Don't start worrying until at least the biopsy, vw. They're frequently negative. It is good that the doctor is sending her for one right away. Mine had the hilarity of them telling me on the phone, "We'll be sending you home with ice in your bra." Mine wasn't particularly painful, although I was grateful for the ice for about a day. There was the weirdness of feeling like your breast is part of a videogame -- they're trying to stick your numbed breast where the mass showed up, so they keep checking it on a screen.
I would be there right now.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Ginger - Apr 02, 2006 8:43:46 am PDT #6865 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
meara - Apr 02, 2006 8:53:37 am PDT #6866 of 10001
Good lord, VW, the universe really has it out for you and yours, don't they?
I pronouce it with a syllable, two halves and an inkling. TEAR ah ho(aht)
I'm also from Indiana, though not quite near there, and say Terra-hoat (like rhymes with coat).
And I'm from *Indianapolis* and have never been to the 500. For that matter, we usually left town that weekend to avoid the traffic and the hordes of people (particularily those clad in spandex they should've avoided, and liquored up)
I was all sleeping in and sleeping in, and then I was like "shit, I'm late for the thing I'm going to at 2pm!" And then I checked my email, and realized the thing isn't until 4:30. This puts a damper on my plans to get shit done, as I don't particularily want to clean or go to the grocery store right now, but if I don't do it now....well, I may not be going to the thing. Hmm.
vw bug - Apr 02, 2006 9:04:35 am PDT #6867 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
In brighter news, while in the hospital, I crocheted and crocheted and crocheted, and, don't tell Anne W., but I finished this poncho: [link] Here's a closeup: [link] I really am pleased with how it turned out. And I just love the yarn.
Edited to show that, well, at least Emily knows how to spell.
erikaj - Apr 02, 2006 9:11:41 am PDT #6868 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Most biopsies do not lead to cancer...my mother was, well, the freak, and she's coming up on five years cancer free.
DavidS - Apr 02, 2006 9:12:31 am PDT #6869 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but I finished this poncho:
What a cute little bug! Poncho looks great and I say that as a not-fan of the genre.
meara - Apr 02, 2006 9:13:16 am PDT #6870 of 10001
My mom is almost 20 years cancer-free, these days. And there's been lots better stuff since then....
erikaj - Apr 02, 2006 9:16:03 am PDT #6871 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
tamoxifen. God, feeling like a House episode now. Except my mother never seized while getting radiated or anything...you'd think the ducklings would learn to fucking *watch* while giving the MRIs and shit.
Cass - Apr 02, 2006 9:31:54 am PDT #6872 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.
((vw)) My thoughts are with you and your mom for her biopsy. It's good that they are sending her quickly but remember this is just a test.
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Nice try but pig fat is not evil.
Haram! Haram!Well, yes, unlawful. But not felony-inducing.
So, I take it it is not the wonderland I was lead to believe it was?They are only Wonderlands if you love racing. Otherwise? I suspect misery. Crowded misery.
Anne W. - Apr 02, 2006 9:32:59 am PDT #6873 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
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I love the poncho, though (and did you ever think you'd hear me say that?).
vw bug - Apr 02, 2006 9:35:21 am PDT #6874 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
and did you ever think you'd hear me say that?
Um...nope. I was sure you'd come make fun of me :). I love it, though. And it was wicked easy. It was actually a knitting pattern that I adapted. But, basically, it's a big rectangle that you then stitch together. I like it, because it's basically like a shawl that is stitched together...it's staight in the back, which I love. And it's kind of cozy.