Ginger, you are such a Godsend! I think about how often we turn to you for advice on so many matters.

Ginger, you are such a Godsend! I think about how often we turn to you for advice on so many matters.

Totally this.

My friend going through treatment for mouth cancer is in a bad place, because nothing will stay down. So I would feel any thing that stays down is good. and straws seem like a good ida, because nothing tastes good .

Ginger, you are such a Godsend! I think about how often we turn to you for advice on so many matters.

So true.

There's so much bullshit in the world. And then there's the antidote, which turns out to be Ginger.

Hubby talked to the people who are going to do the final stage bone marrow work after all the chemo is done. This is smacking us with how dire this particular cancer is. They're going to pull out his bone marrow, manipulate it, and put it back in. Durint that time, he will be in Salt Lake, at the cancer center, in total isolation. For five weeks. A living will needs to be on record before they even start it. Once they put it back in, they'll see if it kills him and if his immune system comes back.

The cat is going to hate me.

I guess I'll be firing up the webcam a lot later this spring. And figuring out how to sterilize his computer.

Most parts of a computer will survive rubbing alcohol. Don't know how complete it is as a sterilizing agent.

Hil!

Congrats! Do you need tips or help re: campus visits? Happy to offer if I can help.

Those rubbery keyboard covers? Could be sterilized without risking the actual keyboard. I use disinfectant wipes on my tablet and phone fairly frequently w/ no ill effects. The adhesive screen protector dealies probably don't hurt.

I got actual news from a dr today. Sorta. New OB said definitely gotta stop BCP immediately as the estrogen is super bad for the liver cyst. And worst case scenario is that it ruptures and i bleed to death internally. But that's not very likely. More likely is that without the addred estrogen the liver cyst won't get any bigger, but i'll start getting ovarian cysts again as nothing chemical will prevent them without added estrogen....and surgically removing one ovary would likely cause the other ovary to start malfunctioning that same way. So i stop the hormones, cross my fingers, wait and see how my body responds to the cessation of pills i've been taking for 20 years. Maybe the endometriosis will go haywire again and make my ongoing groin pain worse. Maybe nothing will get worse and i'll just have courses and cramps and such like most women. Maybe i've been on oral hormones for long enough to reset my reproductive system into functioning normally and i'm fretting for no reason. Can you tell i'm a little apprehensive about this? Ah well, just another inconvenience. A few bouts of wishing that I didn't have that second X chromosome, but id' be an odd looking dude so i'll stick with this body.

erin o, I wish only the best results for you.

erin, best, BEST of luck to you! I've played girlie-parts-healing bingo before (this works? try this! try that! try nothing! try something!) and it is very frustrating.