The journey begins

orthodoc · 09-03-2012, 11:23 AM

Finally get my surgery this week. Oldest son visited this weekend, had SUCH a good time ... made Turkish coffee for the first time, yumm. And he fixed my SAS/Excel incompatibilities, showed me how to use the dang programs, basically made it possible for me to do my coursework during the next two weeks. And he fixed the weird color on my TV! Hooray!!

I'm ready for this. Not so much for the injection on Wednesday, which involves not one but TWO injections deep into an area that - let us say - is right up there on my list of places NEVER to want an injection. But I think I'm psyched for the surgery. Time to get on with this, get treatment going, take back my life. Even if it involves temporary crud and no-hair days.

And I can use SAS and Excel now! Woot! (Small but sweet victories)

zippyt · 09-03-2012, 12:39 PM

Good luck and Great vibes , Fuck cancer !!!!

Griff · 09-03-2012, 02:19 PM

You go Ortho!

Clodfobble · 09-03-2012, 02:41 PM

You'll do awesome, ortho.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-03-2012, 04:47 PM

Wait, wait, lemme check...

Oh yeah, you're cool.

Sundae · 09-03-2012, 04:49 PM

Smile, darling.
Hair grows back. I refer you to my list of things for Brianna to do regarding hairloss.
NB - Bri felt she looked like a potato when she lost her hair.

Quote:

While you're feeling at your lowest and feel you look like something out of Grimm's Fairy Tales, I suggest you do something outrageous. Because you can't feel any worse about things and it will make you laugh when you get better.

My suggestions of once-in-a-lifetime things to do when you've had chemo:
- Go into the place where you usually buy shampoo (pharmacy, supermarket etc) with a scarf on. Queue up at the counter with an empty bottle in your hand. When you get to the front, whip off your scarf and say loudly, "I want to speak to someone about this product!"

- Go to your nearest amusement park with a friend, get a wheelchair and get to the front of all the queues - any murmers, again show your head and shout, "I've only got a month left goddamnit!" Especially make sure to get your bald picture taken on every ride.

- Buy a full burka. Hell, you might get some suspicious looks but at least you won't have anyone thinking of gravy. Might raise some eyebrows in the liquor store though.

- Go to a local event where they offer face painting. Ask to be painted up as a plate of potatoes. Then you'll know what it would really look like.

- Draw a tattoo on your head to freak out your family. Like "God Is Stopping My Hair Growing" or something. Tell them God will choose when you grow enough back to cover it up.

All my best wishes and love for you.

glatt · 09-03-2012, 05:00 PM

Good luck, Ortho!

DanaC · 09-03-2012, 05:01 PM

*hugs* best foot forward babe!

limey · 09-03-2012, 05:54 PM

We're with you every step of the way! X

Sent by thought transference

orthodoc · 09-03-2012, 08:06 PM

Thanks so much! Looking forward to getting treatment going, as I said. Not so much to the discomforts etc., but it's all part of the package. I'm really crossing my fingers and doing some visualizing that nodes will be negative (of course they are what they are, but if I picture them negative it can't hurt, right?).

Wouldn't you know ... developed a sore throat in the past 24 hours. Arrgh! It won't prevent the surgery but will add to the post-intubation throat pain. I'm sucking on zinc lozenges and scarfing down the Vit C.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-03-2012, 08:34 PM

The wait/anticipation is worst than the actual treatment, because then you know your making progress. You'll buzz through this, write a book about it, NYT best seller for months, book tour, Letterman & Leno, crown heads of Europe and Asia...

Be sure and stop in the Cellar to say high to your old buds. When you get a little time, that is.

classicman · 09-03-2012, 09:31 PM

Hopin & praying the best for you.

plthijinx · 09-03-2012, 10:10 PM

Good luck Ortho!!

Trilby · 09-04-2012, 08:17 AM

I was afraid of those shots, too, ortho, but they DIDN'T HURT at all!! Really!

and Sundae's suggestions are both hilarious and fun to do. I esp. like the one about whipping off the scarf and implying the shampoo made your hair fall out - also the bald-head painting is a very cool thing to do. and wear big earrings. Tell people you're Shaft's girlfriend.

good luck honey. And take those drugs!!

eta: the GOOD drugs. The percs and vics and ati's and so forth. The chemo they MAKE you take but the others-----PRN!

infinite monkey · 09-04-2012, 08:22 AM

Hope all goes well, ortho.

09-03-2012, 11:23 AM	#1
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	The journey begins Finally get my surgery this week. Oldest son visited this weekend, had SUCH a good time ... made Turkish coffee for the first time, yumm. And he fixed my SAS/Excel incompatibilities, showed me how to use the dang programs, basically made it possible for me to do my coursework during the next two weeks. And he fixed the weird color on my TV! Hooray!! I'm ready for this. Not so much for the injection on Wednesday, which involves not one but TWO injections deep into an area that - let us say - is right up there on my list of places NEVER to want an injection. But I think I'm psyched for the surgery. Time to get on with this, get treatment going, take back my life. Even if it involves temporary crud and no-hair days. And I can use SAS and Excel now! Woot! (Small but sweet victories) __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

09-03-2012, 12:39 PM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Good luck and Great vibes , Fuck cancer !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-03-2012, 02:19 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You go Ortho! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-03-2012, 02:41 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You'll do awesome, ortho. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-03-2012, 04:47 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wait, wait, lemme check... Oh yeah, you're cool. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-03-2012, 05:00 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Good luck, Ortho!

09-03-2012, 05:54 PM	#9
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	We're with you every step of the way! X Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-03-2012, 08:06 PM	#10
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Thanks so much! Looking forward to getting treatment going, as I said. Not so much to the discomforts etc., but it's all part of the package. I'm really crossing my fingers and doing some visualizing that nodes will be negative (of course they are what they are, but if I picture them negative it can't hurt, right?). Wouldn't you know ... developed a sore throat in the past 24 hours. Arrgh! It won't prevent the surgery but will add to the post-intubation throat pain. I'm sucking on zinc lozenges and scarfing down the Vit C. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

09-03-2012, 08:34 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The wait/anticipation is worst than the actual treatment, because then you know your making progress. You'll buzz through this, write a book about it, NYT best seller for months, book tour, Letterman & Leno, crown heads of Europe and Asia... Be sure and stop in the Cellar to say high to your old buds. When you get a little time, that is. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-03-2012, 09:31 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Hopin & praying the best for you. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-03-2012, 10:10 PM	#13
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	Good luck Ortho!! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

09-04-2012, 08:17 AM	#14
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I was afraid of those shots, too, ortho, but they DIDN'T HURT at all!! Really! and Sundae's suggestions are both hilarious and fun to do. I esp. like the one about whipping off the scarf and implying the shampoo made your hair fall out - also the bald-head painting is a very cool thing to do. and wear big earrings. Tell people you're Shaft's girlfriend. good luck honey. And take those drugs!! eta: the GOOD drugs. The percs and vics and ati's and so forth. The chemo they MAKE you take but the others-----PRN! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-04-2012, 08:22 AM	#15
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Hope all goes well, ortho.

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