That is all I am going to say on that (I'm pretty sure Michele would approve)
Because y'all have gone through this with me.
The pain and joy and learning and healing since April 2nd of this year.
So I will add I am thankful for my extended family here on the innertubez.
It doesn't matter if it is a sandwich in Redacted N.C. or chicken planks in Arlington TX or just floating across the ether where y'all are and stopping by and saying "HEY" at your blogs. You are my family.
As my Ma would say she didn't raise no fool for a son (as least as far as she knew:) )
And I have some of the best friends and family this series of tubes could ever bring together.
Much love to all of you and eat an extra piece of pie for me!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Michele Is Proud
I was booking my airline tonight for my trip home to Texas.
I decided on a flight that does not get me into Houston until 8 or so that night.
(Mainly because I have to fly through Charlotte NC and last time I flew through there during the holidays on the way to Redacted NC it was a huge freaking mess-Just ask Jen or Bob. Or more importantly Jen's sister lol)
I called Jim, Michele's husband, to make sure that was not too late (hey he has an 18 and 13 yo I don't presume to know what his schedule is these days)
And we chatted and it was nice.
As most of you may (or may not know) jellyroll has been a tradition in our family passed down from Great Grandma to Grandma to Mom to Michele and now to Ali Michele's daughter
(Yes I asked for the recipe and my mother laughed, laughed I say, at me saying I could never master jellyroll)
Jim and the kids will be spending Thanksgiving at Dad's along with my sister Sheri and her daughter Taylor.
And Thanksgiving means jellyroll.
So Jim and Ali decided she should probably try it at home first.
And he said it was the best jellyroll he has ever had.
Somewhere right now Michele is smiling.
I decided on a flight that does not get me into Houston until 8 or so that night.
(Mainly because I have to fly through Charlotte NC and last time I flew through there during the holidays on the way to Redacted NC it was a huge freaking mess-Just ask Jen or Bob. Or more importantly Jen's sister lol)
I called Jim, Michele's husband, to make sure that was not too late (hey he has an 18 and 13 yo I don't presume to know what his schedule is these days)
And we chatted and it was nice.
As most of you may (or may not know) jellyroll has been a tradition in our family passed down from Great Grandma to Grandma to Mom to Michele and now to Ali Michele's daughter
(Yes I asked for the recipe and my mother laughed, laughed I say, at me saying I could never master jellyroll)
Jim and the kids will be spending Thanksgiving at Dad's along with my sister Sheri and her daughter Taylor.
And Thanksgiving means jellyroll.
So Jim and Ali decided she should probably try it at home first.
And he said it was the best jellyroll he has ever had.
Somewhere right now Michele is smiling.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Will All The Socks Match Up and Live Happily Ever After?
Oh NOES
There is one lonely sock left behind.
NO this is not some deep allegorical treatise on life I just don't have a lot to say you're stuck reading a post about me folding socks. But hey it could be worse you could be watching Faux News!
Have a great weekend everybody
Loves ya
Steve
There is one lonely sock left behind.
NO this is not some deep allegorical treatise on life I just don't have a lot to say you're stuck reading a post about me folding socks. But hey it could be worse you could be watching Faux News!
Have a great weekend everybody
Loves ya
Steve
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Michele's Life Is Not An Anecdote Or a Piece Of Data
I watched the NBC Nightly News this evening and of course one of the main stories was the new breast screening recommendations.
Full disclosure I have not had time to read much other than the "Hey under 50 no worries mostly after 50 get those breasts in there"
NBS News Health Editor adviser whatever Nancy Snyderman was on doing a report which I watched with some interest.
And Brian Williams asks (me paraphrasing question and answer)
BW: We've gotten a lot of emails from women who say mammograms in their 40's saved their life due to early detection
NS: Well those anecdotal stories have to be weighed against the mountain of data
And I just lost my shit.
My sister's Michele's life was not "anecdotal" nor is the life of any other man, woman, or child and should not be used as a stray statistic.
And being not the most unreasonable person in the world I went to the MSNBC website.
Maybe I misheard (and maybe I did and maybe I re-misheard)
And I came across an article and video.
Best qoute from the article
"Personal anecdotes matter, of course, but this was really looking at the hard numbers. In order to save one woman’s life in her 40s, you have to screen 1,900 women. You could conversely say you’re unnecessarily radiating 1,900 women to save one life. If you are that one life, you might say it’s worth it. If you’re one of the 1,900 women who don’t need the X-ray, you’ll say it doesn’t make any sense."
Think about one sentence in here.
"If you are that one life, you might say it's worth it (emphasis mine)
MIGHT? MIGHT? MIGHT?
So I watched this video of Dr. Snyderman on the Today show this morning
Once again this just stands out to me
NS:"Here is where people are really pushing back today. Everyone will say but I know, BLAH BLAH BLAH(once again emphasis mine) or how many women or this happened to you (pointing to female co host of the segment)
But I think this is where we have to be sensitive but progressive thinkers, and I am not saying that in any sort of political connotation anecdotes do matter, your life history, what happens to you does matter but for every Hoda (hosts name and I apologize for the spelling if it is incorrect)there are 1900 other women who have been screened who may not have anything.
So we have to remember this is about how we spend our money, how we expose women to radiation and what we are trying to find"
Hoda/Segment Host: But isn't one woman 1 woman in 1900 kinda good?
Other Co Host: It's good when you're it!
Hoda: It's not like 1 in 2 million its like 1 in 2000 and those are the type of numbers that are worth fighting for
NS:It means 1899 had needless screening
Really needless screening> That may save your life? Needless screening?
I am not in anyway trying to disparage Dr. Snyderman. Never knew who she was before today.
And I know I am way to close to this disease to look at this objectively right now.
But the word she uses just enrage me.
This is not about how we spend our money. This is not about anecdotes. It is certainly not about using an outdated Seinfeld refrence BLAH BLAH BLAH when referring to womens health. It is not about hard numbers.
And while I have never had a mammogram I have certainly read enough of y'alls blogposts to know it is no walk in the park.
It is about an insidious disease that takes no prisoners. Breast cancer may go away and give you a year or two or ten or 20. But it doesn't go away.
Michele died 6 weeks before her 50th birthday. She had 13 years. 13 hard years where she never once gave up or stopped fighting or felt sorry for herself.
And yes Dr Snyderman looking at this in such a detached scientific way pisses me off to no end.
Full disclosure I have not had time to read much other than the "Hey under 50 no worries mostly after 50 get those breasts in there"
NBS News Health Editor adviser whatever Nancy Snyderman was on doing a report which I watched with some interest.
And Brian Williams asks (me paraphrasing question and answer)
BW: We've gotten a lot of emails from women who say mammograms in their 40's saved their life due to early detection
NS: Well those anecdotal stories have to be weighed against the mountain of data
And I just lost my shit.
My sister's Michele's life was not "anecdotal" nor is the life of any other man, woman, or child and should not be used as a stray statistic.
And being not the most unreasonable person in the world I went to the MSNBC website.
Maybe I misheard (and maybe I did and maybe I re-misheard)
And I came across an article and video.
Best qoute from the article
"Personal anecdotes matter, of course, but this was really looking at the hard numbers. In order to save one woman’s life in her 40s, you have to screen 1,900 women. You could conversely say you’re unnecessarily radiating 1,900 women to save one life. If you are that one life, you might say it’s worth it. If you’re one of the 1,900 women who don’t need the X-ray, you’ll say it doesn’t make any sense."
Think about one sentence in here.
"If you are that one life, you might say it's worth it (emphasis mine)
MIGHT? MIGHT? MIGHT?
So I watched this video of Dr. Snyderman on the Today show this morning
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Once again this just stands out to me
NS:"Here is where people are really pushing back today. Everyone will say but I know, BLAH BLAH BLAH(once again emphasis mine) or how many women or this happened to you (pointing to female co host of the segment)
But I think this is where we have to be sensitive but progressive thinkers, and I am not saying that in any sort of political connotation anecdotes do matter, your life history, what happens to you does matter but for every Hoda (hosts name and I apologize for the spelling if it is incorrect)there are 1900 other women who have been screened who may not have anything.
So we have to remember this is about how we spend our money, how we expose women to radiation and what we are trying to find"
Hoda/Segment Host: But isn't one woman 1 woman in 1900 kinda good?
Other Co Host: It's good when you're it!
Hoda: It's not like 1 in 2 million its like 1 in 2000 and those are the type of numbers that are worth fighting for
NS:It means 1899 had needless screening
Really needless screening> That may save your life? Needless screening?
I am not in anyway trying to disparage Dr. Snyderman. Never knew who she was before today.
And I know I am way to close to this disease to look at this objectively right now.
But the word she uses just enrage me.
This is not about how we spend our money. This is not about anecdotes. It is certainly not about using an outdated Seinfeld refrence BLAH BLAH BLAH when referring to womens health. It is not about hard numbers.
And while I have never had a mammogram I have certainly read enough of y'alls blogposts to know it is no walk in the park.
It is about an insidious disease that takes no prisoners. Breast cancer may go away and give you a year or two or ten or 20. But it doesn't go away.
Michele died 6 weeks before her 50th birthday. She had 13 years. 13 hard years where she never once gave up or stopped fighting or felt sorry for herself.
And yes Dr Snyderman looking at this in such a detached scientific way pisses me off to no end.
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