Cancer SUCKS

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  • Prayers ascending, Rossweisse.
  • How about The Seven Joys of Mary?
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=lvMwOKFfa6Y

    ((Rossweisse))
  • OhherOhher Shipmate
    {{{{{{{Ross}}}}}}}
  • {{Rossweisse}} for freedom from pain and good results for further treatment.
  • ((Ross))
  • You're a hero, Ross. As a scientist, and as a human being, thank you.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    Oh, I'm no hero. Once I finally got into the radiology operating room (they were running almost 2 1/2 hours late, for some reason), it wasn't too bad. (The radiologist repeatedly and glowingly praised my ability to hold just the right amount of breath for as long as needed. All those years of voice training paid off!)

    Interestingly, the radiologist was initially unwilling to take the tissue for research. "They don't understand the risks of poking that many holes into your liver," he complained. "They always want too much." I got him to admit that research is a Good Thing and that cancer deaths have dropped in his time at the hospital; he finally agreed to take two samples for research, but said it was too dangerous to take any more. I settled for that. (I'm kind of glad; it does hurt, and I can't have any of my favorite analgesic, wine, with my dinner tonight.)
  • I second what Sandemaniac just said, and I'm hoping it's all over and you're resting comfortably by now.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    The Feline Ministry to the Sick and a couple of good friends are on the job, thank you!
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    RooK wrote: »
    Brava, Rossweisse.
    "Brava" is about right!

    {{{{{Ross}}}}}
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Piglet wrote: »
    ST - you are so right. If D. had gone to see a doctor when he first started to feel unwell, he might have been here yet. :cry:

    Oh, Piglet - I should have kept it to myself for now. It's too soon - sorry...
    No worries ST, and nothing to apologise for.
  • Prayers going up for all who have posted here.
  • Prayers for all as I start my "off week" ... to recover from the previous three weeks of meds!
  • Robert ArminRobert Armin Shipmate, Glory
    Prayers for all.

    I'm having more chemo this afternoon, so I'll be starting an "off week" too.
  • DooneDoone Shipmate
    Prayers for you all!
  • SarasaSarasa All Saints Host
    Brava indeed @Rossweisse , and I hope you can have a glass of red wine very soon.
    @Galilit , enjoy your off week, and @Robert Armin hope your off week isn't too off.
    My brother should be coming home from hospital today having been in since last July. Hopefully we won't be bouncing straight back again, which happened the last few times he went home, but his wife is understandable concerned, specially as she isn't sure they've got on top of his pancreas problem yet.
  • @Rossweisse , forgive me, but I cant help but have a little smile as I imagine you wrangling with the radiologist. Truly impressive.

    Prayers ascending for Ross and for Robert Armin, Galilit, Sarasa's brother, and all who post or pray here.
  • Robert ArminRobert Armin Shipmate, Glory
    Well, I've had the chemo. My biggest problem however is the frozen neck I've had since Saturday; I have no move my body to look each way at junctions. Any ideas what I can do to ease it?
  • Well, I've had the chemo. My biggest problem however is the frozen neck I've had since Saturday; I have no move my body to look each way at junctions. Any ideas what I can do to ease it?

    IANAD, but here is a relevant NHS webpage

  • Robert ArminRobert Armin Shipmate, Glory
    Cameron wrote: »
    Well, I've had the chemo. My biggest problem however is the frozen neck I've had since Saturday; I have no move my body to look each way at junctions. Any ideas what I can do to ease it?

    IANAD, but here is a relevant NHS webpage

    Many thanks. Managed to get some ibuprofen today and it is helping.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    Today was mostly wasted - I was exhausted, and had to take a long nap, assisted by the FMS - but I did have a couple of glasses of red wine with my dinner, thank you very much!

    <votive> @Galilit
    <votive> @Robert Armin
  • Good kitties!
  • Robert ArminRobert Armin Shipmate, Glory
    A long nap sounds like a good way to spend the day.
  • Indeed it is, as long as it doesn't lead to a sleepless night!
    :grimace:
  • A couple of glasses of red wine sounds GOOD!
  • ...and may indeed lead to a sleepful night...
    :sleeping:
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    Yes indeed. I feel somehow certain that there's glass of same coming to my dinner table very soon.

    I won a small battle with the staff where I'm to start getting my new infusions come Monday. I was already scheduled to see my oncologist and the study coordinator on Monday afternoon; suddenly, there was a treatment appointment scheduled for Monday at 10:15. I belong to a cancer support group which meets on Monday mornings and is important to me, so I pushed for rescheduling the morning segment. I'm now going in for labs tomorrow, and everything else at noon. It's a hassle to make two trips, but it's worth it.
  • Oooo, you really are ornery. I love it. Well done you. You are the only one in a position to determine what is worth it. In French, the phrase is translated as, to find value in the trouble of it. I've always liked that - ça vaut la peine - and there are times when I let myself translate "peine" as "pain" even though that isn't strictly right as it is more like a penalty or a type of grief. Anyhow, glad to hear that you figured out how to do the activities that you are choosing to do.
  • Good for you Ross!
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    "ça vaut la peine" - I like it. Thank you!

    I get pushed around (both literally and figuratively) with depressing frequency these days. Once in a while, I have to stand up for what's important to me.
  • As always, Ross. Prayers for you & the FMttS
  • Robert ArminRobert Armin Shipmate, Glory
    That feeling of being pushed around and powerless is a familiar one. Doesn't it feel good to dig your heels in, and ask for something that is important to you?
  • Indeed, and the same applies to all with Fell Complaints. It's YOUR body.
  • MooMoo Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    That feeling of being pushed around and powerless is a familiar one. Doesn't it feel good to dig your heels in, and ask for something that is important to you?

    I remember when I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, I felt like I had been loaded on a conveyer belt. Surgery took care of the problem but I wish I had been given a few days to absorb the information.

  • After eight months of inconclusive heart tests for unusual symptoms, my very good friend A had a haemorrhage recently, and the diagnosis was basically, "Oh bugger - it's colon cancer, and there's something suspicious on the liver, too". You can imagine the shock, but the hospital has been really good since then and he's flying through it as fast as they can move him. The second MRI was today, so we're waiting for results. Prayers and curses yet again. I think I'll introduce him to the orneries - he's going to need them.
  • AmosAmos Shipmate
    Prayers ascending.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited January 2020
    Possibly prayers are needed for the Orneries, too - they're quite busy, it seems.

    Also, for the wonderfully-titled Feline (and Canine) Ministry To The Sick!
    :grin:

    /tangent alert/
    Google tells me:
    The definition of ornery is someone bad tempered or stubborn. A grumpy old man who is always looking to pick a fight is an example of someone who would be described as ornery.

    How did we arrive at the use of the word to describe (IIRC) benevolent, and comforting, flying (?) beings, possibly more akin to Angels?
    /end of tangent/
  • I thought it was because they’re ornery about cancer.
  • Yes, but they seem to have sort of...umm...evolved :flushed:
  • Yes, but they seem to have sort of...umm...evolved :flushed:

    Just like most things here then!
  • Robert ArminRobert Armin Shipmate, Glory
    Would this be the Ship of Fools if things stayed as they were?
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited January 2020
    No...
    :wink:
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    That feeling of being pushed around and powerless is a familiar one. Doesn't it feel good to dig your heels in, and ask for something that is important to you?
    Yes. (I've never seen a radiologist sulk before, so it felt like a real victory to get those two samples for research.) My liver's really hurting tonight, though. It's a good thing I'm to see the oncologist tomorrow!

  • Ouch! But well done, anyhoo...

    Felines, and Orneries - to your posts instanter, if you please!
  • OhherOhher Shipmate
    I'm afraid the Orneries may be my fault. Ross described herself as "ornery" at one point, and I commented that the word itself always sounded like a kind of bird to me (you know, ospreys, orneries, etc.) and I kept imagining a flock of them surrounding Ross and lending strength and support for her determination to live the remainder of her life on her own terms.
  • Never mind - it's a lovely image, and a New Word (or at least, a new meaning) has duly entered the English language.
    :wink:
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    Never mind - it's a lovely image, and a New Word (or at least, a new meaning) has duly entered the English language.
    :wink:

    Or at least the Ship's lexicon!

  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host, Glory
    edited January 2020
    I like the orneries, as long as they sing rather than squawk. I am grateful to @Ohher for their creation!

    I am also grateful for my own native orneriness for helping to keep me alive for this long.
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host
    Giving thanks for orneriness, singing orneries, and the FMttS!
    #teamRossweisse
    No Surrender!!!
  • DooneDoone Shipmate
    Z
    jedijudy wrote: »
    Giving thanks for orneriness, singing orneries, and the FMttS!
    #teamRossweisse
    No Surrender!!!

    Hurrah!!
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