[thegelding]

ha, good to see a smile (or smilie) coming from you sir...

and yes, the brain is wonderful at just forgetting a week that is better forgotten...

g

[zippy]

'tis good to see you back in here drew....

Recovery doesn't sound like fun - when is it ever - but at least it's the right path to be on.

[kieran]

Good to hear everything went well so far Drew.

[Freewell]

Originally Posted by drewprops I am stopping by here whenever I feel like going online, not much time to concentrate with a catheter poking out... intentionally blurring this week to help forget the experience.

Ahh... So you got an extension, eh?! (I thought pirates of the caliber O' the lovable Capn' Drew, had no need for such useless "upgrades!" You trying to hurt someone with that thing?!? )




Can we at least call you peg-leg now?!?

[curiousuburb]

Well, by definition, a catheter is smaller calibre than the barrel.

[Freewell]

So you're saying that "peg" would be fitting?!

[curiousuburb]

Dunno... hay Drew, does your insert act more like a muzzle brake, flash suppressor, or a silencer?

Is it reboring the chamber a bit, or adding any new rifling to the barrel?

[MBHockey]

Originally Posted by curiousuburb Dunno... hay Drew, does your insert act more like a muzzle brake, flash suppressor, or a silencer? Is it reboring the chamber a bit, or adding any new rifling to the barrel?

[Windswept]

Originally Posted by drewprops I am stopping by here whenever I feel like going online, not much time to concentrate with a catheter poking out... intentionally blurring this week to help forget the experience.

As someone said, it's great to see the smilie.

And, yes, 'blurring' is a wise plan, indeed.

So glad the worst part of your ordeal is slipping into the past, day by day. Keep hanging in there, sugarplum.

Hugs.

[drewprops]

I woke up from nap and bladder hurt BAD. Very much pressure. BAD. called surgeon's office and they send me to local branch of their group and they flush and drain me. Felt so much better good after that I hugged nurse. It was a lots of clots in line that blocked cath. Drinking good this night and its so much less bloods in the line now. Very happy. also took pill for pain early during panic part of hurt, so am spellling bad now I know.

:}

[Freewell]

Ohh, Drew! Sooo sorry to hear you had to go through that!! How miserable! SO glad you are feeling much better now... Be sure to take care of yourself!!!! And keep us updated on how you are doing!!!

[Freewell]

By the way... Are they having you drink lemon water and/or cranberry juice? Both are EXCELLENT for the renal system!!! Just something to consider...

[Foj]

Be sure to work on the spelling and grammar while on the pain pills, too.

[thegeriatric]

Drew sorry to hear your having problems, glad things are better now.

As for the spelling, it's a whole lot easier to work out compared to..... uoyr dunrken pissosts...........

[Foj]

Originally Posted by thegeriatric As for the spelling, it's a whole lot easier to work out compared to..... uoyr dunrken pissosts...........

Maybe he can do a comparative study on hosket. The difference between watching while drunk vs. while on pain pills. You can start tonight Drew!

[drewprops]

ha!
by the way every time I pour a glass of water I stop near the top and pour in some cranberry juice and sometimes pomegranate juice. it also helps with my psychology about emptying blood-tinged urine... this way it seems like I'm just letting a nice sweet drink pass through me

[AWR]

Thanks, um, for sharing, Drew!!
[Good to hear from you. ]

Type like Tonto!

[billybobsky]

Reminds me of the time(s) when I told a nurse I was pissing blood from a kidney stone (think juice from a blood orange) and their response is invariably we'll see. Those little dip sticks have nothing on the color of bloody urine...

[thegeriatric]

Sounds a bit like if you eat loads of beetroot, and then have a dump, it scares the shit () out of you when you see all that red colour.

But of course you'd know that Drew, being an expert in that department.

[billybobsky]

You know what else scares the shit out of you... Eat German black bread... wait a day. your poo comes out fluorescent green (ymmv, it's pH dependent)...

[zsummers]

^Your pee isn't that color all the time?

/rips off human-mask to reveal bulbous-eyed alien face.

[curiousuburb]

Just found out I'm officially qualified to join the big C club.

FUCK!

Doc said: 'Bad news, but the best possible kind.'

Lung Cancer, yes.
Malignant, yes.
Operable, yes.
PET scan otherwise entirely clear... antimatter pass... if we get that single 'grape-sized' anomaly, you're effectively "cured*".

*Yeah, yeah... mathematically/probabilistically never 100%, but localized problem with fatter margin surgery=
So you lose a bit of lung... meh. Maybe a lobe, maybe half, maybe more. Plenty of people walk around with one.
Regular 6mo checkups thereafter are good, considering serendipitous discovery from last checkup let us catch this early.


I've asked Brad to temporarily bump the 'burb to Curiousuburb until post-surgery within the next month or two (scheduling pending), when I'll hopefully lose big C ranking.

--

Not a request I was looking forward to making, but my Cancer is small and I am huge and with the Surgeon's help I will kick it's ass.

Muahahahahaaaaa.

Thanks for sharing thread, Drew. Cheers, brother.

Hay, if we've joined this exclusive club of reluctant members, don't we get membership benefits or something?
Discounted golf? Rubber bracelets with catchy sayings? Better drugs and hotter nurses? All of the above? Dude!

Where's the damn fine print... and the secret handshake...

[thegeriatric]

Curiousuburb, bad luck or is that good luck? either way, Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

Man, this thread scares me.

[turtle]

Wow, sorry to hear the news. I'm sure with that attitude though you'll have it beat in no time!

[drewprops]

Burb I be praying for you.
The plan is to do everything you can to gett kicked out of club.

[curiousuburb]

And for the record (if anyone asks)... having pondered bottles for many minutes.

Q: What do you drink the night they tell you you have Cancer?

A: Your second best bottle. You save the best for the night you beat Cancer.


P.S. Smoking is bad, mmmmkay children?

[Capella]

*hugs* Best of luck with the treatments!

[billybobsky]

sorry burb. get it quick, kill it dead.

[Swox]

Best wishes Curiousburb - I hope you're better soon!

[Argento]

Russell Crow: But you know Tugger's attempted suicide made me realize I should take up a cause. Most great actors take up causes and I'm the greatest of them all!
So from now on, I'm going to spend all my spare time fighting cancer.
Right! Now where is that pussy cancer anyway!



Here's to hoping you both "Russell Crowe," your cancer.