That's a very sweet remembrance
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
-t - Mar 18, 2025 10:57:22 am PDT #6279 of 6292
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
EpicTangent - Mar 18, 2025 10:58:44 am PDT #6280 of 6292
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Palliative care is not the same as hospice care.
This! They scared the hell out of me (and my friend who was still going to appointments with me at the time) when they referred me to Palliative Care. But I love my Palliative Care doc; she's the best!
DavidS - Mar 18, 2025 11:13:54 am PDT #6281 of 6292
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For the chefs, we had fresh salad with avocado slices and mahi sautéed in butter and local mango hot sauce one night. Last night I made chicken in a Thai type peanut sauce I made up and brought with us along with an oriental slaw with lime juice and sesame seeds and walnuts among other things. Super yum. The first night we ate out because it was late. But all other meals we made and ate outside. Which is pretty much what I do at home, but with the sounds of roosters, because Key West. We cruised around people watching the tourists but I don’t have interest in bar hopping at this point in life. I had wine and he had rum & coke while relaxing by the pool.
That sounds idyllic and those meals sound delicious.
dcp - Mar 18, 2025 11:21:43 am PDT #6282 of 6292
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
scared the hell out of me
Yeah. I can laugh about it now, but at my first visit with my oncologist, when she introduced herself with "I'm a palliative care specialist," I was stunned. I like to think I didn't show my panic externally, but internally my first thought was, "I didn't think I was *that* bad off! I'm not ready for hospice!" It took quite some time to get over that shock, and learn the difference.
DavidS - Mar 18, 2025 11:25:21 am PDT #6283 of 6292
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Very sweet reminiscence of Michelle.
Though I got a jolt when I realized her childhood friend Reeve Carney was Dorian Gray on Penny Dreadful!
Trudy Booth - Mar 18, 2025 11:30:12 am PDT #6284 of 6292
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah, palliative care called me about mom and I was all... "Which call is this?"
It was planning the eventual transition from treatment to palliative care and making decisions for a later date... not the later date.
Dana - Mar 18, 2025 12:10:19 pm PDT #6285 of 6292
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Though I got a jolt when I realized her childhood friend Reeve Carney was Dorian Gray on Penny Dreadful!
I had the same thought process, except "was the guy from Hadestown."
DavidS - Mar 18, 2025 4:06:54 pm PDT #6286 of 6292
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just got off a call with the scheduler at the Pilates studio, Claire (she's also a part owner).
It was going to be a half hour call, but I gave the back story on Jacqueline and we wound up having a really nice hour long discussion. I'm getting the feeling that I'm not just getting a place to work out, but a community with some space for friendship as well.
Also, it's really going to help structure my week and my days, which has been an issue for me since Matilda graduated from HS.
-t - Mar 18, 2025 4:34:12 pm PDT #6287 of 6292
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Very good! Structure and community can both be hard to build up
Sophia Brooks - Mar 18, 2025 7:33:09 pm PDT #6288 of 6292
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That sounds really awesome, David. You are such a community bringer I think it will be nice to have a live community that you are not in charge of bringing the community- you can be a receiver a little bit.