Update On Larisa Alexandrovna (lala_rawraw)

[Hissyspit]

http://www.atlargely.com/2007/04/update.html

Update

Larisa is on her way home from the hospital as I type. The testing went well, with no immediate evidence of Scleroderma! We have to wait for the biopsy, but the doctor thinks that things look good.

On her behalf, I'd like to thank all of you for your prayers, good thoughts, and kind words. The power of positive thinking is awesome, indeed.

She should be back to her old self in no time at all.

Again, thanks so much.

-Diane (and Larisa's BF)

[Warpy]

1. Glad to hear it

Scleroderma is one of the nastier components. Polymiositis is another.

I sincerely hope she has neither.

[annabanana]

2. That is VERY good!

I'm glad the Dr. was optimistic. Send my best wishes along to her.

[magellan]

3. Great news!!

I'll keep the positive thoughts going her way.

Feel better soon, LaLa!

[Error]

4. Best wishes to a super scooper!

:yourock: :headbang:

[shance]

5. Thanks so much for the update Diane.

So glad to hear this news.

XO

[Dinger]

6. WooHoo! Thanks For The Update!!! K & R!!!!

:)

[orwell]

7. Good to hear...thanks n/t

[Old and In the Way]

8. great news!

get well Larisa...we need you exposing all that Republican corruption.

[Triana]

9. Wishes for a clean bill of health for Larisa! K & R too (n/t)

[Marnieworld]

10. I am so relieved

I'm a big fan and a grateful reader. She also seems like a super person from what you can tell online. Sending her the bestest warmest vibes! :hug:

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

11. Thank you for the update, Diane...Get well soon LaLa, we need you!

I like good news posted on DU!

[blm]

12. Good news.

Us anti-corruption, open government Democrats love and appreciate our Larisa, and need her voice and efforts for many years to come.

Hugs and smooches la la.

[understandinglife]

13. Good news ... thank you!

Peace.

[politicasista]

14. Get well soon lala! n/t

[DemReadingDU]

15. more good vibes for LaLa

to feel better soon

[CrazyOrangeCat]

16. This is good news.

We need more like her . . .

[Poiuyt]

17. I really hope she's going to be alright

(Plus that's one of my favorite web sites!)

[Roland99]

18. YAY!

[HamdenRice]

19. Wonderful! And thanks for the update! nt

[northofdenali]

20. Good karma, kisses, hugs, prayers and best wishes.

:grouphug:

[K8-EEE]

21. awesome!!!!! THANKS FOR THE UPDATE!

GREAT NEWS!

[windbreeze]

22. Thank goodness....

glad to hear this...keeping fingers crossed for positive results...
wb

[Hissyspit]

23. .

[Colobo]

24. Excellent news! Glad to hear!

[tnlefty]

25. I'm on my way to light a candle for her!

Hoping she will be okay.

She'll have to share the candle with Joe for Clark as his son is home from Iraq for the next 2 weeks. Much healing and good vibes are in order, IMO. :hi:

[Maestro]

26. Yeah!

Now go take care of her and then prepare your next Hissyspittin' music post! :hi:

[Hissyspit]

35. It's good news, Maestro. Just to be clear...

I know Larisa from DU. I'm not Diane nor her BF (nice daydream, though!), I just posted the update from her blog. Let's hope for the best on the biopsy. Good vibes!

[SPKrazy]

27. oh man larisa!

didn't know this


good vibes:

:hug:

:hi:

[roguevalley]

28. how utterly wonderful. you are a warrior for truth, Larisa. I salute you

and am relieved and happy that you are doing to well.

[femrap]

29. Thank you for the good news....

Take good care Larisa.....you're one of our favorite people!!!!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. Excellent news

We need more people like Larisa, not fewer. :hug:

[liberalla]

31. Thanks so much for the good news and update!

[Gloria]

32. Fingers will stay crossed until the all clear.....

[Catherine Vincent]

33. Thanks for the update.

:hi:

[Richard Steele]

34. Oh, this is certainly good news. Thanks for the update! nm

[Garbo 2004]

36. Thanks very much for the update.

I just got home and saw the other thread and this update was welcome news.

[Stand and Fight]

37. Good, good....

I just read the other thread and came across this one second. I'm glad to read the good news! Very glad -- my prayers and thoughts continue nonetheless for a happy outcome.

[anitar1]

38. Great news for Larisa. Positive vibes still beaming your way.

[Nothing Without Hope]

39. Sounds promising but will be anxious for another update when

biopsy results are back.

((((((((LaLa))))))))

[Daphne08]

40. Thank you for the update.

Thinking of you, Larisa. :hug:

[rumpel]

41. good news

indeed

:)

[lala_rawraw]

42. Thank you, thank you, thank you

also posted in the original thread:

---
You guys, I am sitting here reading this with tears running down my face. I don't know how to thank everyone for such kindness, but I will give it a try.

On my way to the clinic yesterday I saw something I had not seen in years, a hearse, driving next to me on the highway. The idiotic drama queen that I am, I took that as an omen of something either going wrong with the procedure or something terrible to be found during the procedure. At the clinic, when the nurse was attempting to insert the IV needle, my blood vessels kept collapsing and she had to keep poking. I took that as an omen, the idiotic drama queen that I am. But once the IV was in, I pulled out my Sidekick and attempted to access DU from where I was, seemingly in another world.
I knew I could not post anything because I don’t keep my passwords on my handheld. I was only hoping to just see familiar nicknames, news of the world, personal anecdotes, and everything else that makes this vibrant community so familiar and comfortable for me. It took ages to load and in the end, I got no further than the header, but I tried all the while feeling the various pokes and prods, and even as each idiotic drama queen fear would flood me – I kept trying to “be” with all of you.

Most of us don’t know one another, not even the basics about each other. Yet regardless of who we are - some in the public eye, some anonymous - and despite all of our various differences on any number of issues, despite age, location, gender, ethnicity, personal hardships, professions, education and everything that can possibly differentiate one human being from another – there is a connection that is very powerful and very comforting. Sitting in that sterile, freezing, lonely place of fear, I tried to connect to you because despite all of these differences, we have a single underlying passion that drives us – our humanity. Through that there is hope and through hope everything is possible. I may have not been able to reach you, but you reached me because even though I could not connect, I came close enough to feel some sense of hope and some lifting of my idiotic drama queen fears. While I did get good news in that the doctor did not find any overt or immediate signs of Scleroderma or any visible evidence of Lupus related damage to my esophagus and stomach, there is still these long few days until the biopsy results come back. From now until then seems like an eternity, but your kind words have made the waiting bearable and tolerable. I cannot think of how I can repay your kindness and your support through this horrible time. This disease (Lupus/MCTD) is something that I have had for 11 years now, and I have tried my best to not let it define me or become the summary of who I am. I try to go about my business as though I were well and fully capable of achieving everything, but sometimes, the reality catches up to me, and I find myself feeling vulnerable. Thank you so very much for being there during the vulnerable, idiotic-drama-queen fear of it all. I simply don’t have enough words to thank you properly.

your friend, LA

[Hissyspit]

43. today's kick n/t

[bigtree]

44. fantastic. thanks!

[Kurovski]

45. Thank you for the update.

Good news is always welcome (and encouraged). :-)

[myrna minx]

46. Get well soon, lala!

Peace. :hug:

[ClayZ]

47. Let the healing begin! Glad to see this! K and R

:grouphug:

[bear425]

48. Thank for the update! Please give her my regard from a

used to be Floridian who's now in North Carolina. Sorry I never got to meet her when we lived just 20 min from each other. Get well soon, Larisa!

[madrchsod]

49. good news-she`s a treasure

we need her fine work....

[lebkuchen]

50. I don't pray, but I do wish Larisa a quick return to good health

Rawstory is becoming "main staple" in my neck of the woods.

[Hissyspit]

51. From Larisa's blog today:

http://www.atlargely.com/2007/04/thank_you.html#more

Thank You
All:

I am not sure how to thank all of you for the kind words and kind gestures of support through this horrible time. Fear is a funny thing, because it forces us to be brave - like it or not - and it teaches us to be humble.

I have spent roughly a month now having trouble holding down food, trouble swallowing, and the kind of internal pain that can only be described as wretched fire. Early last week I knew I would be going in sometime this week for the biopsy, but I tried to comb those thoughts to the side, and focus on anything and everything but my fears. I failed to complete an article, but I managed to watch all 5 seasons of Alias back to back, every single episode of Absolutely Fabulous, SG1, both Tomb Raiders, all three Matrix movies, and roughly 8 (always dark comedies), some of which I have seen before. I blogged here and there and spent nearly every night - unable to sleep from the pain - looking through boutiques from which I could afford nothing, re-reading Edna St. Vince Millay, and in general, doing mental acrobatics of all kinds in order to avoid the unavoidable: fear.

And then I remembered the thing about fear that was most important: "To suffering there is a limit, to fearing, none." (Sir Francis Bacon).

So I dived into my fear head first and through your kind support, managed to find an island of calm.

Thank you for your wishes, your words, your prayers, vibes, and generosity of spirit. You will never know how much you have helped my aching spirit.
--

Now enough about me already, god knows I am bored out of my mind with that topic.

[NorthernSpy]

52. yay!

:toast: