Self-Isolated Pat.. day 1. I just drank my last diet coke, and I need to order another movie.

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If you’re an avid reader, there’s a genre of science fiction you might be familiar with that’s called “apocalyptic fiction,” involving a tale threatening the end of civilization, such as Stephen King’s “The Stand,” or Michael Crichton’s “The Andromeda Strain.” Those plague driven tales might be a little uncomfortable to read nowadays with what we’re hearing about in the media.

While it might seem that we’re in a pandemic situation with supermarket aisles being cleared of TP and Chlorox wipes, it’s really not so dire as much as it is just a matter of being smart and safe, so we aren’t infecting others who might have their immunity compromised and less able to withstand the symptoms of the coronavirus.  Which is the reason I find myself in self-imposed isolation.

This past week, my wife and two oldest daughters had the opportunity to go on a long-planned trip to Ireland, leaving dad at home with the youngest three.  No biggie. Not my first rodeo, as my wife has travelled for work before, and dad has been in charge. Only one pizza meal, because I had my nose in work and didn’t have time to plan. I even think their socks matched.

What did happen is that after I had an appendicitis attack last year (which went away with antibiotics), I recently decided to schedule it to come out when it wasn’t an emergency, which happened to be this week. In going through a questionnaire with the hospital as part of the planning process, one of the questions they asked is “have you or a close family member traveled outside the country in the last 14 days.”

My response was  “Umm.. well… my wife gets back from Ireland on Saturday.. Does that count?”   Apparently that does, as they informed me that If I’m exposed to her, I have to postpone the outpatient procedure. They even went a few levels up to confirm it. And the answer was a more emphatic “No surgery if you’re living with a foreign traveller.” Well, rats.

I was set to do just that – postpone it for a few weeks to a couple of months. But a friend on Facebook noted that if things get more active with the coronavirus, anything remotely elective will probably be canceled.

As adverse as I am to inconvenience, I’m even more averse to having another unplanned appendicitis attack, possibly in the middle of campaign season.

So, before my wife arrived back home at 11pm last night, I hightailed it to the local Comfort Inn, where I find myself in a state of being “self-isolated Pat,” as I wait to go in to the local hospital tomorrow.  As you can see in the picture, I’m not exactly in deplorable conditions.

My apocalyptic fiction narrative today might be something along the lines of “Self-Isolated Pat.. day 1. I just drank my last diet coke, and I need to order another movie.”  I don’t think I can even really call it an inconvenience, because it’s more just separating myself for a day and a half.

And self-isolated probably isn’t the term, as much as isolated from my wife until after the procedure. I could have crashed on my SDSU student’s couch. But I frankly had no interest in doing that.  So I’m holed up with a microwave and mini-fridge, as my laptop is plugged into the big screen TV.  And yes, they did have a continental breakfast this morning.

But that’s the point. Many of us are experiencing minor inconveniences because we want to do our part and avoid an actual health catastrophe. The only ones with major inconveniences are those who will have reduced hours or are temporarily laid off – and they are the ones who are making significant sacrifices and need our support.

The rest of us can still run out and have access all the conveniences of life.  Having the kids out of school for a week, or missing out on an event is a small sacrifice to attempt to prevent overloading our healthcare system. We’ll get through this, as we have every other inconvenience.   If we do anything in this time of cancelations, we should make a point to be a little more patient with one another. This is about our fellow man.

And maybe that’s the lesson we can take from this. Think of others before yourself. Because it might just be more important to them than it is to us.

27 thoughts on “Self-Isolated Pat.. day 1. I just drank my last diet coke, and I need to order another movie.”

  1. Nicely written Pat…I hope all goes well for you and that all is comfortable and well for the rest of the family!

  2. Hi Pat – I hope everything goes okay with your procedure. Probably the right call to move forward with it if you can’t fix the issue with diet/lifestyle.

    I think there is an interesting altruistic tone to your post that caused some thoughts to bubble up to share.

    I agree that if somebody is sick, they shouldn’t go out and get other people sick.

    That said, I’m not so sure there is a way to measure the lives you’re saving by not going out. If there was, maybe I would agree with you about protection of the immune – compromised. What you’re doing is probably a smart move anytime you want a Dr. to open up your innards. Then, if the hospital is full of flu patients .. yikes.

    Moving on ..

    NK and China infection rates seem to be leveling-off, and restrictions here in the US seem to be preventing widespread infection. Presumably, once the disease runs its course, the population would have developed an immunity and controlled the outbreak through hygiene and social practices.

    In fact, that’s what we’re doing. Infection rates seem to be underwhelming (granted, we’ll see). Then, in a few months will come the vaccine to save the day .. that was already saved through hygiene and social practices.

    The vaccine, which would have done little to the eradication of the disease, would get the credit and rake-in a bunch of $$$ for Pharma execs and stockholders, many of whom are vested or live in South Dakota.

    Hand washing, eating well, and controlling the infection rate (not necessarily to total number of infections) to keep hospital beds available for the most serious cases is the way to beat a virus. NOT VACCINES.

    As a tool to save us from pandemic, vaccines are a dismal failure since the disease is allowed to spread while hopeful vaccines (it’s far from guaranteed) are developed (or finished, as is the case with the corona vaccine).

    Trump card.

    Now, let’s consider that the vaccine for this virus was already in development. The virus was man-made and weaponized.

    Rather than promoting the value of quarantine, in order to prevent this type of thing happening again, rather than reward the sociopaths and greed-infected in the pharma industry, I think I’ll use my time more effectively advocating against weaponized bio-agents. The mafia tactics to push vaccines are a real turn-off.

    This virus weakens with each generation according to my sources, so like a blast wave that deteriorates by the time it reaches the US, in addition to the fact that the virus was designed to target Asians in the first place, the virus could have a muted effect here in the US.

    A source told me that 5G could be interacting with this virus to turn it on and off over time. If true, after the population gets the virus, it’s a push-button pandemic. Depending upon how effective it is at providing cover to push globalist agendas, we might see the pandemic button used more than once.

    Moving-on ..

    Is dealing with this virus better than dealing with constant impeachment? Is coronavirus like pepper being thrown on a couple of skirmishing dogs?

    We should be talking about these things more than pandemic preparation and altruism and virus virtue signaling.

    I don’t want old people to suffer and pass away, but I also don’t want bio-warfare to be held over Earth’s population like a sword of Damocles.

    “Step out of line, the man come, and take you away…”

      1. “[The Wuhan coronavirus came out of the UNC biowarfare lab.]” — Prof. Frances Boyle

        For the record, I am hypothesizing that 5G has the ability to interact with viruses in a specific and lethal way. 5G also interacts with human tissue and can virtually microwave an individual in her footsteps. That said, the virus is a perfect cover to use 5G to eliminate dissidents. I am actively seeking evidence, depositions, and testimonial from wireless scientists and computer engineers.

        You may now commence waving your hands, feeling important, and calling me meaningless names.

        If you take the position that the “Obama Virus” was NOT weaponized and developed at UNC, you would be incorrect.

            1. In whoch a complete nutbar edgelords a bit to scramble for cred when people scoff at his insane ideas.

              1. I had to look up edge-lord.

                Keep waving those hands in the air and citing your urban incantations.

                The facts belie your position. You can either change your position or be wrong.

                The economy of character assassination is so 2005.

                ‘merica

                1. I’m just counting the minutes until you have another mini-meltdown and vanish for a bit, so say what you like.

                  1. “until you have another mini-meltdown and vanish for a bit”

                    This is an unbelievable statement.

                    When was my last meltdown? How long was I gone? What was I doing? And how did I vanish?

                    Why are you so concerned when you can’t see me?

                    😀

        2. Lol. I’ll take my chances even against a human rights lawyer who apparently doesn’t understand how the corona family virii even work. Dude starts babbling about how th DNA was manipulated…. somehow… ? Um… WHAT DNA? Coronavirus doesn’t have DNA. If it makes you feel any better, I don’t think he’d make a good plumber or truck driver, either.

          As for 5G “activation”, WTF? So millimeter-wave RF and low power attenuated beams can somehow even hit a virus? And what exactly are you switching “on”? A virus does what a virus does: replicate. That’s it. Collateral cell damage, sure, but that’s like being able to switch the sun off and on. It doesn’t work like that, I mean, at all. And why 5G? How can the virus tell the difference between 5G and the crash avoidance beam on my Nissan? Or maybe the virus gets triggered when I warm up leftovers in the microwave?

          Avoid crowds, wash your hands, and ffs stop listening to alex jones.

          1. “He drafted the U.S. domestic implementing legislation for the Biological Weapons Convention, known as the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, that was approved unanimously by both Houses of the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.”

            Why do I get the feeling that you neither listened to the interview nor read past a search result from google?

            Immerse yourself in the information and read the studies. Listen to my show, InfoWars, and other sources. Don’t follow the sordid and ineffective “character assassination” argumentative model that you have demonstrated so far .. take a more intellectually honest approach. We need all-hands on deck to expose and prosecute the networks of globalist criminal cartels that currently create our matrix. Globalists are beaten, but not completely finished, and I’m sure they’ll be back (Facism is a common human trait that must be obviated through the application of superior ideas).

            Regarding 5G – these are all valid questions. How would millimeter waves interact with a virus or cluster of nanotech objects? Go forth, answer this questions, and I’ll publish the results to our large and diverse audience.

            For what it’s worth, 5G is a brand, and the weaponized manipulation of the world with frequencies at or near the 5G spectrum is the subject to which I’m referring, not necessarily just 5G the consumer facing marketing Frankenstein.

            What we know:

            1 – that spectrum is military grade
            2 – it can virtualize structures through walls
            3 – it can remotely power devices (think Tesla)
            4 – the US military industrial complex uses wireless vociferously – everything is a nail, and 5G type spectrum is their hammer

            I cover the 5G issue in detail on the show, I cite my sources unless I forget, and I typically read beyond the first paragraph.

            Thanks for the chat .. here’s hoping for another SCL virgin mind blown.

            1. “Military Grade” spectrum? SMH. That’s like saying “weapons grade” purple. While there are definitely RF bands reserved for military use, they’re no different from the rest outside of how much data they carry and how far they can reach.

              It’s not character assassination to call out a so-called expert for going off the deep end later in life. While I respect the work that Boyle produced in his storied career, the man has obviously gone off the deep end with this ridiculous conspiracy. Charles Kao wasn’t even verbal at the end, and I wonder if Boyle is headed the same way.

              InfoWars is about as truthful as the Onion or Weekly World News. It’s entertainment, nothing more.

              1. “obviously gone off the deep end with this ridiculous conspiracy”

                Obviously, how? Are you also a Holocaust denier that does not recognize what Mao did in China?

                At this point, the information about all of these types of events is readily available on the web. I wonder about what types of folks are out there. There is the head in the sand type. There is the can’t read type. There is the patriot-warrior type. There is the blind follower of main stream trends (even if the main stream is poisoned). Then, there is the evil sociopath that inherits money and orchestrates all of it for fun. Lastly, there is the person who objectifies and worships the sociopath.

                “InfoWars is about as truthful as the Onion or Weekly World News”

                This statement should be describing itself .. a linguistic singularity as it were. If you don’t have evidence, I’m open to valid, cogent, sound inductive proofs. Provide either one of these and I can respond more substantively. If you keep trolling, I’ll move-on.

                But in the meantime, ignore InfoWars if you want.

                Post back when you get done reading and analyzing the 4 studies cited by Boyle in the interview.

                Lastly, the US deep state policy of nation building and false-flagging other nations threatens the continuity of the republic.

                I would call you out as a Neocon .. a RINO .. a Ron Paul hater. Am I right?

                Take care,

                John

                1. InfoWars: Home of Pizzagate, Sandy Hook “crisis actors”, chemtrails, 9/11 “Was an Inside Job”, Military weather control, Millions of illegal voters in 2016, and the latest: Silver toothpaste that stops coronavirus.

                  And for whatever it’s worth – I’d classify myself as about dead center of the Democratic Party. Biden isn’t enough, Bernie is too much.

                  1. This is all misinformation.

                    Your analysis lacks nuance.

                    Let’s take the issue of military weather control. Are you saying this isn’t happening?

                    https://www.space.com/1725-military-weather.html

                    Pizzagate, Sandy Hook, chemtrails, 9/11 insid job, illegal voting, and Silver Toothpaste – your analysis of these is short shrift as well (you imply black and white).

                    Once Alex Jones’ YouTube is reinstated, his response to Sandy Hook will be again viewable on that major platform. His crime was questioning the official narrative (journalism). I recommend letting him speak for himself. When the deep state speaks for you, things tend to be *ahem* misinterpreted.

                    DOD has a patent on Colloidal silver .. it does kill the virus, but doesn’t prevent infection necessarily (this is the claim made by Jones on his programming day-in and day-out).

                    Regarding 9/11, building 7 was demo’d. I would also recommend that you read Bill Cooper’s “Behold a Pale Horse”. The prevailing wisdom of my sources is that, as the head of the FBI at the time, Mueller ran point on the cover-up.

                    Pizzagate was a honey pot. Independent of that, the Podestas and Clintons are scum bags because they sexually traffic children (Epstein didn’t kill himself).

                    I feel kind of responsible for creating your Austin Powers (any relation to Pat?) moment.

                    Cheers to you getting your mojo back, soon.

                    FWIW, I’m registered Independent, but will likely return to the Republican party after a 2-3 year hiatus (I’m hopeful that scummy neocon ideologies will be rooted out by then).

                    1. Short shrift? It’s all patently untrue – the earth isn’t flat, and the moon isn’t made of cheese.

                      Colloidal silver is, well, we’ll let the Mayo Clinic explain that one: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/expert-answers/colloidal-silver/faq-20058061

                      I get that you feel powerless in this complex world, but doubling down on conspiracy theories only removes your human agency. Blaming everyone else for the sorry state of the world might help you feel better about your own shortcomings, but the simple fact is that you’re still the captain of your own destiny. Have a little self-respect and stop trying to make sense of the senseless. The sooner you realize that the universe runs on entropy, the sooner you can come to terms with the fact that you’re the only person that can make you happy.

                      Bless.

                    2. I’d like to summarize the general form of your argument that the sky is blue, therefore your argument is invalid:
                      https://tr.rbxcdn.com/8be1a1488bc1540cb348d87001640bab/420/420/Decal/Png

                      “you feel powerless in this complex world” – therefore your argument is invalid.

                      “blaming everyone else for the sorry state of the world might help you feel better about your own shortcomings” – therefore conspiracies don’t exist.

                      “you’re still the captain of your own destiny” – therefore that’s why Julian Assange, Bradly Manning, Edward Snowden, and Seth Rich are losers.

                      “stop trying to make sense of the senseless” – therefore the Freemasons and other organizations do not exist, do not coordinate society and business in secret, so go to sleep.

                      “you’re the only person that can make you happy” – therefore, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, and don’t pay attention to the big pictures. Our leaders are leading, and they have decided. If you are damaged, seek not torte, if you are injured, seek not compensation, if you are thieved, seek not justice.

                      A level, fair, open, and well funded free market for ideas, education, products, and services would make me happy. Therefore, I will choose to use whatever legal means are necessary to achieve that.

  3. Best comment of the day from Facebook:

    “ Why would I buy anything for the coronavirus pandemic? I bought nothing. All my neighbors have dogs.”

  4. Hope things go well for you Pat. I pray the Brookings Comfort Inn is nicer than the one in Pierre!

    1. It’s actually one of the newest ones in town. No complaints here. My only misery was that I got around to renting Rambo III… Not Stallone’s finest work.

  5. Good luck tomorrow Pat. Burst appendix’s can kill you a lot faster than any newfangled old Chinese Virus 🦠!
    Sixth grade was my appendix date.

    1. yep.. that’s why I figured I just need to suck it up and get it dealt with. My family physician told me that odds are it will flare up again at some point. My wife had hers burst back when we lived in Pierre about 20 years ago, and it was not something I care to do.

  6. I hope you can have the laparoscopic procedure. That seems to be the safest. Best of luck to you.

    1. Yep. They were able to do that, and the side with the appendix feels great.

      Now the left side of my body feels like I’ve been struck by a car where they jammed everything into me. But it’s all good.

      2. Well, it stands to reason the left side is going to cause you more pain than the right side. I believe that is the point of your blog!
        Glad to hear it all came out OK.

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