Did he give you the exercise where you focus on a pencil at arm's length and then bring it towards your nose?
Yip.
Thanks for the reassurance.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Betsy HP - Feb 16, 2005 1:59:02 pm PST #1539 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2005 2:15:37 pm PST #1540 of 10001
brillig
So those kinds of exercises will strengthen the eye muscles, not just stress them further? Oh, good.
Anyway, the reason for this post. I need some serious medical test and sanity ~ma. Tomorrow morning Hubby gets an endoscopy to check out what his cardiologist described as a shadow he saw on the last chest X-ray. Doc got very vague when asked what that shadow might be. Hubby said, "You're thinking cancer, aren't you." Doc has known Hubby for a few years now and didn't confirm or deny, but his non-confirmation/denial had a bit of "I'm glad I have a smart patient" involved.
He had a bout of colon cancer, but that got taken care of more than five years ago and he's been clean. With the constant care he's under, anything they spot now should be fairly small--hell, it could be benign, it could have been just a shadow and there's nothing there. But his coping mechanisms are starting to fray a bit, and we could use some good news. Interestingly, esophogeal cancer can interfere with heart function. Damned interconnectivity.
Oh, and if everything turns out hunky dory here, we're scheduled for more spinal surgery in July, and there's some arthroscopic surgery they're going to try next to try and get his arrhythmia dealt with. Scary, but it could mean that he'd be *better*. I'd give a lot for that.
So, think of us come 6:30 AM Mountain Time.
Cashmere - Feb 16, 2005 2:17:22 pm PST #1541 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Connie, I'll be awake and sending the ma.
Susan W. - Feb 16, 2005 2:18:13 pm PST #1542 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Much ~ma headed your way, Connie.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 16, 2005 2:18:33 pm PST #1543 of 10001
What is even happening?
Oh connie, all the health in the world to your dh (and you) and peace of mind, too.
Ginger - Feb 16, 2005 2:24:41 pm PST #1544 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Oh, Connie. I'm going to have to give the universe a talking-to again. I'll be thinking of you both.
vw bug - Feb 16, 2005 2:28:47 pm PST #1545 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
connie, much health~ma headed your way.
Steph L. - Feb 16, 2005 2:29:41 pm PST #1546 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Damn, Connie. Your DH needs to stop re-enacting medical school textbooks. I'm sending wishes for good health for him, and calmness for you.
Lilty Cash - Feb 16, 2005 2:29:53 pm PST #1547 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Damn, connie. Many hugs and ~ma headed your way.
ETA: MANY hugs, not maybe hugs. There is no maybe about it! Damn fingers.
Gudanov - Feb 16, 2005 2:32:09 pm PST #1548 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Lots and lots of health-ma to you connie.