Wing Woo Gar
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Congratulations to her and you! Thatās a great milestone, wishing her the best and fastest recovery.
Tell me something good...
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Wing Woo Gar
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Imagine such a thing in the 1980s. They would have branded you a Satan worshipper and run you out of town!
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My good news is that you still show up to chat, even with all that you have to deal with. I recently had some major injuries and I thought of your situation and it helps me to "exhale my situation and push through with what I can and when I can"
The one thing I don't want to do is quit small victories are still victories.
But for your good news, you have people to hear you out.
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Depends. I started playing in the early 80s. No one thought we were satan worshipers. Everyone just thought we were nerds.
Glad itās more mainstream now. My youngest is in a group that meets once a week.
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Lol definitely not my good news. Maybe I should buy some stock that makes money during that time. I'm pretty sure that would change my pespective.
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I like when professionals lthrow a helping hand like that. I like to hear that it's not all about money.
Who says he isnāt? All hail
I was being ironic. I dislike Christmas and we have about two weeks of it over here
It's a system, not a setting. Think similar to dnd, but combat is different, classes are not only different but have a completely different way of being decided and leveling up, the magic system is entirely different, and there is a heavier focus on crafting and downtime (which are both also different) then dnd.
For the purposes of the playtest though, I'm running a campaign in essentially fantasy viking-age denmark. I'm familiar enough with the layout, cultures and mythology of the time that it's pretty easy for me to put something together there, to see how everything fits.
Even in the 2000's, it was pretty much the nerdiest activity you could do. I'd talk to self-proclaimed nerds that spend their day watching star wars/star trek, playing video games or doing engineering, and even they would say that dnd was too nerdy for them.
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Simfers
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Something good, eh? Well, heck, why not?
So I mentioned in passing that my wife is currently fighting cancer. It's breast cancer, stage 4, grade 3, with 12 metastases in her bones (spine and ribs) and, it turns out, 1 in her liver. I say it turns out because while a spot was seen during MRIs, it never lit up during her TEP scans. The only way anyone knows it was cancer is that it reacted to the treatments (and by reacting, I mean that it's basically gone). Anyway, here's a timeline:
30 June 2022, she gets her diagnosis. Turns out her serious back pain was not the herniated disk everybody thought but cancer attacking her L4 vertebra.
End of July 2022, she starts radiation therapy to at least get the L4 under control, as it's the only thing causing her any issues (aside from, y'know, the whole life threatening thing). Pain goes away, mobility returns.
10 August 2022, she meets her oncologist and starts a mix of hormone therapy and targeted therapy. Basically, she needs to take some pills every day and get a couple of injections every month. She also pursues some alternative treatments (energy healing, hypnotherapy, some supplements and hyperbarric treatments).
March 2023, she gets her second TEP scan. The radio-oncologist calls to tell her that, of the 12 active metastases and the main tumour (4 cm long, for the record), a bunch had gone away, what was still there had shrunk considerably and none of what was still there was active in any way outside of some tiny remnant of activity in the tumour. Her bones are also healing.
August 2023, her blood work shows results in the normal parameters. Towards the high end, but still. Normal. Everything's asleep and dying.
May 2023, she gets a CT scan done at the request of her oncologist, who's expecting good news.
June 2023, the oncologist gives us the news: Progress is continuing, more cancer cells are vanishing and being replaced by healthy tissue (her bones are pretty much healed now), still no activity, and the big one: the primary tumour is gone. Only scar tissue left. It's not remission yet, but danged if it's not on the way. Doc is slightly baffled, but we're okay with that.
You wanted something good?
So I mentioned in passing that my wife is currently fighting cancer. It's breast cancer, stage 4, grade 3, with 12 metastases in her bones (spine and ribs) and, it turns out, 1 in her liver. I say it turns out because while a spot was seen during MRIs, it never lit up during her TEP scans. The only way anyone knows it was cancer is that it reacted to the treatments (and by reacting, I mean that it's basically gone). Anyway, here's a timeline:
30 June 2022, she gets her diagnosis. Turns out her serious back pain was not the herniated disk everybody thought but cancer attacking her L4 vertebra.
End of July 2022, she starts radiation therapy to at least get the L4 under control, as it's the only thing causing her any issues (aside from, y'know, the whole life threatening thing). Pain goes away, mobility returns.
10 August 2022, she meets her oncologist and starts a mix of hormone therapy and targeted therapy. Basically, she needs to take some pills every day and get a couple of injections every month. She also pursues some alternative treatments (energy healing, hypnotherapy, some supplements and hyperbarric treatments).
March 2023, she gets her second TEP scan. The radio-oncologist calls to tell her that, of the 12 active metastases and the main tumour (4 cm long, for the record), a bunch had gone away, what was still there had shrunk considerably and none of what was still there was active in any way outside of some tiny remnant of activity in the tumour. Her bones are also healing.
August 2023, her blood work shows results in the normal parameters. Towards the high end, but still. Normal. Everything's asleep and dying.
May 2023, she gets a CT scan done at the request of her oncologist, who's expecting good news.
June 2023, the oncologist gives us the news: Progress is continuing, more cancer cells are vanishing and being replaced by healthy tissue (her bones are pretty much healed now), still no activity, and the big one: the primary tumour is gone. Only scar tissue left. It's not remission yet, but danged if it's not on the way. Doc is slightly baffled, but we're okay with that.
You wanted something good?
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I'm happy for you and your wife. I'll be happy when cancer treatment gets its big jump that makes UT possible to get rid of it in a short amount of time.Something good, eh? Well, heck, why not?
So I mentioned in passing that my wife is currently fighting cancer. It's breast cancer, stage 4, grade 3, with 12 metastases in her bones (spine and ribs) and, it turns out, 1 in her liver. I say it turns out because while a spot was seen during MRIs, it never lit up during her TEP scans. The only way anyone knows it was cancer is that it reacted to the treatments (and by reacting, I mean that it's basically gone). Anyway, here's a timeline:
30 June 2022, she gets her diagnosis. Turns out her serious back pain was not the herniated disk everybody thought but cancer attacking her L4 vertebra.
End of July 2022, she starts radiation therapy to at least get the L4 under control, as it's the only thing causing her any issues (aside from, y'know, the whole life threatening thing). Pain goes away, mobility returns.
10 August 2022, she meets her oncologist and starts a mix of hormone therapy and targeted therapy. Basically, she needs to take some pills every day and get a couple of injections every month. She also pursues some alternative treatments (energy healing, hypnotherapy, some supplements and hyperbarric treatments).
March 2023, she gets her second TEP scan. The radio-oncologist calls to tell her that, of the 12 active metastases and the main tumour (4 cm long, for the record), a bunch had gone away, what was still there had shrunk considerably and none of what was still there was active in any way outside of some tiny remnant of activity in the tumour. Her bones are also healing.
August 2023, her blood work shows results in the normal parameters. Towards the high end, but still. Normal. Everything's asleep and dying.
May 2023, she gets a CT scan done at the request of her oncologist, who's expecting good news.
June 2023, the oncologist gives us the news: Progress is continuing, more cancer cells are vanishing and being replaced by healthy tissue (her bones are pretty much healed now), still no activity, and the big one: the primary tumour is gone. Only scar tissue left. It's not remission yet, but danged if it's not on the way. Doc is slightly baffled, but we're okay with that.
You wanted something good?
Simfers
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Agreed, that's the ultimate dream. We're closer now than we were, but man, for every story like my wife's, there's how many dozens of stories without a happy ending...
I just booked a flight to Denmark for my next karate adventure! 
I am planning to attend a weekend seminar with awesome instructors (the only downside being I don't speak Danish nor Japanese) and then stay for a week to train at least 5 classes in the dojo of an awesome senior instructor. Already can't wait!
I am planning to attend a weekend seminar with awesome instructors (the only downside being I don't speak Danish nor Japanese) and then stay for a week to train at least 5 classes in the dojo of an awesome senior instructor. Already can't wait!
Wing Woo Gar
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I wasnāt allowed to bring dnd stuff to a friends house because, well, the DEVIL might come withā¦
Wing Woo Gar
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Sounds cool!
Wing Woo Gar
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Thank you for that! Very nice to hear. My mother died of breast cancer.Something good, eh? Well, heck, why not?
So I mentioned in passing that my wife is currently fighting cancer. It's breast cancer, stage 4, grade 3, with 12 metastases in her bones (spine and ribs) and, it turns out, 1 in her liver. I say it turns out because while a spot was seen during MRIs, it never lit up during her TEP scans. The only way anyone knows it was cancer is that it reacted to the treatments (and by reacting, I mean that it's basically gone). Anyway, here's a timeline:
30 June 2022, she gets her diagnosis. Turns out her serious back pain was not the herniated disk everybody thought but cancer attacking her L4 vertebra.
End of July 2022, she starts radiation therapy to at least get the L4 under control, as it's the only thing causing her any issues (aside from, y'know, the whole life threatening thing). Pain goes away, mobility returns.
10 August 2022, she meets her oncologist and starts a mix of hormone therapy and targeted therapy. Basically, she needs to take some pills every day and get a couple of injections every month. She also pursues some alternative treatments (energy healing, hypnotherapy, some supplements and hyperbarric treatments).
March 2023, she gets her second TEP scan. The radio-oncologist calls to tell her that, of the 12 active metastases and the main tumour (4 cm long, for the record), a bunch had gone away, what was still there had shrunk considerably and none of what was still there was active in any way outside of some tiny remnant of activity in the tumour. Her bones are also healing.
August 2023, her blood work shows results in the normal parameters. Towards the high end, but still. Normal. Everything's asleep and dying.
May 2023, she gets a CT scan done at the request of her oncologist, who's expecting good news.
June 2023, the oncologist gives us the news: Progress is continuing, more cancer cells are vanishing and being replaced by healthy tissue (her bones are pretty much healed now), still no activity, and the big one: the primary tumour is gone. Only scar tissue left. It's not remission yet, but danged if it's not on the way. Doc is slightly baffled, but we're okay with that.
You wanted something good?
Wing Woo Gar
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