Don't know what to say, but that doesn't matter.

Post #444,602 by CRConrad 8/9/24 1:04:46 PM 8/9/24 1:04:46 PM Reply	Don't know what to say, but that doesn't matter. I’m reasonably confident that I was the only atheist Democrat in attendance. So which one is Rina not? (Atheist, I'd hope. Well, not so much hope, but... You know.) Her typically obdurate temperament has ballooned into full-blown Adult Oppositional Defiance Disorder. Your own invention, or part of accepted standard terminology? ...which earns me a “why are you taking their side against me?” Sigh. Yathink “I'm taking their side for you; the only one siding against you here is you” could work? Sigh... I'd say “thoughts and prayers”, except of course you know that's the last thing I would say. But you know what I mean. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #444,604 by rcareaga 8/9/24 8:45:29 PM 8/9/24 8:45:29 PM Reply	terms It’s “Oppositional Defiant Disorder” (my error) and it’s a thing not of my devising. Lina isn’t a god-botherer, but she’s a parishioner (and a former deacon) at a local Presbyterian church. I tend not to darken the doors of houses of worship lest someone fling holy water on me: the stuff raises nasty welts. We had an “end of life strategies” consultation with the hospital staff this afternoon. We are left with the impression that said end could come as soon as this month; almost certainly before the turning of the year. It strikes us both as hard cheese that, as she has fought a spirited rearguard action against the original disease, this new foe should enter the fray with a stab in the back, or, I suppose, a blow to the kidneys. We pretty much knew what was waiting at the bottom of the slope, but had expected the gentler gradient to continue for longer, and not this apparent precipice. Still, as my man Updike put it, we do, after all, survive every moment except the last. cordially,
Post #444,607 by Another Scott 8/9/24 10:01:28 PM 8/9/24 10:01:28 PM Reply	I'm sorry. I too don't know what to say. :-( Remember the good times together with each other. Best wishes, Scott.
Post #444,608 by pwhysall 8/10/24 4:22:24 AM 8/10/24 4:22:24 AM Reply	Much love to you both The end comes to us all, but rarely at a time and in a manner we'd choose.
Post #444,621 by malraux 8/12/24 9:59:43 AM 8/12/24 9:59:43 AM Reply	I'm sorry, Rand. Not much else to say, it sucks. I'm glad you two were able to eke out some extra time together. Cancer's a bastard. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.

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