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Gobbler, Sonne, Jellie, A.cotw - thanks.

She's frantic, teary, can't eat or drink anything (doctor's orders) and unable to go back to bed and rest. We're gonna head out and get her nails done, hopefully that will help her feel better.

You slores are the best.

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Submitted by jelliebean on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 11:36am.

P.s. Please God guide the surgeon's hands today so Televised's mom is safe and healthy and keep Televised from having to go badass on the surgeon in the parking lot, Amen.
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Televised, the power of prayer and big waves of Good Vibrations are coming at you from SoCal this afternoon, that you and your mom will get through this with peace and all will go well :)

"I need to recognize the face of the guy I might have to run over in the parking lot if he fucks up my mother....."

P.s. Please God guide the surgeon's hands today so Televised's mom is safe and healthy and keep Televised from having to go badass on the surgeon in the parking lot, Amen.

Submitted by MissJaneTexas on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 10:03pm.

Thank you, MJT. He was just a good guy who always tried to help everyone. Hopefully there are lots of women & booze where he's at now.

Televised Revolution, you & your mother will be in my thoughts today. Please try to have a friend with you.

TelevisedRevolution, couldn't post until now....I've been thinking about you and your mom today and I am definitely and will continue to send prayers, positive vibes and healing and anything else you need. *hugs*

Thank you SO MUCH, you guys.

Crazyassmom (sounds like me!): it's so heartening to hear about your good experiences with neurosurgery. I wish we were somewhere where someone we knew could give a personal recommendation like yours. The culture of Las Vegas is just gangster, from the bottom up - it's the nurses and their human empathy that saves you, but the arrogance of the doctors and the bureaucracy of the insurance companies are daunting, to say the least.

My mom - her nickname has been "the General" my whole life. She's been IN CHARGE. She is so loving, so generous and kind. She has worked since she was a teenager, and is 76 now - she holds a position as Human Resources Director at a Medical School, and until late December was working 40 hours a week. Suddenly she can't find her way out of her doctor's office, she doesn't know what day of the week it is, she can't remember what was said a few minutes ago, and she knows she's going to die but she's holding on to hope that something...maybe...will happen to change that.....somewhere out there in the vagueness...

I am really afraid that they will just go all cowboy tomorrow while they have her head open in front of them and turn her into a vegetable, shrug their shoulders and walk away.

Thanks you guys who are reading, for just letting me, o to speak, type and be heard, I can;t put this on Facebook, I just don't have a good solution and I need to get it out.

Those of you who do have faith, please say a prayer for her tomorrow afternoon, between 2 and 5 PM US Pacific time. She's done a lot of good for so many people. Thank you.

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@Televised
I know we have never interacted, but I'm terribly sorry for all you are going through. It is so hard for people that end up being caregivers to those they love!!
I will say, the neurologist your Mother is seeing, sounds like a real prick. (to put it nicely). If you are ANYWHERE near Seattle , or can get there, I can personally recommend an EXCELLENT Neurosurgeon. Someone whom I have let touch my own brain several yrs ago, and again a year later who performed the replacing and fusing of two vertebra in my cervical spine.
Just give me a yell if you are in or around that area and would like to contact him. =o)

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@Televised:

Wish you all the best. I know it is tough when these things happen in life. You seem like a real kick-ass person, so I will be pulling for you and your family.

Plus, taking care of your Mom is amazing. I know it is hard to take care of someone when they are so ill. You are strong, and she is lucky to have you. I know that all will be well. I will definitely send my best wishes to your Mom during her procedure.

@Televised

I can only imagine how hard things must be for you right now, but hopefully there's some solace in knowing that you are doing a tremendous job. If your mom had to go through all that without you, ... Good luck wishes from Gouda to the both of you!

(((A.cotw))) Hi!

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Submitted by catholicschoolgirl on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 12:57am.
I think we should talk to St. Peregrine.
And how are you, sweets?

*sending huge interwebz HUGS to Televised Revolution*
So sorry to read what you and your mother are going through. Please keep us posted on how you both are doing.

To British people cunt means the trunk of your car

Oh the poor thing! I still shudder when I recall loudly blurting out CUNT at work *I MEANT TO SAY CAN'T*

too late.

Mustn't say cun't in a crowded hospital.

ubmitted by TelevisedRevolution on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 10:22pm.
You're welcome. Use the anger for energy. (Sorry, my native Californian is showing.)

Submitted by TelevisedRevolution on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 10:02pm.
Certainly sounds like a medical fuck-up. My mother is a retired public health nurse.She swears that nurses often catch doctors errors.

I've helped her take care of three close relatives with cancer, so I have an idea of what you're going through. I've not had cancer myself, but I have had a very invasive neurosurgery. Not a picnic.

Say anything you want. We're all listening-these Dlisted hussies are a loyal group. Many of us have vented here when we needed to.

Please try to get some rest. You'll need to be grounded and focused to get through the biopsy, especially since your mother is little upset already.

Your mother is very lucky to have you.

Spotted, Jellie, EvilCuppy, ACOTW - thanks.I'm really angry at my family for leaving me alone with this. But I need to go deal with it. You guys gave me your usual Dlisted words of hot slut advice, and I thank you! :)

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I have never ever trusted an oncologist after my breast cancer scare, and Dr. Smartass told me if I gave up pot, I wouldn't have had the problems I was experiencing.

problem was, I don't smoke pot. he called me a liar.

Submitted by SpottedDogRanch on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 10:01pm.

:( I hate cars - I am really sorry :(

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A.cotw, they really fucked up with my mom's diagnosis, I think. Her oncologist admitted to me in the emergency room that my mom's breast cancer did not act as the oncologist "expected it to" - she never expected it to progress to the milk ducts, or to find it in the lymph nodes. But why then when she realizes my mom's cancer is particularly aggressive, did she not schedule routine full body scans of my mom, and instead she and my mom's GP put her on fucking anti-depressants? SHE HAD BRAIN TUMORS, YOU DICKWADS!!! You don't prescribe Paxil for that.

Now they say she has a primary glioma, even though she has a very aggressive breast cancer - shit just isn't adding up. I'm just trying to field the phone calls, pass out at might, make sure my mom eats since shes losing so much weight. But the emotional strain of losing her before my eyes like this is become increasingly hard to bear alone.

Thanks for "listening", so to speak, and since I doubt I can shift gears for now, I'm going to head out - but I thank you a hundred times and i will try and post on broader subjects soon, promise.

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We worked hard for our money! So hard for it, honey!

Well, I just learned that one of the people that helped me get started in my profession was killed today in a car wreck.
:-(

Televised Revolution - I am sending good vibes your way. I'm sorry you are having to take care of all of this on your own. You are an awesome person for taking such good care of your Ma. Take the xanax and try to take care of yourself. It WILL get better.
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Submitted by TelevisedRevolution on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 8:59pm.
Citizen of the world, you know, if I never talk to another Neurosurgeon or oncologist again....unfortunately I think I have plenty of them in my future.

The fact is, they are drilling deep into my mom's skull tomorrow, and she has a glioblastoma multiforme, a "butterfly" glioma - it's deep in there - and they refuse to do any kind of treatment unless they do this biopsy, so we're screwed. And they casually called me up on Thursday (my mom already doesn't know what day it is, and a month ago she has a high level, 40 hour a week job) to offer to have some other guy I've never even seen do the surgery earlier in the day, and chewed me out when I said 'no thank you..."

I need to recognize the face of the guy I might have to run over in the parking lot if he fucks up my mother.....

And I am all alone here, family wise, for the past three weeks - thank god my mom has a lot of friends, but it's just me, watching my super capable mother deteriorate, and all anyone can say to me is - call me tomorrow after the biopsy. Call me if you need anything. Stay strong.

But if I admit to losing it when my mom started freaking out in the parking lot or cried in the emergency room for hours, or that it's hard to get enough sleep when she gets me up at 3 Am to help sort her jewelry (even though those moments can be fun) - then I feel like a selfish brat....

Thank Gotts for the Intervebs.
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You're not a selfish brat, by any means. It's unnerving to watch a steady person deteriorate from an illness,especially since it sounds as though her symptoms came on suddenly. Interrupted sleep makes ordinary life hard to cope with ,let alone a health crisis.

'Call me if you need anything?" Gee, wouldn't it be better to OFFER to do something,such as drive the two of you for the biopsy,or make your dinner?! You shouldn't go through anything alone.

Although I'm not a medical professional of any sort, it sounds as though they're not telling you something. I worked for a neural research unit for nearly three years, then learned from experience. (I've literally lost count of how many MRIs and CAT scans I've had over the past decade.) Die-injection MRIs can show plenty-totally worth the time. A glioblastoma can be identified without a biopsy, and cancer cells can be identified with a blood test; could it be that the biopsy is to be absolutely sure of the diagnosis?

I wish I could tell you that it will not hurt your mother to have a brain biopsy,that I could recommend a great neurosurgeon, that neither of you were suffering. Most of all I wish I could give you a huge hug.

Sure you need to identify his face. The neurosurgeon needs to identify you as well, as in "This is the face of the patient's offspring who will kill me if I fuck up."

*hugs*

I hope you can get some rest for yourself. This sounds like it's going to be a marathon life event.

Sorry you are having to deal with all this TV Revolution. Wish I had some sage and comforting advice for you, but I don't. Dealing with medical issues with a parent is always a very stressful thing, especially when you are the one shouldering most of the burden. I am sending good thoughts your way, in hopes that they will help a little bit.

that's hell. damn.
I think you are doing a good thing, being there for your mom.

I know this is a drag, please skip it if you can't take it/don't care - I just don;t feel like I have a safe place I can talk to about this as my family wont even listen to me about what is happening to her.

All morning she as confusing the day, confusing the time of our appointment, getting more and more anxious, and when we got there we couldn't find any handicapped spots to park in. We end up in this treacherous parking structure, and she barrels ahead, holding her medical cards in one hand, wearing the slippers she insisted on wearing (despite being dressed to the nines from the ankles up), careening down these metal stairs with one hand on the railing, refusing to slow down. I am aimin her towards the Emergency room entrance, thinking at leasst we can get a wheelchair and some help there.

When we get to the bottom she yells out to the first distant person she sees "MAAM!!! MAAM!" AND instinctively I bark "Mom, shut up! i know where we're going!" GUILT. And steer her to the emergency room where she breaks down and starts sobbing because she feels so helpless. And no one comes and gets her to transport her to where she needs to be for over an hour and the whole time she is dejected and crying and worried and she can't figure out where she is supposed to be and why no one will help her.

And she's looking through her appointment book at all the wrong dates and times and names.....And then just covering her face and sobbing. And I can;t get my brother on the phone or her brother on the phone or her sister on the phone.

And then we went from office to office to office for chest s-rays and blood draws and EKGs without a single nurse to push her wheelchair or help us with anything. We were there FIVE hours.

And when I tell family about today, they will say - okay, well, Call me tomorrow and let me know how the biopsy went. Hang in there.

(XANAX made me typo, sorry)

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televised, so sorry to hear about your mom, this is terrible, sending you lots of love and hopeful thoughts

Citizen of the world, you know, if I never talk to another Neurosurgeon or oncologist again....unfortunately I think I have plenty of them in my future.

The fact is, they are drilling deep into my mom's skull tomorrow, and she has a glioblastoma multiforme, a "butterfly" glioma - it's deep in there - and they refuse to do any kind of treatment unless they do this biopsy, so we're screwed. And they casually called me up on Thursday (my mom already doesn't know what day it is, and a month ago she has a high level, 40 hour a week job) to offer to have some other guy I've never even seen do the surgery earlier in the day, and chewed me out when I said 'no thank you..."

I need to recognize the face of the guy I might have to run over in the parking lot if he fucks up my mother.....

And I am all alone here, family wise, for the past three weeks - thank god my mom has a lot of friends, but it's just me, watching my super capable mother deteriorate, and all anyone can say to me is - call me tomorrow after the biopsy. Call me if you need anything. Stay strong.

But if I admit to losing it when my mom started freaking out in the parking lot or cried in the emergency room for hours, or that it's hard to get enough sleep when she gets me up at 3 Am to help sort her jewelry (even though those moments can be fun) - then I feel like a selfish brat....

Thank Gotts for the Intervebs.
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Ooh I am #lhah. Ctfu

jack, fuck the movies, read the books! I read the entire trilogy in 9 days. It's that good!

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@Televised Revolution:
Neurosurgeons can be raging assholes. He could have found a better way to explain that the procedure is uncomplicated compared to other neurosurgeries, and therefore a little less risky for your mother. Instead, he made i sound like it's easy for him, so everything is alright. And it's difficult for you to go through this with her. When I had m.v.d, my mother,best friend, and better half were very nervous. I'm sending both of you good thoughts.

@Jack;
The first "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" movie was Swedish. You might like the English language version directed by Fincher-it's a good adaptation of the book. I've seen both.

Oh my god. After a full day at Fuck You Medical, "preregistering" for my mom's brain biopsy ("piece of cake!" says the neurosurgeon), we are both so frazzled that I take one of her Xanax with her.

Oh HELL no.

DO. NOT. LIKE.

I tried looking at pictures of the Duggars, but even they couldn't make me cough this thing back up.

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But Jack, the euro version is supposed to be way better than the Uh-mercan version.

Submitted by Dog on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:37pm.
Submitted by Momus the Sarcastic on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:35pm.

Not true. Each judge has the option to use a gavel. Many judges use them when the courtroom gets so loud and unruly that the judge cannot be heard. Nothing insures attention like the judge gavelling the court to order.

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I was wondering. I mean, how else would a judge call them to order? Belching?

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We got a call from my husbands aunt...seems like his birth mother is nearing the end and wants us to go see her. There is a lot of baggage there since she more or less abandoned my husband and his brother when husband was 2. Anyway seems that she wants US to clear out her house...yep she's a hoarder.

Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:51pm.

:-)

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Dog - it's all good. She's at her Mom's. So far she has done pretty good. If she fucks up (even the slightest!) it's gonna be daddy's turn and she will come live with me. :)
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anno - no, but was thinking about renting it tonight...

MJT - Russian, German, idk... all I know is we had to keep pausing it because the subtitles were going so damn fast... after about 10 minutes (and I quote) Lil G looked at me and said "uh, Dad, I can't do this shit." hahahahahaha
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Jack, anyone who says they don't look is a liar. I'm sure you look. Is everything okay? How come Lil G isn't where she belongs?

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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:42pm.

I'm getting ready to head home for the night but wanted to say DO NOT RENT THAT DAMN GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO CRAPFEST!!! Lil G and I rented it yesterday and the whole damn thing was in Russian or some shit.... uhg.

Might still get this since I liked the book. Have you seen Drive yet? Uber-violent, but so, so good.

Submitted by Dog on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:41pm.

Plans changed... she didn't come live with me... yet. I have been getting her every weekend, though... and yes, Jack is a good boy when princess is around.... she does call me a man whore, though.... but it's only because I can't help but notice beautiful women... I don't OGLE or any creepy shit like that... LOL but if we see an attractive lady I don't even say anything, Lil G just looks at me, I smile and she shakes her head...
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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:42pm.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo pretty.

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I'm getting ready to head home for the night but wanted to say DO NOT RENT THAT DAMN GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO CRAPFEST!!! Lil G and I rented it yesterday and the whole damn thing was in Russian or some shit.... uhg.
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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:39pm.

Submitted by Dog on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:35pm.
"Methinks back when he was a ho..."
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back when??? I mean YES! back when... a long, long time ago.

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AHEM. Didn't you say since Lil G came to live
with you, you've been a good boy???

*taps foot and grabs Jack by the ear*

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Submitted by Dog on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:35pm.
"Methinks back when he was a ho..."
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back when??? I mean YES! back when... a long, long time ago.

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Submitted by Momus the Sarcastic on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:35pm.

Not true. Each judge has the option to use a gavel. Many judges use them when the courtroom gets so loud and unruly that the judge cannot be heard. Nothing insures attention like the judge gavelling the court to order.

^^^^

I was wondering. I mean, how else would a judge call them to order? Belching?

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Submitted by Momus the Sarcastic on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:33pm.

Someone's been taking notes, I see.
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"Hang on, let me just whip out my compass 'cause clearly we're living in the Legend of Zelda." ~ MadgesVadge 02/10/2012

Methinks back when he was a ho, Jack had a fondness for large brown grocery bags and ear plugs. That way he avoided having to chew off his own arm in the morning.

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