Topic: The dumbest things people have said to you/about you

Nov 30, 2012 05:37 AM Shayne wrote:

Im twinkling my nose so that you get some new friends..........

sorry - that was too much - when i think i have heard it all.......someone blows me away........

Nov 30, 2012 10:03 AM julz4 wrote:

Sorry internet went poof for almost 2 days!

Cami my oldest son was DX with emergency surgery his 2end year of college.  Then the next son down had emergency surgery his second year in college but no Crohn's just severe irritable bowel syndrome.  Then 4 years ago my Son & his wife had the first Grandson & she was DX with severe ulcerative colitis a month after he was born.  Then my youngest son was DX with Crohns easily because of his brothers DX's.  So this year my DIL gives birth to our 2end Grandson 12 weeks premature because of his Mother's UC.  He has CDH....congenital diaphragmatic hernia which has a 50% survival rate in full term but less than 1% for my Grandson because he was a preemie.  A month after he was born she had her colectomy.  4 days before Mother's Day our little miracle Zachary went home.  He is now almost 10 months old & believed to be the only CDH preemie born at Hershey to survive!  It was a few weeks after he was born that I found my BC.  It's been a HE double toothpick ride this year but I have many things to be thankful for!  I belong to a Crohn's info board like BCO & a few mothers have horrible sick kids that are in the hospital for weeks & months on end.  One toddler even died of it.  I also know of a teen in my local area that died a few short years ago because of her Crohn's.  Although my boys & DIL have been through some ruff stuff I know it could be far worse!  Cami it doesn't matter who or why it still is not fun at all!  Sometimes we have to roll with the punches even when they hurt so bad & try to find something what ever it may be to hold onto to get through!!!!

Nov 30, 2012 10:40 AM camillegal wrote:

Oh Julz, it's worse when things happens to u'r kids. All the pain and worry to deal with. And then u too. But bless u'r baby what a tory too.

Julz I have no pain whatsoever (tG) just extreme D in bouts--some often, some I can go 10 and nothing, I've had so many test for it and nothin shows. Personally I think it's SE till now from Aromasin but a they keep on reminding me I'm no Dr.--wel they are and no one knows LOL at least my theory has some back-up. Now I ave it again today--so I've been medding me up-hahaha--The thing too is cuz I have no pain I have no warning that's why it just explodes out in the oddest places. And I don't even feel like I have to go--it just comes out. So no one yet has found the problem, they're treating the symptems, OOHH I'm really rambling here all off topic. hahaha Sorry

BTW no one has said anything stupid o me lately---not for a long time if they know me at all--I;m the one that talks stupid to others.

Dec 2, 2012 08:01 PM camillegal wrote:

Julz I like the shirt idea---cuz u'r right hahahaha

Dec 2, 2012 10:28 PM blackcat2012 wrote:

Good luck tomorrow and isn't that just like a man, they just seem to tune us all out.....

Dec 3, 2012 05:39 PM, edited Mar 22, 2013 06:40 PM by Shrek4

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Dec 3, 2012 07:32 PM camillegal wrote:

Day good for u--u saved others from humiliation.

Musical join us more--we' here

Dec 5, 2012 03:37 PM shelly56 wrote:

Lori:  That sounds just like what a friend said to me.  It went like this every time I saw her ..."gosh you look great"..  and in public, which didn't sit right with me.  So finally I just said "how the hell am I supposed to look?"  

And I'm getting tired of nurses or P.A.'s asking if my blood pressure has always been high.  I said no it's normal at home, but when I go see a doctor, it goes up.  Think they will EVER stop asking -- probably not.  Let's see, you walk a mile to the little exam room and sit in a chair, then they quickly strap on the BP cuff.  Why does it not dawn on them that of course, the count will be higher??   Duh.

shelly

Dec 5, 2012 03:54 PM proudtospin wrote:

oh dear, my BP Is over the top hi whenever I enter the "cancer center" and at times they look so shocked like I am the first one to show up with a BP that is so high

I have asked the nurses to tell me a dumb joke, you know the type the average 7 year old tells?  It usually gets my BP down.....and if they do not know one...I have one for you to use.....

so a story about the 7 year old in my life, he has ADD supposedly, gets lots of Ds in school but he has created a web site~~~with his own cartoon character....it is a combination of pokie mon on the bottom and Saddem Huissen on the top.

And it has more "hits" than he has friends

dumb huh?

Dec 6, 2012 06:53 PM proudtospin wrote:

Shelly, no idea how they diagnos the ADD.  Torrey flunked out of several schools including community colleges.  Spent lots of dads money.  Then started messing around on the internet and sort of playing at investing (no real money but researching)  Next thing I heard is he had convinced dad to bankroll him for stock trading and he ....well is making money!

ADD?  makes no sense but he seems to have found a spot for imself!

Dec 7, 2012 06:07 AM kerrberlady wrote:

ADD is attention deficit disorder, it means that they have a hard time staying focused on one thing.  This is very different than ADHD which is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder!  I hate the term disorder, because it makes people sound like something in them is completely wrong.  But ADD is diagnosed through a battery of questions/answers, my son had a brain scan, a psychological exam, etc.  Typical signs of ADD are: inability to follow many directions, disorganization, lack of attention(obviously), easily distracted, failure to complete a task. It has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence AT ALL!!!  My son who is very bright, was highly disorganized.  In elementary we could control this, one class, colored folders, etc.  In junior high, all hell broke loose.  He had a locker, and things just landed there!! He would go to school, go to his locker throw things in there, haphazardly, and then go to class, not grab what books and folders he needed, didn't take homework with him, etc. It was horrible.  He knew the topic,, could do the work if he brought it home, but forgot to turn it in, because that was not what he was focused on.  A typical moment in our life was like this: Me, Jason will you get out a can of red beans so I can make the chili, its in the cupboard, by the fridge, third shelf down, in the back.  Jason would walk to the cupboard, open it up, and say "what am i looking for?".  So I broke it down: Third shelf down, (he'd pull out that shelf/draw), toward the back(he'd look to the back), "it's a can that says red beans or maybe kidney beans(he'd lift the cans till he found it).  Too many directions confused him and he couldn't remember what he was doing.  This is what it is like for a child or adult with ADD.  In a classroom of 5 of these students it's a whole lot of fun, each of them learn in their own way and have managed to survive.  I just repeat the directions several times until they do what they need to do.  

Dec 7, 2012 10:25 AM barbe1958 wrote:

My DH is like that and I`ve blamed his brain tumours as he wasn`t like that when I first met him. Sometimes I`m nasty and give him a direction and when he starts to do it I add another thought. That makes him stop dead! hehehhehehehe. My bad???? My husband is brilliant and has an incredible memory for facts. He`s the kind of guy who knows something about EVERYTHING!! I love talking to him! He`s the first man that could meet me intellectually. He is not stupid at all.

Dec 7, 2012 12:18 PM mebmarj wrote:

Food for thought. Would you or anyone you know be offended by a commercial for the new vapor cigarette replacements that mentioned getting a lung biopsy for the smokers on your Christmas list? Yeah, it struck me way wrong when I heard it today. Complained to the radio station. Called the business and the guy didn't see how it could be offensive. "It's medically possible with smoking." So I asked if they'll include a colonoscopy in their next commercial. "That has nothing to do with smoking. " Uh, yes it does and is offensive isn't it? Still didn't get it. Where's the bus?!?

Dec 7, 2012 02:37 PM camillegal wrote:

,eb what an awful gift to give someone--OH let's see if u have cancer---not for Christmas OMG I would hae called too--I like the colonoscopy tho. LOL

Dec 7, 2012 08:39 PM mebmarj wrote:

Probably snide, but I wasn't afraid to call them on it. On an all holiday station? I worked in marketing and we walked the line at times but some things just shouldn't be "used" as a gimmick to sell other things. We've talked about that before though haven't we? Ugh.