Post what you are thinking at this very moment

[Griffin]

Switched all the labels on the spice rack.
I'm not in trouble yet but the thyme is cumin.

[Godfather]

My father in law passed away from cancer 5 years ago today.

Such a wonderful man. I was lucky enough to know him almost 10 years, and he died just 6 months after my wife and I were married in 2015. He was so sick at our wedding, but made a speech I can still close my eyes and hear.

Wickedly smart guy, highly specialized neonatal physician who moved to Canada from Northern Ireland for a Fellowship and to leave The Troubles behind after working in an ER and seeing horrific things.

Incredibly avid reader who owned hundreds of books and wrote his own reviews. A music lover, who'd listen to everything, took my wife and I to shows in the grungiest bars and clubs to see some up and coming band he'd discovered, and even came to filthy music festivals with our friends and camped in the mud and dirt. A world traveler, beer lover, marathon runner, massive soccer fan, and absolute foodie. Truly one of the most fascinating people I've ever met. When my wife and I started dating, he didn't know a thing about hockey but started watching it so he could chat to me about the Canucks. What kind of guy who already knows almost everything and has a zillion other hobbies does that, just to connect with the kid dating his daughter? Just an all around loving, super interesting, brilliant, kind, and generous human who should've lived a lot longer.

I don't love the 'lost their battle with cancer' cliche, but my FIL truly fought to the end to enjoy life. I miss him as a friend and a mentor, and wish he could see the wonderful people and physicians that his two daughters are today.

Go get your scheduled colonoscopies boys. Cancer can take even the greatest human beings far too soon.

[deebakes]

that was beautiful gf

[DemonGeminiX]

I wonder when that Chapelwaite series is coming out on Epix?

[DemonGeminiX]

Today's the first day of winter.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Well, I get to go in and see my doctor today so that then he can issue me a referral to see a urologist. Is there any specific reason for this unnecessary extra step instead of just trying to see the urologist that the ER doctor recommended?

[DemonGeminiX]

Well, I get to go in and see my doctor today so that then he can issue me a referral to see a urologist. Is there any specific reason for this unnecessary extra step instead of just trying to see the urologist that the ER doctor recommended?

So they can charge you more money, of course. Did you try to make an appointment with the urologist on your own?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

So they can charge you more money, of course. Did you try to make an appointment with the urologist on your own?

Can't, the plan we have at work is an HMO and while we have the freedom to pretty much choose any doctor we want to see, if that doctor is a specialist, then we need a referral from out PCP.

[DemonGeminiX]

Can't, the plan we have at work is an HMO and while we have the freedom to pretty much choose any doctor we want to see, if that doctor is a specialist, then we need a referral from out PCP.

And of course the ER doctor isn't a PCP, because they never are.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And of course the ER doctor isn't a PCP, because they never are.

Exactly. So I get to go through the completely unneeded step of seeing another doctor just to say that yes, I can go see the specialist that the ER doctor told me to go see. Or, there is a chance that my PCP will have a preferred urologist and they may refer me there instead. But either way, this is a wasted step since my PCP can see all my paperwork because they are all in-network.

[Pony]

What a racket. Still in a lot of pain?

[lost in melb.]

My father in law passed away from cancer 5 years ago today.

Such a wonderful man. I was lucky enough to know him almost 10 years, and he died just 6 months after my wife and I were married in 2015. He was so sick at our wedding, but made a speech I can still close my eyes and hear.

Wickedly smart guy, highly specialized neonatal physician who moved to Canada from Northern Ireland for a Fellowship and to leave The Troubles behind after working in an ER and seeing horrific things.

Incredibly avid reader who owned hundreds of books and wrote his own reviews. A music lover, who'd listen to everything, took my wife and I to shows in the grungiest bars and clubs to see some up and coming band he'd discovered, and even came to filthy music festivals with our friends and camped in the mud and dirt. A world traveler, beer lover, marathon runner, massive soccer fan, and absolute foodie. Truly one of the most fascinating people I've ever met. When my wife and I started dating, he didn't know a thing about hockey but started watching it so he could chat to me about the Canucks. What kind of guy who already knows almost everything and has a zillion other hobbies does that, just to connect with the kid dating his daughter? Just an all around loving, super interesting, brilliant, kind, and generous human who should've lived a lot longer.

I don't love the 'lost their battle with cancer' cliche, but my FIL truly fought to the end to enjoy life. I miss him as a friend and a mentor, and wish he could see the wonderful people and physicians that his two daughters are today.

Go get your scheduled colonoscopies boys. Cancer can take even the greatest human beings far too soon.

Thanks GF. This was really touching. It sounds like he was an important figure in your life and an amazing father to your wife as well.

I actually had a colonoscopy mid-year and they found a small lump. Operated and removed a few weeks later...in it's early stages and benign, but pretty scary nevertheless!

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What a racket. Still in a lot of pain?

Yup, it's ridiculous. The great insurance industry at work.

As far as the pain, it comes and goes. Nothing nearly as bad or for as long as the night that sent me to the ER. And been pretty mild since Saturday, but it hit pretty bad for about an hour mid-day and then was still pretty sore all day. Then yesterday it was actually pretty mild, I was surprised. But then this morning it must have shifted a bit because it was sore, but still not horrible.

[Pony]

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, I'm so over this already. I'm just hoping that I can get in to see a urologist sooner rather than later.