In most parts of the world people don’t sit in their houses with guns fantasizing about murdering people.
In most parts of the world people don’t sit in their houses with guns fantasizing about murdering people.
Reject this American imperialist capitalist bullshit.
I write several flavours of BASIC fluently, Fortran and Pascal passably, three forms of assembler well enough to get by, and I’ve worked in COBOL.
Is it “anonymous antisemitic, anti-law enforcement, right wing extremists” that keep bringing up the Justin Trudeau blackface photos?
A T-shirt, pyjama pants, and bare feet. I work from home.
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Republicans hate sex and consent education for young children. It makes it harder to get away with sexually abusing them.
I’m currently in treatment for Hodgin Lymphoma. An old friend that I rarely see volunteered to take me to chemo every two weeks for six months. We have really good visits while I’m in the chair. Last week I got out my tablet and showed him my farm in Minecraft. I don’t like being asked how I’m doing or how I’m feeling because literally everyone asks and I get tired of answering. I prefer, “Do you need anything?” or “Can I help in any way?” I’m not good at asking for help. A friend who I have helped several times just showed up with her partner and four kids and their partners and got our place ready for fall. One of the kids partners was a plumber and he installed a couple of sinks for us. We have a bunch of people around us who have offered to help and meant it. One got up early and drove my son and his bike to school two days after chemo. Another has done groceries for us and taken my wife grocery shopping because she doesn’t drive. If you offer to help mean it and do anything you can to help. Otherwise, just be there and do things other than talk about cancer. Normalcy is welcome. If she wants to talk, talk. If she just wants you to be there, be there.
In the days before *nx, “terminal” meant a VT terminal and “clear” wasn’t a thing.
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Is one of my favorites. Of course, most of you are too young to know what that means.
Very interesting article, thank you. I never taste anything but I smell a chemical smell that I liken to blackboard markers immediately. I guess it going to my lungs and me breathing it out would explain it. Thank you very much for the article.
Thanks.
I have a PICC line in which makes the infusions much easier. When the flush the line once a week and before the infusion it’s just saline (water and sodium chloride) but it smells like whiteboard markers to me. I think it increases the conductivity in your nose and mouth and I can really smell hospital smell.
The lump I discovered in my neck was my left superclavicular lymph node (the lymph node just above my collar bone at the base of my neck.) After two months (two rounds of two chemo treatments) the lump in my neck is gone. I also had tumors in the lymph nodes in front of my heart. I’m feeling pretty good. I haven’t had any nausea, though I’m feeling a bit queasy these days. I’m half way between chemo treatments. I get them every other Friday. I hadn’t lost much hair but noticed a couple of days ago that half of my eyebrows were missing. They are shrinking from the outside in toward the bridge of my nose. I look like I have bushy Rotweiller eyebrows. I get another PET scan in two weeks to see how the tumors are reacting. When I’m done with chemo in January I will get radiation to mop up the last of the tumors if there is any evidence of active desease.
So, all in all I’m doing really well. Thanks for asking.
Thanks. I’m two rounds (months) of two treatments each and the lump in my neck is gone. They say that they have a 92% chance of curing me and my going on to live a full live.
Fingers crossed.
I discovered a lump in my neck in April. I was diagnosed with Hodgins Lymphoma in June. Between those two dates I got an ultrasound, chest x-ray, CT, and a biopsy. I saw three doctors, a diagnostic oncologist, and a haematology oncologist who ordered a PET scan, respiratory study, and echo cardiogram. I met with her a week after the tests were completed and started chemo the next day.
Total out of pocket to me: CAD$0.
Total charged to my work health insurance: CAD$0.
The US medical system is grotesque.
Americans are farmed for profit by medical insurance companies which do nothing but act as profit extracting middlemen.
The owners/investors deserve to origin but so do the workers. All of the profit going to the owner/investors is theft. That’s why I say that there should be no profit, bunnies or dividends until everyone is fairly compensated and the profit should be shared with the workers in proportion to their contribution which is huge. No workers, no company, no profit.
The classic definition is the wage needed to cover the basic needs of the family including things like rent, childcare, transportation, etc. I would go one further and say that the family needs to not be living paycheque to paycheque. They should be able to save for the future, go out once in a while, educate their children, save and pay for university, and advance themselves. They should be able to live.
There should be no profits, no bonuses, and no dividends until every worker (not employee, it doesn’t matter what your relationship with the company is if they benefit from your labour) is making at least a living wage with full benefits. Executive pay should be capped at a multiple of the pay of the lowest paid worker or of the average pay paid to all workers. whichever is lower.
I wrote COBOL years ago.