Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[trr1]

Copy and paste from a message I sent to my friend:

“I drove to Brantford with Skinny Kitty yowling for 2 of the 2 1/2 hours. The traffic was absolutely brutal!

I had a Zoom job interview from my car.

Went out for lunch with Ski, then took him to Costco to activate the gift membership I bought him for freaking Christmas.

Went to storage to confirm my reservation - good thing, because they had lost my online reservation.

Dropped off Tylenol 1’s to Mike’s sister, then drove home.

Now I have to load the dishwasher, and throw in a load of uniforms for tomorrow.

Not the worst birthday I ever had.”

Happy late Birthday congratulations here is your gift

 

[Goofyernmost]

@JenniferS

I missed your birthday, but from the sound of things you are heading home and hopefully things will start to calm down a little. I know it's been a rough year but you've been through worse, so hang in there. I read your activities on your birthday and all I can say is it all sounded quite positive. HAPPY BIRTHDAY a little late, but better than never.

 

[Goofyernmost]

A little update on my situations. Ten years ago last month, the day after my 67th birthday, I was told that I had Prostate Cancer. I made the decision to monitor it because it was said to be slow growing and in very early stages. Yesterday, I was told that I had reached the goal of monitoring until it became necessary to do something about it. So within the next week or two I start radiation therapy to attempt to stop it completely before it tries to attack areas beyond that to some more life sustaining ones.

Anyway, this is the end result of a two month marathon of being poked, proded, needled, MRI's, C-scan'd, PETscan'd and x-rayed from every possible angle and this is still considered getting to it early. To put it in perspective, all those procedures were not for this particular problem. Only the MRI and PETscan were involved in that. The rest were a general, how come he's still alive, deep dive. Considering my age I came out pretty good overall. The only real problem, other than the prostate, is my lower back and I don't expect anything will be done about that. Sometimes one fortunately reaches the age where surgeries for non-life threatening situations are not encouraged. As weird as that all sounds, it actually is a positive thing to me.

 

[Tiggertoo56]

@Goofyernmost
Wishing you all the best for your future treatment. Prayers are with you .
BIL is in the same situation - about to start radiotherapy in the next couple of weeks, but was only diagnosed 2 months ago and wasn't given the chance to monitor it.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

A little update on my situations. Ten years ago last month, the day after my 67th birthday, I was told that I had Prostate Cancer. I made the decision to monitor it because it was said to be slow growing and in very early stages. Yesterday, I was told that I had reached the goal of monitoring until it became necessary to do something about it. So within the next week or two I start radiation therapy to attempt to stop it completely before it tries to attack areas beyond that to some more life sustaining ones.

Anyway, this is the end result of a two month marathon of being poked, proded, needled, MRI's, C-scan'd, PETscan'd and x-rayed from every possible angle and this is still considered getting to it early. To put it in perspective, all those procedures were not for this particular problem. Only the MRI and PETscan were involved in that. The rest were a general, how come he's still alive, deep dive. Considering my age I came out pretty good overall. The only real problem, other than the prostate, is my lower back and I don't expect anything will be done about that. Sometimes one fortunately reaches the age where surgeries for non-life threatening situations are not encouraged. As weird as that all sounds, it actually is a positive thing to me.

Sending positive thoughts your way Sir .

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

A little update on my situations. Ten years ago last month, the day after my 67th birthday, I was told that I had Prostate Cancer. I made the decision to monitor it because it was said to be slow growing and in very early stages. Yesterday, I was told that I had reached the goal of monitoring until it became necessary to do something about it. So within the next week or two I start radiation therapy to attempt to stop it completely before it tries to attack areas beyond that to some more life sustaining ones.

Anyway, this is the end result of a two month marathon of being poked, proded, needled, MRI's, C-scan'd, PETscan'd and x-rayed from every possible angle and this is still considered getting to it early. To put it in perspective, all those procedures were not for this particular problem. Only the MRI and PETscan were involved in that. The rest were a general, how come he's still alive, deep dive. Considering my age I came out pretty good overall. The only real problem, other than the prostate, is my lower back and I don't expect anything will be done about that. Sometimes one fortunately reaches the age where surgeries for non-life threatening situations are not encouraged. As weird as that all sounds, it actually is a positive thing to me.

I hope your treatment goes well. Wishing you all the best.

 

[PUSH]

A little update on my situations. Ten years ago last month, the day after my 67th birthday, I was told that I had Prostate Cancer. I made the decision to monitor it because it was said to be slow growing and in very early stages. Yesterday, I was told that I had reached the goal of monitoring until it became necessary to do something about it. So within the next week or two I start radiation therapy to attempt to stop it completely before it tries to attack areas beyond that to some more life sustaining ones.

Anyway, this is the end result of a two month marathon of being poked, proded, needled, MRI's, C-scan'd, PETscan'd and x-rayed from every possible angle and this is still considered getting to it early. To put it in perspective, all those procedures were not for this particular problem. Only the MRI and PETscan were involved in that. The rest were a general, how come he's still alive, deep dive. Considering my age I came out pretty good overall. The only real problem, other than the prostate, is my lower back and I don't expect anything will be done about that. Sometimes one fortunately reaches the age where surgeries for non-life threatening situations are not encouraged. As weird as that all sounds, it actually is a positive thing to me.

Best of luck to you.

I can't remember if I've shared this, but my dad was also diagnosed with prostate cancer a year or so ago. He, too, has been monitoring it. He just had his appointment last week to check his PSA levels. The results came back, and they had gone up a decent amount in the past 6 months, so he is scheduled for for more testing in October. There's a possibility it's due to inflammation, but it sounds like it hasn't spread to anywhere else in his body.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Best of luck to you.

I can't remember if I've shared this, but my dad was also diagnosed with prostate cancer a year or so ago. He, too, has been monitoring it. He just had his appointment last week to check his PSA levels. The results came back, and they had gone up a decent amount in the past 6 months, so he is scheduled for for more testing in October. There's a possibility it's due to inflammation, but it sounds like it hasn't spread to anywhere else in his body.

I will be the first to tell anyone that I consider myself to be very lucky. I got the cancer diagnosis 10 years ago and made that decision to monitor immediately. The idea that I got 10 more years before any alarms went off, means that over those past 10 years a whole lot of advances have been made and success levels are much higher now then they would have been a decade ago. Same for your dad. I wish him some of my luck, but in spite of the procedure being cumbersome, it is said to be completely painless during the procedure. Side effects are a concern but also not something that is much more the an inconvenience as far as I can tell. I can probably speak more clearly about that in a few weeks. For me the turning point was that the cancer was appearing to be getting closer to breaking out of the prostate and metastasizing to more important organs that made this decision much easier.

 

[Agent H]

@JenniferS happy belated birthday!

 

[Figgy1]

A little update on my situations. Ten years ago last month, the day after my 67th birthday, I was told that I had Prostate Cancer. I made the decision to monitor it because it was said to be slow growing and in very early stages. Yesterday, I was told that I had reached the goal of monitoring until it became necessary to do something about it. So within the next week or two I start radiation therapy to attempt to stop it completely before it tries to attack areas beyond that to some more life sustaining ones.

Anyway, this is the end result of a two month marathon of being poked, proded, needled, MRI's, C-scan'd, PETscan'd and x-rayed from every possible angle and this is still considered getting to it early. To put it in perspective, all those procedures were not for this particular problem. Only the MRI and PETscan were involved in that. The rest were a general, how come he's still alive, deep dive. Considering my age I came out pretty good overall. The only real problem, other than the prostate, is my lower back and I don't expect anything will be done about that. Sometimes one fortunately reaches the age where surgeries for non-life threatening situations are not encouraged. As weird as that all sounds, it actually is a positive thing to me.

In the words of your generation

 

[donaldtoo]

My (retired) husband not only cleaned the stovetop and all the countertops, he actually applied Windex to the glass fronted kitchen cabinets!!

I mean, they're full of streaks, but he gets maximum points for the thought and the effort.

Naturally, after all that effort, he took his retired backside to the sofa for the rest of the day.

We take what we can get, right??

I cleaned the stove top and counters (it’s not a large kitchen) on Wednesday, along with vacuuming and sweeping the floors. The only glass fronted cabinet doors we have are on an antique corner hutch (from Carolyn’s grandparents on her Mom’s side), and Carolyn wiped those down the other day.
And yes, when I’m finished with my “chores” , I plop my old, retired beeeeeeehind down in my lounger, splitting my time between playing my guitars, kicking back and watching TV and playing here a bit…!!!!!!!
Me taking care of that stuff, so Carolyn doesn’t hafta’, avoids A LOT of issues and scores points…!!!

 

[MinnieM123]

I will be the first to tell anyone that I consider myself to be very lucky. I got the cancer diagnosis 10 years ago and made that decision to monitor immediately. The idea that I got 10 more years before any alarms went off, means that over those past 10 years a whole lot of advances have been made and success levels are much higher now then they would have been a decade ago.

Ten years is a good chunk of time for medical advances, and I'm glad to hear that you will be able to take advantage of some of those. Hoping all goes well with your upcoming treatments.

 

[Songbird76]

Happy belated birthday, @JenniferS !

Good luck with treatment, @Goofyernmost!

Wishing good things for both of you for different reasons!

 

[Bullseye1967]

A little update on my situations. Ten years ago last month, the day after my 67th birthday, I was told that I had Prostate Cancer. I made the decision to monitor it because it was said to be slow growing and in very early stages. Yesterday, I was told that I had reached the goal of monitoring until it became necessary to do something about it. So within the next week or two I start radiation therapy to attempt to stop it completely before it tries to attack areas beyond that to some more life sustaining ones.

Anyway, this is the end result of a two month marathon of being poked, proded, needled, MRI's, C-scan'd, PETscan'd and x-rayed from every possible angle and this is still considered getting to it early. To put it in perspective, all those procedures were not for this particular problem. Only the MRI and PETscan were involved in that. The rest were a general, how come he's still alive, deep dive. Considering my age I came out pretty good overall. The only real problem, other than the prostate, is my lower back and I don't expect anything will be done about that. Sometimes one fortunately reaches the age where surgeries for non-life threatening situations are not encouraged. As weird as that all sounds, it actually is a positive thing to me.

Keeping you in my thoughts.

 

[Bullseye1967]

@JenniferS

 

[Songbird76]

So I started my job 2 weeks ago and I only have a 7 hour a week contract, but the boss said she's very happy with me and heard good things from my coworkers. Someone else is leaving, so she asked if I want the 16 hour contract instead. Yes, please!! I have to wait until the regional manager gets back from vacation, but in the meantime, because of vacations, I'm getting a lot more than 7 hours anyway. This week I had 23, next week I have like 14? And I have 23 again I the first week of September, too. But it will be nice to be guaranteed to have at least 16 hours a week. Now I can actually justify the cost of an annual pass to the zoo!

 

[donaldtoo]

Parents of WITWIBS, give me your feedback on this.

Bear with me on this first part... I saw a TikTok of a Survivor themed classroom. In it, they showed "Letters from Home". For those who don't watch the show, Letters from Home are exactly what they sound like. Encouraging, uplifting, inspiring letters from loved ones. In the show, they earn them as a reward.

That got me wondering how I could incorporate that into my classroom. I'm thinking about having parents/guardians, and even siblings if they want, write a letter to their child to read during the first week of school. They could include words of encouragement, a special memory, why their child makes them proud, their hopes for them in first grade, etc.

My question for you... is this something parents would appreciate? Or is it just another thing for them to do? They will already have a few forms to fill out for their child, and I don't want to overwhelm them.

If I do this, and it goes well, I'm thinking about doing another one during the last week of school.

In an effort to make a long story short…
This was something that was done for our 3 kids during weekend church retreats (in which Carolyn or myself, or both, were adult supervision), and also in an adult weekend retreat program at our church. There were separate men’s and women’s retreats. Carolyn and myself both received a retreat and facilitated the following one.
In both the kid and adult retreats, any friends and family were invited to participate, and there was private time worked into the program for the reading of the letters, cards or notes.
It was never something initiated by one of their school teachers, but if it had been, we would have gladly participated…!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Meanwhile, the radio is playing the BeeGees, You Should Be Dancing.

You best believe I am boogieing while I type.

Woof…!!!
I can’t even remember the last time I heard that song…???!!!!!

 

[Goofyernmost]

In the words of your generation

I don't remember ever using those words. Groovy, Narley, Cool and out of sight are the only ones that come to mind and straight from Get Smart... "would you believe etc. etc."

 

[donaldtoo]

Best of luck to you.

I can't remember if I've shared this, but my dad was also diagnosed with prostate cancer a year or so ago. He, too, has been monitoring it. He just had his appointment last week to check his PSA levels. The results came back, and they had gone up a decent amount in the past 6 months, so he is scheduled for for more testing in October. There's a possibility it's due to inflammation, but it sounds like it hasn't spread to anywhere else in his body.

Prayers that the test results reveal a best-case scenario, and that your dad is around for many more years.

Shortly after our Pop retired (30 years ago - he’s now 92) he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Fortunately, they caught it early and it was what they call (IIRC…?) encapsulated, therefore hadn’t spread. All they had to do was remove the prostate, with no further treatment.

Again, praying for best-case scenario for your dad.