My latest scan

CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.

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"...by March 2000, President Clinton informed Congress he could no longer
certify that 'North Korea is not seeking to develop or acquire the capability
to enrich uranium.'"
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/northkorea/nuclear.html>

clifto wrote:
> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.
>
Congratulations!!!!!!!

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

clifto said...
> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.
>
Whoohoo!

(I've just discovered that that word is a euphamism for sex in some
areas. To me it just means 'hooray' - but hooray sounds so unbelievably
tame that I'm going to stick with whoohoo. Of course, if you want to
interpret it in any other way I can't stop you... <g>)

--
Em

Janet Wilder said...
> clifto wrote:
> > CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.
> >
> Congratulations!!!!!!!
>
How're you doing, Janet?

--
Em

Emily wrote:

> Janet Wilder said...
>
>>clifto wrote:
>>
>>>CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.
>>>
>>
>>Congratulations!!!!!!!
>>
>
> How're you doing, Janet?
>

Hanging in there. Still waiting for the mouth sores to heal. Still not
tasting much of anything. I have found some things I can eat and have
started eating more solids. Kraft Easy Mac and Cheese is one of them.
Hoping the calories will help keep my weight up. Haven't given up my Boost.

I have an appointment with the ENT next week to check the sores. We'll
be in Houston to see the RO, the Onco-dentist and the gastro surgeon in
mid-November. Thinking of calling local County Health and getting a flu
shot. Haven't had one since I was a kid, but I think my immune system
has probably taken a hit and I should. Anyone have any thoughts???

The open wound is closing nicely. I'm truly amazed at the capabilities
of the human anatomy. What was several inches deep when they opened it
is down to less than half an inch deep. I'm slowly regaining strength
and have been trying to get the weeds out of the landscaping one small
section at a time each day.

I went to the local writers' club (professional and amateur) meeting on
Saturday (DH drove me). We are publishing a book next month and I'm
proud to have a story and a poem in it. It's called "Tales Told at
Midnight in The Rio Grande Valley" and it's ghost stories and
supernatural themed stuff that's set in this location. Some is based on
local lore. My story is based on a newspaper clipping about a local
museum being haunted. We are going to do public readings and book
signings. I'm excited about it. It has bouyed my spirits.

I'd like to get out more, but I'm so self conscious of the ostomy bag.
DH says no one can see it because I'm wearing baggy clothes. (I lost
over 20 pounds since the surgery. Everything is baggy) I'm just insecure
about it. I am worried that I'll poop in it and I'll stink, though I
don't seem to go during the day. (Sorry if this was too yucky)

I'm thinking of doing some shopping and buying some of those tops like
the teenagers wear that almost look like maternity tops. They would hide
the outline of the top of the bag.

Taking care of the wound and the ostomy is very time consuming but I
don't have much else to do.

I'm hoping that the gastro surgeon will give me a close date to put me
back together. I know the ostomy probably saved my life, but I don't
like it. My body has been tampered with too much and I feel violated.
I'm sure a lot of you feel the same way.

So other than being slightly crazy and behind in gardening tasks, I'm
doing much better, thank you. <g>

Janet

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Flu shot you should get. It is recommended for people in active treatment.

As far as the ostomy bag, Have you tried wear was high underpants to secure
the ostomy? I am sure nobody would even know but if you output is lower in
the am then try to schedule activities then. Hopefully you will get the ok
to be re-hitched. Alex

"clifto" wrote :
> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be
> there.
>
Yaba Daba Doo, Clif-too
(don't think that has any sexual meaning in any other country)

Marsha (always searching for new joyful vocabulary)

Janet Wilder said...
> I'm hoping that the gastro surgeon will give me a close date to put me
> back together. I know the ostomy probably saved my life, but I don't
> like it. My body has been tampered with too much and I feel violated.
> I'm sure a lot of you feel the same way.

I can understand your dislike of it, even if it was a life saver. I
wouldn't want it either.

> So other than being slightly crazy and behind in gardening tasks, I'm
> doing much better, thank you. <g>
>
You're sounding a lot more chirpy than you were - hopefully there's some
light at the end of the tunnel now. My mother had an appointment the
other day and reports that they are "very pleased" with her. She's
still using the food supplements for nutrition but is getting better
daily with the things she can actually manage to eat.

It can be done Janet, honestly it can. Not long to go now and you'll be
fine I'm sure.

{{{{Hugs}}}} - and some extra {{{{hugs}}}} for that gorgeous little
granddaughter of yours. How's she doing? Has she settled in to her new
family?

--
Em

Emily wrote:

>
> {{{{Hugs}}}} - and some extra {{{{hugs}}}} for that gorgeous little
> granddaughter of yours. How's she doing? Has she settled in to her new
> family?
>

She's remarkable! Completely settled in. Made a life-long slave of the
Bichon who was, until Marcella's arrival, the "only child." My son and
DIL are thrilled with her. My daughter, the new aunt, reports that she's
a wonderful baby and that DIL is a great mom. Mom works at a day care
school so Marcella goes to baby day care with her. She's just taken the
changes in stride. She's eating some solid foods now and is thriving. My
son puts her on the phone and she laughs for me. It warms my heart so. I
can't wait for them to come and visit. I have to get them a digital camera!

Hugs to your Mum from me and hugs to you, too.

Janet
--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

>I have an appointment with the ENT next week to check the sores. We'll
>be in Houston to see the RO, the Onco-dentist and the gastro surgeon in
>mid-November. Thinking of calling local County Health and getting a flu
>shot. Haven't had one since I was a kid, but I think my immune system
>has probably taken a hit and I should. Anyone have any thoughts???

Iffy proposition. If your immune system doesn't work well, it won't
produce antibodies as a result of the immunization. In the short
term, get a prescription for Tamiflu.

From blood counts, your Dr. should be able to give you a good idea of
the state of your immune system. Ask him about flu shots.

To be honest flu shots are a crap shoot. A decision is made in the
spring about what the likely flu strains will be in the fall and
winter. If they guess right, it works well. If they guess wrong, and
the flu that propogates isn't one of the strains they guessed, the
vaccine is not especially effective.
>

Janet Wilder said...
> Emily wrote:
>
> >
> > {{{{Hugs}}}} - and some extra {{{{hugs}}}} for that gorgeous little
> > granddaughter of yours. How's she doing? Has she settled in to her new
> > family?
> >
>
> She's remarkable! Completely settled in. Made a life-long slave of the
> Bichon who was, until Marcella's arrival, the "only child." My son and
> DIL are thrilled with her. My daughter, the new aunt, reports that she's
> a wonderful baby and that DIL is a great mom. Mom works at a day care
> school so Marcella goes to baby day care with her. She's just taken the
> changes in stride. She's eating some solid foods now and is thriving. My
> son puts her on the phone and she laughs for me. It warms my heart so. I
> can't wait for them to come and visit. I have to get them a digital camera!
>
> Hugs to your Mum from me and hugs to you, too.
>
Oh Janet, she sounds wonderful! Children, especially young children,
are so resilient, aren't they.

<Very off topic aside, but it's close to home today>

Having said that, today has been rather horrible here in the
south Wales valleys. It's the 40th anniversary of the most ghastly
mining-related disaster we've ever had, and there's a very small
generation of people around my age who will never recover from it
completely. They are the ones who survived.

I don't know why I'm telling you all this, except that when I lived in
Cardiff one of my friends was a survivor from Aberfan. 30 years on she
still hadn't recovered; I don't know whether she has yet, 10 years
later.

http://www.red-dragon-wales.com/Spec...es/Aberfan.htm

There's a link to http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/chap1.htm
from that page. It's harrowing stuff. Sorry.

--
Em, feeling sad today - remembering seeing the disaster unfold on the
evening news all those years ago, never thinking that one day I'd live
near Aberfan.

matt weber said...
> To be honest flu shots are a crap shoot.
>
A friend of mine was rather ill a few years back *because* of the 'flu
jab. I'd be inclined to ask a doctor (one who knows you and knows about
the effects the various drugs have on the immune system) before going
ahead with the jab.

--
Em

"Emily" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fa49b09fd328cf198bfe3@news.individual.ne t...
> Janet Wilder said...
>> Emily wrote:
>
> I don't know why I'm telling you all this, except that when I lived in
> Cardiff one of my friends was a survivor from Aberfan. 30 years on she
> still hadn't recovered; I don't know whether she has yet, 10 years
> later.
>
> http://www.red-dragon-wales.com/Spec...es/Aberfan.htm
>
> There's a link to http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/politics/aberfan/chap1.htm
> from that page. It's harrowing stuff. Sorry.
>
> --
> Em, feeling sad today - remembering seeing the disaster unfold on the
> evening news all those years ago, never thinking that one day I'd live
> near Aberfan.
>
>
Sending Auntie Em a few heartfelt Warm Hugs (I saw the newsclipof the
disaster) and a few chocolate scrapings from my chin.

Alayne

--

BetsyB

"Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:453935a8$0$1745$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> Emily wrote:
>
>> Janet Wilder said...
>>
>>>clifto wrote:
>>>
>>>>CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be
>>>>there.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Congratulations!!!!!!!
>>>
>>
>> How're you doing, Janet?
>>
>
> Hanging in there. Still waiting for the mouth sores to heal. Still not
> tasting much of anything. I have found some things I can eat and have
> started eating more solids. Kraft Easy Mac and Cheese is one of them.
> Hoping the calories will help keep my weight up. Haven't given up my
> Boost.
>
> I have an appointment with the ENT next week to check the sores. We'll be
> in Houston to see the RO, the Onco-dentist and the gastro surgeon in
> mid-November. Thinking of calling local County Health and getting a flu
> shot. Haven't had one since I was a kid, but I think my immune system has
> probably taken a hit and I should. Anyone have any thoughts???
>
> The open wound is closing nicely. I'm truly amazed at the capabilities of
> the human anatomy. What was several inches deep when they opened it is
> down to less than half an inch deep. I'm slowly regaining strength and
> have been trying to get the weeds out of the landscaping one small section
> at a time each day.
>
> I went to the local writers' club (professional and amateur) meeting on
> Saturday (DH drove me). We are publishing a book next month and I'm proud
> to have a story and a poem in it. It's called "Tales Told at Midnight in
> The Rio Grande Valley" and it's ghost stories and supernatural themed
> stuff that's set in this location. Some is based on local lore. My story
> is based on a newspaper clipping about a local museum being haunted. We
> are going to do public readings and book signings. I'm excited about it.
> It has bouyed my spirits.
>
> I'd like to get out more, but I'm so self conscious of the ostomy bag. DH
> says no one can see it because I'm wearing baggy clothes. (I lost over 20
> pounds since the surgery. Everything is baggy) I'm just insecure about it.
> I am worried that I'll poop in it and I'll stink, though I don't seem to
> go during the day. (Sorry if this was too yucky)
>
> I'm thinking of doing some shopping and buying some of those tops like the
> teenagers wear that almost look like maternity tops. They would hide the
> outline of the top of the bag.
>
> Taking care of the wound and the ostomy is very time consuming but I don't
> have much else to do.
>
> I'm hoping that the gastro surgeon will give me a close date to put me
> back together. I know the ostomy probably saved my life, but I don't like
> it. My body has been tampered with too much and I feel violated. I'm sure
> a lot of you feel the same way.
>
> So other than being slightly crazy and behind in gardening tasks, I'm
> doing much better, thank you. <g>
>
> Janet
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life

Poor Janet, violated and not even kissed beforehand. Sound so much better
lady!! Good to be home I hate Florida.

Betsy

clifto wrote:

> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.
>
Good to hear our are doing well.
now, quit the damned smoking.

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DLU wrote:
> clifto wrote:
>> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.
>>
> Good to hear our are doing well.
> now, quit the damned smoking.

Did that a while back. That may be a large part of why my taste has changed
so badly; the last time I quit (for eleven whole days!), in the eighties,
everything -- EVERYTHING -- tasted like excrement, literally. As a result
I ate next to nothing, five or six hundred calories a day, and gained 13
pounds in the 11 days. As of now, very few things taste the way I
remember them. I'm sure the radiation had something to do with it, but
judging by the radical change in taste from cessation alone I'd blame
90% of it on quitting.

--
"...by March 2000, President Clinton informed Congress he could no longer
certify that 'North Korea is not seeking to develop or acquire the capability
to enrich uranium.'"
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/northkorea/nuclear.html>

clifto wrote:

> DLU wrote:
>
>>clifto wrote:
>>
>>>CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be there.
>>>
>>
>>Good to hear our are doing well.
>>now, quit the damned smoking.
>
>
> Did that a while back. That may be a large part of why my taste has changed
> so badly; the last time I quit (for eleven whole days!), in the eighties,
> everything -- EVERYTHING -- tasted like excrement, literally. As a result
> I ate next to nothing, five or six hundred calories a day, and gained 13
> pounds in the 11 days. As of now, very few things taste the way I
> remember them. I'm sure the radiation had something to do with it, but
> judging by the radical change in taste from cessation alone I'd blame
> 90% of it on quitting.
>

Did you take any drugs while you were quitting? Specifically
anti-depressants? They can alter your taste.

Radiation knocked out my taste buds. Can't hardly taste anything except
sometimes on the very first taste.

As for metabolism, it takes years for it to get back to where it was
when you were smoking. I know this as a fact. I, too, had to cut my
calorie consumption way down in order to lose weight.

Since the ostomy surgery and 2 weeks in the hospital, I am needing over
1,000 calories to keep my weight at a paltry 106. If I didn't have a
bump in front of my tummy from the ostomy, I'd look like one of those
starving models <g> (apologies to other lands. I can't do stones or kilos)

Don't start smoking again. It isn't worth it. Be a little chubby and
healthy and happy.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

clifto wrote:

> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be
> there.
>

This is the same man who chickened out of radiation the first time?
Congratulations. Does it seem like ancient history yet?

Went to the Oncologists today - routine checkup. All the nurses and vampires
made a big fuss over me... made me realize how much I missed them.

--

BetsyB

"Chris Ness" <mness215@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:dNKdncaq7rY7p6DYnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> clifto wrote:
>
>> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be
>> there.
>>
>
> This is the same man who chickened out of radiation the first time?
> Congratulations. Does it seem like ancient history yet?
>
> Went to the Oncologists today - routine checkup. All the nurses and
> vampires
> made a big fuss over me... made me realize how much I missed them.

Funny how important this group that adopted us without question, is . Gotta
love em!!

Betsy

Alayne said...
>
> > Em, feeling sad today - remembering seeing the disaster unfold on the
> > evening news all those years ago, never thinking that one day I'd live
> > near Aberfan.
> >
> >
> Sending Auntie Em a few heartfelt Warm Hugs (I saw the newsclipof the
> disaster) and a few chocolate scrapings from my chin.
>
Thanks. It was a bit grim in the valleys what with the rain and all the
memories floating about. I felt profoundly thankful that I don't have a
TV - although I'd have found all the documentaries interesting it's a
bit close to home here and in the main valleys people don't move around
in the same way as London-born folk do. Most of the over-45s here were
here at the time it happened and there were still mines open locally. I
get the impression that although it was a couple of valleys away it
might just as well have been anywhere in the south Wales coal field.
Everyone seems to see it as 'their' tragedy.

And now for something completely different, to lighten the mood a
little. Do you need a new mobile phone? Do you want something eye-
catching and 'different'? Do you occasionally hanker after the 'good
old days'? You need one of these....
http://www.firebox.com/?dir=firebox&...oduct&pid=1044

--
Em, glad of the giggle

Emily wrote:

> Thanks. It was a bit grim in the valleys what with the rain and all the
> memories floating about. I felt profoundly thankful that I don't have a
> TV - although I'd have found all the documentaries interesting it's a
> bit close to home here and in the main valleys people don't move around
> in the same way as London-born folk do. Most of the over-45s here were
> here at the time it happened and there were still mines open locally. I
> get the impression that although it was a couple of valleys away it
> might just as well have been anywhere in the south Wales coal field.
> Everyone seems to see it as 'their' tragedy.

I have friends that grew up in coal mining towns in the US. They all
have similar stories. I completely understand.

I've seen Wales only on TV and it is so beautiful. Someday I hope to
take an RV (caravan) tour through the British Isles and get to see the
countryside that most tourists don't see.
>
> And now for something completely different, to lighten the mood a
> little. Do you need a new mobile phone? Do you want something eye-
> catching and 'different'? Do you occasionally hanker after the 'good
> old days'? You need one of these....
> http://www.firebox.com/?dir=firebox&...oduct&pid=1044
>
My DH would have loved one of those! Our first mobile phone was one of
those bulky bag phones and it had a regular receiver. It took him a
while to get used to the little cell phones. He still hasn't figured out
how to retrieve voice mail and we've had the same service for over 6
years! He's not dumb (PhD in education). We call it technologically
challenged. <g>

Cheer up and have a great day, Em.

Hugs from deep in the heart of Texas,
Janet

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Janet Wilder" <kelliepoodle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:453d609c$0$27224$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> Emily wrote:
>
>> Thanks. It was a bit grim in the valleys what with the rain and all the
>> memories floating about. I felt profoundly thankful that I don't have a
>> TV - although I'd have found all the documentaries interesting it's a bit
>> close to home here and in the main valleys people don't move around in
>> the same way as London-born folk do. Most of the over-45s here were here
>> at the time it happened and there were still mines open locally. I get
>> the impression that although it was a couple of valleys away it might
>> just as well have been anywhere in the south Wales coal field. Everyone
>> seems to see it as 'their' tragedy.
>
> I have friends that grew up in coal mining towns in the US. They all have
> similar stories. I completely understand.
>
> I've seen Wales only on TV and it is so beautiful. Someday I hope to take
> an RV (caravan) tour through the British Isles and get to see the
> countryside that most tourists don't see.
>>


Never mind the caravan, Janet. Most of the small roads and mountain roads
aren't really up to it.
Get a comfy car and stay in pubs

Janet Wilder said...
> I've seen Wales only on TV and it is so beautiful. Someday I hope to
> take an RV (caravan) tour through the British Isles and get to see the
> countryside that most tourists don't see.
>
Um. Most of our roads won't easily take an RV. Most of our roads won't
easily take a small tow-along caravan. They're not wide enough and
they're not straight enough. Save yourself the hassle and get a couple
of decent suitcases; hire a small car this side of the Pond; arm
yourself with a list of B&Bs (Bed 'n' Breakfast) and Inns (pubs offering
accommodation) and see the UK /properly/, from the sort of perspective
that's only possible with the smallest vehicle you can yet away with.
Oh, and make sure you have sensible footwear. The best bits of the UK
aren't anywhere near tracks, never mind roads.

Open invitation here by the way - just let me know in good time to
exhume some floor and a bed.

--
Em

Chris Ness wrote:
> clifto wrote:
>> CT with contrast last Friday. No one sees anything that shouldn't be
>> there.
>
> This is the same man who chickened out of radiation the first time?
> Congratulations. Does it seem like ancient history yet?

Actually, I was a little edgy through this scan too. I only took 2mg of
Xanax, figuring I hadn't had any in a long time, and it wasn't enough.
But I made it.

--
"...by March 2000, President Clinton informed Congress he could no longer
certify that 'North Korea is not seeking to develop or acquire the capability
to enrich uranium.'"
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/northkorea/nuclear.html>

I understand the old flu vaccine was from live....and thus could make
one sick, aothough not deadly ill. Today's vaccines except for the
nasal spray are not live, and can do no harm. I believe it is worth
it to take the shot. Especially is you have a challenged immune
system. The nasal spray is from love and can make one sick. That is
important to know.