Oh, Epic, I'm sorry. That's disappointing and understandably scary. Wishing you all the -ma, and the new treatment is effective.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
DavidS - Oct 14, 2022 1:10:02 pm PDT #18007 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
beekaytee - Oct 14, 2022 1:21:23 pm PDT #18008 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Oh, Epic. I've been away for so long, but have just gone back to read your posts.
I'm so sorry to hear about this struggle and am keeping a vision of that referral to UCSD bringing an optimal outcome.
askye - Oct 14, 2022 1:39:18 pm PDT #18009 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Epic I really hope that the chemo works exactly like it should and they are able to operate.
brenda m - Oct 14, 2022 2:38:17 pm PDT #18010 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
Pulling hard for a better turn of events Epic. UCSD is a good place to be. One of my oldest friends is head of the transplant program there so I follow their press a bit. Fingers crossed all the teams working for you get you back in track.
Bonny, it’s really nice to see you in such a better place.
David, I feel you so much on the proximity thing. I never recognized it until well too late in life. What regrets I have, that is probably at the heart of them. But you all are a wonderful counter, because it is a differ dynamic.
And now I must away, because the dog is barking his fool head off at the skeleton I hung in the front window.
Sheryl - Oct 14, 2022 2:40:26 pm PDT #18011 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry the chemo didn't work like it should, Epic. ~ma for the next round doing its job.
Laura - Oct 14, 2022 4:25:16 pm PDT #18012 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Epic, sending lots of shrink~ma in your direction. May the radiation be effective and clear the way for surgery.
JenP - Oct 14, 2022 4:34:22 pm PDT #18013 of 30000
Bucket list: Visit Laura in Ft. Lauderdale
But you all are a wonderful counter, because it is a differ dynamic.
A truly magical one, at that.
Epic, I am concentrating (and will keep on doing that) on all the shrinking that the radiation ad oral chemo will achieve so that they can operate. So much strength to you -- physical, emotional, mental.
Laura - Oct 14, 2022 4:47:23 pm PDT #18014 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Bucket list: Visit Laura in Ft. Lauderdale
Doing a happy dance here. Anytime, except ya know summer, because I am too sane to be there in the summer.
meara - Oct 14, 2022 5:02:35 pm PDT #18015 of 30000
Y’all. Omg. So I’m on tiktok and the below comes up, talking about a guy in his 70s(?) writing red white and royal blue fanfic. Which, ok awesome! Dude writing fanfic, older dude, newer fandom, cute! But then. Then I read the comments. Talking about fanfic writers in their 40s like “aww isn’t it so cute?” And I’m like “you’re all of 21 did you think you invented fanfic? Or that AO3 was entirely run by teenagers? Or that you stop being fannish at 30?” Da fuq?
I had to share my angst with y’all
askye - Oct 14, 2022 5:20:45 pm PDT #18016 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
This comes up on Tumblr a lot. There is one account I follow and people show up in the Asks of that person just having a horrible time because they are in their 20s (sometimes mid to late, sometimes early) and STILL read /write fanfic and how childish it is and how they feel ashamed and guilty for being SO OLD .
And there is usually the comments along the lines of how OLD do you think the people who run AO3 ARE??? How old do you think the people who started writing ST TOS fanfic or Starsky & Hutch or whatever are now?
Of course there are plenty of people popping up about how they are in their 50s or 40s or 60s and still writing /reading fanfic and it's ok and not to worry and there are people who have written fanfic for decades and didn't get into until their late 20s or 30s or 40s ,e tc.