Something about Nothing, come join in........ Part 3

[loribell]

2 hour delay this morning due to fog.

Way behind on everything!

Late for work!

Catch you later!

Isn't it funny how we can be late but still check in here! Be careful out Marcie.

 

[RVGal]

Why do these things happen to good people?

I wish I had an answer for that one.

 

[loribell]

I know you do. Me too.

Love ya!

 

[macraven]

Whew - its too dang early to try to play ketchup.....but I did read some.

Penny, I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts.


Wendy - I having been dealing with weight struggles for many, many years. I found out in April that part of the problem was an underactive thyroid. I started out on the lowest dose of the thyroid meds and have just recently been bumped up to the next level. I am not noticing any huge difference yet, but will give it time. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I am also here to cheer you on and be a shoulder to lean on when you are feeling temptation! I am changing my eating (and drinking) habits. Tired of the fat rolls and double chin. I could stand to lose about 60 pounds, but will settle for 30-40......so we are all in this boat together my friend!!



lori, katie, gemma, todd, mike, lawrence and anyone else out there Good Morning all!!!

Coffee pot is done and have to take the katiebean to school .... see you guys a bit later

i'm on my 3rd pot of coffee right now.
have to take off soon for a hair appointment.
snap, it takes all afternoon for me, usually around 4 hours and counting...

we should talk about thyroid tracie. i have the same thing and hashimoto condition.
my synthryod was stable until i did the weight loss. i have to be tested every 7 weeks and each time my dose gets lowered.
i have been at 2. (which is a very high number) for 7 years. doc has changed my dose constantly since last august. now down to 1.25 and boy does it effect the moods..........


ok, we'll have a club for fatties and i appointment myself president and butt kicker.
now i need someone to come kick my butt. hoping a very thin person volunteers for that job as i don't really want it to hurt me ...........


i really should change that word from fatties to eager eaters club.

At this rate I would need to drink a bath tub full a day!

I completely feel that statement!!!

MF came up with a good one!
i nominate it to be the statement of the week...

Thanks!! I know I will need kicked in the butt from time to time. . . you may very well be close enough to do it for me.

Let's assume I'm doing well . . . . unless I post otherwise. . . and I promise to post if I have a bad day so EVERYONE can kick my butt.

What you said about the amount of weight you lost last year reinforces my goal of 45 pounds before vacation. . . . minimum. . . because that's only about 3 pounds per week and that should be realistic AND attainable! No excuses!!!!

ok, if i get in my car now, i can be at your house within a few hours.

should i wear pointed shoes or just go with the boots?

 

[macraven]

Carol just called me in tears. She saw the doctor before starting her chemo treatments. The doctor said her cancer has grown significantly in the 2 weeks that she was off treatment. She is being admitted into the hospital for tests. They want to do surgery right away to get what they can of the cancer. It sounds like it is a last ditch effort to give her more time, but that there is no hope they can rid her of it.

She feels like she spent the past few months in chemo hell for nothing and I don't blame her. She is scared and I don't blame her.

Damn.

I wish there was something I could do or something I could say to make it all better. I've had hope for the past few weeks, but I feel like the rug has just been yanked out from under me again. I'm not ready to live in a world without her in it.

don't throw the towel in yet tricia. it's not over at this point.
think positive and stay strong for her and your husband.
once you get more info, you will have more to work with.

it is always a slam in the face to get upsetting news. i can understand your reaction but hang in there.
we need to talk.

Yes, we got the book. The problem that we are dealing with here is that this is cancer caused by radiation. Cancer that grows in your body because your body generates it is different (that's what she had last time) than cancer that grows in your body because it has been exposed to radiation. Most, if not all, the alternative treatments out there are for "home grown" cancer not "exposure" cancer. If that makes any sense. At least, that's what I've understood out of all the alternatives I've read up on... and I've done a LOT of reading over the past few months.

Carol called me a few minutes ago. She has been admitted to the hospital and assigned a room. They haven't taken her in for any of the zillion tests they are going to run yet. She sounded calm. I don't know yet if that is a good thing. I hope it is a "wait and see" calm and not a "resigned" calm.

i mentioned before my brother had another surgery due to the radiation he received for his first cancer. the exposure cancer can be removed effectively.

carol is probably calm now because she has you.
keep that thought.
she needs you for your strength.

have you all in my prayers

 

[macraven]

we have some homies with real burdens.
think of them today.
maybe you could drop them a line.


we take care of each other here. doesn't matter if its your first day of posting or if you're a long time homie.


penny lost her nephew unexpectedly and taking it hard. she travels for the funeral this week.
saint lawrence and mary eva had the funeral of dw grandma on saturday.
tricia going thru a rough time with carol and the cancer she has.
rose's dad is undergoing chemo for his cancer.

if there are others, i am sorry if i have over looked you.

 

[macraven]

either pm me or post on the thread if your birthday is janurary.

i have heard from penny and hers is later this month.
marcie has a jan. bd also.

if you don't want to list the date, just the month, okay with me.


i'll wait a few days and see who responds and then put up the first of the year's birthday banner congrats to the homies of the month.

 

[RVGal]

Thanks for the thoughts and hugs everybody. Mac, I'm trying to keep a positive outlook. Until somebody says there is no hope, then I have hope. I hope that makes sense. It's hard to be coherent at the moment. My thoughts are so jumbled.

Still no word from Carol. Mom is at the hospital now so that Deb can come home and pack a bag. Someone will be with Carol at all times. If they need a break, I'll get Brad's parents to watch the boys and I'll run down there. She's in a hospital in the Atlanta 'burbs, which means it takes over an hour to drive there without traffic. If you know anything about driving in Atlanta, then you'll know that means it can take 3 hours with traffic.

Anyway, Brad's birthday is January 19th. I don't know if that counts. He's a homie-by-marriage I guess.

 

[keishashadow]

sorry to hear, continued for carol & tricia (miracles do happen!), put it in God's hands & hope for the best

we're pulling for you & your family

 

[wwessing]

Carol just called me in tears. She saw the doctor before starting her chemo treatments. The doctor said her cancer has grown significantly in the 2 weeks that she was off treatment. She is being admitted into the hospital for tests. They want to do surgery right away to get what they can of the cancer. It sounds like it is a last ditch effort to give her more time, but that there is no hope they can rid her of it.

She feels like she spent the past few months in chemo hell for nothing and I don't blame her. She is scared and I don't blame her.

Damn.

I wish there was something I could do or something I could say to make it all better. I've had hope for the past few weeks, but I feel like the rug has just been yanked out from under me again. I'm not ready to live in a world without her in it.

Oh my gosh! Don't ever know the right thing to say in times like these. I can tell you that I will keep you, and Carol, in my prayers. . . which seems to always be the only thing to do.

I do understand your feeling of helplessness. . . . and sometimes there is nothing worse than that feeling. My parents have been best friends with another couple for nearly 40 years. They spend ALOT of time together, vacations, weekends, karaoke, etc. On New Years Eve, the other couple stayed home since she wasn't feeling well and my parents provided Karaoke at a party. At 4:00 in the morning, New Years Day, my parents got a call from this couple's daughter asking if they had seen the husband, which they had not. Why, my mother asked, is he missing? Yes, he has not been seen since the day before when he left in the morning to complete a small carpet repair. The couple's grown children started searching and found their father at the job site he had gone to for a small job. He was gone. . . had his staple gun in one hand and carpet knife in the other. Apparently had a massive heart attack and didn't stand a chance. He was a very, very healthy 67 year old who had more life, and light, in him that most 25 year olds I know. It was sad, and shocking and all I could do was sit there and listen to my mom cry. At the services, I really lostit when I saw their children, who were simply broken, and then I saw my dad look at me. . . a single tear rolled down his face and I had to go out to my car, with my dh, and sob forever. There is no resolution, no way to help, absolutely nothing I could do for anyone and, for me, that was the worst. I'm a nurturer, I want to help and I hate to see people hurting and sad. I don't know you, but I can feel your pain in your postings and I want to reach out to you.

I can give you this and I can promise to keep you in my prayers and please double that for Carol. I'd most like to share my strength with you both for what you have been through and what is yet to come.

Bless you.

 

[keishashadow]

Hi Janet. Alex is declawed so we need to have her declawed too. I know, it is awfully barbaric. When Alex was fixed, they did the declaw at the same time. Poor Savvy Annie will have to go under anesthesia twice now. It breaks my heart, but for a very loving home and being spoiled rotten, that's unfortunately the price she has to pay. The shelter didn't make us sign a "no declaw" agreement so we're going to do it. She's already ruining clothes as she loves to use us as a jungle gym and we're pretty scratched up right now, so I sure hope she forgives us! It does break my heart, but them's the breaks.

How was American Gladiator?! I forgot that was on! We got paid at Universal to watch previews of that, and it looked great!

my new guilty pleasure , course i'm a card-carrying hulkamaniac

Savvy Annie sounds like a rock star

 

[macraven]

my new guilty pleasure , course i'm a card-carrying hulkamaniac

Savvy Annie sounds like a rock star

you know, he was too good for linda............
soon to be ex wife.

 

[macraven]

thank you to sharon for reminding me this.

rose's dad is undergoing chemo for his cancer.

i'll add him to that page

 

[macraven]

now if i could only clear the parks like i do on this thread, i'd be sought after.


thread killer in training here.......

 

[keishashadow]

mac - and you can do it without a double stroller as a cow catcher!

think everyone's feeling sad

fyi hulk is a leo too (same bd as my ma; add him to the pot!) did you watch WWF with your DSs years ago, we used to go to watch them when they came to town. I bribed my DSs, i'll take you to watch wrestling; you will happily dress up and attend The Nutcracker @ the ballet every year.

Must've worked, oldest one cannot wait to see The Lion King next month (course it's with his wife ) i'll have to be content with the show @ AK

 

[macraven]

mac - and you can do it without a double stroller as a cow catcher!

think everyone's feeling sad

did you watch WWF with your DSs years ago, we used to go to watch them when they came to town. I bribed my DSs, i'll take you to watch wrestling; you will happily dress up and attend The Nutcracker @ the ballet every year.

Must've worked, oldest one cannot wait to see The Lion King next month (course it's with his wife ) i'll have to be content with the show @ AK

i know everyone is sad today.
i was hoping to lift the mood.............hey, where's marcie with the videos? that'll work


watch with THEM???????

heck, they watched with ME.

i loved the WWE, WEW, EWE, WWF and all of them.

yes, i have seen matches.
one son in high school worked the wrestling cart at the mall for the owner of ECW when it started out.

you should see some of the crap he got from it all........
makes me green



tricia, be sure to give us the update on carol when you find out.


penny leaves for the funeral this week.
this is hitting her very hard. hang in there homie, sending you

 

[wwessing]

Hey Mac! We are just waiting for more of your wonderful words of wisdom!

It's storming super bad here. . . who's heard of a thunder storm and tornados in January in Illinois???? Guess it goes along with the 68 degress shirt-sleeves weather my kids have enjoyed so very much the last couple of days. We are under some severe storm warnings and tornado watches.

Or big, 100 pound golden retriever is a giant scaredy cat! It's not funny, but it is. . . ya know? He tries to hide in our walk in closet when he hears rain and if there is thunder. . . forget it! He just got closed in "his" room with the tv on Animal Planet because he is totally out of control. . .trying to dig through the carpet, jumping on everyone, running around and trying to get up on the storage tubs lining my closet floor . . . he even dug the clothes out of the laundry basket trying to get in it. . . now that's funny He is HUGE and trying to get in the laundry basket in my closet. Poor scaredy dog, he got treats and one of my dd's is sitting with him watching tv in his room. He wants my dh to sit with him, but dh is busy doing homework with dd11, so he got banished from the room since he is distracting dd.

Ok enough about my dog. . . our rabbit isn't scared! He's sitting in his cage watching the scaredy dog run around. I think he's laughing. . . .

DH says I need to shut down my computer because this storm is huge and it's getting worse and he wants me to get everyone ready for shelter if necessary.

Check in later. . . .

 

[keishashadow]

laughter is the best medicine

i would've been in heaven working a wrestling cart, still have boxes full of goodies & all their old dolls...i mean "action figures"

w - batten down the hatches, rough weather ahead - good luck! i hate storms

 

[AlexandNessa]

we have some homies with real burdens.
think of them today.
maybe you could drop them a line.


we take care of each other here. doesn't matter if its your first day of posting or if you're a long time homie.


penny lost her nephew unexpectedly and taking it hard. she travels for the funeral this week.
saint lawrence and mary eva had the funeral of dw grandma on saturday.
tricia going thru a rough time with carol and the cancer she has.
rose's dad is undergoing chemo for his cancer.

if there are others, i am sorry if i have over looked you.

Lawrence, I am so sorry about DW's grandmother. I must've missed that being a lazy schlub and not doing the proper catching up. Prayers to you and your family.

Prayers to all the homies, whether you need it now or not.

 

[macraven]

laughter is the best medicine

i would've been in heaven working a wrestling cart, still have boxes full of goodies & all their old dolls...i mean "action figures"

w - batten down the hatches, rough weather ahead - good luck! i hate storms

i have all the ECW action figures.
and the masks which a few are autographed.....
i have a lot of crap on wrestling.

i still love it

Hey Mac! We are just waiting for more of your wonderful words of wisdom!

It's storming super bad here. . . who's heard of a thunder storm and tornados in January in Illinois???? Guess it goes along with the 68 degress shirt-sleeves weather my kids have enjoyed so very much the last couple of days. We are under some severe storm warnings and tornado watches.


Check in later. . . .

you are close to auburn/spfld, right?
they are getting hit hard now with the storm. a lot of power outages.

on the weather channel, i just saw the destruction of the tornado that went thru kenosha county. where it hit is maybe 20 minute drive from my place.

always get the tornadoes when the weather gets weird up here.