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  • Posted on: Feb 10, 2008 11:24 pm
whoopsiedoodles wrote:

Mine is obvious-I used to be a bandteacher, and that is how everyone in the world referred to me.  "This is thebandteacher at the High School....."  So, I made it my name.  I use that name on everything; ebay, two different emails, here, other lists I belong to.....

But, I am curious about others who have names like vanillacupcake, or Ipeefreely (ok, that isn't one I've seen).   Why did you choose that name?   Tell me your story!  
Love and prayers, Deb

Cancer took my breasts, but it did NOT take my spirit!
Dx 9/29/2005, IDC, 6cm+, Stage II, Grade 3, 0/7 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-

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Barb1953
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 585
Feb 10, 2008 11:29 pm Barb1953 wrote:

Hi Deb, mine is just my name, and the year I was born==not very imaginative !!

Barb
Little-G
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 312
Feb 11, 2008 12:12 am Little-G wrote:

That's a good question Deb!  I think it gives some insight into the person behind the name.  I picked mine because, well I am a very petite person, but after I was dx with BC I felt very, very "little."  Like a scared little kid.  And so..it all seemed to fit togehter.  Oh, and my first name starts with "g". 

g


Dx 2005, ILC, 1cm, Stage Ib, Grade 3, 0/3 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
AnnNYC
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1478
Feb 11, 2008 12:56 am AnnNYC wrote:

I had been a regular poster on some politics and music boards before BC, where I used a made-up name. This is the first online place where I've used my real first name.  I guess I felt it was the first online place where I didn't feel the need to hide, or didn't want to hide.

Ann


Dx 3/9/2007, IDC, <1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
wishiwere
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1342
Feb 11, 2008 02:41 am wishiwere wrote:

Love these threads.  Years ago, when I first starting surfing, I didn't want to be in the 'place' I was and chose 'wishiwerent' as my online.  It was really a 'wishiwerent' here, or in other words, in this town, job and so on.  Longer story, but later on, I lost the email when we changed companies and had to become wishiwere, which in essence was the same, as in wishiwere somewhere else! Laughing

I think it's started with me ...16 years ago at least?maybe much longer...

wishiwere
Dx 9/21/2007, ILC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
ravdeb
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5878
Feb 11, 2008 06:22 am ravdeb wrote: Mine...well..my name is Deb and the "rav" is the Hebrew word for rabbi. I'm not a rabbi but in our congregation, I play a role in the prayers and rituals so the congregants, when a rabbi wasn't around, would ask me all the questions about rules, and so on. I became a wannabe rabbi. Embarassed
IDC, 2cm, ER/PR Neg, Her2 neg, Grade 3, Node neg
JoyRebecca
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 534
Feb 11, 2008 08:37 am JoyRebecca wrote:

My real name is Joy and my dear Grandma's name was Rebecca. She's my angel. And so, JoyRebecca.

XX

Joy

TerryNY
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 610
Feb 11, 2008 08:42 am TerryNY wrote:

I chose my name because it's easy to remember, my real name and state I reside in...I need all the help I can get post-chemo!  :-)

Terry
Dx 2/13/2007, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/7 nodes, ER-/PR+, HER2-
KariLynn
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 4415
Feb 11, 2008 10:55 am KariLynn wrote:

There was already a Kari so I tacked on my middle name.

I'm on several other sites too but this is the only one I use my real name and pic!

If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?
Dx 6/2/2005, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, 14/25 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2-
lvtwoqlt
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2267
Feb 11, 2008 11:15 am lvtwoqlt wrote:

I love to quilt (lvtwoqlt) and it is my email account also. When I first signed up, I was not sure if I wanted my 'real' name out there, so I chose a hobby.

Sheila

We are like tea bags, we don't know how strong we are until we were thrown into hot water. Eleanore Roosevelt
jpann39
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2513
Feb 11, 2008 11:16 am jpann39 wrote:

I put my name together years ago when I was setting up my first email account...

J is the initial to my first name, P=last name, Ann=middle name, 39=the age I was when I set up my account...put together ='s jpann39....so WA LA, there is how I got my screen name

If you think you cant do something, its a sure thing you CAN!!!!!
wackyjackie…
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 428
Feb 11, 2008 11:20 am wackyjackie wrote:

This is an interesting and fun thread.  Thanks for starting it.  I picked my name because my friends alway call me wacky jackie.  I like to laugh a lot and try to see the best side of every situation.  I guess they think that makes me wacky, but it's how I get through a lot of tough situations!

Hugs, Jackie

Felicia
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1728
Feb 11, 2008 12:02 pm Felicia wrote:

Umm...It's on my birth certificate, lol! Wasn't feeling particularly creative the day I signed up...

"Today is NOW!" - Master Peter Urban
Madalyn
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 392
Feb 11, 2008 12:28 pm Madalyn wrote:

Because it's close to my real name - without actually being my real name - and I'm not very creative.  Wish I could have come up with some of the really cool names I've seen on here! 


Dx 3/20/2006, IDC, 3cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
whoopsiedoo…
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1882
Feb 11, 2008 12:38 pm whoopsiedoodles wrote:

These are great!  And, Madalyn, you have a very creative avatar!  

It's interesting to see who uses their real names and who doesn't.   I also started out with the intent of just being thebandteacher, but when I did my first few posts, and realized I was immediately part of the "family," I had no trouble signing off as Deb

Love and prayers, Deb

Cancer took my breasts, but it did NOT take my spirit!
Dx 9/29/2005, IDC, 6cm+, Stage II, Grade 3, 0/7 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-
Madalyn
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 392
Feb 11, 2008 12:59 pm Madalyn wrote:

I ran across that picture somewhere and had to use it as an avatar - I actually have the real thing of that figurine and it is one of my most favorite things.  Put it on my Christmas list years ago cause it was more expensive than I could justify but I really, really wanted it.  DH got it for me even though he thinks it's weird!


Dx 3/20/2006, IDC, 3cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
angel
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 646
Feb 11, 2008 01:08 pm angel wrote:

It's what my SO calls me.  When I first joined here on 03/17/07 I was Angel42 ... my nickname and age.  I dropped the number recently as I no longer liked seeing the 42, being the age when I was dx'd.  It was too depressing to me.

angel kisses and hugs, Charlene
bygrace1
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 982
Feb 11, 2008 01:18 pm bygrace1 wrote:

A very dear friend of mine decided that I was "grace" and not my real name. When I signed up on the board, grace & bygrace was taken so I added the 1. I often feel that grace suits me better but I'll never really change my name because to everyone else close to me I am Cynthia.

grace

CathyG
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 9
Feb 11, 2008 01:50 pm CathyG wrote:

My name for this site isn't very imaginative either.  Cathy is my real first name and G is the first letter of my last name.  I never felt the need to hide my personal data here.  But, I do have other account names for other sites.


Dx 8/1/2005, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIa, Grade 2, 2/12 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+
TenderIsOur…
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2913
Feb 11, 2008 02:38 pm, edited Mar 19, 2008 12:39 PM by TenderIsOurMight TenderIsOurMight wrote:


I was re-reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night".

Breast cancer has made me feel more vulnerable, at the same time as making me recognize the need to be strong against it.

So, in the midst of a long night, wondering whether to join this board, I decided yes, and played with the book title modifying it to TenderIsOurMight. We're vulnerable yet strong together.

Thanks for asking.

IDC, Stage II, Grade 2, ER/PR+, HER-
whoopsiedoo…
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1882
Feb 11, 2008 02:47 pm whoopsiedoodles wrote:

Yay, Tender!!!  I was hoping you'd be one of the sisters to respond!  

Hey Tender, I have a medical ?? to ask you regarding pain-if I have a weird pain in my left leg that hurts if I press on it, or I feel pain/discomfort in that tiny area when I walk, is that a blood clot?  I have to press on it or walk a certain way to feel that pain.   I have gotten all the tests lately to determine my issues re: pain and nothing has come up regarding my leg.  

Feel free to pm me that one so we don't deter from the nature of the thread!  

Love and prayers, Deb

Cancer took my breasts, but it did NOT take my spirit!
Dx 9/29/2005, IDC, 6cm+, Stage II, Grade 3, 0/7 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-
hazelnut
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 60
Feb 11, 2008 03:34 pm hazelnut wrote:

Hazel is my first name and it's had nut added to it over the years by friends so I just went with it here, too.

Hazel
Sige
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1964
Feb 11, 2008 03:39 pm Sige wrote:

Sige is an ancient goddess of silence...it has been my computer nick ever since I got a computer many, many years ago.

I thought it was appropriate as we all talk and talk and talk on here and all you hear is silence.

My real name is Peggy though, most know that :o)

~Find what you would die for...then live for it~
whoopsiedoo…
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1882
Feb 11, 2008 03:41 pm whoopsiedoodles wrote:

These are so cool.   It is like a whole new way to get to know everyone. 

Cancer took my breasts, but it did NOT take my spirit!
Dx 9/29/2005, IDC, 6cm+, Stage II, Grade 3, 0/7 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-
iodine
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 7127
Feb 11, 2008 04:45 pm iodine wrote:

There was a comic strip called Lil' Iodine, starring a red headed girl who was a female Dennis the Menace, always in trouble.

My dad always called me Iodine, even to the point that his friends had no idea that my real name was Dorothy Ray.

I've used it for a handle starting back in the CB radio days cause you don't find many Iodines.

Dotti---BE NOT AFRAID, Pope John Paul
OneBadBoob
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 299
Feb 11, 2008 04:49 pm OneBadBoob wrote:

I guess mine is pretty self-explanatory. . .

Jane - Grab the ball and run with the wind!
Dx 7/7/2007, IDC, <1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
Traci-----T…
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1325
Feb 11, 2008 04:52 pm Traci-----TripNeg wrote:

I love this idea!!! This is awesome!

Wish I had a cool story. I don't though obviously. My screen name is my real name without a space in between. lol.  This is the first website I've been to for conversations. It never even accured to me to pick a screen name.

I love reading about y'alls though. Too fun. If I had it to do over again I would choose.......Hmm 2 .......CBFan. (Cowboys fan!!) ; - )

Thanks for the fun thread.

Hugs, Traci

ps Maybe I should change it....???

Trip Neg BRCA + If I never look behind me, my troubles will be few. Supertramp.
Traci-----T…
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1325
Feb 11, 2008 04:58 pm Traci-----TripNeg wrote:

LOL! Onebadboob!!! That was funny...."pretty self-explanatory" lmao!!

Trip Neg BRCA + If I never look behind me, my troubles will be few. Supertramp.
lvtwoqlt
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2267
Feb 11, 2008 04:58 pm lvtwoqlt wrote:

Traci, it's too late, we know who you are and where you live Wink.

Sheila

We are like tea bags, we don't know how strong we are until we were thrown into hot water. Eleanore Roosevelt
whoopsiedoo…
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1882
Feb 11, 2008 06:27 pm whoopsiedoodles wrote:

Ha!  Onebadboob!  

I just got another idea-I'm starting an avatar thread, too.   I love to see those and wonder those stories as well!   

Cancer took my breasts, but it did NOT take my spirit!
Dx 9/29/2005, IDC, 6cm+, Stage II, Grade 3, 0/7 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-
Calico
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2169
Feb 11, 2008 06:32 pm, edited Feb 23, 2008 11:33 AM by Calico Calico wrote:

I like felines...

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics :)

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