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No, no exact plans. I do want to go take some photos and be a tourist. lol
This winter is a tuff one for the whole country! Take excellent care and come back home to a giant hot chocolate!!
Morning sweet~P~, Valerie and Michelle ( Or is it with one L? I've got the name right, now I might as well get the spelling right
and Darrell...I see you down there...
and Darrell...I see you down there...
OK. I wasn't going to post this here but this is the tip I got Sunday night. I wub it. More so because I never get my first choice in any sale and just got lucky this time. This is my "gotta have surgery so I need something to make me smile present."
Its 15 degrees here this morning. Brrr. Just when I thought spring had arrived. Lucky for me I already was laid-off last Friday or I'd still be able to keep working at these temperatures.. Screw that.yes it it temps were mid 90's last week and mid 80's this week winter is hell
Good Morning Kay and everyone! I have not a clue what I am going to do today.
Good morning REOvillians!
Kay, please tell Cappy our thoughts and prayers are with him and his sister. This is terrible news, mets to both the brain and liver!
Kay, please tell Cappy our thoughts and prayers are with him and his sister. This is terrible news, mets to both the brain and liver!
yes it it temps were mid 90's last week and mid 80's this week winter is hell
Already? That is why Phoenix is hell (your words!)
Now Tucson, that is the best place in Arizona. (can you tell I am from Tucson and DH is from Phoenix? it is a running thing in this house).
Good Morning Kay and everyone! I have not a clue what I am going to do today.
I love those days most of all!!
Good morning REOvillians!
Kay, please tell Cappy our thoughts and prayers are with him and his sister. This is terrible news, mets to both the brain and liver!
Thanks Val! She'd just gone thru chemo and radiation on another part of her body during this past year, I believe it was. And she lost her husband just before this past Christmas.It's been very bad times for cappy and his family.
P.S. what does "mets" mean?
Good morning everyone!
Thought for the day:
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
~William Hazlitt
Thought for the day:
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
~William Hazlitt
Metastasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metastasis, or metastatic disease, is the spread of a cancer from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part. The new occurrences of disease thus generated are referred to as metastases (sometimes abbreviated mets)[1][2] It was previously thought that only malignant tumor cells and infections have the capacity to metastasize; however, this is being reconsidered due to new research.[3] In origin metastasis is a Greek word meaning "displacement", from μετά, meta, "next", and στάσις, stasis, "placement". The plural is metastases.
Cancer occurs after a single cell in a tissue is progressively genetically damaged to produce a cancer stem cell possessing a malignant phenotype. These cancer stem cells are able to undergo uncontrolled abnormal mitosis, which serves to increase the total number of cancer cells at that location. When the area of cancer cells at the originating site becomes clinically detectable, it is called a primary tumor. Some cancer cells also acquire the ability to penetrate and infiltrate surrounding normal tissues in the local area, forming a new tumor. The newly formed "daughter" tumor in the adjacent site within the tissue is called a local metastasis.
Some cancer cells acquire the ability to penetrate the walls of lymphatic and/or blood vessels, after which they are able to circulate through the bloodstream (circulating tumor cells) to other sites and tissues in the body. This process is known (respectively) as lymphatic or hematogeneous spread.
After the tumor cells come to rest at another site, they re-penetrate the vessel or walls and continue to multiply, eventually forming another clinically detectable tumor. This new tumor is known as a metastatic (or secondary) tumor. Metastasis is one of three hallmarks of malignancy (contrast benign tumors).[4] Most neoplasms can metastasize, although in varying degrees (e.g., basal cell carcinoma rarely metastasize).[4]
When tumor cells metastasize, the new tumor is called a secondary or metastatic tumor, and its cells are similar to those in the original tumor. This means, for example, that, if breast cancer metastasizes to the lungs, the secondary tumor is made up of abnormal breast cells, not of abnormal lung cells. The tumor in the lung is then called metastatic breast cancer, not lung cancer.
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Comfort vibes are headed Cappy's way, I am so sad to hear this news. Cancer had me scared half to death and I was lucky in that mine wasn't very advanced, I can't imagine dealing with all that. Thank You Kay for keeping us updated.
Val, thanks for all the detailed info., I appreciate it!
Jeni,I'm really glad that yours wasn't so invasive!
My Mom died from cancer when she was only in her late thirties, but of course back then, little was known about the treatment of cancer.
My poor Dad was left with seven kids to try to raise.
Jeni,I'm really glad that yours wasn't so invasive!
My Mom died from cancer when she was only in her late thirties, but of course back then, little was known about the treatment of cancer.
My poor Dad was left with seven kids to try to raise.
One boatload of healing -
My mom's best friend has recently had a badly metastasized cancer go completely into remission, so tell Ray to hold onto his hope. Thank you for keeping us posted, Kay.
My mom's best friend has recently had a badly metastasized cancer go completely into remission, so tell Ray to hold onto his hope. Thank you for keeping us posted, Kay.
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