tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post5845963210056660798..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: How. Do. You. Feel.Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-5381491419629744742010-09-21T15:07:13.339-07:002010-09-21T15:07:13.339-07:00*geeklove* I know exactly the 'How. Do. You. F...*geeklove* I know exactly the 'How. Do. You. Feel.' reference of whence you speak. And i totally have moments when it echoes in my head. <br /><br /><3 <3 <3 <br /><br />/random comment is randomNurse Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-6091674018731592422010-09-21T12:49:06.359-07:002010-09-21T12:49:06.359-07:00Please don't feel lonely, Jo. We love you.Please don't feel lonely, Jo. We love you.shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-62509977145733693832010-09-21T11:30:31.640-07:002010-09-21T11:30:31.640-07:00You're sounding good!
(I tried to contact you...You're sounding good!<br /><br />(I tried to contact you through the link, but I might not have done it right. I'll do it again, now.)<br /><br />Hugs and good stuff from Jerusalem.Lurkettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-4203885483114498312010-09-21T10:14:36.789-07:002010-09-21T10:14:36.789-07:00So now I know that I'm officially a 'lurke...So now I know that I'm officially a 'lurker", having read your blog for months and not commenting until this unexpected event. Although I don't know you, I expect that the very traits you exhibit in your writing are the ones that will guide you through this with a unique Jo-ness. Strength, wonder and an appreciation of the beauty and good in your life. Plus a heaping dose of humor, of course. <br />PS: Nurse Ann is a wise woman.Suzanne B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-71029884167848159252010-09-21T09:50:24.013-07:002010-09-21T09:50:24.013-07:00I'll just add... what they said. Because thos...I'll just add... what they said. Because those comments above are spot on.<br /><br />And an ear worm for you:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFcpxTOm0PQ&p=71E4E0C453F75E1D&playnext=1&index=1<br /><br />We're here for you, in whatever way we can be.bdaisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02993906312026049336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-67397595937785539122010-09-21T09:36:49.285-07:002010-09-21T09:36:49.285-07:00@Ann: thank you! I dare not do anything which will...@Ann: thank you! I dare not do anything which will cause you to come kick my butt and unplug my Mini.<br /><br />@Gretchen: isn't it nice to have a tumor that matches my personality?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-28709678075402285232010-09-21T09:32:43.071-07:002010-09-21T09:32:43.071-07:00So, just out of curiosity, I looked up PLGA. And ...So, just out of curiosity, I looked up PLGA. And don't worry, I'm not going to tell you anything scary or useful or anything. I just especially liked the definition that claimed this tumor is "indolent." Lazy. Slothful. Hell, you can beat an indolent tumor - it's not even trying! Really hated to hear that it's cancer, and I'm sincerely wishing you all the best.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502774786755482118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-56113715794896299552010-09-21T08:10:49.910-07:002010-09-21T08:10:49.910-07:00This just in: I LOVE NURSE ANN.This just in: I LOVE NURSE ANN.Penny Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154829540938334107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-5200163640377972482010-09-21T06:15:47.779-07:002010-09-21T06:15:47.779-07:00Yo -
I feel EXACTLY how Penny feels...that's ...Yo -<br /><br />I feel EXACTLY how Penny feels...that's how *I* feel. Trust your inner strength, because it IS there. <br /><br />And I love reading the responses...it teaches me how to be a better friend.<br /><br />PS: I have asked many of my friends to keep you in their thoughts/prayers, so you have even MORE total strangers pulling for you...just wanted you to know that! Candles are being lit, and healing thoughts are bombarding The Universe on your behalf.<br /><br />-Bekrebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575118624445249813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-30980641713246582282010-09-21T05:33:20.387-07:002010-09-21T05:33:20.387-07:00If my wiring goes haywire or my plumbing needs plu...If my wiring goes haywire or my plumbing needs plumbed, I do not google the fix. I call the electrician or the plumber.<br /><br />As a nurse, it is just hard for me to say "trust your doctors" because we are genetically unable to trust most doctors, have spent a fair amount of our professional life keeping them out of trouble.<br /><br />All that being said (don't you hate that phrase?), I am older, wiser, more experienced than you, probably was taking care of my first patients before you were born. <br /><br />We are our own worst enemies when we get sick. We know how bad things can get, have seen those 1:100,000 things happen, know how very unpretty it can be. We know way more than we need to, just enough to be very dangerous.<br /><br />So my dear friend whom I have only just met in the past few months, trust your doctors, ok? I know you have already checked them out, had a look at their credentials, know there M&M rates. And I know you made the best possible choice for a person to manage your care thru this deviation in the road of life.<br /><br />You are going to feel how you feel, and that will change on a moment to moment basis. It is ok. You have to be where you are. You can't be six when you are three. Life doesn't work that way.<br /><br />Accept those offers of help that are helpful, say no to the rest.<br /><br />Don't try to know all there is to know about what is happening going to happen might happen might not happen because you can't.<br /><br />And don't make me get out of this chair and put the cord on your computer, disable all search engines and throw away all the books and articles.<br /><br />For just this once in your adult life, allow people with the skills to take care of you do their job.<br /><br />And feel free to scream and cry and regret and be mad. We understand. I understand.<br /><br />I want to help and support you and be your friend, and that line just went around the corner a dozen times.<br /><br />Nurse AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-82151024248336435522010-09-20T20:53:09.363-07:002010-09-20T20:53:09.363-07:00Cancer's a horrible mindfuck of a disease. Th...Cancer's a horrible mindfuck of a disease. There is no way we can do anything BUT go off in all directions when it happens to us.<br /><br />Some cancers are worse on the outside, some are worse on the inside. Considering that all of our bodily real estate is valuable, it's a Sophie's choice to try and decide which might be the "better" one to have. <br /><br />I am just really glad you are open to sharing this on your blog, Jo. I'm new here but frankly, I'm happy to be whatever small piece of support I can be. Even if it's just a measly little comment to read some night when you can't sleep, so maybe you'll know somebody's thinking of you. That I can do. Sure wish it was more, though.Celestenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-2908905346152066772010-09-20T19:20:01.273-07:002010-09-20T19:20:01.273-07:00It is normal to not know how you feel, and it is o...It is normal to not know how you feel, and it is one of those silly questions along the lines of "How does it feel to be 7?"<br /><br />A better question is, "What can I do for you at this moment?" Since I am not there, I know the answer, and will continue to pray.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-23785678209120983102010-09-20T18:40:46.096-07:002010-09-20T18:40:46.096-07:00I know how *I* feel. And I know I would take on h...I know how *I* feel. And I know I would take on how you feel if I could take it and put it on my shoulders and take it off yours. And I know I am not even remotely the only person who feels this way.<br /><br />That all amounts to a whole lotta nothing, since there isn't a friggin' thing to ease how you feel, but...I wish I could.Penny Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154829540938334107noreply@blogger.com