Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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i would do the vacuuming to the dog but she hates the sound of it and runs from the room when I am vacuuming. My penelope is a loving dog. she won't bark or growl at anything. she just wants loving. Everytime I take her to the vet, he asks if she is lover or a fighter. He has been bitten by some aggressive bassets in the past. She loves going to the Race for the Cure as the team mascot and the attention that she gets that day.
sheila
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OMG MissS! That was the best laugh I have had since my diagnosis. I have tears running down my face. I am grateful every day that I don't need chemo, but I have been constipated from the pain meds and have given birth, so I can relate on those levels. My sister, on the other hand, had a very bad experience during her chemo a few years back, and I remember her telling me that she was literally jumping up and down to pass the poop.
My "that sucks.........listen to my crap" is that I have to have surgery this Wednesday 4/9 to replace the tissue expander on one side that never healed, since surgery on 2/14,through the staph infection that developed and is still draining almost two months later. Okay, I know, it seems lame compared to some of the crap you ladies are going through, but it's crap nonetheless. Thanks for listening!
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i have a piece of apple stuck in between my teeth and i can't get it out.
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Above complaint is now withdrawn.
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Maria that totally sucks -- I'll be thinking of you.
Patrice, I'm assuming you got the piece of apple out!!!!!!
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Ann: Yep, I ransacked a coworker's desk and found her floss. 0
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LMAO!
Maria, that does not seem lame. At all. Sounds like it sucks to me! I hated my freaking expanders. I wish I would have kept them in longer though!!
LA, your 2nd dx really sucks.
Sheila, does your dog slobber? (sp?)
Thank goodness this work day is over. Today sucked! (I think I'm still hungover....)
Hugs girls!
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Haha I came across this picture by accident but thought of this place immediately. This is for all the women that have bums for partners.
Carlin: The lower the guage the bigger the needle. 18 guage is used for those painful penicllin shots you get in your butt. It would be painful
Debbie: Chronic pain just plain old sucks. I tried to wash the inside of my windshield yesterday - couldnt even finish without taking a break. I know 75 y/o that have more energy than I do.
LVT: Shedding and fur balls sucks. Hair everywhere. Having one goofy dog and 2 cats - I do understand.
Harley: Colonoscopy? Yuck.
Nicki
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MissShapen, How funny.
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i've had this bitch for a long time and wanted to share it here.
avon and estee lauder who support breast cancer cure; i find this ironic, when 95% of their products contain parabens (very harmful ingredient which mimics estrogen) it is a now know fact that the use of these products on a daily basis eventually seeps into our blood stream, therefore raising the estrogen levels, the FDA has now found that breast tumors contain traces of parabens. it makes me furious, they are contributing to this disease and yet they try to raise funds for a cure? for more info visit the below link. by the way over the last five years the beauty industry has been made aware of this and most companies are reformulating their products to remove parabens and other harmful ingredients, but this will take a long time. make sure you read the ingredients on all of your beauty products.
i'd like to protest at the next avon bc walk!
for more info visit the link below.
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this is another excellent site for more info on beauty products.
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Thanks, Nicki...
oh, gsg...I WILL be GOING, all day, tomorrow!! Too Funny...
OH, Arbonne is a very good makeup company, and they have lots of natural products. I am not a rep., but my sil is, and she is giving me her discount, so I have started using some of the products. They are a bit expensive, but I am trying to slowly change over to more natural products.
Harley
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my turn...
Sometimes I read because your experience is so much worse than mine. Other times I cry, because I've been so lucky.
Still, others I cry cause it STILL HURTS. 6 months later and that boob hurts every day. Not a lot, but don't bump into me.
It's such a blessing to hear from real women, with real feelings and not ones that are biased towards this treatment or that. The doctors, the ones that lead us thru these mazes they created, don't tell us. I suppose that they can't tell every single patient every single detail. first, they couldn't possibly take the time, second, it's different for everyone. But it really pisses me off when I ASK and they still don't tell me. I understand that there ARE side effects and that it's gonna bug me every single day for the next couple of years... But I only understand that because I read it in here. So - I'm 6 months out of surgery and rads, and I'm shocked and appalled at the LACK of information I received. Why can't they treat us as entire bodies and not just a body part?? I have not had a CBC or any blood work done since before the radiation started.. is that neglect? Should I be scared?
I recently learned that bone loss is just one of many, many side effects of radiation, another, the fatigue... holy cow I'm tired. I'm still tired, it got so bad, I just couldn't think. Much less think straight. I complained and my doc drew blood and checked my 30 days worth of blood sugar. Oh, your sugars OK, well... what about my WBC what about my iron, he checked literally the A1C, blood sugars. I know that can make you tired, but HELLO, I've had radiation, recently. I don't know what to check, but I know it should be more than glucose. Like he didn't even hear me. I feel like every time I go no matter what it's for, he's going to see me as the 'cancer patient'.
I want the truth. I find it here.
THANK YOU, for sharing the truth. ugly and all.
ANd thanks for saying, this SUCKS. It's expensive, it's hateful, it's maddeningly frustrating, nobody understands, within 3 months everyone I know thinks it should be over with... Oh, are you OK now? FREAKIN NO. but they don't want to hear that.
I'M FREAKING NOT OK. ... OK??? leave me alone and hug me.
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connie07,
You made me so sad!! Not a bad sad, the sad you feel when you can totally relate to someones sorrow!!! Chin up girl we are lucky with DCIS! This SUCKS so much! But hang in there!
Thanks for sharing some how you have cheered me up! Hearing your words that I can so relate too!
Bye,
Dani
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Connie07 - my rads onc was supremely unconcerned with everything as well - so I went to my PCP. who worries even more than I do, and I'm glad for that. she does her job well. also, CBCs are the norm during chemo because of white blood cell drops but I didn't get them during rads - no real reason to as I understand it. but if you want your PCP to take it, I bet she/he will. anyhoo, it sucks not to know all the side effects ahead of time, and at the same time it sucks TO know them ahead of time too. Damned if you don't, scared if ya do. Rock and a hard place, as so much of cancer is. Come and gripe any time, and I hope that bone level fatigue lifts for ya soon!
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Hey Harley, we'll be thinkin' 'bout ya! It sucks but "whatever". : - ) we are right there beside you girl. (((((hugs))))))
Connie, I am reading you loud and clear girl. They do not truely answer the questions you ask and forget about them answering the questions you don't ask. With a couple of my docs I feel like I should literally have a #taped to my forehead. It sucks.
I've learned so much more from the girls on here. So much more.
Good luck girl.
Traci
ps Amanda, do you know if Cindy had her transplant surgery? I posted on yahoo and got no reply!!
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i just had to laugh at the "18 gauge needle" thing ......... first off, nicki is right, the smaller the gauge, the bigger the needle .......... but i think she got a bit confused by what is actually "jabbed" into you as opposed to an IV line .... penicillin is not injected lol!!!!!!
anyhow......... how about a 12 gauge needle??????? that is what they stick into our bellies every month with zoladex ........ NOW THAT WOULD BE SWEET REVENGE LOL!
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Yea and a sledge hammer to help the needle pierce the skin!.....
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They now have light caramel colored sunglasses available - I just saw them at the drugstore, but I'm sure all the rich girls would know they were probably designer knockoffs but what would I know?
You can see through them beautifully ~ like clear plastic ~ yet we retain the anonymity and mystery of true UV protection sunglasses.
Just a tip for all ladies who prefer facing the world veiled in mystery....
ps - I think Nivea in the navy blue pump bottle doesn't have any parabens in it and neither does Palmers cocoa butter in the screw top jar. The lotion does though. This information is not to be fully trusted however, because I tried to read the label while holding the bottle at arms length cause I forgot my over 40/50 glasses. Can't see close and can't see far these days. But if anyone else can read, see what the label says and please report if this is true. Neither product is expensive. I'd been lathering on parabens for years..who knew?
pss - I'm back. I hate that expression "who knew?", so forget it. It's as old as 'cutting edge' or 'we're on the same page' or 'state of the art'. Shit...no fongool!! "I'd been lathering on parabens for years....Fongool!" Fongool is the new "who knew?"...and I am not the one who made this up. The word that is. Fongool. Someone on this thread from about 5 pages ago did so I'm just giving credit where credit's due. OH, and I'm the 800th poster here.
I love being a multiple zeroed poster....I go around stalking threads looking for them. OMG I am so jacked up on McD's iced coffees! OK, guess I'm done for now. Nite ladies! BTW if you run a spell check on fongoool here, it says fungoid is an alternate word. Yuk.
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Gee, after all those 10cc syringes of penicillin I gave for STDs you tell me they don't give it in IM anymore?? Of course that was in the very dark ages.
How about a sternal needle--huge mother!
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Fa Fongool! A wonderful Italian word for - oops it would be x-rated here.
Dotti: Right there with ya in the dark ages lol.
Nicki
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my oatmeal tastes like slime this morning. i really detest healthy eating. my breast surgeon yesterday told me i'm starting to look...let me see, what was her medical term for it...oh, yeah, "chunky." fongool!
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p.s. I love her and she's about the only person who could say that to me and make me laugh....if my husband said it to me, i'd punch his liver.
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G or g excuse me, why are you eating all this slimey oatmeal? Oatmeal is good for rabbits. Oatmeal is good in cookies. Oh, we bought some true, unmilled or unadulterated pure oatmeal from the Amish store. Very pure.
My mom made some of it into oatmeal cookies and my dh sat there chomping away. Loves oatmeal cookies. OMG, starting the middle of the night, it was like a colonoscopy prep! Lasted 24 hours. Ahhh...the revenge of the mil.This is my poop story and colon prep contribution for the day. Really, you all don't need to buy that jug of colon blast, my mom's colonoscopy prep oatmeal cookies taste better.
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hey,
This sunglasses thing. Reminds me of my mother-in-laws funeral........... I wore mine through the viewing and the funeral and the family had a lot to say about that. MY brother-in-law (a minister) told me I had them on like I forgot or something. I told him I knew they were on and they were staying on........... Hiding hell ya. I should of said fongool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for making me laugh again this morning.
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Hi Gang,
Just finished going through the posts.
MS-Hilarious. Just had my bowel movement of marbles thanks to Lortab. My GF who is 10 year bc survivor and now with throat cancer had me laughing when she talked about running through Rite Aid looking for constipation supplies. Said she ran like she had a corncob stuck up her butt because she had one stuck half in and half out.
My problem was the 3 days after Taxotere I was constipated and then Tax would give me diarhea. I had to walk that fine line as to when to quit with the laxatives. Twice I did not make it right and crapped my pants. Once I was not wearing underwear and it followed me all the way to the bathroom.
Deb, your mom's story was hilarious. She sounds a lot like my mom. It's pretty bad when you don't mind talking to a complete stranger and telling them about your bowel movements.
Well, I am off to my onc for my first ckup after chemo, and yes, Tracy, I am getting dressed to the nines with a new pair of pants and jacket and shoes.
Blue Sky, I lost my job with NYL 21 years ago when I had my first cancer. Cobra was new then and they tried to deny me that. I fought and got it and luckily all the agents felt really bad and chipped in and paid for my first 6 months premiums. Now I have a part time job and whether I work or not is up to me.
Last night, my internet went down, the cat sat on the satellite remote and did something that made me lose the picture. Tried to go to HD broadcast and no sound. And DH was not home to fix any of it. Watched medium on the antenna with fuzzy picture and static. I love that show because it is so refreshing to see a slightly overweight woman as a main character. She does not even dress really nice, just like an average worker.
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Well, Fongool!! I've been using Palmer's coca butter lotion for ab out six months now as it is the only thing that handles the leathery radiated skin and tend-to-be-dry flaps. Dooh!
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gsg I started this mess at 112 pounds and now weigh 141 pounds. None of my clothes fit . Chunky is that a new medical term???? I loved that........... Started walking 2 miles then up to 3 miles and guess what I gained another 2 pounds.......... You've got to be kidding me...........
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leave it to Traci ~ don't know why I picked today to read this other than it's just how I feel!! You ladies are the best. I am just fn ticked off today and I just want to scream...I am all set with people asking me "how are you feeling" ~well, in 2 days I'm going in to get my boobs chopped off, how the f do you think I feel??? Oh, you'll look good with no hair, you really have the face for it ~WHAT ? WHO SAYS THAT? and to top it off...my absentee mother decides to call last night and see if there is anything she can do?? Are you kidding me? I haven't heard from her in almost a year and she thinks it helps that she's calling 48 hours before my surgery? No mom, crawl back under your rock and do what you do best ~ disappear.
Sorry ladies - especially those of you that are mom's - there is no where else I could say that and not have 9 people tell me how wrong I am to be angry because she's "my mom" ...sometimes biology is just not enough...oh sh*&!, now I'm pissed off all over again..I'll have to go back and re-read your rants to make me laugh again...
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