Random Thoughts 14: I can see clearly now 2020 edition

[coolerifyoudid]

We got some amazing news this morning, and I'm kinda doing a happy dance over here. The husband half of our closest friends was diagnosed with bladder cancer almost 2 years ago. He went through some chemo and they made a plan to do a cystectomy (remove his bladder and put in a stoma). Before they did the surgery they needed to do one more scan...and they found spots on his liver. The cystectomy is intended to get rid of the cancer before it spreads...and they were too late. Heavy round of chemo last spring (very debilitating), and another scan said the liver spots had increased. At that point, they told him he would not see 65 (this was a month or so before his 64th birthday). Last ditch effort, they tried a newer drug (Keytruda). He had scans in November, and everything was shrinking. He had scans yesterday, and today they told us all the scans were clear!

He'll be on Keytruda for the rest of his life, but he will HAVE a "rest of his life" now. So happy for them that words cannot express it fully!!!

I'm glad I read through the whole post. After leading off with "We got some amazing news this morning" your story was really depressing for about 6 sentences.

Glad to hear about your friend's recovery. Any defeat of cancer is a great one! Time can't ever be replaced.

 

[NWICY]

Congrats to your friends KC. That is wonderful news!

 

[VeloClone]

Haven’t checked the weather. Are you MN people still scheduled to die in this storm Sunday?

Southern Minnesota, yes. Central Minny will just have a mild annoyance. Northern Minnesota will be breaking out the sunscreen.

 

[jcyclonee]

Weather guys saying people in MN will die this weekend. Getting my looting kit ready for Monday. Shoot Tuesday, on Monday I will be wandering the walks of campus again.

Alright. You can have the Hyundai if you really want it.

 

[jcyclonee]

Weather guy doing on site or Rochester socialice event. Says it’s like a bar scene as two kids run circles behind him. Apparently 10 year olds hang out in MN bars.

You sure it was a bar? Rochester's pretty much in the middle of Amish country. It's like the early 19th century with tons of hot nurses.

 

[jcyclonee]

We got some amazing news this morning, and I'm kinda doing a happy dance over here. The husband half of our closest friends was diagnosed with bladder cancer almost 2 years ago. He went through some chemo and they made a plan to do a cystectomy (remove his bladder and put in a stoma). Before they did the surgery they needed to do one more scan...and they found spots on his liver. The cystectomy is intended to get rid of the cancer before it spreads...and they were too late. Heavy round of chemo last spring (very debilitating), and another scan said the liver spots had increased. At that point, they told him he would not see 65 (this was a month or so before his 64th birthday). Last ditch effort, they tried a newer drug (Keytruda). He had scans in November, and everything was shrinking. He had scans yesterday, and today they told us all the scans were clear!

He'll be on Keytruda for the rest of his life, but he will HAVE a "rest of his life" now. So happy for them that words cannot express it fully!!!

That is such good news. Wow!

 

[jcyclonee]

Haven’t checked the weather. Are you MN people still scheduled to die in this storm Sunday?

With my son's crabby demeanor this week, I'm not sure I'm going to make it to Sunday.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I just received a message from the school district warning people to drive slow while they are resurfacing the parking lot. I understand that there's likely more going into it than I realize, but isn't there enough time to do something like this when, oh I don't know, school isn't in session?!?

The kids have a half day next Wednesday and then are out for parent-teacher conferences and President's Day until 2/18. And then spring break is coming up. Not to mention that the school isn't exactly lively over the summer.

 

[JM4CY]

Gonna be in southern Wisconsin this weekend and then headed back home along 20 on Sunday. How bad are the roads gonna be?

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Gonna be in southern Wisconsin this weekend and then headed back home along 20 on Sunday. How bad are the roads gonna be?

You should be fine

 

[stormchaser2014]

Gonna be in southern Wisconsin this weekend and then headed back home along 20 on Sunday. How bad are the roads gonna be?

You taking 151 or 11 to Dubuque?

 

[JM4CY]

You taking 151 or 11 to Dubuque?

Hwy 20

 

[jcyclonee]

I just received a message from the school district warning people to drive slow while they are resurfacing the parking lot. I understand that there's likely more going into it than I realize, but isn't there enough time to do something like this when, oh I don't know, school isn't in session?!?

The kids have a half day next Wednesday and then are out for parent-teacher conferences and President's Day until 2/18. And then spring break is coming up. Not to mention that the school isn't exactly lively over the summer.

They probably had it originally scheduled for Super Bowl weekend.

 

[jcyclonee]

Haven’t checked the weather. Are you MN people still scheduled to die in this storm Sunday?

I checked the weather forecast for our town.

Looks pretty rough. If you enter through the garage, the keys to the Hyundai are on the key holder just inside the door on the left, the liquor is in the cabinet above the fridge, and I assume the condoms in the nightstand are well past their expiration date. Also, I think there's a small box of fake mustaches in the cabinet above where the phone used to be. That should be all of the important stuff.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Hwy 20

On your way back, unless you're going somewhere else?

 

[cycloneG]

I checked the weather forecast for our town.
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Looks pretty rough. If you enter through the garage, the keys to the Hyundai are on the key holder just inside the door on the left, the liquor is in the cabinet above the fridge, and I assume the condoms in the nightstand are well past their expiration date. Also, I think there's a small box of fake mustaches in the cabinet above where the phone used to be. That should be all of the important stuff.

How's he supposed to know where the phone used to be?
Why were you putting on fake mustaches when talking on the phone?

 

[jcyclonee]

How's he supposed to know where the phone used to be?
Why were you putting on fake mustaches when talking on the phone?

It's pretty obvious where our phone used to be. The house was built in 2004 when people still had landlines.

The fake mustaches are stored near the passports. Coincidence?

 

[cycloneG]

It's pretty obvious where our phone used to be. The house was built in 2004 when people still had landlines.

The fake mustaches are stored near the passports. Coincidence?

You didn't remove this after getting rid of the landline?

 

[VeloClone]

With my son's crabby demeanor this week, I'm not sure he's going to make it to Sunday.

Fixed for accuracy...

 

[BCClone]

I checked the weather forecast for our town.
View attachment 70092
Looks pretty rough. If you enter through the garage, the keys to the Hyundai are on the key holder just inside the door on the left, the liquor is in the cabinet above the fridge, and I assume the condoms in the nightstand are well past their expiration date. Also, I think there's a small box of fake mustaches in the cabinet above where the phone used to be. That should be all of the important stuff.

liquor, condoms and fake mustaches???? Is this your key club or wife’s supplies? Not sure exactly what I would be signing up for here.