How Do You Feel Today? v4

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:07 pm

I read the article Cag posted the link for....

Oh my cagbro! How horrible.

Post by **lucimay** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:27 pm

Yep what everybody else said Cag.
i'll be thinkin of ya and lighting my 3rd good mojo candle of the day for ya.
hugs

Post by **Savor Dam** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:47 pm

I, too, clicked through and read the linked article. Having endured a Foley catheter for a week in 1992 (when I went from having a colon to only a semicolon), I had to cringe.

However, this bit near the end was agreeably true.

There is always whiskey...

Post by **StevieG** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:22 pm

Nice to see you around Io

and everyone else of course!

Hey Cag, that link was both horrific and hilarious at the same time. I found I was laughing most of the way through (but it was a sympathetic laugh...)

I don't have much experience, but it seems like 4 months from your first pain, to now, is a long time for doctors etc to actually find the cancer. Come to think of it, it took quite a while for my brother's to be discovered from the first symptoms, so maybe that's normal-ish.

Post by **Cagliostro** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:39 pm

Savor Dam wrote:I, too, clicked through and read the linked article. Having endured a Foley catheter for a week in 1992 (when I went from having a colon to only a semicolon), I had to cringe.

What he left out is that you are told not to tense up or it will be worse. Thankfully I had been through birthing classes so I basically clutched my chest, tried to relax my penis, and just breathed through it. Those were some damn long 30 seconds. The doc was talking through it the whole way and said I could watch the screen if I wanted to. I think I managed a strangled "no........" to that suggestion. And then it was over. I don't remember the urine being that painful - just the greyish green color that came out made me extra uncomfortable. Think of when about 20 years ago when you'd mix all of the Paas egg dye together, and you'd get this horrible greenish ick color.
I was blissfully unaware of what I was getting into before I did it, so it all came as a horrible surprise. This time, I'll know exactly what I'm getting into, and will hate it.

And yes, Iolanthe, of course I remember you with great fondness. Glad to see you back for a visit!

Avatar wrote:Also, if you blog that shit, paragraph breaks.

I was up late and everything was coming out pretty disjointed. I wanted to give an edit pass to it, but I had to get my ass to bed. Now that I look at it, I was definitely rambling, with many bits cut here and there (mainly grumblings about doctors), and such.

So I had the endoscopy today. The nurses were weird, and led me to many confusing moments, but thankfully the doctor knew exactly what to do and put me at ease that he knew what was going on. The good news, I guess, is that it isn't primarily pancreatic or esophageal cancer, which I hear are very awful. Mainly it seemed to be lymph nodes in the area that maybe lit things up in the PET, and he didn't feel it was even worth puncturing the pancreas to get a biopsy, which in a small amount of cases can lead to internal bleeding that doesn't stop, so I am happy that was ruled out. I have a sore throat now, and am happyish about the result, other than that we still don't know.
Right now, the biggest suspects in the Batman Investigations is The Bladder and the return of Thyroid Cancer; a baddie I thought safely was in Arkham Asylum.

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:22 am

The not knowing sucks, though it's good that they're ruling stuff out.

It took doctors six months to diagnose me with an autoimmune condition that my family has extensive history of, because they kept trying to insist that I didn't have nearly enough of the correct symptoms.

Your doctor seems competent, but I will say from personal experience that doctors don't always know as much as they think they know. Don't hesitate to argue or ask for a second opinion if something doesn't feel right. They have the training, but they aren't living in your body.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:12 am

Sorus wrote:Your doctor seems competent, but I will say from personal experience that doctors don't always know as much as they think they know. Don't hesitate to argue or ask for a second opinion if something doesn't feel right. They have the training, but they aren't living in your body.

^this^
Can not emphasize this enough.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:13 am

Io! 'Bout time you crawled out of the woodwork.

Clearly more of us will have to get terrible medical conditions if we want MIA Watchers to come back huh?

Well, it's Friday, for what it's worth, although these days I think that's not much.

Ah well...Ce la vie, right?

--A

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Apr 18, 2020 2:35 am

Cags - you are in our prayers. I'm sorry
This happened. And I pray they figure it out.

Julie fell in Tuesday, breaking her arm. Two
Fractures up near her left shoulder. No surgery
And no cast. She us in agony. I stayed home
This week with her but return on sunday.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:39 pm

sgt.null wrote:Cags - you are in our prayers. I'm sorry
This happened. And I pray they figure it out.

Julie fell in Tuesday, breaking her arm. Two
Fractures up near her left shoulder. No surgery
And no cast. She us in agony. I stayed home
This week with her but return on sunday.

So sorry about both misfortunes.

We're having a quiet Sunday. A guy came to cut the hair of the males in the compound. Stag of the dawn found a local guy who can cut white person hair, a rarity. (Yes, it actually is very different.) I'm reading The Time Traveler's Wife, just the tone of book I needed right now. (The last couple of books I've read were really violent thrillers.)

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:44 pm

Cagliostro wrote: So thank you again everyone, and I'll try to be around as long as possible. It all seems so surreal sometimes.

Post by **Rigel** » Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:42 pm

Oh shit, I grabbed a drink before I logged on the Watch, and now I'm feeling all maudlin.

Cag, I cannot offer any words that will take away the pain of what you are going through. I can only say that we are here for you if you need us.

Website · Post by **Khaliban** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:08 am

Crazy Sexy Cancer

I saw this on TLC around the time my cousin was diagnosed. It won't cure you, but it might lift your spirits a little.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:24 am

I feel cranky.

In order to keep up with my work, I have to access the internet when everyone else in Africa is asleep. So I got up at 2:30 and have been at work for 3 hours and I'm ready to hit the pillows again. Mrrmmpph.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:12 am

Yeah, I'm a bit over this lock-down thing myself...

--A

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:55 am

Sorus wrote:And Halloween is vastly superior to Easter, though Easter does have some good candy. (Never actually celebrated the meaningful parts of Easter as the side of the family that raised me is Jewish, but chocolate bunnies...)

The malted mil eggs and the chocolate bunnies bring back fond memories, but I really don't like those nasty Peeps marshmallow candy...awful stuff!

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:59 am

Wishing you strength, power, comfort, and most of all a very positive outcome on your adrenal carcinoma situation, Cagliostro! I know we didn't talk together a lot when we were both at Elohimfest 2014, but I remember you as an upbeat, fun-loving person, very enjoy able to be around! Sometimes I was thinking that the party followed you around! Thinking of you, and trying to send positive energy your way!!

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:13 am

Cagliostro wrote:Two of the worst things I have endured in my life I get to revisit this week. I have a cytoscope planned for Monday and the biopsy Tuesday. The endoscopy tomorrow is a piece of cake, as I get to sleep through it and wake up with a little soreness in my throat.

Pleas DO be around as long as possible, Cags, and thank you for the update on your situation. I hope those tests went smoothly for you!

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:14 am

sgt.null wrote:Cags - you are in our prayers. I'm sorry
This happened. And I pray they figure it out.

Julie fell in Tuesday, breaking her arm. Two
Fractures up near her left shoulder. No surgery
And no cast. She us in agony. I stayed home
This week with her but return on sunday.

Hope she feels better really soon, sarge!

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:29 am

Avatar wrote:Yeah, I'm a bit over this lock-down thing myself...

--A

I'm still sneaking out and hiking trails in the desert during times of the week when few are using them. And, when somebody comes along on one of those trails, I step off the trails and give other humans a wide berth, while trying to be careful not to step on any rattlesnakes hiding on the ground while I'm avoiding being physically close to people. (I have always believed in social distancing when it comes to me and those rattlesnakes!)

One thing this COVID-19 pandemic has changed about me, is that I'm fine with not shaking hands with people anymore!

There's other ways to project friendliness besides shaking hands, after all! Say, maybe I'll just kiss everybody!

If that isn't a good alternative, then I can just give the "I'm listening to great heavy metal music" sign to everyone!

Or maybe, from now on, just a simple "wave" will do!

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How Do You Feel Today? v4