Greylisting (WAS: Re: MailScanner ANNOUNCE: 4.57 released)
Julian Field
MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Jan 5 12:25:24 CET 2007
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Scott Silva 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 :-)
>>
>> 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.
>
And I forgot to mention my current dose: 140mg per day.
> 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!
>
>
Jules
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