| Perky Pigmy Chimps
29 May 08
The very clever and funny Leonie Joubert (author of Scorched) sent this enticing snippet as part of a thread about Xenophobia.
"Interesting, though, to consider our closest primate cousin. The Chimp (Pan troglodytes) – an aggressive little f*cker that deals with conflict using force and violence. It’ll hurt other chimps,... |
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| Coming Home
28 May 08
I'm off to fetch Luke and bring him home, into his nice warm bed and a roaring fire and lots and lots of nutritious, delicious food. He is so thin. His clothes are hanging on him. He looks like he did when I first met him, miserable and half starved... |
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| New Fragrance Line
25 May 08
Luke is launching a new fragrance line.
It's called Colostomé.
It's a mixture of Lavender, English Rose, Forest Fern and Sandalwood for that manly undertone. |
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| Precognition
24 May 08
So today I said to luke, 'when did you first know you had something seriously wrong with you?'
And he told me that he woke up on the first of January this year, and he knew that he would be dead by the end of the year. He told his therapist,... |
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| Good News
23 May 08
The good news is that there's a very good chance Luke can be cured.
That's what the surgeon said today,
so that's what I'm going on.
No more scaring myself shitless with the internet statistics.
He's going to have chemo and radiation, and he's going to have the stoma bag for... |
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| Jacob Zuma Statue
20 May 08
Between visits to the hospital I'm trying to finish my book 'Siya and the Button Bottle.' The editor starts work on it tomorrow morning. I've never left one so late, but luckily its all in my head, and there was only one scene - the climax to write.
It hinges... |
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| Walking around
19 May 08
Luke is so much better, walking around slowly with the physio. The gastric pipe in his nose is out, and the oxygen is gone too. Its amazing to see how people recover and heal.
Opposite him is a guy who had an ingrown hair on his buttock that went septic.... |
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| Out of ICU
18 May 08
Luke has been moved back to the GIT ward. his epidural is out, which means he will have a bad day pain wise as his body adjusts. visiting hours are 3-4 and 7-8.
The other night he had morphine and he saw teddy bears dancing around the ward. 'Don't tell the... |
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| Plea
17 May 08
Dearest beloved friends and supporters,
I am so lucky to have you, and to have you supporting us at this terrible time. We are more grateful than you can know for your compassion and encouragement.
I have one request to make - I know you want to do everything possible to... |
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| Getting better
16 May 08
Luke is still in icu, but the drain and the oxygen mask have been removed. And he's getting grumpy, which is a really good sign. They're getting him up tonight, to sit in a chair. Icu is fantastic, he is getting the most wonderful care. He'll go back to the... |
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| More bad news followed by better news
15 May 08
pm. the update
i spent the afternoon in icu with him. He is so much better. the ventilator is out, he's talking, pain free, on an epidural, and the reconnection of his anus to his new reconstructed rectum has been successful - the colostomy will be closed up in two months.... |
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| Tuesdays with Dorie I made the Florida Pie
13 May 08
and none of us liked it.
We don't like coconut.
Also, I didn't make the meringue because it only gets browned under the grill, not cooked in the oven and I don't like feeding my family half raw eggs.
I thought it would taste like a lovely lemon flavoured bounty bar... |
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| Banksy is best
12 May 08
So Luke goes into hospital tomorrow. We're all anxious about it. To console myself I've been on Banksy's website. He is just fabulous. Here are two of my favourites. Don't quite know why the lamenting nuns please me so much, maybe because nuns scare me, but the second one, the... |
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| Dread Disease
09 May 08
Now I know why cancer is called a dread disease. It's not the tumour you should dread though, but the effect it has on your relationships.
Any weak point in your marriage - cancer attacks that place. Friends who can't deal with their own shit - they hear the diagnosis and... |
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| Peanut Butter Torte
06 May 08
Had an emergency meeting of the Mowbray Ladies Guild this afternoon, with our country member Ms Sally Howes and guest Ms Karin Schimke.
We scoffed down Dorie's cake for the week, the obscenely rich peanut butter torte, and regretted it afterwards.
Too rich.
Much too rich.
We'll do the recipe for water... |
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| I heard the owl call my name
05 May 08
I found this at a second hand book sale last week. I've just finished reading it again, and my gut is telling me to turn it over and start again.
I know its sentimental and the way she uses 'lovely' all the time catches me like a jersey hooking on... |
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| Financial Decisions
02 May 08
Luke and I are not known for our good financial decisions. We're the ones who bought an overpriced holiday house on a whim....
But at the beginning of the year when we looked at our budgets (yes we do have budgets we're not that bad) Luke wanted to downgrade our medical... |
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