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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Chris L NYC on March 30, 2007, 10:59:07 AM
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while you animals are arguing about which Doctor Who is better , The Great One is suffering . I need a medical update please .
cheers american style
chris l nyc
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I know he had some treatment yesterday, here's hoping he is well and I don't think there's any question about who the best Doctor Who is.
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I believe the stone was surgically removed yesterday afternoon. It was not passing on its own accord. Alas, it was using a '97 Civic to traverse The Kid's urinary passageway, and that just won't do. A Range Rover was needed. I hope the surgery was, as Borat might say, "great success".
My theory about this whole thing: Vincent Gallo put a hex on Tom's kidney.
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Thanks for the update .
Get Well Soon Tom !
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Not to underscore too much, but I had a similar malady and Tom's comparison to being kicked in the crotch on a rowboat is spot-on. (Imagine a man named "Willy" inserting an optical camera ... ok, this isn't a porno show)
Never heard of a surgical procedure being necessary to remove a kidney stone. We need to transition Tom from cola to vegetable broth or made-on -the-spot ginger ale (seltzer + a few slivers of fresh ginger + honey/sugar).
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I am so scared of kidney stones. about once a month I search for kidney stone information to make sure I'm not consuming things that would make me have one.
Tom has faced my fears so I don't have to. Thanks Tom, hope all is well.
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Tom has faced my fears so I don't have to.
Yes, Tom suffers so that we don't have to.
A timely comparison with Easter around the corner.
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So I drink lot's of sody.
I just woke up, and had a sody for breakfast. I drive around with extra sodys in my car. Sometimes, I'll top off a refreshing sody with a sody, as a kind of sody dessert. I LOVE SODY.
Does this really make me a prime target for the stones that kid?
Because I love my sody, but I love my urethra more.
(Get well Tom Baker is the best Who)
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I LOVE SODY...Does this really make me a prime target for the stones that kid?
My younger brother started drinking lot's of Coca-Cola a couple years ago. He would buy 2 litre bottles from the grocery store and drink it without a cup. He got a kidney stone and his Dr. warned him about drinking so much sody. He didn't listen and got another one a month later. He doesn't drink so much and it seems to have fixed the problem. When Fred from Queens gave his diagnosis I immediately thought of Tom's love for Coke Blak.
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Tom I wish you a speedy recovery. We miss you.
Waiting to pass a stone must be rough, kinda' like waiting for the next kevin Smith movie to come out, or a call from Fred and his new wife...waiting in line to get into the bathroom at a Barnes and Noble or waiting for a friend to find this Zappa CD which he promises "will totally slay you".
Hang in there, chief
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Tom has faced my fears so I don't have to.
Yes, Tom suffers so that we don't have to.
A timely comparison with Easter around the corner.
Tom gets kidney stones for our sins..
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Yes, Tom suffers so that we don't have to.
A timely comparison with Easter around the corner.
The operation is a success, but Tom -- like the Peter O'Toole character in The Ruling Class -- now believes he, himself, is Jesus Christ. He drops all contact with Earles and Wurster and spends his entire show lambasting Tony Coulter for making light of Him and His Word.
What was the show where the Scratchy Record made some flippant comment about Christianity and that woman called Tom to complain? That moment is one of my favorite Best Show moments because it showcases Tom's ability to gracefully navigate a multi-tiered moral quagmire with wit, compassion and ease. End of brown-nosing.
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Hey everyone!
How is Tom? Tom will live.
To tell the story, the pain that I got a half hour into my show two weeks ago was a kidney stone. I sat still for an hour, played Miles Davis, rode out the pain enough to do 90 minutes of call-ins. But I left the station in pain and made my way to the ER a couple hours later. They CAT scanned me and spotted a 6 mm kidney stone. A urologist that I saw a day later told me that I should try to ride it out.
For the next week I experienced sharp bouts of pain and a general queasiness. The kidney stone felt like it stopped halfway down on its journey out of my body, so I went back to the urologist, who said we had to get it out the next day via a surgical procedure that I never want to think about again.
I went in, got it done, it went well - they showed Jillian Barberie the offending stone while I was still knocked out, and she said it resembled a small guitar pick, with all it's pointy ends. I then went home that night, but had to go back to the hospital a few hours later because it the pain was off the charts bad - just insane kidney and bladder spasms. On the bright side, I now can say what the worst pain I've ever felt in my life is. It was like getting stabbed from the inside out.
I went back to the ER and promptly got hooked up to an IV where they gave me something that took me to Jupiter. I got another CAT scan, where they determined that I had ANOTHER kidney stone! They kept me in the hospital and I was ready to go back into the OR the following day. Thankfully my urologist showed up and said that it wasn't another kidney stone - whew! It was only 10 millimeters of clotted blood that I had to pass on my own. Whee!
So for the last two days I've been home, drugged up, feeling slightly better but still a ways away. I won't be doing my show this Tuesday because I've got more recovering to do and a doctor's appointment the following morning.
Thanks to everybody who sent their wishes, thoughts and prayers my way. It truly did help - I was thinking about all of that stuff when I was on the table waiting to get brought in. You guys are the best.
So it comes down to The Kid versus The Kidney Stone, and while the Kidney Stone may have the lead right now, but The Kid will come out on top!
Thanks again everyone.
Tom.
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wow, thats unimaginble and brutal. I can't imagine, stone to surgery to possible stone again! Rest well, and think about selling the stone on eBay.
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Really relieved to hear you're doing better, Tom. You did have us worried there, for a bit. If there's anything positive to come of all this, it testifies to that old maxim, "You can't stop the Best Show, you can't top the Best Show." In all seriousness, it sounds like a nightmare. Glad to hear you got through it and looking forward to your return, sir. Best wishes.
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Good to hear from you, Tom. I hope the worst is over. Recover soon and come out a Winner!
All our best wishes are with the Queen.
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It was like getting stabbed from the inside out.
Did this make anyone else think, "Timmy von Trimble's revenge"?
Seriously, though, I'm very happy to hear you're over the worst of it, Tom. I had already resigned myself to the possibility of no show this week when the news of your bout under the knife was released a couple or so days ago, and I'm relieved to learn that you will not be attempting to play the hero this Tuesday (coincidentally, this fits into my schedule nicely, since I would almost certainly have missed your triumphant return because of pressing antideveloper duties that night). Please rest well, accept all coddling on offer, and consider Rainer's tasty alternative ginger ale recipe.
P.S. Tom Baker is indeed the best Who.
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I believe the stone was surgically removed yesterday afternoon. It was not passing on its own accord. Alas, it was using a '97 Civic to traverse The Kid's urinary passageway, and that just won't do. A Range Rover was needed. I hope the surgery was, as Borat might say, "great success".
My theory about this whole thing: Vincent Gallo put a hex on Tom's kidney.
Kenneth Anger seriously needs to stop hanging out with Prince Vince.
Feel better, Tommy. Don't let Vinnie G. scare you, he doesn't really control the elements or black arts or whatever. He's just a scary, greasy, creepy man who needs to keep it in his pants and probably merits the attention of Chris Hansen. I hear Cory Kennedy's turned over a new leaf, maybe she can help entrap him?
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I believe the stone was surgically removed yesterday afternoon. It was not passing on its own accord. Alas, it was using a '97 Civic to traverse The Kid's urinary passageway, and that just won't do. A Range Rover was needed. I hope the surgery was, as Borat might say, "great success".
My theory about this whole thing: Vincent Gallo put a hex on Tom's kidney.
Kenneth Anger seriously needs to stop hanging out with Prince Vince.
Feel better, Tommy. Don't let Vinnie G. scare you, he doesn't really control the elements or black arts or whatever. He's just a scary, greasy, creepy man who needs to keep it in his pants and probably merits the attention of Chris Hansen. I hear Cory Kennedy's turned over a new leaf, maybe she can help entrap him?
Vince Gallo is indeed skilled in the black arts. Just ask Roger Ebert. He's also a great American and a Proud Patriot.
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I believe the stone was surgically removed yesterday afternoon. It was not passing on its own accord. Alas, it was using a '97 Civic to traverse The Kid's urinary passageway, and that just won't do. A Range Rover was needed. I hope the surgery was, as Borat might say, "great success".
My theory about this whole thing: Vincent Gallo put a hex on Tom's kidney.
Kenneth Anger seriously needs to stop hanging out with Prince Vince.
Feel better, Tommy. Don't let Vinnie G. scare you, he doesn't really control the elements or black arts or whatever. He's just a scary, greasy, creepy man who needs to keep it in his pants and probably merits the attention of Chris Hansen. I hear Cory Kennedy's turned over a new leaf, maybe she can help entrap him?
Vince Gallo is indeed skilled in the black arts. Just ask Roger Ebert. He's also a great American and a Proud Patriot.
That was a fluke! Also, Ebert is a national treasure. No true American would even think of bringing harm to the Great Ebert. For shame, Prince Vince. For shame.
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I went in, got it done, it went well - they showed Jillian Barberie the offending stone while I was still knocked out, and she said it resembled a small guitar pick, with all it's pointy ends.
Maybe there's a Von Scharpling song in this.
Hang tough, man. We miss you.
~EmD
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I went in, got it done, it went well - they showed Jillian Barberie the offending stone while I was still knocked out, and she said it resembled a small guitar pick, with all it's pointy ends.
Maybe there's a Von Scharpling song in this.
Hang tough, man. We miss you.
~EmD
I'm gonna take that kidney stone, polish it, and use it to play a medley of "Stairway To Heaven" segueing into "Rock and Roll Dreams Will Come Through" segueing into "Pizza Party" segueing into "Secret Dancer" segueing into the Petey classic: "Operation Iraqi Freedom". Put that pointy kidney pick to work!
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I went in, got it done, it went well - they showed Jillian Barberie the offending stone while I was still knocked out, and she said it resembled a small guitar pick, with all it's pointy ends.
Maybe there's a Von Scharpling song in this.
Hang tough, man. We miss you.
~EmD
I'm gonna take that kidney stone, polish it, and use it to play a medley of "Stairway To Heaven" segueing into "Rock and Roll Dreams Will Come Through" segueing into "Pizza Party" segueing into "Secret Dancer" segueing into the Petey classic: "Operation Iraqi Freedom". Put that pointy kidney pick to work!
"Dreams'll," son, dreams'll!
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my apologies.
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Wow, painful. My mom had one many, many years back and she said it was worse than childbirth I belive. I'm glad you've came through, and I hope you kept the stone. Maybe next years top pledger could win it during the marathon.
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Glad to hear the worst is over, Tom. I'm looking forward to next week's show.
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I went in, got it done, it went well - they showed Jillian Barberie the offending stone while I was still knocked out, and she said it resembled a small guitar pick, with all it's pointy ends.
Can you say Marathon Premium!!!
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Better still, as a giveaway to drive subscriptions to the Podcast.
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Hi Tom,
I am so glad you are ok. Here's hoping to hear your dulcet tones next week (on the podcast!). I am thinking of you, which I am sure means so much! ::)
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I swear to God Evan "Funk" Davies is either Tom Green or Andy Dick.
Come on FMU. Come clean. ...I hope you noticed I said that with an "o" and an "e".
"I don't have to be here, you know. I don't have to show up here. With my vast financial holdings, I could've been basking in the sun in Florida! This is just a hobby for me. Nothin', ya hear?! A hobby!" - Funk
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Kidney stones are on my top 5 list of things that I never, ever want to experience. Coincidentally, being stabbed is also on the list. I never considered the possibility of being stabbed from the inside out. That sounds even worse than a regular stab.
Anyway, really glad to hear your doing alright. As bad as these things are, they only make you stronger. It's like climbing Mt. Everest or something. Only you didn't get to hang out at base camp.
Take your time getting better.
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i am happy that tom is doing good.
life is a cock and bull story ;)
-pd
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Speaking of kidney stones, I have a funny memory that I'd like to share. Don't worry, it will be not be too tedious. My dad had two tickets to an event that he wanted to go to and that my mom probably had less than no interest in attending, so he took me instead -- the annual dinner of the University of Iowa's main athletic team-supporting organization, whose exact name I can't remember right now. It was a night of awards, emceed by Jim Zabel, one of the main voice of Iowa Hawkeyes basketball and football games on WHO radio in Des Moines, Iowa. The event was full of insanely loyal alumni -- fans of the athletic teams however -- not of the estimable Writers Workshop or James Van Allen (of Van Allen belts fame) or the University of Iowa Medical Center*, or any other truly good reasons to admire the U of I. These were the season-ticket holding, black-and-gold-wearing, fraternity/sorority rah rah types that people on the coasts love to make fun of. Fans not of a cool school's teams, nor of a real powerhouse school's teams (like Florida or Ohio State or Michigan), but of the University of Iowa. It was a seminal moment in my life. I realized I was not one of them -- I would grow up to become basically an anti-jock, not into the college athletics thing. I do love baseball, however.
What does this have to do with kidney stones? My dad had one, right in the middle of the evening's festivities. I assumed at the time that his appendix were going to burst and he would be dead, right there in front of me. We rushed to the University of Iowa Medical Center, where Dad checked in and the cause of his excruciating pain was diagnosed.
I was slightly disappointed. I was 14 at the time, and I was secretly imagining as the events unfolded that I would have to take the wheel of the car for the first time ever and drive us to the hospital, and would be the hero that saved the day. It never happened. Dad got us there and checked in, and I would have to wait two more years to drive for the first time. No big deal. I dealt with it, and never really gave a shit about learning to drive anyway.
The kidney stone gave us an excuse to ditch the silly U of I fan club dinner. Rah rah. Go Hawkeyes.
I've never had a kidney stone, but have dislocated both shoulders, both of which were painful beyond belief. From my dad's expression at the time, I can imagine the what the pain must be like. Tom's description of "being stabbed from the inside out" says exactly what I imagine.
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An update to How's Tom?
Tom had a couple horrible setbacks this past week - the kind of complications you don't want from a kidney stone surgery - lots and lots of blood and clotting. I did a couple rounds in the ER and ultimately spent a few days in the hospital.
I think/hope I'm doing better now. All the clots and blood are gone right now, so that's good. But I am beat up pretty good from what has turned into 2 1/2 weeks of this stuff.
I will not be doing my show on 4/10 because of said beating. I need to get better and get stronger. I apologize for missing another show, but this can hardly be helped.
Thanks to everybody who wrote and sent their thoughts/positive vibes/prayers/wishes my way. It helped a lot.
Tom.
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Get well, now.
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Sorry to hear about the complications. Take your time, Tom. We want you to come back full strength.
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Tom is always strong.
Never soft serve.
Hang in there Tommy, we got your back!
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Get better, Tom! You're still the queen!
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Feel better, big guy.
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Ah, poor Tom. I have no doubt all FOT are behind me when I say don't worry about us or the show. Good heavens, we all just want you to take care of yourself. (Me, I'd need a huge convalescence just to recover from being in the hospital for a few days. The lights! The noise! The people! The smells! The food! Surgery is only part of the overall unpleasantness.)
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Dang. Feel better Tommy.
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Does someone have a voodoo doll of you? Feel better.
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Does someone have a voodoo doll of you? Feel better.
I'm guessing several someones, son.
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Does someone have a voodoo doll of you? Feel better.
I'm guessing several someones, son.
At the end of his last show, Tom speculated that someone(s) was using such a doll:
"Tom wonders how he dug so deep, but then asks why he even bothered to dig at all. The reason: he has the best listeners anybody ever had for a radio show. They came through during the marathon, and now Tom is returning the favor by doing it American Hero-style. A warning to all who have turned their back to The Best Show: too late for you. There is no way to do an about-face on the program. Tom suspects that someone may have a voodoo doll that they poke just when he issues his warning to the haters. They place it inside a pentagram, conduct a Keith Kincaid-style blood ritual, and conjure the evil spirits to send pain to his side."
My guesses: Dr. Stupid, God of Thunder, Steven Blue.
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My guesses: Dr. Stupid, God of Thunder, Steven Blue.
I'm guessing it was those kids he yelled at for talking during Smoking Aces
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Those Goshen kids, Stevie Blue, whoever might have voodoo dolls -- they're all on notice: you can't stop the Kid, you can't top the Kid.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Tom.
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Best wishes chum. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*OMG SO MANY KISSINGS :-* :-* :-*
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Rest and get well, hero.
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Feel better, Scharpling!
You are dearly missed!
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Eesh, that's a rotten turn of events, but it definitely sounds like the Kid will prevail. Rest up, Tommy.
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Get well soon, Tom. Good guys gotta win in '07.
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Looking forward to the return of The Kid. Hope you're feeling better, Tom!
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Get well soon. Best wishes to you and your family, Tom. I hope we can inflict as much pain on the bad guys as the kidney stone has inflicted on you.
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Hope you feel better soon, Tom!!!
Jim Cramer believes in you!
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From all of your fans in Oklahoma, we miss you and wish you the best, buddy!
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Feel better Tom!
m welch
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Get well soon. Rest up, hero.
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This gives "Sharp-shooter Scharpling" a new meaning :(
(did somebody already say this?)
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Any word on tonight's show?
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No show tonight.
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Please heal fully and then come back at your own convenience. You owe us nothing. If you need a new kidney, I have a spare.
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I've got an extra, but it took tons of abuse in the 90's. He might want a newer model.
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Get well soon Tom.
We all miss you and the show, but you need to fully heal so you can start bringing the "W"s again.
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Hope your getting well Tom.
Any update since the last one?
We always love ya tom and miss your funny!
You'll be back stronger and better than ever!
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I hope you get better soon, Tom! The tent is wafting in the breeze without you.
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I've got the whole family knockin' out a few extra Hail Marys for you every night before bedtime.
We're gonna beat this thing!
Get better Tom!
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Any word on tomorrow's show? You gotta come back Tom!!! April has been one load of suck without you-
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He's back, barring unforseen disaster.
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In a dream, I saw a strange man wandering the streets of Queens. He wore a badly fitted Pleather mask. He was a portly fellow, on his way home from his job at the DMV. Under his arm, he carried a broken orange crate and a dry-rotted Cat o' Nine Tails.
"Whereth Tom?" he asked. Plaintively, desperate. "Whereth my Betht Thyow?"