Sad news...sr.com member St. PJ has passed away (1 Viewer)

[DaveXA]

Just communicated with P.J.’s wife, Jessica. She passes along the following:

Thank you so much for passing this on. Can't imagine what she's going through.

 

[Madmarsha]

Thank you so much for passing this on. Can't imagine what she's going through.

Gut punch to the max.

 

[superchuck500]

Just communicated with P.J.’s wife, Jessica. She passes along the following:

That’s crazy, I think that’s really unusual for it to progress that quickly.

Thanks for the info. It’s good to know that the family knows he’s missed here.

 

[juicestain]

What terrible news. He was such a pleasure to read stuff from. Incredibly knowledgeabl.

As far as covid goes, it's crazy how differently it affects people. My wife and I got it at the exact same time. She felt bad for three days and that was it. I felt the worst I've ever felt in my life, with her ultimately bringing me to the emergency room one morning. I didn't walk out of those doors until a week later, and was told if I had waited one more day that I wouldn't haven't made it. I'm in excellent health also.

 

[HoustonSaint68]

What terrible news. He was such a pleasure to read stuff from. Incredibly knowledgeabl.

As far as covid goes, it's crazy how differently it affects people. My wife and I got it at the exact same time. She felt bad for three days and that was it. I felt the worst I've ever felt in my life, with her ultimately bringing me to the emergency room one morning. I didn't walk out of those doors until a week later, and was told if I had waited one more day that I wouldn't haven't made it. I'm in excellent health also.

Would you mind saying what your age is?

 

[juicestain]

Would you mind saying what your age is?

I'm 37, 6'5", 290 lbs, 7% bodyfat.

 

[HoustonSaint68]

I'm 37, 6'5", 290 lbs, 7% bodyfat.

Wow. Very sobering. Glad you're doing well.

 

[faceman]

I'm 37, 6'5", 290 lbs, 7% bodyfat.

Glad you recovered . you are a good example of why this virus is so insidious. You don't know how it will affect you. I lost a 28 year old coworker who caught it and died a week later. Another C0-worker caught it,and missed a month of work. His doctor believes he's suffered long term heart and liver damage.

There are two good threads on the EE about Covid if anyone wants to chime in. The latest research says it's recommended for anyone who caught the virus to still get vaccinated. The vaccines build more anti-bodies than catching the actual virus. It isn't a joke and it can kill healthy people.

 

[DaveXA]

Glad you recovered . you are a good example of why this virus is so insidious. You don't know how it will affect you. I lost a 28 year old coworker who caught it and died a week later. Another C0-worker caught it,and missed a month of work. His doctor believes he's suffered long term heart and liver damage.

There are two good threads on the EE about Covid if anyone wants to chime in. The latest research says it's recommended for anyone who caught the virus to still get vaccinated. The vaccines build more anti-bodies than catching the actual virus. It isn't a joke and it can kill healthy people.

And there are idiots out there still saying it's the flu or it only affects older people or people with comorbidities, when there is example after example of both of those assumptions being not only false, but dangerous assumptions. People still out there peddling that crap are criminals.

 

[juicestain]

Wow. Very sobering. Glad you're doing well.

Thank you for that.

Prayers going out for PJ's family.

If it's not too much, I ask for prayers for my wife's best friend's husband who has covid. Highly respected member of the community, husband, father to two pre-teens, 15 year old ex-marine, 15 years law enforcement. Got life flighted to Houston two months and has been ICU ever since, with a projected five more months there. Hanging on by a thread.

Article about him.

 

[juicestain]

Glad you recovered . you are a good example of why this virus is so insidious. You don't know how it will affect you. I lost a 28 year old coworker who caught it and died a week later. Another C0-worker caught it,and missed a month of work. His doctor believes he's suffered long term heart and liver damage.

There are two good threads on the EE about Covid if anyone wants to chime in. The latest research says it's recommended for anyone who caught the virus to still get vaccinated. The vaccines build more anti-bodies than catching the actual virus. It isn't a joke and it can kill healthy people.

Thanks. It was no joke and without a doubt the worst I've ever felt in my life. Waves of pulsing tingling fire spreading over my body every few seconds, only to find out my immune system was attacking everything, covid or not, on top of feelings of the flu multiplied by a thousand.

My doctors told me that if I hadn't had a capacity for deep breaths from working out and a strong diaphragm, there was no hope for recovery. Basically I had to force myself into excruciating pain every fifteen minutes and take and hold the deepest breaths I could via a spirometer to get my lungs "fibers" to break through the crust the covid was coating my lungs with. When your lungs get entirely coated, that's when you stop converting oxygen to your bloodstream. You can take breaths, but it's just the motion of it.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I'm 37, 6'5", 290 lbs, 7% bodyfat.

wow...you do realize we have some holes in the LB corps that need to be filled, yeah?

 

[HoustonSaint68]

Thanks. It was no joke and without a doubt the worst I've ever felt in my life. Waves of pulsing tingling fire spreading over my body every few seconds, only to find out my immune system was attacking everything, covid or not, on top of feelings of the flu multiplied by a thousand.

My doctors told me that if I hadn't had a capacity for deep breaths from working out and a strong diaphragm, there was no hope for recovery. Basically I had to force myself into excruciating pain every fifteen minutes and take and hold the deepest breaths I could via a spirometer to get my lungs "fibers" to break through the crust the covid was coating my lungs with. When your lungs get entirely coated, that's when you stop converting oxygen to your bloodstream. You can take breaths, but it's just the motion of it.

And that's at 37, 6'5", 290 and 7% body fat. Amazing that anyone still downplays this and can convince themselves that they don't need to be vaccinated.

 

[Cage1]

I'm 37, 6'5", 290 lbs, 7% bodyfat.

I must fight you.