Yes, please do that! I’m pretty sure the column she wrote on wet charcoal self-igniting was one of the factors that led to me hanging out here.If noting else, please extend our thanks.
The column about gun barrel heating, for which she and fierra did the “research”, is a classic.
I’m glad to hear that she is doing well. I miss her here on the SDMB though. I spent most of my first decade here primarily reading and posting to General Questions (now FQ) and really enjoyed reading posts from her (first as Anthracite and then as @Una_Persson). Her contributions to the SDSAB were also very good.
Other posters I admire are/were @Chronos (who never left, of course), @Stranger_On_A_Train (who I’m glad is posting again), @LSLGuy, @Tripler, @Elendil_s_Heir, @Qadgop_the_Mercotan, and the late @Q.E.D. And lots and lots of others.
Aw, thanks, robby!
Yeah, seconded @robby !
I wish I knew what the hell I was doing right–I’d do more of it!
Tripler
Still figuring out this whole message board thing twenty-four years later. . .
Everybody is different, of course, but I’ll tell you what worked for me:
First, remember that the cancer isn’t what you ARE, it’s just something you HAVE. Don’t let it define you.
Second, find something to focus on for after the treatments. Something to look forward to. On the down days, it’s hard to fight off the depression without having a light at the end of the tunnel.
In retrospect, my light at the end of the tunnel wasn’t my smartest move. Before I was diagnosed, I had agreed to participate on a wild horse race team at our local summer rodeo. After my diagnosis, we realized the rodeo was going to be right before my final chemo treatment. I went ahead and did it anyway, despite being 45 years old and having essentially no immune system after a summer of chemo treatments. Things could have gone quite badly if I had been hurt in the competition.
It ended up working out for me (full story here), but I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone else.
Thanks for sharing that–very inspirational story! No doubt the attitude that led you to help out your team in a physically strenuous competition, also helped your recovery from the cancer.
The ‘weakened immune system’ is still very much a thing today, though they’ve improved the ‘flatten you after chemo’ a lot in the twenty years that have passed. I gather a lot of people simply refused their treatment after experiencing one, back in the day. Today they even give you steroids to keep your strength up (as well as copious anti-nausea treatment), all now apparently standard in chemo sessions.
Due to being a caregiver for most of the years since 2015 I basically never got a cold, because I had neither the time nor the money to be out-and-about. This year, of course, my out-and-about is mostly in hospitals and doctors’ offices, so I did manage to pick up a cold virus. But I seem to be on the mend.
Compromised immune systems are definitely something to keep in mind for us cancer patients, but as you say, it’s important to have something to look forward to, and I do work at that.
Well I’m not dead Last Thanksgiving I had a spinal cord injury And I’m just getting to the point in therapy that I can start using my hands again
Wowsa! Sorry to hear about the accident, but glad to see you again! Best wishes for the New Year!
Good Grief! We will continue to hope for further advances in your mobility. I broke a hip, but that’s not near what you are going through…If we could do anything, can you let us know?
Apparently being on this messageboard is bad for your health.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for all who need it.
Living is bad for your health, do it long enough and it’s even lethal.
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That’s unfortunate. I liked @Cecil. He’s nearly as smart, sexy, and modest as me. What’s not to like?
Invariably.
In hindsight, I’m not sure which side effects were caused the steroids, the chemo, or the other ancillary drugs and chemicals. The anti-nausea meds I was getting were considered experimental at the time. But I can’t complain about the final outcome!
Definitely!
(No doubt they are constantly refining the treatments based on patient responses, and that the protocol has changed quite a bit over the years.)
@aruvqan I hope is doing well.
A thread on dog training today made me miss @k9bfriender. I seem to remember him giving a reason for departing, but now I don’t see it in his last posts.
I was going to post that, but ninja’d.
He hasn’t checked the board for months, hopefully he’s OK.