I'm not Everyone here, I'm HellBitch there.

And I am Tits, nice to meet ya. Or not™.

Well, Tits, nice to meet you too. Or not (I still don't do trade marks -- maybe I should).

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Uhmm.... No.

Looks like my mother is on the next seat back on the carn-i-val ride . . .

stomach cancer


with liver involvement.

Looks like I'll be over my head in RL for awhile with lots of family stuff.





Good thing I've got booze.

Xit. I'm very sorry to hear that.

Whoa, Prol, that sucks. So sorry to hear. Here's wishing for the comfort and ease of your mother.

Sorry to hear that Prol.

I personally know 3 people who have beat stomach cancer. Just make sure that she eats. She's not going to feel like eating because of treatment side-effects, but just get her to eat as much as she can and that will make a big difference.

Very sorry to hear that. Hope all gets fine.

So sorry for your mom Prol.

That's rough, we're pullin' for ya, Prol.

My condolences Proll. I'm truly sorry.

Please keep us posted and I'll keep both of y'all in my prayers.

Me too, Prole.

I was at the horsepistol fairly late last night. More liver tests today but the oncologist says it's "incurable but treatable." I couldn't manage to go to work today so I'm catching up on stuff at home -- editoral stuff, processing herbs . . . and I'll be back at the hospital this evening.


Vicoden and Lush Life make it all more tolerable.

Thanks for the thoughts, hope Mike is doing OK in Michigan.

truly sorry to hear this, prol.

That sux rocks big time. I'm very sorry to hear it, and wish her all the strength she'll undoubtedly need.

I lost my young, athletic mom to breast cancer just before joining the absinthe community a couple of years ago, so I've kind of been avoiding this thread. But I want to pass along my best hopes for Prol's mother's fight, and for Mike getting through the really horrible work of closing out your mother's affairs and home.

About the only good thing to be said is that this is the way it's supposed to go, at least. The child takes care of the parent, at times like this, and you have the small grace of knowing you are of help, even if only in ways they can't see. I can't even imagine the horror of a parent losing a child. We are the ones who are supposed to go on, letting our parents know they leave a life behind them as a hope for the future.

Well said.

Wisdom there.

She seems to be terminal but I've ordered some artemisinin for her. It can't hurt and the artemisias have been good to me.

Off to work today with a mild eyeopener for the nerves and the medicine wagon in good supply.

Any artemisia is of grate help to deteriorated health.

So sorry to hear Prol, Glassy and I send our love.

1st of all, I'm very, very sorry to hear about your mother, Al. If you need any advice or support, flip me a PM and I'll give you the digits if you want them.



Thanks to the rest of you for your wishes, I'm very grateful for the love you've sent.



I finally broke down the Tue after she died. Her lawyer blew us off and his partner and secretary were rude and I had a million questions to ask and no where to go. It was just too fuckin' much.

My family has been absolutely wonderful through the whole thing. Even my brother. I'd said for years the next time I'd talk to him would be because of my mom's death, and I was right. But we buried the bullshit and moved forward.



I'm in northern lower Mi., Traverse City, and I've been up here for a couple days visiting the aunts and uncles some more. We stayed up until dawn Tue night. I'm at an aunt's, who's more like a sister because we're only 2 years apart. I'm using her dialup-sux!. My mom had Web Tv and took the password to the afterlife, so I don't have Lounge access from Lansing.



Probate still needs to be filed, most of the house items have been carted away and the rest on the 28th, the money has already started coming in, she was very generous to us in her passing. I won't be selling Mazdas anymore and I'm planning an East Coast road trip down the road, PM if you'd like me to fart on your couch at some point. I'm thinkin' I'll hit Atlanta, Kirkensteinville, D.C. Shit City, Atown, NYC, Boston. If Prol would need me for something, I'd move the trip up in time.



Thanks again for all your good vibes (batteries not included) and I'll be back home soon, I hope, to Peeps and you fuckers.

Good to see you here!
Glad everything went (almost) ok, specially the family, that's the most important part when such a bad thing happens in your life.
Keep us updated!

Good to hear from you, thanks for the thoughts and know that there is always a spot by the hearth for you in Xit City and plenty of booze to keep your glass full.









That goes for the rest of ya's too.

Hope your holding up o.k. Prol. Sorry I'm a
little late with the well wishing. I just kinda
been avoiding this thread ona'cuz it's kinda
a downer (and I got my own problems here
too). But that is part of life and needs
to be included with living. So I'm sorry to
hear about that stuff Prol. And I'm glad to
hear that the Liver is doing betterer. I hope
that everyone here is doing o.k. on this wheel
of life that just keeps on spinning around and
around.

There's always room for Liver! Make it after Christmas and I might even spend some time with you.
I'm working 7 10's at the North Pol til then.
My fingers are bleeding.

I take that back, come any time, I'll drop everything and hang out, work be damned, I work too much anyway, I was happier when I ran off all the jobs.

Fuck, I've been out of touch and just saw this.

Mike and Al, my heart goes out to both of you. If there's anything...you know.

I've avoided posting here because this place is a kind of escape from RL and I'd prefer to keep it waterverthefuk it is here but might as well wind it up . . .

My mother finally gave it up yesterday after about a month of big-time suffering.

Funerals Monday.

I've been coordinating hospice and attendants, counseling family, making arrangements . . . and not working (or getting paid)



Donations of booze may be sent to the foundation for the investigation and promulgation of absinthism.

Very sorry to hear that. Sincere condolences from the other side of Atlantic.

I'm sorry, Prol.

The amount of stuff that needs to be done, arrangements that must be made, and loose ends that need sorting is truly cruel. I hope you are bearing up under that. I understand the desire for some escapist refuge.

Fuck.

Call if you need to.

And I understand
that you are probably
feeling a sense of
relief.

So sorry to hear Prol.

Prol,

My condolences. If you would like to talk, just call. Late is OK.

Sorry to hear, Prole.

My condolences, Prol. I wish there was a way to make it easier for you.

I'll definitely light a candle and toast your mom tonight. I'm really sorry to hear it.

My (and our) thoughts are with you.

As I have just now seen this thread for the first time I want to offer condolences to the both of you. It really sucks seeing someone you care for turn for the worse. I understand that their loss can be a relief of sorts, but it still sucks and that relief doesn't dampen the hurt.

Just keep remembering that time will help soften the pain a bajillion times more than anything else ever could (even absinthe), but till that begins keep your good memories of them alive, keep talking about the good/happy/funny times, that is what they want. By doing that they can be with us forever!

Take Care!

my sincere condolences to you and yours prol.

Our thoughts go out to you, Prol.

Sorry to hear about that Prol, maybe a road trip is in order?

Ouch. My condolences Prol. We all know it's going to happen, but that doesn't make it any less difficult. Cheers to your mom.

Prol, Sorry to hear of your Mom's loss, I hope you have better days in the future.

Liver, I hope thing are getting better for for you as well.

My condolences Prol, really sorry to hear that :(

Aw, Prol... I'm so sorry. I just saw this.

Sincerest condolences from my family to yours.

Thanks all.

Glad it's all over but the paper-filing and bills (which should be covered by the insurance). Much sibling bonding . . . but now I hope things will get back to normality. It'll prolly take me awhile to fully recover from all this economically and emotionally but life must go on.

If there's anything I've learned from supporting 2 partners through the loss of a parent, it's that restoring a sense of normalcy and regaining the ability to cope with regular life stuff just takes as long as it does and takes whatever course it does. I'm glad to see you're being patient with yourself.

Belated condolences, Al. Hope things are beginning to mend.
Here's to your Mum!