Posts by Alex White6

Jacob White37 said:It might be a rather trivial question, but what is the actual purpose of a chocolate fountain? 🤷
The melted chocolate flows continuously, but is it intended to be consumed, or is it merely a visual centerpiece?

I was wondering about that too...🙂

I see they're meant for eating, but honestly, it seems like a disaster waiting to happen for anyone wearing nice clothes...🙂

I can already picture some kid dipping their fingers in the chocolate and then running over to hug the bride...😲😁

After scrolling through all these posts and looking at the photos, I always end up craving something chocolatey😁
Luckily, I don't have to worry about the scale moving too easily🙂

Steven Ruiz8 said:Hey.
Feels like nobody’s talked about Kašnar in forever.
The restaurant is gifting us a cake from there—we'll probably grab some pastries too.
Anyone had any recent runs there? They actually improved or just gone downhill?
thanx

our menu includes a cake from Boeing too, and if I remember correctly looking back through this thread, I haven't seen any bad reviews... plus, I've been there for dessert a few times and they're great...👍

though, I won't be getting pastries from them since they're a bit pricey for me. if I recall right, a kilo is $27. we ended up getting some decent treats from a lady in a small town nearby for $17 per kilo...

Betty Sanchez82 said:I feel so lost and I honestly don't know who to turn to or how to even participate here. My father fell ill with cancer last week. They mentioned his stomach, but that wouldn't have been the biggest issue. There are metastases near the liver... if anyone can offer any advice at all. Please help.

I've posted a few times here without really speaking up before... my aunt had stomach cancer too, and sadly, she passed away just five months after the diagnosis. She just... drifted off peacefully...

Betty Sanchez82, please don't let my experience become a prognosis for your father... but from everything I witnessed from the start until she passed, you're going to need so much strength. Prepare yourself now... so that nothing the doctors or the people around you do comes as a shock. There will be moments of total silence... but there will also be doctors who come in, shake your father's hand, and offer encouragement without asking for anything in return.

My aunt passed away in the oncology ward... during her final month, we fought just to keep her in the hospital. She couldn't eat, she could only vomit... at first it was just saliva and water, then it turned green, then brown, and finally black. She had to be on an IV and liquid nutrition through a tube (I can't recall the specific medical names right now)... and the strict hospital rules kept trying to push her out...
They had planned one type of surgery, but once they opened her up, they realized it wasn't possible... so they just bypassed the stomach to make something work. They expected her to suffer for many more months than she actually lived... but she passed sooner, without the intense pain they predicted...

And I thank God for that...

To everyone who has lost someone close... my deepest condolences. I want to echo what another member once told me: it doesn't matter how long they were with us, but rather how they lived...

Elizabeth Gonzalez55 said:My grandmother was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer. The doctors left the decision up to us regarding surgery, since they weren't even sure she'd make it through the procedure. They told us straight up: three months without intervention, and if she wakes up after surgery... who knows. Just how they said it.

She’s 87 today and living life with a third of her old stomach. She goes to the bank and church on her own, cooks her own little meals—I always tease her about eating like a tiny bird—and at my mom's last birthday, she was singing her heart out well into the night.

So please, don't say there's no hope, because that just isn't true. And of course you'll be a fighter... is there really any other choice?

Stay strong and have faith!

Oh, thank you for sharing this... wishing your grandma many more birthdays filled with song...🙂

Nancy Hernandez43 said:I know, I didn't want my previous post to come across as "clueless." Ultimately, it really comes down to how much attention and resources our doctors actually provide us.

I just wanted to give you some strength so you can fight alongside your aunt instead of fighting against "windmills"... because it’s worth the fight. My mother was diagnosed with Stage IIIc or IV cancer, and she's still here today... we keep pushing forward, no giving up, ever. If we had just accepted those initial prognoses, given up, and failed to seek second opinions or provide constant care—she might not be with us today 😢

Keep fighting. Hang in there. Don't back down.

I know you didn't mean anything by it. Once you face something as insidious as cancer, you realize how much you truly wish nothing but the best for everyone.

I'll be fighting right alongside my aunt... Every day I pick up new info that feels like it could have been avoided if the doctors were more attentive, but I try not to let it get to me. She's where she needs to be, and there's no turning back now...

My whole schedule revolves around hospital visits; everything is built around that. Both my parents and hers live far away. They were here for a few days, and they call every single day, but it’s just not the same...
I try to keep my daily routine and habits as normal as possible just to recharge enough to handle this... but sometimes I lose track of the days. I don't even know what time it is sometimes, and honestly, I can't always remember who said what to whom...

Don't give up either.🙂

Nancy Hernandez43 said:Unfortunately, doctors are only human, too, and they can make mistakes. But we find it so hard to accept those errors, don't we? Especially when the stakes are this high...

Hang in there. Kisses...

Thank you so much!

I know doctors are just people, but shouldn't they be more careful than the rest of us? People's lives depend on their precision... It's a heavy burden, for sure. But in my aunt's case, a gastroscopy isn't some rare procedure. Stomach cancer isn't exactly a one-in-a-million occurrence...

Anonymous said:Thanks to everyone. Yesterday was the funeral, and now I suppose I just have to keep moving forward...

@Student: I'm so sorry to have to tell you this, but once it reaches stage 3 or 4, there really isn't much hope left, no matter how hard you fight or how much willpower you have... It’s just our sad reality. My mom was at stage 3, moved to stage 4, and passed away only three months after her diagnosis. All you can do now is stay by her side and make her as comfortable as possible... For everyone else, please, go get your checkups regularly. It truly saves lives. My mom skipped hers for two years, and it cost her everything...😢

Thanks to everyone for the support...🙂

The One... don't get me wrong, but I just can't accept that this is the end. She doesn't look like it's the end. Honestly, she doesn't even look sick...
The good news is that the metastases haven't reached any vital organs or lymph nodes... That's why the upcoming surgery on the Rib makes sense to the doctors, even if it lasts twelve hours. Chemotherapy after the procedure will be part of the plan too...

She’s strong... she’s fighting hard and hasn't let this illness break her spirit. I know things look grim and the doctors haven't given us any other news, but I just can't stop hoping and trusting in God...
I'm afraid to stop hoping...
We were laughing together yesterday... I gave her a leg massage and we took a little walk around the hospital. I just can't bring myself to let her go...
I don't want to wallow or give in to sadness... I think that's just a waste of time. I'm going to fight through it...

Hi everyone, I honestly thought I’d never have to start a thread like this, but unfortunately, here we are.
I recently found out that my aunt, who I've been living with for six years now, has stomach cancer. It was only caught in stage 4, once it had already progressed quite far. After all the initial shock, grief, and tears, I’m moving into a phase of pure anger. Anger at myself as I try everything in my power to make things easier for her, anger at this disgusting, sneaky disease that I want to beat right alongside her, and finally, anger at this one highly acclaimed, famous, and supposedly "expert" gastroenterologist in Washington, D.C. He simply wasn't capable of diagnosing a tumor that was already advanced, and he wouldn't even perform a gastroscopy despite her telling him for months that something felt wrong.

Because of his nonchalance and supposed "expertise" (she went to him for stomach issues, but he "read" uterine fibroids and polyps on an ultrasound—which, of course, didn't even exist), the tumor perforated her stomach, and she nearly died from sepsis.

Thank God for the doctors at Rib who reacted so quickly and saved her life. Her condition is critical, but we're hoping for the best possible outcome.

We really owe that "expert" gastroenterologist a private lawsuit, but I’m afraid that given his reputation, it would just be a losing battle against windmills.

Hang in there, everyone... I'm heading off now to visit my dear aunt and try to make her smile a little.

Zachary Collins2 said:It seems like you haven't run into anyone who's actually had to retake the written theory exam. Well, I have! And I'm certainly not just speaking from hearsay, because there are quite a few tricky questions regarding mechanics and physics involved!
It isn't really in their interest to make passing that test easy just to get your license back; they want to make sure it sticks with you forever so you're always thinking about it...

But why would they care about making it easy for someone who put themselves in this position in the first place? If you need to relearn the basics of driving, you earned the struggle...

People aren't sent back for retraining just because they missed a lane change, right?...

Sarah Wilson75 said:There were 12 points you could lose, but you couldn't miss more than two questions from the same category.
You can only mess up one crossover question, because that carries 7 points.
The total score on the test was over 100.
To me, the questions seemed pretty straightforward.
I think I only lost one point myself.
And man, there were people who walked away with a perfect 100%.
So, I really don't see why someone couldn't pass on their first or second try.

that's it.

Zachary Collins2 said:We’re talking about passing the written exam here, not the actual driving test! Besides, if we were being judged on years of behind-the-wheel experience, we’d all be failing miserably, dear...😉 I’m curious, who among us actually drives strictly by the book? You know, that textbook way they teach you back at the driving academy... I find myself wondering if anyone still maintains that level of precision... Honestly, whenever I spot one of those "Student Driver" signs on the road, my first instinct is to give them a wide berth and just pass them smoothly...

I see what you mean now. I definitely know the difference between the rules and the driving itself.

We're talking about those color-coded multiple-choice tests. Before that, you just get or borrow one of those manuals with all the diagrams where everything is laid out perfectly. It's a great guide for beginners, let alone anyone else...

I'll say it again, though. You just use common sense and your twenty-five years of road experience and you pass the test. Nothing fundamental has changed in the regulations. Just a few new road signs here and there.

And if I remember correctly, back when I took mine, you were allowed up to six mistakes😉

Zachary Collins2 said:And let me tell you, passing them is incredibly, incredibly difficult!

A close friend of mine actually went through the whole process of retaking his license after twenty-five years of driving on the road. He ended up taking it seven different times—and even then, he barely scraped by... and they change the questions every single time...

He told me that’s actually the whole point: they try to trip you up, wear you down until you're completely exhausted, and cycle through these seven different types of tests until you finally pass... and only then can you get your license back.

So, just keep your chin up, my friend... and keep on driving... aaa!😉

...stuff he really should have known instinctively after 25 years behind the wheel (though experience means something different these days)...😉

Steven Rogers3 said:, Robert De Niro absolutely kills it 😁

🙏 😂 🤣

the best part of the movie...

Charles Ramirez59 said:True, but I bring it up because most women feel pressured to buy those $100 versions... when they really don't have to. They’re mostly just paying for fancy packaging.

and they think it'll somehow help them more in the bedroom...😁

Jessica Robinson2 said:😲 😲 I'm definitely going to get her... I'm the exception to the rule. 😬

I hope you do...😘

Walter Hayes5 said:No, it’s a complicated situation, but I know for a fact that isn't what happened. Basically, when it all went down, he told her, she took care of things the next day, and that was that. It’s not like we’re talking about some idiot who would go out and mess around with someone just to end up telling her to get an abortion. On the contrary, everything turned out great, they actually ended up getting married... 👍

Right, well, without implying anything about their specific situation, but it's definitely possible...

Jessica Robinson2 said:Oh boy, you're really in a tough spot then.

I haven't read the previous posts—have you taken a test yet? If you have, what's the plan?

I usually wait two days at most, and if my period still hasn't arrived, I go grab a test...

But honestly, I think I'll be fine. It's just not my time to have a baby yet.😉

I don't want to scare you, but so many women thought they were finally getting their period... and then they weren't (unless they decided to call the baby a little Microsoft 😬 )

Walter Hayes5 said:It’s possible her French lessons finally paid off, though I doubt he ever actually finished what he started with her. 😘

maybe he was just lying😉

like, he "almost" made it happen and didn't want to admit it...

Sophia Castillo35 said:My hymen was just this thin membrane, maybe a few millimeters thick at the center. I used to stress out thinking something was wrong with me... until I actually understood what it was. (And no, I didn't figure it out only after losing it)😁

mine felt as massive as the Rocky Mountains... you could really tell by how much effort it took to break through😁