tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post5227040718408045340..comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00Comments on humanities researcher: Pink breast cancer nonsense time again: but a challenge for you here.This old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-20336888225202827292010-10-23T22:49:11.137+11:002010-10-23T22:49:11.137+11:00Dear Hypatia
I'm sorry to hear of your illnes...Dear Hypatia<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear of your illness and i send all my wishes for your speedy recovery. Here are some of the things that I've read or re-read during periods of recent illness (last year I had whooping cough whch lasted 3 months, and later pneumonia, which lasted 2 months). I loved the novels of Robert Harris - they are the best kind of 'holiday' reading, Alisonhttp://imagestoliveby.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-39197188218461735972010-10-22T21:45:41.967+11:002010-10-22T21:45:41.967+11:00When I was sick, I also read Elizabeth Jane Howard...When I was sick, I also read Elizabeth Jane Howard and Anita Brookner who has a really shimmery painterly style that seemed apt. <br />But the best find was Dorothy L Sayers' Peter Wimsey novels which are available as audio books. <br />nici xxNicihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801718995971756146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-18997722965673841922010-10-22T16:11:31.555+11:002010-10-22T16:11:31.555+11:00Would second Elizabeth Jane Howard's work, esp...Would second Elizabeth Jane Howard's work, especially her wartime quartet. A family saga beginning with The Light Years. <br /><br />And Hypatia might enjoy being transported to Venice by Donna Leon. They are crime novels but the very best character for me is the detective's wife who lectures in English lit. <br /><br />Hope she will soon be able to browse among some of the ananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-61169068178300747542010-10-21T13:47:04.731+11:002010-10-21T13:47:04.731+11:00I'm sorry to hear about Hypatia's ill-heal...I'm sorry to hear about Hypatia's ill-health, and hope her recovery is speedy and with as little stress as is possible.<br /><br />I enjoy reading the Needled blog (http://www.needled.wordpress.com/). Kate is a crafty academic (I started reading her blog for the knitting!) who, earlier this year, had a stroke at a (relatively) young age. I think her blog is intelligent, thoughtful and Alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-20088789373439337402010-10-21T13:02:35.995+11:002010-10-21T13:02:35.995+11:00Dear Hypatia,
Just last month I passed my 5-year...Dear Hypatia,<br /> <br />Just last month I passed my 5-year all-clear exam after treatment for a stage one breast cancer, much less serious than yours, if I understand correctly. I hope for you the strange euphoria of a similar check, though it is still far away, and in the meantime, I send fervent best wishes for your treatment and recovery. I know you only through Stephanie's post, of Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897269144540500723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-8711175660418150812010-10-21T10:45:25.458+11:002010-10-21T10:45:25.458+11:00(As an aside, I am shocked, Elisabeth -- and I am ...(As an aside, I am shocked, Elisabeth -- and I am not easily shocked -- that that nurse should have been annoyed with you, or at least have let her annoyance show. That is <i>totally</i> unprofessional. So much so, in fact, that if I were you I would think about making a complaint to the hospital. They need to know that allowing patients to be treated like that is not okay, and that if health Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-48679217089966400602010-10-21T08:38:08.476+11:002010-10-21T08:38:08.476+11:00Thanks, everyone, these are great! Keep 'em co...Thanks, everyone, these are great! Keep 'em coming...<br /><br />Elisabeth: commiserations. Hope the leg is soon strong again; and that you have recovered all your dignity now!This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-89252544826723901992010-10-21T08:09:46.236+11:002010-10-21T08:09:46.236+11:00Alexander McCall Smith audiobooks are on my list f...Alexander McCall Smith audiobooks are on my list for if I ever get too ill to read, especially the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books. The best website I've encountered lately is <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, which just keeps on giving.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-86994657887974708212010-10-20T23:23:31.804+11:002010-10-20T23:23:31.804+11:00A book of strength, of weakness, of a world that i...A book of strength, of weakness, of a world that is unfair and yet beautiful: 'Unaccustomed Earth,' by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a collection of short stories, so easy to pick up, put down, come back to. Recommended to me by the strongest woman I know, and now my favorite book this year.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-5198085201604186542010-10-20T23:15:53.522+11:002010-10-20T23:15:53.522+11:00Hypatia (and Stephanie) I have a friend who surviv...Hypatia (and Stephanie) I have a friend who survived breast cancer and also hates the whole pink/awareness campaign. She also happens to be a smart, funny, and amazingly adventurous person with a gift for writing about her adventures. Right now she's working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica (as one of the camp's bakers -- she's a Culinary Institute of America-trained pastry chef!) Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-59395247418970342712010-10-20T20:45:15.489+11:002010-10-20T20:45:15.489+11:00I broke my leg recently. It seems nothing compare...I broke my leg recently. It seems nothing compared to the experience you and Hypatia have endured and now endure. <br /><br />Our bodies betray us, but worse still the need to 'hip hip hooray' the whole horrible experience and be grateful to boot. It's ghastly. <br /><br />Tonight, six weeks after breaking my leg I tried to describe the time I sloshed my bed pan all over my bed Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-89155919352954178802010-10-20T20:32:17.448+11:002010-10-20T20:32:17.448+11:00Dear Hypatia
If you haven't already read Hila...Dear Hypatia<br /><br />If you haven't already read Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall I would strongly recommend it. I also enjoyed the Time Travellers Wife - although I would save this for when you are feeling strong as it can get a bit teary, Terry Pratchett's I shall wear Midnight is also wonderful. I finished it the day I purchased it. I think I may read it again very soon. If you like Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634135486127575735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-50609242766748665952010-10-20T20:04:14.315+11:002010-10-20T20:04:14.315+11:00When I was too ill to read I really liked listenin...When I was too ill to read I really liked listening to Elizabeth Jane Howard's novels as audiobooks. All were in my local library, but also available from amazon if a far nothern land's libraries aren't as richly resourced. <br />Mind you, now I can't listen to an audiobook without feeling ill again but they were immensely soothing as long as you share my passion for middlebrow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com