Colorado B.S. Thread

Sorry for your loss. I've lost a few family members to cancer now & it never gets any easier. My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2008 and has been battling since. Some months are better than others and she's had months NED (No Evidence of Disease) including a stretch of over a year where she lived a normal happy life. It recently returned with a vengeance in the form of inoperable tumors all over her body to include her lungs, lymphatic system, liver, brain and a few others here & there. The liver one is about the size of her liver & presses on her diaphragm causing her discomfort that we regulate w/Oxycontin & Oxycodone. The brain tumor(s) have been treated multiple times by by a focused radiation most know as 'cyber knife' which has been pretty incredible each time. At this time we're just trying to keep ahead of the disease w/various first of chemo, radiation & treatments but it's proving difficult as one thing works well & then w/o notice it seems to build up tolerance. It's been a trying few years or so with some good times in between but I'm just trying to help in any way I can.

Sorry for getting all serious on the Colorado BS thread. I don't mean to be the proverbial turd in anyone's punch bow on a beautiful Saturday morning but I don't talk about it much or vent often so it feels good to get it off of my chest for once.

 

To try to help the thread get back to pre gloom & doom here's something I did last night in the ER to pass the time. Once we had results and she was on IV fuilds/antibiotics & feeling better we were killing time waiting to get moved upstairs to a hospital room. She slept mostly while I was tired of sitting in the uncomfortable bed-side chair so I started to wander around. I spotted a dry erase board they used to track a patients pain/discomfort level. It was quickly obvious that the various faces were begging for a bit of.... shall we say... artistic licensure?

This is how they look when they're blank:



...and now, what I whipped up with a chisel tip dry erase marker and about 12min of time. I'm not an artist (obviously) so I'm not possessed me to start drawing at that moment. Could have been the lack of sleep or the Red Bull but it was a nice release for both of us as we shared a good chuckle during and after. The hospital staff was pretty impressed too because they kept sending people in to see it and we all had a goo time. Ladies and gentleman, without further adieu I give you: The periodic table of faces:



It's probably my best drawing ever.

 

I hope everything starts getting better for you Ost. Feel free to vent and say what ever you need to say.

 

Do not ever ever ever ever ever ever ever hesitate to vent to us, or feel free to send me a PM if you need to also. Dealt with more disease & death & caregiving in my family first-hand than I think anybody should ever have to, so I feel ya.

On another note, morning bitches!

 

Hahaha that is fucking GENIUS!!!!!!

POTD right there!

Of all the hospitals & ERs I had to endure with the late hubby, no pain scales were on a dry erase board... Didn't get to have that kind of fun to pass the time. Lol

 

That's funny OST! I think I will need to artistic up the one on our ambulance!!

 

Tattoo time...yeahhhh!!!!!

 

The grandfather got new shoes today

 

Any one close to aurora have a hi lift extreme? I need to borrow the winch clamp spreader adapter. Pm me ASAP please

 

Anyone got one I could borrow

 

Anyone in FoCo change CV's before?

 

Didn't know you had so much to work with, did ya? Go for it dude!

 

Kinda wanna remove my front flares and get a shop to fill in the holes... Probably be like $500 though

 

No time for rest man. With the sun this morning came chores. I just finished mowing & I'm cleaning up to head back up to the hospital. Turns out things may not be going quite as well as the ER doctor lead us to believe this morning. Hoping this doctor is equally as exaggerating on the other end of the spectrum. I'll find out more when I get there.

 

Best of luck man. I'm hoping for the best outcome for ya!

 

Yes Jer, keep us posted. I hate Dr's and hospitals but that's another story for another time. Best wishes.

 

Thanks guys. Yeah, don't even get me started on hospitals & doctors man. If you ever wake up in Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff NE, run.

 

Want some glass?

 

Yeah sure