The latest news on the baby front is that the amnio results are back. Little Bambina is A-OK!
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
Birth, death, illness, new job, vacation...if it's happening to you and you want us to know about it, post it here. These threads are intended for announcements only. Want to offer sympathy or congratulations, or talk about anything? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
Burrell - Mar 25, 2003 11:31:44 am PST #553 of 5668
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
smonster - Mar 25, 2003 12:18:20 pm PST #554 of 5668
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
My fellow Buffistas: just wanted to announce that I am on the Tour de Friends (NC to DC AIDS ride) "Tour Corps" and that my official tour goal is "furthering the Buffista agenda."
Also check out my personal page here [link]
to see one small step in that process. No donation required (but any appreciated).
edited b/c the link didn't take you to my personal page before, so it made no sense. sorry.
moved here from sunnydale press, b/c it's a personal thing. i'm slow, but i catch on.
Trudy Booth - Mar 25, 2003 8:19:01 pm PST #555 of 5668
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Just got off the phone with Steph.
They've given her some more morphine (and I'm hoping she'll get some sleep though the last dose didn't exactly render her pain-free).
She wanted me to let you know that it looks like she'll be having sugery.
She sounds alright (if a little stoned).
billytea - Mar 25, 2003 10:57:02 pm PST #556 of 5668
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Ok, I've been putting this off for too long already. I'm going to have to go dark until at least June. I've already had to cut out visiting this site at work as it had attracted notice; and I have an exam on May 31 that I'm not going to do justice to if I'm spending my free home-time here. I might pop in once or twice, but basically, if you see me here, feel free to tell me to go hit the books or something.
If anyone needs to get in touch about anything, the email addy in my profile is good.
Fred Pete - Mar 26, 2003 6:29:05 am PST #557 of 5668
Ann, that's a ferret.
I also will be going dark for at least a while. I'm involved in a very fast-moving case that will keep me too busy for a while. I was able to keep up (more or less) during the move and the fix-up-the-condo for sale, but I don't think I can anymore.
Also, with all the stresses in my life right now (move, fix-up, case, world situation, battle with my mother), I really can't be good company. I apologize for not offering sufficient sympathy or congratulations where appropriate over the last couple months.
Profile addy is good, and I'll try to check it more regularly than I do. I'll update the addy if I ever get time to set up the mailbox on my home Net service.
Megan E. - Mar 26, 2003 7:00:29 am PST #558 of 5668
Tomorrow is my big day - Surgery day. I'll be off work for a little over two weeks, but I hope to poke my new nose in here early next week and give an update on my progress. Thanks everyone for all your kind words and support during the last 9-10 months of having no sense of smell and taste. Nosema vibes please!
Trudy Booth - Mar 26, 2003 9:52:52 am PST #559 of 5668
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Steph is being released from the hospital.
She met with the neurosurgeon and they're going to meet next week to discuss and schedule the surgery. For now, she is going home with pain meds.
Send her vibes, apparently they are only working so well.
She sends her love and is glad ita didn't die.
deborah grabien - Mar 26, 2003 2:04:28 pm PST #560 of 5668
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
For any Bay Area Buffistae who are Pentangle fans, or just traditional UK folk music junkies, Jacqui McShee and the incredible John Renbourn will be playing the Freight in Berkeley on 29 May.
Hil R. - Mar 26, 2003 2:14:44 pm PST #561 of 5668
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I got into CUNY.
Steph L. - Mar 26, 2003 3:41:24 pm PST #562 of 5668
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I'm home for now. Here's the scoop: the neurosurgeon says I am a "textbook case" of herniated discs, meaning that surgery will be straightforward and easy. Since I haven't been responding to drug treatment, he feels that injecting steroids into the discs might not have any effect, OR -- at best -- will have ONLY a short-term effect.
Once the disc herniates, you can't put it back in place, apparently, and the best treatment is to trim off the floppy bits that are pressing on nerves.
He says I'm a good surgical candidate b/c I'm young and healthy. The typical patient goes home the day after surgery and can be back at work (desk job) within a week. The only downside is that, of course, I'm awfully young for back surgery, because any surgery, no matter how minimally invasive, does weaken the back.
However, there really is no option for me. So, I'm home for now, and I meet with the surgeon early next week to discuss the surgery so that I'm fully informed before I do it. The actual surgery will probably be in 2 weeks. So until then, I just keep managing my pain with drugs and just taking it easy.
But since now I have an endpoint, I'm okay with that.
So that's where I stand. Or, as the case may be, lie on my stomach.