Day 48: Omaha Steve Death Watch. facebook group for the terminally ill...

[dutch508]

Just in case you heartless bastards forgot that The OS is dying....

Omaha Steve (47,987 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026337880

I've been asked to join a real world group for newly diagnosed terminal patients, I've been there

OS

I initially thought no, because it would be so hard to do over and over. This is more than a shoulder to cry on.

Then I listened to the reasons I was asked. I appear to be making the best of my time since I was diagnosed in late December 2013. That I can help others deal with the cards we've been dealt. That I can help.

I asked for time to think it over. I'm starting to lean towards at least trying it. It's once every couple weeks for an hour or two.

Any thoughts on this?

OS

late December... 2013?...  15 months ago?

CaliforniaPeggy (114,117 posts)
4. My dear Omaha Steve...

Any time you can join a group that relates to what you're going through.......I would say this is beneficial to you as well as to them.

It would help reduce any possible sense of isolation that you might feel.

I would say: Go for it! Yes, at least try it out and see how it fits you and what you need.

CALPEG can write the death poem.

MissDeeds (4,691 posts)
21. It is an honor to be asked

but you and Marta must decide what's right for you. If you feel this may be too taxing or in any way problematic, decline without a second thought. On the other hand, if you'd like to participate, you might want to do so with the stipulation that you can terminate at any time.

You are a stellar fellow, Omaha Steve. Your benevolent nature can be seen in your posts on DU. This is your time. Spend it on your terms. You've earned it.

Godspeed.

 
 

Omaha Steve (47,987 posts)
35. There is a drug going to trial

My damage is irreversible. Even I can see it on an MRI.

By the time this drug would be approved by the FDA, I'll be long gone.

OS

Liver and Kidney failure?

Should we take a poll to see what's wrong with The OS?

It's terminal. It's slow. It's visable on the MRI...

[BlueStateSaint]

CALPEG can write the death poem.

  Aching seed, death, and blink blink blink should never mix.

[obumazombie]

Sometimes it just feels good to be a heartless bastard.

[franksolich]

Sometimes it just feels good to be a heartless bastard.

Especially if one's trying to milk, for sympathy, an experience that inevitably happens to all men.

[Eupher]

Sometimes it just feels good to be a heartless bastard.

You damned right. And I'm proud to be a heartless bastard when the DUmbass in question has a heart and two parents who were married when the DUmbass was conceived.

One major difference, though. He's a DUmbass and I'm not.

[obumazombie]

You damned right. And I'm proud to be a heartless bastard when the DUmbass in question has a heart and two parents who were married when the DUmbass was conceived.

One major difference, though. He's a DUmbass and I'm not.

Getting the heartless bastard treatment is better than  the DUmmies deserve.

[franksolich]

Aw, now what is this?

.....deal with the cards we've been dealt.

The big guy's trying to make it sound as if it was just random bad luck, a sheer accident.

Like most other primitives, he dealt his own cards, eating like the LynneSin primitive.

"Consequences" can be just as much based upon action, as "luck."

[Big Dog]

Aw, now what is this?

The big guy's trying to make it sound as if it was just random bad luck, a sheer accident.

Like most other primitives, he dealt his own cards, eating like the LynneSin primitive.

"Consequences" can be just as much based upon action, as "luck."

Completely self-inflicted.

When most problem employees drink on the job, they bring a bottle of liquor to work. Steve brought an empty cup.

[GOBUCKS]

Like clockwork!

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February 26, 2015, 12:20:48 PM »

No way! The Big Guy is just waiting for the ground to thaw.

Which reminds me.

It's been at least a couple of weeks since he's mentioned that he's terminally ill.

Way overdue for a reminder.

[JakeStyle]

It's almost as if he is on some sort of strange menstrual cycle that requires him to seek sympathy and support from the internet weirdos every few weeks.  If he really is terminal and all hope is lost, he should drop the drama and make an attempt at a dignified exit.

[franksolich]

If he really is terminal and all hope is lost, he should drop the drama and make an attempt at a dignified exit.

Too much to expect.

He's the big guy after all, one of the least-bright primitives on Skins's island.

[Big Dog]

It's almost as if he is on some sort of strange menstrual cycle that requires him to seek sympathy and support from the internet weirdos every few weeks.  If he really is terminal and all hope is lost, he should drop the drama and make an attempt at a dignified exit.

I think you identified Steve's condition: terminal hysteria. Nothing a little vinegar and water won't clear up.

[RobJohnson]

I'm opposed to the FDA spending one penny on anything that might extend his life.

[GOBUCKS]

This could be the end of his political ambitions.

[BlueStateSaint]

I think you identified Steve's condition: terminal hysteria. Nothing a little boatload of vinegar and water won't clear up.

Just a minor correction . . .

[franksolich]

Just a minor correction . . .

Well, remember that one time, I suggested he and the LynneSin primitive go on a celery diet, because the consumption of celery burns up more calories than what're in the celery itself.

Nothing but celery; in no time at all, both should be about as svelte as the raccoon-shy Aerows primitive, or Twiggy of yesteryear.

[freedumb2003b]

I think you identified Steve's condition: terminal hysteria. Nothing a little vinegar and water won't clear up.

And the bag to keep them in.

[freedumb2003b]

Well, remember that one time, I suggested he and the LynneSin primitive go on a celery diet, because the consumption of celery burns up more calories than what're in the celery itself.

Nothing but celery; in no time at all, both should be about as svelte as the raccoon-shy Aerows primitive, or Twiggy of yesteryear.

Twiggy, at 61, is still quite striking:

[Skul]

I wasn't aware that sweaty beards showed up on MRI's, let alone be malignant.

[diesel driver]

I wasn't aware that sweaty beards showed up on MRI's, let alone be malignant.

I wonder if he caught something when he hugged Cindy Sheehan...
Or maybe she caught something from him.  Haven't heard from the Shehag for quite a while.

[obumazombie]

Once Hitlery is drummed out of the democrat core(notice I didn't use corps as in corpsemen),
Omaha Steve will have his biggest chance at elective office in his whole career.

[RobJohnson]

This could be the end of his political ambitions.

At least he will still be able to vote for the next 100 years.

[GOBUCKS]

At least he will still be able to vote for the next 100 years.

And collect Social Security.

Article the other day said Social Security maintains 6.5 million accounts for people over 112 years old.

[obumazombie]

And collect Social Security.

Article the other day said Social Security maintains 6.5 million accounts for people over 112 years old.

All reliable owebuma voters.

[thundley4]

All reliable owebuma voters.

And illegal immigrants will add to that total.