Today is Shir's birthday. Sending wishes that her country gets its act together and gives her a much better year to come. Hope you are having a great day!
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
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 - Aug 01, 2023 7:50:50 am PDT #23402 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Calli - Aug 01, 2023 8:24:06 am PDT #23403 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm glad Tim's first surgery was successful, even though the recovery period sounds un-fun.
Makes a person want to change names, go off the grid, and live in a yurt.
I know of a yurt for sale in NC. Just sayin'.
Happy birthday, Shir!
Steph L. - Aug 01, 2023 8:32:08 am PDT #23404 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Happy Birthday, Shir!
I woke up with a migraine today (not surprisingly), so I'm waiting for the Ubrelvy to kick in before I go over to the hospital. But I talked to Tim on the phone, and his pain level is lower than yesterday, so yay, and he's already gotten out of bed and taken a walk around the hospital floor, so BIG yay!
Now go away, migraine.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 01, 2023 9:37:39 am PDT #23405 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Health~ma to your mom, Trudy. May the change in doctors turn up some very effective treatments!
Glad to hear Tim's surgery got such a good report, Steph.
Also glad to hear things are looking good for your mom, erikaj.
erikaj - Aug 01, 2023 10:29:09 am PDT #23406 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Me too, Matt. She's not a great patient.
Dana - Aug 01, 2023 12:02:48 pm PDT #23407 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I was going to say, are any of us great patients? but then I remembered 20+ years ago when I had ankle surgery and went in to get the cast taken off, and the staff was scolding a woman who had "converted" her non-walking cast into a walking cast by sawing off some of the bottom, even though she wasn't supposed to be putting weight on it yet. I'm definitely a better patient than that.
Jesse - Aug 01, 2023 12:05:12 pm PDT #23408 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So much health and other stuff!! I have been reading along and thinking the appropriate reactions but not actually posting them, but know that I am thinking about all of you!!
I had a colonoscopy yesterday and was obsessed with the guy next to me who lives part-time in Spain, so has all of his surgeries there, admitted to 2-3 drinks a night, and only got a B for his prep (I heard after the fact). That guy knows how to party, is what I was picking up.
Steph L. - Aug 01, 2023 12:32:39 pm PDT #23409 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Before the surgery yesterday, Tim was 5’4” because of the curvature in his spine. Today he’s as tall as me (5’6”), and maybe a little taller. That’s freaking amazing!
My migraine is not totally gone, but it was tolerable to drive up to the hospital. More meds should knock it out.
Jesse - Aug 01, 2023 12:57:09 pm PDT #23410 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Before the surgery yesterday, Tim was 5’4” because of the curvature in his spine. Today he’s as tall as me (5’6”), and maybe a little taller. That’s freaking amazing!
That is amazing!
Laura - Aug 01, 2023 1:01:19 pm PDT #23411 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
That's incredible, Teppy. How is Tim's pain level doing?