So I didn't want to make this post for some time, but figured I'd do it here first since this is where I've parked the majority of my time since I registered.
A few years back I was diagnosed with stage 4 thymic carcinoma. i was 28 at the time, worked out 4 times a week a the gym and at the peak of my health. didn't smoke, didn't do drugs.
conventional treatment held the cancer back until it reappeared in early 2011. i've been in treatment since to first - attempt to remove all traces of the disease through a clincial trial and surgery, and when that failed treat it as a chronic disease treatable through chemotherapy.
I think I've finally entered the stage where my body is saying no more. no, my doctor and i haven't mentioned the word 'terminal' yet, but it's expected going by the survival rates to my cancer and its current progression. i've been on oxygen therapy since mid August after the disease teamed up with my chemo treatment and the flu to escalate whatever damage is already occurring to my lungs and heart. although i am still undergoing chemo and have hope that a new trial drug just opened for me, i don't know how much longer my body can take. i've barely left the house in 2 months except to go to the hospital as it's a struggle on my lungs, chest and core to walk while feeling oxygen deprived. I've gone from taking mass transit to my work and chemo appointments in February, to taking cabs to them in June, to now not being able to leave the house at all. That's not progress.
This thread has provided hours of entertainment over the years, much to my girlfriend's consternation in 2008. Thanks for the spirited debate, guys. I don't recognize a lot of you here, but I still see some of the standbys. I hope I provided some insightful commentary in the past.
I'll still post when I can. Don't treat me like a ghost when i do.
you can reach me at endless17@gmail.com for any correspondence. otherwise IM.
So I didn't want to make this post for some time, but figured I'd do it here first since this is where I've parked the majority of my time since I registered.
A few years back I was diagnosed with stage 4 thymic carcinoma. i was 28 at the time, worked out 4 times a week a the gym and at the peak of my health. didn't smoke, didn't do drugs.
conventional treatment held the cancer back until it reappeared in early 2011. i've been in treatment since to first - attempt to remove all traces of the disease through a clincial trial and surgery, and when that failed treat it as a chronic disease treatable through chemotherapy.
I think I've finally entered the stage where my body is saying no more. no, my doctor and i haven't mentioned the word 'terminal' yet, but it's expected going by the survival rates to my cancer and its current progression. i've been on oxygen therapy since mid August after the disease teamed up with my chemo treatment and the flu to escalate whatever damage is already occurring to my lungs and heart. although i am still undergoing chemo and have hope that a new trial drug just opened for me, i don't know how much longer my body can take. i've barely left the house in 2 months except to go to the hospital as it's a struggle on my lungs, chest and core to walk while feeling oxygen deprived. I've gone from taking mass transit to my work and chemo appointments in February, to taking cabs to them in June, to now not being able to leave the house at all. That's not progress.
This thread has provided hours of entertainment over the years, much to my girlfriend's consternation in 2008. Thanks for the spirited debate, guys. I don't recognize a lot of you here, but I still see some of the standbys. I hope I provided some insightful commentary in the past.
I'll still post when I can. Don't treat me like a ghost when i do.
you can reach me at endless17@gmail.com for any correspondence. otherwise IM.
So I didn't want to make this post for some time, but figured I'd do it here first since this is where I've parked the majority of my time since I registered.
A few years back I was diagnosed with stage 4 thymic carcinoma. i was 28 at the time, worked out 4 times a week a the gym and at the peak of my health. didn't smoke, didn't do drugs.
conventional treatment held the cancer back until it reappeared in early 2011. i've been in treatment since to first - attempt to remove all traces of the disease through a clincial trial and surgery, and when that failed treat it as a chronic disease treatable through chemotherapy.
I think I've finally entered the stage where my body is saying no more. no, my doctor and i haven't mentioned the word 'terminal' yet, but it's expected going by the survival rates to my cancer and its current progression. i've been on oxygen therapy since mid August after the disease teamed up with my chemo treatment and the flu to escalate whatever damage is already occurring to my lungs and heart. although i am still undergoing chemo and have hope that a new trial drug just opened for me, i don't know how much longer my body can take. i've barely left the house in 2 months except to go to the hospital as it's a struggle on my lungs, chest and core to walk while feeling oxygen deprived. I've gone from taking mass transit to my work and chemo appointments in February, to taking cabs to them in June, to now not being able to leave the house at all. That's not progress.
This thread has provided hours of entertainment over the years, much to my girlfriend's consternation in 2008. Thanks for the spirited debate, guys. I don't recognize a lot of you here, but I still see some of the standbys. I hope I provided some insightful commentary in the past.
I'll still post when I can. Don't treat me like a ghost when i do.
you can reach me at endless17@gmail.com for any correspondence. otherwise IM.
"Mr. President, your first term has been an unMITTigated disaster."
A zinger I just came up with.
in honor of Romney's Dream Act flip flop (and then flip back) yesterday, some new Latino polling from NBC/WSJ/Telemundo:
"Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters, 70 percent to 20 percent, and with an equal margin among likely Latino voters, 71 percent to 21 percent. That is an increase of 15 points from August, and outpaces Obamas 2008 split (67 percent to 31 percent) over John McCain."
Oil
87.970001
-3.92
-4.27%
Fate is smiling on Barack. It looks like he probably won't have to hear big complaints about high gas prices between now & the election. A 4+% drop is huge for a commodity like oil. So it probably won't be climbing up to 100 any time soon.
I hope a gas price drop follows.Fate is smiling on Barack. It looks like he probably won't have to hear big complaints about high gas prices between now & the election. A 4+% drop is huge for a commodity like oil. So it probably won't be climbing up to 100 any time soon.
Scorcho, that post is depressing. And since every post you make is invariably wrong and dumb, I am sure you are wrong and dumb for being so down. Hang in there buddy, your wrongness and dumbness are an integral part of what makes this place so great.
Man, too bad we'll never hear conservatives praising the President for decreased oil price, like how they blamed the President for increased oil price.
Is there gonna be anywhere to stream the debate tonight?
So I didn't want to make this post for some time, but figured I'd do it here first since this is where I've parked the majority of my time since I registered.
A few years back I was diagnosed with stage 4 thymic carcinoma. i was 28 at the time, worked out 4 times a week a the gym and at the peak of my health. didn't smoke, didn't do drugs.
conventional treatment held the cancer back until it reappeared in early 2011. i've been in treatment since to first - attempt to remove all traces of the disease through a clincial trial and surgery, and when that failed treat it as a chronic disease treatable through chemotherapy.
I think I've finally entered the stage where my body is saying no more. no, my doctor and i haven't mentioned the word 'terminal' yet, but it's expected going by the survival rates to my cancer and its current progression. i've been on oxygen therapy since mid August after the disease teamed up with my chemo treatment and the flu to escalate whatever damage is already occurring to my lungs and heart. although i am still undergoing chemo and have hope that a new trial drug just opened for me, i don't know how much longer my body can take. i've barely left the house in 2 months except to go to the hospital as it's a struggle on my lungs, chest and core to walk while feeling oxygen deprived. I've gone from taking mass transit to my work and chemo appointments in February, to taking cabs to them in June, to now not being able to leave the house at all. That's not progress.
This thread has provided hours of entertainment over the years, much to my girlfriend's consternation in 2008. Thanks for the spirited debate, guys. I don't recognize a lot of you here, but I still see some of the standbys. I hope I provided some insightful commentary in the past.
I'll still post when I can. Don't treat me like a ghost when i do.
you can reach me at endless17@gmail.com for any correspondence. otherwise IM.
People that play this will be shitfaced in no time. Good lord.
these so called Obama tapes, how are they going to help the GOP?
It seems they just made me remember why I liked this guy back in 2008. How is reminding today's voters about this guy going to help them?
BBC news will stream live likely with Katty Kay from the BBC America studios.anywhere to watch the debate in the uk?
Did you guys see Colbert yesterday? He had on some lowlife religious fundamentalist who was trying to defend his right to free speech AND defend the Church's tax exempt status by citing fucking THOMAS JEFFERSON. Colbert handled his dumbosity pretty well, though it wasn't his best work.
Also too, someone should make a thread for the debates.
is this the same guy that is the face of that fucking enraging "Freedom Pulpit Sunday" event they're having? The one where hundreds of pastors across the country intentionally defy the IRS and their tax-exempt status so they can overturn the law that forbids religious leaders from endorsing candidates during church?
'Cause he was on CNN this morning being torn apart by one of the morning hosts
It is bizarre how so much of the debate talk has now decidedly focused on "zingers".
We've suddenly decided that we need a comedian-in-chief.
is this the same guy that is the face of that fucking enraging "Freedom Pulpit Sunday" event they're having? The one where hundreds of pastors across the country intentionally defy the IRS and their tax-exempt status so they can overturn the law that forbids religious leaders from endorsing candidates during church?
'Cause he was on CNN this morning being torn apart by one of the morning hosts