Total Serious Happy Thread - Page 115

Ghoulish Delight · 01-07-2010, 05:49 PM

I am very proud of the work I've done so far on the nursery. And I derived a great deal of fun from the process, and satisfaction from the result And I was kinda looking forward to wiring up the ceiling light.

But in the end, I'm totally seriously happy that I'm going to come home tomorrow to find a ceiling light installed, and I won't have had to do squat. Yay for hired help!

I finally got up into the attic to see just how little space the sloped roof leaves over that bedroom. If I knew what I was doing and weren't going to have to figure things out as I go, it would have been doable. But the prospect of being crammed up there with the layers of filth and roofing nails inches from my head AND trying learn on-the-fly was utterly unappealing.

So bring in the professionals!

Moonliner · 01-07-2010, 06:14 PM

Hook 'um Horns!

Alex · 01-07-2010, 06:24 PM

Is that tonight (the BCS Championship game)? What's the point of dragging the bowl system out to mid-January and not waiting for Saturday to play the big game?

How did they turn college football into hockey with a post season that never ends and 90% of the people don't care about?

Ghoulish Delight · 01-07-2010, 07:10 PM

My sister's biopsy came back negative.

I haven't posted this here, or talked about it with more than a couple people, but late last year my sister was diagnosed with cancer. A melanoma on her back that had made it into her lymph system. It had spread from a node on her back down to an adjoining node. The dr. who gave her the initial diagnosis gave her low odds of surviving even 10 years.

The oncologist she was referred to had a far less doom-and-gloom story for her and went straight to work on treatment.

She's been through a total of 3 surgeries where they removed the melanoma, the first node it had spread to, the two nodes "up and downstream" from that one (biopsy showing that the cancer had spread to the "downstream" one), and then the two nodes connected to that one. Tonight she got the biopsy results on the last node removed, and she's cancer free.

She's got quite a bit of recovery from some extensive surgery, and there remains risk of recurrence, but she's being treated by the guy who literally invented the methods for diagnosing and treating this form of cancer, so she's in good hands.

May 2010 (and beyond) continue to get better from here.

Gemini Cricket · 01-07-2010, 07:18 PM

Cancer free. It's awesome when you hear those two words together.

Alex · 01-07-2010, 07:26 PM

Well, and in that order.

Free cancer wouldn't be so nice either.

Kevy Baby · 01-07-2010, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

No, in all honesty, I wish there was more I could do to repay your kindness.

Well, I bet a check for $10,000 arriving in their mailbox would go a long way in that direction

Gemini Cricket · 01-07-2010, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Well, I bet a check for $10,000 arriving in their mailbox would go a long way in that direction

Good thing I know how to forge your signature.

Gemini Cricket · 01-07-2010, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

Well, and in that order.

Free cancer wouldn't be so nice either.

Hmm, my lemonade tastes like piss.

alphabassettgrrl · 01-07-2010, 08:40 PM

GD- that's great! I hope they're right that her cancer is gone.

01-07-2010, 05:49 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I am very proud of the work I've done so far on the nursery. And I derived a great deal of fun from the process, and satisfaction from the result And I was kinda looking forward to wiring up the ceiling light. But in the end, I'm totally seriously happy that I'm going to come home tomorrow to find a ceiling light installed, and I won't have had to do squat. Yay for hired help! I finally got up into the attic to see just how little space the sloped roof leaves over that bedroom. If I knew what I was doing and weren't going to have to figure things out as I go, it would have been doable. But the prospect of being crammed up there with the layers of filth and roofing nails inches from my head AND trying learn on-the-fly was utterly unappealing. So bring in the professionals! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-07-2010, 06:14 PM	#2
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Hook 'um Horns! __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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01-07-2010, 06:24 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Is that tonight (the BCS Championship game)? What's the point of dragging the bowl system out to mid-January and not waiting for Saturday to play the big game? How did they turn college football into hockey with a post season that never ends and 90% of the people don't care about?
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01-07-2010, 07:10 PM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	My sister's biopsy came back negative. I haven't posted this here, or talked about it with more than a couple people, but late last year my sister was diagnosed with cancer. A melanoma on her back that had made it into her lymph system. It had spread from a node on her back down to an adjoining node. The dr. who gave her the initial diagnosis gave her low odds of surviving even 10 years. The oncologist she was referred to had a far less doom-and-gloom story for her and went straight to work on treatment. She's been through a total of 3 surgeries where they removed the melanoma, the first node it had spread to, the two nodes "up and downstream" from that one (biopsy showing that the cancer had spread to the "downstream" one), and then the two nodes connected to that one. Tonight she got the biopsy results on the last node removed, and she's cancer free. She's got quite a bit of recovery from some extensive surgery, and there remains risk of recurrence, but she's being treated by the guy who literally invented the methods for diagnosing and treating this form of cancer, so she's in good hands. May 2010 (and beyond) continue to get better from here. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-07-2010, 07:18 PM	#5
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Cancer free. It's awesome when you hear those two words together.
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01-07-2010, 07:26 PM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, and in that order. Free cancer wouldn't be so nice either.
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01-07-2010, 08:40 PM	#10
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	GD- that's great! I hope they're right that her cancer is gone. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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