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Anne
@annecavicchi@mindly.social
mastodon 4.5.18Just a small town Canadian girl living her best life. If I’m not at work, you will find me cycling, hiking, camping, curling, singing, or hanging out with my family and friends.
I will also try to post a daily picture of Oliver for a daily dose of cuteness
Pronouns are she/her
#DailyDoseOfOliver
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Joined November 13, 2022
Sleepy guy!
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I am starting a petition to no longer refer to AI "art" as AI art, but instead as Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures (CRAP).
Pass it on.
😉
#AISlop
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Just a reminder to anyone with a prostate… get it checked!
Prostate cancer is highly treatable when caught early.
#CancerSucks #ProstateCancer
It's really quite simple.
Just say no.
I don't know who James Fell is, but kudos to him (and now I will look up what he writes).
Looks like he’s having a stogie. #DailyDoseOfOliver #dogs #DogsOfMastodon
I added a hummingbird feeder attachment to my Birdfy feeder, and viola!
I’m easily amused 😂
Most prostate cancer, if detected early, can be treated and cured. If the cancer has spread, it is typically incurable and symptoms are just managed with hope of some extra time and quality of life.
Guys, please get checked regularly. If your Dr doesn’t mention testing, insist on it. If something just doesn’t feel right, trust that.
Our lives have been turned upside down and inside out with a shocking diagnosis a few weeks ago. If routine testing had been the norm, we may have not have had to face what now lies ahead.
He is not only my husband and best friend, he is my love, my rock, and so much more. I am trying to be strong for him as I am falling apart. I am trying to be strong, but I feel broken. I know I will get through this, but that I will be carrying on without him at some point. I am heartbroken.
Tests, more tests, doctors and specialists, treatment options, monitoring, information, decisions. It’s overwhelming. The healthcare professionals snd the team coordinating care have been amazing, but they can’t fix this.
It feels strange typing this out to people I have never met, but if it helps anyone to not end up where we find ourselves now that would be a good thing.
If you are a GP or other health care provider and a patient comes to you with a general feeling something is wrong, don’t be dismissive when they keep coming back. Don’t make assumptions, and run some damn tests.
If you have a prostate, get it checked!
6 weeks post chemo for stage 4
Good news from hubby’s oncologist on Monday morning - she said "everything looks great".
The CT scan was reassuring as it showed no progression of the cancer.
There were some 'flares' on the nuclear bone scan, but they are likely due to the treatment - after successful therapy for metastatic disease, the healing processes of new bone formation can cause an initial increase in tracer uptake, and scans carried out during this phase are likely to show increased intensity and number of hot spots.
The long and short of it is the treatment worked and is continuing to work. Fingers crossed for the long term!
Such a dramatic change from where he was in January after finally being diagnosed.
USA - when will it stop?
https://newrepublic.com/post/213627/missouri-couple-found-tied-shot-dead-ice-deportation
We had a doozy of a storm a couple of nights ago.
#DailyDoseOfOliver #dogs #DogsOfMastodon
Hubby is officially half way through his chemo treatments.
If you have a prostate, get it checked regularly!
F.U. Mister...
Just over a week past hubby’s 5th out of 6 chemo treatments.
This crazy, horrible, shocking journey started at the beginning of January with a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis.
He’s responded well to the triple therapy treatments (still feels awful from them, especially for the first 7-10 days after, but so much better than he was before treatment started) and the oncologists are encouraged.
There is also the knowledge that no one knows if (or more likely when) the cancer will fight its way back and different treatments may have to be tried.
We have to monitor body temperature, blood pressure, and side effects of the treatment. A chart to make sure medications are taken on schedule and not missed. Calendar to track it all.
I really try to be hopeful. At the same time, I am stressed and exhausted. Sometimes my brain feels foggy and I lose my train of thought. It’s been described as grieving, even though he is still here and could be for a long time. Grieving for the way things were, for the loss of that life from before, but thankful there is life ahead.
I guess it helps to put the thoughts into words, writing it down. 😢 that’s just where I’m at right now.
I’m not mean… my face just responds to stupidity faster than my manners can catch up.
Ooops. 😬
The only thing that should be named after Trump is a garbage dump. Trump Dump has a nice ring to it. Rotting garbage… it seems fitting.
Brilliant!
Things that make you go hmmmm 🤔
Satire at its finest.
"The United States is a rogue state led by an unstable ruler,” the Iranian statement read. “Such a madman must not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. At the White House, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said only that Trump was well-rested for his televised address, having spent the day sleeping at the Supreme Court."
Immunotherapy for yellow jacket 🐝
Anyone done it?
I’m trying to decide if the benefits outweigh the risk, cost, and frequency of the treatment are worth it.
Carrying two epi pens everywhere isn’t a really big deal… I do need something waterproof to carry them in for when I am on my paddle board etc. While I’m diligent about having them with me, there’s a concern I’ll forget them.
Bam!
Time to fill up the feeder!
Why, indeed.
Gee, who’d have thought?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alex-pereira-ufc-abuse-allegations-9.7233842
Meanwhile in Canada…
how the U.S. leadership hurt itself…
https://open.substack.com/pub/americanpulse/p/special-report-your-neighbour-canada
This is so good!
I guess the principle that the president is not above the law has long flown out the window.
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@greem@cyberplace.social Thank you for sharing - I'm glad to hear you are still kicking!
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@ottaross@mastodon.social occasionally for sure, although not so much now. Definitely as a kid!
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@Eatsbluecrayon @dnparadice @thomasfuchs they do? I have a kobo account and can read on my phone with the app - I don’t have to have an ereader (but I do).
I’m unaware of the need for the Adobe ID?
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@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social but it’s only pregnant women shouldn’t take Tylenol 🙄
Heaven forbid they have safe pain relief.
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@Beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org @jd@mstdn.ca not directly, no.
They are the ones who can pressure their elected officials. They are the ones that can collectively make change happen.
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@mtearle I hope you are doing well now.
I’d like to add not to wait for your doctor to suggest or do testing. Ask for testing.
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@greem@cyberplace.social
Thank you so much for sharing.
I swing back and forth from being hopeful, optimistic, and encouraged to totally fearful that treatment isn't going to work.
They started him on the hormones right away and have recommended the triple (triplet) therapy. I know he is nervous about the chemo, but I think this is what he will do. I've tried not to influence his decision as it really is his to make. I just want him to have the best chance, and from what the oncologist tells us, this is it.
He is a 'take the dog for long walks, golf 2 - 3 rounds a week' guy. In November, hr hurt his back (herniated disc) and in investigating that, the cancer was discovered. Right now, he can only walk short distances with a cane.
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Canadians… Didn’t get the long-form census?
Me neither. But Tod Maffin made a hilarious long-form censure you can complete, and he’s publishing the results. You can take it now at https://census.todmaffin.com
Raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society - donations much appreciated!
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@infobeautiful@vis.social Why can't they build them with solar panels on the roof?
And how can we limit their water usage?
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@tbpcsg@social.vivaldi.net thanks!
No support groups that I know of right around here.
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@JamesWNeal@mstdn.social @infobeautiful@vis.social yup! Much like North America is a continent with Canada, Mexico, and the USA, Africa is a continent made up of 54 countries.