I'm sorry the news was not as good as you had hoped for, JZ. Yes, I also have a number of friends who have done very well for many years despite advanced stages of cancer. You have had a healthy lifestyle overall, and have wonderful loving support. These things are as important as the good drugs. It is not denial to expect the best outcome.
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Laura - Jan 12, 2023 1:08:55 pm PST #19914 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Dana - Jan 12, 2023 1:24:01 pm PST #19915 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Well, cancer can go fuck itself.
I always remember what Ginger said, that five-year survival rates are always running five years behind.
erikaj - Jan 12, 2023 1:24:45 pm PST #19916 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
even if it is, not all bad, right? Denial has gotten me through a lot over the years. (not really the same thing, of course, but...)
-t - Jan 12, 2023 1:52:40 pm PST #19917 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry it's such a hard diagnosis, JZ, I was hoping for better. But I will keep hoping for those better outcomes! I remember Ginger always saying to remember that the 5-year prognosis was always based on at least 5-year old treatment. Love you!
Sheryl - Jan 12, 2023 2:12:42 pm PST #19918 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, JZ.
JenP - Jan 12, 2023 2:20:43 pm PST #19919 of 30000
Love to you, JZ, and I, too, am glad you have every possible resource at your disposal. Love to all of you.
meara - Jan 12, 2023 2:26:26 pm PST #19920 of 30000
Love to you, JZ. I will hope that your tumor is one that takes super well to current treatments!
dcp - Jan 12, 2023 2:26:51 pm PST #19921 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
JZ, diagnosis is a shock, confirmation is a shock.
Having a plan helps. Do the next thing. Then the next. Repeat.
If you will be getting IV chemo rather than oral chemo, is the doctor recommending getting a port? More and more I wish I still had mine. It would make blood draws and contrast injections (and any other IV procedures) a lot simpler and less stressful.
Share as much or as little as you like. We'll all be here, ready to give you whatever support helps best.
If you need any back-channel sounding boards, you know how to reach EpicTangent or myself.
sj - Jan 12, 2023 2:27:27 pm PST #19922 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
JZ, I’m so sorry that the news wasn’t what I know we were all hoping for. I say lean into that denial. From what I’ve been told my dad lived much longer than he was supposed to purely from denial because there wasn’t much treatment available at that time.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2023 2:50:39 pm PST #19923 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you will be getting IV chemo rather than oral chemo, is the doctor recommending getting a port?
She's getting the port-a-cath inserted next week (Probably Monday).