If you could, would you go back in time?

[Naperville]

I would go back to when i was 15 or so. I would not really change much but would handle something’s better. Kinda like polishing rough patches instead of really changing anything.
I would probably also have a larger spydie collection since i passed “for now” on more then a few spyders that i wish i had not since they now seem like gone forever.

Thanks for sharing.

But if you went back to age 15, it's almost certain you would handle the things that came up in the same or similar manner. I would suggest that the rough patches are a significant part of our growth into who we have become. So if we mostly like who we are, we owe some of that to the things that didn't go so smoothly.



Jim

Thx Jim i like you’re comment!
And you are correct i would not change anything that makes me really me. But there is actually one thing i would try to change ( If i could keep my knowledge of how my life is now offcourse) and that is try to in some way to postpone my crohn disease as much years as possible. Try another diet, stress therapy,…
Because even though i do not have it in the hardest way it is kinda messing up my life in some ways that i do not like. The pain for example gives me a shorter fuse that i did not have in the past.
Also i can get nervousness at times that i never had. And the fact that my employer and colleagues act differently and kinda scared of me or for me now that i want to return to my job makes me feel weak.
So that its a thing i wish i could try to postpone with an action in the past even if it was only for a few years.

I haven't been keeping up with all of the posts across the site and I missed your post, but saw Jim's.

Sorry to hear about your issue.

As we age these maladies snowball, at least for me they have.

Wish you nothing but the best! Hang in there.

[apollo]

Thx Jim that is so kind of you. Can not complain as hard as few months ago. ( i was stuck bed from extreme pain , fever, tiredness , 12 to 15 bathroom breaks a day,… ) So it has improved allot. I can do things again and i am sure i can slowly grow in to my full time job aswel. ( If finally given the chance from my employer that is ) Its just well the disease isn’t curable so the pain and discomforts that now are still left will according to my doctors never go away so since i am only 32 i need to learn to live with them. And well that kinda sucks especially when you have an employer that shivers with the thought of me starting again without being totally “cured” .
While I personally know that many of my younger colleagues and even a few older ones watch an episode on netflix or play games on there phone during the work hours in the restrooms they seem to struggle with the idea of me possibly having a bad day and needing an extra 10 minutes…
Pisses me off honestly.

I don't blame you.

Well, perhaps someday there WILL be a safe cure for it. I certainly hope so. And hopefully, your employer and co-workers will learn to "get over themselves" and show you a little respect and empathy for your situation. And hopefully BEFORE they have to experience something like that themselves to realize how it feels.

Jim

Thx Jim talking to you really made me better. You’re a good man!

My pleasure. Have a great week, apollo!

Jim

Thx Jim.
Merry christmas and a happy new year to you and you’re loved ones.

Dimi

[apollo]

I would go back to when i was 15 or so. I would not really change much but would handle something’s better. Kinda like polishing rough patches instead of really changing anything.
I would probably also have a larger spydie collection since i passed “for now” on more then a few spyders that i wish i had not since they now seem like gone forever.

Thanks for sharing.

But if you went back to age 15, it's almost certain you would handle the things that came up in the same or similar manner. I would suggest that the rough patches are a significant part of our growth into who we have become. So if we mostly like who we are, we owe some of that to the things that didn't go so smoothly.



Jim

Thx Jim i like you’re comment!
And you are correct i would not change anything that makes me really me. But there is actually one thing i would try to change ( If i could keep my knowledge of how my life is now offcourse) and that is try to in some way to postpone my crohn disease as much years as possible. Try another diet, stress therapy,…
Because even though i do not have it in the hardest way it is kinda messing up my life in some ways that i do not like. The pain for example gives me a shorter fuse that i did not have in the past.
Also i can get nervousness at times that i never had. And the fact that my employer and colleagues act differently and kinda scared of me or for me now that i want to return to my job makes me feel weak.
So that its a thing i wish i could try to postpone with an action in the past even if it was only for a few years.

I haven't been keeping up with all of the posts across the site and I missed your post, but saw Jim's.

Sorry to hear about your issue.

As we age these maladies snowball, at least for me they have.

Wish you nothing but the best! Hang in there.

Thx Naperville! I hope i will be able to control it but can not do more then follow the doktors orders offcourse. The Specialist said i was kinda lucky since my crohn’s is kinda an mutated form that acts like it is its lesser sister disease ulcerosa. So if this was strong enough to put me down for 8 months i rather not know how bad the normal form is. Reading you’re post I assume you also have this condition or something similar?
I also wish you the very best. And on top of that i wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New year!

Thx for the support. I used to be quit and suck everything bad up but since this happend to me i am starting to feel talking about such things can really help mentally.
So thank you guys!

Dimi

[Naperville]

Thanks for sharing.

But if you went back to age 15, it's almost certain you would handle the things that came up in the same or similar manner. I would suggest that the rough patches are a significant part of our growth into who we have become. So if we mostly like who we are, we owe some of that to the things that didn't go so smoothly.



Jim

Thx Jim i like you’re comment!
And you are correct i would not change anything that makes me really me. But there is actually one thing i would try to change ( If i could keep my knowledge of how my life is now offcourse) and that is try to in some way to postpone my crohn disease as much years as possible. Try another diet, stress therapy,…
Because even though i do not have it in the hardest way it is kinda messing up my life in some ways that i do not like. The pain for example gives me a shorter fuse that i did not have in the past.
Also i can get nervousness at times that i never had. And the fact that my employer and colleagues act differently and kinda scared of me or for me now that i want to return to my job makes me feel weak.
So that its a thing i wish i could try to postpone with an action in the past even if it was only for a few years.

I haven't been keeping up with all of the posts across the site and I missed your post, but saw Jim's.

Sorry to hear about your issue.

As we age these maladies snowball, at least for me they have.

Wish you nothing but the best! Hang in there.

Thx Naperville! I hope i will be able to control it but can not do more then follow the doktors orders offcourse. The Specialist said i was kinda lucky since my crohn’s is kinda an mutated form that acts like it is its lesser sister disease ulcerosa. So if this was strong enough to put me down for 8 months i rather not know how bad the normal form is. Reading you’re post I assume you also have this condition or something similar?
I also wish you the very best. And on top of that i wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New year!

Thx for the support. I used to be quit and suck everything bad up but since this happend to me i am starting to feel talking about such things can really help mentally.
So thank you guys!

Dimi

I have a bad right arm, spinal stenosis that makes it painful to walk more than 200ft, and cardiovascular disease that reqd open heart surgery for a new aortic valve and a 3-way bypass at the tail end of 2017.

I take statins, vitamin K2/MK-7 twice a day to try and reduce the buildup in my arteries, beta blockers, and omega-3's twice a day. I worry more about my heart than anything else.

I've given up walking long distances for 2 years. I sit here and surf the Internet. Going to the supermarket once or twice a month are my longest walks, and so far they have not been painful, so I think losing weight is helping. I was 235lbs and I've lost 35lbs, heading to 165lbs. I haven't been able to do much, no exercises of any kind, but I could do crunches, I think.

Right now, I'm pain FREE, and not pushing up daisies so I think I'm fine. Haven't had COVID yet either!

[Naperville]

Yes!!! Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy New Year everyone.

[Cowboyfromhell]

I miss the 80s.....I have a a lot of great childhood memories from early 80s to early 90s.....I would love to time travel

[James Y]

Yes!!! Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy New Year everyone.

+2! Wishing a wonderful holiday season for all!

And hoping your health situation improves as well, Naperville.


Jim

[James Y]

I miss the 80s.....I have a a lot of great childhood memories from early 80s to early 90s.....I would love to time travel

Thanks for sharing!

Jim

[James Y]

What Hygiene Was Like at the Court of Versailles

This is gross, but also funny at the same time. Funny because of the way it's narrated.



I knew that royals would have been funky, but I never thought it was THAT bad. King Louis XIV should have been named King Eeewey.

https://youtu.be/a_EH2CHS_-Q

Jim

[James Y]

Ways Your Life Today is Far More Luxurious Than a Medieval King's

https://youtu.be/tZlU_HZ7kXw

Jim

[Ankerson]

Ways Your Life Today is Far More Luxurious Than a Medieval King's

https://youtu.be/tZlU_HZ7kXw

Jim

Jim,

I know people who would call that fake news.

Things like that, you know actual facts blow up their belief system.


Jim

[James Y]

Ways Your Life Today is Far More Luxurious Than a Medieval King's

https://youtu.be/tZlU_HZ7kXw

Jim

Jim,

I know people who would call that fake news.

Things like that, you know actual facts blow up their belief system.


Jim

Jim,

Yeah, and the video didn't even mention everything that was worse back then compared to now.

Jim

[James Y]

What Early Pioneers Ate to Survive the Old West

https://youtu.be/9ysgixlh7pA

Jim

[James Y]

What Was Hygiene Like on Pirate Ships?

https://youtu.be/YSEnj2XDnWE

Jim

[Ankerson]

What Was Hygiene Like on Pirate Ships?

https://youtu.be/YSEnj2XDnWE

Jim

Jim,

Those last 2 videos. LOL

But then there will still be those... "Back in the old days"... Types.

Most of them don't have a clue, they just blindly copy and paste some stupid crap onto their page because that's what their clueless others expect and are doing the same thing.


Jim

[James Y]

What Was Hygiene Like on Pirate Ships?

https://youtu.be/YSEnj2XDnWE

Jim

Jim,

Those last 2 videos. LOL

But then there will still be those... "Back in the old days"... Types.

Most of them don't have a clue, they just blindly copy and paste some stupid crap onto their page because that's what their clueless others expect and are doing the same thing.


Jim

"I've always been a free spirit. I never wanted to be tied down. I was born in the wrong time. I was meant to be a swashbuckler, riding hither and yon over the high seas on my pirate ship, raiding other ships, hiding treasure chests full of plunder, and getting drunk and galavanting about with comely wenches."

- Says Dorky McDonald



Jim

[Ankerson]

What Was Hygiene Like on Pirate Ships?

https://youtu.be/YSEnj2XDnWE

Jim

Jim,

Those last 2 videos. LOL

But then there will still be those... "Back in the old days"... Types.

Most of them don't have a clue, they just blindly copy and paste some stupid crap onto their page because that's what their clueless others expect and are doing the same thing.


Jim

"I've always been a free spirit. I never wanted to be tied down. I was born in the wrong time. I was meant to be a swashbuckler, riding hither and yon over the high seas on my pirate ship, raiding other ships, hiding treasure chests full of plunder, and getting drunk and galavanting about with comely wenches."

- Says Dorky McDonald



Jim

Jim,

Good one.


Jim

[James Y]

What Hygiene Was Like in Colonial America

https://youtu.be/3vgC7CFbSW0

Jim

[akapennypincher]

Right now I would like to go back to 12/31/2022. So I could have not done something dumb to mess up old Mac Computer, last had something different New Year’s Day for dinner.

So far for me I give 23..

Second go back would be to High School reverse my choice of Military Service, should have go into Air Force as I sure the service thing might have been better.

[James Y]

Right now I would like to go back to 12/31/2022. So I could have not done something dumb to mess up old Mac Computer, last had something different New Year’s Day for dinner.

So far for me I give 23..

Second go back would be to High School reverse my choice of Military Service, should have go into Air Force as I sure the service thing might have been better.

Well, I can certainly relate to the first one. Been there, done that. Did something, or made a choice I regretted, and instantly wished I could go back a day, or a week (or even a minute) and not do what I did, or made a different choice.

Jim