Boy, she doesn't have much fat on her body to help her get through the
rigors of chemo. That's always a downfall to being TOO thin: nothing to
lose.
I just hope he didn't know anything about this when he dumped her. If he
did, he gets the "Pond Scum of the Year" award. :-(
Sheila
Fact of life: women will stay with men while they go through horrible
ordeals. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to leave.
My DH and I had been together only about 8 months -- six months of them in a
long distance relationship -- when I had a breast cancer scare. I initially
held off telling him, because I didn't want to saddle him with this news,
given that our relationship was so new. When I finally told him, he was
FURIOUS. He was furious that I had considered not giving him the option.
He was furious that I had so little trust in him that I thought he might
even consider not going through it with me.
Not all men would leave. I hope Lance is one of them.
Sheila
I *think* that's what happened with Laura Ingraham's fiance -- that he
dumped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
--
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Every death extinguished a world." -- President George W. Bush, 12/11/2001
....or ignore the problem. My husband (who I love dearly) decided
to change jobs right in the middle of the turmoil of our kidney
transplant, so he'd have something to think about.
Kris
Let us not forget that pig Rush Limbaugh who served divorce papers to wife's
hospital bed...
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> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:02:42 -0500, "Fragile Warrior, F'loonslayer"
>>"WhansaMi" <whan...@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> "Agent Smith" <agent...@two-blocks-on-your-left.com> wrote in
>>> message news:Xns977568A4C8826ag...@207.115.17.102...
>>>>
>>>> She sure has had a run of bad luck lately, hasn't she?
>>>
>>> I just hope he didn't know anything about this when he dumped her.
>>> If he did, he gets the "Pond Scum of the Year" award. :-(
>>
>>Fact of life: women will stay with men while they go through horrible
>>ordeals. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to leave.
>
> I *think* that's what happened with Laura Ingraham's fiance -- that he
> dumped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
I hear that the survival rate is pretty high, especially if you catch the
problem early by being diligent about annual mammograms or whatever.
Wrong pig. That was Newt Gingrich
My husband's parents told him to dump me when I went through a bad
spell -- my mother, brother and father died within a three year period
and I had a serious accident that kept me on crutches for a year and a
half and three operations. He told them to piss off. We've been
married 18 years now.
Some people are assholes.
That's so typical. Honest to god, I've watched the men around me react
to crises and it's always with an external project that requires deep
concentration.
When my brother was in the hospital for a year, my father and other sibs
developed interests to avoid the scene.
bel
>
>
>
Oh yeah. Got my swine mixed up.
YEAH really!
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Yeah. My husband, trying to "solve" the problem, asked my
daughter and I to make sure that we shared a hospital room,
because it would be too hard to have to go between both.
Then, he came to visit, fell asleep in a chair, snored (irritating
the hell out of us when we felt like crap), so we kicked him
out and told him to come back a different day ;)
Kris
>
><emerald...@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote in >>
>>
>> I *think* that's what happened with Laura Ingraham's fiance -- that he
>> dumped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
>
>
>Let us not forget that pig Rush Limbaugh who served divorce papers to wife's
>hospital bed...
>
Huh? Are you confusing him with someone else, or just making this up?
Depends on how early it's caught, as well as what type of carcinoma it
is, age, family medical history, the patient's medical history,
lifestyle, etc.
Looks like the only thing they did right was raise your husband. Good for
him for sticking with you.
Are they in your life still?
Why would you "like to think" that? Everyone knows he's a total ass.
Kris
I never did understand why people thought that someone in the hospital was
an open invitation to visit constantly. When I'm in the hospital, I'm sick.
FUCK OFF.
I don't want anyone there, ever. Come see me when I'm well or don't come
see me.
>
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:59:38 GMT, Agent Smith
> <agent...@two-blocks-on-your-left.com> wrote:
>
>>"emerald...@gmail.comNOSPAM" <emerald...@gmail.comNOSPAM>
>>wrote in news:6g41029nv7d3dj2jo...@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:02:42 -0500, "Fragile Warrior, F'loonslayer"
>>>>"WhansaMi" <whan...@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>> "Agent Smith" <agent...@two-blocks-on-your-left.com> wrote in
>>>>> message
>>>>> news:Xns977568A4C8826ag...@207.115.17.102...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> She sure has had a run of bad luck lately, hasn't she?
>>>>>
>>>>> I just hope he didn't know anything about this when he dumped her.
>>>>> If he did, he gets the "Pond Scum of the Year" award. :-(
>>>>
>>>>Fact of life: women will stay with men while they go through
>>>>horrible ordeals. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to leave.
>>>
>>> I *think* that's what happened with Laura Ingraham's fiance -- that
>>> he dumped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
>>
>>I hear that the survival rate is pretty high, especially if you catch
>>the problem early by being diligent about annual mammograms or
>>whatever.
>
> Depends on how early it's caught, as well as what type of carcinoma it
> is, age, family medical history, the patient's medical history,
> lifestyle, etc.
Not really, the survival rate is a population average, and only involves
individuals in the sense that they contribute their tiny bit to the
statistic as a whole. Compared to twenty years ago, the population
average survival rate is very high, and it has been for several years.
Just an hour ago, I heard that her cancer is minimal enough that she's
treating it with radiation only, without surgery or chemo.
Uh oh.
Hell yes. Who wants visitors when you look like crap? Really close friends
and family perhaps.
Not me, I don't want to see anyone. I consider it a place to get better. I
don't want to talk, I don't want to see you looking at me when I open my
eyes, I want to nap or wake or eat when I feel like it. Leave me alone, I'm
*SICK*. I think only terminally ill people should be allowed visitors and
then only if THEY want them.
That's true. The only visitor I allowed when I had my back surgery was my
husband.
My ex-fiancée but still very, very close friend recently died of breast
cancer at the age of 34. When she went into the hospital for the final time
after they found that it had metastasized to her brain, she wrote in her
blog and everyone she knew, via email, and I quote, "If you know me, ever
knew me or would like to know me, please come to the hospital to see me and
say "hi"" She died two days later...
Oh my gosh, that is so young.
Yes, the technology is better now, but I still stand by the statement
that survival rates (5-year and 10-year rates are the ones usually
used as benchmarks) depend on a variety of factors.
>Just an hour ago, I heard that her cancer is minimal enough that she's
>treating it with radiation only, without surgery or chemo.
I think I read that in the papers this morning. Good for her!
Right on!
Even worse: before my daughter and I went into the hospital, I
talked to my sister-in-law, and told her (nicely) that we didn't
need visitors. I was trying to keep my in-laws away, the same
people who hadn't visited our home **for two years**, even though
we live only 14 miles away. Well.....on the worst day possible,
when we're feeling like crap despite the morphine, guess what.
Here they are: the sister-in-law and both in-laws. They had
to not only drive by our home on the way, but drive another 15
miles to get to the hospital
Of course, they never visited our home afterwards. ("It's too
far!") But they had to bust ass to wake us up at the hospital,
and make us do the "happy talk" crap.
Go figure.
Kris
And ya' know, I don't blame them a bit. If you can't help during a
crisis, get TF out of the way.
It was one of the few times when my mother and I actually synched and
took care of my brother, all business, no drama. We might have scared
off everyone else, though the nurses took to hanging out in our room and
getting my brother's meds on time because mom brought homemade goodies
(smart lady.)
bel
>
>
>
That's not right. She had "minimally invasive" surgery (obviously a
lumpectomy". It says so right on her website:
http://sherylcrow.com/main/news/news.asp?newsID=18087
Kris
>On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:43:48 -0500, "E Varden" <e.va...@sympatico.ca>
>wrote:
>
>>
>><emerald...@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote in >>
>>>
>>> I *think* that's what happened with Laura Ingraham's fiance -- that he
>>> dumped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
>>
>>
>>Let us not forget that pig Rush Limbaugh who served divorce papers to wife's
>>hospital bed...
>>
>
>Huh? Are you confusing him with someone else, or just making this up?
Wasn't that Newt Gingrich ?
Good for you and your Mom. When it was important, you
did it.
I'm kinda like Shirley MacLaine screaming at the nurses
for the pain meds in Terms of Endearment ;)
Kris
I swear that telling someone NOT to come is like some overt message that
THEY MUST COME. I once told someone the time to visit was *before* my
surgery and to please not be there AFTER my surgery. Pretty fucking
straight forward and easy to grok, right? Nope. Since he didn't make it up
to see me the morning before my surgery I figured that was that. After
surgery I opened my eyes and there he was. I groaned, rolled over and told
him to get the fuck out. He had the audacity to act indignant. Dimbulb.
There's something Biblical about it, according to one of my neighbors.
She quit her job, so she could visit her fellow Mormons. "Visit the sick"
she called it. Well, hell....the UNsick would better accept company ;)
Kris
Besides, visitors commandeer the remote! :)
Yep, and that sorry episode got him drummed out of politics.
Anyone know about the options Sheryl has for chemo? Will it be IV form
or can she take the pills?
> >Wasn't that Newt Gingrich ?
>
>
>
> Yep, and that sorry episode got him drummed out of politics.
Nope...
> Anyone know about the options Sheryl has for chemo? Will it be IV form
> or can she take the pills?
Why on earth is it your business to speculate about it?
--
Best
Greg
>
>E Varden wrote:
>> <emerald...@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote in >>
>> >
>> > I *think* that's what happened with Laura Ingraham's fiance -- that he
>> > dumped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
>>
>>
>> Let us not forget that pig Rush Limbaugh who served divorce papers to wife's
>> hospital bed...
>>
>>
>> Pe
>>
>
>Wrong pig. That was Newt Gingrich
>
It probably cheered her up! LOL
I hope it turned around for you.
For me, it depended on how I was feeling. When I was in the ICU, I
kicked out my family, but once I was getting better and in a regular
room, I usually liked having visitors, because it broke up the
monotony.
>>Wasn't that Newt Gingrich ?
>
>
>
>Yep, and that sorry episode got him drummed out of politics.
Wrong as usual, Loafie.
>
>Anyone know about the options Sheryl has for chemo? Will it be IV form
>or can she take the pills?
As if you could add anything meaningful to a discussion about that?
Yes, and it wasn't as hideous as it sounds, because he and his wife
had already decided to split up, and he just stupidly brought her the
papers in the hospital, for some reason.
NO. Absolutely not. My husband sees them occasionally but I do not.
There's more to it than what I've mentioned, let's just put it that
way.
> Sometimes sh*t like that happens in bunches; in 2004 I was going
> through this horrible painful breakup with my longtime boyfriend. In
> march of that year, i was rushed into the hospital for emergency
> abdominal surgery. A few months later we separated. A month later my
> my sister was in the hospital for anemia! Not to mention that I was
> having all kinds of horriblef money problems... I lost a ton of
> weight from all the stress and the illness. It was really one of
> those monstrous years from hell. Sometimes it's just a really bad
> streak like that. It can happen to anyone....
Yep, I feel for you. It's amazing how it can happen that way. Knock
wood! *shudder*
Get on the bus, hon; this was dealt with many days ago. I confused my
swine. I meant Newt Gingrich...
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><emerald...@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
>news:e1g102t9o809psilg...@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:43:48 -0500, "E Varden" <e.va...@sympatico.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>><emerald...@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote in >>
>>>>
>>>> I *think* that's what happened with Laura Ingraham's fiance -- that he
>>>> dumped her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
>>>
>>>
>>>Let us not forget that pig Rush Limbaugh who served divorce papers to
>>>wife's
>>>hospital bed...
>>>
>>
>> Huh? Are you confusing him with someone else, or just making this up?
>
>
>Get on the bus, hon; this was dealt with many days ago. I confused my
>swine. I meant Newt Gingrich...
Gee, toots. I'm sorry that I'm not on here 24-7, as you seem to be.