Koliadko

If this was the 'best', I don't think I care to see the worst!! LOL Had a little melting today but they are calling for freezing rain tomorrow. Awesome, just awesome. Maybe I didn't move quite far enough south!!

Thanks guys! It's been a long day but a good day. We weren't at the hospital for even 30 minutes! Shannon's Mom came over and so did my son and the brood. Had a real nice visit. My Mom came over this morning before we left and dropped off a rum cake for me that a friend had made. Almost had that for break fast! It was a good day all around. Too bad this wasn't Friday.

Shannon will be on Cisplatin. The main side effect is....nausea and vomiting. Shocker, right? Also, kidney toxicity, blood test abnormalities (low magnesium, calcium, and potassium), low white blood cells, and low red blood cells. Not as common are numbness and tingling in extremities, high frequency hearing loss, loss of appetite (his main loss of appetite will come from the radiation therapy), taste changes plus his little swimmers won't work as well but that's not a concern for us. I can also tell you one of the main side effects of Fentanyl (his pain medication patch) is loss of memor

I'm so sorry I haven't seen this until now. I couldn't imagine what you and your family are going through. I will pray for strength for all. Sandi

I totally understand that. I took yesterday for myself. I woke up crying and pretty much did that all day. Needed to get it out of my system. Hadn't done it at all until now. I was getting an average of 4 hours sleep but I slept 9 hours last night. Think I finally got my batteries recharged. Plus I always have my family supporting me. Family is very important to me.

I only use it where I would post a +1.

Happy birthday David. You're in God's loving hands now. We miss you.

Thanks. This has been a very difficult day. Shannon and I will fight this beast hard. Cancer didn't have any idea who it was messing with when it picked Shannon. I'm convinced that together, we can do anything including kicking the ass of this invader to his body. There's no way I'm letting him go through ANY of this alone. I guess, again, I have to be stronger than I've ever been. Because I have to. Failure here is NOT an option. I've also stressed to him the importance of a positive attitude. It could be the difference between beating this and...well...there just is no other option

Well, unfortunately, it is cancer. But we have a good game plan set up with the Drs. at the UNC Cancer Hospital. His doctor made me feel much better and have much hope for a good outcome. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. Shannon is busy letting his family know but will tell you however much info as he cares to later.

All thoughts and prayers are most welcome.

Well see now, this is where we need to use our voices. If these vendors don't sell smaller sizes, write them and tell them you would have bought one of their shirts if only they came in smaller sizes........ We need to let them know women are here and we're here to stay!

Riding is fun but flying is way better. Even if you're 'flying' over the handle bars?

Major congrats Mike! Sounds like a good reason to celebrate......

You'll get a thumbs up for this from Shannon.

Happy Birthday all. Have a great day!

Happy Birthday. Hope it's a great one!

Here, here! HBD to everyone!

Nope. No + or - with mods and Makc. I must say at first I really didn't like the new setup but I think that is more because I didn't see it coming. I changed the skin and now have the 'top' button back. I like part of the new PM setup. I got a PM from a member this morning with a follow up from him and a response from Cobra and it shows up as just 1 PM. Much nicer. Still don't understand why some PM's are listed where you're not allowed to respond. But at least you can read them still. I'd say overall I'd give the change a thumbs up.

I will say that I do like the email notifications better. Tells me in the subject line what the topic is.

Not a big fan of the change but I reckon I'll get used to it. ETA: I don't like that the 'top' button isn't on the left of each post anymore either.

My Grandfather was in the Navy and my Dad and all three uncles were in the Army. My bro wanted in the Air Force (his biggest love in this world was flying) but his vision kept him out. When he was a teenager, he put some black powder in a bottle and lit it. Bad idea. When he ran in the basement after it happened, he had a long shard of glass sticking out of his right eye. Wasn't surprising vision kept him out. As for me, all I ever wanted when I was young is to get married and raise a family. I got three great sons out of it. I thank all who have served and also all who tried. You

I'd give this until the end of the month (assuming business memberships are paid from first of the month to the end of the month) since it seems maybe he's paid through September. Until then, I would just try to keep this thread near the top to keep new members from being screwed.

Happy Birthday all. Sorry you had to post this yourself. We spent quite a bit of today at the dentist office. What fun! So we were kind of distracted.

Just got off the phone with Vanessa. Drs. say Max is going to be fine. No surgery necessary. He has what is called an arachnoid cyst. It's something he may very well live with his whole life and not have it affect him in any way. We just need to be careful to any kind of blow to the head. He'll need to be monitored closely if that happens. I just wanted to thank you all for the thoughts and prayers. I have no doubt in my mind that they helped.