Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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My IOS is actually from yesterday, but it's still bothering me today. I went to meet with the radiation oncologist yesterday and we were talking about treatment options, etc. I told her that I had heard of a new way of doing radiation that only required 16 treatments. She looked at me and said, "That's only for early stage cancer, you have late stage cancer." Now, I know I have late stage cancer - that's not a surprise, it just stung having her say it so bluntly. I quess I'm overly sensitive because it's still bothering me today.
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It's probably bothering you because it's the first time you've heard it said out loud. I said the word cancer a million times to try to get used to it. If someone said late stage or mets to me I'd have a hard time dealing with it too.
Also, we expect our doctors to sugar-coat stuff as we're pretty sensitive right now. They don't, and nor should they really.
Sorry you had to hear that without tender arms around you.
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Navy....u r 2 funny!!! Have you ever seen that email about the guy that does the colonoscopy prep? I forget what it's titled...I know y'all understand why....
Hey, is anybody being "forced" to use Twitter? My boss is making me do Twitter and I suck at it. I can't handle the pressure of thinking of something of "value" to say every hour. Doesn't he know I have a shitty attitude??? WTH???? So, I got irritated and went to another tab and started a fun one that I can use personally. That should be fun. If anyone wants to play.....my Twitter name is texasgirltrix. It's lame but kinda cool.
Dream....I am not going to tell my OAOA your story about the tiles because his kids would kill me!! OMG....that's too funny.
Crap....I can't remember what was on the previous freaking page!!!! Why can't we go back without losing our post???? Where's the bitch about this site thread??? (Just kiddin'.)
Can't wait to hear from all the girls we haven't heard from in awhile.....
Hugs, Traci
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What is Twitter?
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Traci -- are you asking us to help you come up with some Twitters? Because, sister, you know we will!! For starters, I offer Sue's great line about "If it makes you happy, eat the whole ham." or "I can't remember jack." Relevant to your job? Perhaps not. But of value? Most def!
Enjoying the funny stories (did I mention that cortisone cream and treatment for bacterial vaginosis [w/ applicator] comes in very similar-looking tubes? Yep. Had to call poison control for that one.)
I remember mentioning to my doc two years ago that I was thinking of switching birth control. Her response? "Why bother?" and then when I looked at her oddly, she said, "You know, your age.The odds are against you getting pregnant anyway. Why not just wait another year or so and it won't even be an issue." And then I got cancer. I guess she was right. Shortly after I moved to South Africa, I bought a pack of 3 condoms. (I think my days of "economy/un-family pack" are over.) Women, I am going to be very upset if they do not get used for their intended purpose in the next 6 months. By me, I mean. International journalist, where art thou?!!!
Sorry for the suckiness, people. Grateful for the laughs.
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Traci - I love twitter - of course nobody is telling me I have to twitter and I can follow whoever I want. I'll follow you ... twitter is addicting and FUN! There's a book being written called twitter for dummies - they will be donating a % of their profits to a charity (you can nominate the charity). I've nominated NoSurrenderBreastCancerFoundation .. and hope that it will be the charity that wins.. you can vote for your favorite charity - let me know if you want the details and I can send them to you.
Doreen
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Dream..you crack me up!!
Doreen, I would love details!!
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Ok but how can we help traci if we dont know the bare bones of the exercise..... come on what is TWITTER?
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Hey, Traci ~
Did you see the article in Alaska Deb's local community paper? John posted the link. You're in the article a lot. It's a super tribute to Deb - it concentrates on what an amazing, influential, generous-spirited woman she was. And what an impact she had on women she had never met yet she managed to provide humor, encouragement and wisdom to them (us) throughout their ordeals.
http://www.redoubtreporter.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
Lisa <-just now reallizing that YIKES! it's 2am! Damned steroids!
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hahahaha, I just Googled Twitter but by accident spelt twotter. Did you know twotter is the British slang for vagina?
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Twitter looks more like Facebook....
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Kind of like tw*t? Years ago , my 8 yr. old called me a "tw*t". I almost ripped his head off his shoulders!!! Through his sobs he said, "But, you call us that!" I was aghast - I never, ever use that word!!
Then, it dawned on me...when my kids acted like dodos, I called them "twits"! What a difference a vowel can make!!!
Susan
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Traci, here's one for you - "never wear pantyhose darker than your shoes"
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LOL Susan. Don't kids make you laugh? Cute.
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Hi & hugs to everyone. A quick update because I'm not feeling well -- I had a concussion from that fall last week. Not fun. The symptoms are like the names of the Seven Dwarfs: I feel dopey, sleepy, dizzy, crabby, can't concentrate, headachey, etc. The ER missed it. But I went to my own doc. Oy. Going to bed now.
Kathi
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Okay LisaSDCA mentioned this thread in our San Diego thread. I dont' think I ever stopped here before. I may have to come back. You guys are great.
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Those aren't the 7 dwarves, they're the symptoms of menopause! But you forgot bloated and bitchy...
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Boy- you blink and miss all sorts of stuff...how do I explain this place to my dh...oh yeah, I don't. Hope every one is doing better
Got my education for the day- vocabulary, literature, foreign language, science/anatomy and I think a word math problem (if 3 adults spill coffee at the same time....) ?
My head hurts- had lots of wind today, next door neighbor's had several LARGE trees blown over, taking power lines with them and crushing at least one car that I know of...
time for a drink and bed, sweet dreams all
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KAK - Yikes!!! Thank goodness for your doc! Just what you didn't need, on top of everything else! Hope your noggin is getting better.
Susan
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You guys are freaking crackng me up!!
hahahaha, I just Googled Twitter but by accident spelt twotter. Did you know twotter is the British slang for vagina?
as Harley (I think) would say BAWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!
and then this....here's one for you - "never wear pantyhose darker than your shoes" LMAO!!!!!!!!!!
Susan;.....too funny...Twits!!! LMAO!!!
Lisa, I hadn't seen that. Thanks for posting. That was a great article. Now even more people now how wonderful Deb was. Did you see Gina's comment...? She's a great writer. I need to check out her site again.
Kathi....I'm sorry for you girl. I didn't realize that fall was so bad!! ((((((hugs))))))
My bitch today is our freaking economy. I'm in sales now and nobody is buying anything! I had one potential tell me on a cold call..."Traci, unless you're selling a money-making machine, we aren't buying." GREAT...................
Hugs, Traci
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I had my own mis-speak when I was a kid. My mother's maiden name was "Jock." My parents and I were driving somewhere and I saw a Billboard that advertised an ointment for Jock itch. I was maybe 7 or 8 at the time. I said, "Look, Mom. They named an itch after you." Well, my father wanted to kill me. I didn't know what jock itch was. Thank God my mother had a sense of humor and realized I had no clue and intended no harm.
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Im sorry but with a name like Jock, its lucky you didnt come up with some even ruder.....
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Sorry for not being here sooner. ((((((((( Kak )))))))))))) hope your head is better. Take it easy girl friend. (((((( hugs ))))))) to everyone else. Nancy
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Oh EWB, a word math problem! Too funny. I can never remember what they are called. I love it when someone understands when I say, "If a train leaves Chicago at 3:30...." There are a limited number of people who really get it. I use it when a situation starts to become crazy.
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Barbe- you are too funny; we can start a secret society....
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G'day from downunder, ladies.
This is such a great site, I find that I'm getting addicted to it. I am trying to read thu' all the past posts and probably wearing my eyes out, if not my mouse. I need the exercise so I thought I would reply to the posts re mixed up meds.
Many years ago, I went to the chemist (drug store?) to get a script for a largish tube of Nilstat and a very small tube of goop for an ear infection. I couldn't believe it when the pharmacist sidled up to me and asked, while pointing to the relevant tube, "You know this tube (1inch) is for your ear infection, and this one (6 inch) is for the thrush?" I stood there with my mouth open while my mind went into video mode playing a scene where I used the wrong ones. My giggle valve kicked in then and I could only nod my head, while I tried to switch it off and get out of there without wetting myself.
Then there was the time after the birth of my last child, when I went to my local drug store for condoms. DH works away and had come home unexpectedly, before I got a prescription for the 'mini pill.' So here I am at 10pm at the drug store, looking at the make-up displays, waiting for the shop to empty, when our neighbour across the road walked into the shop. Crikey, did I go red. I tried to hide behind the display shelving and, of course, my neighbour saw me in the mirror of the dispensary window. He walked over to chat and the pharmacist followed him, (I had let every other customer be served since walking in.) We.e.ll, what do you do when the goods are behind the counter and you have to ask for them. You ask for cough medicine, don't you? So I did, then I walked out, got into the car, drove around the block and went back when the neighbour left. Then I had to endure a sales pitch about all the different varieties, sizes and textures, didn't I? I can't tell you nice ladies what was said to my husband when I got home, due to the four letter words in which it was expressed. We almost didn't need the damn things after that.
Sheila.
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Girls, girls!! An SOI!!! A negative mamm!!
My first, 6-month, post-adventure mammogram was today, it wasn't horrible and the radiologist looked at the images right away and said everything look A-okay. No waiting! I did ask the mammographer if she'd ask him to tell me right way if there was anything wrong. Glad they did. I took ibuprofen beforehand & it wasn't too bad and NO DO-OVERS!!!
Then, after I'm all done, I get a call from my breast surgeon's secretary. I see the BS next week. She said she was calling to tell me that the BS had wanted me to get all my post-op imaging done at her hospital and did I understood that. What I recall is that she told me she "preferred" that I get them there. Well, here's what I prefer. The place where I have gotten my mamm's all along is 5 minutes from my house. I work in the same hospital system. I know most of these folks personally. They're the ones that found the cancer in the first place and they have new digital equipment. My BS, lovely as she is, is located 45-60 minutes from my house. So, I told her secretary that I do work for a living, the mamm center I went to is 5 minutes from my home, they found the cancer in the first place, and I will be bringing copies of the actual images themselves to my surgeon next week so she can see them for herself. And my implied-but-unstated closing statement was, "Put that in your pipe and smoke it." Also, "Don't aggravate the cancer patients." So, she says, "Oooo-kaaay. I'll tell her."
Hmmph. I mean, really.
Still feel a bit green today from the concussion, but so happy my mamm is negative I want to cry.
Thanks for all the hugs and concern. I really HATE this freakin' disease. Love you all, and I'm glad we're all here for each other.
Kathi
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Kathi,
Congrats on the negative mammo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful feeling! Stay home and celebrate (no drinking - the green thing ya know?!) lol
Gentle Hugs,
Trish
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I am SO jealous! Though happy for you, of course! I have never, ever, ever had a mammogram in all my 50 years without having to either do more shots or an ultrasound!
And now I don't have to have mammograms anymore so I'll never get that feeling.....sigh.
Congrats! You must be on cloud B9!!!!!
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You go girl! humph. Our time is as important as theirs and we are grown ups, not children etc etc.-- one of my resolutions for this yr (actually the only one) is to work on not implying but say it straight out (nicely) but directly.
Great news
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