Too bad Oprah steps on Lisa's beautiful line about feeling every contour of Patrick's hand in hers...to inquire if Lisa can watch "Ghost." What a dunderhead. #patrickswayze
@Tredwina: I can't watch it for fear this will happen to me too (although I'm not doing anything fun like Halloween partying, just watching a movie. But I don't want that to be a downer either!) #patrickswayze
I got sucked into the RZP this weekend when nothing else was on. It is SO entertaining. I love that you can tell how passionate she is about her job. Also, I love how delightfully bitchy Brad is.
@Penny: I had a horrible hangover during a family trip and I played it off as motion sickness. My sister was pregnant at the time and her doctor prescribed Zofran to help with the morning sickness. WORKED LIKE A CHARM. It dissolves under your tongue and after a little while the nausea is gone.
@ginseng_you_sing: I NEED that stuff. Not now per se, but prob in the near future. Is it over the counter? I doubt doctors know of it in Europe (you have way better drugs in the States. And France. France is the exception in Europe).
hey you know what stops your body from deblitating and hightens your immune system to a normal level, NOT leaving you suseptible to all sorts of disease?
EATING.
I was on a vigerous diet the past month and it KILLED my immune system and i caught the worse virus/flue ever, which did leave me feel like i was dying. Im back to proper eating and trying to get my strength back up. just a tip.
Is this necessary? Just a couple episodes ago, RZ was talking about how hurtful the tabloids can be when they speculate about her weight or potential EDs. You don't know if she hasn't been eating and it's unfair to insinuate that.
@dripdrop: it is necessary. I watch the show and have seen everyone except RZ eat. I have seen her drink coffee though. lots and lots of coffee. she is so skinny we can see her skeleton. stomachs tend to hurt when they are empty.
call me cruel, but if my co-worker tells me she has breakfast on the launch pad, i'm so not taking her home in MY CAR. My car is a barf -free zone, thanks.
Look, I'm a registered nurse who works in hospitals and the counseling sessions about advanced directives and patients' wishes, a.k.a. DEATH PANELS, are a marvelous idea.
I already have this discussion with each patient upon admission to the unit. I'm a one-woman death panel!!
Anyhoo, everyone have this conversation now, now, now with your loved ones and get a living will!
It's not just for the elderly. Remember Terri Schiavo?
My grandfather gracefully avoided this whole pointless dance of unneeded, unwanted and unhelpful health care at the end of his life by committing suicide, which is about the only way you can escape it. He found out at age 79 he was terminally ill with no hope of recovery - and yet the doctor who gave him the diagnosis then spent the next two hours scheduling my grandpa, who was tired and had had more than enough, for every test and procedure in the book. My grandpa thanked him, went home, called all his friends and his brother, wrote us a note that said, in essence, "I love you all and I don't want to be a burden on anyone" and slit his wrists. It was devastating, but in so many ways it would have been worse to see this man, who had been as strong as an ox, tortured by radiation, chemotherapy, surgery, etc. that he did not want and that could not save his life. I miss him but strongly feel what he did showed amazing courage.
We really do need to think about how we handle death in the healthcare system. The goal should not be avoiding it at all costs, because we can see those costs are too.goddamned.high. The very old and the very sick are going to die. The least we can do is help them do it with dignity, not try to milk every last healthcare dollar out of their final moments.
@feistymama77: Your story brings up a lot of good points. I find it interesting that the people who decry assisted suicide as murder are never the ones facing such a decision. I don't think it's murder and it's always baffled me that we won't extend the same kindness to fellow human beings that we give to dogs and cats. Your grandfather made a brave and personal decision; I only wish he could have had someone there helping him. Thanks for sharing.
I don't know what my parents want as far as end-of-life treatment, but I have cleared up with my mom that if she starts losing her marbles I should: A) make sure she looks respectable when she leaves the house. No bathrobes in public; B) let her eat ice cream whenever she wants.
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EATING.
I was on a vigerous diet the past month and it KILLED my immune system and i caught the worse virus/flue ever, which did leave me feel like i was dying. Im back to proper eating and trying to get my strength back up. just a tip.
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Is this necessary? Just a couple episodes ago, RZ was talking about how hurtful the tabloids can be when they speculate about her weight or potential EDs. You don't know if she hasn't been eating and it's unfair to insinuate that.
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I already have this discussion with each patient upon admission to the unit. I'm a one-woman death panel!!
Anyhoo, everyone have this conversation now, now, now with your loved ones and get a living will!
It's not just for the elderly. Remember Terri Schiavo?
09/15/09
We really do need to think about how we handle death in the healthcare system. The goal should not be avoiding it at all costs, because we can see those costs are too.goddamned.high. The very old and the very sick are going to die. The least we can do is help them do it with dignity, not try to milk every last healthcare dollar out of their final moments.
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We live in a strange country that values life but not the quality of it.
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