Also tonight: the start of Once Upon A Time, and also for me, The Amazing Race and The Walking Dead. And my roommate is recording both The Good Wife and Desperate Housewives.
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Theodosia - Oct 23, 2011 9:56:04 am PDT #2859 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
le nubian - Oct 23, 2011 10:00:55 am PDT #2860 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I didn't know tonsillectomies were that major in an adult
Apparently after about age 21, we do not tolerate pain in that area of the mouth as well as kids do. My ENT told me that adults have died from that surgery and the recovery period is very long.
Freaked me right out and I did everything to avoid having surgery.
Ginger - Oct 23, 2011 10:02:23 am PDT #2861 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
waiting a couple days till we can tell her a definitive version of what's going on seems to actually be a good idea, for once.
Absolutely. There's so much uncertainty and it takes time to get definitive answers. There's no point in her going through all those ups and downs.
Cashmere - Oct 23, 2011 10:02:47 am PDT #2862 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Theo, that's awful! I agree that withholding that information is the right thing to do for your mom. I hope your brother can recover without more trauma and loss of function.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2011 10:02:51 am PDT #2863 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In case of other health (mental and physical) problems, I do get the withholding things. You don't want to exacerbate a delicate condition. It's when everyday life is the delicate condition that I get pissed.
Ginger - Oct 23, 2011 10:10:42 am PDT #2864 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm in the "don't tell anyone until you have the whole story and maybe not even then" camp. I have been told repeatedly that I'm wrong. I don't know what the answer is.
I had a tonsillectomy at 15 and it was hell.
Anne W. - Oct 23, 2011 10:15:03 am PDT #2865 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
{{{Theo}}}
I do agree that waiting to say anything to your mom is probably the wisest course.
Beverly - Oct 23, 2011 10:26:59 am PDT #2866 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Agree that waiting for definite details before you tell your mom is the wisest course. And you and your brother have all my good thoughts and healing wishes.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2011 10:36:30 am PDT #2867 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm in the "don't tell anyone until you have the whole story and maybe not even then" camp.
I would have preferred to know what my mother was going through prior to her successful diagnosis. They kept MONTHS of doctors visits from me. MONTHS.
Does anyone still need a dead man's trigger on a suicide bomber's vest explained to them anymore?
Jesse - Oct 23, 2011 10:41:05 am PDT #2868 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Best thoughts to your family, Theo.
And thanks for the ~ma for my friends, y'all. S's wife just posted to say that they're all doing OK, just taking things slowly, and labor has not started yet. Now that I know everything is OK and she hasn't been laboring for two days, I'm kind of hoping the baby holds off until tomorrow so it can share my birthday!
This is the problem with modern technology wrt having babies! A similar thing happened with my coworker -- we heard she was going to the hospital, and then nothing for like 4 days! Yeah, we got in touch and found out she had had the baby days earlier, just hadn't let us know. I'd rather just hear nothing until "here's the baby!"