(Or, "What happens when older people write post-its past their bedtime!")

Okay. Background: Figgy is doing home treatments right now, because she got sick of the hospital (no pun intended). The catch is, she has to take in 4.8 liters of fluids per day. And of course, chemo involves a lot of pills and such to counter its side-effects.

So I found a ( Read more... )

A: A brunette who told one too many blonde jokes. ;)

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Three women on Death Row are about to be executed: a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead.

Two guards brings the brunette forward. The executioner shouts, "Ready . . . Aim--"

Suddenly the brunette yells, "EARTHQUAKE!!" Everyone looks around, startled, and the brunette manages to ( Read more... )

Dear Abby, A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid twenties. These two women go everywhere together and I've never seen a man go into or leave their apartment. Do you think they could be Lebanese ( Read more... )

Quick update!

First off, some people have been asking, so here's how each five-week chemo cycle works (with the side effects in parentheses--not all of these side effects have occured in Theresa's case):

Week 1:  Doxorubicin and Cis-Platin administered over a 48-hour period. Figgy has to stay in the hospital for those 48 hours, but then she gets to ( Read more... )

Did you fart? 'Cause you blew me away.

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Are your parents retarded? 'Cause you sure are special.

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My love for you is like diarrhea--I can't hold it in.

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Do you have a library card? 'Cause I'd like to sign you out.

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Is there a mirror in your pants? Because I can see myself in them.

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If you and I were squirrels ( Read more... )

Since it seems like there are still quite a few of my sister's friends that are only just hearing about it, I'll just put it all here. Theresa has osteosarcoma in her...tibia, I think. Bone cancer in her leg. There we go. She's been having trouble with her knee since around June, and at first her doctor thought it was tendinitis, but when it kept ( Read more... )