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  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited September 2014

    yum!

  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 1,929
    edited September 2014

    Well, we keep posting about possible causes of BC but not the weird effects it might have on us. A few weeks ago my PET scan showed that I now have 2 spots on my liver (have had bone mets for over 4 years). A few days later I prepared our Sabbath meals. Without thinking about the connection I'd made chopped liver for an appetizer. Yeah, this disease makes us weird all right.

    Leah

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited September 2014


    Leah, did you eat the chopped liver?  Did it seem weird?

  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 1,929
    edited September 2014

    I ate it and I'm it didn't seem weird, though DH and I had some secret giggles.

    Actually it was good.

    Leah

  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700
    edited September 2014

    just a funny thing. i am doing physical therapy at my tx place for a partially frozen shoulder, and he saw me struggling a little to finish one set of exercises, and he goes, "just 3 more!" and then he said, "i really only meant two more, but it sounds too much like tumor!" cracked me up! and then i told him that it caught my attention when i heard about the drug 'metformin'! 

    And then there's the poor kid with a lisp, that can't even say the word 'lisp'. Who the hell thought that one up?!? Medicine is truly strange.

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited September 2014

    medicine caused our BC.   Okay, so you all are going to make me get some cheetos tomorrow as that is my 'cheat' day.  Hmmmmm, maybe cheat days cause BC!

    Leah and kathec, one SE is we learn to laugh at ourselves - beats depression which never cured anything.  Thanks for being you.

  • Alive4Five
    Alive4Five Member Posts: 2,225
    edited September 2014

    oh wow! Just thought of something else that may have given us bc...nom nom cheetos ThumbsUp BUT ... I had a fishtank! Yes! With Guppies, and Swordfish, and Black Mollies, and Gourami's. Lots of chemicals.... slime, and just pure nastiness...Yep...the ol' "FishTank BC Blues" right here!

  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited September 2014

    with all this Cheetos eating we are never going to achieve our new healthy lifestyles!

    which is fine because i am sure it was all those Lean Cuisines yuk

  • Alive4Five
    Alive4Five Member Posts: 2,225
    edited September 2014

    Lean cuisines. Oh yeah! Seeing they were awful, and supposedly 'lean', they probably broke down our body's defense against getting BC! 

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited September 2014


    I had a hamster,, it was probably him. 

    and the Lean Cuisines,, oh yeah,, major culprit.

  • AZ85048
    AZ85048 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited September 2014

    OK, I'm going with Swanson TV Dinners, and more specifically Fried Chicken - because you got a leg, a wing, AND a breast!  Winking I can still relive that metallic taste just by looking at the picture...

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited September 2014


    But wait,, where's the one that had the apple dessert in the middle square?  There was fried chicken,, one little square of corn, one of mashed pot and the middle square of apple crisp.  That was my favorite!!!

  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited September 2014

    what were those potatoes made out of anyway?? very suspicious

    how about those crazy late nights playing Mario Brothers when it first came out ? listening to that music over & over...course that does mean the younger generation is definitely doomed

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  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited September 2014

    Coulda been the overwhelmingly strong perfume in my Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo & conditioner in combination with all that bubblegum Lip Potion.

    On that note, why can't they bring back the original green Herbal Essence shampoo? Gosh, I loved the way that stuff smelled.

  • AZ85048
    AZ85048 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited September 2014

    OMG, I nearly forgot about their Fried Shrimp Dinner with French Fries...  Glennie I think the ones with desserts came later, but I remember them, too.  Maybe they were just more expensive?  I'm not sure... 

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited September 2014


    those shiny green peas,,,,,  I don't remember ever having the shrimp one.  Mom didn't like fish. She probably never bought it.

  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700
    edited September 2014

    Vo5.

  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited September 2014

    Jean Nate' body splash? i was addicted - do they still make that?

    last nite it hit me - what about all those Easy Bake Oven cakes we consumed? how safe to eat is a cake cooked by a light bulb? lol

    mornin', ladies

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited September 2014

    Someone please remind me NOT to sign on and read here during work.  Gonna make me lose my job when my boss thinks I'm laughing at her!

    Jean Nate - yeah.  Loved that stuff (and I think it's still around!)

  • Alive4Five
    Alive4Five Member Posts: 2,225
    edited September 2014

    patoo - getting 'fired' causes it! Be very cautious!!

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited September 2014


    I remember Jean Nate and Herbal Essence shampoo too. Wasn't it Herbal Essence that had the commercial:  "You can't fool Mother Nature".     Or perhaps I'm remembering something completely different!!

    I liked Charlie perfume.  That was my favorite.

  • AZ85048
    AZ85048 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited September 2014

    Maybe it was the shampoo?  I used to use the Lemon Up and the Body on Tap (that really did smell just like beer)!  Imagine the chemicals in those! Shocked

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700
    edited September 2014

    i never saw the lemon up, did it smell good? what about mr bubble? i am thinking it was just living in the suburbs.

  • AZ85048
    AZ85048 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited September 2014

    kathec - Yes, Lemon Up did smell just like lemons...ThumbsUp

  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700
    edited September 2014

    mmmmmmmmmlemons

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929
    edited September 2014

    And you could use both the Lemon Up AND Love's Fresh Lemon cologne.

    I used all of those shampoos, plus there was another brand that had Strawberry & Green Apple shampoos.

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  • WinningSoFar
    WinningSoFar Member Posts: 126
    edited September 2014

    I think my breast cancer was caused by my little sister.  At least that's the way I remember it...

    Loopy

  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 731
    edited September 2014

    Alex  You got it! Little Sisters AKA Momma's favorite child.   And to this day, she prances around with such importance.  She's 68  years old.  I, on the other hand, am perfect at 72.  Just ask me.  Jan

  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited September 2014

    So many shampoo memories...

  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700
    edited September 2014

    oh yeah! little sisters for sure! i could tell you horror stories.

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