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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 08 Apr 16 - 11:19 PM She collapsed like a marionette with cut strings going to and from the bathroom last night, but two nurses were there to catch her. No similar problems since. Just a headache and pains associated with such surgery. IF all goes well tonight she may come home tomorrow. Home health care, physical therapy, and occupational therapy have all been laid on already. We have a walker and a shower chair from her head injury 18 months ago and I have them all ready to go. Good thoughts are greatly appreciated. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: JennieG Date: 08 Apr 16 - 07:34 PM Echoing the good wishes which have been sent to the Emperor and Empress Raparree! And the ouches....... |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: keberoxu Date: 08 Apr 16 - 02:23 PM Good to hear that Empress and Emperor (the Rappareeses) both survived the night. (on another thread) The one-day-at-a-time can be a tough trudge. Don't do it alone. Warmth and light to both of you. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 08 Apr 16 - 03:23 AM definitely good news sandra (patiently waiting for more) |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Janie Date: 07 Apr 16 - 09:58 PM Hope the hatches and the chicks are all battened down, maeve - not to mention you and TL. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Janie Date: 07 Apr 16 - 09:57 PM Whew! Good news, Rap and Pat, and hoping to hear the pathology report confirms the surgeon's impressions. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: ChanteyLass Date: 07 Apr 16 - 09:32 PM Ouch, ouch, OUCH! I'm glad the surgery is over and hope the report shows all is well. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 07 Apr 16 - 08:42 PM She was in surgery about an hour and a half and another couple hours in recovery. The surgeon thinks he got it all -- no spread -- but of course the pathology report is the final word. She'll be in overnight and possibly tomorrow night as well. When I had been up for 14 hours she told me to leave and not come back until someone called or tomorrow morning, whichever came first. NB, male and female: If you ever need a series of shots about the nipple have them give you at least local anesthesia. Pat, with her very very high pain threshold, rated it without any as 20 out of 10. The doctors, when they found out, said that new excretory orifices will be torn open without anesthesia. Apparently Pat wasn't the first. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: gnu Date: 07 Apr 16 - 05:01 PM Ahhhh...so NOW I understand your post on that other thread, Rap. Fingers crossed and youse are in my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: maeve Date: 07 Apr 16 - 04:16 PM Big, wild, whistling wind storm going on here so thought I'd post while I still can- thinking of Pat and Mike as they help one another along the way. Maeve |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: keberoxu Date: 07 Apr 16 - 01:06 PM Sympathetic attunement for Rapparee and his Empress. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Nigel Paterson Date: 07 Apr 16 - 03:25 AM Rapparee, quoting from your post: "Things like that are always simple if your not on the receiving end". So very true. I will be holding you in my thoughts as you navigate this 'medical voyage'. May calm seas & favourable winds speed your journey to a complete recovery. With Love, Nigel. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 07 Apr 16 - 12:46 AM simple ... adding my good wishes sandra |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Janie Date: 06 Apr 16 - 11:29 PM Ahhh, Rap. For what it is worth, sending good thoughts through the ether, and will imagine breathing in and out with you, and especially, with Pat. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 06 Apr 16 - 10:07 PM Tomorrow, 0645 Mountain Daylight Time. A "simple mastectomy." Things like that are always simple if your not on the receiving end. |
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Subject: RE: 50 years of the Australian National Folk Festival From: GUEST,Pete from seven stars link Date: 06 Apr 16 - 06:34 PM Request to Sandra in Sydney . Guests are prevented from posting below the line now and so far my request to join mudcat have not been answered, so I wondered whether you could pas on my best to the crew at Janes rainbow should I now not be able to post there anymore. Blessings. Pete.
This was transferred from the thread where it was posted, as a courtesy; I can't help you with the membership question, but it catches others up on your whereabouts.
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: gnu Date: 03 Apr 16 - 12:02 PM Can't say as I ever seen snowdrops round these here parts. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: keberoxu Date: 03 Apr 16 - 10:47 AM Jane, many thanks for your thoughtful attention to the "triage" thread. And continued encouraging thoughts towards your own recovery grind. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: ChanteyLass Date: 01 Apr 16 - 08:51 PM I guess good news/bad news is better than all bad news, but still . . . I hope for the best possible outcome. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: keberoxu Date: 01 Apr 16 - 06:08 PM Support and solidarity thoughts for "the long slog." |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: maeve Date: 01 Apr 16 - 12:30 PM A friend showed up on our doorstep just now, staggering under the weight of a big box of recently-dug snowdrops. The last year has been brutal, but Spring is here. Maeve...)Thank you, Janie.) |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: frogprince Date: 01 Apr 16 - 09:40 AM Double ditto; tried crossing my toes, but couldn't quite manage. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: gnu Date: 01 Apr 16 - 06:44 AM Ditto Sandra. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 01 Apr 16 - 01:43 AM fingers crossed & sending best wishes to Pat sandra |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 31 Mar 16 - 07:24 PM Good news/bad news. There are two types of ductile carcinoma in situ involved and neither looks invasive (that is, spread to other areas). Surgery, a mastectomy, is suggested and which we thought was best. It should take care of the problem, always the proviso that "you can't really tell until the pathologist reports." In the last case immunotherapy and possibly radiation would also be used. A two step process: removal and then reconstruction. It's easier that way if there is a spread. So...the uncertainty of treatment is over. Now comes the long slog. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Janie Date: 30 Mar 16 - 10:01 PM Every ship can stand a swashbuckling someone either on deck or off the bow. Imperious Rex may need new glasses as well as teeth, but it don't matter. Bridges all over the place - bridge deck, in the mouth, and between threads on Mudcat, eh? Bridges of care, concern and connection - just gets expressed differently on separate blocks in the same neighborhood. Hope y'all come away tomorrow with some degree of clarity regarding treatment for Pat, Rapparee. Also that your own body gets glued back together in reasonable working order. maeve hasn't posted in awhile. Thinking of you and tl, Dear One. Stumbled across this Iris Dement song last night. Collective 'I'= 'We.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjIkVIUmJ4 |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 30 Mar 16 - 08:38 PM We find that We posted the previous to the wrong Thread, and We request that a mod delete both it and this one. You have Our thanks. Emperor Rapparee, Imperious Rex ® His mark |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 30 Mar 16 - 08:31 PM Was that the real gnu who last posted? We note that whoever it was did not sign his or her post, so We assume it was not the good gnu. An imposter! An imposter! Guards! Guards! Emperor Rapparee, Imperious Rex ® His mark |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: gnu Date: 30 Mar 16 - 10:24 AM Dingus Day? Oh... you mean Dyngus Day. Youse are in my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 29 Mar 16 - 09:34 PM Temporary fix is in the teeth. Permanent will be on April 13. But I don't look like a 5 year old, either. We see the oncologist and the surgeon on Thursday afternoon. A port might be put in then, maybe. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: ChanteyLass Date: 29 Mar 16 - 07:50 PM Well, Rap, I've always heard that sugar rots the teeth, but you didn't have to go to that extreme to prove it! I hope when all is fixed, you'll find a lot to grin about. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: keberoxu Date: 29 Mar 16 - 05:29 PM It's tempting to hold my breath....I had better not, though. Rest assured you are in my thoughts and prayers. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 27 Mar 16 - 09:28 PM And he shan't even get them started until Dingus Day. If you don't know about Dingus Day, shame on you. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: keberoxu Date: 27 Mar 16 - 03:37 PM Sorry, Your Imperial ness, but I can't resist: All he wants for Easter is his two front teeth.... |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 26 Mar 16 - 09:17 PM I haven't mentioned it before, but I have had dental implants and one of them was to replace my front upper teeth -- knocked out when my brother managed to stop the bike I was riding and I hit the street teeth first. Anyway, after many years I had implants put in. And they're great! Until we went to the last (and closing this year) sugar plantation in Hawai'i and I gently held a piece of raw sugarcane with my front teeth, gently tasting the juice. To make it short, that front bridge broke clear through the metal the "teeth" are mounted upon. I go in Monday to have the damage cleared away and a temporary bridge installed. Two weeks later the new one should be in place. How much is this going to cost, you ask? Well, the exam to discover it was USD 62.00. The new bridge, labor, materials and all, is under warranty and it won't cost my anything. The dentist was surprised, saying that in seventeen years this was only the third time he'd ever seen this happen. But the replacement price is right. Maybe that's a sign things are looking up a bit. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: keberoxu Date: 26 Mar 16 - 05:12 PM Supportive thoughts to the Imperial Rapparee and his better half. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: gnu Date: 23 Mar 16 - 03:13 PM Three years. Thoughts and prayers. Over four years in this ship we have sailed. OP date: 12 Jan 12 - 12:27 PM. Sniff. But, you have done a lot of people some good. Thanks for that. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: frogprince Date: 23 Mar 16 - 01:18 PM Thinking, indeed, of Nigel and Ann, of the legacy we have here in Jane's name, and of all the crew. Dean |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: GUEST Date: 23 Mar 16 - 08:10 AM I am here, keeping you all in my thoughts, without Jane The Rainbow would not be! Fondest love to Nigel and Ann Wendy xxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: ChanteyLass Date: 22 Mar 16 - 11:15 PM Nigel, I'll be with you and Ann in spirit. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Janie Date: 22 Mar 16 - 10:24 PM See pm's Nigel. And I will be there, as I expect will most of the crew. Thanks, Chantylass. I guess I am well past the days when there were sudden leaps and need to just keep my eye on the prize and notice that there is progress, though sometimes so slow it doesn't seem so. I wish, gnu. I'm too tired and too close to retirement to make waves on a worker comp case. It is complicated. the nature of my work is such that the injury no long impedes my ability to do my job. But doing my job does impede my physical recovery because I have to sit for hours on end during therapy and clinical assessments with no time between clients or getting the clinical notes finished to get up out of the chair and at least walk around the building for 5 minutes. Whine, whine, whine. Pete, always holding Tommy in my thoughts. Rap, I echo what Chantylass said. May you both be recovered from jet lag by the time you read this. And you know the crew is sailing along beside both you and Pat. We swim, we sail, we sink, we rise. We lift each other up. Or toss a life preserver. Sinks and Rises |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: GUEST,Peter from seven stars link. Date: 22 Mar 16 - 05:31 PM Ah,.....Nigel , ann ..bless you... |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Nigel Paterson Date: 22 Mar 16 - 11:46 AM Tomorrow, 23rd March is 'Jane's Day'. She sailed away, charting a course that none of us could follow. We watched in helpless disbelief, powerless to act. Three years have passed. The pain has become a yearning. We remain, keening softly for her memory. Join us tomorrow, just for a few, quiet moments. Bring with you your own memories too. You will be most welcome. With Love to You All, Nigel & Ann. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: ChanteyLass Date: 21 Mar 16 - 04:42 PM Good to see this thread again. Janie, I hope you can get the help you need at work and thought the medical community to continue to improve. Sadly, the greatest progress happens early on, then it slows down. When insurance stopped paying for therapy, I joined the Y and made some gradual progress there, but I had retired and had time to go to the Y several days weekly. In the meantime, pass the tray up from the galley to me, then join me on the main deck. Rap, let us know what the future holds. I hope it is better than it could be. Pete, I'm glad Tommy is back in school. I'm sorry about your daughter and hope her situation improves soon. Except for the occasional cold, I'm rarely ill, but I got hit by something overnight from Saturday to Sunday. It was a GI problem. I don't know if it was a 24-hour virus or caused by food, but it was nasty though thankfully short-lived. I slept most of Sunday and began rehydrating in the late afternoon. I have slept a lot today and have begun eating soft foods. I hope to be back to normal tomorrow, when I have a routine doctor's appointment already on my calendar. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: gnu Date: 21 Mar 16 - 10:42 AM Pete... glad to hear Tommy is well enough to get back to school. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: gnu Date: 21 Mar 16 - 10:40 AM Janie... have you spoken to your doc/PT about placing you on "lighter duties" (getting the ability to continue PT while at work, say, once an hour)? Of course, management may be an obstacle...? |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: GUEST,Pete from seven stars link Date: 21 Mar 16 - 09:33 AM Hoping you are making progress with the the bronchitis rapperee, and the most helpful medical path is taken for pat.likewise hoping , janie ,that you begin to discern some progress to allay the frustration. Tommy has been off school with a supposedly infectious skin complaint , but they ...hospital... were unable to take bloods and did,nt take a swab. We sent him back to school today. We also have a domestic crisis with one of our daughters and she is in bad mental health as a result. Seems to be getting a bit choppy for the voyage at present , let's hope for calmer seas. Blessings. Pete. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Nigel Paterson Date: 21 Mar 16 - 05:25 AM Janie, if it's ok with you, I'd like to 'phone. Don't worry, I'll keep the time difference in mind! I still have your number from when I was last in NC (and met Bobert). Almost certainly, Ann & I have visited Charlotte & NC for the final time. Our daughter has a new job & will soon be moving to Dallas, Texas. We will miss the beauty of NC but are looking forward to beauty of a different kind in TX. Much Love to You All, Nigel & Ann xxxxx |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Rapparee Date: 21 Mar 16 - 03:22 AM Late tomorrow we fly back to face what awaits. Whatever it is, we'll make it through, just as Janie will. It might take a while though. |
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Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort From: Janie Date: 20 Mar 16 - 09:23 PM I'm feeling discouraged, frustrated, a bit angry, and also a little scared regarding my lack of progress re rehab of the leg. Very little progress in strength or balance over the past 6 weeks. Frustrated with my PT guy and also my surgeon, and also aware of the impact of going back to work full time, seeing clients all day with little opportunity to even get up and walk around the building for a few minutes at a time. I'm starting to worry that I may never fully recover. Having said that, I am aware that walking with a cane or with a weird, hitching gait is a pretty mild thing to deal with in terms of what so many others face, or have faced. So just a minor whine in the scheme of things, and I can still haul myself up and down the galley ladder to offer the warm or cold beverage of your choosing, and a lovely scone baked by others on the crew. Just can't climb up the masts to set the sails. How be all my mates? |
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