ION, we had a fire drill at the office I'm working at today, and I stood outside downwind of a few smokers for ten minutes. And the smell got into my sweater, and four hours later I feel like I'm in a bar. It's amazing how sensitized I've become over the years, as the public acceptance of smoking has declined.

Yeah, I remember a time when I'd get home from the bar smelling of smoke. I don't miss that time at all, and the few times I'm in a place (Virginia!!) when people can smoke it throws me.

I am having pho for dinner. I do nt want to be sick! I just got over being sick!!

Baked egg in avocado does not sound bad in theory but I feel like I'd have to scoop the avocado pretty well for the ratio to not be all kinda of off.

You'd like the restaurant, too, Jessica -- they have buffalo burgers and a local cheese board and wild game chili and wild boar chops, craft beer, etc. It was a lot of fun, and very delicious.

There are some forms and stages of cancers that I wouldn’t aggressively treat. And I’ve seen some best case scenarios. But if my quality of life is going to go seriously down for maybe two more months of life, I don’t want that. I want to live and I want the chance at a relatively healthy life but that’s not always an option. And “cancer” is an easy word for an epically varied disease.

I feel like that's a difference from "I want to fight this cancer with herbs!" And then being surprised and disappointed if it doesn't work.

I may have to make that baked avocado and egg thing soon. Like, tomorrow for lunch.

I feel like that's a difference from "I want to fight this cancer with herbs!" And then being surprised and disappointed if it doesn't work.

Oh, hugely. If you are fighting, use science. Science can include herbs and state of mind but with actual science involved.

There are some forms and stages of cancer I wouldn't aggressively treat either, but for the most part I'm with Ginger.

I was mainly reacting to the idea of fighting breast cancer with "natural" means rather than "toxic" science. Not treating certain slow-moving cancers can be a reasonable medical decision, but I think it should be a medical decision, not a rejection of science.

Steph, baked egg in avocado, with bacon

Sweet lord. I'm making that soon.

but I think it should be a medical decision, not a rejection of science.

I think it absolutely needs to be a medical choice. Or a personal choice to ignore medicine ignore what it can do for you (a lot!).

But there are times when, with full knowledge, I would choose not to treat. And it's an awful thing to consider.

But it can be done in a knowledgable way, I think. Often isn't. But I think it can be.

Hubby's been blithely saying "It's all good, life is good," and I've been snapping, "No, it's not!" Today he realized why.

His pain is gone.

After the second round of chemo, all the pain that has been swamping his body from every joint and muscle has been reduced to the part of his spine that is currently degenerating and the major tumor under his pancreas. And to him, that is nothing.

He was sitting cross-legged in bed. He hasn't been able to do that in over a decade because of pain.

He saw his pain doc today. Everyone was going "what the hell?" because on the "how bad is your pain today?" chart, he put 1. He's normally at 7-8.

His pain doc is agog. He doesn't normally deal with people in active chemotherapy, he had no idea this was possible. The cancer docs don't track long-term pain. It looks like some component of the DHAP chemo that crosses the brain barrier rebooted his pain centers, disconnecting the memory of all the old injuries, leaving only the active problems.

So the pain doc is going to get read in on how the pain is reacting to the chemo. And hoping this could be a permanent cure to Hubby's pain.