INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

JWoo- my heart goes out to you. Suicide is a very painful thing for those left behind. You are so good to remind us to reach out to those in need who are in mental distress.

Hugs sister and sending love your way and to all those suffering through this loss.

Jwoo, so sorry to hear. In my prayers...hugs....

Lance Armstrong , yes he did the blood doping and cheated , prob like most of them. Grueling sport. I ride, and my hubby is a great rider . Blood doping and every drug out there...I still couldn't do the Tour de France

When my lungs took a beating with the last chemo...I was going to ask my doc if blood doping was an option. A little bit of oxygenation can go a long way.....lol.....but he doesn't exactly have my sense of humor so I kept my mouth shut....yes...I can, if I try real hard, I can shut my mouth...lol

Stay warm and safe everyone out there on the east coast

I hope everyone is dealing with the snow alright. We are expecting freezing drizzle.

My kids once asked me what "cool beans" meant. I said I guess it means they're not hot.

Dutchie,

Looking at your bio. Yesterday was your 2 year post dx date. Did you realize it? I do not like the anniversary word with Cancer, sounds too cheery.

Is that a rash on your back?

Noooooooooooo! It's "Cool Beans, Chili Dog!" that means when someone says something, or does something "cool"... then you are supposed to say "Cool beans, Chili dog!"

I thought it was funny too, when I heard it about 20 years ago!

JWOW.... geez I'm sorry... Unless you have seen this, or know someone who was left behind, you will never understand it when people decide to take their own life. Like you said, other people fight for each day... would give ANYthing to stay with their loved ones... But some, celebrities included, are selfish enough to want no more to do with 'their" life, like it is THEIRS to do with what they want. And they choose to hurt their loved ones in the worst possible way. Life is so precious! Even for those who are hurting, and injured... I feel like killing yourself, is just like killing all of your loved ones...

Yes, I loved Robin Williams too, but when he took his own life... in my little mind, I lost all respect for him. He hurt EVERYone who loved him. Okay I know he wasn't thinking straight.... That could be said about every person that does this.. But that doesn't change the fact that they played God... and ONLY thought of themselves.

Sorry.... this subject is as bad as Politics or Religion... Sorry JWow...

And so where is Cammi? Come on kid... we need you back with us.... You are my Fauna.... Like Flora and Fauna... I start picking on these other gals when you aren't here!

Was it on here, that one of us gals had her Credit/Debit card "read" while it was in her posession? I'll post this link anyway... because it happened to me like 4 years ago!

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/08/rfid-skimme...

http://blog.refactortactical.com/rfid-theft-and-ho...

If this happens to you, that means someone has ALL of your information... Your name, SS#, and if it is not caught in time, can clean out your checking account before you even realize it! They make small charges first, to see if they go through, and if THAT works, then like with mine, they buy Airline tickets, and email your card # to their friend in Florida, where THEY charge MORE airline tickets.

Mastercard called me one night and asked if my name was "Chevy"... (not really) and if it was press "1"... I thought WTH?? So that's how I found all this out! They cancelled my card, and that was only the beginning. You have to tell your local Police Dept. because someone is using your identity... You have to notify l the Credit Reporting Agencies, SS department, to put a "watch" on your SS #, go to your bank, and secure all of your information, and keep that on file, and THEN notify the IRS, because they send you another "code" every year to send in with your W2 forms!

THEN, about 3 months later CapitalOne called to ask if I was trying to open a new charge-line! The same people who stole my identity were trying to establish another line of credit with my name... and yes, they used my SS# also. So now I carry the Police report I filed, in case some felon with my info. gets stopped.

All you have to do is either not carry your card/cards, or put them in one of those aluminum cases, in your purse... OR make your own case, with aluminum foil around some sort of pouch... I just don't carry mine, unless I HAVE to. Just keep a little extra cash at home.... and when you go out stick some in your purse. We never pay for gas with my Debit card... Just be careful....

Holeinone...I did not realize it. I guess it was an "anniversary".

The sign of Leser-Trélat, a rare finding, is the sudden eruption of multiple seborrheic keratoses caused by a malignancy. It was not certain that this was present but I did have lot of them.

You know one time, when I was working at Coors, I was the Bartender this one day.... And this guy came wobbling up to the bar, and wanted a beer! We could give employees a beer, after their shift... That was the policy at that time....

But he looked obviously like he had left his job, and started drinking, or else he came to work drunk... So I just kindly said "I'm sorry, but I'd rather not serve you sir, because I think you have already had enough".... So he turned around an walked away, bumping into tables, and the door-way, and weaving down the hall...

I called Security, and told them, this Employee had just left, and could they watch him, going down to the front entrance, because I thought he would fall over.... So they stopped him out front...

I didn't hear anything else until a couple days later... They wouldn't let him drive home... Called his Supervisor... And he was found dead, because he lost his job. The Security guy came up to our break room and told us all this... I just started crying! I just felt like it was MY fault! I was so sorry I didn't let him drink! That I called Security! It was MY fault! Didn't matter what MY Supervisor said... All I knew was, it was my fault.

I didn't even know the guy... MY supervisor helped ME get over this.... I had forgotten all of this.... until now... If I can give just one person, a reason to live, or if I can make a difference in someone's life... then that's all that matters.

Chevy- Cami's brother passed away last week so I expect she is in the throes of family services this week. I am on one other thread with her so if I see her there, I will let you know you are thinking of her.

I hear from Blondie too as she is one of my "bco besties" and she is doing okay too, but said her other ankle is feeling sprained, perhaps from all the weight on it due to the fracture and split on the other.

Dune- I am sorry that things are so hard for you with your mother. I understand that too, as I never had an easy relationship with my mother, and she never helped me with anything difficult I went through in my life. I was always expected to just help her and that was the way it was until the end. I was always in the parent with her my whole life (sigh).

I hope you can find another place to live for awhile. Any other family or friends in the area who might be able to open up their home to you for awhile?

I woke up in the night with body aches from the Prolia shot, but nothing I could not take care of with some aspirin. I went back to bed and slept in until almost 8 a.m. I am going to plan to be home for awhile this morning, then get out and about this afternoon.

I see that the Boston area is getting the brunt of the storm and hear from friends in Maine it is just getting started up there. Be safe my friends back east.

Oh Hey Jazzy! We were posting at the same time! Yeah, Cammi is having a rough time... I just want to think she will find us, and maybe smile again!

I KNOW! I read that about Blondie! WTH??? She needs to stay in bed, and be waited on, and served drinks, and watch movies...

Jwooso sorry to hear this. Hugs, xx

Have MO appt later. Will discuss latest DEXA.

Saw a purse in a catalogue that has the RIFD blocker in it. Thinking of ordering it, that's what chevy rambles about.

And then you have to become someone ELSE!

Chevy - we never know what anyone has in their own mind, only they do. While he chose his path, you may have saved many other people from a fatal accident had he been behind the wheel driving.

I have lost quite a few people in my day, some suicide. I mourn the loss, more for me than for them. Their own private hell has ended, and I cherish the days I had them in my life. I am a better person today having loved and lost them, than to never have had them in my life.

I hope you realize that you may have saved lives, we never truly know that do we? Peace my friend.

Hey Jazzygirl, if only we could spread that message, world wide. Perhaps that is why so many turn to evil, drugs, meds etc. to get by. Had someone showed true compassion towards them, they may be a better and happier person today.

I'd like to teach the world to sing, remember that from years gone by? Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it.