I was muttering to myself about Tara and Johnny being unable to shut up, and lo, my eye fell upon the mute button on the remote, and there was much rejoicing.
Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2018 6:39:04 pm PST #22469 of 30002
brillig
JZ - Feb 22, 2018 6:51:28 pm PST #22470 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Good news: My brother made it through the first round of chemo and his blood work looked good enough that they sped up the timeline for getting him to stem cell transplant.
Yesterday was what was supposed to be the first day of The Harvest (that is what they call it for real). They planned to do as many days as they needed to in order to get 25 million stem cells, enough to freeze for multiple additional transplant rounds that they're hoping he will never need; harvesting sucks and they want to get enough cells the first round that the patient never has to go through it again. Typically it takes a few days to get the 25M, but with Lukas they got 31 million on the first try, the greatest harvest any of them had ever seen. So he's done and home and waiting for recovery, the next round and then transplant as soon as possible.
Not only was he brimming with stem cells, but both the doctor and the NP, in separate conversations, enthused over the "awesome" color of his cells. His husband said, "You guys need better hobbies."
So, he is bald and feeling like shit but ready for the next phase and his cells are officially awesome. Excelsior!
P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2018 7:10:19 pm PST #22471 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
DAMN! That's a lot of cells. I'm glad he doesn't have to have even more harvesting.
P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2018 7:10:48 pm PST #22472 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
And Jess, FLEE FOR THOSE OF US WHO CANNOT! And congratulations, that is awesome.
Dana - Feb 22, 2018 7:17:17 pm PST #22473 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Rock on, JZ's brother's cells!
And congrats, Jess!
Steph L. - Feb 22, 2018 7:20:10 pm PST #22474 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
JZ, that sounds so great! Let's hear it for overachievement in this particular instance!
Atropa - Feb 22, 2018 7:25:20 pm PST #22475 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
the first day of The Harvest (that is what they call it for real)
That's ... that's surprisingly awesome.
Typically it takes a few days to get the 25M, but with Lukas they got 31 million on the first try, the greatest harvest any of them had ever seen.
THAT IS EXTREMELY AWESOME!
aurelia - Feb 22, 2018 8:31:30 pm PST #22476 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The Harvest
Huh.
Not only was he brimming with stem cells, but both the doctor and the NP, in separate conversations, enthused over the "awesome" color of his cells.
That is excellent, good news!
Zenkitty - Feb 22, 2018 9:50:22 pm PST #22477 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Congratulations, Jessica! That's fantastic!
Huzzah for JZ's brother's mighty stem cells!
Dilly dilly!
WindSparrow - Feb 23, 2018 12:52:36 am PST #22478 of 30002
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.
Go, stem cells, go!