Comments | earlofcardigans: excuse me for wanting a little specificity

earlofcardigans

excuse me for wanting a little specificity

Sep 27, 2011 19:46

I'm currently watching Inception with my mother. She has the same opinion as me on Leo and his strange squinty face, but her thoughts on Tom Hardy and JGL are disturbing me. She doesn't like either one of them as much as she should ( Read more... )

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why_me_why_not September 28 2011, 00:57:41 UTC

I MISS YOUR FACE!

I want chicken lasagna & Stevie-time! Stupid too-big country! :(

How is your dad doing, overall? I've been thinking of you and y'all lots but I'm not so good at actually acting on those thoughts and reaching out. I'm trying to work on it.

♥

earlofcardigans September 28 2011, 01:23:43 UTC

I miss you too, love. It's okay that you don't act. I get it.

Daddy is mostly okay. He is cancer free, but his radiation treatments are hurting him. A lot. His outside is burnt and raw and his throat is probably the same. He's lost almost fifty pounds because he can't eat. And yesterday he lost his voice completely. He's too tired to work or drive even. After the radiation, because he has pre-cancerous cells on the other side of his face, he has to start chemo.

I think once he is able to eat properly and talk again, he'll start feeling better.

laria_gwyn September 28 2011, 03:27:07 UTC

There's an adorable video somewhere of THard beatboxing with his son strapped to his chest. That might change your mom's mind. :)

earlofcardigans September 28 2011, 05:30:21 UTC

OH GOSH I FORGOT ABOUT THAT! THANK YOU! I'm going to make her watch it until she pukes rainbows and palm trees.

yellowwolf5 September 28 2011, 18:39:22 UTC

I'm a Ravenclaw too, yay us! Aww, JGL is adorable and such a good actor.

earlofcardigans September 29 2011, 21:39:23 UTC

oh yay! We should be friends. My username is UnicornBat47.

yellowwolf5 September 29 2011, 21:50:48 UTC

I added you, I'm AccioHowl51 :)

rei17 September 29 2011, 20:40:51 UTC

Oh boy. I really feel for you. :-/
*sends you hugs and strong nerves*
I mean, I work in a clinic so I know how hard it can be to take care of old people, sick people and people who are old AND sick, but at least I get to go home in the evening and have some time for myself. óò
What happened to your father? I hope you don't mind me asking - if you do, just ignore this question.

earlofcardigans September 29 2011, 21:48:41 UTC

Do you like working in a clinic ( ... )

rei17 September 30 2011, 09:05:44 UTC

This may sound weird, but yes I actually do.
I love my colleagues who are possibly the nicest persons I know, but I also actually like working with sick or disabled people.
My friends don't really understand it, because they think my clinic is like the worst place on earth and yes, I get it. I mean the patients aren't only sick, they're often disabled or mentally ill as well, they look disfigured, their heads are shaved, their faces are distorted and sometimes they cry or they scream or they're in pain a lot. And sometimes they know they're going to die and they don't want to, and sometimes they actually want to die and talk to you about killing themselves. So es it can be pretty horrible at times.
But it's also honest and intense and emotional.

I mean, obviously it's sad a lot and there have been moments where I actually cried, because I felt so bad for someone. But we've also shared so many beautiful moments together and sometimes I actually can help someone, even if it's just being there for them and this is one of the best ( ... )