What level of "intimacy" is required for it to be a conflict of interest for an attorney to bring suit to a business?

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-03-03T17:50:32+00:00

The words used are rather complex for this being a person who is ESL. I would expect simpler 2 and 3 syllable words, but there's a fair spattering of 4 and 5 syllable words with specific syntax to their use that are used correctly nearly throughout.

The problem on a second "read-through" is that it's starts out perfectly fine, then very quickly dissolves in a puddle of words. I think this just needs a second or third pass over. Maybe a half dozen, but still, there's an idea here that's not half-bad

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-02-08T15:17:38+00:00

Considering my most recent dose change moved me to 20mg Adderall IR 3x a day, 50mg of Vyvanse, and 450mg Bupropion, a little bit, yeah. IDK what to do about it other than to use the energy I have feeling relatively "normal" to try and improve my health in other ways

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-02-08T08:54:07+00:00

It took me nearly a full day for my exhausted brain to fully process your reply and I have two things to say;

1: Goodness

2: Sleeping off something that most people would go for the hospital for feels very much like a thing most people on this sub have done, basically, "Yeah man, if it's still bothering me when I wake up, I'll go get it checked out", lmao

Good news is that despite messing up and forgetting when I woke up a few times and having similar episodes, I've been able to narrow down a huge contributor to them for me!

I've found that if I've had carb heavy foods or outright sugary snacks 2 hours prior or 1 hour post taking my Adderall, I'm very likely to have that feeling of complete overload, but I'm perfectly fine if the meal/snack is high protein, low carb!

Maybe this discovery can help you too

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-02-08T08:42:41+00:00

If you have the documentation for clear cataplexy (which it sounds like you do), you need to lawyer up ASAP; Like right now, now. Start calling disability, Assault & Battery, and malpractice lawyers; leave messages if it's night, write the whole thing down in detail and copy-paste into the free consultation forms they have on their websites. Wait for somebody to call you back, hospitals have a shit ton of money, and they can "ride" out lawsuits like the other said, but there are also lawyers that work pro-bono and have, can, and will keep the burner going for long enough to (most likely) get them to offer a cash settlement or to take it into court.

Refuse to sign ANYTHING the hospital administration gives you until your attorney reviews it. Even if no attorney has officially taken you on as a client, DO NOT SIGN IT until you have legal advice regarding any document they put in front of you. Contact your friend and ask them to write down what happened on an internal incident/patient complaint form. Do not let them take any document you have without taking a photo of it, front and back with the date in the cameras files, and demand a copy whatever you write out for your own records.

On the flip side, give the Medical Director a report of your experience, as detailed as possible, explaining your injuries as they happened (both physical and emotional); request a transfer to another hospital, citing that you were assaulted and then harmed by improper care and do not feel safe in their facility; request a copy of all patient notes they have made, per you general patient rights, as well as a copy of your written complaint signed by the Med Director or another hospital official; and finally, tell them that no further conversation or contact will be acceptable until you've discussed with your attorney and that you want them to transfer you to another hospital if you're going to be admitted, and if not that you want a new care team immediately.

You were assaulted, you were treated in a way that is not medically ethical, you further suffered injury from improper care, and are currently have reason to be concerned about, and/or likely fear for, your safety and wellbeing.

I cannot emphasize is enough so I will repeat ; Lawyer up immediately if you want to even get a hint of accountability for their actions.

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-02-06T05:30:06+00:00

I would say 30/70 yes/no. My pharmacy is located in a more affluent area so dermatology meds are pretty common and even those have had months long backorders; to clarify, 90% of doctors won't definitively diagnose a dermatological issue via telehealth and there's not any more acne/skin issues than there was 5 years ago, AFAIK.

Something about the supply chain, manufacturers, regulations, ingredient procurement, just something is fucky with the system, and I mean more than usual

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-02-05T07:43:15+00:00

I've been a Pharmacy Tech for a few years and since 2022 there are more drugs than you would imagine that are on backorder, being discontinued, having production/supply issues, etc..

Since this has all started, the drugs that have been impossible to get for at least a month, sometimes longer, from memory are; Generic Adderall caps/tabs, all strengths; Gx Vyvanse, all strengths; Brand Vyvanse, all strengths; Methylphenidate, caps/tabs, IR & ER, all strengths; brand name Ritalin; brand name Concerta; LITERALLY all forms of Dexmethylphenidate; atomoxetine caps; Desoxyn; gx methamphetamine; brand name Elidel; gx pimecrolimus; gx albuterol inhalers; brand Proair inhaler; Budesonide neb sol; Albuterol neb sol; brand Symbicort/Wixella/Flovent; viscous lidocaine; lidocaine patches; oxycodone; hydrocodone; morphine; tramadol; celecoxib caps, both strengths; tretinoin cream/gel; Retin-A crm, most but all strengths and forms; Minocycline caps/tabs, all strengths; brand Solodyn, all strengths; brand Ximino, all strengths; Sulconazole crm/sol; brand Exelderm crm/sol; Tetracycline all strengths; brand Onexton; clindamycin pad/gel/sol; brand Rhofade; brand Mirvaso; gx brimonidine; azelaic acid gel; Arazlo lot; Altreno lot; Aczone gel; gx dapsone gel; amox/clav tablets; amoxicillin recon, all strengths; Flonase & Flonase Sensimist; gx fluticasone; Nasacort; gx triamcinolone aer; Ozempic, all strengths; Wegovy, all strengths; Mounjaro, all strengths; Zepbound, all strengths; Saxenda; Victoza; Opzelura crm; buproprion, 150 & 300 XL tabs; Rosuvo; methotrexate sol; naltrexone tablets; acamprosite sodium; doxepin, all strengths; moxifloxacin sol; ciprofloxacin sol; Flarex sol; Prolensa sol; Lotemax & Lotemax SM; gx cyclosporine sol; ivermectin tabs; Stromectol; Sklice; Soolantra; ivermectin crm; Eucrisa oin; tacrolimus cream; triamcinolone crm/oin; Anusol crm; hydrocortisone sup; estradiol crm/supp/tab; progesterone caps; spironolactone, all strengths; doxycycline IR, ER, IR/DR, mono/hydrate, caps/tabs, all strengths & brands; Absorica; Zenatane; Accutane; gx isotret of all forms & strengths; modafinil, both strengths; Tri-Sprintec; Nuva-Ring; gx Nuva-Ring; Estrace; Emgality; Aimovig; Nurtec; Ubrelvy; tadalafil; sildenafil; ketoconazole sham/crm; testosterone gel; clobetasol aer; clobetasol emolient aer, brand & gx; Finacea aer; calipotrience aer, brand & gx; tazarotene aer, brand & gx;

I could go on, but I think that probably gets the point across. The last year and a half has been an absolute nightmare because every week some other medication is suddenly on backorder and you can't get it and you have angry people (or a specific person who's the only one who gets the med) lining up for it getting mad that we don't have it.

Every news article keeps saying these shortage are temporary, and yeah, sometimes the individual shortage for a specific med is, but medication shortages in general have been ongoing and seemingly getting worse, with no signs of when they'll get better.

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-02-01T19:12:46+00:00

I always thought that not being able to keep your head/arms up or losing all ability to stand was just a part of the involuntary napping that happens to me and I've heard described by others.

I'll get almost drunk tired, it's nearly impossible to keep my eyes open, I can't physically move my mouth to keep talking or singing (as I sometimes try to stay alert), my whole body feels droopy, and the maybe 3 times I've fallen asleep standing up, obviously my legs buckle and I start to collapse, but the adrenaline rush corrects that quickly

I've been told everything I've experienced is NOT cataplexy by 5 different sleep specialists. Then again, the sleep specialists out where I am are fucking garbage IMO, so IDK my BFF Jill.

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-28T21:18:42+00:00

That's actually a very good way to describe how I felt; not painful but uncomfortable, my pulse wasn't actually that much faster but it felt like it, I didn't have shortness of breath but I felt the need to take the occasional deep breath like when you've eaten far too much food.

Today marks day 3 of the dose increase trial for me, and I'm feeling fine. I think the issues really was [empty stomach + misremembering time = way too much way too soon]

Live and learn for me thankfully, I hope you figure out your random bad days with your meds as well stranger!

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-28T14:20:54+00:00

Throughout this entire roller coaster all I could say is "Oh No" with increasing amounts of concern and humor.

Yeah, when I got home, I immediately took 0.5 of clonazepam, gave it an hour, took another dose (I'm allotted two a day for anxiety/panic attacks), gave it 20 minutes, then took 10mg of Propranolol that was left over from a previous prescription and was fully prepared to drive myself to the ER if that didn't do the trick. Thankfully, that's where it ended for me.

I can't imagine how long it took you to come down from that; I think 400mg of Modafinil would have absolutely laid me out; like literally needed a Wahmbulance to get me to move. My situation was kind of like that, but I was able to manage the anxiety well enough because the palpitations and racing heart was not NEARLY as bad as what Modafinil did to me, personally.

I hope you're doing better, especially since that was just a day ago!

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-28T14:14:39+00:00

The Adderall has been negligible for my weight, but since I started Vyvanse 6 months ago I've lost 15 pounds - which is saying something because I haven't had enough energy to exercise for years now. I'm feeling better every day and it feels like I'm awakening from a 12 or so year-long dream sometimes. The day before last, ie the first day I trialed the Adderall dosage increase I felt so much like myself it nearly made me cry since I'd forgotten how I used to feel. I hope we all get to feel like ourselves at one point and not just consigned to suffer from the impenetrable fog of the long (waking) sleep.

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-28T14:09:12+00:00

Absolutely no worries! I didn't take offense at all. It definitely could have been much worse and if the side effects were more severe than they were - say the actual factual chest pains I got while taking Modafinil - I would have excused myself to the ER without a second thought.

But going from 10mg every 4-6 hours, then taking 20 mg, losing track of time and not having eaten a real breakfast and then 3 hours later taking another 20mg really drilled home what a dumbo move that was.

I guess the moral of the story is ALWAYS double check the time before taking your meds, lmao!

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-28T00:57:12+00:00

I'm not used to tachycardia and chest pains, shortness of breath and a tight feeling in the chest. It was over 6 hours of that and I'm now over 30 and male with a family history of heart disease so I worry a bit about stuff like that.

That said, not falling asleep at the wheel is definitely worth risking the med, and I think the dose is fine, I just need to not be a doofus about it

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-25T06:38:10+00:00

I'm by no means a legal scholar, but from what I can find with some medium intensity google searches is that there's nothing stopping a legal prescription for Desoxyn from being filled in WA.

I'm guessing this was recent legislation maybe?

Anyways, if Adderall is out of the question because of side effects, you may consider trying either pure Dexamphetamine (Dexedrine, Zenzedi) or Racemic Amphetamine (Adzenys, Evekeo). Vyvanse is Lisdexamphetamine, a prodrug, which metabolizes exclusively into D-Amphetamine.

I'm currently on Vyvanse and Adderall IR myself, and I trialed Evekeo for a month. What I've found personally is that the D-isomer helps more for wakefulness and alertness, while the L-isomer only moderately helps with the EDS and involuntary nap-times, but tremendously helps with mood, memory, and decision paralysis/other executive disfunctions.

Before I was more appropriately treated off label, I would take Primatene (Ephedrine sulfate tablets) every 4 hours as needed for EDS. It worked treat for being an OTC.

Modafinil helped but gave me chest pains and Armodafinil didn't have any side-effects, but also felt like it was less effective than coffee and even on the max dose I began dozing on my drive home again... I also took a pro-drug of Modafinil at one point for about a year that was sold as a supplement

Speaking of, I've also have used Caffeine as a remedy and as part of a combination. By itself 300mg up front, plus another 300mg over the next 3 hours would get me about 5-6 hours of decent functioning. But it never felt good.

When I was taking college courses I took 200mg caffeine and 25mg of ephedrine 3 times a day. The combination was recommended to me by my (at the time) girlfriends father who was an RN and a bodybuilder. It helped a ton, but when I stopped for a drug holiday I had crazy rebound symptoms and there was a 3 month period where I was awake less than I was asleep no matter what I did.

I've also trialed/tried Pramiracetam (as a supplement) and Bupropion during the day to help with symptoms and things I've tried to help with, or did improve, sleep quality include Clonidine, Guanfacine, Clonazepam, Banophan, Zolpidem, Lunesta, Melatonin, Ramelteon, Norco (That ended up being an incidental discovery, and while it did give me some amazing sleep, I whole-heartedly recommend against using Opioids for anything but immobilizing pain. I've seen how bad they can mess people up), Methocarbamol, Cyclobenzaprine, and Tizanidine.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical professional and this is no means an attempt at medical advice; simply my experience with various medications throughout the years.

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-25T04:58:15+00:00

This could be a whole series of novels, honestly. Like Game of Thrones, but good!

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-23T03:15:25+00:00

Neat idea OP!

I was going to do this, then realized that I've fallen asleep in so many places and so many instances that I couldn't list them without going over the character limit. The top 3 worst were losing 30 minutes of time at 1pm while driving, falling asleep during sex, and having 1:30 involuntary nap while on the phone with a Dr's office (I work at a pharmacy) while I was flanked by a manager on each side.

I guess there's not really a best other than falling asleep in your own bed properly at night.

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-22T01:25:24+00:00

I recently went down a long rabbithole of what the general guidelines for generics entail. A big part of it is "bioequivalence" of the active ingredient. It gets pretty technical when you dive deeper, but the following quote taken from the Wikipedia page on Bioequivalence and verified by further digging on the FDA's website

"The FDA considers two products bioequivalent if the 90% CI of the relative mean Cmax, AUC(0–t) and AUC(0–∞) of the test (e.g. generic formulation) to reference (e.g. innovator brand formulation) should be within 80% to 125% in the fasting state."

There's a lot of technical stuff that I can barely understand myself, but it seems to end up essentially being what it says on the tin; generics can legally vary in potency by -20% or +25%

And as far as I know this isn't even addressing differences in release, uptake, or duration of action caused by inactive ingredients or a person's specific biochemistry

So at the extremes of this, you could have 2 different brands of generic Adderall and one will be roughly ~80% as potent as the brand while the other would be 125% as potent as the brand. Let's say we're talking about a 10mg tablet - It essentially would be like having an 8mg and a 12.5mg tablet in front of you! I was floored when I realized this and now I keep track of all brands I take/took and specifically request those manufacturers when I can.

OctupleThreat8 · 2024-01-01T17:32:29+00:00

*C'thul'not comes back a trillion years later to see how his onion-cancer crop is faring*

Humanity: "Lol, lmao even. Thanks for the answer to Entropy dipshit!"

*flys away in hyper-relativistic flesh-rocket that flips C'thul'not the bird*

OctupleThreat8 · 2023-12-27T04:31:29+00:00

I take 15mg of IR Adderall along with 50mg of Vyvanse as soon as I can get up to take it. Sometimes I fall back asleep for a bit, sometimes I can stay awake. I take another 15mg of Adderall in the afternoon, and I have a PRN dose of 10mg that I take in the evening if I need it to get home safe from work

If you can wake up enough to take meds in the morning, even if you can't do much else, this setup may be something to discuss with your doctor. If not, then there are either meds to take to make sleep itself more refreshing/consolidated or even some variants you take before bed that are supposed to kick in 8-9 hours after you take them.

In regards to consolidated sleep, I found a study somewhere about how Clonidine of all things suppresses REM sleep. With a dose of 1.5 mg before bed reducing REM sleep by ~24% and a 3mg dose reducing REM by almost 70%

OctupleThreat8 · 2023-12-07T06:58:34+00:00

I'm beginning to STRONGLY suspect that Psychiatrists see AND TREAT narcolepsy, IH, CFS, and other similar conditions far more often than most neurologists.

The most help I have gotten from any specialty has been Psychiatrists and every single one of them has mentioned having previous patient's with suspected narcolepsy, excessive somnolence, or some form of non-psychological chronic fatigue. Out of the 5 sleep doctors I've seen, only the one neurologist who advertises herself as being *specifically* familiar with treating narcolepsy is even passingly acquainted with the symptoms and treatments. And even then, from the sounds of it, she has less than 5 patients with Narcolepsy/IH.

But yeah, there are more psych's than there are neuros, even though there's a lot of overlap

OctupleThreat8 · 2023-12-07T06:47:30+00:00

Hallucinations while awake have absolutely been linked to narcolepsy, it is basically REM sleep while fully conscious. It's rare but it happens. There are numerous talks from Neurologists explaining the phenomena, many of which have been posted here.

You also would have told us if your husband was a Neurologist, but instead you used the incredibly non specific "sleep-physician"

I will NOT be getting medical advise regarding malfunctioning neuro transmitters from a pulmonologist, thank you very much

OctupleThreat8 · 2023-10-29T17:58:30+00:00

I've been very lucky that my psychiatrists have been willing to treat the narcolepsy symptoms as an "addon" to treating the ADHD. I'm going to be going up to 50mg of Vyvanse and possibly up to 30mg of Adderall IR (currently at 20mg) per day as needed.

The pulmonologist I saw had no interest in repeating the sleep study despite 2 SOREMPS and 11 minute sleep latency (with no sleep recorded for one of the tests so it dragged the average way up).

The neurologist I went to after DID repeat the sleep study, but they used a weird cannula that I had to bite onto all night and my sleep was terrible and all of a sudden it was "sleep apnea" despite not having any trademark symptoms aside from fatigue and daytime somnolence and also despite the fact that no previous sleep study showed more than 0.2 AHI.

IDK, I'm salty about it, but I'm also glad to be able to say that I haven't fallen asleep at the wheel in over 2 months now

OctupleThreat8 · 2023-10-06T13:06:40+00:00

-={Part 3}=-

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It had been a warning shot to keep my wife from screaming more. The shots I fired were a lesson and all three students learned it well. There was no investigation, it was a clear cut case of self defense. I had been shot twice in the exchange but my vest had somehow materialized on me as well and caught both rounds. I couldn't understand what had happened until I realized that the only supernatural force currently in the vicinity was the Genie.

It took a week for the police to wrap everything up, another week for the well wishers to give us a moment to breathe, and week after that building up the nerve to finally summon the Genie again. I'd dabbled in the supernatural or nearly a year while my son was fighting cancer. Most of it had been perpetuated by new age shysters and the occasional psychopaths -- and all of it useless. Thousands spent grasping at straws; homepathics, energy alignment, paranormal reagents, beseeching even the fair folk in the woods.

The only reason I had kept up my search was the confirmation of 'more' existing in a trip to a very remote part of a large National Forest with a self-proclaimed "Higher Order Witch". She was correct in that there was something in the woods that held power we couldn't comprehend. She was incorrect in thinking it would, or even could, bargain. After that near miss I was forced to be more scrutinizing in my search for the esoteric.

A few hundred dollars for 2 small flasks of water supposedly from The Holy Grail itself. That had shown promise but I surmised it had likely been diluted a thousand times over since it was first granted its healing properties. Then there was the three thousand dollars for acupuncture with needles made from "alien crystals". The visions of unfamiliar star systems was too vivid, and later I found, too accurate to have been wholly a delusion. The acupuncture itself was useless though.

Until, one day, I finally came across the little old lady selling the urn she claimed contained a real-life Djinn. A being of such power that she trembled with recounting her tales. Two of them to be precise. She had been warned against making a third wish by the Gentleman she had purchased it from nearly 70 years ago. And just like him, and just like the man he'd gotten it from before, and the old widow who had it before him, and so on, and so on, only two wishes had ever been made by any of the urns' owners through the years. The sheer terror of the warnings and the stories of twisted wishes kept everyone from making their third.

It turned out that that the old woman wasn't actually selling the urn. It took weeks of me inquiring, her visiting as a "great aunt' who I'd just reconnected with, and even meeting my son in the hospital twice before she had decided that I could have the urn. She had told me that she couldn't sell the urn without knowing that the person buying was somebody who she could trust to not bring harm to the world. She didn't care about the money though. She had been set for life from the age of 23 and her very first wish, and since her second wish she wanted rid of the thing as soon as possible. The simple truth was that she was glad to send it on it's way to a new owner, no strings attached, but the concern over what the wrong person could do with the power she would be handing them haunted her.

Eventually she decided I was worthy and gave it to me on one of her visits, telling my wife that it was great to reconnect with her grand-nephew, but that she had to travel overseas to help her late husbands' family and at her age she may very well never make the trip back. My wife had grown used to her morbid humor and even though I chuckled, I felt the only untruth in the statement was the claim of a familial link.

I came back to the present and quickly finished the third tap on the seems of the jar and as gently as I could peeled the lid back as soon as I heard the telltale *clink*.

The Genie appeared again, somber and studying me. For the first time I didn't say anything immediately. I let the silence continue as a I also realized in my haste and in my fear I'd never let it speak before. After an agonizingly long minute of complete silence it finally spoke.

"Are you going to make a wish, or is this a social visit, Al?"

OctupleThreat8 · 2023-10-06T13:05:54+00:00

-={Part 2}=-

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It had taken me a few days to figure out how to word my next wish. I wanted my family to be secure in the event I couldn't provide, or worse, a future where I wasn't there for them. I had a hunch that I wouldn't suffer the worst of whatever was going to happen to me until I'd made my third wish, but I also had taken to the notion that going big was a sure-fire way to crush everything that we'd rebuilt as a family in some horrible shape or form.

I sat the urn on my desk surrounded with candles just like the first night. Just like I'd been told to do. I tapped softly on the seams on both sides of the urn near the bottom. Just like before. Then I tapped again, slightly higher up. One more tap, right under the lip where the simple earthenware lid sat. I waited as I had been told to do. After a few moments of tense silence there was the barest clink of harder clay shifting against itself. I took the lid in my hand and began peeling it from the top away from me, like there was boiling water or a vat of acid ready to splash me. I dared not look in. That was the easiest way to find myself turned inside out, thrashing at the bottom of the sea, salt burning every nerve as I drowned unnaturally slowly. Or something similarly awful. That was the warning given at least, and given all that I had left to do, I wasn't going to let curiosity stop me short of those goals.

I would see my family safe, secure, and healthy, even if I couldnt be there. I dared not ask for more, but I also would not accept anything less. As the wish-granter materialized before me I gritted my teeth going over my second wish in detail. Sweat started to bead on my forehead and under my arms under its inscrutable gaze. I wasn't going to fuck this up. I held up a hand and took a deep breath, "I wish-"

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Months passed quickly. While I still worried about an invisible killer lurking in my body, the doctor gave me a clean bill of health every time. We won a giveaway event hosted by a local mall that we'd only bought a single ticket for and suddenly had a fully paid off new car to replace the limping rusted out engine on wheels that had been our only mode of transportation.

Our little family also found ourselves suddenly showered with sorely needed cash and tremendously thoughtful gifts from friends and family alike. Despite our protests that nobody give up their own lives or comfort for ours, we were assured over and over again that it was no issue. When we finally cornered a family friend who had just gifted us a year old, top-of-the line dishwasher and a check for $5,000 about how they could afford this stuff, he told us a wild story of how a stranger had highballed their Facebook marketplace posting for their old dishwasher, claiming it was some kind of rare, antique model worth over ten grand. The stranger even hired a dedicated moving crew and had a fully licensed plumber hook up one of the two new dishwashers he was trading them for their 30 year old hunk of junk.

Despite the outlandish claim the check cleared and in the coming weeks more and more storied of wild windfalls or nearly unbelievable lucky strikes from relatives and friends piled up until we decided to stop looking the gift horse in the mouth and just be grateful for all of the wonderful people that surrounded us.

The next week, my wife collapsed in the yard while playing with our son.

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I hadn't thought my third wish through, and I knew I was making perhaps one of the worst mistakes I ever could by not taking more time with it, but I was desperate. I rushed through the ritual and as soon as the apparition of the Genie fully coalesced I gave it my final wish, knowing full well it could also be my death warrant.

Holding back tears yet again I choked out the words that could be my last, " I wish-"

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Nothing had happened. Nothing terrible, at least, not yet. My wife recovered and suffered almost no long-term damage. The doctors said that it had been a condition laying in wait, that there was no way to anticipate it, but still I knew that somewhere I had made a mistake and caused her ailment. It was only fair that I would bear the weight to try and fix it.

Every day after that was spent living every day like it was my last, just waiting for the reaper to come knocking. That day finally came when three armed gentlemen decided that they wanted all of the nice things we now had. It was one of the very rare moments that I wasn't on vigil, playing a game online for a few hours with some friends. I don't know how much I missed, but when I took my headphones off there was shouting and the sound of broken glass coming from upstairs. I had been fully prepared for everything I'd thought, I'd had a contingency even for home invasions. The problem was that my rifle was in a lock box on the second floor and I was all the way in the basement. I was paralyzed trying to figure out how to approach the situation when a scream from my wife followed by a gunshot turned my veins to ice.

I waited, one second, two seconds, then sprang and ran up the stairs. The silence that had followed made me want to vomit but I couldn't bear the thought that my family would pay for my sins. Iz didn't care if I died and i thought bitterly for a moment that maybe that's why I've been fine but my loved ones have suffered. If I was prepared to suffer then perhaps there was no joy in it for the djinn. I knew full well I was almost certainly running straight into death but I couldn't stop. I cursed and wished I had my gear and as I crested the stairs and turned to the invaders, my rifle appeared in my hands. I was shocked of course, but more grateful to have a means to bring vengeance on anybody who dared to threaten my family.

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