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juansmith
Über-Minister
15555 points | so far it's a good day
August 22, 2008 @ 04:26:30 pm | I'm addicted to Kona coffee. and I do not have to go to the base today..
My Id and Current Med hold expires tomorrow and I was in desperate need to get s**t done.. but someone on base hooked me up.. ( I think I know who0 I love retired Marines.
SO they will give me anew Mil Id without me even having to show up because of my gimp status. and I will continue to get paid.. which is always good. and starting the 2nd I will have three months to get back into shape. providing nothing goes wrong. and then hopefully I will be placed back into full duty and Be able to compete. I'll be in the Below Zone and it would be nice to be selected for SSgt.. One can dream.. ha ha ha
SO yeah.. so far this morning is going well.  6 comments | Reply |
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juansmith
Über-Minister
15555 points | I'm back!! convalescent leave **not for children please**
July 06, 2008 @ 12:33:22 am | | Not many of you here know but I've been going through some very tough times during this enlistment. I have been waiting for a surgery for almost a year. So I finally had it and boy am I miserable. I've suffered through repeated cases of TT.. testicular torsion. and for us guys that is a very sensitive subject and a very painful state. I would never wish this upon anyone.. any who I've been getting these attacks if you will since I was 13.. basically I have big balls.. not bragging because in this case it really works against me.. and has caused me sever medical issues. And the way the Marine Corps and the Navy go about it,, things will always get worse before they get even more worse before action to try and make things better happens. I was bounced from urologist to urologist and finally to a different base a few hundred miles away. lucky for me the urologist/surgeon there was a competent one. he evaluated me and diagnosed me with nerve/damage and identified a few cysts I had developed which were the casue of my sensitivity and pain. a few bottles of meds later I was given a surgery date. that was a whole ordeal in itself with a bunch of incompetent navy f**ks who were making me second guess this procedure. but none the less , the anesthesiologist and the rest of the surgery staff were civilian and military and made me feel very secure and comfortable... A chord stip was done on my left Teste and the cysts were removed. this , if all goes well should help me live a normal err close to normal life instead of wallowing in pain everytime it gets cold or after I work out. I now have two weeks of convalescent leave to recoup and then another 30 to be fully mobile. so Just in case anyone wondered "as if" where I was these last couple of day.. now you know... 6 comments | Reply |
juansmith
Über-Minister
15555 points | Insomnia Again. UGH
May 13, 2008 @ 07:05:28 am | and to top it off. I think i just got pranked. It was some guy speaking in Arabic or at least it sounded Arabic to me. I spoke in English and he spoke back with a heavy accent. he then shouted "silence" "I Kill You!" it was almost in a comedic tone. I dunno maybe somebody is playing a prank I really do not see any guy being stupid enought o do such a thing over the phone. and for those of you who want to know about caller ID. it said "Unkown". I guess I will find out at work later on.  4 comments | Reply |
juansmith
Über-Minister
15555 points | Shitty day
May 02, 2008 @ 05:38:55 am | I got the worst news anyone could get.. my Friend, Mentor, Brother, Role Model passed away this morning. he was in a motorcycle accident and was pronounced dead at 0930.  He left a his wife and his little 9 year old girl without the Pillar who held everything together. This guy was just more than a Man. He is the epitome of what a Marine should be, What a SNCO should be and what a person with good morals should be. It's so sad to have to go on in his shadow knowing that only 35 hours ago you spoke about plans for the weekend. This man was THE DRUM MAJOR for the Marines. He has affected so many lives and taught so many others to fill in his shoes including myself but none of us will even compare to the magnitude of his knowledge and his compassion for others. It's just sad to see such great people leave in an instant. Things like this always are unexpected and always get the best of you. This man was more like Father figure to me. The only person that I have admired, the only Person that I have ever looked up to. I wish with all my heart to be even a third of the Man and Marine he was. He would have been 38 this September. He was making such an impact with this unit. he sat me down and told me tat I was doing great things. I took it for what it was worth but i still hold him up on a pedestal. and now that he is gone. I just can't help but feel like I lost a very big part of me. if it wasn't for him, I would have never learned to be more patient with people, I would have been out of the Marine Corps. I would have never been in my current job and I would have never met my lovely Wife. My entire Career literally revolved around him. I tried my best to emulate and follow his teachings and become as good as he as I could.
Now I'm here alone without that Pillar to help me with my Career. He was the only reason I ever reenlisted and the reason I am pursuing my current career path. Almost like a father. and now he's gone.
I really don't want to add a somber feeling to TFS but i just had to let this out of my chest.
For those of you who even bother to read this and just so happen to be religious. I guess I ask for a prayer. I'm not religious and have no other way to grieve other than to talk about it or write about it.More... | 8 comments | Reply |
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I should be walking somewhat normal by September 2nd.. I can finally oh boy.. I can finally sit up straight. no more crappy lap top for me. so I 'm Writing from y PC sitting upright on my chair and Yeah 
This beats the last busiest month ever, March 2008, that had over 85,000 posts. Additionally, more than 2/3rds of the busiest days ever were in April. 
