AN Book ...

[leapyrtwins]

Revisions 

I thought your story was great the way it was, Lori.

Who suggested revisions?

Jan

You don't have to name names if you don't want to.  You can just PM me.

[Kaybo]

Lori~
at least you have revisions...

K

[Debbi]

I am still revising mine, too.  I had a friend, who's also a published author, read it and he made some suggestions which I am incorporating. Also figured I'd wait until my first follow up MRI in a couple of weeks to add what will hopefully be more good news to my story...

Deb

[leapyrtwins]

Lori~
at least you have revisions...

K

Excellent point, Kaybo.

I have yet to put pencil to paper - or should that be fingers to keyboard 

Anyway, I'm confident we'll both "get our show on the road" soon.

Life is short,

Jan

[lori67]

Well, the usual grammatical and spelling errors that I didn't notice the first time.  Guess I should have run the old spell check, huh?  Amazing how I can pick up on errors other people make but I miss my own!  Oops.  Oh well.  I never claimed to be a good typist.  Or an English teacher!

It was also suggested I add a little more on the BAHA, but I was leaving that to you, Jan, and plan to put a little more in there about the facial issues.

One of these days.... 
Lori

[leapyrtwins]

It was also suggested I add a little more on the BAHA, but I was leaving that to you, Jan,

Oh!  Guess I'd better start writing soon, huh? 

Jan

[Jim Scott]

Fellow authors: 

I just sent Scott my chapter, all 4,757 words.  Glad to have it finished.  I've been absent from the forums while writing - the only way I could get it done.  I left out a few minor details to keep it from being too long but I believe I managed to capture the essence of my experience.  If editing is necessary, I'll do it, of course, but time is a problem for me and it could take awhile to re-write.

I trust it will be acceptable.

Jim

[lori67]

Jim, will there be a glossary at the end of your portion so we can look up the words we don't understand?   

Lori

[Jim Scott]

Jim, will there be a glossary at the end of your portion so we can look up the words we don't understand?   

Lori

Lori:

That would take away all of the fun! 

[lori67]

Ah, great... guess I better dust off my Oxford English Dictionary!   

Lori

[leapyrtwins]

Ah, great... guess I better dust off my Oxford English Dictionary!   

Will you "translate" for the rest of us?

Jan

[ppearl214]

Cheeky Bloke remains in the wings for assistance with the Oxford Dictionary..... according to the bloke, it's "proper" English!

Ah, great... guess I better dust off my Oxford English Dictionary!   

Will you "translate" for the rest of us?

Jan

[Nancy Drew]

I'll add my title  IT'S NOT EAR WAX!!!

When I ask people to speak up or repeat what they said, I often get this reply, "Are you sure it isn't just ear wax and not really a tumor?".  My husband used to ask the same question even though he saw the AN on the MRI.  When he saw that it had grown this past year, he said he wouldn't throw out the ear wax theory any more.  One guy even asked me if I could just get the tumor out using a Q-tip.  Everyone meant well.  People have been very supportive now that they know I am having GK.  They ask me what they can do to help after I have GK.  I anticipate walking out with no problems, but maybe I should just milk the situation and ask for meals for a month!  My husband's cooking stinks, and I'm not much better!

A book would be great, and I would definitely want a signed copy. 

Nancy

[lori67]

Phyl,

Does this mean we'll have to read the dictionary with our pinkies up in the air in order to be proper?   

Lori - still speaking "proper" New Jersey-ish

[Jim Scott]

I'll add my title  IT'S NOT EAR WAX!!!

When I ask people to speak up or repeat what they said, I often get this reply, "Are you sure it isn't just ear wax and not really a tumor?".  My husband used to ask the same question even though he saw the AN on the MRI.  When he saw that it had grown this past year, he said he wouldn't throw out the ear wax theory any more.  One guy even asked me if I could just get the tumor out using a Q-tip.  Everyone meant well.  People have been very supportive now that they know I am having GK.  They ask me what they can do to help after I have GK.  I anticipate walking out with no problems, but maybe I should just milk the situation and ask for meals for a month!  My husband's cooking stinks, and I'm not much better!

A book would be great, and I would definitely want a signed copy. 

Nancy

Nancy:

A signed copy is yours, should a book ever materialize.  Right now, we're in the planning and early implementation stages; writing and submitting chapters as drafts.  Scott is valiantly acting as editor/organizer with input from the various authors.  An actual book would be great but that may be a long way off.  I would like to see at least some of the chapters 'serialized' in the ANA newsletter ('Notes') which would offer the readership our stories in a convenient form.  We'll see. 

I was flabbergasted - and its not easy to gas my flabber - when I read about your husband and others asking if you had 'ear wax' instead of a tumor.  I'll give your husband a pass here (I know he'll be relieved) but really, for anyone to make such an assumption is simply absurd.  I can't imagine asking if the tumor could be removed with a Q-tip.  One has to wonder where these folks get their ideas.  I guess the 'Q-tip guy' would think you could fix a broken ankle by wearing tighter socks.  Yeesh! 

While 'milking' your GK isn't advisable and might actually put you in a mindset that could unnecessarily prolong your recovery, which is normally pretty rapid as I understand it, (my 26 FSR treatments didn't require a recovery period) a few days of help, including meals, might not be such a bad idea. 

Jim