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tod
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response 200 of 560:
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Oct 20 20:16 UTC 2003 |
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scott
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response 201 of 560:
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Oct 20 20:58 UTC 2003 |
Warm weather, perfect for a long bike ride.
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other
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response 202 of 560:
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Oct 20 21:10 UTC 2003 |
I've made significant progrees in the last couple of days in cleaning up
my apartment and combining/condensing separate containers of similar
stuff and throwing away junk. I even hung a picture that's been leaning
against the wall since I moved in at the end of May.
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keesan
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response 203 of 560:
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Oct 21 02:03 UTC 2003 |
The CT scan is over with. They tried to make me drink 32 oz of somewhat
peculiar tasting barium smoothie (with a picture of fruit on the bottle), then
the IV went particularly badly and hurt a lot and got blood on me and the
floor in puddles but it only took 20 min for the actual scan. Breathe in (10
sec), breathe.... Results in two days. Only 3 IVs left to go, I hope, this
year. And six blood draws.
We stopped to visit our doctor friend who poked and tapped me a bit and
appreciated the pawpaws and the jar of pickled red peppers. And then
celebrated getting this over with by going to the library and eating at
Dinersty, first restaurant meal for a few months.
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goose
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response 204 of 560:
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Oct 21 03:28 UTC 2003 |
That contrast paste is truly awful. I could only get about 1/4 of it down
when I had a cat scan. IT would have helped if it were cool or cold, rather
than room temperature. That same trip they also gave me a thin drink that
tasted slightly of grape, also damn near impossible to choke down.
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russ
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response 205 of 560:
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Oct 21 04:23 UTC 2003 |
IHB the weather is so nice, and it appears that I managed
to re-invent duxelles without even knowing it had a name.
If I find some puff pastry dough, I'm ready to make pork
Wellington with high confidence that it will work.
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bhelliom
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response 206 of 560:
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Oct 21 13:19 UTC 2003 |
*chuckles*...I wonder if the overnight was the boy's psychology test...
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scott
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response 207 of 560:
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Oct 21 13:22 UTC 2003 |
New strings (and a good fingerboard cleaning) on the upright bass. About
time, too. It's been at least two years, and it's much more fun to play
again. The only down side is that a set of strings costs ~$120...
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tod
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response 208 of 560:
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Oct 21 15:31 UTC 2003 |
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keesan
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response 209 of 560:
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Oct 21 15:47 UTC 2003 |
I hate even good IVs. I have had three bad ones already (they redid the first
two, which were not as bad as this one. I said to leave this one as it was
only going to be 20 minutes). The stuff I was given to drink was a thin
liquid, white, and did not bother me except for the fact that it was very
cold. The second one they gave me was room temperature and bothered me less
except that it was hard to drink that much at one time. The cold one hurt
my teeth and made me shiver for an hour. I don't normally drink things cold,
and have been warming all liquids because I have a drug-induced tendency to
choke on cold ones. I had to drink part of a third (cold) one just before
the scan. Apparently the barium makes some people nauseous, and the iodine
that they give through the IV makes some people allergic. So far nothing
has made me nauseous, what luck. Results tomorrow.
Next IV Monday.
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edina
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response 210 of 560:
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Oct 21 16:26 UTC 2003 |
I'm very happy because I had a great weekend. Phoenix was wonderful, Dave
was wonderful, the hockey game was wonderful. It was nice to just sit and
talk with him and curl up and watch movies. Thanksgiving is but 5 short weeks
away.
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tpryan
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response 211 of 560:
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Oct 21 16:37 UTC 2003 |
re 190. It's rabbit season.
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bhelliom
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response 212 of 560:
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Oct 21 19:39 UTC 2003 |
Duck season.
I'm glad you had a great time, Brooke. I miss you tons!
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edina
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response 213 of 560:
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Oct 21 20:34 UTC 2003 |
I'll be home for Christmas - we should go out!! I miss you too!!
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gelinas
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response 214 of 560:
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Oct 21 23:56 UTC 2003 |
IAHB I had a pleasant conversation with other over sandwiches in the Kid's
Room at Zingerman's Next Door this evening. (I'd finished my sandwich when
he arrived, but close enough. ;)
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keesan
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response 215 of 560:
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Oct 22 13:52 UTC 2003 |
The nurse practitioner reports that Monday's CT scan (where I was supposed
to drink 32 oz of cold barium sulfate suspension) shows that my
chemotherapy is progressing well (but I still need at least three more
treatments of chemotherapy):
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:07:07 -0400
To: keesan@cyberspace.org
Subject: Re: CT scan
Your CAT scan shows a very nice response.
Enlarged lymph nodes previously seen in the chest have resolved. In
the abdomen the lymph nodes have also pretty much resolved and the
spleen has returned to near normal size.
Looks good!
Judy
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aruba
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response 216 of 560:
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Oct 22 13:55 UTC 2003 |
That's great news, Sindi!
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edina
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response 217 of 560:
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Oct 22 14:19 UTC 2003 |
Congrats, Sindi! I'm happy because Dave booked his ticket for Thanksgiving,
because we laugh a lot over the silliest things and he misses me as much as
I miss him.
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jep
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response 218 of 560:
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Oct 22 14:44 UTC 2003 |
Great news, Sindi!
Good news for you too, Brooke!
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happyboy
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response 219 of 560:
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Oct 22 15:12 UTC 2003 |
congrats sindi!
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keesan
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response 220 of 560:
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Oct 22 15:37 UTC 2003 |
Thank you all. To celebrate the good news Jim accepted two translation jobs
for me (since I can't be heard on the phone due to laryngitis).
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tod
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response 221 of 560:
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Oct 22 15:38 UTC 2003 |
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mynxcat
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response 222 of 560:
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Oct 22 16:19 UTC 2003 |
Don't know if there's an ambivalent item out there, but I'll post
here. Got a haircut that left my hair really, really short. All the
straight bits have been cutoff, and all I have left is curl. Except
for a bit in the front that needs to be blow-dried straight. Better
than the dead-cat-on-the-head hair-cut I got last week.
It's easier to style than longer hair, but it's so DAMN SHORT!
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goose
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response 223 of 560:
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Oct 22 16:34 UTC 2003 |
Congrats Sindi! Hope the rest of the recovery goes well.
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rcurl
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response 224 of 560:
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Oct 22 17:15 UTC 2003 |
I wonder why they use barium sulfate as a contrast agent. It is "radio opaque"
but would stay in the digestive tract, and never get anywhere near the spleen
or lymph nodes.
That note also called it a CAT scan (but CT scan in the Subject): typo,
or meaningful?
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