Yay, Owen! and yummy cinnamon rolls!
I was actually just dropping by to share my own toddler picspam: [link]
Llama!
Buffy! If I wanted to fight, you could tell by the being dead already.
Glory ,'Potential'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Stephanie - Aug 31, 2007 4:09:16 am PDT #3633 of 10001
Trust my rage
Fred Pete - Aug 31, 2007 4:21:51 am PDT #3634 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Hec, all best wishes for Karen.
Kathy A - Aug 31, 2007 4:41:23 am PDT #3635 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Llamas are larger than frogs.
Vibing hard for Karen, David.
Ginger - Aug 31, 2007 5:02:45 am PDT #3636 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Don't despair yet, David. For one thing, five-year statistics are, by definition, five years old, and the survival rate is improving all the time. I had Stage IIIB, with 15 out of 17 positive lymph nodes. I was diagnosed 4.5 years ago and finished treatment 3.5 years ago and I'm still here and still *knock wood* cancer free. Also, chemo isn't as bad as it used to be. On one type of chemo, I just slept for two days and was really tired for a couple of more, but that still gave me two good weeks out of three. I took all the anti-nausea medication and was never particularly nauseated. Okay, it's not really a happy! fun! time. The hair falls out, your nails get weird and you get sores in your mouth, but for me it was not the horror people pictured it to be. I was less cheerful about the second half of my chemo, but even with the evil Taxol I still had two good weeks out three. The bad week was just worse. Radiation isn't terrible. You do get more and more tired, but part of that is just having to drive to the hospital for five days a week for six weeks.
I'll send you an e-mail with some tips this weekend.
(Sorry to go on and on about me me me, but I just wanted people to know that it's not as gloomy as they're thinking.)
DavidS - Aug 31, 2007 5:12:17 am PDT #3637 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(Sorry to go on and on about me me me, but I just wanted people to know that it's not as gloomy as they're thinking.)
Thanks, Ginger. That's all very encouraging.
::rubs Ginger's full head of healthy hair for good luck::
beekaytee - Aug 31, 2007 5:48:45 am PDT #3638 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I don't know what to do except stop by her house and give her foot rubs.
David, the St. Francis Center, where I did some of my counseling training, was founded on this very thing. Father Wendt, an ambitious young priest, tried just a little too hard to 'do good' for the people he was drawn to serve until a wise woman he was visiting said something along the lines of...'If you want to help me, shut the hell up and rub my feet.'
Ginger, thanks for your insight. My surrogate mom is struggling with horrible images of her grandson's chemo regimen. Ideas that were formed 30 years ago. I tried to say something similar to what you said about how the technology is getting better all the time but I have no personal experience beyond what the survivors in my marathon training group have to say. Your words are beyond encouraging.
And bless your healthy body!
Glamcookie - Aug 31, 2007 5:50:28 am PDT #3639 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I'm so sorry David. Fuck cancer!!
Glamcookie - Aug 31, 2007 5:52:02 am PDT #3640 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Ellie is adorable, as is her new outfit!
sj - Aug 31, 2007 5:59:23 am PDT #3641 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ellie is an adorable big girl!
Hec, I'm still vibing the best for Karen. She's lucky to have your suppport.
JZ, best of luck finding a job that is a perfect fit for you.
meara - Aug 31, 2007 6:02:46 am PDT #3642 of 10001
Fuck cancer indeed!
They've told her, but she really doesn't understand the implications. Which is fine. I know I was when my mother had her first bout of cancer.
Yeah, I'm very glad i was only about 8 when my mom had cancer, I totally didn't get it. Just "Hey, mom's sick, and cool, lots of people are bringing us casseroles for dinner!"