Auigh

by tk on Jun 29, 2008 10:19 PM PDT Comment 49 comments

Just a nice, cranky night on which to update the McCoven on the state of the TK. It ain't too good. After my surgery on May 27, which didn't work out, I went steadily into a weird decline, culminating in an emergency operation on June 20 due to a perforated colon. They had to take the whole thing out, bring me in in an ambulance, worst pain I've ever been in etc. etc. During the night of the 20th/morning of the 21st I was on 8 hours' worth of painkillers each hour, with nothing really working until they cut me open and got the whole infection/whatever out.

Three days later was my first wedding anniversary. I don't think I was coherent for it.

Now I've been in the hospital since the 20th, will probably be in till at least next week and then go home and am afraid the same type of thing will happen again. There's still at least one more surgery to go but we're trying to hold off for six months on it because the healing from this one is so difficult. However if we have to do it sooner I guess we will.

It's always depressing to write these things down. But I know you guys don't mind too much or if you do you will ignore it. I'm pretty sick of medical ish right now and would just as soon be a brain in a jar. Where I can still listen to the Giants. Incongruously beating the A's 11-1. Anyway I miss all of you, I listen to the broadcast every day, but I don't usually have the brains to post anymore due to all the drugz0rs. Hopefully things will even out soon. I dream of that night in April when I went to the game and had those garlic fries. I thought I was doing sort of average then, but that's the picture of health compared to me now. To conclude I will quote our Baron: "Get back up." One step at a time, and all that. Thanks for the support as usual.

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Hang in there tk

total gamer

by Giant Voodoo on Jun 29, 2008 10:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hang in there, tk. I happen to have a bloody colon myself—nothing compared to what you’ve been through but enough to make me respect the hell out you.

At least intestinal problems are great fodder for puns and inappropriate jokes!

by Dan from NM on Jun 29, 2008 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Cue Goofus and HowTheyScored.

~~Gentlemen?~~ Guys?

DFA all Giants over 34 years old.

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 29, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, at least it must be nice for tk to know that all her problems are behind her!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jun 29, 2008 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m sorry, tk, that howie’s such a pain the … well, you get the idea.

by Dan from NM on Jun 29, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Neck?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jun 29, 2008 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

zing!

seriously – hang in there tk. We’re all pulling for you.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jun 29, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We love you, TK!

Of course, we have to continue to agree to see other people, but we love you nevertheless. You are greatly missed. I am so sorry for your recent buttrauma. If there’s anything I can do while you’re docked, such as magic tricks or throwing overripe fruit at HowTheyScored, please say so and it’s yours.

And please don’t feel reticent about posting just because your brain is fuzzed by drugs. Just today, someone wrote a fanpost saying Sabean is an indisputably GREAT general manager, and that anyone who is frustrated with Zito “only” a year-and-a-half into his contract is “impatient and stupid.” Punch line: SAME writer. So, obviously, there is no possible way you’d be the dopiest congregant here.

Oh, and quit bragging that you were incoherent for your anniversary. Some of us are having to go without opiates at all these days. And it’s an election year, dammit.

Summing up: we love you; PLEEEEEASE let us know if we can do anything at all; HowTheyScored will make butt jokes.

DFA all Giants over 34 years old.

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 29, 2008 10:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Gamer

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Jun 29, 2008 11:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We're all thinking of you TK.

And I volunteer to throw things at HowTheyScored too if it helps.

Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.

by SF Pete on Jun 29, 2008 11:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm. You know, TK is really sweet, and so might be too reluctant to ask...

... So perhaps we should just start whipping stuff at HTS, you know, just to see if it helps. Who’s in? And what will you bring? I dibs overripe tomatoes.

DFA all Giants over 34 years old.

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 29, 2008 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m pretty sure that this makes you the coolest person on McCC now. I read in a magazine that not having your colon is the new having your colon.

OMG JEALOUS.

But really, I look forward to seeing you at a game sometime. I’m glad that you’re always somehow able to push forward with taking care of yourself. Be well.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jun 29, 2008 11:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow!

Wow, TK, you certainly have our prayers. You’ve been through a LOT - and unfortunately still have more to go. I’m probably stupid for saying this - especially since I don’t know you—but I wish I could have gone through it for you.

Of course, if I HAD gone through it, I might not feel that way. :)

But the very best to you, and I hope things go much, MUCH better from here on.

by sharksrog on Jun 29, 2008 11:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Fans for Life

TK—Your health has been a metaphor for the highs and lows we experience with the Giants.

We’re gonna do what we always do: Bellyache about everything in sight, and stand by what’s important to us—you and our local boys.

by Moggeee on Jun 29, 2008 11:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Tomko continues to dance for you: http://roxik.com/pictaps/?pid=a772539
I’d update it, but I’m too lazy. Plus, he’ll probably end up on another team in a few weeks anyway. Go, tk!

Everybody Loves Durham
comics | cartoons | Nattowear

by Natto on Jun 30, 2008 12:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

Been a while since I’ve seen one of those.

Good luck TK- for someone without all your guts, you’ve got a lot of guts.

¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!

by hairball on Jun 30, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wish you the very best

and hope you have the medical attention that you need to overcome this challenge.

by positiveuphemism on Jun 30, 2008 12:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Keep on keeping on, tk. We’re all pulling for you.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Jun 30, 2008 12:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey , I’ll swing by the “Bodies” exhibit and pick you out some nice replacement parts – they seem to have a surplus on display and the owners probably won’t miss ‘em.

SERIOUS best wishes.

NL West TempestTeapot - An ENTIRE DIVISION under .500!

by victor frankenstein on Jun 30, 2008 3:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I vote that we take any organs from Brian Sabean, i don’t think he is using any of his. Get well soon, tk.

Todd Jennings: Next up on the Non-prospect Backup Catcher Train. Next Stop: The Pine at AT&T Park, following a brief detour by the DL

by Speedforthewin on Jun 30, 2008 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

TK is seriously kicking ass with this thing, no pun intended. I can only say if I went through this I’d have murdered something by now. She’s a tough broad and she’ll get through this. I’m certain of it.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 30, 2008 7:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

total effing GAMER

Hang in there and best wishes TK…

Fairley odd parent to Wendell

by WTF on Jun 30, 2008 7:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Best wishes

As a member of the opiate club myself I can confirm that coherency is for losers. Seriously though it will plateau after a while, although you might find you have very ‘real’ dreams still!

Anyway I wish you the very best of luck, everyone on here is rooting for you, hopefully that will have a greater effect on you than it has on the Giants!

Olma Rosario; liking the cut of your jib since 2008
Free Angel Joseph from US immigration!

by Mr Scruff on Jun 30, 2008 8:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sending mojo from here

hang in there, tk. :)

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Jun 30, 2008 8:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hold on

You will get through this

Only 891 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Jun 30, 2008 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't know you

but I hope you get better soon, my man. Going to the game tonight and I’ll send some good vibes your way, wherever that may be.

Greg

by Gob on Jun 30, 2008 9:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Psst, TK is “Tasha”. She’s not my man, either.

2008 Giants: Scrappy! Scrappy! Joy! Joy!

by Goofus on Jun 30, 2008 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoa, man?

Wo-man.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 30, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

'So I Married An Axe Murderer' reference?

I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 30, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe it was!

Heed! Pants! Now!

2008 Giants: Scrappy! Scrappy! Joy! Joy!

by Goofus on Jun 30, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Piper doon! We have a piper doon!"

I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."

by Mayor of 311 on Jun 30, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Ev-il, like the fru-its of the dev-il"

Tony Giardino: “In all my times as a cop, I’ve never gotten to, like, chase a guy across a crowded city square. I’ve never… I’ve never hung on to that part of a helicopter. You know that part? Underneath—the thing it lands on? Do you, do you know that part?”
Police Chief: “Yes, I know that part.”

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on Jun 30, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's like an orange on a toothpick

by Giant Voodoo on Jun 30, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

zounds

Auigh is right. Keep us posted. It doesn’t matter if you’re on the drugz0rs.

by non sequitur on Jun 30, 2008 12:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

you are so f-ing gamer

and you don’t even know it.

"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Jun 30, 2008 12:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

may the Giants sweep the Dodgers next weekend for you

get well soon, best of wishes.

by boonitez on Jun 30, 2008 12:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hang in there.

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jun 30, 2008 12:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

To quote the great Roger Craig ....

Don’t get your dobber down.

by mxmob33 on Jun 30, 2008 12:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Tape her up, lets go!

by wilriv21 on Jun 30, 2008 1:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get. Well. Soon.

Hope you’re back at the ballpark and on the (long) road to something resembling good health before the season’s over. You deserve nothing but good things after what you’ve been through.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on Jun 30, 2008 1:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Alright the Giants need to know about her struggle and maybe someone can hit a couple jacks for you in tonight’s game? Either way, keep up the fight TK.

by out machine on Jun 30, 2008 1:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get well soon, tk!

In the meantime a few quotes which never fail to inspire me when times are rough:

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”—Winston Churchill

“What lays behind you and what lays before you are not nearly as important as what lays within you.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I am not an idiot.”—Brian Sabean

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on Jun 30, 2008 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Eep

I hope this diary is grandfathered in past the Is It Worthy of a Fan Post committee.

Seriously thanks for all the thoughts and cracking all those butt jokes. We’ll be back on the feet soon … just might not be till spring training next year.

Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.

by tk on Jun 30, 2008 3:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs