And now even further OT: Greylisting (WAS: Re: MailScanner ANNOUNCE: 4.57 released)

[Drew Marshall]

On 5 Jan 2007, at 00:23, Scott Silva wrote:

> Glenn Steen spake the following on 1/4/2007 4:06 PM:
>> On 05/01/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
>>> Julian Field spake the following on 1/4/2007 2:10 PM:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Glenn Steen wrote:
>>>>> BTW, if you don't mind a personal question... What ails you?  
>>>>> Hopefully
>>>>> something livable/curable?!
>>>> A very long list. I have no portal vein (look it up) nor 2/3rds  
>>>> of my
>>>> stomach. My digestive system is a Y shape (yours is an S shape  
>>>> if you
>>>> think about it). The painful bit is an old operational scar, which
>>>> forces a lot of blood through a bunch of very small veins, for  
>>>> which I
>>>> live on pain-killers the same strength as morphine. It's  
>>>> "oxycodone"
>>>> which you can look up. It's very strong, and highly addictive. It's
>>> said
>>>> to be twice as hard to withdraw from as heroin. So that's great  
>>>> fun.
>>> Due
>>>> to no portal vein and chronic liver disease from post-op  
>>>> complications,
>>>> I have hepatic encephalopathy, which is basically when your blood
>>>> poisons your brain, as a result of liver failure. And I have all  
>>>> sorts
>>>> of blood problems too, protein C and K deficiences, vitamin K
>>>> deficiency, which causes various other problems.
>>>>
>>>> The upshot is that I live on 100 pills per week, I have to go into
>>>> hospital every 3 weeks for a blood check-up, and I have no  
>>>> memory to
>>>> speak of, I forget everything.
>>>>
>>>> The only advantage is that I never feel hungry, due to the  
>>>> results of
>>>> one of the (at least) dozen operations I've had.
>>>>
>>>> You asked :-)
>>
>> I did, didn't I... Compared to that, my problems are pretty
>> insignificant. How do you even get up to get the first pills of the
>> day? I'm in awe of your strength.
>> The memory goes sooner or later, but I imagine we all would like it
>> (yours and ours) to be later...:-)
>>
>>>> Jules
>>>>
>>> Jules,
>>> I am so sorry for the pain and suffering you go through, and can't
>>> even begin
>>> to imagine what it must be like. I do know about the oxycodone
>>> withdrawals, as
>>> I was on OxyContin (a timed-released version) for a few months  
>>> after a
>>> car
>>> accident.
>>> If they could only repair your portal vein, it might clear up  
>>> many of the
>>> symptoms. The limited blood flow to the liver will cause many of
>>> problems, but
>>> I am sure you have been told that many times.
>>> How you find the strength to work as you do is a testimony to your
>>> strength of
>>> will, as most people would not want to get out of bed, much less  
>>> do a
>>> full
>>> time job.
>>>
>>> You are in my prayers!
>>>
>> Thank you Scott for expressing my sentiments so very clearly, I
>> couldn't agree more.
>>
> Glenn,
> You also have my sympathies. I hope that the doctors can at least  
> treat your
> Crohn's to a tolerable level now that they know what it is.
>  At least I see that alcohol is still OK with most cases! ;-)

I can't put it better to either Glenn or Jules than Scott has done,  
so I won't.

Just suffice to say my thoughts are with you both and I hope the  
knowledge of the community behind you both will keep the strength  
with you both.

Kind regards

Drew