Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 06 Aug 17 - 08:00 PM

you have a good health system & excellent doctors (they listen to you!)

best wishes for your speedy recovery

sandra

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 06 Aug 17 - 11:51 AM

Make it so, Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 06 Aug 17 - 04:53 AM

Rap, I have good doctors. By 'good' I mean they seem to know their stuff AND they listen to my concerns & answer my questions. I do what they tell me & thus far, it has worked for the pre-op routine. I am most troubled by the thought of a general anaesthetic.

Pete, not much composing at the moment, but I'm using the time to work with a friend who is developing an app to enable severely disabled folk create their own music; melody & harmony.

Chantey, you're right, not much fun around right now. By the end of the year, I should be in better shape.

Thank you All for writing...it means a great deal to me,
                                                                                        With Love,
                                                                                                       Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 05:30 PM

Aw, Nigel, that's no fun. I hope your health improves and you can reschedule your trip.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 05:06 PM

Sorry to hear that Nigel ; any music projects lately ?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 01:47 PM

Do what the doctor(s) tell you to do. Neither thing is very much fun.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 05 Aug 17 - 05:49 AM

Thanks, ChanteyLass, it is so often you who pops our thread back to the top of the list. I wouldn't mind a little TLC at the moment...struggling with Diverticulosis & Large Vessel Vasculitis. A very limited, 'low residue' diet (soo boring!) with surgery just around the corner. Summer holiday in Greece cancelled...not a very happy bunny.
                               Love to All,
                                                 Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 04 Aug 17 - 08:49 PM

I hope lack of postings on this thread means everyone is well, but I doubt that's possible. This is one of the kindest below-the-line Mudcat threads which offers encouragement and sympathy to those feeling unwell.) That explanation is for Mudcat newbies who may not know this thread's purpose.)

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Jul 17 - 09:04 PM

Remember, Rap, pride goeth before a fall--a fall in the temperature and humidity, I hope.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 10:26 AM

It's supposed to climb to 81F by 1 p.m., right now it's 66F with 67% humidity. My humility is 100%, of which I am very, very proud.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 09:27 AM

In DC the humidity is often 100% while the humility is 0%

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 26 Jul 17 - 07:33 AM

Up She rises...

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Jul 17 - 07:22 PM

Refresh!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 19 Jul 17 - 04:27 PM

88F or 32C here with high humidity. Walking outdoors is like walking through a pan of warm broth cooled just enough to eat safely. We had a break in the humidity on Friday which followed several days like this. It's only July. I'm dreading August.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 19 Jul 17 - 05:06 AM

Yes, it's the humidity that gets me every time. Need to get to the coast, but not possible at the moment. Keep cool, Rap 😅

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jul 17 - 11:13 PM

35 C. here. Has been for days and will continue so for the foreseeable future. Unlike Great Britain, though, here in the high desert county it's a dry heat.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 18 Jul 17 - 11:20 AM

Could do with a 'refresh' in hot, humid London. Energy sapping, 30℃ 🌞

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 17 Jul 17 - 04:32 PM

Refresh!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 15 Jul 17 - 06:57 AM

Bravo, ranger1 for saving your colleagues.
Janie, echoing frogprince's "exquisite"...beautiful arrangement, beautifully performed. I'm not surprised you were deeply moved.
Underscoring YIPPEE! for Rap & Pat.
                                                            Love & Greetings from sunny London,
                                                                                                                         Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 08 Jul 17 - 05:56 AM

Wonderful news, Rap!

Thanks, Janie.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 06 Jul 17 - 08:11 PM

Exquisite, (((Janie))).

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Janie
Date: 06 Jul 17 - 12:58 AM

Stumbled across this tonight. Brought up sorrow I've held back for several years.

In memory of of some one. Wish I could have helped them remember spring would come.
Lo How a Rose/ The Rose

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ranger1
Date: 04 Jul 17 - 08:17 PM

The issue in Maine was partly due to us vs them mentality, and partly due to our governor being a petty tyrant. He got his way, they signed the budget, and I got to make the call recalling our two "non-essential" crew members back to work this AM.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 08:51 PM

thanks, Chanteylass

I love this comment -
As long as the RI legislature continues to elect speakers who work in real estate we shall continue to have policies that are based on a misunderstanding of the economy. In addition, most corruption in the USA is based on real estate, and having real estate industry members in leadership guarantees a corrupt atmosphere.

Real estate workers are very prominent in political life in Australia! One of our most prominent (in court again at the moment) is notorious for his over-the-top wedding that illegally blocked off streets, as well as voting on matters concerning his own properties.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 08:31 PM

Oops, here's the clicky. http://www.rifuture.org/ripda-new-speaker/

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 08:28 PM

The article I saw in the New York Times pointed the finger at Republican governors.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 08:08 PM

Rhode Island has no new budget. As of July 1, we are continuing to use the old one. RI is almost completely run by Democrats, including the state's speaker of the house who had his own Trump-like temper tantrum. Here's a progressive blogger's opinion. http://www.rifuture.org/ripda-new-speaker/

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 03 Jul 17 - 10:45 AM

do they have the same deep divisions as in Washington? or is there another reason?

sandra (with apologies for this brief excursion off topic)

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Jul 17 - 08:54 PM

I understand that 11 haven't passed a budget for the budget year starting July 1. The budgets for some simply haven't yet been signed by the Governor. Seems like there was a LOT of overestimation of what the states thought they'd take in....

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 11:32 PM

great news fro Pat.

Are any other states in similar trouble, Rap?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 11:23 PM

We are back from Seattle and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance said that Pat only need take anastrozole (spelling?) for five to seven years. NO radiation. NO chemotherapy. AND the SCCA is "patient sharing" her with the cancer center here. To put it mildly, YIPPEE!!!

For you in the UK, also take a look at the state of Illinois.... Universities there are in danger of losing accreditation, the folks who manage the lotteries are pulling out, debts are unpaid, and the state debt only gets larger. No budget for 2+ years....

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 10:41 AM

r1... sad stuff. I hope it gets sorted soon. I hope you saw my FB thread about softwood lumber and noted my quote about Irving changing the bill set aside in your legislature before closing session for the summer. All of the people in Maine need to be educated about, and to beware of, Irving. Already the largest private landowner in Maine (BTW, on earth), they will crawl right up your

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ranger1
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 09:28 AM

The governor and the legislature couldn't agree on a budget by the end of the fiscal year (midnight last night) and the governor shut down the government. Only "essential" personnel are working until further notice. State police, corrections, warden service, fire marshal's office, psychiatric hospitals, and state parks. We're only essential in parks because it's the middle of summer, a holiday weekend, and public opinion, and we're running the parks with far too few people. I did get deemed essential, along with two other people, but two other members of my crew did not. It's a mess. This news report is pretty accurate: Maine government shutdown

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 01 Jul 17 - 06:07 AM

Ranger1, what on earth is happening in Maine? We get all the 'TrumpStuff' in the UK, but this has slipped under the radar. Sounds pretty desperate.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 30 Jun 17 - 07:15 PM

sending good wishes & hugs

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ranger1
Date: 30 Jun 17 - 03:48 PM

Waiting to hear whether Maine State government passes the budget or shuts down and whether I'm considered "essential personnel".

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 28 Jun 17 - 04:59 AM

Refresh.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 27 Jun 17 - 07:56 AM

Echoing gnu & ChanteyLass...best wishes to all. 'Those who would do us harm' seem to be able to strike as & when they choose, so do whatever you can to stay safe, remain vigilant on your travels but keep on keeping on. Edmund Burke's quotation was never more appropriate:

          "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing".

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 03:14 PM

What gnu said!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 02:10 PM

Great news, Rap!

Glad to hear things are pretty good, Pete.

My best to all.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 11:03 AM

That's good to hear Rapparee. I hope any reservations about the designated doctor share have no negative effect on medical care.                                                                  Tommy has been in hospital again, but it wasn't too serious and only 6 days. I must confess to feeling a bit stressed lately with the kids . Got quite a cough and not feeling as well as I could , and I have to remind myself that I have very little to complain about !. But tommy goes into respite for a few days next week , so perhaps I shall be more refreshed after !

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 10:36 AM

YAH!!!!!! loud cheers & happy dance ...

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 08:56 PM

We're back from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). Good news! No radiation, no chemotherapy! Pat has to take an aromatase inhibitor for five to ten years, but the side effects of that are known and can be dealt with! She's already set up an appointment here for Monday, and SCCA will be "patient-sharing" with a doctor here (who she really, really doesn't care for) on here treatment. The best outcome would have been that nothing at all need by done, but we'll take this!

I hope that the outcomes for all are at least as good as ours.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: gnu
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 05:38 PM

Thanks, Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 12:41 PM

Pat's words, taken from a PM. The full PM remains tucked in my wallet & accompanies me everywhere I go:
                           
                         "...Words cannot explain how important this thread has become to me and many others. Your terrible struggle shared by Ann and of course the rocky road your precious Jane traveled became a touchstone for me and I felt a closeness to all of you and our fellow travelers aboard the Rainbow. We have so many here that offer so much of themselves it has buoyed my spirits and my sense of friendship in a way I would never have believed possible in the cyber world. To this my contribution always felt so small and the only tools I have in hand are a sincere empathy for my friends and a strange, warped' and often too quick, sense of humor. I live with the words of two men always in mind:

There is only what is. What should be never existed......Lenny Bruce

If I laugh at any mortal thing, tis that I may not weep......Lord Byron..."

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Donuel
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 10:15 AM

I commend you all for being who you are, that takes a giant step beyond what you do.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 08:30 AM

the wit & wisdom of spaw -29362 messages from 1998 to 2014

his final post was on on this thread 29 May 2014


    WOW......First to Wendy with my thanks for such a wonderful post.

    AND SINS!!!!! Simply unbelievable is all I can say but I do have some inkling of how you feel. May the feeling hold and get even better.

    Bottom dropped out for me the day after I posted but we're coming back. Not sure where the problem is, whether I lost the balance or the daccogen has some strange twists to it.....Whatever it is I got a couple of pints and and we're going along fine.

    NEED GOOD AND GOODER THOUGHTs FOR OLD DUDE !!!!

    Dan is going in Friday for a single bypass surgery. I would have hoped the Robotic surgeries would have been everywhere by now but they will be cracking his chest which takes some recovery time. Stint doesn't do it so....Let's all send some good vibes to St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania for our old friend. I love this guy a lot and I know you do too.


    Spaw

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 06:35 AM

Treasured memories of Pat Patterson, 'Catspaw', who slipped over the side, 20th June. Pat's PMs would make a great 'Life Guide'...The World according to Pat Patterson.
                                                    With Love,
                                                                     Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Mysha
Date: 04 Jun 17 - 10:00 PM

Working the sheets for a bit.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 20 May 17 - 12:11 AM

Ah! Sounds like a good plan.