maybe it's that time of year and a few other things I won't get into. I feel like there is some change on the horizon for me and my family but it hinges on a few things happening first and would take a lot of planning. I have done a lot of praying on the future over the last eight years waiting on an answer and I think I may have found it but it would be a huge change. The next year ahead will tell me a lot. Plans can change so rapidly...

Sorry for the long post. It seemed warranted tho. Be well, all. Lord bless.

 

[Rottweiler]

Thanks for the prayers @VonBonfire and I hope you have a safe trip. Break a leg up there!

For those of you on the fence, prayer really does work. You might not get exacty what you are looking for, exactly when you want it, but the last 3 years here are living proof for me. Prayer to the almighty will help you find a path to what you need, when you need it. My problems are small compared to some others out there. I am eternally gratefull for the gifts and friends I have in life.

I don't like to moan about problems or try to outdo anyone, or make others feel like their problems are small. But lets just say I'm lucky to be on two feet and earning a paycheck. Prayer and faith in Jesus has made that possible. I'm living proof and not just making claims.

 

[Monkey Man]

Thank you for the awesome compliment Brother T.

Fantastic post, that. Hope you feel better soon mate.

I've got some weird issue where my neck, shoulders, face and scalp are super-sensitive. They hurt like Hell, especially the scalp & neck. Pretty-weird. Only been happening for a week but it's that bad right now I can't concentrate on anything or sleep.

Still, I nooo complaaan. It's just weird (and an inconvenience) is all. Every time I cough it feels like someone's cutting my scalp with a knife. Hair can't be brushed, obviously. Weird.

 

[Rottweiler]

Sorry to hear that MM. I hope you get it sorted. Glad you are back!

 

[DrewJD82]

Much appreciated, brother.

I’m actually in a period of burn out as well and frankly I’m coming up empty when looking in the motivation tank. Nothing in the way of music, if anything I’ll have ample motivation there, but at work there’s a growing “other people are free to drop the ball because you can pick up the slack for them” situation and it’s not an isolated thing.

I had a wonderful 4 days in the Smokies with my girlfriend-

The dichotomy of exploring these early American areas where daily life required giant fucking balls and nonstop effort to simply survive and coming back to “reality” where people can simply stop working for the rest of the day if they break a sweat longer than 5 minutes, or if a single thought is simply too hard to comprehend the first time one reads a sentence….

I tell ya, though, that first day I got there I walked down a little footpath, saw this and just about fell over in tears-

 

[Monkey Man]

I had a wonderful 4 days in the Smokies with my girlfriend-

Looks friggin' awesome Brother Drew.

To anyone concerned:

Turns out they're not just lumps on my scalp, but blisters. No wonder they hurt so-much and prevent brushing. Spread to one of my ears or I'd have not realised what they were. Tongue has white fungal-looking growths on it. Feels scratchy like when you eat those horrid salt-an-vinegar chips that use CH3COOH (acetic acid) instead of real vinegar - you know - the "scratchy" feeling.

No unaffected patches left on the scalp so unless I sleep sitting-up (never managed that in my life, prolly 'cause I've had insomnia since I was 8) sleep ain't happening due to severe pain from pressure from a pillow or anything else.

This is so-weird. It's been 10 days since the neck-and-throat started and a week since the blisters appeared. The only thing I've thought of was that it could be heavy-metal poisoning (for the umpteenth time - I'm really-sensitive due to the big-time ones scattered throughout my life) from the local supermarket's home-brand smoked oysters in a tin. I've only bought smoked oysters 3 times in my life and noticed that they were $1.30 as opposed to all the other brands' being over 4 bucks, so figured it was a no-brainer for a treat. After eating the first little tin I noticed that it said, "farmed in China". I had the second can a few days later (Tuesday last week) and that was the day the neck started playing up.

Bit too-much of a coincidence I reckon. My "recent" engine-oil (old sump oil) and balsamic-vinegar (it had reacted with the alloy cap whilst sitting in the pantry for some years and I didn't realise it) poisonings both manifested mainly in the head, neck and shoulders, another reason I'm leaning that way.

Oh well. I'm too-fucked to be here. Just popped in to give the heads-up that yet again, I'm out-of-commission.

Sorry guys. If I can maintain the home page and contribute to the bikini thread I'll consider that a win.

 

[311boogieman]

We would love it if you would create a @Monkey Man Thread and sticky it

Just for all things updates.

But mojo sent brah

 

[HellraiserJohnny]

@HellraiserJohnny I hope you are feeling well enough these days to play your guitar. I know it's a big source of enjoyment and a morale booster in your situation.

@VonBonfire: Thank you so much for the thought. The band is kicking AZZ every Tues night and our new drummer is improving by leaps and bounds! It really helps to mentor him through the transition of playing covers to writing originals. All the guys I work with are very supportive and kind. We are up to 13 new originals that we we are working on since my diagnosis on 3/26.

Heres one we worked on Last Tues - One and All

 

[DrewJD82]

Looks friggin' awesome Brother Drew.

To anyone concerned:

Turns out they're not just lumps on my scalp, but blisters. No wonder they hurt so-much and prevent brushing. Spread to one of my ears or I'd have not realised what they were. Tongue has white fungal-looking growths on it. Feels scratchy like when you eat those horrid salt-an-vinegar chips that use CH3COOH (acetic acid) instead of real vinegar - you know - the "scratchy" feeling.

No unaffected patches left on the scalp so unless I sleep sitting-up (never managed that in my life, prolly 'cause I've had insomnia since I was 8) sleep ain't happening due to severe pain from pressure from a pillow or anything else.

This is so-weird. It's been 10 days since the neck-and-throat started and a week since the blisters appeared. The only thing I've thought of was that it could be heavy-metal poisoning (for the umpteenth time - I'm really-sensitive due to the big-time ones scattered throughout my life) from the local supermarket's home-brand smoked oysters in a tin. I've only bought smoked oysters 3 times in my life and noticed that they were $1.30 as opposed to all the other brands' being over 4 bucks, so figured it was a no-brainer for a treat. After eating the first little tin I noticed that it said, "farmed in China". I had the second can a few days later (Tuesday last week) and that was the day the neck started playing up.

Bit too-much of a coincidence I reckon. My "recent" engine-oil (old sump oil) and balsamic-vinegar (it had reacted with the alloy cap whilst sitting in the pantry for some years and I didn't realise it) poisonings both manifested mainly in the head, neck and shoulders, another reason I'm leaning that way.

Oh well. I'm too-fucked to be here. Just popped in to give the heads-up that yet again, I'm out-of-commission.

Sorry guys. If I can maintain the home page and contribute to the bikini thread I'll consider that a win.

Fuckin’ hell, man, best of luck with this, I’ll definitely send some prayers your way.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Looks friggin' awesome Brother Drew.

To anyone concerned:

Turns out they're not just lumps on my scalp, but blisters. No wonder they hurt so-much and prevent brushing. Spread to one of my ears or I'd have not realised what they were. Tongue has white fungal-looking growths on it. Feels scratchy like when you eat those horrid salt-an-vinegar chips that use CH3COOH (acetic acid) instead of real vinegar - you know - the "scratchy" feeling.

No unaffected patches left on the scalp so unless I sleep sitting-up (never managed that in my life, prolly 'cause I've had insomnia since I was 8) sleep ain't happening due to severe pain from pressure from a pillow or anything else.

This is so-weird. It's been 10 days since the neck-and-throat started and a week since the blisters appeared. The only thing I've thought of was that it could be heavy-metal poisoning (for the umpteenth time - I'm really-sensitive due to the big-time ones scattered throughout my life) from the local supermarket's home-brand smoked oysters in a tin. I've only bought smoked oysters 3 times in my life and noticed that they were $1.30 as opposed to all the other brands' being over 4 bucks, so figured it was a no-brainer for a treat. After eating the first little tin I noticed that it said, "farmed in China". I had the second can a few days later (Tuesday last week) and that was the day the neck started playing up.

Bit too-much of a coincidence I reckon. My "recent" engine-oil (old sump oil) and balsamic-vinegar (it had reacted with the alloy cap whilst sitting in the pantry for some years and I didn't realise it) poisonings both manifested mainly in the head, neck and shoulders, another reason I'm leaning that way.

Oh well. I'm too-fucked to be here. Just popped in to give the heads-up that yet again, I'm out-of-commission.

Sorry guys. If I can maintain the home page and contribute to the bikini thread I'll consider that a win.

Shit brother. Get better soon my friend.

 

[Rottweiler]

Looks friggin' awesome Brother Drew.

To anyone concerned:

Turns out they're not just lumps on my scalp, but blisters. No wonder they hurt so-much and prevent brushing. Spread to one of my ears or I'd have not realised what they were. Tongue has white fungal-looking growths on it. Feels scratchy like when you eat those horrid salt-an-vinegar chips that use CH3COOH (acetic acid) instead of real vinegar - you know - the "scratchy" feeling.

No unaffected patches left on the scalp so unless I sleep sitting-up (never managed that in my life, prolly 'cause I've had insomnia since I was 8) sleep ain't happening due to severe pain from pressure from a pillow or anything else.

This is so-weird. It's been 10 days since the neck-and-throat started and a week since the blisters appeared. The only thing I've thought of was that it could be heavy-metal poisoning (for the umpteenth time - I'm really-sensitive due to the big-time ones scattered throughout my life) from the local supermarket's home-brand smoked oysters in a tin. I've only bought smoked oysters 3 times in my life and noticed that they were $1.30 as opposed to all the other brands' being over 4 bucks, so figured it was a no-brainer for a treat. After eating the first little tin I noticed that it said, "farmed in China". I had the second can a few days later (Tuesday last week) and that was the day the neck started playing up.

Bit too-much of a coincidence I reckon. My "recent" engine-oil (old sump oil) and balsamic-vinegar (it had reacted with the alloy cap whilst sitting in the pantry for some years and I didn't realise it) poisonings both manifested mainly in the head, neck and shoulders, another reason I'm leaning that way.

Oh well. I'm too-fucked to be here. Just popped in to give the heads-up that yet again, I'm out-of-commission.

Sorry guys. If I can maintain the home page and contribute to the bikini thread I'll consider that a win.

Wow MM, I hope you get this sorted. Please take time to see a doctor. I hope you heal quickly!

 

[311boogieman]

Looks friggin' awesome Brother Drew.

To anyone concerned:

Turns out they're not just lumps on my scalp, but blisters. No wonder they hurt so-much and prevent brushing. Spread to one of my ears or I'd have not realised what they were. Tongue has white fungal-looking growths on it. Feels scratchy like when you eat those horrid salt-an-vinegar chips that use CH3COOH (acetic acid) instead of real vinegar - you know - the "scratchy" feeling.

No unaffected patches left on the scalp so unless I sleep sitting-up (never managed that in my life, prolly 'cause I've had insomnia since I was 8) sleep ain't happening due to severe pain from pressure from a pillow or anything else.

This is so-weird. It's been 10 days since the neck-and-throat started and a week since the blisters appeared. The only thing I've thought of was that it could be heavy-metal poisoning (for the umpteenth time - I'm really-sensitive due to the big-time ones scattered throughout my life) from the local supermarket's home-brand smoked oysters in a tin. I've only bought smoked oysters 3 times in my life and noticed that they were $1.30 as opposed to all the other brands' being over 4 bucks, so figured it was a no-brainer for a treat. After eating the first little tin I noticed that it said, "farmed in China". I had the second can a few days later (Tuesday last week) and that was the day the neck started playing up.

Bit too-much of a coincidence I reckon. My "recent" engine-oil (old sump oil) and balsamic-vinegar (it had reacted with the alloy cap whilst sitting in the pantry for some years and I didn't realise it) poisonings both manifested mainly in the head, neck and shoulders, another reason I'm leaning that way.

Oh well. I'm too-fucked to be here. Just popped in to give the heads-up that yet again, I'm out-of-commission.

Sorry guys. If I can maintain the home page and contribute to the bikini thread I'll consider that a win.

Nicky did you contact the supermarket and mnfc of the oysters? Did you say you had engine oil in your pantry? Dang dude, I hope you get all of this figured out.

 

[Monkey Man]

OK quick update guys. Too-fucked to hang around / concentrate so I'll answer a few quotes and paste the update I just posted in the mod lobby:

Wow MM, I hope you get this sorted. Please take time to see a doctor. I hope you heal quickly!

I missed the viral-treatment window. See below. Thanks mate.

Fuckin’ hell, man, best of luck with this, I’ll definitely send some prayers your way.

Thank you Brother Drew!

I'll take everything I possibly can at this point mate.

We would love it if you would create a @Monkey Man Thread and sticky it

Just for all things updates.

But mojo sent brah

Thank you Brother 3.

Yeah na... I couldn't bear to have a thread "all about me" mate; I've just never considered myself important in any way and what little ego I have left would not be able to stand it.

I totally appreciate the kind sentiment 'though brother.

OK, so here's most of what I posted in the mod lobby:

Turns out it's shingles. Haven't seen any pics of scalp infestations on the net that are even a 10th as bad as what I've got. Right now my scalp's literally one big scab that throbs and weeps all-day. Hair is obviously all stuck-together like a helmet 'cause of the liquid drying.

I missed the medical viral-treatment window of 3 days 'cause I didn't realise what it was 'til I was a week into the ordeal.

Just doing everything I can by cranking up all my supplementation that I usually take to get by with my CFS and autoimmune:
3 litres of herbal tea a day, fibre, echinacea, olive leaf extract, vitamin C, chlorophyl, colloidal silver, Reliv, zinc, D3 / K2, magnesium, spirulina, blackstrap molasses, crushed-coral minerals, cod liver oil and so on. It's a full-time job taking all this shit!

Notably, I'm taking the silver at just below the quantity that turns your body blue - 1ml / kg of bodyweight for a 30ppm solution, so I'm taking 20% below that - 'cause I feel that this is the most-potent antiviral non-medical-drug approach I can take. The olive leaf extract fights viruses too, but at a much-lower level. Everything else is for immune support.

I'll paste this to that thread in OTC where peeps were concerned in order to save time. Hopefully I can manage to do the home page again this coming weekend. I'm proud of the fact that I haven't missed a beat with it yet, touch wood, come Hell or high water.

Been a Helluva year health and mental-health wise, obviously, and I have to constantly remind myself that it isn't my fault.

Love you guys and once again, I'm sorry I'm not up to work again.

So there you have it. I couldn't find a window in which to do all this concentrating and typing sooner, so sorry about that. Full disclosure, I have typed a few sentences on the 'net in the past week, but they were bot-style, minimalist efforts that didn't require ongoing engagement or too-much specificity. I can't even bring myself to check my email.

I fear that my autoimmune's gonna mean that even once I get on top of this, the shingles are gonna be there lying in wait, ready-to-pounce. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it at-bay indefinitely once this is over. Right now I'd just love to see daily improvement, which unfortunately is not yet the case.

Anywho, that's the full disclosure we've come to expect from the mods here so there you have it. Thank you so very much again for your empathy and prayers guys!

 

[VonBonfire]

Love you guys and once again, I'm sorry I'm not up to work again.

We love you too. No apologies necessary Nicky, just get well!!!

 

[Rottweiler]

Yeah MM, youre a good dude. Prayers will be sent daily. Hang in there and stay tough!