JSM'S BEGGING FOR BANNING THREAD # 5

[Missiontoconvict]

Thank God that's over. Where's the Miller Lite????   

Coming right up.

[Sassycat]

I posted in the Haleigh thread, not about her rape, but just her life. Very sad.
I wasn't making excuses for her.
Anyway, I went to the immunologist today and two of the tests I had done to determine if the breast cancer had migrated to the bones or any of my abdominal organs or aorta came back good. Some minor issues with the skeleton, no arthritis or rheumatism. Ball rolling with another doctor as to what it is and how I manage it. Got the beginnings of an old lady knee. lol
So, I was happy. I still have to see the oncologist / radiation guy. But it was confined to area where I had surgery. Still a tough row to hoe, but not as bad as I had imagined. I see a MSW lady for the brain issue of panicking and seeing the worst possible outcome and how to stop torturing myself with the thoughts of worst case scenarios that I dream up late at night.
And I am going back to work next week. Might not be for long, but I am fit for work right now.

That is good news  I'm glad you are going back to work, I remember you saying you were bored. We are all here for you, just like with Tevye  No arthritis, well right there how lucky, old lady knee, I had old lady knee in my thirties, that's when they found my back rotting with arthritis, but I keep going, so will you.

My dad has dealt with arthritis in his spine his whole life.   He retired civil service when he was only 34 because of it.   Then he drove a truck part time.   He was part of experiments for spinal arthritis back in the 60's in Wash, DC.    He has suffered his whole life because of it.     I feel badly for anyone who has arthritis in their back.     

Raising my hand. 

OMG, you have it too, Fanny?

[joesamas mama]

Thank God that's over. Where's the Miller Lite????   

At the Texaco. I think I will pick up a 12 pack tonight. 

[Missiontoconvict]

I am a little behind here as I have been in the Haleigh thread and I feel just terrible.  I posted a comment over there that created quite a stir.  I never meant for it to do so but in case it did offend anyone here I must tell you I am deeply sorry - it was never my intent to hurt someone it was more an off the cuff remark about Misty.  I think I best read only over in that thread.  Yikes 

No  you go back over there, I and many others know you would not intentionally hurt someone. Sometimes over there it starts with the talk of rape and Misty, and was she being truthful or not, and how one person survives it and how another one might. There is not one person on this forum that would not take a brutal rape seriously, that I know from being here.  Now go back over and post there.

Thank you NoRose reading your post made me feel better by a long shot - I struck a nerve with a few certainly not with intention - after I made it I realized some did not see the humor that was intended.  Oh well I learned a lesson over there today.   

Some people don't have a sense of humor, I on the other hand do, and have to be careful and slap my hands, oh the things I could say....

You are hilarious when you get started.   

  I have a dark sense of humor, and I need to be careful because I sure don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Sometimes people post stuff, and boy, it goes from there 

Mission - we know you would never be mean to anyone.   

Thank you Sassy - 

[joesamas mama]

Thank God that's over. Where's the Miller Lite????   

Coming right up.

           

[Fanny Mae]

Thank God that's over. Where's the Miller Lite????   

Coming right up.

Thanks!!! 

[Tevye]

I posted in the Haleigh thread, not about her rape, but just her life. Very sad.
I wasn't making excuses for her.
Anyway, I went to the immunologist today and two of the tests I had done to determine if the breast cancer had migrated to the bones or any of my abdominal organs or aorta came back good. Some minor issues with the skeleton, no arthritis or rheumatism. Ball rolling with another doctor as to what it is and how I manage it. Got the beginnings of an old lady knee. lol
So, I was happy. I still have to see the oncologist / radiation guy. But it was confined to area where I had surgery. Still a tough row to hoe, but not as bad as I had imagined. I see a MSW lady for the brain issue of panicking and seeing the worst possible outcome and how to stop torturing myself with the thoughts of worst case scenarios that I dream up late at night.
And I am going back to work next week. Might not be for long, but I am fit for work right now.

Kat, although it sounds like you are further along in the process than I, I have learned one BIG thing:
Do not go on the net looking for info, and never read the forums. I did that one night, was up till 5 am. Then, I realized that people love to tell their horror stories, and they scared the carp outta me! I only read what the doc gives me, and stuff like the American Cancer Society or one of the U of M sites. I restrict my intake of information, which is so unlike me. I found that reading about all the things that COULD go wrong just freaked me out.

Good luck to you, ask your doc for some Ambien Sr...it's the extended one, it doesn't wake you up at 3 in the morning.

[no rose colored glasses]

I posted in the Haleigh thread, not about her rape, but just her life. Very sad.
I wasn't making excuses for her.
Anyway, I went to the immunologist today and two of the tests I had done to determine if the breast cancer had migrated to the bones or any of my abdominal organs or aorta came back good. Some minor issues with the skeleton, no arthritis or rheumatism. Ball rolling with another doctor as to what it is and how I manage it. Got the beginnings of an old lady knee. lol
So, I was happy. I still have to see the oncologist / radiation guy. But it was confined to area where I had surgery. Still a tough row to hoe, but not as bad as I had imagined. I see a MSW lady for the brain issue of panicking and seeing the worst possible outcome and how to stop torturing myself with the thoughts of worst case scenarios that I dream up late at night.
And I am going back to work next week. Might not be for long, but I am fit for work right now.

That is good news  I'm glad you are going back to work, I remember you saying you were bored. We are all here for you, just like with Tevye  No arthritis, well right there how lucky, old lady knee, I had old lady knee in my thirties, that's when they found my back rotting with arthritis, but I keep going, so will you.

My dad has dealt with arthritis in his spine his whole life.   He retired civil service when he was only 34 because of it.   Then he drove a truck part time.   He was part of experiments for spinal arthritis back in the 60's in Wash, DC.    He has suffered his whole life because of it.     I feel badly for anyone who has arthritis in their back.     

Yes, and it runs in the family. It isn't any fun, and sometimes you see elderly women that look like they have a hump on their back, and I just know that is in my future. I knew a lady that did somekind of experimental things for her rhemutoid arthritis  That kind of arthritis is so very bad.

[Sassycat]

JSM - when you went to the doctor, did they test you for swine flu?   

[Fanny Mae]

I posted in the Haleigh thread, not about her rape, but just her life. Very sad.
I wasn't making excuses for her.
Anyway, I went to the immunologist today and two of the tests I had done to determine if the breast cancer had migrated to the bones or any of my abdominal organs or aorta came back good. Some minor issues with the skeleton, no arthritis or rheumatism. Ball rolling with another doctor as to what it is and how I manage it. Got the beginnings of an old lady knee. lol
So, I was happy. I still have to see the oncologist / radiation guy. But it was confined to area where I had surgery. Still a tough row to hoe, but not as bad as I had imagined. I see a MSW lady for the brain issue of panicking and seeing the worst possible outcome and how to stop torturing myself with the thoughts of worst case scenarios that I dream up late at night.
And I am going back to work next week. Might not be for long, but I am fit for work right now.

That is good news  I'm glad you are going back to work, I remember you saying you were bored. We are all here for you, just like with Tevye  No arthritis, well right there how lucky, old lady knee, I had old lady knee in my thirties, that's when they found my back rotting with arthritis, but I keep going, so will you.

My dad has dealt with arthritis in his spine his whole life.   He retired civil service when he was only 34 because of it.   Then he drove a truck part time.   He was part of experiments for spinal arthritis back in the 60's in Wash, DC.    He has suffered his whole life because of it.     I feel badly for anyone who has arthritis in their back.     

Raising my hand. 

OMG, you have it too, Fanny?

Yep, along with spurs and a partially slipped disc. Pain and weakness down the leg and the whole nine yards. I have had epidurals for my disc several times. Doctors up here don't sedate you for them, and I have gone that route a few times. I'll take the back pain, thank you.
When I had it done in Alabama, it was done outpatient by an anesthesiologist with sedation. Up here they like to torture you.   

[Sassycat]

I posted in the Haleigh thread, not about her rape, but just her life. Very sad.
I wasn't making excuses for her.
Anyway, I went to the immunologist today and two of the tests I had done to determine if the breast cancer had migrated to the bones or any of my abdominal organs or aorta came back good. Some minor issues with the skeleton, no arthritis or rheumatism. Ball rolling with another doctor as to what it is and how I manage it. Got the beginnings of an old lady knee. lol
So, I was happy. I still have to see the oncologist / radiation guy. But it was confined to area where I had surgery. Still a tough row to hoe, but not as bad as I had imagined. I see a MSW lady for the brain issue of panicking and seeing the worst possible outcome and how to stop torturing myself with the thoughts of worst case scenarios that I dream up late at night.
And I am going back to work next week. Might not be for long, but I am fit for work right now.

Kat, although it sounds like you are further along in the process than I, I have learned one BIG thing:
Do not go on the net looking for info, and never read the forums. I did that one night, was up till 5 am. Then, I realized that people love to tell their horror stories, and they scared the carp outta me! I only read what the doc gives me, and stuff like the American Cancer Society or one of the U of M sites. I restrict my intake of information, which is so unlike me. I found that reading about all the things that COULD go wrong just freaked me out.

Good luck to you, ask your doc for some Ambien Sr...it's the extended one, it doesn't wake you up at 3 in the morning.

God bless both of you women.     

[Sassycat]

Fanny and NoRose -  I'm really sorry.          

[no rose colored glasses]

I posted in the Haleigh thread, not about her rape, but just her life. Very sad.
I wasn't making excuses for her.
Anyway, I went to the immunologist today and two of the tests I had done to determine if the breast cancer had migrated to the bones or any of my abdominal organs or aorta came back good. Some minor issues with the skeleton, no arthritis or rheumatism. Ball rolling with another doctor as to what it is and how I manage it. Got the beginnings of an old lady knee. lol
So, I was happy. I still have to see the oncologist / radiation guy. But it was confined to area where I had surgery. Still a tough row to hoe, but not as bad as I had imagined. I see a MSW lady for the brain issue of panicking and seeing the worst possible outcome and how to stop torturing myself with the thoughts of worst case scenarios that I dream up late at night.
And I am going back to work next week. Might not be for long, but I am fit for work right now.

Kat, although it sounds like you are further along in the process than I, I have learned one BIG thing:
Do not go on the net looking for info, and never read the forums. I did that one night, was up till 5 am. Then, I realized that people love to tell their horror stories, and they scared the carp outta me! I only read what the doc gives me, and stuff like the American Cancer Society or one of the U of M sites. I restrict my intake of information, which is so unlike me. I found that reading about all the things that COULD go wrong just freaked me out.

Good luck to you, ask your doc for some Ambien Sr...it's the extended one, it doesn't wake you up at 3 in the morning.

You got that right, and when you are pregnant people love to tell pregnancy stories, and you can go nuts with fear  I just wouldn't listen after awhile or read anything, I even had to be dragged to lamaze classes, which I personally think is just plain stupid. The baby is going to come out whether you breath this way or that way 

[Tevye]

I am a little behind here as I have been in the Haleigh thread and I feel just terrible.  I posted a comment over there that created quite a stir.  I never meant for it to do so but in case it did offend anyone here I must tell you I am deeply sorry - it was never my intent to hurt someone it was more an off the cuff remark about Misty.  I think I best read only over in that thread.  Yikes 

No  you go back over there, I and many others know you would not intentionally hurt someone. Sometimes over there it starts with the talk of rape and Misty, and was she being truthful or not, and how one person survives it and how another one might. There is not one person on this forum that would not take a brutal rape seriously, that I know from being here.  Now go back over and post there.

NoRose, what does your dad like to do? Whittle? Puzzles? Organize stuff? Do you have a button collection that needs organizing? Or, better yet, a bunch of Lego's that need sorting by color?

Mostly I would reccomend not following him around and saying "Dad, don't do that!" I'd go with the "Hey Dad, can you help me with this? and then just leave him to it. He wants to feel useful and like he's contributing. He could prolly peel potatoes for supper tonight..... or organize the bookshelves. Or, go thru the family photos (if you have a lot of him) and write on the back where and when it was taken.

Tevye-who-has-been-there-done-that-and-only-got-hit-twice!

Those are all good ideas. He likes to watch the news, and putter in the yard, but with our temps I can't have him do that. He has never had a hobby except his yard, he use to have the most beautiful yard in the summer 

Then I think you probably need some flower beds or gardens re-arranged, heat providing, of course. He can sketch some ideas for you till it's cool enough to be outside. Put him to work!

[CasuallyCool]

JSM - when you went to the doctor, did they test you for swine flu?   

I was tested for bird flu...

BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD!!!!! How embarrassing.

[Sassycat]

Thank you for your prayers.  I believe prayers are very powerful and they mean so much to me.

I am going to go have a nap.  I feel really stressed today and out of sorts.  Weather is supposed to take a dive this weekend and I need to get my garden out but just don't have it in me.  I am also putting off curtain washing and feel guilty about it.

Don't feel guilty.  How is your hubby doing?

[Fanny Mae]

I posted in the Haleigh thread, not about her rape, but just her life. Very sad.
I wasn't making excuses for her.
Anyway, I went to the immunologist today and two of the tests I had done to determine if the breast cancer had migrated to the bones or any of my abdominal organs or aorta came back good. Some minor issues with the skeleton, no arthritis or rheumatism. Ball rolling with another doctor as to what it is and how I manage it. Got the beginnings of an old lady knee. lol
So, I was happy. I still have to see the oncologist / radiation guy. But it was confined to area where I had surgery. Still a tough row to hoe, but not as bad as I had imagined. I see a MSW lady for the brain issue of panicking and seeing the worst possible outcome and how to stop torturing myself with the thoughts of worst case scenarios that I dream up late at night.
And I am going back to work next week. Might not be for long, but I am fit for work right now.

Kat, although it sounds like you are further along in the process than I, I have learned one BIG thing:
Do not go on the net looking for info, and never read the forums. I did that one night, was up till 5 am. Then, I realized that people love to tell their horror stories, and they scared the carp outta me! I only read what the doc gives me, and stuff like the American Cancer Society or one of the U of M sites. I restrict my intake of information, which is so unlike me. I found that reading about all the things that COULD go wrong just freaked me out.

Good luck to you, ask your doc for some Ambien Sr...it's the extended one, it doesn't wake you up at 3 in the morning.

You are so right about the internet. After my sister was diagnosed, that is what I did, and I didn't sleep for three days.  My sister survived her lymphoma, and lived for many years. In the end, it was not what she died from. So I want both you girls to stay positive. My sister was 77 yrs old when she died, and led a full active life.   

[Sassycat]

JSM - when you went to the doctor, did they test you for swine flu?   

I was tested for bird flu...

BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD!!!!! How embarrassing.

Do you watch "The Family Guy" on tv?    They did a show on that song and it is soooooo funny.     

[Fanny Mae]

JSM - when you went to the doctor, did they test you for swine flu?   

I was tested for bird flu...

BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD!!!!! How embarrassing.

Did they test you for SPIDER FLU too......Ba ba ba! 

[trimmonthelake]

JSM - when you went to the doctor, did they test you for swine flu?   

I was tested for bird flu...

BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD BIRD BIRD!!!!!!!! BIRD IS THE WORD BA BA BA BIRD!!!!! How embarrassing.