Could my luck be changing?

[Lotussan]

Thanks, Serena!

So TD, I guess that TURP is also used on men with cancers, basically to clear the urethra, so that the urine flows out better...
I guess the tumors can cause a blockage just as well as swelling can...
I am hoping he will be fine, TD...
The doctor that treated my dad told him that most men with this type of cancer will not die from it, but rather from something else...
A lot of men even choose not to have treatment, depending on the complications the cancer is causing (one of those things is difficult urination, which is what the TURP is used for, I think...)
In any case, I know it's tough not to fall to pieces at a time like this, but hang in there, we are all a big happy family, and Serena is right, maybe we are a little disfunctional, but what family isn't?
Incidently, a little note of concern to all the male members on this board...
I can't stress enough that any man should start having the antigen test (PSA) and ewwww, yes even those embarrassing digital exams by the time they are fifty...
I would think forty isn't too early for this either, as my dads urination problems started about that age, I think...
I don't know what the recommended age is, but I think it is around age fifty...
Good Luck to your father TD, I wish you both the best...

 

[Amos Stevens]

Td.......got me laughing over here! News at 5pm lady barricades herself into apartment-all that can be seen in the windows are star trek & star wars figures armed! hee hee

 

[TDWoj]

Td.......got me laughing over here! News at 5pm lady barricades herself into apartment-all that can be seen in the windows are star trek & star wars figures armed! hee hee

You bet. One of the first Star Wars toys I bought was an actual-sized replica of Han Solo's blaster from the first movie. It makes a cool noise, too! (though nothing like the sound effect in the film.)

(picture TD in Princess Leia earphone hairdo with blaster in hand, fending off all comers)

Okay, so I live a rich fantasy life based on the movies I see. Explains why I write Star Wars fanfic so well, I guess....

I keep thinking my toys are all really rubbish and I ought to pitch them, or sell them all on eBay, or something, but on the other hand, this is me, folks. Love me, love my rubbish.

I just need more wall space so I can display all of my treasures. Of course, I need more wall space for more book cases because at the moment, I've more books than places to put them, not to mention an overflow of video tapes and now my cd and dvd collections.... I'm thinking a loft would be cool, because then I can make walls for the various rooms just out of bookcases, and save the wall space for my pictures and movie posters. Hmm....

I confess I freak every time someone throws books out. I've snagged a few from the old lady down the hall, who was very much interested in philosophy and mathematical models, both in nature and as artifical constructs. The subject appeals to both my analytical and intuitive sides - I just couldn't let them go into the trash bin! And someone just the other day threw out The Oxford Companion to English Literature - sacrilege!

-TD, voracious reader