CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Shorfi, glad to hear your ultrasound went well. I was keeping an eye on the thread at work for news and saw you posted.
Lucy, I have to confess I had no idea what a dragon boat was until recently. Finally had to Google it. I don't think we have one in my town.
Katy, that looks delicious. Brussels sprouts are so versatile - you can eat them, and then use the stalk to be a ninja. What other vegetable can you say that about?
Sula, I hope the movie selection is improving since your receipt of the Fast and Furious. Enjoy your electric lap robe (I have one of those, too) and feel better.
Tomorrow's the big day, second opinion with the university hospital. I want to make sure I'm doing the right thing, but at the same time, I'm worried about what they will say.
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Sigh, Sandy, such a tragic way to be called home. I hope the morphine helps with the pain and doesn't agitate her. Peace to you as you visit with her and the family.
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So I took an peak into my records. Path from the polyp I was tubular adenoma < 5 % chance of cancer and since it was only one at 2-4mm I should be on the 5 yr repeat. Dexa scan T score - 0.4 with - 1 to - 2.5 osteopenia, I have only been on AI since the end of September. Will continue with Calcium, Strontium, vitamin D, vitamin K2. I had a student do the echo and said I wasn't leaving with a score < 65. Well the tech came in and that's what I got. Of course the cardiologist has to read it yet.
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I am sitting here just grinning. Troll is working midnight to 8 am 1st night on the job. One day closer to saving money and moving out.
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Good Evening Crazies,
So far we have no appointments or scans for next week. Hopefully I didn't miss anyone. Coming up for tomorrow.....
Cubbie, Good luck at your second opinion appointment. We will all be right in your pocket!! Just put your hand in there and we will all give you a squeeze when needed. Please let us know how it goes when you can.
Chi, Hope all goes well at rads tomorrow. Very sorry to hear about your friend. As requested, keeping your friend, her family and you in my prayers. Gentle hugs to you.
Rose, 5 yr. repeat sounds wonderful! Happy dance!!
Found this for you....
....hope it helps.
Shorfi, 1 yr. repeat....YAY!!! Happy dance for you too!!
Ducky, Good grief!! I sent you an email. ((((((((Ducky))))))))
Lucy, Sent you a PM.
Tomboy, Sent you a PM too.
Rain, Just feel like you need one of these today. (((((((rain))))))
Sula, Waving!!
Sweet Gaia, We are all here when you need us. One of the best things about Crazy Town is we can be quiet crazies when need be. Wishing you peaceful, pain free days.
Octo, F-Cancer - my sentiments exactly.
Oh look....he almost has the Italian flip off down too. haha
I will be off the boards for a few days. I've got some family stuff going on. Interim mayor....any volunteers???? Katy?? I think it's your turn to be the craziest!!?? Glad you enjoyed quality time with your friend. Sounded like a perfect day.
Love to all of you...quiet readers too!!
I think a group hug may be in order.
I'm sensing many of us have had a challenging week.
Sleep well crazies!!
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oh my what a day we have had around here!
Ducky, almost can not believe that 2 of your handsome young family members are both banged up! and why does it have to happen to the shoulders already banged twice. Must say those cameras have a good purpose.
Sandy, that is sad about your friend and hope you have the chance to see her once more
rose, love that the troll has such dandy hours of work! dang but he deserves it it seems
wow, sun is out and no dampness in the forecast means iris is a not so sore camper
did do some online shopping, bought some glass art for gift for my sister and also for me got those chain things for walking on ice in the winter!
heading out so do not anyone get into any more trouble than normal~~
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Yea Proud....thanks for your thoughts........I am thankful to God it was not worse........but 2 in the same week...........awful.........
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Sandy, I'm so sorry. Hope your friend's passing--if it is to happen--is gentle and easier than the time she's been having. And that you have a visit with some closure. All this after rads, too. Good luck with it. Thinking of you.
Cubbie, good luck with 2nd opinion. And I have been meaning to say that I love your profile picture.
Ducky, glad your guys are all right!
Shorfi--hooray!!
Beppy, you certainly deserve a break from the boards. Thanks for the hug and back atcha!
Heading into the city for rads in about a half hour. Then need to find a wireless network--probably the hospital waiting room, which also has **FREE CAFFEINE** so I can work. (Unfortunately no IV setup for caffeine, the most important drug.) Then down to lower Manhattan for parent-teacher conference. Then back home, hoping to finish work before deadline. DH out of town so he can't do P-T conference. Yesterday the LE therapist wrapped my arm and hand for the first time, and I learned that I can't really type or write that way. Unwrapped it this morning on her instruction. Oh, this is going to be challenging!
Hugs to all!
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And I am glad that Iris is a not-sore camper!! That was quite a storm last night, and now it's clear and beautiful!!
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Rainy.....I have LE in my right arm.......it is a challange.....for me it was because I live alone, and wrapping was so difficult to do............I had 4 wraps to put on, and I mean it was hard......did that till the size finally was where the PT wanted it, and then time to order the sleeve........
That was where it all went down hill......I have a larger upper arm, so it had to be custom made..........after 3 attempts to get it right I finally settled for a Redi-made.......of course that was not as good, but I dealt with it.........it took so long I finally got fed up, and said "screw it"................nothing was working, no one could get it right......and was on the LE thread and got very good advice, but realized many, many more of the ladies had the same problems.
The thing is so little is known about LE.....and many do not take it serious...I had to suggest something was wrong.......no one else noticed it..I did........after a lot of money, time, aggravation, and chasing the many ace bandages, across the floor everyday, I gave up......it cause me more anxiety trying to "wrap" then the LE itself........
With your husband you should do fine........living alone and trying sucks........LOL0 -
Ducky {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}. Hoping your grandsons feel better soon.
Cubbie....Wishing you the best with your 2nd opinion.
Slow...Enjoy your time away from all the crazies!!
Sula...Take care of yourself and feel better.
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Sandy- that is very sad news, and especially hard with all you have on your plate already. I hope you can find a way to believe there will be a connection made even if she doesn't show it. Hold her hand tight. And we will hold yours.
Cubbie- thinking of you much today. Let us know if you feel like it, how today goes. I think you will begin to feel better once decisions are made and you start down the path. Like Beppy said, reach down in your pocket. We are there.
Ducky- that is frightening what happened. Two different family members. I hope everyone makes out ok. And hope your spirits can rise a bit this week. It's hard when the pain and ugliness is on a personal, familial, and world level all at once. I hope maybe an extra mass, or a visit from Bobby, or both will put you back to fighting trim. Sometimes it seems we are a little stronger when we are a little pissed off. What are you doing for Thankgiving?
Shorfi, hugs to you. I wish you could find the answer to the pain problem. Someone suggested acupressure to me this morning. I might try it if I didn't live in Jibbip. You East Coast gals know where that is. Nowhere. No such services around here.
Lucy- hugs and a warm hello.
Iris- hope your back us being nice to you. I wanted to say I'm very impressed with your clean eating. I always in the past would have taken the ice cream over the veg. But my taste buds seem to be changing, and the better I eat (as influenced by the very good food karma here) the more I crave the good stuff.
Sula- sure hope you're feeling better and get plenty of strength in the tank for next Friday's launch. I was only talking about a magic carpet trip for coffee. Maybe someday in the real world. It sounds so nice though!
Rose- that is real progress! It must have felt liberating to gave your house back to yourself for a night. Kudos to you on finding a way to do it civilly. Left up to me, my short red headed German-Irish temper may have elicited a less favorable outcome for all.
Rainny- I think of you every day, slogging through rads, LE tx, just getting from one end ofthe island to another. You must be exhausted. Especially after the insurance (expletive deleted) bizness. Know I'm with you.
Octo and Christine- same with you. It's perfectly ok at any time for quiet reflection, crazy or no. But know our bond here is real.
Tomboy- I wasn't aware you still had post- mastectomy pain. I am so sorry. I know what that feels like. My BMX anniversary us looming. 12/18. And I still hurt every day too. Boooo.
Today, Jack and I are going to a Furry Friends visit at an assisted living place. That always gets me out of my own way a bit so I can see. Jack makes these people smile, as many of them were unable to keep treasured pets with them when they entered care, or it just makes them feel good to stroke his soft ear.
So, my Crazies, while our dear Beppy us out, I have no spreadsheet, and by definition will have temporarily forgotten a name here and there. But be assured that during my day, as I'm sure in all of everyone else's, the characters from this Crazy play appear, and waft pleasantly through my consciousness. You are all loved, not just by me, but by each other.
Until next time.....
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Katy.....not sure about Thanksgiving yet........my grandaugher's wedding is the next day, so not thinking too much about the holiday............I'll end up somewhere.l......thanks for asking
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Jack, thank you for the complement about my eating style, but I sort of went off the grid today for lunch, Raman noodles and only the cheap little package. Course I read somewhere that the noodles in those are somehow never really digested so live on in your tummy! or something like that. Dinner will be pork loin cutlet and one of the huge sweet tators that I bought the other day. Store sells 10# of them for $2.89 so I have to buy and eat them when on sale!
rainy, you have been really through the wringer and hope all settles down. LE is really nasty and I have only a touch but at times really get wierded by the idea that it could explode to full blown LE at any point. l lived in NYC first in Manhattan and later in downtown Brooklyn, it sure is fun to be able to basically find anything and everything. Brooklyn was really fun as I lived close to the downtown and used to ride my bike all over on weekends. Nice, even used to ride my bike into downtown Manhattan on Sunday morn for church at St Marks. Course now it would scare the pants off of my to do that.
Sunny here but doing laundry so off to chores
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I saw the University doctor this morning. I was very happy with her (and her resident). They really sat down with me (literally, too) and went over my case. They acted like they had all the time in the world to explain things and answer questions. They are going to have my case as one of the ones before the tumor board this afternoon, and she will give me a call with their recommendation (probably Monday).
I did find out one thing I did not know about my cancer - it has mucinous features. She said she wasn't sure what to make of that. It would be different if it was entirely mucinous, but she wasn't sure what the implications of it just having features of that type was. Since mucinous is less aggressive, maybe that's a good sign?
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Chi !!! I am furious for your friend too!! I know too well how long they can take to help a patient relieve themselves!!! Especially in a substandard place!!! I would be furiuous too! There sounds like theres some shenanigans, palliative care, and won't set the femur!!?!?!! I am sorry, but I would be so pissed! They do surgery on patients in much worse shape than your friend! I would get her out of that place. Yeah. dying from having to use the bathroom???? What a way to go. Too bad theres not a recording of how many times she may have pushed the button for help, with no response!!! I am entirely on your friends side, and am just livid for her!! G- Damn it!
Ducky, I am so glad Patrick was aware, and better able to help himself avoid worse injuries, Jeez! What the hell is WRONG WITH PEOPLE!!!!!! When I was eighteen, I was on my third date with my first boyfriend (I toldja I was a tomboy!!!) when on the way home from the movie, we got hit by a careful of drunken teens... He only lived for a few more hours. In the emergency room, I could hear him asking about me.. they wouldn't let me see him. I remember , he told me as he fed me cherry life savers during the movie, he told me I would have such good dreams that night. (Close encounters of third kind, which had just come out) (we often had speculated about, would you go if the extraterrestrials asked you?) Well, the only dreams I had that night, were morphine induced.. His side of the car and his poor body took the hit..I only had a broken pelvis and a few cracked ribs, glass everywhere and bruises. I remember waking up in the car and seeing his face so white, so white and pale, and rivulets of blood dark on his face... shadows of the rain drops and rivulets on the windshield blending with those on his face, I will never forget it. His poor parents.. It broke their hearts, and eventually broke them apart.. Just awful
I am sorry, when I read about chi's friend, I just got mad! and i didn't read anyone else's posts, I will go back and read them, every one, when I calm down and come back here.
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Cubbie- so glad you had a good experience. I'm sure that made a huge difference in your outlook.
Tomboy- that is very sad. Sending a hug strong enough to peel away the years and heal. I understand how you could become so angry again. You vent/rant away. This is the place for it and though we may not understand everyone's exact situation (whenever does anyone?) we love you and certainly understand grief and hurt and anger that can transcend years.
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Tomboy.............what a sad story.......I don't know what I would do if anything had happened to Patrick..........thank God he was so aware of what was about to happen.....as I said I have not questioned him much because he is so still anxious........and thank God for the police, emts', and the customers who helped him while he was on the ground.........he will be home on Monday for his sister's wedding on Friday...said he can't walk too good, and his neck and shoulder are bad.....but said "Nan, I'm alive"......
Now the last thing Phil needed was the accident and another concussion.....he will be ok too, and thank God it was not his girlfriends fault......the person hit them.........Phew........0 -
Cubbie, glad your new team is one you like, I agree, the muce stuff sure sounds positive to me
Tomboy, oh heavens that it terrible, the accident and what is clearly a still close memory, his poor parents and you as well
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Tomboy.. HaHa... Well.. (in Australia) a wog Is when your really sick.. vomiting etc... So we say "I've caught the wog ".. HaHa.. When I was young it was also used as a racial description...it wasn't said in a nasty way.. sort of just as a way of saying where the person came from.. These days its a huge No -No to refer to a person as a wog 😃
Morning to everyone.!!
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I have a damn sore throat............WTH......now where the hell did that come from............I"m never around anyone..........LOL................;ug
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Rosesrx, glad to hear you are done with the colonoscopy for another 5 years. Sounds like you have a plan for the osteopenia. Hope the cardiologist has good news.
((Tomboy)) I am so sorry about your boyfriend. What a tragedy for his family and friends. I can't imagine how awful it must be to lose someone that way.
Ducky, maybe you caught it from one of the little ones who came to visit you the other week? Kids that age pick up everything and share it with everyone else.
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Tomboy.. I'm so sorry.. That is such a sad story 😞
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Katy: I'll see what i can do as vice-mayor, while our Official Mayor is offline. (I'm going to be in and out a bit, though for good reasons: an opera, a trip to Chicago and a collection of tasty teas from a high-nosed tea shop)
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Which opera, queenmomcat? I like the term "high-nosed tea shop!" I am drinking low-nosed tea right this moment!
Tomboy, thanks for sharing the story about your boyfriend from high school. How unspeakably sad. No wonder he has stayed with you all these years. And probably contributed to your generous spirit.
Proud, where in Brooklyn did you live? I moved here in '91, as gentrification was heating up. I was a half block from a street in Park Slope where you could pick up drugs and prostitutes, and now it's wall-to-wall strollers and hipster boutiques!
Cubbie, glad you had a good experience with the University doc. Hope you can move forward soon!
Ducky, hope your sore throat went away overnight.
We have a fairly boring weekend scheduled, and that is perfectly fine with me. I am so happy not to have to go into Manhattan! Will do some work, pick up our winter CSA share (monthly rather than weekly), and maybe make shepherds pie for dinner with the rest of the leftover lamb. And--theme of the week--Brussels sprouts. (Are ya listening, Katy?) Or possibly lacinato kale.
Though maybe not as boring as all that. DH mentioned casually, "Oh, the muffler fell off. I had some twine in the trunk and tied it back on for now." So it should be an interesting drive to the CSA.
Yesterday's PT conference was an exercise in stamina. This being NYC, the halls were thronged with high-achieving parents, helicopter rotors almost visible on their backs. The anxiety level was so thick you could practically taste it. The school is on 10 floors, and two of the three elevators and some of the escalators were broken. DS's teachers were on the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 10th floors, so it was up and down the stairs. Fortunately, the halls were also thronged with bouncy teenage girls selling provisions to raise money for Worthy Causes. I sucked down a couple of water bottles and then found that an adorable brownie had somehow transferred itself to my hand. What was I to do, especially after burning all those calories to see the teacher on the 10th floor?
Hi to all the crazies. Hope you get to power down after the long week.
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Rainny: the opera's Wozzeck. The Lyric tends to do one WTH production every year (Dialogues of the Carmelites, Nixon in China, Doctor Atomic) and this year, this is it.
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QMC! Yay! You are here! Have fun watching the play. Hope the tea is after so you can see! And hopefully we will be treated to one of your insightful reviews!
Rainny- you earned that adorable brownie!
I'm looking forward to some boring myself, and catching up with a friend.
Warm hugs to my Crazies !!!
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i have always been here. I just haven't been quite crazy enough to post. But I've been reading and sympathizing.
I'll see what I can do about/with/for a review of Wozzeck. This is, I expect, one of the operas that will leave non-aficionados scratching their heads and wondering "Why do people get excited about that *****?" But then I did like Berg's Lulu a few years ago, so we took a chance on this one.
The tea(s) so far have been delicious--I finally found an oolong that I kind of like, though still wish to sit down with a vocabulary-laden tea expert who can say "Here is a spectrum of oolongs, and here are the primary flavor descriptors for each. Tell me, what is it you prefer about the Assams and Ceylons?"
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Ok, planning a traditional thanksgiving dinner, but have to include food for a dairy free (no eggs or butter or milk products), gluten free, vegetarian trio of family members. Thinking of cornbread stuffing with mushrooms, onions, sage, asparagus and whatever other veggies I can throw in there. Also a quinoa pilaf, and maybe vegetable broth corn starch gravy. Thankfully the yams, cranberries, raw vegetable platter, and green beans work for everyone.
It's tough planning around allergies and avoiding cross contamination.
Has anybody tried the earth balance vegan butter?
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Italychick: if Thanksgiving isn't crazymaking, I don't know what is! Any chance of politely suggesting to the dairy-free/vegan/gluten-free participants "I'll do my best. Here's what I was thinking of making. If there's something particular YOU want, how about YOU bring it?"
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