This must be what going mad feels like.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


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Topic!Cindy - Jul 27, 2005 1:57:30 pm PDT #3405 of 10001
What is even happening?

Mom just called. Dad is dying. I don't know how much longer they think he has--didn't want to ask. But his mind is starting to go, he can't walk well or feed himself, and they're going to start having hospice nurses in every day. I don't understand how this happened, after the tests showed him cancer-free. It seems like it's the chemo that's killing him.

Oh, honey, I'm so sorry. How much longer does he have on the chemo? Are they stopping it?


Cass - Jul 27, 2005 1:58:07 pm PDT #3406 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Oh, Susan. I'm so so sorry.


vw bug - Jul 27, 2005 1:58:46 pm PDT #3407 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Oh, Susan, I'm so sorry. Hugs and prayers.


Lee - Jul 27, 2005 1:59:14 pm PDT #3408 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

What Cass and the others said, Susan.


DavidS - Jul 27, 2005 1:59:22 pm PDT #3409 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm sorry Susan. Peace be with you and your family.


juliana - Jul 27, 2005 2:00:39 pm PDT #3410 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Oh, Susan. I'm so sorry.


Maria - Jul 27, 2005 2:01:17 pm PDT #3411 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Susan, I'm so damn sorry. Punctuation to you and your family.


Steph L. - Jul 27, 2005 2:02:17 pm PDT #3412 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Susan, I'm so sorry. You, and your family, are in my thoughts and prayers.


P.M. Marc - Jul 27, 2005 2:02:30 pm PDT #3413 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Oh Susan, I'm so sorry.


Susan W. - Jul 27, 2005 2:03:36 pm PDT #3414 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

-t, at this point I feel like my being there would be more of an added burden than a comfort at this point--that the everyday routines of existence are a big deal. I am so very glad we went in June, and that I had the gumption to say some things I've always wanted to say about how proud I am to have him for a father.

I'm sad that Annabel won't remember him, and sad that he won't get to read my first book, whenever it happens. And for some reason I'm very upset that he never got to go to Australia. He always wanted to, but somehow it just never happened. I hope there's really a heaven, and that there's some kind of true-Australia-that-lies-beyond there.

I think they've stopped the chemo. I didn't ask for a lot of details like that, but I'm thinking of calling Very Conservative Oldest Brother, since he's the one who lives close and probably has the most accurate perspective on what's going on.