Quote from: vapourminer on August 07, 2023, 02:15:17 PM

fair warning guys im loaded on pain meds from a back fusion.. and just as i recall when i was addicted to opioids many many decades ago, that pain relief can come with an unholy cost. glad i (just barely) beat it then. hope to beat it again and be off the opioids in a few more days.

so who knows what degen thoughts may leak out into any post i may or may not make in the next few days.

I don't necessarily want to be too snoopy, but many times we might end up having some health issues (or procedures) that could either change us forever or contribute towards the various activities that we are able to carry out.

Sometimes procedures go well and there is full recovery, and sometimes there might be degeneration going on, and some of us sometimes might weigh our options, and not even know whether to have certain kinds of procedures because we might be concerned about risks or even financial costs... sometimes finances might not be as BIG of a concern - even though even wealthy people will sometimes get stuck with not so great choices in regards to the costs of certain kind of medical procedures.

The back is also a pretty long "bone"..so the amount of disruption may well depend upon the location of the fusion.. and if there were multiple fusions done at the same time.

Like you suggested, getting off of the opioids is likely a sign of progress... and maybe you can say whether full recovery is expected, and also maybe if you were attempting to address some kind of an issue that had been impairing you.. so sometimes getting the procedure could end up resulting in increased function rather than merely preventative. Feel free to NOT disclose - and I would not want to catch you off guard, in a moment of vulnerability, merely because you are "on drugs."

Quote from: Wrathofcoins on August 07, 2023, 09:48:14 PM

Quote from: Xinarae* on August 07, 2023, 06:45:12 PM

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you are not gonna see any giga bullrun this year. so be calm and have diamond hands.

You really think so?

I agree that the odds are not very high, and even Adam Back's bet of $100k by March 31, 2024 does not really seem like a Giga bullrun, even though it is not exactly "in this year" but it seems like it has less than 50/50 odds, but I would not say that we are "not" going to see it... "not" is a pretty strong proclamation, especially when it comes to telling us what bitcoin is going to be doing (or not doing) in the near-term future.