Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure

[Matt]

My wife and I plan on revisiting a few of these spots when we can hike more than 2 miles without a total volcanic mood explosion.  When I post pictures of the kids, it’s always at the beginning of the trail.  They are slightly less photogenic at the end.  Lost Dutchman has some epic longer trails.  One of them recommends gloves for the last 10 yards!

[zhivago]

Lol, we have mastered the 45 minute hikes on the south island for that very reason!!

[Snowy]

I always tell my mrs stop and take as many photos you want on the way out, because I'm not stopping on the way back  :D.

[GregO]

Spent some time wandering through this thread today.  Loved hearing about and seeing the various parts of your last year…warts and all.  Just great stuff.

[Matt]

Thank you @GregO  It’s not an adventure if everything goes according to plan.

[Matt]

In the true spirit of “It’s not an adventure unless something goes wrong.” here I am kicking it at Mount Graham Medical Center full of morphine thanks to a large kidney stone.  Good times.  I guess now we’ll see how good this weird health ins we got is.

[Matt]

If any of you have ever had the pleasure then you know how bad this sucks.  I’m not a hospital guy and my pain threshold is reasonable.  I was a straight up 10 for two hours when we finally decided to come in.

[A Former User]

[Matt]

At least he was mostly dead.  I’m wide awake 

[A Former User]

He was wide awake when it happened. And so were you. And so am I. Eyes, heart, and 7th chakra. All suffering

[sabergirl]

Damn, Matt. I’m sorry you’re having to go through that. Hope they aren’t holding back the good stuff.

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[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Holy shit  ??? Get well soon Matt!!

[Matt]

They sent me home with an oxy to get me through the night and I can pick up some more tomorrow.  Hopefully I can drift off now and get some sleep.  Night everyone.

[Giles]

Blimey…....I passed one once, the walls of the bathroom were covered in blood.  I was a little scared....

[Seul]

My mate had two, in short intervals even. First time he was driving on the highway when the pain kicked in. Apparently thàt was a lot of fun!..

Hang tight!..

[Matt]

All good this morning.  I, unfortunately, have a genetic predisposition.  Both my parents get them.  This is my fourth go around since 97.  By far the worst though.  At the end of the day Im just thankful that I have a new prescription for some rainy day narcotics.

And I was all about that 277 yesterday too.  Real glad I didn’t throw up on it.

[Matt]

Side note - hospital staff give you the weirdest looks when you  tell them they can’t bill insurance, you’re unemployed and you live in a trailer.

[goosehd]

Good to hear you’re doing better.  The first stone I ever passed caused me to assume the fetal position, cry like a baby, and vomit because of the pain.  Then as Giles mentioned the blood is just a whole other level of stress.

I hate those little bastards!!

[Matt]

Right.  The pain induced vomiting is a wake up call.  About 70% of my body has been tattooed  and I’ve never come close to feeling pain like kidney stones.  I got stuck driving home from work years ago with one and that was traumatic.

Glad to hear my IH brothers and sisters are here for me with stories of their own.  On the bright side Katie took the girls out and I’m in bed all hopped up on goofballs eating gummy cola bottles  and watching Avengers.  Could be worse.

[Matt]

Overheard in the Airstream…

9 yr old:  I can’t wait to get to middle school when I might like roller coasters and get real woman body parts. 
7 yr old:  Yeah, like hips and a thorax. 
9 yr old:  No dummy, my boobs!
7 yr old:  :o