Health

[paulhaines]

I am still horribly underweight and lacking an appetite. Fatigue visits most afternoons, and when Fatigue is taking a break, the stupor from ingesting 30mg of morphine-based painkiller (my wonderful Oxycontin) will have me zoning in and out for an hour or two. Luckily that only happens twice a day

Comments

[gillpolack]

Some of us out here are super-glad you're here and trying not to bother you (went through the everyone-having-to-know thing for family - I wouldn't do that to you - I only know what's happening through here and FB, basically).

BTW, congrats on moving to the next stage of the Stokers. I would say "You must be stoked" but that would be cruel.

[paulhaines]

Thanks, Gillian. And, yes, I am stoked!

[marlowe1]

Ok. So where's that pornographic Bible story?

[paulhaines]

With what I'm going through, you'd think I'd have plenty, but alas.

[benpeek]

it's good to hear, man.

i don't suppose you know what year laird hunt was born? i know this might be a vague question to ask, considering he is a small press author out of the states, and he writes like surrealist crime... but maybe you know. i certainly don't know. the internet refuses to tell me.

he's probably fifteen and in hiding.

;)

i figured that had to be a different response than what you expected.

[paulhaines]

And, uh, who is Laird Hunt? You got me there!

[benpeek]

ignore that!

what year were you born in, man? the internet won't tell me!

[ellen_datlow]

Paul,
Thank you for the update-I'm glad to see you responding and updating us all here. Less work/energy expended to let everyone know how it's going. I hope your energy begins to come back. I assume you know that your collection made the preliminary ballot of the Stokers. Congrats and good luck.

[paulhaines]

THanks, Ellen. And I'm very excited about the Stoker prelim ballot. My fingers are indeed crossed.

[chrisbarnes]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the update. Very glad to hear you're still alive and getting some joy out of it. Who'd have thought normalcy was such a wonderful thing, eh? :-)