That's amazing, Connie. A strange blessing in the middle of all this.
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.
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
DavidS - Feb 25, 2014 6:48:06 pm PST #20907 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
sarameg - Feb 25, 2014 6:58:08 pm PST #20908 of 30000
My uncle went from a returning from a robust trip to visit his grandsons to a ride up his favorite CO peaks to "huh, don't feel so good, cold?" to a potential pneumonia diag at the local hospital and put on a vent to ambulanced to Denver where they discovered aggressive cancer to home to hospice to die within 10 days. He never knew he had cancer, they chose not to tell him. It wouldn't have made a difference. There was some talk of treatment, but nothing that would have bought him the same week before. It was brutal for the family, but the kindest for him.
And then there's my cousin who got the non-hodgkin's lymph diag right around the time my uncle died. (Shockingly, he didn't tell us right away... bonus fuck you to ACA opponents: he ignored the signs something was untoward for a couple months because he wasn't vested to have health insurance yet. Makes me scream. ) His particular strain of follicular lymphoma is not technically curable, but it is treatable with a good quality and quantity of life.
So many paths.
brenda m - Feb 25, 2014 7:00:41 pm PST #20909 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wow, Connie.
sarameg - Feb 25, 2014 7:01:08 pm PST #20910 of 30000
Connie, that's just....wow. Someone oughta make him their patient zero in their research.
Burrell - Feb 25, 2014 7:16:41 pm PST #20911 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That's amazing Connie.
Consuela - Feb 25, 2014 8:06:45 pm PST #20912 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Connie, that's amazing. And I'm sure welcomed, regardless of the mechanism.
I'm watching Frontline right now, and it's about the horrifying sexual scandals inside the highest levels of the Catholic Church. Many of which I'd heard of, but so much more powerful to see the faces of the men and women making these accusations.
Yikes. It's awful, and heartbreaking.
erin_obscure - Feb 25, 2014 8:11:53 pm PST #20913 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I'm concerned that Connie's husband may have entered a Mira Grant novel. Are you sure he hasn't taken any experimental parasites? Because that is incredibly. And incredibly wonderful. Unexpected chemo bonus! (Never thought I would ever say that without extreme sarcasm.) May he (and you) enjoy that pain reboot for many years to come.
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2014 8:34:10 pm PST #20914 of 30000
brillig
I keep telling him to keep an eye out for super powers.
Consuela - Feb 25, 2014 8:43:30 pm PST #20915 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
As a palate cleanser while watching this horrifying expose about the Vatican: [link]
Before and after pictures of people and their pets. SO CUTE.
Burrell - Feb 25, 2014 9:23:21 pm PST #20916 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The kitten with the teddy bear killed me ded