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| # Posted 2008-07-12 06:17:25 | |
| Ricka: | All we get are educated guesses - sort of how Fran and I did taxes this year (complicated by her VI income). Major parallel error on 4/15 attempt; much better map reading on 6/15 1040X second try - we hope.
Back on track, "Study the map; look at the route choices; select one and go for it." You're usually pretty good at this :). On the other hand, this is admittedly a 'bit' more serious than a parallel error at the US Champs. In other other words, good luck. |
| # Posted 2008-07-12 06:36:15 | |
| Yukon King: | I have a sort of demented attraction to the coolest, most rocking treatments - "seeds"?! that sounds very cool & up-to-date to me!!! I can kind of picture what it might be, are the odds good on that one? I'd go for that one...(OK, I'm reading this, & it DOES sound demented, but I'm gonna leave it the way it is, cuz it's certainly a different outlook, & if it adds an surreptitious, unacknowledged, additional more-or-less comedic line to your internal dialogue as you're evaluating treatments, then I think that's excellent, as in...
"now, is this cool enuf for me? no, I think that one's cooler...huh, why do I CARE about cool?! "Cool" is NOT one of MY criteria..." or maybe it will be, I dunno) |
| # Posted 2008-07-12 06:53:35 | |
| PG: | Meeting with the urologist ? on the one hand, he kept saying things are basically excellent, there are several ways to do this that should take care of it. On the other hand, there are downsides to getting sliced or radiated, and it?s a bit of a crap shoot as to whether they turn out to be trivial, manageable, tolerable, or more serious. By the time we were done, I was sort of wanting to bang my head against the wall (which I suppose I would have logged, a la JJ), because it just seemed like figuring out and deciding what to do was going to be a real tough decision.
I?m used to making decisions. But they?re always ones where you could also say, well, if it doesn?t work, it?s not the end of the world, it?s just money. Or, if it doesn?t work, we?ll do plan B. This feels totally different psychologically. But I guess I will deal with it. Now, of course, I hadn't so far thought about including "cool" as one of my criteria. I wonder, if you go for the seeds, if you get a choice of colors. I am sort of a fashion maven. And as far as 1040s/1040Xs go, there's no limit on how many times you can 1040X. Although there are better ways to spend your time.... |
| # Posted 2008-07-12 10:59:24 | |
| Yukon King: | I'm doin' sump'n cool right now....
and re Plan B's, that's a really, really, fine idea & in fact I'd go with whatever strategy segues smoothly into a nice lil Plan B, like a classic is radiation followed by chemo-if-necessary/just-to-be-sure, followed by Mr. Rough Chemo if necessary. (OK, I didn't see chemo in yer list but you know what I mean) Basically the fork the way I see it is check w the professionals if there is a method would THEY be happier doing, slice or zap (like if they can see the lil thing & know its got super clean borders or what have you, & they thus KNOW they could neatly excise it totally w/ the surgery approach. or whatever) If they can say one method is very likely to be more successful given what they know already, then consider that option carefully. As a side-game, get the percents on the potential downsides, line 'em up & stare at them for a while, & just go with yer gut - add that in, esp. if the dudes say there is no real method preference. Just yer gut. Once you got the gist, sink back, go with yer gut, and ignore the words, the words are just freakin' annoying. Prostate. gimme a break. Hamstring's a realer word ("realer "- that's a word too). or how about "two scoops of toasted pecan praline, please?" those are excellent words. |
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