Ginger, we are legion and know legions, I think we could, too.

Sean - once you know more regarding a date, and if you have decent physicians, I would suggest requesting lorazepam. I don't know if you still smoke or not but typically recovery requires you to quit smoking for increased healing. When I had my surgery the fear of the procedures ON TOP OF the quitting smoking anxiety was enough for them to prescribe it for me. It can be a one time thing with a low dosage but it's worth asking for. That's my .02 anyway.

Oh, and Hi Natter. It's been a while... Long enough that it feels odd to even post.

I don't have anything intelligent to say, but I got Nilly's email so here I am, heartbroken and so sorry this is what it takes to get me to check in.

My thoughts and prayers are with all of ita's family and close friends. She was a light and will be missed.

Surgery for what?! What the fuck?!

Minor stuff.

Actually, asshole surgery. Yep! That's right! I'll be surgery to correct the problem, finally!

No, seriously. Apparently my, um... hemorrhoids are bad enough that they'll require surgery to correct.

I apologize to everyone for the TMI, but I think I have grown to old to give a crap about talking about it anymore. (Also, as I've said many times, the jokes write themselves!)

I've always thought we could take something viral if we put our minds to it.

Fuck yeah. Suit up. Keyboard at the ready.

Sean - once you know more regarding a date, and if you have decent physicians, I would suggest requesting lorazepam.

Thanks, Nicole. I'm trying to quit anyway, because a) I should, b) it's too damned expensive, and c) even without surgery, it exacerbates the problem, or so I'm told.

I was shooting for a New Years quit date. I haven't quite made it, but I've cut way back. I'm trying to do it without some alternate nicotine supplement, although now that I have an actual doctor, I should ask him for something to help quit. I will ask about lorazepam.

Let me know what to help make viral. I know many draft-dodging peace freaks that tweet.

It just feels so futile.

Hubby was a checklist in a meat grinder. Since they accelerated his treatment, so many things had to be done quickly, and never once in my hearing did anyone give him any sympathy. I can't go into everything he went through before the transplant because it makes me break down. But it was all standard procedure, done professionally, and was considered necessary. And they got him out the door and brought in the next subject who had to be prepped.

Efficient. Required. Medically necessary. And so soulless. I don't blame the Huntsman staff for not making a bigger effort to connect to their patients. God knows how many they lose. The coping methods they have to use must be horrific. But it makes me very angry.

I've also pinged Kathy A (whatever the reasons for her choice to separate from the board, it's part of her history and she's part of ours; I can't imagine she wouldn't even want to know).

Um, hi everyone. Thank you so much, JZ, for contacting me.

I am just so shocked and saddened by the news. ita was...just terrific, and I'm sitting here at my desk, getting caught up on the thread here (I'll be heading over to ita's thread to read that).

It's good to see everyone's pixels, but I'm sorry for the reason that I'm back, even though I am glad to be here.

Now that I'm back, I think I'll stick around!

KATHY! {{{{}}}} Have some brackets and a box of tissues, and come rage at the universe with us.