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Pamster
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(1/14/01 11:12:06 pm)
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Anyone catch Rockford Files: Blessing in Disguise?
It was on over the weekend and I had
not seen it previously and was a fan of the ROckford files from way
back and the fact they brought back Angel, one of the older guest
stars was really cool! ROC rocked in this one! Anyone else wanna
chat over this tv movie?
Have a good one & chat with you later!
PEACE!!!
Pamster
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XenaHerc
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(1/16/01 9:11:32 pm)
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re: Blessing in Disguise
Hi Pamster,
I didn't see it
on TV, but I did watch it this past weekend on video tape.
I
actually had the video tape for a few months, but since my Mom was
dying from cancer, I just wasn't in the mood to watch it or any of
the other Lucy and Renee tapes I had bought.
This past
weekend I watched "Blessing In Disguise" with Renee and "Hightide -
Shanghied" with Lucy.
I was so glad to see Renee got a good
sized role in this one. Some of her other early appearances seemed
far too short.
She also reminded me of the season 1 Gabrielle
in her actions. For instance, she waved her hands when she spoke
just like the young Gabrielle.
I didn't watch "The Rockford
Files" when it was on TV though I probably did see an episode or
two. This episode was very good and all the better because Renee was
in it.
Renee was very good.
Take
care,
XenaHerc
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(1/16/01 11:13:41 pm)
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Re: re: Blessing in Disguise
Oh XenaHerc! You have my deepest
sympathies about your mother's illness. I lost my father in 81' to
cancer and he fought it for years...There is NO pain that can
compare to watching someone you love suffering like cancer makes a
person suffer. I can only hope her docotr is giving her enough pain
medication that she is NOT hurting too terribly. You and your mother
are both in my prayers...You said was-has she passed? I was 12 when
I lost my father and it was so awful for him-he was all alone-if
your mother is gone I can only say that at least she had you there
with her...SO sorry to hear of your sadness...
As for Renee I
felt the same thing about her performance, it was looking at the
season one iritating blond we all fell in love with. It was great to
see her so ACTIVE in the show too. It was awesome to finally see it!
I hope you take care and feel better soon...
Have a good one & chat with you later!
PEACE!!!
Pamster
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caoillainn
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(1/17/01 1:16:47 pm)
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Re: re: Blessing in Disguise
Laura Sue Dean was, to me, a proto
1st season Gabrielle. Very youthful, chatty, naive, wide eyed and
innocent. Yet Laura had a depth that she seldom showed; so did
Gabrielle.
My favorite scenes were her crying and talking
soulfully with Rockford (is that his last name?), and the last scene
where she had her hair unpuffed and in a pony tail while packing. I
hate 'high hair'. She was prettier in that scene than any of the
others. IMO, of course. 
She played the self absorbed, motor mouthing Laura Sue Dean to
perfection, and I can see why the TPTB cast her as Gabrielle.
Whoever saw her talent and hired her deserves a raise.
LOL!
Caoillainn
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XenaHerc
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(1/17/01 7:29:18 pm)
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re: Mom's passing
Hi Pamster.
Thank
you.
She did pass away on Jan. 5 after being at home for 9
days.
She was in the hospital for a week and a half before
that.
The day after Christmas they told us they were sending
her home to die because there was nothing else they could
do.
She had a rare breast cancer that doesn't cause
lumps.
In fact, she had a mammogram 6 months before any
symptoms appeared and it was clear.
In July of 1999, she felt
pain in her lower back.
After taking various treatments for
the pain, the doctor had an MRI done and it showed lesions on her
spine. Another mammogram was done and it was also clear.
She
had both radiation and chemo with chemo given monthly.
Around
Thanksgiving, she had trouble getting out of bed without 2 people
holding her up and basically was bedridden after that.
She
had continued to work until Halloween and then had to quit because
the pain was too much.
She had another mammogram 3 months ago
and it was still clear.
The Doctor said it was around
Thanksgiving when the cancer moved from the spine to the
brain.
Watching someone you love suffer like that is a very
stressful thing for the whole family.
My Mom had 3 kids and
in-laws as well as my Father and her best friend around her every
day.
But it took 3 people to change her diapers because she
couldn't move anything but her head during those 9 days at home.
Every movement caused pain even with the morphine she was on. She
could open her eyes and groan but not speak.
2-1/2 years ago,
my 38 year old sister died of pancreatic cancer. It took 6 days of
watching her suffer after 9 months of battling the cancer.
I
never thought I would have to go through that twice, let alone in
such a short period of time.
Well thanks for letting me
share. Sometimes it helps to talk about these things.
Take
care,
XenaHerc
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(1/18/01 1:37:31 pm)
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Re: re: Mom's passing
{{{{{{{{{{{{{XENAHERC}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Yes it can help
to get it out and I am so sorry that there wasn't more they could do
to help her...How awful its been for you!!!! The only comfort is
knowing she is not in pain any longer and even that is not much is
it?
Take care of yourself and try to remember the good times
you had with both of them...The worst part of cancer is how it
leaves you with the worst memories as the freshest and most painful
so that the good ones are all the harder to enjoy...
You have
really seen some horrilbe things and had to be strong for them, now
be strong for YOU! 
If you need to talk, you can email me anytime
Pamster1@hotmail.com
Good to see you around again, but I wish
your spirits were in better shape...Thank you FOR sharing your pain
and I hope it helpd a little to get it out...
Pamster
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Rene
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(2/17/01 11:04:03 pm)
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Re: re: Mom's @#%$
XENAHERC, Sorry to hear about your
loss. Sounds like the breast cancer that I just read about. It's
where you can't see anything and you feel fine but after a while it
shows up. I hate to say it but after a while, you die because it's
too late. I am sorry for your loss. I lost my dad in 98 and I still
hurt every know and again.
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