I'm not sure she's really drinking since she has pretty severe rheumatoid arthritis and probably takes a lot of meds that you're not supposed to mix with alcohol. The huge amounts of prednisone have bloated her, poor thing. It's a very shitty auto immune disease.
@gladys_kravitz: I have RA, too. The meds are hard on the liver, so we can drink a tiny bit, but have to be careful. You're right about it being a shitty disease.
@Shelwood: I'm with you, Shel, and it sucks. Lots of people don't understand how systemic it is. I don't drink at all because of the Methotrexate, but I do enjoy the occasional Vicodin.
@PandoraSpocks: She doesn't take prednisone anymore. I believe she is on Enbrel and Celebrex. PS: Hello RA people. I can relate. I have Psoriatic Arthritis.
@gladys_kravitz: Damn, I didn't check back. Look at all my achy jointed peeps.
My liver is the only part of my body that works properly. I can manage a couple drinks a year. I am a cheap drunk (but I get the same hangover those suffered by those who drank all night). Vicodin makes me queasy, but I never say no to a percocet. Oxycontin is even better, but it's impossible to get that legally. I make do with my T3s (and mtx, celebrex, prednisone, sulfasalizine, and on and on).
I'm happy for Ms. Turner that Enbrel was her fix. Might as well have been water when I tried it. Some day, my magic drug will come.
@Shelwood: Yes, bring on the magic drugs! Percocet and Oxycontin do work much better but I have a healthy fear of getting hooked on them and finding myself a half-naked sloppy mess on Intervention on A&E.
Gawd - we used to have the biggest crush on her...then we came out. Maybe it was her husky voice? Maybe it's because we gays, even before we know it, are drawn to larger-than-life women. Or maybe it was that scene from "War of the Roses" where she jumps in her monster truck and runs over Michael Douglas' wussy car.
Maybe you can help me with this: does the gay community have something like a consumer reports magazine or website that identifies the celebrities worthy of community devotion? It really seems like their is so much concensus that it must be coordinated somehow.
Stop me if I've mentioned this.. but about 2 years ago Kathleen was doing a live radio interview (by phone) with the Southampton station. There was some technical difficulty, and the host disappeared, and all you could hear was Kathleen still on the line, for like, 3 minutes. Hello? Bonnie? Are you there?
It was ambient noise of Kathleen at home: ice clinking in a glass, a hefty glug-glug-glug of a hefty pour, a cigarette lit and a long exhale.. all broadcast without her awareness. Sipping, sighing, smoking. More ice, more pouring sounds.
I died; it was the best radio ever. She says she doesn't drink, but it sounded like vodka to me.
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My liver is the only part of my body that works properly. I can manage a couple drinks a year. I am a cheap drunk (but I get the same hangover those suffered by those who drank all night). Vicodin makes me queasy, but I never say no to a percocet. Oxycontin is even better, but it's impossible to get that legally. I make do with my T3s (and mtx, celebrex, prednisone, sulfasalizine, and on and on).
I'm happy for Ms. Turner that Enbrel was her fix. Might as well have been water when I tried it. Some day, my magic drug will come.
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Maybe you can help me with this: does the gay community have something like a consumer reports magazine or website that identifies the celebrities worthy of community devotion? It really seems like their is so much concensus that it must be coordinated somehow.
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It was ambient noise of Kathleen at home: ice clinking in a glass, a hefty glug-glug-glug of a hefty pour, a cigarette lit and a long exhale.. all broadcast without her awareness. Sipping, sighing, smoking. More ice, more pouring sounds.
I died; it was the best radio ever. She says she doesn't drink, but it sounded like vodka to me.
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(And smooch to you, luvvie.)
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You young ones, you need to put down your phones that take pictures and get into real life.
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This sounds a tad crazy to me, but good for her for going out alone on Valentine's Day. That takes balls.