....why don't you jack it in, drive up here and come to Canada with us this weekend...looks like there'll be two spare seats in the car :rolleyes:

My job, my finances...everything. I'm so freaking depressed I wish this window opened. :(

Always wanted to go to Canada. :o

Good job it doesn't...

And ask for and fill the Rx for percosets.

My endo told me that less than 20% of people have an extra root canal in their tooth. I've had 2 root canals done, and I've hit the unlucky lottery on both - they had the extra canal.

How far to Monster's place from your place?

Just a couple, four, hours?

Yeah, can't get away just now but I am going up there sometime.

casi, I think you read my mind. :)

Couple Hours. But ya gotta getta enhanced oojimacallit. or a passport.

No, they still haven't arrived. :mad:

Yes I have no passport, I have no passport today.

You still don't have yours? WTF?

I know. I wrote a pome to fsm then the doorbell rang and I was all touched by noodly goodness and then it wasn't the passports so now I'm thinking of converting to toastaism. :(

I don't have favourite children of course, but if I did, one of them would certainly be Tennant.
He's a friend of Tiger's and is often smiley, very resiliant, and when he's not he's solemn in a world weary way which is very droll. Oh he has a good sense of humour too - for his age.

I knew he was off at the end of last week because his mother was in hospital.
Found out this morning it was cancer.
Thyroid cancer.
She's had surgery and they think they have removed all the affected area, but of course she has to wait and see now.

Tennent spent most of the lunchbreak with me just watching the others playing football.
He seemed happy enough, but he's usually quite a rough and tumble little lad.

FUCK cancer.

Thyroid cancer is one of the most treatable. Whip it out, a little radioative iodine, game over. Something like 97% survival rate.

I know, but I heard she had the whole thyroid removed, which could mean it's one of the more aggressive versions.
Fingers crossed.

Indeed, but she'll be fine. They like to remove the whole thyroid to be safe

Humans will let you down, but toast never will.
http://blog.swallowingseattle.com/wp...sus-toast2.jpg

Nah Sundae, they're removing my whole thyroid JUST IN CASE. Thats the odd thing about some thyroid cancers, you can't actually just do a test to see if its cancer before you remove it. You have to remove at least the lobe with the abnormality in order to biopsy and find out. Removing just the abnormality tends to have more complications than removing the whole lobe believe it or not. In addition to that, depending on the condition of the other lobe, they just take that one too. Thyroid cancers are usually contained in with in the thyroid, not much worry about it spreading. She just has to take a simple (and cheap even here in the US) synthetic hormone to regulate.

It's $4 a month for a generic brand. My mom has been taking a pill daily for the last, oh I don't know, 23 years or so longer.

My mom just told me our insurance is changing to a whole different company on May 1. My thyroid surgery is supposed to be May 17. I had less than $800 left to meet my deductible, have a surgeon and everything planned out. She didn't give me any more information either which pisses me off. When the hell did she find this out?

That totally sucks. When we switched insurance here at work a year ago, people were told that if they were undergoing treatment for a specific isolated medical issue, they could be grandfathered in to the old insurance until that specific issue was taken care of. (Chronic long term problems excluded.) It's worth checking to see if since you have a surgery scheduled, you might be able to continue with the old insurance until that surgery is performed.

Sheesh, mtp...I'm sorry such a stressful thing is made even more stressful. Insurance...what a crock. :(

If you can, make a definite date so you DO get there.

I can't make a def. date, but probably early summer. Thanks casi.

Today: I don't get it. Is my whole world just a big meaningless fantasy? There doesn't seem to be any purpose, and I don't seem to have a place. I ask for what I need, I don't demand or beg, I'm honest...where does that get you, when it's all just hanging by a thread and in the back of your mind is always the fear that there will be that one 'snip' and lots of laughter as I fall so fucking far down that getting back up may seem impossible.

What am I, a giant social experiment? A topic of philosophical blathering? Just another tick on the post? Is any of it real? Does honesty count for anything? Anything at all?

I feel your pain, IM.

I just handled a phone call and I wasn't at my best. I feel sort of sick over it. But what can I do? I have five doctors all lined up every month for money and I only have so much money to go around. I'd LOVE to pay these people off - but, short of wiinning the lottery...I keep chipping away at the cancer bills but they never seem to get any smaller.

Sigh.

They save your life and then your life ain't worth a plug nickel. :(

I am really irritable at the moment. No reason. Not 'unhappy' or upset as such...but my temper feels like it is on a hair trigger. I can veer from chilled out and happy to completely wound up in 60 seconds flat, and then that's it, mind racing, thoughts churning. Over really silly shit as well.

You need to go pet your puppy.

For Bri :flower:

And I agree with HLJ, Dana, give Pilau a big old hug! My Gaines sure cheered me up today. :)

It's kind of upsetting me, but also mildly irritating. It comes and goes.

I ate too much chickpea curry yesterday, and the outcome overnight and today is that I can't stop farting, and BOY do they STINK!

I'm never doing that again!

Hahahahaha! They're garbanzo BEANS. But you just reminded me that my discovery of a new work cafe offering of hummus (the garlic) and pretzels might not be good for my breath or the end that does the windy thing. :lol:

I suppose curry would exacerbate that effect.

... Is that what they call it these days?

:)

mtp - sorry to hear about your thyroid problem. i know that dealing with insurance can be a major hassle. hang in there. i pray it all works out for you!

OK...deep calming breath. I will NOT have to start over on my deductible and my surgeon does accept the new insurance...if it even changes, nothing is set in stone. Now I just need to catch up on school, pack and move to my sister's on sunday. Somehow deal with my inability to break up, we are taking a "step back" rather than breaking up. So...yeah. I'm complicated.
I'm sorry shaw/IM for your stress....wanna move to Texas? We can get our own pity apartment and throw pity parties for ourselves? For that matter, Dani and Sundae are invited too :P. I think we'd end up having lots of fun.

We'll put a beautifully rendered sign on the front door: Men, please leave all baggage at the front door. kthx. ;)

Man, you're dealing with a lot worse. If it helps you feel better, my mom went through two years of health hell...there was always that "what now?" moment. Eventually they got it figured out for the most part and she's doing well now. More energy (and crazy) than my sis and I put together I swear. There is a light at the end of the tunnel for you too I'm sure.

You know, I'm really upset that no one cares about my arse problems today!

I'm just glad that I'm not there.

You'd be upset if you were. ;)

I'm sure the people nearest to you care.

And my new rule: They must be able to cook a steak to perfect rare or medium rare doneness, NEVER over that.

Control your arse woman! (As I imagine my brother would say).

That's the problem. IT'S OUTTA CONTROL!!!

Brother does not care. Take yourself outside then is what he would say.
(or he might borrow you some meds from his pharmacy)

It's raining outside. My arse is staying indoors. lol

Anyway, I was just trying to have some fun with you all.

Mmmmhmmm...sure thats all you were doing....suuuuure.

Well...and farting.

yeah, we could smell it....that or thats the trash....

Ha! But then you would have no male visitors! What a lonely existance.

Yes, much.

No males = awesome!

No males for morethanpretty = heaven!!! Exactly what you deserve!:D

Finally!

See...the vast majority of males wouldn't read that sign or if they did, they would think that it didn't apply to them and walk right on in anyway. (Who wouldn't want to hang out with MTP, IM, SG and Dana?)

They would walk in anyway. Once. :lol:

It's like the roach motel.

With a comfortable couch.

with a hobo on it

$%&@&#&$ Hobos

Hobos check in...

I had to get a different kind of chocolate to cover my Easter chicks, as Dad dropped me off at his supermarket and not mine.
It just didn't occur to me that I've become used to working with one kind. I know how much oil to add to make it slightly glossy and slower to harden, which makes it easier to work with.

I obviously added too much for this new type, as the choc is not hardening at all. Well, it is now, because it's in the fridge. But they can't stay in the fridge, they're due at school tomorrow. And if they go back to being tacky again they will be horrid. Am tempted to leave them for Mum - she'll probably only have one, they're a bit sickly - and redo them again next week.

Every new thing I try is effectively a trial run of course. But I hate it when a mistake I have made spoils a whole batch.

I'll take a pic anyway.
Actually, I might not even try them again. They don't look as good as I'd hoped.
And as I said, I've found all the cake pops to be a bit sickly. They have a wow appeal, but the larger cakes I make get compliments afterwards.

Grrrrr.
Maybe I'll just make another bundt cake and slap some Mini Eggs on the top.
If it goes down just as well then it's not worth the fiddling about....
Minimum effort for maximum praise. I am a cake whore.

MTP, I'm not sure I can handle Texas.
Could y'all come to London?
The Pity Parties will involve pizza and vodka and barfing. Then we can all pretend to detox whilst sneaking out for our own particular poison.

Ali, I'm not sorry about your arse.