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kristoff wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:19 am Thank you for a long, storied, informative, and enlightening diary. Best wishes. Coffee or tea sometime?

I'd love to meet for coffee or tea, Kristoff!

When I had trouble thinking up new topics, I realized that it was time to end this thread. A while ago, I went back to the start of the
"Transitioning at work and in all of my life

" thread and read every post through to the thread's end. That made something else even more clear to me.

I'm in a ...

Yesterday, I had the test to distinguish Parkinson's Disease (PD) from Essential Tremor (which has been diagnosed for some years now, anyway.) The good news is I don't have PD. My current diagnosis for most of my PD-like symptoms is Parkinsonism of unknown origin, possibly from medication. The PD ...

I'm sorry to see it end.

Thanks, Paolo.

As I reread nearly every post on this thread it brought back fond memories of frequent interactions with multiple folks. Those multiple conversations motivated me to post.

There are times when I wonder if, just maybe, I've been living in La-La Land regarding my husband's (H's) cancer from its initial diagnosis 5 months ago and continuing with his ongoing chemo brain.

Don't get me wrong, I know I'm resilient. After all, I have been told so by three psychologists and ...

Congratulations!

I should point out that there is NO requirement in the ADA for power assist doors... I agree that they are nice and I use them when present but they are NOT required... It is a common misbelief that they are required. I have gone through training from our state disability commission to be a ...

My husband (who goes by the letter H here) normally accompanies me into stores and shops. Thursday, H decided to wait in the car as I returned an item to Amazon at a UPS store. I used my four-wheel walker to get into the store. Although we had parked in one of several handicapped spots, the door to ...

Glad to hear you are getting the testing needed for a more definite diagnosis... Hopefully it will turn out that you have something not as bad...

I'm not an expert on Parkinson's, but I know that the progression of it varies a lot between patients. However most of us don't have crystal balls in ...

For what it is worth, I now use a walker as well, though at times I get along OK with a cane. My doctor was also hinting at Parkinsons, but hasn't drawn any conclusions. It sux getting old - BTW, I am 69 today - but it is better than inhabiting another place. Best wishes to you!



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Kristoff, I ...

I'm sorry to hear you're having these challenges. I hope you're able to stay as active as you wish to be for some time to come, and able to do those things you wish to do.

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Thanks, Losethem. I appreciate your good wishes.

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As I looked over a few early pages of this thread I realized something major is missing. Namely any talk about struggles I had in arriving at my decision to transition.

I remember writing about how in the world I went from identifying as a gay male to the happy place I was in when I started ...

This is great news!


Thanks for updating us.





FANTASTIC NEWS!!! I'm really glad to h
ear th
at things are going so well for you.



I know about the ongoing check drama as my GF and I go through the same thing in regards to her melanoma, with the last 3 PET scans being clean, as well as ...

We learned in mid-January that my husband's cancer is considered "cured," as stated by his medical oncologist. Maybe this is a new designation for "in remission" because H must go for periodic testing to see if the cancer is still undetectable. We are thrilled with this "cured" designation ...

There are times when I wonder if, just maybe, I've been living in La-La Land regarding my husband's (H's) cancer from its initial diagnosis 5 months ago and continuing with his ongoing chemo brain.

Don't get me wrong, I know I'm resilient. After all, I have been told so by three psychologists and ...

Song from the winner (I almost have an orgasm from it :)

Bee Gees - Massachusetts (1967)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knFS8reh5oY

I love many of the Bee Gees' songs, including Massachusetts!

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My husband (H) had scans today (10/24/22) to determine how well the treatments went for his lung cancer. This included scans of his left lung for any remaining tumor and a brain MRI for any macroscopic lung cancer that may now have appeared in that location.

We are excited to discover tomorrow how ...

If it's 'Basal Cell' skin cancer, which is what it sounds like from your description and the location (it usually shows up in places w/ higher than usual skin exposure, ears and nose are particularly common) it is not a big panic issue... Basal Cell is very slow growing and generally not very ...

Within the last week, I've been given the diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer on the very top of my left ear. This means it's likely easily treatable, although it may involve removing only a small (I hope) part of my ear.

I'm not at all happy that the soonest dermatologist appointment I could get ...

Hopefully your husband's results will be good ones!

I have to admit to very mixed feelings about immunotherapies - my GF got nodular melanoma, and the first immunotherapy they put her on (Keytruda (SP?)) caused her immune system to attack her optic nerves, not the cancer. As a result she is now ...

When in doubt, just quote Paul Simon's song: I can call you Betty, and Betty, when you
call me, you can call me Al.😄



Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (from The Concert in Hyde Park)

https://www.youtube.com/wa

tch?v=PS-sE9xCb-g&ab_channel=PaulSimonVEVO

This (transgender) woman is ignorant ...

I just noticed two typos in my previous just posted post. I will proofread more completely next time. At least that's my hope.

Shortly after I transitioned between male and female genders, I was the substitute organist one Sunday and my former very with-it church. :) I wore a dress that even today, 14 years later (a guesstimate), hangs in my closet. I also wore my favorite color nylons: off-black.

I was very pleased with ...

It has been a while since I had reason to talk about it w/ my docs, mostly I mentioned it while I was in rehab and shortly after I got out (about 12 years ago) However the reaction was very consistent, more or less on the order of "I can't recommend it, but many of my patients say they use it and ...

Sounds about as good as one can hope...

It might also be worth looking into some of the 'non-prescription' medication options like Medi-pot as well as the prescription ones... Probably should run that idea past H's docs, but it is unlikely to be a problem... However, at least in the US, because ...