CHRIST I just ate a mini Kit Kat and my head is trying to break for the hills. I wonder how long it will take for me to analyse cause and effect?
Cordelia: You're him. You're Angel's son. Connor: It's not like I got to choose.
'Hell Bound'
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.
§ ita § - Oct 09, 2013 11:56:35 am PDT #8465 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Oct 09, 2013 1:20:14 pm PDT #8466 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Huh. I just got my first actually useful message on LinkedIn -- an HR person from an impressive and exciting organization that is hiring.
Scrappy - Oct 09, 2013 1:25:36 pm PDT #8467 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
So sorry, Burrell.
Juliebird - Oct 09, 2013 1:27:30 pm PDT #8468 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Went to chiro, spent 20 minutes with electro-stims on my ankle and calf, and the swelling went down quite noticably! Doc gave me my exercises and permission to walk with one crutch and to get as much range of motion back as soon as possible writing the alphabet with my foot. Yay one crutch! Stairs? So much easier (and safer). Then told me horror stories of the sports injuries he's treated that were a billion times more swollen than mine. Also got a very painful massage.
Zenkitty - Oct 09, 2013 1:31:49 pm PDT #8469 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Burrell, so much sympathy for you and your sister, and Kate, I'm so sorry for your loss. ita !, I hope that letter lights a fire under your doctors' butts.
My problems are small. I can't stop coughing, I spent the day in bed answering work emails on my phone, and now I'm sitting here waiting for a guy from Freecycle to come pick up the doghouse I'm getting rid of, and he's three hours late. Dammit, why can't people do what they say they'll do? I want to go back to bed.
Burrell - Oct 09, 2013 1:34:01 pm PDT #8470 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Is there a chance you and your other sister can push back and ask to try another treatment, if that is something you want?
I know this isn't what you are saying, but somehow I feel so strongly about it, I need to respond to the idea of "what I want" in this situation. It's not about me or what I want--which is actually pretty selfish if I'm being honest with myself--I feel like my role here is to support what she wants. She wants to try more treatment if she can, so that's what I'll support. I don't think she's physically up to the task of taking it right now, which is heartbreaking, but I am hoping she can get stronger and try again.
Also I really want to not cry at work, which is getting harder to do. Esp when you all are so nice to me and I'm feeling kind of vulnerable. eep.
Burrell, I'm sorry. It is so tough watching a loved one go through this, and I'm glad we can be here for you.
Thanks Maria, that means so much coming from you.
Cass - Oct 09, 2013 2:21:38 pm PDT #8471 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
As others have said before me when they were going through shit, just having a place where I can talk about it helps.
Burrell, I am so sorry. But, yes, having this place is comfort at a time when comforts are rare.
Kate, I am also so sorry to hear about your friend. It's hard.
WindSparrow - Oct 09, 2013 2:26:19 pm PDT #8472 of 30000
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.
Then I'm channelling all my ~ma for getting stronger to try more treatment, Burrell.
Theodosia - Oct 09, 2013 2:48:06 pm PDT #8473 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Strength to you and yours, Burrell, and Kate, too.
-t - Oct 09, 2013 2:59:36 pm PDT #8474 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Had kind of a quiet day at work until half hour before I was supposed to leave when we got the greenlight to export about $50K worth of skillets and so forth that got the kibosh a month ago. Only stayed for an extra hour, but my adrenalin is still up. I'm thinking a decaf Irish Coffee an breakfast for dinner is in order (it's fresh egg day in the -t house).