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The title says it all!
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Imagine a very upscale hooters. Where the waitresses wear skimpy shirts and high-cut "kilts".
I hope he gets better soon!
I can't copy and paste...so I can't update the other threads.
I'm praying he has a quick recovery!
good morning!
I posted an update that I'll just copy and paste below here because I'm so old and lazy and old and senile and old!!
He's doing well! He was a LOT better once he got released Saturday to go home, but he was still very clingy and a little frightened. Also his parents had a function they were supposed to attend Sunday, so I volunteered to stay over Saturday night and keep him company all day Sunday.
His cast is like really blue, so I call it his "big blue boo boo".
He slept a LOT Saturday after all that trauma Friday night. I think he was only awake for five or six hours total. When Sunday rolled around he seemed fine, and even tried to play some video games even though he kept complaining about how the cast was getting in the way of him holding the controller.
He decided he was okay enough to go to school today, so after I dropped him off I spent the rest of the day getting all the shit done I was supposed to do Saturday and Sunday!
But all of that could gladly wait to be honest! I love that little guy, and he needed me. There will be a time very soon when I doubt I'll be able to say that's true anymore so I'll be getting all of it I can over these next few years!!!
That's how you get good grades without opening books!!!
Well, lemme warn you, that probably won't work in my class!!!
Moving every year is really starting to make me lose my "give a damn"
Usually I hate the way DH packs (a roll of toilet paper, a fork, the remote, a couple of shirts, kids toys, etc. all in the same box ) This time around though, I may do the same
UTR is so not creepy-scary Paint!!! She's just inquisitive.
Like I am, except moar attractive and stuff.
70-year-olds smarter than they used to be [alphagalileo.org]
Farking senility!!
My dad says his hip hurts so bad he can't walk....he said he stayed in the recliner for 12 hours yesterday and only got up once...that means he's in A LOT of pain.
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Yes. I believe my Aunt had it. I have heard of all kinds of mess with Chemo. Sometimes I think it is better without it.
It really depends on so many factors, including the type of cancer/disease, the survivor rates, the type of chemotherapy/treatments involved, the severity of the side effects, the overall existing current health of the patient, etc. A lot of factors - not just the ones I listed.
Sometimes, the treatment can really be worse than the disease it's attempting to cure. For many years, I never believed the validity of that statement.
Ultimately, I think the decision should always been left to the patient, and there are times when attempting treatment is the less favorable road to travel than living with - and in the end, dying from - the disease. I don't think that's something a person can understand until they've watched another human being wither away from both treatment AND disease. It's a different experience in both respects.
It's not the right decision every time. But sometimes, it is. And it is always the right decision if that's what the patient decides she/he wants.
Unfortunately as humans we have to often decide things without knowing what the outcome might be. But the possible outcome - or rather the manner in which it might unfold - is worth noting and considering when making decisions and offering advice to family members/friends.
It really depends on so many factors, including the type of cancer/disease, the survivor rates, the type of chemotherapy/treatments involved, the severity of the side effects, the overall existing current health of the patient, etc. A lot of factors - not just the ones I listed.
Sometimes, the treatment can really be worse than the disease it's attempting to cure. For many years, I never believed the validity of that statement.
Ultimately, I think the decision should always been left to the patient, and there are times when attempting treatment is the less favorable road to travel than living with - and in the end, dying from - the disease. I don't think that's something a person can understand until they've watched another human being wither away from both treatment AND disease. It's a different experience in both respects.
It's not the right decision every time. But sometimes, it is. And it is always the right decision if that's what the patient decides she/he wants.
That's really all I'm going to say on the matter.
One day we'll look back and say how horrendous a lot of things we're doing now are, just like we do about things from 50-100 years ago. It's how progression works.
This is not an uncommon conversation! In fact, it's often the same information medical professionals offer as advice - especially from the nurses. They see this kind of thing day in and day out, and know that sometimes treatment isn't the absolutely certainty of choices the doctors make it out to be.
It's counterintuitive. And also not the correct decision in every case! But sometimes it is.
<-----*is enjoying looking at this without the big red warning*
I still see some for me!!!
I remember what you got warned for too, you naughty girl!!!
Can you post the secret santa questionnaire?
I'll post it soon here
I want to be a Woot Monkey for halloween all of a sudden!