Maria, I'm so sorry!
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
askye - Sep 09, 2011 4:50:49 pm PDT #25232 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
amyth - Sep 09, 2011 4:51:12 pm PDT #25233 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
And if, for any reason, you find yourself wanting to come for second or third opinions or anything at UNC or Duke, you are more than welcome to stay in my guest room.
amych - Sep 09, 2011 4:51:30 pm PDT #25234 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Damn it, {{{{{Maria}}}}}
Sue - Sep 09, 2011 4:51:54 pm PDT #25235 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I am so sorry, Maria. I wish I could do more than send you my love. If there's anything, let me know.
Jesse - Sep 09, 2011 4:52:53 pm PDT #25236 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't have a guest room, but I know a lot of people who know a lot about cancer doctors in Boston.
Maria - Sep 09, 2011 4:56:34 pm PDT #25237 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
This is the worst possible weekend ever to fall apart. I can't fall apart with him here--no fucking way I'm adding to his stress--and I must go to PA at some point this weekend. Not only do we have a 40-year flood to deal with, we still haven't told my father that DH has cancer. Now my hand is forced, and I can't be a mess when I do that. This is going to destroy him. His brother and his son-in-law both diagnosed with cancer in the span of 9 months.
Perkins, I may need to ask you and Ginger lots of questions about dealing with this. Please tell me when I overstep my bounds.
sara, right now he's going back to see the surgeon. He needs to get set up with an oncologist. Washington Hospital Center has a melanoma center, but JHU is always a possibility. That's actually where his dad's doctor's appointment is on Monday. They saved his life by discovering and treating his bladder cancer.
Ugh, I am not the first spouse on this board to go through this. Why am I taking over the place with my drama?
(I am more fragile than spun glass right now. One more hit and I will shatter. I don't like this.)
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2011 4:56:53 pm PDT #25238 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Maria, whatever I can do, please let me know.
Maria - Sep 09, 2011 4:59:26 pm PDT #25239 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Make it all go away, please? Make my husband healthy.
edit: That's not fair, Plei. I'm sorry.
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2011 5:00:29 pm PDT #25240 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ugh, I am not the first spouse on this board to go through this. Why am I taking over the place with my drama?
Because it is a serious blow after a series of serious blows. Because just because someone else went through it, doesn't mean it's not a major, serious thing. Because that's what we're here for.
Maria, I can give you my mother's email, too. She's an RN and went through her own cancer treatment five years ago. Though she's kind of, umm. Kooky. Not in a woo-woo way, but still: kooky. Yet strangely level-headed.
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2011 5:01:13 pm PDT #25241 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Maria, you know if I could, I would. I hate like hell that I can't.