What a week

JR, I didn't tell but a few people that I was going to be out of town. My folks live in Greensboro, so I drove through Charlotte last Sunday and today.


Sean, thank you for the warm thoughts. It is very good news on my mom, we couldn't have asked for a better outcome, though I am feeling really guilty tonight that I wasn't able to spend one more day with my mom and dad. I had to rush over to the nursing home to see my grandmother before I hit the road too. She's 96, so every moment I get with her is precious! Her mind is still sharp as it was when she was was a young woman!

So, all the critters are now cleaned up - Hannah decided to paint with her poop, that was a lot of fun. Karl even said - I bet all the animals are glad that you're home!

Phew - that is the definition of eventful!

I am very glad everything was benign - one less thing to worry about. Is 1/2 the thyriod enough to admisister horomones?

I was reading the part about the busted water heater, on edge - i was so nervous something happened to your animals. So at least that did happen, and jackel DOES make an excellent point :D
Glad everything will be okay :)

my girlfriend has a bunch of tumors in her thyroid... had them removed earlier this year and is recovering really well. it's a slow process for her to regain energy... and her iron is so low she has to have injections... but she's alive and well.

i'm glad to hear your mom is too!

Awww Robin, sorry your week was so bad. I am so glad your mom made it through surgery and the tumor was benign. The other stuff, while stressful, can be fixed. Enjoy next weekend.



When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Biggest hugs Robin. I know this has been a high stress time for you hon and there's nothing to do but grit your teeth and hang on tight. Which you did btw with your usual admirable grit. You southern ladies really are an iron fist in a velvet glove. :D I'm just glad you got home safe. I was really worried about you driving alone that long distance with so much upsetting stuff happening. Make sure that apt complex does right by you and Karl. You're a terrific, long time tenant and deserve good treatment over this mess.

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Originally Posted by adizziedoll

Phew - that is the definition of eventful!

I am very glad everything was benign - one less thing to worry about. Is 1/2 the thyriod enough to admisister horomones?

I was reading the part about the busted water heater, on edge - i was so nervous something happened to your animals. So at least that did happen, and jackel DOES make an excellent point :D
Glad everything will be okay :)

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They're going to wait and see if her other half compensates, but she's already on some hormones, because she had a full hysterectomy (sp?) some 20+ years ago. She does have to be on calcium, as aparently, it also controls absorption of calcium, I believe?

Yes, I was really worried about the snakes, and Karl doesn't know how to re-set thermostas, but luckily no one got unplugged.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

my girlfriend has a bunch of tumors in her thyroid... had them removed earlier this year and is recovering really well. it's a slow process for her to regain energy... and her iron is so low she has to have injections... but she's alive and well.

i'm glad to hear your mom is too!

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Thankfully, if you're going to get cancer, thyroid cancer is the most treatable, and doesn't tend to spread. My mother was a nervous wreck all week and I reminded her that of all the people we've heard stories of (and we've easily heard of over 30 cases amongst friends who knew someone with it), not one had a negative outcome.

She did awesome, didn't take any pain meds, and the nurse said she was a model patient, and they wished they could keep her, just because she was so pleasant and did everything that they told her to. She did battle a bit of nauseau from the anesthetic the first day, and they finally gave her something for it (she kept feeling better after getting sick, and they were trying to wait it out), because they didn't want her tearing stitches.

Thank you Alice! I kept hoping that it was a nightmare, but then I woke up this morning and still was facing it all! LOL

I'm going to probably spend most of today going through stuff and see what we've collected over the years that we can get rid of - so I'll just think of it as spring (or fall) cleaning. We might also get the apartment painted, but I wish they'd just move us to another apartment instead.

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Originally Posted by Alice

Awww Robin, sorry your week was so bad. I am so glad your mom made it through surgery and the tumor was benign. The other stuff, while stressful, can be fixed. Enjoy next weekend.



When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Jo, thank you for listening to me sob as I was driving home - I think the emotions of being forced to leave a day early really hit me when I called you. I only get a chance to see my family twice a year. Poor Karl was like "I promise I wasn't trying to get you to come home a day early!".

I basically just listened to a book on CD and friends and family were calling me the whole drive to see how I was doing and Karl was giving me updates on what was happening. Once I was actually on the road, I calmed down a bit.

Diamond and I stopped at our mid-way stop and shared a McDonald's vanilla cone (it's our little "ritual" whenever we travel to NC and back).

Waiting for the office to open now, I'll be voicing my extreme displeasure later this afternoon (this is the second water heater in 13 years that I've had flood my apartment).

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Biggest hugs Robin. I know this has been a high stress time for you hon and there's nothing to do but grit your teeth and hang on tight. Which you did btw with your usual admirable grit. You southern ladies really are an iron fist in a velvet glove. :D I'm just glad you got home safe. I was really worried about you driving alone that long distance with so much upsetting stuff happening. Make sure that apt complex does right by you and Karl. You're a terrific, long time tenant and deserve good treatment over this mess.

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