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Floris went to a veterinary clinic two month ago where they looked into his nose with an endoscope. He continued to have inflammation of his right nose opening despite many different courses of antibiotics. They couldn't get up to the nose. With an X-ray it has been determined that there is a polyp at the very top of the eye socket. That would mean a major operation and because enlarged lymph nodes have also been found in the lungs which probably indicates a malignant process and given his age, he is almost 15 years old, very old for a Maine Coon, they advise not to operate. As long as possible prednisone and antibiotics. We have to wait and see how long he has a good time. Until now with antibiotics he feels well and eats. It doesnot seem to bother him now.

Floris is 2 maanden geleden naar een dierenkliniek geweest waar ze met een endoscoop in zijn neus hebben gekeken. Hij bleef ondanks veel verschillende antibioticakuren een ontsteking van zijn rechter neusopening houden. Ze konden niet bovenin de neus komen. Met een röntgenfoto is vastgesteld dat er helemaal bij de oogkas een poliep zit. Dat zou een flinke operatie betekenen en omdat er ook vergrote lymfeklieren in de longen zijn gevonden wat waarschijnlijk duidt op een kwaadaardig proces en gezien zijn leeftijd hij is bijna 15 jaar, heel oud voor een Maine Coon, adviseren ze om niet te opereren. Zo lang mogelijk met prednison en antibiotica behandelen. Het is afwachten hoe lang hij het naar zijn zin heeft. Tot nu toe met antibiotica voelt hij zich goed en eet. Het schijnt hem nu niet te storen.

Primate DNA is only five percent different from ours. Like us, they feel jealousy, envy, love, shame, grief, depression... They are very social beings, they are sensitive and each one has a different personality, according to the experts, as happens in humans. They develop tools for specific purposes, which involves reasoning, anticipating the future and acting with the tool. They adopt orphans, which demonstrates social bonds, empathy and altruism. They have self-awareness, cooperative problem-solving and learning by example and experience, so they have symbolic capacity and a culture of their own, which they pass on from one generation to the next. Chimpanzees even surpass humans in certain memory tasks. An ape at the age of two is able to do small sums and use tools, while a two year old does not even know how to do sums or reason the why of the tool. They give pets to their children and they even learn words in sign language, being able to establish a conversation with their caregiver. They are able to teach their offspring sign language so that they can communicate with their caregivers. And so on. And they share a very important trait with humans, a trait not found in any other animal... laughter.

This image is dedicated to Bobby. Bobby was a chimpanzee used for decades as a laboratory animal at the Coulston Foundation in Alamogordo, New Mexico. He was born in captivity and at a very young age participated in biomedical experiments. By the age of 19, he had been anaesthetised more than 250 times and biopsied as many times. His life was spent in solitude inside a tiny metal cage. His body was bruised and scarred. In a deeply depressed state, he was incessantly self-harming, a clear sign that he intended to end his life. In 2002 he was transferred to Save the Chimps, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Louisiana, USA. Dedicated to Jeannie. Jeannie was in the service of science for nine years. At the age of six, she began her career in the pharmaceutical laboratories of Merck, Sharpe and Dohme. Shortly afterwards she was donated to the Buckshire Corporation and ended up at LEMSIP, Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates in New York at the age of 22. During that time she participated in several invasive experimental protocols including repeated vaginal douching, multiple cervical, liver and lymph node biopsies. She was infected with HIV and hepatitis C, and participated in rhinovirus vaccination protocols. She was anaesthetised more than 200 times. She died at the age of 31 at the Fauna Foundation, Canada's only primate sanctuary. Dedicated to Newt. Newt was born in 1979 at LEMSIP. At the age of four months he was sold to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. Newt was HIV-positive and was widely exposed to hepatitis B virus. Before he was four years old, he began intermittently self-harming. In 2003 he had his canines removed. Newt's clinical reports indicated that he had bites and lacerations on his hands, fingers, thighs, arms, legs, wrists and scrotum. A psychiatric report determined that Newt was in a profound state of insanity and derangement. He was attempting to commit suicide and end his life. This image is dedicated to all primates who have suffered psychological and physical torture, deprivation of liberty, abominable experiments and death in scientific laboratories, pharmaceutical, automobile, cosmetic, aeronautical, aerospace multinationals... and dedicated especially to Bobby, Jeannie and Newt.

The chimpanzee Mama, hours before she died and the reunion with her caretaker.

Silvio Rodríguez - Al final de este viaje / Al final de este viaje (1978)

We are the prehistory that will have the future. We are the remote annals of man. These years are the past of the sky. These years are a certain agility with which the sun draws you into the future. They are the truth or the end, they are god. We are left, those who can smile in the midst of death, in full light.

Supergrass - Tales of Endurance, Pt. 4, 5 & 6 / Road to Rouen (2005)

Making sense of what I've heard and what is on my mind.

.....

PS: When I look into the eyes of an ape, all I see in them is sadness and eyes that ask me, why, why? And I can only lower my gaze to the ground, while I shed some tears and feel a deep shame... shame of being human... a "Homo stupidus".

Aphex Twin - Stone In Focus / Selected Ambient Works II (1994)

The picture is from the 2nd and last trip with the new motorhome. Now that I have cancer in the prostate with spread to the lymph, the car has been put up for sale, I have to realize that the time must be used for other things than photo safaris far away.

Heddal Stave Church

The church is a triple nave stave church and is Norway's largest stave church. It was constructed at the beginning of the 13th century. After the reformation, the church was in a very poor condition, and a restoration took place during 1849–1851. However, because the restorers lacked the necessary knowledge and skills, yet another restoration was necessary in the 1950s. The interior is marked by the period after the Lutheran Reformation in 1536–1537 and is for a great part a result of the restoration that took place in the 1950s.

Marble floor (detail) of 'Sculture di linfa' by Giuseppe Penone

The veins in the marble are carefully deepened. The idea is that the 'network structures' of marble, plants, and brains are related. Penone suggests that visitors experience the floor on socks. So the feet actually 'feel' what the head thinks...

Vivere non è accettare tutto, ma scegliere, sfrondare, sacrificare. La linfa dell'albero sale solo quando i rami sono stati potati.

To live is not to accept all, but to choose, to strip, to sacrifice. The lymph of the tree to go up only when the branches have been pruned.

Ludovic Giraud

A very sliced night but cough was much better this morning, now it's silent. The lymph nodes stopped aching. I know they are there, but that's ok. I feel weak. The sun is shining bright. I'm struggling with the lost 'freetime', again no holiday for me and I truly need time for me... and not for Covid. But there's no other way than through, as always.

I did a rapid test today, stupid Moni.

I know it can last more than one week....

I don't count Thursday although I was already ill. But the test was negative that day.

But 5 days 'living' in the cage now.

But I have lost my wings, there is no where to fly.

I took this bracketing as soon as I arrived on the bank of the river (see the narrative in Silence inside). The rising coils of mist I had seen from the road were thinning out faster than I had hoped, so I set my gear as faster as possible (I was extending the legs of my tripod while I was still hurrying down the path towards the river). Then a sudden calm took place in my heart; I was not going to waste such a moment! The golden light of the sun was pulsing and beating through the coiling mist and the dark silhouettes of the trees: it was like the Rising Soul of the world. I was breathing this new birth drop after drop, like a life-giving lymph. Soon after that I resumed my bracketings, but the spell of that magic moment was over me till the last capture.

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Fynn had to spend two hours at the vet again this morning. When we returned home I allowed him to go out in the garden for a while but had an eye on him as I wanted him to stay in the garden. He was tired but quite relaxed, happy to be back home, and I could take a few photos,

For Fynn's friends: the reason for his health issues is still unknown. The first results of his lymph node biopsy don't show any signs of cancer and the huge lymph nodes rather seem to be a reaction to an infection. He receives antibiotics which seem to help because his digestive problems are slowly getting better. Time will have to tell if they are also able to stop the rapid weight loss and the loss of blood proteins. I'm slightly more optimistic than a few days ago but it's still a long way to go.

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Guiseppe Penone, Sculture di linfa, "Sculptures of lymph", Museum Voorlinden

This is a few hours post mastectomy breast cancer surgery that was performed Jan 11 2023. Surgery was successful and a bit delayed when the surgeon responded to the Guiding Hand that inspired her to look at the attached muscle fibre to seek out the remnants of the invasive tumor. She had to successfully cut out a tiny piece of muscle fibre and got the prominent lymph node as well. I am resting and recovering better than expected with much thanks for the prayers and positive energy sent my way. A most heartfelt and sincere thank you and to God our Loving Father for everything He does to lead us and guide us in His plan for us, even when we don't, won't or can't believe He has a plan for you and me and all Mankind

Again, this is not about the photo.

For those of you who have been following my son's journey, he had his surgery today,

IT'S NOT CANCER!!!

We were told in mid July that all the pathology from Az meant metastatic thyroid cancer.

Both the MD in Az and Dr. Clayman (thyoid cancer expert in Florida) agreed.

We came to Fla. for Adam's surgery with Dr. C., expecting a thyroidectomy, to learn how far it had metastasized and what the follow up treatments would be.

He told us there was a very remote possibility it wasn't cancer.. But what he needed to see wasn't on the scans or ultrasounds from Az.

Yesterday he did his own. He saw it.

A peculiar, rare thing, and he saw it. He told us then he thought there was a good chance it wasn't cancer, but he did the surgery today to remove the mass and some lymph nodes. All looked normal, the initial pathology reports were normal, the thyroid gland scans looked normal.

The final pathology reports won't be in for a few days, but he said he expected no surprises.

This doctor has been treating thyroid cancer exclusively for over 20 years, he's done literally over 8000 thyroid cancer surgeries, and is recognized as "a genius in all things thyroid."

He said it's not cancer. I believe him.

Then I gave him a hug, he left the room and my brother held me while I cried like a baby.

We went from metastatic cancer to no cancer. I'm still crying as I type this.

I want to thank all of you who have sent words, said prayers, sent healing thoughts, thoughts of encouragement and support.

I especially want to thank those, you know who you are, who have been sending messages, emails, photos.....love.

You are forever in my heart.

And tonight.......it's a very very happy heart. ❤️

Black beetle on the stump, seen in the forest :)

Dor beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) is a species of earth-boring dung beetles belonging to the family Geotrupidae. This beetle is present throughout Europe. The adults grow up to 12–19 mm long and can be seen from April to October. This dung beetle feeds on feces, rotting fungi and tree lymph of the host-plants. In spring they lay eggs in chambers at the end of a corridor that is approximately 70–80 centimetres long and built in the soil, where feces of herbivorous and omnivorous animals are placed in to feed the larvae. The larvae overwinter and pupate in spring, requiring a year to complete the whole process.

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Żuk leśny siedzący na pieńku, pstryknięty podczas spaceru :)

Żuk leśny (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) – gatunek chrząszcza z rodziny gnojarzowatych. Chrząszcz palearktyczny. Zamieszkuje prawie całą Europę, Syberię Zachodnią oraz Kaukaz. Żuk ten zasiedla wyłącznie lasy liściaste i mieszane. Dorosłe osobniki osiągają długość 12–19 mm. Żuk leśny preferuje starsze i bardziej zwarte drzewostany. Dorosłe odżywiają się butwiejącymi szczątkami roślin, odchodami roślinożerców oraz starymi owocnikami niektórych grzybów kapeluszowych. Obserwowano też ich żerowanie na padlinie. Dorosłe występują od kwietnia do października. Owad ten nawozi glebę oraz zwiększa jej przewiewność i przesiąkliwość przez co uznawany jest za pożytecznego z punktu widzenia gospodarki leśnej.

I'm not sure how many of you knew or not, but I had malignant melanoma in my lymph nodes....They removed 43 lymph nodes under my right arm, and 3 were positive for cancer!

I'm now cancer free for one 1/2 years!

I just had my P.E.T. Scan done Tuesday, and got the results from my oncologist today! YAY! I'm a happy lady! :) Thanks to those that knew, and your support!

Hi, thank you everyone who has sent me messages of support. Obviously due to me recovering I have not been on here much lately but now that I am recovering I intend being here much more frequently. The operation was a success, kidney and cancer tumor has been removed, the surgeon also took three lymph nodes and some fatty tissue that was in the area around it.

I am going to be taking part in a drug trial for an immunotherapy drug which is designed to help prevent the cancer from returning and I have an appointment at the Beatson Oncology Centre in about 4 weeks to get that started.

I am physically feeling great, much more so than I have done for a very long time, mentally I am dealing with some low mood and anxiety but that is also part of the journey. I am looking forward to getting back to my favourite hills and mountains in the next few weeks as I continue my recovery. Well, so long as there is no further lockdowns to prevent me from doing so.

I hope that you are doing well and again for the support and messages received directly, I thank you. Looking at your photos here on Flickr has been a great help during my recovery.

Brief summary after visiting the cancer centre. Full roll of hormone pills for the next month, then radiation to break the cancer in the prostate. Hopefully finished with the radiation before the summer. When it came to the spread to lymph nodes, we take it gradually.

Life expectancy?

Until I die :)

I will be 80 years old in October, I expect to post posts here on the web for a few more years.

Last pulsations

EXPLORE #466, 16 OTTOBRE 2008

Project: Story of my days

expongo ancora

l'albero della vita - tree of life

Some people have asked why I have not been here for 4 months. I thought about this then decided to say something. Back in June of last year 2021 I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The primary site was one tonsil with spread to neck lymph nodes and a further presumed site in my hip. I was offered palliative treatment or as much chemo as I could take and then if that appeared to be working radical radiotherapy to my neck. What do you do? I chose the latter.

Throughout the chemo, August, Sept and Oct, I kept trying to make images and then I stopped when in November I was given 35 consecutive days of radiotherapy to the neck. Xmas dinner of sprout soup was interesting. I have now finished 5 additional sessions of radiotherapy to my hip.

While the chemo was very unpleasant the neck treatment has been the worst. It will take many months to recover, to be able to eat, talk, sleep anywhere near normally. I am now more radioactive than Chernobyl to be topical.

There is a bit of good news , my latest CT scan shows no new growth or spread. However, it will not be until June that I can have a PTCT Scan ,which will be more definitive ,due to my radioactivity, and who knows what that will show.

My advice: if you have a sore throat or any doubt about anything go and get it checked out asap, don't accept immediately what you are told, I would have been on the palliative route now had we done so rather than having a chance and give thanks and all your love to your partner and friends, mine have been truly amazing.

We have a week's holiday booked in the Lake District in a couple of week's time; that will be the first time we have been anywhere for quite some time, I'm looking forward to it!!

Bei unserer Zarin wurde Lymphdrüsenkrebs diagnostiziert - aber wir werden sie nicht einfach gehen lassen. Wir werden um sie kämpfen. Der Termin in der Tierklinik steht, dann werden wir weitersehen.

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Am 16.05.2019 haben wir den Kampf verloren. Trotz aller Bemühungen hat Zarah nicht wieder angefangen zu fressen, und schlußendlich haben wir sie erlöst.

Sie fehlt uns unendlich.

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The battle begins

Our tsarina was diagnosed with lymph gland cancer - but we won't just let her go. We will fight for her. The appointment at the veterinary clinic is set, then we'll see.

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On 16.05.2019 we lost the fight. Despite all efforts Zarah did not start eating again and finally we let her go.

She is missing infinitely.

Firstly we want to thank all the team, especially Rachel James (cardiology specialist) & Harry (medic) & Lorenzo (neurology specialist) at:- www.nwspecialists.com/ for all their knowledge and expertise, and for making sure Razz came home in good health and on his way to a full recovery!

We are still waiting for lymph and joint fluid, and a couple of overseas disease results to come back from the veterinary labs .... but so far nothing sinister has shown up!

"FEVER" with unknown origin is what we are dealing with!

This is a pic of Razz enjoying his first night at home (without being attached to intravenous drips) comfy on his sofa. With almost a week in the vets i know Razz is glad to be back home ... that inner craziness he has is starting to show! :-)) x

Age, Size, Race: No One Is Exempt..Please get your Mammogram TODAY....

May 2009

Girl, 10, is the youngest person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with breast cancer

Hannah Powell-Auslum, of La Mirada, California, has stunned doctors with her breast cancer diagnosis

A girl of ten has become the youngest person in America to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Hannah Powell-Auslam has already undergone a mastectomy on her left breast.

Now she has been told the cancer has spread to a lymph node and she will need further treatment.

Doctors in California said they believe Hannah, who is at least two years away from typical puberty, is the youngest person to suffer from breast cancer.

Recent US studies have shown

that only two thirds of the ink used in a tattoo stays in the skin.

The other one third spreads through the body.

It migrates into the blood, the lymph nodes, the organs, research has shown and nobody knows where exactly or what happens with it.

WILKES BARRE.....

...... Pennsylvania

Photography’s new conscience

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This picture is for the group Happy Caturday and this week the theme is "Sense of Comfort ".

You may have noticed that I've been missing for the past few weeks and that a couple of months ago I had to have surgery. I posted that the surgery itself went as expected but the reason for it was not good. My doctor had told me that a large mass was found in my right lung (by xray) and that it looked to be cancerous. I had outpatient surgery for a lung biopsy and the surgeon said that the mass was about as big as a large egg and that he expected the results to come back as cancer. It did.

I have been diagnosed with Stage 3b Non-Small Cell Lung cancer and it has spread. Surgery can not be done for a few reasons.... where it is located, my lung function is too low and because it has already spread to many lymph nodes. I started chemo and radiation one week ago. I will also have immunotherapy although I'm still not sure what that is.

Unfortunately I did smoke most of my life and had quit about 5 years ago. The doctor said that had I had a chest xray 1 year ago the cancer would not have been there, so it was fast growing. A family history of lung cancer increases your chances from what I've been told. My Grandma had lung cancer and she never smoked. My Dad also had it but he smoked.

For the next month or so I may be on and off depending on how I feel. Right now I've just been posting a photo or two on Happy Caturday when I feel like it. I really hate to post a picture and not be able to view and comment on other Flickr friends pictures... but if you don't mind, maybe I can at least fave your pictures to let you know I'm looking and then when I feel okay I will comment. All Flickr friends pictures are important and without them my own pictures would mean nothing.

It's been a very rough few months with my Mom passing away, my Dad's cancer metastasizing and then me being diagnosed. I would greatly appreciate prayers... I believe that God does listen. He doesn't always answer with a "yes" though. But still He hears you and sometimes gives you a miracle.

So anyway, I'm done babbling. :)) I just wanted to let you know what has been going on and why I haven't yet been viewing your pictures.

**I've already warned Noah that I may be shaving him to make myself a wig when my hair falls out! He was not impressed with my threat. :)))

*A special Thank You to a friend and Flickr!

www.flickr.com/photos/lisazins/52139228035/in/photostream/

(Ridin' The Storm Out - REO Speedwagon)

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Life becomes a little more hectic when they have discovered cancer in the prostate with spread to the lymph. But relax, there will be more photos from me in the future as well.

"Does this lymph node feel swollen to you?!"

An adorable fox kit that I photographed scratching its neck at Cromwell Valley Park in Maryland on 5/22/23.

My mom was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She had surgery on Monday, December 15th. A lumpectomy (plus removal of some lymph nodes) was performed. I have not yet heard the results of the axillary (aka: armpit) lymph nodes. Please pray for a speedy recovery. She seemed to be doing pretty well when I was with her yesterday. Thank you!

Orde di calore

devastano gli steli

gli arbusti appassiscono,

gli alberi

perdono il fogliame.

Mummie ramificate,

le erbe si accartocciano

prive di linfa.

Hordes of heat

devastate the stems

shrubs wither,

they lose their foliage

trees,

Branched mummies,

the herbs curl up

devoid of lymph.

Hello Flickr Friends

I'm back much sooner than I thought for which I am elated about when you read on.

The reason I thought I may be off for a while was I had found a swollen lymph node in my armpit near where I had surgery 2.5 years ago to remove a small growth in my milk duct. Anyway, I found it about 6-7 weeks ago, but the Pandemic has made it near impossible to get a doctors appt. I eventually got one and then waited a month for a referral to the hospital. Yesterday morning I finally had my appointment, I had 4 Mammograms and an Armpit scan. All is good, my breast tissue is clear and all healthy no return of any growths. They even showed me my titanium pin from my previous surgery (looks like a lock on the scan) My lymph node is larger than it should be, but with the parameters they are happy with. They have marked my under arm and I am to check it regularly and will follow up with a further scan when and if needed. Ladies, please check your breasts, don't be afraid. I have been cautious and lucky. I thought I may be off as I was terrified like last time I'd have to have surgery and was so worried. Today I am just so happy to carry on as normal, but keeping an eye on things.

Anyway, I went on a beautiful October run this morning, the light was amazing, the cobwebs were lit up like jewels. When I got back I took this image of the light cascading through the trees and woodland towards the end of my land.

Have a wonderful and happy Monday and get checking, seeing and feeling your way around your boobies.

Can you spot my Pink Swing, built by my lovely Hublet

October is Breast Awareness Month

Debbie ~ KissThePixel 2021

They say that when a plant "cry", better, when it produces

lymph, it is happy for the warmth it finds going from Winter to Spring...

so....

drops of joy for the new season, I can say.....

I am fighting a battle against prostate cancer with spread to the lymph nodes. A fight I want to win...

I made it to day 50

I'm rather proud of myself!

#20- I have an enlarged lymph node from when I was very sick as a child, I'm sick often actually hahah

View On Black or I will judge you, I was going to put "God will judge you" but some people may take offense to that

I don't have good news.

Bu is still ill.

And much weaker now...

She has lost a lot of weight... just because she doesn't want to eat, eat by herself.

It's a vicious circle: the less she eats, the less energy she has - and the less energy she has, the less she eats...

So she must eat.

And now I have to force her to eat.

She only wants to eat when I put something in her paws, or straight into her mouth. Like an hour ago, when I fed her egg - she ate a big piece of egg, just like in her healthy days.

Immediately after eating she drops tired, and falls asleep, but still...

So I need to remind Bu that she MUST eat.

It's so hard to believe - a week ago she was a huge plump 232 gram girl, and I wanted her to get a bit more slim for the spring...

Bu's lymph nodes are not growing bigger - at least I think so - this is good, of course.

But so what, I just didn't know her health would deteriorate so much..

Maybe it's the antibiotics - they do much damage to the body, luckily she's been off antibiotics for 2 days now.

So all I can do...

...If I manage to make her eat more, I hope she will get stronger, that's all that matters.

Bułeczka is all that matters.

*

PS: if you have any 'good food for ill hamster' suggestion, please tell..

La gru per la cultura giapponese è simbolo di immortalità e la tradizione dell'arte dell'origami narra che chiunque pieghi mille gru vedrà i propri desideri esauditi. Sadako Sasaki, una bambina esposta alle radiazioni della bomba atomica di Hiroshima e colpita, una volta adolescente, da una grave forma di leucemia iniziò allora a piegare le mille gru, ma morì prima di riuscire a portare a compimento la propria opera. Nel 1958 le venne eretta una statua nel Parco della Pace di Hiroshima - una ragazza in piedi con le mani aperte ed una gru che spicca il volo dalla punta delle sue dita - e il 6 agosto di ogni anno, nella ricorrenza dello sgancio della bomba atomica sulla città, si celebra qui la giornata della pace e il monumento viene adornato con migliaia di corone di mille gru.

(da Wikipedia)

Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home in Hiroshima, was diagnosed with acute malignant lymph gland leukemia in 1954, caused by radiation exposure. According to a Japanese legend anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish, so she started to fold paper cranes but she died before reaching her goal. In 1958, a statue of Sadako holding a golden crane was unveiled in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. She has become a leading symbol of the impact of nuclear war. Dedicated to Sadako, people all over Japan celebrate August 6 as the annual peace day. (from Wikipedia)

poor v is still sleeping on my recliner... she really needs to be sitting up a bit to be comfortable... i miss my recliner... but i miss sleeping in the same bed with v more... v&i have seen the boobie doc and the breast surgeon over the past 2 days... we get new year's day off (yay!!)... then we see the oncologist tomorrow morning...

on tuesday, v had her tissue expanders expanded... we found out how they fit in her body and why they don't fit particularly well... i expected to see them get bigger as the doc added saline... but they didn't... v felt fine directly after the pump up... but the next day she felt plenty sore!! we also found out that the pain in her left arm along with the somehow newly formed and very painful tendon running from her arm pit to her elbow is known as axillary web syndrome (i'll put a full description of it at the bottom of this post)....

during our visit with the breast surgeon we picked up much more info on the syndrome and instructions on how to deal with it... many exercises for v... mainly sretching... and i get to rub the chord down a couple of times a day... its kind of creepy because it makes this crunchy sound as you rub it... and poor v squirms in pain... amazingly after just a day of exercise and the rubbing, v has considerable relief and can lift her arm with less limitation...

and the breast surgeon gave us the results of the oncotype DX genetic testing... it gives a recurrence score 0-100... low is good... v scored a 12!!! fortunately i understand statistics well (taught it in college... apply it at work daily)... and you have to understand it to wade through exactly what the score means... in the simplest terms, the score says that if v is postmenopausal (unclear since she was doing low level hormone replacement with bc pills before the cancer) that simply taking pills (tamoxifen) would give her a roughly 8% chance of recurrence.. and interestingly according to the stats... chemo makes the chance of recurrence jump to 10%... now these stats worry me since they are taken from a total population of 367... and that's not much... so its good news... but still leaves us in a very cloudy grey area in terms of chemo or no... nothing cut and dry... there are so many variables which haven't been studied... v's case is one lymph node with a micrometastases less than 1mm... the stats are taken from 1-3 affected lymph nodes that could have macromets much greater than 2mm... it will be very much a decision based on v's gut feel... with input from oncologists and her helpful husband :)

the world really needs a better medical database with all known cases entered to allow folks to look for commonalities... right now, i'm driving myself nutty reading tons of conflicting and incomplete studies on breast cancer recurrence... i even watched the technical presentation on the node positive results using the oncotype dx assay... i mean i even know what an assay is... i need a break!!!

so we meet with the first oncologist tomorrow at 11:30am...

Axillary Web Syndrome, also known as "cording". It is very common after mastectomy or lumpectomy with axillary node dissection (lymph node removal). It is characterized by pain in the armpit or elbow with tautness that increases when trying to straighten the elbow or lift the arm overhead. The pain and tautness may extend into the wrist or thumb. There is often a visible tightness or a "cord" that looks like a guitar string just beneath the skin that runs from the armpit to the elbow.

Research suggests that thombosed (clotted) lymph vessels are responsible for the cording. The vessels are inflamed and become thicker and shorter. Axillary Web Syndrome usually responds well to physical therapy treatment within six to eight visits and does not have long-term effects.

El lirio azul es una especie de lirio, que crece comúnmente en los prados húmedos, pantanos y a lo largo de las orillas de los arroyos en América del Norte. La raíz o rizoma es la parte que se usa con mayor frecuencia y es la fuente de la iridina, también conocida como irisina. La iridina se usa con frecuencia como un extracto en polvo que es amargo y provoca náuseas y posee propiedades laxantes y diuréticas.

El rizoma del lirio azul tiene un olor muy leve pero peculiar y un sabor desagradable y fuerte. Si se usa internamente, el lirio azul produce náuseas, vómito, purgación y calambres gastrointestinales. La raíz seca es menos acre y tradicionalmente se emplea como emético, diurético y catártico. También se ha utilizado para la sífilis, algunas escrófulas (infección de tuberculosis de las glándulas linfáticas del cuello), trastornos de la piel e hidropesía (edema).

Actualmente, el lirio azul se usa con frecuencia tópicamente para afecciones cutáneas como impétigo, eccema y soriasis. También se utiliza para efectos de desintoxicación al aumentar la micción, estimular la producción biliar y actuar como laxante. Diferentes tribus nativas de Estados Unidos han usado el lirio azul para diferentes afecciones, incluido el cáncer en el riñón o linfático.

Actualmente no existen estudios de alta calidad acerca de las aplicaciones médicas del lirio azul. Se necesitan ensayos clínicas para definir la eficacia y seguridad del lirio azul.

The blue flag is a kind of lily, which commonly grows in wet meadows, marshes and along the banks of streams in North America. The root or rhizome is the part that is used most often and is the source of iridina, also known as irisina. The iridina is often used as a powdered extract that is bitter and nauseating and has laxative and diuretic properties.

The blue flag rhizome has a very slight but peculiar odor and an unpleasant taste and strong. If used internally, the blue flag causes nausea, vomiting, purging and gastrointestinal cramps. The dried root is less acrid and is traditionally used as an emetic, diuretic and cathartic. Has also been used for syphilis, some scrofula (TB infection of the lymph glands in the neck), skin disorders and dropsy (edema).

Currently, the blue flag is often used topically for skin conditions such as impetigo, eczema and psoriasis. Also used for purposes of detoxification by increasing urination, stimulate bile production and act as a laxative. Several native American tribes have used the blue flag for various ailments, including cancer in the kidney or lymph.

Currently there are no high quality studies on the medical applications of blue lily. Clinical trials are needed to define the efficacy and safety of blue flag.

Hello everyone!

Where did the year go? It only just felt like new years 2019 the other week. This year has been an incredibly wild one, lots of things have been happening. My own health has fallen to a drop over the last couple of weeks. My doctors have discovered a lymph node in the left gland and I won't know whether it's cancerous or not until after the 30th but I'll be soaking up the sun and enjoying the Christmas to the best I can. In the meantime, I'll be doing a few little Xmas pictures. I've got a few install before I wrap the year up and bounce into a new year around the corner. I love to experiment, I'm all about trial and errors and over the past few years in Second Life, I've always wanted to do something new when it came to Christmas trees. This year, I took a risk which I think has turned out so lovely, a few of my friends have been in absolute awe over this Christmas tree, with the white doves. I wanted to do a bit of symmetry and bring the cheer of joy with a modern edge. I've gone with a palate of whites, beige satin's and golds, with lots of patterns, prints and high quality materials.

Credits:

Build:

hive // tabby's terrace

Tree:

Apple Fall Heritage Christmas Tree - Flocked

{anc} NO LIMITS // flock of flying doves. (Gacha)

01 Fancy Decor: Gilt & Pearl Tree Topper RARE

20 Fancy Decor: Gilt Rose A (Gacha)

22 Fancy Decor: Gilt Branch (Gacha)

Fancy Decor: Tree Beads

Rest of room:

Architect. Amadeus Mirror [light]

Apple Fall Cushion - Satin, Bronze

Apple Fall Milton Curtains

Apple Fall Cushion - Satin Trellis, Bronze

Apple Fall Cushion - Satin, Beige

ARIA - Ava Pouf

DYNASTY - Holiday Arrangment - Brown

dust bunny . toy horse

dust bunny . present pile

Loft & Aria - Augustine Sofa (PG)

Loft & Aria - Eira Antler Wearth

Loft & Aria - Eira Nativity

hive // lighted holiday wreath . flocked

SAYO - Tribeca Branch Chandelier

Fancy Decor: Kelsey Cabinet Console

Fancy Decor: Thorne Lamp

Fancy Decor: Keller Side Table

junk. cream animal rug.

Social Links:

www.jackhanbyinteriors.com/

www.facebook.com/JackHanbyInteriors/?modal=admin_todo_tour

How lucky can one girl get... This man is perfection... Kind sweet, soft spoken and so loving! I'm going to lose both of these dear people this year. A month ago he was diagnosed with lung cancer, it's already spread to both lungs, spinal cord and lymph nodes... The doctors gave him 6 to 8 months. It's so hard being 1,300 miles away from these two wonderful people.. I would like to be there for them, they have always been there for my children and me and done so much, but being the ex-wife creates problems... ! Please keep this dear man in your prayers too! Thank you so much! Vicki xo KELLER IS THEIR FIRST GREAT GRANDCHILD =+) THIS MAN IS AMAZING WITH TINY BABIES AND TODDLERS! <3LOVE YOU DON<3 XO

Thought I'd forgotten about this didn't you.

I took this photo last week when I was going back to work. It's been a little rough these past few weeks. I caught a bacterial infection in the hospital and was violently ill.

I am back at work but I'm exhausted by the end of the day. It's hard to to sit up all day and my muscles start to hurt. By the time I get home I go straight to my bed. I've also been running around to various Dr's appointments. Mostly post-op visits but I had to see a radiation oncologist this week.

The surgery went real well. The tumor (as expected) was obliterated by the chemo and that was left was a specks. There was a tiny bit of disease left in one lymph node so it's on with 28 treatments of radiation.

Thank you all for EXPLORE! (03/15/2021 [

((EDIT)) 4:37pm - I was negative. But I'm exhausted. I've been asleep all day.. I guess I have allergies kicking my butt. BTW: I'm doing for a 2nd test tomorrow night after work! But I was so tired for some reason that I couldn't even get on Flickr to tell ya'll, my test came out negative!!

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It's been a few days since I've posted and allowed comments.. so here we go!! (OPEN)

But I always love and appreciate your favorites...,NOTES on the PHOTOS (WHICH I LOVE!!) , and comments on the other photos about it.. *Believe me I read everything - at some point!*

I love this photo of Juan and I hope you all do too!

I think he looks like a ninja here. This was candid.. he was shopping and didn't know I took this.. *hence why he's not looking at my camera directly*. I LOVE How this one came out.. So I had to post it!

- Send Juan some LOVE & Positive vibes!! I'll read all of the comments to him! Promise!

& I'm sure he'll be super happy to hear what you all have to say

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So here we go... COVID-19 TEST TODAY. Pray its negative.

*Which is why I may or may not have time to return comments.. either way I'll get it done in the next couple days!*

So.. I woke up yesterday feeling like I had allergies... Kinda feeling bad at times, but then I'd feel fine. *Evidently that is how others were feeling at my job yesterday too.. - & They tested positive for covid yesterday! (SEVERAL).

So yeah.. I'm a little scared.

*I really don't want to get covid (or the flu) or anything. To be totally honest.. I feel like the rapid tests (which I'm going for today) are not as accurate.. and they DO give false positives IN MY OPINION for allergies and stuff... So.... I woke up THIS morning congested.. (chest/nose) but I did take Mucinex last night when I was getting ready for bed.. and felt some congestion coming on.

-So when I woke up this morning ALSO my lymph nodes in my neck are HUGE and painful along with the same sore throat I had yesterday.. mild. But my lymph nodes are so enlarged that I can actually see my neck is swollen in that area..

SO.. I'm CONCERNED. YES.

My company is closed for today. They're paying for and sending us all for LOCAL rapid testing. *Which is GREAT*, because my WITH MY PARTICULAR INSURANCE I haven't been able to find ANY local rapid tests covered in my area.. All of them are send outs and can take 2-21 days (yes when this first started they made me do a test.. and quarantine because I had a fever.. I got my RESULTS IN 21 DAYS!!! *It was aweful* But it came back negative, like I thought! (I know when I'm sick).

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So TODAY I'm feeling like I have a minor cold or some pretty moderate allergies.. *which makes sense because everything has bloomed and everyone's allergies are up. WELL, I'm concerned that I'm going to get a positive today & be out of work. If I am "positive" that is what SHOULD be done.. but this will be the 3rd time I'm out of work this year due to covid19! (other two times I was fine, but had to wait for results) - 1st time, I had a fever. 2nd time I was exposed. This time.. I've been exposed ALL WEEK - close- with cold/allergy symptoms now..

(So I'm DREADING IT)!

I really don't want to have it and miss more work... But if I have it.. whether it be a true or false positive.. I will have to take off. And considering my symptoms are very similar to my coworkers who tested positive.. I'm just pretty sure I'm going to be positive. *so just pray I'm not*

And Please PLEASE pray for everyone at my job. They're such amazing and lovely people.. and I care for them deeply.

Thanks for praying for my co-workers - they're my little work family and I care about them A LOT!! I'm praying overtime for the immune compromised people who either work at my job , or are family members of those who have been positive or exposed. (My father - Juan & I take care of CANNOT get this. So he's staying away from me until I get my results). Please pray for us, and all of my co-workers. Because several of them tested positive.. and one of them has a family member who's VERY immune compromised...(and I truly feel like they need a lot of extra prayers). So I'm just asking, of coarse they're remaining nameless.. but please. Thank you.

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I guess I will find out today.. Getting tested around 10am - ish. I'll keep everyone in the loop and update this post later.

JUAN JUST GOT A FLICKR!!

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If there were an Olympic event for stretching, cats would win gold. They're constantly stretching their muscles, likely for many of the same reasons that people do. The main reasons? It feels good and increases blood flow.

Cats sleep between 12 and 16 hours a day, about twice as much as people do. When humans sleep, the brain paralyzes most of the body's muscles to prevent people from acting out their dreams. The same thing happens to cats during catnaps, which prevents the cat from sleepwalking in the wild.

"Cats stretch to get their muscles moving again after periods of inactivity, whether they've been sitting still or sleeping." When a cat is sleeping or relaxed, its blood pressure drops, stretching can help to reverse that. As the muscles start moving with each stretch, they also flush out the toxins and waste byproducts that build up during periods of inactivity. For instance, carbon dioxide and lactic acid can accumulate in a cat's body, but stretching can increase blood and lymph circulation, which helps to remove the toxins.

This very elegant Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) photographed late in the evening on a game drive in the Sopa area of Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Taken last October at the lovely Port Lympne Zoo during one of our friends weddings. The leaves had only just fallen to the extremely photogenic grounds, Ryan and Mum went for a little walk which gave me a great chance to snap away grabbing some memorable photos of them in the process!

Sadly, my left eye seems to be virus-infected. I don't know when and how. See the inflammation in my eye?

I had a test today and the result was negative, but my doctor still wants to observe for a couple of weeks since my lymph gland's swelling a little and (only) my left eye is always watery...

By the way, I have dark eyes, the color is like dark coffee. :-)

ウィルス性結膜炎になってしまったようです。涙と目やにが止まりません。眼科に行って診てもらったら、今日はウィルス検出されなかったんですが、医師はウィルス性だと疑ってます。いわゆる「はやりめ」。眼鏡かコンタクトないと身動き取れないド近眼なので、困ってます。皆さん、気をつけてね。

Vintage Carl Zeiss Jena Alu Flektogon 35mm @f/8 with macro extension tube (13mm)

It is possible that these millions of suns, along with thousands of millions more we cannot see, make up altogether but a globule of blood or lymph in the veins of an animal, of a minute insect, hatched in a world of whose vastness we can frame no conception, but which nevertheless would itself, in proportion to some other world, be no more than a speck of dust.

Il est possible que ces millions de soleils, ainsi que des milliers de millions de plus que nous ne voyons pas, ne forment qu'une globule de sang ou de lymphe dans les veines d'un animal, d'un minuscule insecte, éclos dans un monde dont nous pouvons mais qui néanmoins ne serait, en proportion d'un autre monde, qu'un grain de poussière.

Anatole France

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2inNYauU1o

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I had such an amazing life past 9 years. Vacations, travels, getaways, concerts, museums. Love & happiness. Something I’ve never experienced before. Something different I’ve never felt before. This past year definitely turned so many things upside down. And today I got my second COVID vaccine. The amount of muscle pain my body is experiencing is excruciating. I can barely move from neck down or move in general. Fever. The inflamed lymph nodes don’t let me turn my neck or swallow normally. But if it’s the beginning of hope it’s definitely worth it. If it can help save our lives & lives of others this pain is worth it. Because all the most important things in life are worth fighting for ♥️ ... but for now what a year ! That’s all I can say.

Week 32 in 52 Weeks for Dogs. Early one morning I sneaked Tasku into a little play park I pass on my walks to get a very quick shot. For the 'where a dog shouldn't be' challenge.

An update on Tasku's health - when she went to the vet on Monday for her investigation it was decided not to anaesthetise her at this stage but to change her antibiotics for ten days. She has had her calcium levels checked and they are normal (apparently the levels are usually raised with anal gland cancer), and her lymph nodes are normal. Blood tests for liver and kidney function are also normal. I am keeping fingers crossed that the change of antibiotics will clear up the infection. Tasku is going back on Thursday and will be examined again, if there's no improvement she will then be booked in for a needle aspiration.

Our disabled son is currently undergoing chemotherapy for cancer of the Lymph Nodes. He has to sit in the chair attached to a drip for 3 hrs per day, 3 days per week - and it's doing his colouring that keeps him amused. So along with the chemotherapy, these crayons are genuine lifesavers!

It has been an interesting year. On the surface my husband never appeared healthier. He was working hard and doing yoga 5 times a week, gaining strength while purposefully losing weight and inches.

Then it all changed. Albert thought he had food poisoning and went to urgent care to get checked out. Two weeks later he learned that he had Colon Cancer. A month after that he was told it was Stage Four and had spread to his lymph nodes and both lobes of his liver. On November 11 he had surgery to remove 12 inches of his colon. After six weeks of recovery, January 4 he starts chemo and a whole new, as yet unexplored, chapter of our lives begins.

So this image speaks to me at many levels... not just the glossy surface and obvious plants and trees above it but what we might discover underneath it.

May 2018 bring health and healing to Albert and all of us!

Happy New Year,

Susan

www.susanfordcollins.com

A little "friend" of my daughter, meet during our walk in the forest :)

Anoplotrupes stercorosus is a species of earth-boring dung beetles belonging to the family Geotrupidae. This beetle is present throughout Europe. The adults grow up to 12–19 mm long and can be seen from April to October. This dung beetle feeds on feces, rotting fungi and tree lymph of the host-plants. In spring they lay eggs in chambers at the end of a corridor that is approximately 70–80 centimetres long and built in the soil, where feces of herbivorous and omnivorous animals are placed in to feed the larvae. The larvae overwinter and pupate in spring, requiring a year to complete the whole process.

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Leśny "kolega" mojej córci, spotkany na spacerku :)

Żuk leśny (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) – gatunek chrząszcza z rodziny gnojarzowatych. Chrząszcz palearktyczny. Zamieszkuje prawie całą Europę, Syberię Zachodnią oraz Kaukaz. Żuk ten zasiedla wyłącznie lasy liściaste i mieszane. Dorosłe osobniki osiągają długość 12–19 mm. Żuk leśny preferuje starsze i bardziej zwarte drzewostany. Dorosłe odżywiają się butwiejącymi szczątkami roślin, odchodami roślinożerców oraz starymi owocnikami niektórych grzybów kapeluszowych. Obserwowano też ich żerowanie na padlinie. Dorosłe występują od kwietnia do października. Owad ten nawozi glebę oraz zwiększa jej przewiewność i przesiąkliwość przez co uznawany jest za pożytecznego z punktu widzenia gospodarki leśnej.

Portrait of Aurora Palmer Park. I'm sad to report that I got bad news at the vet today about Aurora after her tests. The cancer has spread and is in her lymph nodes and her lungs. She has two large masses in her chest and I'm waiting to see what the vet wants to do next to help her. So it seems all that can be done now is keep her comfortable and enjoy what time she's got left.