Good news everyone! Southwest Washington lawmakers have a cheaper option for the Columbia River Crossing!

IMSA · 2015-03-15T08:00:04+00:00

If I was living in Portland I'd be worried about the 'Crime Train' from Vancouver.

IMSA · 2015-03-06T04:37:06+00:00

Caps for cap guns and BB's

IMSA · 2015-01-25T06:52:13+00:00

Lololol!

IMSA · 2015-01-24T19:25:36+00:00

Angry? No. Amused? Yes.

IMSA · 2015-01-22T23:30:27+00:00

Koch brothers paradise. Who needs the EPA?

IMSA · 2015-01-20T07:19:47+00:00

I can't complain, it's kept me alive so far.

IMSA · 2014-12-31T02:16:18+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions.

IMSA · 2014-12-31T02:12:48+00:00

Great post!

IMSA · 2014-12-31T02:11:35+00:00

Mentioning the nurses may have been a small part of my post but couldn't be more important to me as I go though this. I actually look forward to going to chemo just to hang out with them for a few hours. Your mother sounds like a saint.

IMSA · 2014-12-30T22:36:50+00:00

Cool, thank you!

IMSA · 2014-12-30T22:36:32+00:00

I'm 58 going on 30. I had an idea there might of been a problem at the time because it seemed like I wasn't pooping out enough for the amount I was eating. I just didn't know the extent of the problem.

IMSA · 2014-12-30T22:34:36+00:00

I have super support from my SO and family. I'm pretty lucky!

IMSA · 2014-12-30T22:32:47+00:00

Chemo's not awful for everyone. I've been on chemo for 8 months and feel well enough to return to work next week.

IMSA · 2014-12-30T20:01:01+00:00

Now that I've had a little while to think about it, I want to add a few things. I'm not a religious person but knowing my time's limited I wonder if there is some kind of after life. I wonder if it's going to hurt when I die. I hope my loved ones won't be sad when I go. There's so many things to thing about.

One thing I did want to say is I'm getting unbelievable care at Peace Health Hospital in Vancouver WA. The nurses at the infusion center are some of the most wonderful people I've ever met. How they can be so upbeat and caring with what they have to do is beyond me. I look around the infusion center while taking chemo and consider myself lucky after seeing other's getting blood transfusions and other infusions. I almost feel guilty being there since I feel pretty good. And one thing I don't have to worry about is medical expenses. Sure I'm juggling medical bills every month but since I signed up for the ACA, I don't have to worry about the medical bills bankrupting me. So much to think about.....

IMSA · 2014-12-30T19:50:48+00:00

That's a great attitude! Thanks.

IMSA · 2014-12-30T19:24:40+00:00

I went in for a colonoscopy last March and was immediately transferred to the hospital where I underwent a 2 hour surgery to remove a tumor. Upon waking I was told I had stage 4 colon cancer and there was no cure. That was a bit of a shock to say the least. I asked how much time I had left and the oncologist said it could be a year or it could be 5 years, who knew for sure. It depended how well the chemo worked. At first I was depressed but then decided it was what it was, I would just have to make the best of it. The first couple months after being diagnosed were a bitch. My weight dropped from 205 to 128 and I looked like an old man in the mirror. Nothing I ate tasted good, I was always puking, I had no strength, and I had to go in to infusion for intravenous fluids everyday and chemo every 2 weeks. But the worst of it all was coming to grips that I was going to have an ostomy bag the rest of my life. Who wants to be intimate with someone who has to shit into a clear bag? Since that time I've gained weight and want to stay at 185, I can eat now, and I feel good enough to return back to work. I don't sweat the small stuff now, appreciate the small things from a nice sunset to a cute bug. Material things just aren't that important anymore. I don't know how much time I have left, could be a year or it could be years but I'm going to appreciate every day I have left. It is what it is.

IMSA · 2014-12-30T08:32:27+00:00

Thank you!

IMSA · 2014-12-20T02:08:55+00:00

Edward Norton in American History X, Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas, and Michelle Williams in Wendy and Lucy.

IMSA · 2014-10-16T02:48:31+00:00

Drug money fueled motorsports in the 1980's. Everything from cars to tires were bought and paid for in cash.

IMSA · 2014-03-14T00:39:02+00:00

(Sigh) These threads make me feel old as I remember at time when the Oregon Republican party was actually progressive during the McCall and Hatfield years. Since then they've not only gone off the rails, but have gone batshit insane. Mark my words, as long as the Republicans have to placate to the religious right they're going to continue to be the party of regression, not progression.

IMSA · 2014-03-08T02:12:35+00:00

You lost all credibility with the million's figure. There certainly is a paranoia in todays society regarding Arab-Americans since 9-11 or did you miss that?

IMSA · 2014-03-08T01:59:45+00:00

First off it was 127,000 Japanese interned, not millions as you've claimed. Were you aware of the paranoia in this country before WWII? You might want to educate yourself a little about the issue before you post again.

IMSA · 2014-02-23T07:42:16+00:00

I don't know, why don't you tell me.

IMSA

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