BS: The latest on Kendall (updated 2011)

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: SINSULL
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 10:31 AM

Captain,
No two people should worry about the same thing at the same time. It is a waste of time and energy. I can name a few dozen people worried about you this time around so that means you get to concentrate on healing. Just relax and go to sleep and when you wake up it will be all over. Once you know the outcome, you can deal with it.
Whine away, Sweetie.
One of those few times everyone will listen.
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: gnu
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 10:19 AM

Me too, buddy.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Janie
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 09:48 AM

Gotcha in my heart, Kendall (and Jacqui.)

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 08:26 AM

I second the above!

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 07:47 AM

Fair winds and a following sea, Captain...

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: maeve
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 07:34 AM

Nae whinging, ye ken?

maeve, channeling MeganL.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: maeve
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 07:32 AM

Fair sails ahead, Kendall. You'll shoot through this latest storm slicker than a maggot through cheese.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: kendall
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 07:07 AM

Dont you read anything you didn't write? :-)

Rep. John Murtha went into the hospital for gall bladder surgery and his "Doctor" nicked his intestine and peritonitis killed him. My carotid artery is awful close to where he is going to be cutting.

I'm off to Boston today for the cut and paste. It's a major operation which will cost me much of my voice box. It can take up to 8 hours, and I will need a breathing tube for a week or so. And, there is a 10% chance that I will need that forever.

I won't be able to keep up with e mails or the mudcat but Jacqui will.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: catspaw49
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 05:46 AM

Geez Kendall.............LOL......You'd bitch if you was hung with a new rope!   And what has John Murtha got to do with it?

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: open mike
Date: 15 Feb 10 - 05:18 AM

just hope you do not have to go all the way to CT to get a CT scan.

best wishes...

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 14 Feb 10 - 04:25 PM

Right. I'm sure John Murtha agrees.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 10 - 03:51 PM

Certainly a concern, Kendall. But, if it helps the "cure" of the immediate problem, ya gotta go with it. Go with the flow. Ya gotta trust that the doc is doin his job.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 14 Feb 10 - 03:02 PM

I'm told that every CT scan gives you the same radiation as 100 chest X Rays. And some places are very casual about adjusting the damn thing to minimize the dose.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 14 Feb 10 - 10:30 AM

Tom had one at Mass Eye and Ear the day before his October surgery, Kendall, and will have another one the day before next week's surgery. I think they want one the day before any procedure. There. Done by them.

Just in case anything has changed.

That's one hospital (Mass General) where I trust completely what they want and what they do.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 04:58 PM

Having one in every office or hospital in a small geographic area is overkill--if they were spread out more it would make a lot more sense.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: gnu
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 04:43 PM

Better than waiting a dog's age to get one, Kendall. At 3AM, and so rushed that the scan doesn't turn out well because they don't give the dye time enough to get to where it needs to be.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: kendall
Date: 13 Feb 10 - 03:55 PM

One of the reasons our health care is so expensive is duplication. I've had three CT scans this year.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 09:05 PM

Main reason I told that story was the accessibility of the CT scan. But I think the fact that we live in a large urban area and visited a busy hospital district is the reason this scan was available on demand.

One has to wonder if any of the legislation that is hanging in the balance now would help distribute access to these kinds of technologies. Some places have a glut while others experience a dearth of services.

Good luck with the upcoming procedures, Kendall and Tom.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 08:37 PM

Seems this CAT scan can only take place in Boston, but they changed the time so it's now very workable. This is the day before Tom's Feb. 23rd surgery.

I'll start another Curmudgeon thread about that time.

Kendall and Jacqui, you know we're thinking lots about you two -- sending lots of white light, good thoughts, and all that stuff.

You're in good hands...but Kendall's surgery makes Tom's look like a walk in the park.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: gnu
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 07:51 PM

SRS.... got my thoughts and prayers on the go. Keep us informed.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 07:09 PM

Apparently that little "slip" is what caused Rep. Murtha's death. Good call on your son, SRS!

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Amos
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 07:02 PM

Seems like more than one person was full of kaka...


A

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 06:46 PM

My son had a CT scan on Saturday morning last weekend. He couldn't sleep during the night and woke his Dad early. He's had this three or four times before, a sharp abdominal pain that we THINK is migraine related. Two emergency room trips in the past to children's hospital took so long that the pain passed. We all agreed, if it happened again, we'd go to the nearer regular hospital.

Okay so far. They put him on morphine for the pain, and did the scan. Surgeon comes in and says he probably has appendicitis. There is a slightly elevated white count, and the appendix is a little large, though it is still in the range of normal (and this is a tall kid). Surgeon wanted to do surgery that afternoon, despite the constipation that probably triggered the migraine pain (as light is a photo trigger for migraine headaches). "Can you do the surgery with his gut full?" The answer was yes, but then as he goes through the list of risks, there is that pesky "risk of damage of other organs or tissues by accidental cut or poke." And he didn't really know if it was appendicitis, "but if this happens again, you can rule out appendicitis." Not good enough reason for the surgery, IMHO.

We declined the appendectomy. He went back to Dad's, took a laxative the doctor recommended, and was fine the next day. We're following up with his regular GP on the migraine problem.

Geez.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: MikeL2
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 09:41 AM

hi linn

I hope everything goes well for you both.
As you will remember I too suffered from throat cancer.

I am in the UK and although I had private health insurance I was advised that I didn't need it.

So I went on our much criticised National Heath with much trepidation.

I was not messed about like you and Kendall appear to be.

Things just went like clockwork and everyone was in the right place at the right time to suit us. This went on right through my half a dozen laser surgiry ops and 32 days radio treatment and several years aftercare.

My prayers are with you both.

Regards

MikeL2

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 09:36 AM

May cheer you up a bit Kendall.

Did you hear about the poor bloke who found his dog stiff as a board at the bottom of the garden? He picked it up and rushed it to the vet but the vet just shook his head and said the dog was dead. Wanting to be sure the man asked the vet to double check so the vet went in the back room, came out with a cat in a basket, waved it over the dog and then took the basket back. Confirming that the dog was definitely dead he presented the man with a bill for £100. £5 for his time and £95 for the cat scan...

Get better and back over here. We need to drink some more spiced rum:-)

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: olddude
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 09:24 AM

Hey Capt,
this will make you laugh. The last CT scan I had on my neck they made me wait over 2 hours. Then they came to get me, told me to undress and put on this hospital gown. Ok, they then said we will be right back. After waiting another 40 minutes, I got dress walked out and went home.

My doc got this letter

Dear Dr. xxxxx
we deeply apologize for your patient Dan, somehow prior to the CT scan we fear we may have inadvertently vaporized him since we only found the gown in a pile on the floor. We will try to take better care of your next patient ...


True story

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Becca72
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 08:49 AM

Re: hookworms "the fact that the only place they can procreate is in a cat's stomach, nowhere else, not even in a human!"


Sins, I suggest a partnership; if we pool our "resources" (7 cats between the two of us) we can have enough money to buy a CT scanner in no time...

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: SINSULL
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 08:27 AM

I wonder how much one costs. At this rate it might pay for itself in six months.
Counting down to the new thread...

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 12 Feb 10 - 08:21 AM

We're dealing with the CAT scan scheduling, too -- Tom's trying to get it scheduled up here rather than in Boston. The Boston schedule on the day before his surgery is unworkable.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Feb 10 - 08:08 PM

Shucks, Kendall. This past July I walked into the hospital at 5:30 a.m for rotator cuff surgery and the admitting clerk wanted $600. I'm not at my best at that hour, especially since they won't let you eat anything, and my wife's worse -- especially since we had a letter from Blue Cross stating that it was all to be covered.

Let's just say that the admissions clerk was going to learn some new, highly colored language when she decided to let us go without paying the money. I don't know if she was psychic or it was the steam coming out of my ears, but something tipped her off.

Couple weeks later the same thing happened to my doctor when his wife was having a baby. He paid, realizing only later that he should have said, "Gee, I left my checkbook at home and I don't have that much on me. Just lay on the floor right here, dear, and...."

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: kendall
Date: 11 Feb 10 - 07:52 PM

The older I get the more I resent having some twit wasting my time.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 11 Feb 10 - 07:48 PM

Jacqui - that's a bit understated, and I can understand why you might be very p****d off. Hope it gets better!

Kitty
xx

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: jacqui.c
Date: 11 Feb 10 - 07:29 PM

We talked about this earlier. We have decided to start a new thread, probably Tuesday morning, just before we head for the hospital.

We're a bit annoyed right now - we're due down in Boston tomorrow to see Dr Z and were told yesterday that we will have to also go for Kendall to have another CAT scan - the third in a year.

Today we got a phone call - they wanted us there at 8.00am tomorrow form a pre-op exam for the anasthesiologist. We pointed out that, with a two hour journey from Portland, there was no way we were going to be able to do that. Now we have to kick our heels from 1.00pm to 2.00pm, between the CAT scan and the pre-op and hope that they can do that at the given time to allow us to get back to the 2.30 bus, otherwise there will be more heel kicking until the 3.30 bus!

Needless to say, we made our feelings pretty clear - the person we spoke to was unable to say why we hadn't been told about this earlier in the week. We are heading up state when we get back and a delay will make it even later to get there tomorrow evening.

I've got no problem with these tests, but a bit more notice would be nice.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Feb 10 - 04:33 PM

Now back to our regula programming:
Kendall's surgery is next week. Is it time to start a new thread? Your call, Jacqui.
Meantime, Captain, you are in my thoughts and prayers every day.
Head Kendall Groupie,
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Cuilionn
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 06:26 PM

Mary-- It's a regular egg inside, and I can get you plenty more if you like them, so don't consider it too rare to break and enjoy! As I answered in the other thread, it's from an Araucana hen. Their eggs tend to have a shell colour somewhere in the blue-to-green range.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:43 PM

And, you can read a personal account by the guy interviewed HERE.

It bizarre to think he gets almost $3,000 per package of hookworms for harvesting from his own shit!*bg*

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:42 PM

Thank you, no, Kendall.

By the way, Cuilionn, what's with the green egg? It's too pretty to break. Feed or a weird chicken? I am enjoying the cruelty free omelets. Thank you again.
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 03:39 PM

Speaking of worms did anyone else hear the guy on NPR yesterday, talking about hookworms curing asthma and allergies? It was pretty gross, but interesting, esp. the fact that the only place they can procreate is in a cat's stomach, nowhere else, not even in a human!

You cna listen to the show HERE OR, read a bit of it HERE.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: gnu
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 02:51 PM

Even if you sauté them in butter?

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Cuilionn
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 02:49 PM

But not taupeworms.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 10:46 AM

I thought it was taupe that went with everything?

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: kendall
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 04:00 PM

V.T, I chased her until she caught me.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 03:24 PM

Gnu, you smoke oysters? I've smoke my share in my time, but never oysters. Aren't they kinda hard to light?

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 03:01 PM

still following this... quietly

Think Kendall must be pretty smart. He picked Jaqui, didn't he?

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: gnu
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 12:44 PM

Last time I was up at my camp, my buddy's lad surprised us with a bottle of rum and a few tins of oysters. He open a tin and I saw that he had bought oysters, in salt water, not smoked... I didn't say a word. He shoved one in his mouth and the look on his face was priceless!

He rose from the table and started for the garbage can... I hollered "Don't spit that in the garbage... it'll stink the place up." He was gagging all the way out the door and to the woods.

Yeah, that was kinda mean of me... we tried to stifle the laughter, but not a hope.

The swearing startede as soon as he spat three or four times and got louder as he approached the camp. He went straight for tin and realized his mistake. F***! He looked at another tin... F***! the last tin... F***! F***! F***! And apologized profusley.

I said. No worries... you can smoke them over the camp fire later.

Yup, he tried... F........

The rum was good.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: kendall
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 12:24 PM

That was me, cookieless.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Feb 10 - 09:32 AM

Black goes with everything.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: gnu
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 02:42 PM

Hahahahaa... I haven't been called a choker fer years!

Of course, I prefer to choke sardines... Da fish, she is very small.

And, ya can't beat Kippered Snacks with a drop o black rum... or smoked oysters.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 01:50 PM

People choke herrings? I thought they just hauled 'em up in nets.

"Argh, but that 'un put up a fight, but I managed to hold on and choke 'er. Now back overboard for another 'un."

Kinda like hunting deer by jumping on them and cutting their throat, only wetter, I guess.

Subject: RE: BS: The latest on Kendall
From: GUEST,Kendall
Date: 06 Feb 10 - 12:43 PM

I'd have the same trouble trying to talk like a Herring choker with all them "R's" and
Eh's"