ahahahaha, right, WS?
This is terrifying. Tom is desperately trying to keep me laughing and distracted.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 29, 2016 2:02:14 pm PDT #26070 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
WindSparrow - Aug 29, 2016 2:16:23 pm PDT #26071 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
When Daniel was in the ER years ago for the leg infection that put him in the hospital for three weeks, we took photos of one of the nurses' scrubs because it was Hallowe'en themed. If Daniel had had a smart phone then I am fairly sure he would have posted to Facebook for Jilli then and there.
Tom Scola - Aug 29, 2016 2:26:37 pm PDT #26072 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Holy shit, Nora.
Calli - Aug 29, 2016 4:09:46 pm PDT #26073 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yikes, Nora!
Kate P. - Aug 29, 2016 5:15:21 pm PDT #26074 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
JFC, Nora, I'm so glad you're both OK, and so horrified that this happened to you!
Sue - Aug 29, 2016 6:13:29 pm PDT #26075 of 30002
hip deep in pie
Holy Crap Nora! I'm so glad you guys are okay.
Laura - Aug 30, 2016 4:36:33 am PDT #26076 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I hope you were able to calm down enough to rest last night, Nora & Tom.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2016 5:48:54 am PDT #26077 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tim had a CT scan of his chest and an echocardiogram this morning, so that when he (finally) has his appointment with the pulmonologist, the results will be ready to go, and there won't be another delay caused by him needing to go get those tests done.
So any good thoughts/prayers are welcome -- okay, not just welcome, but NEEDED -- that the results are totally normal and boring and NBD. Also, *I* need MAJOR chill-the-fuck-out-until-the-results-are-back vibes, because I am nervous as hell. (Tim, however, is not. He's mostly annoyed that the tests are so expensive because he thinks the results will be normal and then we paid all that money for nothing. I told him that peace of mind isn't nothing, AND it's also a good idea to have baseline test results to use as a comparison in the future. And also there is still the matter of that pulmonary function test result that was lower than normal, so we don't actually know what that's about, and therefore tests are good, even if they're expensive as hell.)
Anyway. Healthy lung and heart vibes, please. Also Steph-chill-the-fuck-out vibes.
sj - Aug 30, 2016 5:50:10 am PDT #26078 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tons of ~ma for Tim.
I'm in the waiting room of the new therapist filling out forms.
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2016 5:55:47 am PDT #26079 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Did I say -- I honestly can't remember -- his rheumatologist thinks that the intermittent discomfort Tim is having in his chest is not IN his lungs; he thinks it's costochondritis (inflammation of the cartilage that connects the ribs to the sternum). Apparently that's not uncommon among patients with RA, because RA is an inflammatory disease, and the inflammation can affect body parts other than the joints. That would be the best of all possible outcomes. It's just an annoying inflammation and causes discomfort, but it's not dangerous or life-threatening or anything.
And it generally goes away on its own, but for Tim, until the RA treatment starts to work (and therefore reduces inflammation), the costochondritis -- if that's what it is -- won't improve.
But he FINALLY starts his Humira treatment this week, so hopefully within the next month or so he may start to see some improvement. God, I hope so.