Oh my god, Kate, that's terrible. I'm sorry.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
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.
Jesse - Oct 09, 2013 6:20:52 am PDT #8427 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kate P. - Oct 09, 2013 6:21:05 am PDT #8428 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Thanks, everyone. I'm still in shock, and really wishing I could be with my Boston friends today -- they're having an even tougher time with this than I am, since they saw her all the time.
lisah - Oct 09, 2013 6:24:34 am PDT #8429 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, Kate, I'm so sorry.
§ ita § - Oct 09, 2013 6:24:40 am PDT #8430 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kate, was there a note of any kind? Dealing is always going to be awful, but there's more awful...
Kate P. - Oct 09, 2013 6:32:27 am PDT #8431 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I don't think there was a note, but there are a lot of details I don't know yet. The friend I talked to didn't mention a note, but given the circumstances of her life recently, and what we know of her death, he's sure she killed herself.
She had entered an inpatient treatment facility several months ago for help with her mental illnesses (depression, OCD, possibly others); at the time, I assumed it was just a short-term thing, and I even thought (or wanted to believe) that it was a positive thing for her to be seeking help in that way. She was apparently still living there when she died, so I'm guessing that her problems were proving difficult to treat.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 09, 2013 6:59:03 am PDT #8432 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
That's rough, Kate.
CAT scan contrast dye is the one thing I've had a frightening and very quick reaction to—difficulty breathing that felt like increasing pressure from immersion in water, followed by projectile vomiting when that let up a few minutes later. (Though I've had a merely annoying case of hives in response to amoxycillin after a few days on it.)
Burrell - Oct 09, 2013 7:27:06 am PDT #8433 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm so sorry, Kate. Suicide is always so hard on those left behind.
I hadn't thought of an allergy to the dye, thanks for mentioning that. I'll suggest it to our other sister. I know my sister developed an allergy to tape with this illness, so other allergies developing isn't out of the question.
Fred Pete - Oct 09, 2013 7:38:35 am PDT #8434 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
All sympathies, Kate.
Jesse - Oct 09, 2013 7:59:52 am PDT #8435 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dammit, "We Can't Stop." I already had it in my head this morning, and now I just watched this a capella version with The Roots.
Amy - Oct 09, 2013 8:04:43 am PDT #8436 of 30000
Because books.
I have successfully applied for unemployment. I think. That was a byzantine process.
Burell, I forget what the dyes are made of, but allergic reactions are not uncommon. I'm not sure how they avoid it if benadryl didn't work, though.