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Vanilla Strange Gato

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  1. If if’s and but’s were candy and nuts, we’d all have a wonderful Christmas. Never change, college football discussion forums. Never change.
  2. I thought we said no diaper talk?
  3. Why does Ohio State put pot leaf decals on their helmets throughout the season?
  4. I really like Sark. He was a good hire. And I love his story of redemption and overcoming addiction that has taken down many people in every walk of life over human history, yet he has done well the last few years. That being said, people that think he’s an offensive genius need to stop being fanboys and be objective. He might end up showing the world he’s an offensive mastermind. But he’s not there yet. Look at last year. With the exception of Michigan, the offense didn’t go crazy on any helmet schools or really schools with a pulse/bowl teams. When a Sark offense goes up against a quality defense, it does what a lot of other offenses do - it struggles. Don’t freak out. Almost every other school would love to have Sark and say “we were in the playoffs the past two seasons, what did YOU do?” But yeah, scoring in the teens against quality defenses isn’t a good trend.
  5. Short answer: maybe They would likely put you back on the drip. Or, if available, a pill for “maintenance chemo”. Or put you into a trial for experimental drugs if one is available and you qualify. Long answer: there could be multiple options My experience was surgery, heal for a month, then do chemo and radiation simultaneously, then I was clear for a year. When it came back in my liver (colorectal cancer that was metastatic to my lymph and liver), they switched to a different chemo. Once that cleared out the tumors, I was clear for a year. It came back in my liver and one lymph node by my aorta. Tumor board and liver board argued about what to do. Medical oncologist wanted to try another chemo. Surgeon said “I don’t want to try surgery on him after you have had him”. Radiation oncologist said “make a decision, I’ll jump in wherever you need me”. We ended up with liver resection and lymph removal and intra-operative radiation by my aorta where that lymph node was removed. I have been clear ever since but it was not easy. Or cheap. My oncologist that referred me to M.D. Anderson had even told me she would like to consider chemo before doing something as aggressive as they were suggesting. But then she thought about it and said “you are young, you can handle all of this”. If radiation doesn’t work, be prepared for some way-outside-the-box thinking. They don’t like to lose battles and they will try to come up with something to kill that cancer and not take you with it in the process.
  6. Share your submittal for best ZZ Top song and tell me why this is it.
  7. What is that character on your brother’s shirt? It looks a little bit like the guy on the “Go To Jail” space on the Monopoly board.
  8. What year will that pic stop being funny? Will any of us live to see it?
  9. I was able to escape most of the bone pain. My spine and neck would ache the first day after a shot but it went away after that. But man there isn’t much to do to get pain out of your bones.
  10. One clinic I went to charged my insurance $1200 for Neulasta. When I switched clinics at my first recurrence, the new clinic charged $6000 to insurance for that shot. They always wanted inject in the stomach because it was not supposed to hurt as much. Bullll sheeeet I think there was Karo syrup in that little syringe. It was slow going.
  11. I had it for a year. Changed the flange maybe every fifth day? Nobody at work could tell I had one. It was horrible to wake up to but turned out to be very manageable and probably helped me avoid some side effects. Had mine for a year.
  12. They giving you Neulasta injections on your off weeks to force your bone marrow to produce white blood cells?
  13. Which of you is this? Dude has 53 sales on Reverb. Only one of this group has this much gear! Of course, y’all claim to never part with gear so maybe I’m off track https://reverb.com/item/91920888-prs-se-alex-lifeson-signature-thinline-natural?page=5#shop-reviews
  14. I once went to radiation in the morning and then stopped in the cafeteria at Methodist and grabbed a fruit punch Gatorade and a quesadilla and headed across the Skybridge to Scurlock Tower for chemo. I got fussed at by Bobbi and Renee (chemo nurses) for bringing hot food to the infusion room. Hot foods give off more aroma and can trigger the other patients to puke if they are teetering on the brink of nausea. Halfway thru my infusion I took my IV pole to the restroom to take a whiz and empty my bag. I was sure I had internal bleeding because my bag was full of red liquid!!! Bobbi and Renee said “did you drink anything with red food coloring in it?” No more red or purple for me during the year I had a bag. It was pretty apparent to me at that point why the instructions for the days prior to a colonoscopy say to not have any red or purple liquids a few days prior. As for corn, it should only be consumed as chips or tortillas. Kernels are like eating lead pellets as far as I’m concerned.
  15. Too bad. getting a clear view of the digestive process will certainly change some of your dietary choices and encourage you to chew your food more.
  16. Oh, hi there. Could I interest you in some random ileostomy facts?
  17. I always wondered what the big deal was with a “Brazilian wax”. Radiation showed me. That was an odd time.
  18. Yes, but not as good as Dinosaur Jr.
  19. I like that you offered. It takes care of something she would need to find a home for, it returns some funds to the estate or her, and the guitar goes to someone she knows who is going to give that guitar the proper honor it deserves by creating music with it. Everybody wins.
  20. Dr. James Dobson has headed to the pearly gates.
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