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Oddrun

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Oddrun was last seen:: Jul 22, 2018

1. Turambar
  Tag you're it!
  
  Looks like you're already done with this place again? :)
  
  I see you turn up, but no posty-posty. Even though you're pretty much my favourite TFF member :>
  
  Penny for your thoughts?
  
  May 23, 2018
  2. Oddrun
    I post when there's something to post about. Sometimes there isn't.
    Right now I'm thinking I really don't want to go to work. And before that I need to walk the dog, so I have to get going :P
    
    May 23, 2018
  3. Turambar
    Yeah.... I get that. I post therefore I am, or, quite possibly, the other way around. I sometimes fall victim to that trap. Still though. Going to work around midnight? I'd really not look forward to that either. Did anything change in your professional life? Can't remember these crazy times fro you....
    
    May 24, 2018
  4. Oddrun
    Midnight? You must have the wrong time zone. I wrote that message at 5:36 AM ;D I'm definitely more of an early bird than a night owl. My professional life looks more or less the same, I guess. I still work in the same book publishing house, and apart from that I translate and teach Norwegian. Only I don't travel to Oslo anymore. I teach through Skype now.
    
    May 24, 2018
2. Turambar
  Heyyyy. Shouldn't you be working or something?
  
  We've shacked up here and awaiting board games to arrive. Apparently, Anon can't get into his room?
  
  Jul 31, 2016
  2. Oddrun
    I was working ;D I've managed to finish the translation, but it took some time. Has Anon's cousin locked him out or something? :>
    
    Jul 31, 2016
3. Sparrow
  Hey HAPPY NEW YEARS!
  Lucky you for getting time off from work!
  
  Jan 1, 2016
  2. Oddrun
    Thank you! And have a great year! I was almost obliged to take time off to use up all those holiday days I had left for 2015 ;)
    
    Jan 2, 2016
  3. Sparrow
    You Europeans with all your time off... I'm jealous!
    I really like having New Years off to reflect on the past year... not working a 12 hour shift! Oh well, I'll stop complaining I guess as I have bills to pay.
    Keep up the good fight with your malady, time and science are on your side.
    
    Jan 2, 2016
  4. Oddrun
    Thanks! :)
    
    Jan 3, 2016
4. Turambar
  Wikipedia suggests it's Interferon Beta. I'm not too familiar with Beta (just alpha and gamma funny enough), but all interferons are strong immunomodulator. I would guess it mainly instructs the immune system to do other things than harm myelin cells - whatever they're called. Copaxone sounds like an amazing drug from a design perspective - albeit rather expensive. Here's to hoping that tool box will soon expand :)
  
  Dec 31, 2015
  2. Oddrun
    I'll drink my nettle tea to that! ^^ Cheers!
    
    Dec 31, 2015
5. Turambar
  Well, you might actually belong to the first generation of patients who might see a partial or even complete cure. What's available these days? Immunodepressants? Some monoclonal antibody treatment? Anything else?
  
  Dec 31, 2015
  2. Oddrun
    I'm taking betaferon (interferon) and if I'm correct it's an immunosuppressive drug. We actually produce interferon ourselves to fight inflammations - e.g. when we have the flu. I've had no attacks since I started the injections - and I had 7 relapses in 12 months before I began taking it - so it seems to help.
    
    Dec 31, 2015
  3. Oddrun
    If interferon doesn't help there are other drugs like Copaxone and some other ones, but some of them give nasty secondary effects and all of them are quite expensive. There is quite a lot or research going on on MS and I'm really hopefull that they come up with something better at some point ;)
    
    Dec 31, 2015
6. Turambar
  Take pleasure in simple things, heh? I'm sure Mexico is not the best place to get a good diagnosis. It's not a disease I'm terribly familiar with, but am given to understand that life with MS isn't at all that impossible. Regardless, I am also acutely aware that that's not the end of the story going forward. So, yeah, when I wish you all the best in 2016, I will, for once mean every word of it ;)
  
  Dec 31, 2015
  2. Oddrun
    Oh, I was diagnosed in Poland - and it took many tests before they were confident enough to decide what I had. MS can be very different - depends on the patient. Not so long ago it basically meant that you'd soon end up in a wheelchair, but now we have better ways of slowing it down. Still no way to cure it, but people are working on that :)
    
    Dec 31, 2015
  3. Oddrun
    And I wish you health - in 2016 and afterwards. With good health you can take care of earning money and happiness yourself ;D
    
    Dec 31, 2015
7. Turambar
  Wow, Oddy. That all sounds pretty serious - no wonder you were forced back to Poland. All problems are relative, and mine are pretty manageable compared to MS, I'd imagine. I really hope you keep doing well going forward. I'm sure it has been raining pledges of support, but I won't withhold mine. Yours when you need me.
  
  Dec 31, 2015
  2. Oddrun
    Thanks, Tur :) I've actually been sick for almost 5 years but only got diagnosed this year. I never knew it was so serious until I started having attacks every few weeks and became a regular at a Mexican hospital :p MS in not fun and complicates your life, but I'm still physically sound and it made me appreciate health more :)
    
    Dec 31, 2015
8. Turambar
  Weird year for me. I found myself without a job at the start of the year. And, after about half a year of misery and joblessness, just applied for the most menial administrative junk available, which suddenly landed me at the headquarters of a huge company which is mostly in the business of making paint.
  
  Dec 30, 2015
9. Turambar
  Of course, they kicked me out after about four months, having completed what I was hired for - which meant I found myself without work again.
  
  Dec 30, 2015
10. Turambar
  And, when I was just about to go really desperate of it all, and was convinced I'd spend the rest of my days between menial and meaningless jobs, that very same company hired me to do a serious job - this time in IT, setting up user profiles for their main database profile (SAP). Without a shred of experience in that particular field. Which I've been doing for about a month and a half now...
  
  Dec 30, 2015
11. Turambar
  So yeah... .weird year. Frustrating for the most part. But I'm fairly confident for the future all of the sudden.
  
  Back in Poland heh? Must be weird, I imagine. I hope you have been able to make a soft landing? I remember settling back in is much worse than leaving home in the first place. And what about your health? I'm sure this is not the place to discuss that sort of thing, but I really hope you're doing well.
  
  Dec 30, 2015
  2. Oddrun
    Wow, sounds like you went throught some stressfull months! I'm glad it's better now and I wish you good luck with the serious job :) I had no problems with getting my old job back and also starting a new one - I work in a publishing house, I teach Norwegian and I still translate. My health is pretty stable now - I have MS, but I give myself injections every other day and it helps to keep the attacks at bay :)
    
    Dec 31, 2015
12. Turambar
  Heya - I see you're online as well! How are you, Maria. How has 2015 treated you?
  
  Dec 30, 2015
  2. Oddrun
    Hello! I'm about to go to bed, so don't be surprised if I suddenly disappear - I'll be here tomorrow anyway ;D Oh, 2015 was a strange year. I had come back from Latin America last december (after three years) and I had to settle back in. It went quite well. I also managed to finally tame my crazy health, which has been out of control for some time ;) So, not a bad year, I guess. How has yours been?
    
    Dec 30, 2015
13. Sparrow
  Good morning sleepy head.;)
  
  Jan 7, 2015
14. Emerlas
  hey oddy hope you are well
  :)
  
  Oct 23, 2014
  2. Oddrun
    Thanks, Emerlas! I'm quite ok at the moment. Hope you're well too :)
    
    Oct 24, 2014
  3. Emerlas
    thanks oddy :D
    
    Oct 24, 2014
15. Reece56364
  I was looking through my "book of nice/special/appreciated things" a few days ago and I saw that I had taped in the postcards that I got from you and PK 4 years ago.. then I just saw a picture of you and a snake and it threw me off course because I always imagined you as a dude. It's a nice surprise :p
  
  Mar 10, 2014
16. Sparrow
  How is it I hadn't sent you a friend request before now... my oversight.
  We've seen each other's tummy so it only seems fitting, and it's the way of my people.:D
  
  Jul 28, 2013
17. Turambar
  Well then! Screw Luis (in a metaphorical sense...)! Let's run from it all and build a new life together on another continent. You are probably the most beautiful, intelligent, funny and Polish polyglot that will ever talk to me. So yes. Let us get adventurous!
  
  ... In the mean time, I don't know what time it is in The Argentine, but here it's bed time. Sooo... yeah. Sleep first. Make off with Oddy later... *nods*
  
  zzzz... Oddy the Polish Polyglot.... hmfblzzzzzz
  
  Jun 23, 2013
18. Turambar
  Right... right... not serious... yeah....
  
  Or, quite possibly, you told Pablo (or was it Enrique?) about TFF, so that he could read up on your antics here. And you're scared he finds out :p
  
  To be honest, I don't take everything here too seriously. The only things I take serious at TFF are the ask the next person a question thread - and Dobby the House Elf. No jokes on him, that guy is for real!
  
  Jun 23, 2013
19. Turambar
  Fourth of July 2011. You said: Rule 1: boy + boy = adorable ^^. Right in this here string of convo.
  
  I am pretty sure you mentioned getting in on the action somewhere...
  
  Jun 23, 2013
20. Turambar
  And who said the Polish were a boring people? :p
  
  I remember a time you were always on about getting into a - what's the word - ménage à trois? And, being your fantasy, it involved two men? Pretty sure it came up once or twice..
  
  ... any other fantasies I need to know about? This is a Fantasy Forum, you know... and I am a moderator :p
  
  Jun 23, 2013
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