I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited April 2013

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  • QuinnCat
    QuinnCat Member Posts: 3,456
    edited April 2013

    Athena - I don't know what to say other than you have a lot of friends here and we're all banking on that 1% right now.  I think medical history influences medical opinions too, when it comes to radiology.  xxo

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  • YramAL
    YramAL Member Posts: 1,651
    edited April 2013

    I'm so sorry to hear that, Athena. I'm hoping that the doctors have "jumped the gun" in that diagnosis. I hope you are getting the pain relief you need.

    Mary

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  • CherrylH
    CherrylH Member Posts: 1,077
    edited April 2013

    Athena, Hanging with the 1%.

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited April 2013

    Athena -- I've always thought of you being in the one percent, sweetie!  I'm counting on your staying there.

    Now, for those of us over 50 (by the way, I call my GPS "Lucy", as in Charlie Brown's nemesis):






    The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the supermarket or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I used it once when I was standing in line at Costco talking to my spouse and everyone within 50 mtrs was glaring at me. I had taken out my hearing aid to use it, and I was talking little loud!

    I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn when possible. Then if I made a right turn instead, well, it was not a good relationship..










    When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross roads and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.

    To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have to run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.

    The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the supermarkets. You would think they could make a decision themselves, but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just leaves me confused. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking stupid, but I never remember to take them with me.

    Now when they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do fart a lot." 





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  • pip57
    pip57 Member Posts: 12,401
    edited April 2013

    Did anyone else see Jon Stewarts discussion about the picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution FN prefers to consider sacred?  It is worth viewing.

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited April 2013

    Pip -- I saw it.  Pretty good research done on The Daily Show.  Too bad those who need to see it, don't.

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited April 2013

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2013

    oooohhhh...blue, love the white roses...and sprigs..

    wabbit - that is the FUNNIEST thing I've read in a l-o-o-o-o-n-g time....thank youLaughing

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited April 2013

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  • rosemary-b
    rosemary-b Member Posts: 2,006
    edited April 2013

    Beautiful pictures, Blue.

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  • gardengumby
    gardengumby Member Posts: 7,305
    edited April 2013

    I'm proud of my city...

    http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2013/04/22/17828833-worlds-greenest-office-building-opens-in-seattle?lite

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  • AnneW
    AnneW Member Posts: 4,050
    edited April 2013

    Athena, I am so distressed about what you're going through! I was all set to tell you how I managed my severe nerve pain (same part of the body!) but I have no idea how to tell you to manage mets pain. Except to say that you don't have an EXACT diagnosis yet. So we're here in your pocket hoping for better news.

    E, can't risk a compression fracture now. So go get nuzzles from that big boy, and give him a sugar lump for me. God, what a handsome horse you have!

    So ready for real spring. Boulder had 46 inches of snow this month, breaking a record. Sun's out now, the dirt road is a sea of mud, and I'm waiting for my daffodils to rebound. Need to get into the garden and plant my kale and chard and spinach!

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  • River_Rat
    River_Rat Member Posts: 1,724
    edited April 2013

    gg, I hope it works out and ends up being copied all over.

    Athena, we are all hoping that you're in that 1% but will be here for you either way. 

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited April 2013

    Dropping by to check on Athena.  Does anyone have her address ... I'd like to send her something.  Are there any of us in the DC area that can go check on her?  Do you know what hospital she's at?

    Also very concerned about Crazy-E today.  Hoping she is recovering well from the biopsy and that it didn't hurt. 

    hugs to all,

    Bren

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  • lewing
    lewing Member Posts: 1,288
    edited April 2013

    This is one time I'm standing with the 1% . . . and with you, Athena, whichever percent you fall into, always.

    . . .

    So many tests going on, with mixed results . . . I'm happy to be able to say I got the ALL CLEAR on my first ever colonoscopy this morning.  I'd been putting it off but finally got shamed into it.  The prep was every bit as loathsome as I'd feared: the taste of that stuff you have to drink!  Ugh!  Why don't they hire some of those brilliant Japanese and Korean food chemists -- you know, the ones who make gummy candies taste like a perfectly ripe slice of canteloupe, to the extent you can practically feel the juice on your chin -- to make that crap palatable?  I honestly didn't mind the effects (gentler than I'd feared) so much as the process of trying to choke down a seemingly bottomless tumbler of nastiness.

    The procedure itself was nothing.  They knocked me out with propofol, and I have to say, I can understand why someone tortured by insomnia might abuse it.  I woke up feeling refreshed, sunshine streaming in the room, thinking it was awfully nice of Dr. Khaykis to come to our apartment to deliver me my results in bed.  I'm pretty sure I asked her what she was doing in our apartment before I recovered my wits and figured out where I was.

    So, anyhow, after spending 10-15 minutes in recovery farting away -- doctor's orders, so no shame -- I rejoined Eric and scarfed down the lunch special at a Turkish cafe. 

    . . .

    Thoughts going out to E for her biopsy results, to gg for her all clear, to chickadee for no progression, and of course to our lioness.

    L 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2013

    Lewing~~Did you do the prep that comes with the jug that you add water to? I'm so sorry. I meant to tell you a few days ago, it's easier going down if you mix it with 7-UP or some other clear soda other than water. It's so salty otherwise.



    Because colon cancer is so rampant in my family, I have a colonoscopy every 3 years. My mother, her mother, brother, and sister all had colon cancer.



    The last time I asked the doctor for an alternative prep. It was Gatorade mixed with Miralax. It was so easy. I couldn't even tell the Miralax was in there. I get my next one in November. That will be my 4th.



    Still hoping for good news from our favorite Lioness.



    Blessings

    Paula

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited April 2013

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  • lewing
    lewing Member Posts: 1,288
    edited April 2013

    Paula, yes, that sounds like the stuff I used.  I should have asked around for tips on how to make it go down easier (especially for the second dose, which was even worse than the first, I think because I knew what to expect and was dreading it so).  Using soda is a great idea . . . I wondered at the time if seltzer might make it go down a little easier, but wasn't sure, so stuck with plain water.  I diluted it a little more as I drank it, but not too much, as I didn't want to give myself even more to force down. 

    God, it was awful.  I'm still having bad taste flashbacks.  <shudder> 

    I'm sorry that you have to be a colonoscopy pro, but I appreciate you sharing your tips with others!

    Linda

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited April 2013

    Linda .. so happy to hear good news about your colonoscopy.  I was on the three year plan, but got promoted to the five year plan after my last procedure.  OMG .. I hate that gas they pump you up with so they can see inside the colon.  I thought my insides were going to burst wide open!  Good to know there are times when it's acceptable for a woman to fart in public.

    Hoping to hear something soon from Athena.

    Also waiting on news from Crazy-E.

    hugs,

    Bren

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  • lewing
    lewing Member Posts: 1,288
    edited April 2013

    Hahaha, Bren . . . I don't know if it was acceptable to the guy next to me, but I did it anyhow while I was in recovery.  I restrained myself in the restaurant and on the subway, though.

    Could you actually feel it when they pumped you up?  That would be weird.  I was out cold, so I couldn't feel it happening . . . just a little gassy afterwards.

    Linda

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited April 2013

    Where I go, they make you fart before you can leave! I asked for a sanitary pad just in case of ... You know...



    Athena, still thinking of you and hoping your doc was overconfident with 99%. Or he got it backward -- 99% chance NOT.



    Shout out to E, too.



    PL

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited April 2013

    You have to fart with people there??? I am seriosuly never doing that.

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited April 2013

    Well, I have had my 2 colonoscopies to date in the hospital, so their same-day surgery unit has little individual rooms. At the endoscopy center where I just had my gastroscopy, they are curtained-off cubicles and you hear EVERYTHING. But you are stoned and you don't care. I didn't, anyway -- everyone there is stoned and doing the same thing.



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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2013

    I have a sister who's 11 years younger than me. Polly is mentally delayed, but highly functioning. I took her a few years ago for her first colonoscopy. Like Libby says, there's just curtained off cubicles.



    The nurse told Polly, " as soon as you get rid of some of that air, you can go home." A while later she came back to tell her again. I realized Polly didn't know what she meant, so I told her the nurse was asking her to fart. The nurse had just gotten outside the curtain when Polly let one rip. It sounded like an elephants roar, or whatever that is that elephants do. The nurse popped her head back through the curtain and said, " Well Honey, all you needed was permission! "



    Paula

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  • lewing
    lewing Member Posts: 1,288
    edited April 2013

    Hahahaha!  Our recovery area was curtained-off cubicles, too.  I was an enthusiastic farter, but not quite at your sister's level.

    Linda

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited April 2013

    Oh goodie - a new Margaret and Helen!



    http://margaretandhelen.com/2013/04/25/nobody-will-ever-need-to-be-shushed-in-the-bush-library/



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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited April 2013

    Love it!  Thinking of E and Athena.  Won't be online for a couple days.

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited April 2013

    Oh blue.....the pictures and those white roses.  My mom had rose bushes in our yard and she never touched them.....they always had such beautiful flowers.  One was white, one red, and one yellow. 

    The cardinal ( the Illinois state bird ) was a pure delight as well.

    I saw in my mail the new copy of Margaret and Helen and I know I'll laugh till I nearly wet myself or fall out of my chair, whichever comes first.  Mainly as I saw the headline on it. 

    As far as the new library.....it is no secret what I think about the Bush men, but I never minded Barbara Bush that much.  I think she would have perhaps made a better Pres. than any of the rest.  Was amused to hear her say ( and be right once more ) that she hope no one from her family would run --- that the WH had seen enough of the Bush's.  She really is in many ways a smart woman.

    Hugs to all those having tests, just done with tests and doing a flatulence dance, or Athena whom we haven't heard from yet. 

    Jackie

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