LA’s Soapbox

Today is Mom’s Birthday. She’s feeling better now that her radiation therapy is finally over. The last session was supposed to be last Wednesday but it was extended three days, due to maintenance of the radiation machine and the need to change the door to the room she had been assigned to for the 25 […]

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2″ in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that […]

Less than 2 weeks ago my daughter developed tonsilitis along with an ear infection. Off to the clinic she went where the dr prescribed drops for the ear and penicillin. She promptly told him that I was highly allergic to penicillin (almost died from it 16 years ago) where upon he told her it was […]

It’s June 14th and it’s not good news It’s cancer… again *sigh*
Mom is too sick for chemo so it’ll be radiation therapy. We’ll find out next week how many sessions she’ll have to undergo. Of course it’s at a hospital that’s far and that’s a pain in the ass to get to cos […]

My disqualification/exemption from jury duty has been granted! Woohoo!!!
See the entry titled June 14th for more info

I always book appointments with my hairdresser weeks in advance because he’s so popular and it’s almost impossible to get an appointment on short notice. Last time I was there I booked June 14 @ 11am. Of course when I called the hopsital to book Mom’s 3 week follow-up with her surgeon the only date […]

Mom had her operation on Friday as scheduled. It was a long tiring day as we had to be at the hospital for 6:30am and we were up at 4am. The surgeon who performed the operation was in surgery all day Friday and was not on call during the weekend, so I have not been […]

For background info you’ll have to read the Cancer entry.
Today was Mom’s appointment with the Opthalmologist. He is very pleased with the recovery of the eye from the macular pucker operation. That’s one good thing! Mom has been experiencing a fuzziness in both eyes, especially the eye that was operated on… we figured that the […]

To my mom, whom I adore… Happy Mother’s Day! Love you tons *hug*

Background: In 1996 my Mom had a cancerous lump removed from her breast. She went through radiation therapy and took cancer medicine for over five years at which point it was delcared that she was cancer free. That was a great day!
Mom suffers from Parkinsons, she is diabetic, has high blood pressure, a touch of […]