hurray meara! here's all my moving ~ma! (very few breakies, no lost things)
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
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.
hippocampus - Sep 06, 2007 3:02:38 pm PDT #4465 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
sj - Sep 06, 2007 3:10:03 pm PDT #4466 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Congratulations, meara! Best of luck moving!
Sparky1 - Sep 06, 2007 3:13:44 pm PDT #4467 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Congratulations, meara!
Boo! meara is leaving D.C.!
Steph L. - Sep 06, 2007 3:18:58 pm PDT #4468 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Those heels would be useless for me.
See, what you need is a cross-dressing BF/houseboy/cabana boy/man-candy/etc., because then he wears them and you get to watch in appreciation. It's a win-win.
Laga - Sep 06, 2007 3:26:51 pm PDT #4469 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
what you need is a cross-dressing BF/houseboy/cabana boy/man-candy
well yeah but my C-DBFHCBMC store is always out of stock.
brenda m - Sep 06, 2007 4:16:02 pm PDT #4470 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Lost a meara, gained a Sparky.
DavidS - Sep 06, 2007 4:18:48 pm PDT #4471 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Got an update from Karen. Since you're all giving her big -ma, I thought I'd just share her group email (not private) so you can hear what she sounds like:
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My surgeon removed the drain today--yay! I had no idea how much it was irritating me. No, I mean, I know it was bugging me, but I didn't realize how much of the discomfort in my armpit was due to the little plastic tube up there. Now it's out and I feel better already. :-)
Bad(ish) news--the margins on the tumor were a bit close, so he wants to go back in and remove more of the edge around the existing "cavity" (where the tumor was). (The tumor was about 2.5 cm.) Since there definitely won't be lymph node involvement this time, it actually *will* be same day surgery. But, of course, we have to go through the approval process (again) first. So, everyone be thinking positive thoughts along the lines of "surgery next week, surgery next week, surgery next week".
And of the 18 lymph nodes they removed, 3 of them were positive.
This makes me T2 and N1 in the cancer staging. We're assuming (hopinghopinghoping) that the M (metastisis) is a 0. Hopefully the CT scan taken last week confirms this. I'll know more, I'm sure, when I meet with the oncologist on Monday.
The surgeon says they're staging this as a 3A. Not fantastic, but not end of the world, by any means. And, we're lucky enough to live in a nice metropolitan area, with access to extremely fine care.
Meanwhile, we continue to be touched by the genuine help and good thoughts we're continuously receiving. We can't thank folks enough. Please just know how much we do appreciate your thoughts and words.
brenda m - Sep 06, 2007 4:29:54 pm PDT #4472 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Fingers crossed. It sounds like she's in good spirits. So much of this process is like those crazy brainteaser puzzles: given this, what could the next step be? It sounds like, overall, some of her signs are better than worse, so, yay? And definitely YAY on getting clear of some of the irritations and frustrations. So I think she'll understand if I say YAY ARMPIT!
DavidS - Sep 06, 2007 4:38:55 pm PDT #4473 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So I think she'll understand if I say YAY ARMPIT!
Exactly! Also, three cancerous lymph nodes out of 18 or so is pretty good. Not ideal, but could be worse. Suggests at least that it hasn't spread far. We'll keep our fingers crossed for that. Chemo hasn't started yet.
beekaytee - Sep 06, 2007 5:06:20 pm PDT #4474 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
How wonderful David. Moving firmly forward into health ~ma for Karen.
And kudos for you my follicular guru...my hairdresser shore my locks in the exact style we talked about yesterday and I quite like it. She asked me how I decided on such a great cut for my face-type and I said that a man I've never met, but who loves giving women advice on hair chose it for me.
Her eyes flew open and she squealed, Really? Is he a hairdresser?
Not professionally, that I know of, he just likes to do it.
Weeaall He did a great job!
So, there you have it...more blinvisible appreciation.