My illness: Emphysema

What Is Emphysema? Emphysema is a degenerative disease that usually develops after many years of assault on lung tissues from cigarette smoke or other toxins that pollute the air. These toxins destroy the small air sacs in the lungs, called alveoli, that stretch as they transport oxygen from the air to the blood and then shrink as they force out carbon dioxide. As a result, the lungs lose their elasticity, and exhaling becomes difficult as the damaged lungs trap air and cannot effectively exchange it with fresh air. As the damage progresses, the effort needed to breathe increases and, ultimately, each breath becomes labored. (Illustration provided by the American Medical Association.) Emphysema is one of a group of lung diseases referred to as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that can interfere with normal breathing. Other diseases that come under COPD include asthma and chronic bronchitis. According to the American Lung Association (ALA), nearly 16 million Americans are estimated to suffer from some form of COPD, and COPD is the fourth-ranking cause of death just behind heart ailments, cancers, and stroke.

Wednesday 3 September 2008

Another project

My other project I've been working on is a non Mugen related subject.
It's about FIFA Manager 08.
I've been working on an away kit for one of my teams (Manchester United) rivals (Arsenal) as requested on fifaportal.net, and I must say I'm quite impressed with my own work so far, because I've not been confident in the past at making kits.

The kit:


My unfinished version on FIFA Manager 08:

Monday 1 September 2008

Health update....

Well I thought my cousin's wedding was today but no, it's on a Saturday.
But I had my hospital clinic appointment today (finally), as I should've had that appointment months ago because my doctor had retired.
Anywayz, the results for my lung volume test appears to be indentical to last years, except there's been a slight decrease in how much oxygen get's pumped through my body.
The doc said that usually varies, but he wants me to go through the same tests I've had done to me when I was first diagnosed with emphysema...meaning I've had 2 blood tests and awaiting an appointment for an Xray, CT Scan & a treadmil test, he also reminded me that when I was having my operation several years ago they took a small piece of my lung so they could analysise it, and that they might need to do that again, he also said he's gonna have a meeting with emphysema specialists in hoping to find the answer I've been asking for years now, and that's "How the hell did I get emphysema when I'm a non smoker?".

Sunday 31 August 2008

Super Mike of Mugen & PS3 games I soooo want

Super Mike is somewhat real, but only in my head.
My dreams normally are always strange, so it's very rare that I dream of something that could happen in real life.
Super Mike (is the name I call him til I can think of a better name), is someone who resemble's Giji Rare Akuma but Super Mike was made before Giji Rare Akuma, his teeth are sharp like vampire teeth, he has yellow spikey hair, red eyes & has no concern for anybody's welfare what so ever, so he's beyond evil.
He's invincible, can fly, and looks to destroy the first person he sees.
Super Mike emerges when ever I become in serious danger, say if I were in a building that caught fire and exploded Super Mike would emerge from the torn building with a loud boom.
However, I hate to sound corny but his weakness is his heart, the people he cares about.
A show of love or affection calms him down and changes him back to me.

Yep, that's my strange dreams lol.
Anywho...Playstatsion 3 games I soooooo want, and will get when they come out:

FIFA 09
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
Smackdown Vs Raw 2009
Little Big Planet
Home
TNA Impact Wrestling
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Ghostbusters
Motorstorm - Pacific Rift
Spiderman Web of Shadows
Lego Batman
Sonic Unleashed?
Saints Row 2
Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe
Tomb Raider Underworld

PS3, Xbox 360 & Wii

I do own an Xbox 360 & Wii but I rarely go on em these days, I do mostly go on my PS3so I'll post my PS3 ID here for those who wanna add me, just tell me who you are when you do and if you're from eo or not.

PS3 ID: VampireMike

I'll also be announcing what games I'm planning on getting for my Playstation 3 so that you know whether or not to expect me to play on them online.

Super Smash Bros. Mugen

I tried out earlier today a fairly good Smash Brothers Mugen.
If I were to rate it out of 10 I'd give it a fair rating of 6.
You guys can check it out for yourselves: http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f3506.html

About Mugen...

Mugen is a fighting game for the PC where you can download & add ANY fighters you want, whether they're from Streetfighter, Mortal Kombat, Marvel, DC, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Dragon Ball Z and various Anime's and more, you can even add stages and theme music for that stage.I currently have a tool that allows me to edit colours of any character I want, I also know how to change the character's name's and the sizes of the characters, I also have a tool that'll let me create my own Mugen character which I hope to do at some point, what you'll need is the Mugen Character Maker, a sprite sheet for the character you want to create and sounds for the moves they do (like "HADOUKEN/SHO-RYU-KEN" for Ryu/Ken for instance).

Many people have made their own Mugen's available to download so you can either choose to make your own from scratch or download a pre-made one by someone else.
You can find several pre-made Mugen's at www.caiman.us

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