I talked to Tim on the phone and he sounds SO MUCH BETTER than he has for several days! I still think he probably won't be home until Tuesday, partly because he still needs to demonstrate some basic benchmarks, like walking steadily and maybe going up and down that little thing of 3 steps that's tucked in a corner of the unit. But I do think he's turned a corner, which is fantastic!
I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom!
Anya ,'Showtime'
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.
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2023 9:49:03 am PDT #23521 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
lisah - Aug 06, 2023 9:51:42 am PDT #23522 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Go, Tim!!
hoping JZ gets to go home soon
brenda m - Aug 06, 2023 10:35:07 am PDT #23523 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
Hoping both Tim and JZ get sprung with all appropriate quickness.
DavidS - Aug 06, 2023 11:06:55 am PDT #23524 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Great news on Tim!
Awaiting scan results and next step. JZ got dilaudid and is now asleep.
I went out and got coffee and now I wish I’d dilly dallied more since I’m stuck on an uncomfortable chair.
DavidS - Aug 06, 2023 11:10:18 am PDT #23525 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
After writing that I thought “Fuck it, I’m going back outside until the results are in ( which won’t be for another half hour).
javachik - Aug 06, 2023 11:32:36 am PDT #23526 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Following the ups and downs of Natter and hoping for the best in all of the tricky situations.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 06, 2023 11:44:03 am PDT #23527 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
May JZ and Tim both be released swiftly.
DavidS - Aug 06, 2023 1:59:36 pm PDT #23528 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The ER doc said the scan showed an obstruction in the bowel. The plan was to admit her to the hospital because he thought it was poop caught behind the tumor.
But when the surgeon looked at she thinks it is more likely that the cancer itself is blocking her bowel.
They could do surgery but it would only provide a few weeks of relief before the cancer migrated back. Also she’s in poor shape for surgery.
The cancer has been growing aggressively since we stopped the chemotherapy.
We will do a decompression procedure, where the run a tube down her nose and suck everything out of her stomach and bowel stuck behind the obstruction.
But basically this is end game and the end is coming very quickly.
I have to talk to Jacqueline’s oncologist to see how we manage this last part.
dcp - Aug 06, 2023 2:15:13 pm PDT #23529 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Oof.
JenP - Aug 06, 2023 2:19:46 pm PDT #23530 of 30000
Holding you all in my heart, David. I am so sorry.