Happy Birthday, lisah!
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 26, 2025 4:14:25 pm PDT #9006 of 10247
"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
Beverly - Aug 26, 2025 5:54:51 pm PDT #9007 of 10247
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Happy Birthday, Lisa!
Best wishes to your mom, erika.
Plei, hospice was wonderful with my mom. And with us. All best love to you and her and the family.
I'm sorry the nest is sometimes echoey, David. You're doing a good job of filling it with friends.
sj - Aug 26, 2025 8:36:53 pm PDT #9008 of 10247
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ltc squealed with happiness when I told her the T&T engagement news.
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2025 9:26:11 am PDT #9009 of 10247
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tim has an appointment this afternoon with the oncology team to go over the results from the second biopsy he had last week, and (I assume) to discuss the treatment plan. Fingers crossed for a really tiny area that the radiation can just totally obliterate!
erikaj - Aug 27, 2025 10:36:27 am PDT #9010 of 10247
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
(passes good cancer vibes to Tim, because Mom doesn't have it again, this year.) We didn't really think she would, but once someone has, it's hard for that thought to be completely gone.
Laura - Aug 27, 2025 10:43:08 am PDT #9011 of 10247
Our wings are not tired.
Good to hear your mom's news, erikaj.
Vibing for Tim.
-t - Aug 27, 2025 10:53:29 am PDT #9012 of 10247
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad to hear it, erika
Fingers crossed for Tim
DavidS - Aug 27, 2025 10:56:29 am PDT #9013 of 10247
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good Tim Vibes!
The sun is out and I'm in JZ's window seat soaking up a sunbeam like a cat.
I have a lot of housework to do but I'm feeling about as motivated as a cat in a sunbeam.
Steph L. - Aug 27, 2025 1:25:13 pm PDT #9014 of 10247
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, Tim has to have radiation and chemo. Radiation is 5 days a week for 7 weeks, and chemo is once a week for 7 weeks.
It’s not a huge dose of chemo, so side effects shouldn’t be too bad (the oncologist—since that’s a healthcare provider that Tim has now—said “You won’t lose that lovely hair!”)
Radiation side effects could suck mightily, since it will be directed at the base of his tongue (and more or less all of the inside of his mouth). But the radiation should eradicate the cancer, which is the goal. The radiation guy (since that’s also a healthcare provider that Tim has now) said that this is curative, not remission. So that part is of course excellent.
But Jesus Christ, this is a lot.
-t - Aug 27, 2025 1:41:48 pm PDT #9015 of 10247
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is a lot. Seven weeks of a whole lot and I'm sure it's not all just magically back to normal at the end of that, although I hope it is as much that was as it can be. I'm very pleased that Tim has some continuity in his healthcare, that has got to make things easier! And curative sounds great, I am in favor