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tod
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response 413 of 594:
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Aug 13 00:59 UTC 2003 |
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goose
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response 414 of 594:
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Aug 13 03:45 UTC 2003 |
get a lock.
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edina
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response 415 of 594:
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Aug 13 12:18 UTC 2003 |
Re 409 I'm sorry Richard - I misread.
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keesan
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response 416 of 594:
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Aug 16 11:59 UTC 2003 |
My CT scan was Wednesday and was one of the worst days in my life. Someone
forgot to tell someone else I was supposed to drink a contrast solution (which
is why they have you come in an hour early) so they jabbed a needle in my arm
at 2:30, left me for 1/2 hour on my back on a stretcher and then brought me
16 ounces of really smelly stuff to drink and then had me wait an hour. Two
hours with a needle and syringe in my right arm. Could not use left arm
because of pulled muscle and I had to keep getting up and down. Had to climb
up on the machine with no arms.
Another bad day was when I got the results - probably lymphoma of the spleen.
Lymphoma is suppose to be easily treatable with radiation. It will hopefully
let me gain back 20 pounds and sleep at night so I guess a diagnosis is good.
Anyone have any good stories about lymphoma?
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scott
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response 417 of 594:
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Aug 16 12:17 UTC 2003 |
Wow - sorry to mear that, Sindi.
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janc
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response 418 of 594:
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Aug 16 13:00 UTC 2003 |
Likewise. Please get well.
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goose
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response 419 of 594:
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Aug 16 14:29 UTC 2003 |
I wish you a speedy and healthy recovery Sindi, I'm sorry to hear it;s so
serious..
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beeswing
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response 420 of 594:
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Aug 16 15:32 UTC 2003 |
Indeed.
Have heard no good stories about lymphoma, but no bad ones either.
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jaklumen
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response 421 of 594:
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Aug 16 17:27 UTC 2003 |
I am working like a dog to get a job as DSHS is about to apply
pressure. (I meet with a case manager on Tuesday who is said to be
over the top and is going to blow a lot of hot air.) I spent 2 1/2
hours Thursday getting 7 resumes faxed, about 1-2 jobs sent online,
and looking over several more jobs. Most of these were professional
jobs that sometimes required tests. I definitely had to get cover
letters crafted for them, and some I had to print off applications
for. I had some help from staff with the agency that is sponsoring my
current state job.
The usual search involves looking over the newspaper classifieds, job
bank websites, employer websites, and so on. Some sites gave us the
runaround-- had to put in all this information just to look at jobs.
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anderyn
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response 422 of 594:
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Aug 16 18:02 UTC 2003 |
Sorry to hear that you're ill, Sindi. Best of luck with the treatments.
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dcat
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response 423 of 594:
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Aug 16 18:43 UTC 2003 |
What does DSHS stand for? Department something something Services, I'd
guess, but from the somewhat minimal context of your message I'm rather at
a loss for what the middle letters mean.
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michaela
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response 424 of 594:
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Aug 16 20:38 UTC 2003 |
IBB I ended up in the hospital last night. I got stung by something, and my
hand was swollen like the Michelin Man. I managed to get the ring Ken bought
for me off my finger by wrenching it and yanking it all the way there, but
they had to cut off my Clauddagh ring. I've had that ring on my finger since
1993, so I was pretty bummed. :(
(I went to the hospital because the swelling was spreading, and I wanted to
make sure it wouldn't move to my throat and cut off my breathing).
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keesan
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response 425 of 594:
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Aug 16 21:47 UTC 2003 |
I was advised to take Benadryl-type pills for beestings. I also swell. The
Benadryl worked immediately (and also put me to sleep). Every 12 hours for
two days. I carry it with me.
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polytarp
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response 426 of 594:
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Aug 16 22:55 UTC 2003 |
There's no way the Benadryl pills worked immediately. They must've taken some
tens of minutes to work!
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rcurl
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response 427 of 594:
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Aug 17 02:01 UTC 2003 |
I knew someone for whom this was such a serous problem that she always
carried a hypo for a shot of adrenaline. The first time, though, I got
her to a doctor barely in time as her throat swelled shut.
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jep
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response 428 of 594:
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Aug 17 02:15 UTC 2003 |
Best wishes, Sindi. I'm sorry to hear about your lymphoma. Do you
know when you'll be taking the next step in treatment, and what that
treatment will be?
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response 429 of 594:
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Aug 17 06:39 UTC 2003 |
Very sorry to hear that, Sindi. My *impression* is that diagnosis of
anything like lymphoma via CT is really just guesswork - they have to
eyeball the suspect cells under a microscope (or similar) to really
know what the "extra blob thingie" shown by the CT actually is.
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keesan
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response 430 of 594:
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Aug 17 12:13 UTC 2003 |
They will be doing a biopsy under guided ultrasound next week.
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mary
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response 431 of 594:
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Aug 17 13:22 UTC 2003 |
Best wishes, Sindi. Take it day by day and be good
to yourself. If it feels right, keep us up to date.
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slynne
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response 432 of 594:
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Aug 17 14:12 UTC 2003 |
I dont know much about lymphoma but I am sorry to hear that you'll have
to deal with something like that.
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michaela
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response 433 of 594:
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Aug 17 18:29 UTC 2003 |
Good luck, Sindi.
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scg
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response 434 of 594:
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Aug 17 20:05 UTC 2003 |
I'm sorry about your illness. Good luck with it.
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jaklumen
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response 435 of 594:
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Aug 17 21:46 UTC 2003 |
resp:423 Department of Social and Health Services
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happyboy
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response 436 of 594:
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Aug 17 21:58 UTC 2003 |
in washington state it operates out of a refridgerator box
ar aurora & denny way.
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keesan
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response 437 of 594:
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Aug 18 05:03 UTC 2003 |
Thank you all for your wishes. My brother in Boston suggested I get some sort
of power of attorney form to give Jim the right to make medical decisions for
me (and visit in the hospital). Where do I find one of those? Jim's brother
is a radiologist.
I have yet another pulled muscle. I hate lying down. I am trying to get back
some back muscle strength and now it hurts to sit again. I seem to be okay
at the office chair in front of the computer that Jim set up for me. The
board is from JEP and now it does not do random resets. It did not like its
Cyrix cpu. It is happy with an Intel MMX. It also has no Com2 but we don't
use a modem and mouse at the same time. It has replaced two Compaq 486s with
noisy power supplies that drowned out the radio. This case (from a 286) also
has a noisy power supply that drowns out the radio.
Jim fixed me up a really nice little room here, with a mattress instead of
a camping map (that was pretty uncomfortable to sleep on, especially with no
body fat) and more than 16" next to the bed. I have a chair, a lamp (compact
fluorescent so as to heat less, thermometer (so I will know why I am too hot
to use a top sheet, until yesterday), little boombox on the wall.
Armchair out in the bigger room to eat at and play scrabble and I can sit for
an hour at a time in it. Nice little bucket in a milk crate with a toilet
seat on top of it. (There is a rainwater flush toilet downstairs but I am
not up to stairs right now). The stuff they gave me to drink Wed. is still
coming out - it stinks. Even in my sweat.
During the blackout I had a portable radio with little speakers plugged in.
And a fancy round battery lamp on the wall that you had to push just right.
You need body fat to sleep. I keep waking up after an hour with a very sore
bottom shoulder. Any ideas? We put a thick polyester sleeping bag on the
cotton mattress.
Hope this is amusing for people. Jim has been awfully nice about dragging
all sorts of gadgets for propping yourself up in bed and bed tables here and
he even somehow carried over the armchair (on his head or his bike?). My apt
is over a block away. It is too noisy to sleep there - the upstairs kitchen
is over the downstairs bedroom.
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