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Swayze's Widow: "I Feel Like He Hasn't Left"
Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
The Right Kind Of Death Panel
Heaven's Door
Nuns Teach One Another, Us, As They Lay Dying
Death Becomes Her
Swine Flu: Fingers Point; American Child Dies
Mom "Harvests" Dead Son's Sperm, But Is That What He Would Have Wanted?
Status: Deceased (Or, How To Haunt Someone Through Facebook)
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Conchie Birdie
10/31/09

In reply to Swayze's Widow: "I Feel Like He Hasn't Left"
She talks about him in the present... I might just be tearing up right now.

When she talks about feeling the contour of his hand - stream of tears down the cheek.
#patrickswayze
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AllieCaulfield
10/30/09

In reply to Swayze's Widow: "I Feel Like He Hasn't Left"
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
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Tredwina
10/30/09

In reply to Swayze's Widow: "I Feel Like He Hasn't Left"
This ruined my Halloween party makeup :( I want to go snuggle everyone I love. #patrickswayze
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thecameralovesyou
10/30/09

@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
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sybann
10/30/09

In reply to Swayze's Widow: "I Feel Like He Hasn't Left"
i cried - ugly cry #patrickswayze
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keldo
10/30/09

In reply to Swayze's Widow: "I Feel Like He Hasn't Left"
WHY must Oprah interrupt so often? I was really hoping to hear more from Lisa but it's a battle with Oprah to get a word in sometimes. #patrickswayze
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roslyn taber
10/30/09

@keldo: i notice-hated that, too. #patrickswayze
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CheBellaVita
10/30/09

@keldo: I noticed that too. I was so annoyed...Lisa obviously had plenty to say, no need for Oprah to continuously prompt her. #patrickswayze
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dripdrop
09/22/09

In reply to Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
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.
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ginseng_you_sing
09/22/09

In reply to Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
Get her some Zofran! That shit is awesome when you're nauseous!
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Penny
09/22/09

@ginseng_you_sing: Tell me more. I get sick all the time, usually in the morning, and even in the car, when I am driving.
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ginseng_you_sing
09/22/09

@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.
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BlondeGoddess
09/22/09

@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).
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hypocriteoath
09/22/09

@ginseng_you_sing: she doesn't need Zofran. she needs to eat a piece of toast.
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bellejay
09/22/09

In reply to Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
She sounds like she has a Man Cold
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TheFormerJuneBronson
09/22/09

In reply to Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
"About forty times a year, Michael gets very sick but has no symptoms. Dwight is always gravely concerned."
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lavenderstain
09/22/09

In reply to Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
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.
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dripdrop
09/22/09

@lavenderstain:

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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hypocriteoath
09/22/09

@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.
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OnTheCastingCouch
09/22/09

In reply to Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
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.
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egg cream
09/22/09

@OnTheCastingCouch: I loved how Rachel had her Birkin open on her lap during the car ride home, like she could just barf into it. HELLO, NO.
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BlondeGoddess
09/22/09

@egg cream is here, is second tier, get used to it: Yes! Like British girls do! Barf in the bag!
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CurtCole
09/22/09

In reply to Rachel Zoe & Friends Fear For Her Life
You're likely to get swine flu if you spend so much time in sty-le.
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wtfox?!
09/22/09

@CurtCole: Maybe it's all the swining and dining they do at those fancy parties and clubs.
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CurtCole
09/22/09

@wtfox?!: I'd get sick too if I flu around as a jet-set stylist.
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wtfox?!
09/22/09

@CurtCole: You can only live high on the hog for so long before it starts catching up with you.
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feather_spin
09/22/09

@wtfox?!: You reap what you sow. If you keep acting like that, you'll make a porcine of yourself on TV.
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wtfox?!
09/22/09

@feather_spin: Yeah, when you start acting totally boar-ish, that's probably time to pack it in.
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FifiRockish
09/15/09

In reply to The Right Kind Of Death Panel
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?
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feistymama77
09/15/09

In reply to The Right Kind Of Death Panel
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.
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happymisanthrope
09/15/09

@feistymama77: I am so sorry for your family's loss. What a horrible thing to drive a man to do.

We live in a strange country that values life but not the quality of it.
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vulcanized
09/15/09

@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.
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
09/15/09

In reply to The Right Kind Of Death Panel
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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