Strix, I hope the removal goes well. My mom, grandma, and sister all had theirs removed and they all felt tremendously better afterward.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
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Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
Calli - Apr 03, 2013 2:36:53 pm PDT #28281 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
sj - Apr 03, 2013 2:56:10 pm PDT #28282 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
G is in bed, hopefully asleep.
SuziQ - Apr 03, 2013 3:36:39 pm PDT #28283 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Between organ removals and transplants - I can only imagine the doc that got to open up my mom (we donated her body to science). She was missing her gall bladder, a bunch of intestine, had the remaining intestine tacked to unusual places to keep it from herniating, and then she had 4 kidneys. And that is just what I can remember off the top of my head. I'm not trying to be morbid - it makes me smile to think of the reaction of whoever checked out her insides.
Strix - Apr 03, 2013 3:52:03 pm PDT #28284 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
IIRC, I am donated to science!
...I think maybe Science didn't get that "post-mortem" memo...
I should get on that.
That poor kitty. If kitty was post-surgery, wouldn't kitty be inside? But maybe s/he's terminal and happier outside, on pain meds? I don't even know.
DebetEsse - Apr 03, 2013 4:09:01 pm PDT #28285 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
That would totally be a "come look at this!" moment in cadaver lab.
The only human dissection we did hands-on was brains (braaaains), and my group's brain's owner had pretty clearly had some significant dementia (massive cerebral ventricals, as the brain had shrunk, and some structures were basically unfindable). It was really weird/cool to see it physically manifested.
Trudy Booth - Apr 03, 2013 5:56:50 pm PDT #28286 of 30001
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
IIRC, I am donated to science!
...I think maybe Science didn't get that "post-mortem" memo...
Are you sure you didn't check the "Installment Plan" box?
Cass - Apr 03, 2013 6:07:21 pm PDT #28287 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
(we donated her body to science)
I think that's a wonderful thing to do. There are so many things we can learn and use to help other people in the future have better lives.
My Dad was quite against organ donation (and, assumedly donation to science) and I only learned about it once it wasn't really worth asking and talking about. But I wished we'd been able to discuss it so I understood why since I don't believe it was any religious belief on his part.
He certainly was someone who benefited from medical science and research. Even if we lost him to brain cancer, he lived a better life through treated leukemia and all of the technology that went into his back surgeries.
I expect that he'd been able to help more people live better lives.
I know I am marked for organ donation and have been clear with my family that I want this to happen but I should also look into body donation. I have no religious problems with it and I would like people to live better, easier lives if I can help in some way.
Cass - Apr 03, 2013 6:07:43 pm PDT #28288 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Are you sure you didn't check the "Installment Plan" box?
HA!
SuziQ - Apr 03, 2013 6:12:21 pm PDT #28289 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
As an organ donor recipient, Mom was very supportive of the various donation programs. While we hadn't ever specifically talked about donating her to science before she died, I am confident she would have approved.
Connie Neil - Apr 03, 2013 6:49:12 pm PDT #28290 of 30001
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I investigated body donation after reading the book "Stiff." Hubby sounded intrigued, and I have to admit that I was relieved to have a clear plan in place when/if I need it. Apparently there's not a lot of paperwork involved, a surviving spouse can apparently say "donate", at least in Utah. That's one of those married person benefits people don't think about, isn't it?