Daniel has been transferred to Abbot Northwest, surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning. His pain is pretty moderate.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
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.
WindSparrow - Oct 21, 2022 3:48:37 pm PDT #5604 of 5668
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Kate P. - Oct 22, 2022 10:02:26 am PDT #5605 of 5668
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
My mom is headed to the ER. Long story short, she's 3+ weeks into some bizarre episode that began with extreme emotional outbursts, proceeded to memory loss and inability to perform basic self-care, and now includes fatigue so severe she can hardly move. My brother and dad are with her. I'm glad she's finally going to the hospital but am still extremely worried and would be grateful for any ~ma you can spare. She just turned 74 yesterday.
Kate P. - Oct 26, 2022 6:23:03 am PDT #5606 of 5668
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
So, we found out that my mom has Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, which is incurable and invariably fatal within a few months. It all feels very unreal.
beekaytee - Oct 31, 2022 4:37:44 pm PDT #5607 of 5668
Compassionately intolerant
Many, many thanks to everyone who helped out with my Best of DC campaign. I won! It's a huge help to my business. Cheers!
WindSparrow - Nov 03, 2022 8:44:51 pm PDT #5608 of 5668
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Daniel is coming home on Saturday!
WindSparrow - Nov 05, 2022 6:02:39 pm PDT #5609 of 5668
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Aaaaaand, they are keeping him till Monday.
DCJensen - Nov 08, 2022 8:24:53 pm PST #5610 of 5668
All is well that ends in pizza.
Well, that was exciting. I am now back home only 17 days after going in to check my foot.
Anyway, I’m back home and I have a nurse coming to the house tomorrow to set my foot up for having a vacuum, a special vacuum that is set up to make my wound heal faster. Even though I lost part of my little toe on my right foot, I am not in much pain and probably will get a little bit more pain here and there. I am a planning to go back to work in a few days. If they let me and at this point I’m feeling OK just took long time to get to this point. Sorry for worrying everyone I will have more later
Kate P. - Nov 17, 2022 1:41:38 pm PST #5611 of 5668
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
My mother died earlier today. I was with her, holding her hand, at the end.
EpicTangent - Nov 22, 2022 11:16:50 am PST #5612 of 5668
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Quick update: I finished radiation & chemo on 11/11. (They did a little ceremony & gave me a certificate of completion at the radiation center. It was very sweet & made me a weepy mess!) I'm recovering from the burns and accompanying difficulties in the radiation spot and adjacent areas. Still fighting the fatigue, unfortunately, but that's hopefully improving too. For right now, I'm in a holding pattern because the radiation & chemo "keep working" for a month-ish even after active treatment has stopped. I have a PET scan & an MRI on December 6 (and a dentist appt, but that was just an unfortunate coincidence). Then I see my chemo doc on 12/12 & my radiation doc on 12/14...to discuss where we are, and next steps I suppose. (Please send all prayers, vibes, etc. you can spare to the hope that the tumor will have shrunk enough to be removed. I want this fucker OUT!)
DCJensen - Nov 26, 2022 2:07:27 pm PST #5613 of 5668
All is well that ends in pizza.
Hi everyone! Well, two days after my earlier announcement, I did have to go back in the hospital for a couple more weeks. I didn’t get a chance to update Buffistas. Org or Facebook because I was depressed. They were also trying to find me a place to go in for convalescence, but we ended up compromising and then back home. Andi has been trained to take care of my wound and we’re gonna go from here. I have no idea when I’m going to be going back to work. Even though I haven’t been around here chatting much lately I do miss you all. It's just that my spoons have been drastically reduced for now, but I should be able to forge new ones as time goes on