<p>Well, that’s just the way I imagined it! I hope you are in a robe and slippers, too. Or a comfy extra large t-shirt and big socks. I remember some of the get-ups I wore while working from home when my children were babies. One time I took an important client call while hiding in a closet from them! The client was none the wiser but I was sure glad I couldn’t be seen!</p>
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<p>–Terry Bradshaw </p>
<p>Good luck tomorrow LTS. I’ll be keeping you in mind and in prayer.</p>
<p>Working at home is the best reason NOT to have video conferencing!!!</p>
<p>Best of luck to you tomorrow LTS…</p>
<p>Randy Pausch</p>
<p>Here’s just one small but specific example of the extent of his impact: Yesterday my wife, an elementary school social worker (who, inexplicably, has never shown even the slightest interest in CC [but happens to be, in every other respect, a fine person]), just started reading The Last Lecture, which she had received as an end-of-the-year present from the family of one of her students. </p>
<p>Many, many other folks, I’m sure, are doing likewise.</p>
<p>epistrophy: We won’t hold that against your wife. She has good taste in husbands, and since you have trophy in your name I imagine that you are quite the trophy husband.</p>
<p>LTS: I am so glad you did. This thread is as inspiration as its inspiration, Randy Pausch. And it’s so good to remember that any diagnosis or life experience is just part of the spectrum of human experience and can be shared.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope Mrs. E enjoys the book - what a lovely gift - and to read it through the lens of the elementary school setting…very nice. She will come away with some interesting perceptions…</p>
<p>ADad - you are a wonder at coming up with appropriate, succinct, profound statements.</p>
<p>LTS - hope all goes well tomorrow. Having the port will make at least one thing a little easier.</p>
<p>LTS,
Best wishes for the port placement tomorrow.
I am amazed that you have done all this cancer fighting without a port!</p>
<p>A couple of sillies to make you grin:</p>
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<p>Blood Test:
Two children were sitting outside a clinic. One of them was crying very loudly.
2nd Child: Why are you crying?
1st Child: I came here for a blood test.
2nd Child: So? Are you afraid?
1st Child: No. For the blood test, they cut my finger. </p>
<p>At this, the second one started crying profusely.
The first one was astonished.<br>
1st Child: Why are you crying now?
2nd Child: I came for a urine test !</p>
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<p>Five Surgeons:
Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients on the operating table.</p>
<p>The first surgeon says, “I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered.”</p>
<p>The second responds, “Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded.”</p>
<p>The third surgeon says, “No, I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order.”</p>
<p>The fourth surgeon chimes in: “You know, I like construction workers…those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over at the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would.”</p>
<p>But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed: “You’re all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There’s no guts, no heart, and no spine, and the head and butt are interchangeable.” </p>
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<p>Impotent Loser
Q: What’s the definition of an Impotent Loser?
A: A guy who can’t even get his hopes up. </p>
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<p>The Apple iBoob</p>
<p>Apple Computers announced today that it has developed a computer chip that can store and play music in women’s breast implants.</p>
<p>The iBoob will cost between $499 and $599. This is considered to be a major breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.</p>
<p>Thanks to Apple, everyone is now happy.</p>
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<p>binx: Thank you very much for your kind words.</p>
<p>Wondering how you are having your port placed. I had my first one done in surgery. They couldn’t get the first one in and then did a cut down ( a bigger incision) to try and find my vein. They finally put it on the left side (the side of my breast cancer). When I went for chemo, it didn’t work. The chemo nurses told me they had quite a few ports that don’t work when put in by surgeons in the OR.
I had my second port put in in Interventional Radiology where they can watch where the catheter goes while they do it. Was much smoother, and all I had was IV sedation.
Don’t know if this is an option for you.
Prayers tonight for a successful placement.
Have them use spray or Emla cream (topical anesthetics) when they access your port. Works wonders.</p>
<p>Keymom, this will be a surgical procedure. I am worried. We didn’t do this in Florida, I guess because we thought I would have this beat quickly, and, now, we don’t have much of a choice. Interventional radiology is doing it. I usually don’t worry…</p>
<p>ADad, this falls under “fall down seven, stand up eight”… :)</p>
<p>Adad, </p>
<p>I, also, enjoy and benefit from the quotations you post.</p>
<p>LTS, I will be thinking of you tomorrow, and hoping that the procedure goes smoothly.</p>
<p>Me too. Will keep you in mind all day, LTS.</p>
<p>My mom has a port, it has made her life much easier during her chemo. Wishing you all the best, from another lurker who checks your thread daily!</p>
<p>Thank you very much, LTS and NYMomof2.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best tomorrow, stay strong.</p>
<p>You’ll be in my prayers.</p>
<p>LTS, I know you’re right - you will get through it. I listened to The Last Lecture last night, all the way through. I laughed, I cried, I came away with such a warm feeling and such gratitude for this exceptional man’s willingness to share his life experiences with the masses. One of his points is that the brick walls you come up against are there to see how badly you want it, and to stop the other people who don’t want it as badly as you do. I don’t know if you’re going to bust through this brick wall or leap over it (images of red heels and yellow-tape hurdles in hospital corridor merging here!) but I know you will leave this barrier behind as you have done with so many others. Take care.</p>
<p>Glad to see interventional radiology is doing it. After it is in you really don’t notice it but it makes life easier on your poor veins.<br>
Remember “I can do all things through Christ who Strenghtens me.”</p>