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  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited August 2006
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    Really though, I'm short 5 lbs on me is a whole size. I feel your pain. Too early for a drink, though. Later.



    HUH??? Too early for a drink? If my work day ends at 2:30 and I get home at 3:00 then is 3:15 too early?
    (I think not! )
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006

    I try to wait 'til dinnertime, at least 'til the breadwinner gets home, so he doesn't think that I've been at it all day. Which I would never do. Too many calories.

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited August 2006
    Well, this is why I'm happy (most of the time) that I'm not married. No one can tell me what to do or what they think of my (bad?) behaviour! Cheers!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006

    Yep, does have it's advantages. No one to answer to.

  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited August 2006
    you guys are funny.........2-3 lbs on me is a size too, i'm only 4'10" and have the bone structure of a 10 year old.....the ass and belly of my MIL though! (oh that was mean)

    no nipps for me because i was told today not enough soft tissue left on the prophy side........so little soft tissue and thin skin in fact, that she backed 30 cc's out of each expander because she's afraid they'll atrophy and the implants will erode through the skin.........i'm really devastated to be honest, haven't said anything to "billy bob" yet.......i don't really think it'll matter to him but he never knows how to say the right thing ya know?

    although what would you say????? lol!

    shit happens i geuss..........happens a lot actually.

    cheers lovely ladies........tomorrow is a new day and tonight the bar is open before the limey gets home........too bad, so sad lol!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006

    That does suck big time Shel. I hadn't decided whether I want to do nips or not, but not to have the choice is not fair. I think I'll break my rule and have a drink right now, just for you, before "richard" gets home.

  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited August 2006
    (((Shel))) & (((Lini))) and (((all of us)))!

    F**k BC!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006
    Thanks alot Janis. You just made me cry. In case you hadn't noticed I'm not the real huggy, feely type. And now I'm so pissed off and angry at all this shit, I'm crying.

    Hugs to you guys, too. That's special, cause I don't hug people very much.
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited August 2006
    Awwww, Lini, don't cry! Sorry! I have my moments, too. Had a pity party for one last week. Read the boards and cried my eyes and heart out! Some people thnk I'm 'cold' as I can be very stoic, I just break down in private! All during chemo (and surgery and rads, too) everyone said "you're SO strong!" Well, I wasn't, I just acted that way and broke down at home every day at work.

    So, hugs to you again as you obviously need them! (Take them!)

    Janis L
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006
    Scared shitless, huh? Me, too. I was just told how brave I was the other day. Not, brave. Just do what I gotta do to get through it all.

    Thanks Janis.
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited August 2006
    i'm friggin tired of being stoic, i'm tired of "sucking it up", i can't have a pity party here (they don't go over real well) but i'm gonna have one all by myself tomorrow when everyone is gone for a week.

    i'm gonna pity myself till i can't stand myself anymore, then i'm gonna jump back into my "good ole shel" mode lol!

    i'm gonna yell at my boobs, my curly hair, my belly and ass, my non existant toenails, my thin skin and tissue, my loss of peace of mind, and anything else i can think of.......then i'm gonna have a good cry and then i'm gonna carry on as usual.

    i agree with you guys "F" BC AND "F" all this bravery bullsh!t.......whew, i feel better already!
  • Sige
    Sige Member Posts: 334
    edited August 2006
    Woo hoo...can I join in??

    To all you ladies....LOVE YOU MUCH!!!!! Not feeling overly pitiful today BUT have in the past and am sure to in the future. It sucks. I feel the pain.

    I wish I could jump through the screen and come and have a drink with each of you in turn and tell you what's so wonderful about yourselves.

    Peggy
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  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006

    Thanks Peggy. Haven't even had a drink yet. Can't even make up my mind on that. Now, that's pretty pitiful.

  • Sige
    Sige Member Posts: 334
    edited August 2006
    Okay ladies...drinks all around...
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    and the SHOOTER BAR IS NOW OPEN LMAO!!!!
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    ((((hugs))))
    Peggy
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited August 2006

    just what the doctor ordered........peggy to the rescue as usual!.........i think dave navarro is on the telly tonight, maybe that'll cure my sorry ass!

  • newvickie
    newvickie Member Posts: 2,941
    edited August 2006
    Scared shitless, sucking it up, pretending to be brave, lonely pity parties...wow we are all in the same boat. Isn't it wonderful to have each other to have pity parties with!!!
    I haven't had a drink in months...time to break out the bottle.
    Hugs all around
    Vickie
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006
    Those sure are pretty drinks!! I'm doing the greyhound with diet pink grapefruit juice (f- the sorbitol). Daughter just failed to save enough to pay her rent and have some money to go to Laughlin with the b-friend and wants to borrow $50. Will it ever end? I told that the b-friend will have to front her. Was that mean?? Just tired of it. As it is she's leaving her car so we can have some work done on it.
    Pass me that pretty pink shot in front, please!!
  • dash
    dash Member Posts: 173
    edited August 2006

    oooh can I join?? Just pass me that entire tray full!

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006
    How you doing Bayyore? You sure could use the tray, I bet.
    Welcome to Pity Party Central..
  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited August 2006
    hey holy new recruits............right on girls, right on!

    lini, no you're spot on telling her to foot her own bill.......let her see what her boyfriend is made of and have some accountability. my kid wanted 100 bucks to take to camp with her tomorrow (which already cost me 550$) i left her a list of chores that took her all day to do, with another list to finish up when she gets back from camp.....then i gave her 75$ instead.......god help me when she can drive, i live in the friggin boonies!
  • dash
    dash Member Posts: 173
    edited August 2006

    Yup, freaking out today-big time. Not really showing outside(I think) but inside going crazy. And keep forgetting to take xanax--how's that for crazy??

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006
    Yep, we're pretty good at keeping it locked up most of the time. Have you had your mani, pedi, pampering day yet?
    I remember the day before my bilat. sitting in the pedi chair and wanting to scream out at the top of my lungs, "today is the last day of my life that I'll have boobs." That was a real surreal, strange day. But kept the facade going.
  • jaybird627
    jaybird627 Member Posts: 1,227
    edited August 2006
    Quote:

    just what the doctor ordered........peggy to the rescue as usual!.........i think dave navarro is on the telly tonight, maybe that'll cure my sorry ass!



    Shel, it's Chris Garver for me from TLC's Miami Ink. Oh, I SO badly want him to tattoo me.....
  • grubby
    grubby Member Posts: 16
    edited August 2006
    I love a party - I'm in!
    Grubby
  • dash
    dash Member Posts: 173
    edited August 2006

    No not yet still scheduling all kinds of fun appts still. Been hanging in limbo all dang summer as it is. But once I get all my pampering I probably will start yelling today is the last day for my boobs and most all the other organs that make me a female! Weird feeling. I told my hubby he's gonna have a transgender gal afterwards--lol. Anyhow,I need a bikini wax along with the other pampering--I wonder if that's safe before surgery.

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006

    You are absolutely beautiful no mistaking you as transgender. I don't see how a wax can hurt. Gotta look pwetty for the doc's.

  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 944
    edited August 2006
    'the vault".......like on seinfeld!

    anyhow bayyore........sorry i'm a bit daft after chemo.......good luck with surgery and ignore my nipple saga.....i had a trace of pagets which is rare, with my idc so they took a ton of superficial skin and all my soft tissue. its just not the norm and technically it shouldn't hinder recon..........take that xanax girl and wash it down with one of those shooters! keep us posted on your progress.....you're gonna do great!
  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006

    Welcome to the Pity Party, Grubby! Grab a drink and cry with the rest of us.

  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,064
    edited August 2006

    I'm picturing Peggy right now googling "Chris Garver". Expecting a pix very soon. Go Peggy, Go Peggy, Go Peggy!!

  • dash
    dash Member Posts: 173
    edited August 2006
    Aw thnx lini, that was on my 40th--now 41 is coming up at the end of sept---I'll be scared to update.
    What's the vault episode--can't remember. And Shel--no probs-- I'm daft lately without any chemo. So they can't make a nip now? That stinks.
    Pass another tray--mine is empty.

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