INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Jazz a former co worker was dx lung cancer. Don't know what stage. She had chemo and rads, 3 years later she is doing GREAT!!!!

Spookie- that is good to hear. I have known several who have had the dx and done okay. My friend says she is doing chemo and rads, and eventually surgery. She said in her note that she is Stage 2, but that the tumor is in a difficult spot to do surgery. So I think they are going to hit it with the others stuff first. I hope to talk to her tomorrow.

I moved my long sleeve T shirts into my closet on hangers. I kept a few short sleeve ones out just in case. Our high yesterday was 63 and it's supposed to be 61 today and raining. I will be inside at the senior center.

We are transitioning over to fall. Nice cool temp at night. No long sleeves, boots, or fleece blanket yet. Hah

Patty Cake, are you home resting?

Jazzy, bummer about your friend. Seems like people are getting cancer left and right. Makes you wonder what is going on.

Ms. Smaarty, you are one creative and energetic lady. Wish I had your talents and stamina.

Ms. Sas and Ms. BLONDIE, thank you. Hubby is okay. He is with the local friends so they know which area they need to avoid. Petroleum situation is getting worse. He is flying out this Sunday and we hope the planes will have access to gasoline. Otherwise, he and many others will have a long unintended visit. Good thing he booked Cathay Pacific, which belongs to Hong Kong. As far as I know, Nepal only has 2 aircrafts that fly internationally and is on the list of air carrier banned by the EU.

People waiting in line to get petrol ....

The very few public transportations..

The minibus

Ah geez Loverly! Where IS he again? I know our friend Rosie's Husband had to travel to India last year, to help train the local people for the Century Link phone co. here.... He took a lot of pictures, which are similar to these.... such a poor country.... You said he is in the Orient? I forgot where!

I found this on the news... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34469494

Founds this news on FB regarding the patenting of the BRACA gene and Myriad Labs attempts to own the test.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2015/10/07/high-c...

Yes, Ms. Chevy, we are blessed to live in America where corruption is not as bad as developing countries. DH is in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Got an email from him earlier. Despite the danger and difficulties, he is happy that he is able to help the friends and people there. He brought 2 large luggages full of coats,clothes, and supplies of personal hygiene to distribute. Wish he could carry more. Also, he was able to help some financially.

Cool selfie Jazzy!!

It is so sad that the doctor allowed greed and the love of money to dictate her judgement..

Jazzy, let's get a balloon for BC next year! Where do we start?

loveroflife, so cool your husband is doing that. Prayers and hugs his way. And yours while you are praying for his safety and his return. Must be hard for you, it would be for me. Happy they are helping, and hoping all goes well.

Mission trips my family has been on we're very very organized. I didn't worry.

Seeing all that goes on, does put thing into perspective. We are such a small part of a big wide world

This was on MSN today. It's a 1.4 mile wide river in India (can't remember the name) that when it gets cold it puffs this foam substance that the wind blows all over the place. If it touches your skin then you have an ugly burning rash. Says it takes some time to get it to settle down. no chit sherlock! Think about lung cancer and this has been going on for over a decade

How frightening that would be. I'm not happy that some of our companies are sending dangerous things overseas because they're illegal here. We're all in this world together. We shouldn't be trashing any place.

Loverly, Oh yes, I'm a senior. Almost as old as Chevy. Senior centers are great because most of the people are there to do fun things. I volunteer as a receptionist one afternoon a week. Two of the cooks are in their 90s and going strong. The director is younger but a real live wire. Really enthusiastic about getting people involved.

Finally kicked my cold to the curb.

OH MY DEAR, those poor people who have no choice but to live there. This reminds me of the time when similar situation (much less serious, I think) occurred in the neighborhood where I grew up in VN. Our house was about less than a quarter of a mile from a detergent manufacturering company called Viso. At a certain time of the day, you could see foams floating in the air and landed wherever the breeze took it. If you had your clothes drying on the clotheslines, you could be sure that you would have white residues covering most of them by the time your laundry was dry.

India is the third richest country in the world by 2015 GDP. The rich is very rich, but the poor is very poor. Similar to Nepal, they have the caste system so it's very hard for the lower caste to improve their socialeconomic conditions because of discrimination and exploitation.