Calling all TNs
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A K-Mart check out clerk rang up $46.64. I gave her a 50 bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave the money back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favor. She became indignant & informed me she was educated & knew what she was doing, & returned the money again. I gave her the money back-same scenario & departed the store with the $46.64.
I walked into a Starbucks with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a Grande Latte. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said 'buy one-get one free.' 'They're already buy-one-get-one-free,' she said, 'so I guess they're both free'. She Handed me my free Lattes and I walked out the door.
One day I was walking down the beach with some Friends when one of them shouted, 'Look at that dead bird!'. Someone looked up at the sky and said, 'Where'?
While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, 'Does the sun rise in the north?' When my brother explained that the sun rises in the East, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, 'Oh I don't keep up with all that stuff.'
My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.
I couldn't find my airport luggage, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional & I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, 'has your plane arrived yet?'
While working at a pizza parlor I heard a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone. The cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6 He thought about it before responding. 'Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.'
At a southern fast food restaurant, I ordered a hamburger and French fries. The young lady taking orders informed that they had no hamburgers or French fries. I replied that the other customers were being served hamburgers and French fries. She looked at me quizzically and replied 'those are BURGERS AND FRIES!'
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More stories of folks who manage to survive with minimal intelligence...
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot
did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel
and tried
the trigger again. This time it worked.
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting
machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his
insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its
men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a
finger.
The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car
during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman
had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus
driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be
transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit
his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered
everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to
the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very
excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies.
The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious
head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received
the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how
close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the
counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer,
the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which
the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and
fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he
got from the drawer...
$15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime
committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that
he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some
booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his
head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be
thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window
was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man
grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the
woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher.
Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in
the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of
the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied,
"Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a
Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and
demanded cash.
The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash
register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the
clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated,
walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man 20 attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked
on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police
arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor
home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted
to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's
sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press
charges saying, that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked to good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50." The next day someone stole it.
I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call centre. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call centre was open. I told him, "The number you dialled is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific"
My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving
My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount
I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I explained that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned
I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"..
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Hopex3 - My first indication of cancer was pain in the breast radiating to the armpit. In fact when I first went to my doctor, she told me I had shingles and it was absolutely no cancer because there were no lumphs whatsoever. How wrong she was. Six months later a lump appeared and the pain was excruciating - like a nerve pain. So yes, sometimes cancer does cause a lot of pain. My breast surgeon said that the tumor was entwined around nerves which is why I had a lot of pain. The lump is now gone (surgery) and so is the pain. Now on to the next step of chemotherapy. Perhaps you have the nerve involvement that I had!!
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Bernie - which one is you? All the ladies look great!! On second looking - are you the one with the short hair?
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5th Sib - I understand the shock - I was emotionally numb for at least two weeks. I had the same feedback from the surgeon - surgery, then radiation - now with being triple negative - unfortunately, chemo looms large in the picture. I still can't wrap my mind around it.
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Welcome to all of our new ladies. You will find great support on here.
Luv - you have done it again. Put up a new photo that is younger than your last pic. Wish I could do that. The lines on my face is the stairway to heaven (I know Titan, I aint got no hope in hell of making it there lol) Can you hear my voice saying that!!
Titan - there is nothing in this world that is as special as doing something with your son or daughter. I bet your son got as much love, fun, comfort and happiness being with you, as you did with him. He will always remember that time. This coming Friday the 2nd my daughter Mandy and I are going to the Cake Conference. We will share the driving as its a six hour trip. We will ooo and aaah over all the lovely cakes that ladies have made for the competition and have a ball in the cake shops getting all our christmas cake decorations for Christmas. I always have to do one for the Medical Centre and I also do raffle cakes and the proceeds go towards presents (which me and the old fellar go and buy) for all the kids that don't have very much or are living in care homes. We put the cakes at the Med Centre every year for the patients to buy tickets and I need to go and buy more and more extra raffle books every year because they all sell out. We get just as much fun buying the presents and wrapping them all as I'm sure the little kids get out of receiving them. We also use our own money to get some things for the older kids too so they don't miss out. We then take them to a large company in town that has a huge tree and put them all underneath. Its a lot of fun and a very special time just thinking of all these childrens faces, who's mums and dad's who can't afford anything, opening the parcels.
I am getting increasingly worried more and more about Hope, Kathy and Inmate. Anybody know where they are.
Keep safe, warm and away from the floods and Sandy ladies. Thinking of you all. Annie
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Bernie very funny
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For all of our new ladies to the thread
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adagio - I am having my 2nd port put in this Fri. I have had one infusion of chemo without the port and can say, that although I do not look forward to having it with me all the time, I will be glad when it is in. My veins are not very cooperative, so I know my chemo nurses will be glad. I had my first port put in June 2011 and had it removed at the end of Sept 2011 when I had my lumpectomy done. I should have kept it in until post op path report was received, but my BS surgeon asked if I wanted it out at lumpectomy time and I told her to go ahead. Little did I know I will probably have a port forever, now. Hopefully you will have one put in, use it, have it removed, and never have to have another one!
Sherry
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5th Sib - My thoughts are with you. TN is definitely a treatment challenge. As one of my support group members told me last year - "Chemo is our friend" - great, huh? The same thing happened to me - perfect mammo one year before dx. When I received my first dx., I got so tired of people asking me when I had my last mammo.- I felt like they were insinuating that I didn't have mammos, or it would have been a smaller tumor if I had a mammo when I was supposed to.
It's a tough journey, but there are wonderful people on this thread and other threads who will help you through.
Sherry
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Praying everyone is safe from Hurricane Sandy
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Thanks, Annie! My daughter insisted that I should use that picture. Maybe my DSIL used the soft focus feature on the camera! I think the blue color of my coat is helpful.
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I am so saddened to see so many newbies... but on the other hand, if you're dealt the TN card, this is the best place to be. I've been hanging around this board for over 3 years now, and though I'm long past treatment and am doing very well, I still like coming here and chatting with you ladies.
For many (perhaps most) of us, the cancer seemed to appear out of nowhere. I had a clean mammo 10 months earlier, and even the diagnostic mammo I had after feeling my lump did not clearly indicate any problem. It's appalling that some people might think we got cancer by being negligent with our bodies and/or failing to do our mammo scans. In some ways, this is the unintended harmful consequence of perennially preaching breast awareness and the benefits of mammograms. The truth is, this disease can descend on anyone at any time.
The good news is, there are oodles of us who have got through treatment and come out the other side. You will too.
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Hopex3 - My tumor hurt also, even tho my BS said cancer doesn't hurt. HA!
5thsib - I also found my own lump, as well did my sister. TN tumors come up fast, a lot of times between mammos. My sister's lump was actually on her mammo but was given an all clear. I guess mammos are only as good as the ones reading them. She went back months later because the lump was getting bigger. By that time, it was 5 cm!
Jenndurk - I am unusual in that I had a hard time with taxol, not AC. Taxol kicked my butt. It gave me flu-like symptoms, pain and high fevers. Horrible pain and vomitting the first week so was more proactive after that in taking my pain med's (oxycodone) and anti-nausea meds. It also gave me neuropathy in my feet and hands that has not gone away (6 months later). If you are getting Neulasta shot to bring blood counts up, you should take Claritin (the regular 24 hr type) for the day of the shot and I took it a week after the shot. That helps with bone pain but I also took my narcotic pain meds for the rest of the aches and pain.
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Luah you are so right in everything you say. Yes cancer can appear from nowhere. I had always kept up with my mammo's and told my daughters that when its the age for them to have them they must go. My cancer was found on a routine mammo and was very nearly missed. It wasn't a lump. It was tiny tiny minute little white specs that they had to give me a magnifying glass for so I could see it on the film. The radiologist at first said no this ones fine, then hang on a minute, whats that. So mammo saved my life. Who would have thought those tiny white specs could turn out to be Stage 3a, Grade 3, TN. By then it was also coming out the sides of the nodes into no mans land. All I could think of was 'my god how much longer do I have' but you and other ladies were an inspiration to me. You gave me hope when I hardly had any. The thought of surgery and chemo scared me silly but I got through it with the help of yourself and I too came out the other side. I didn't want to tell my family how bad I felt for fear of worrying them but you and this thread helped me through as we will help all the newbies and they too will come out the other side.
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Hello everyone,
I was trying to think of some comforting words to say to some of the newcomers on this site who have expressed their feelings of sadness and anxiety recently. I have an arsenal of tricks that I've developed which help me personally in terms of keeping these feelings in check. I really try to think about the statistics in a glass half full type of way. If you say that 55% of people with your stage survive for instance (and it's probably higher than that since all statistics are out-of-date), then focus on being in that 55%. Focus on all the things that you can do to give you some feeling of control in a situation that is so scary and out of control. Focus on a better diet and lifestyle. I tell myself that I want to make sure that if it does come back, I will have done everything within my power to give me the best chances. Ultimately of course it's down to our own unique biology and a whole lot of luck. If you are someone who needs to look at the Internet (I know it's a bad idea, but I can't stop myself from doing it), bookmark all the sites that give you hope and comfort and refer back to them if you need to. When I feel myself getting unhelpfully nervous, I literally go and shut myself in a quiet place in the house and talk myself out of it. There are loads of people, of all stages, with all tumour sizes and levels of lymph node involvement who survive this and live for many, many years. Lots of them frequent this board, and there are also threads on this site devoted just to this (I have those bookmarked!)
This all being said, I'm finding it difficult at the moment to practice what I preach. I'm feeling less than enthused about my next round of Taxotere tomorrow and less than enthused with cancer full stop at the moment to be honest. Three and a half months in to chemotherapy now, I'm just tired of arranging my whole life around the days when I may or may not feel good. I'm tired of worrying, or of working hard not to worry. Even my retail therapy strategy and the purchase of two new particularly nice pairs of shoes this week hasn't done much to lift my spirits. My closet is beginning to resemble that of Imelda Marcos. And then I feel guilty about whining, because I know that there are many people in much more worrying situations than me, some on this thread even, and I tell myself to just get my act together and deal with it.
Whine over. I feel a bit better now.
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I did Taxotere, Adriamycin, cytoxan all the same day. I did 1 treatment every 3 weeks for 6 rounds. I also had the neulasta shot the day of chemo after infusion. I found the chemo was tolarable. I also found that if you take a clariton and aleve the day of shot that helps with the pain. Also make sure to drink plenty of fluids!!! Staying hydrated helps with the pain. good luck to all the newbies you will love this site!
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Welcome to all the new ladies, sorry you have to be here, but this is a wonderful supportive group!
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Hi all, I am new to this thread. I am 44 years old and was diagnosed in June 2012 with IDC stage 2b, grade 3. Triple Negative. I have completed my 3 of 8 dose dense treatments. I am having 4 treatments of AC and 4 of Taxol. My oncologist said that my chances for reoccurance was 50%. I don't know how they come up with their numbers but I am not letting these numbers determine my future.
Thank you all for makeing this thread a welcoming place for us to find support.
Cheers,
Jo Anne
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Dear OBXK - started Carbo/Gem two weeks ago. I was so pleased that the side effects were nothing close to those of AC/Tax - Sadly, though, I could not have my infusion last Fri. as my blood counts "took a dive" as my Onc put it. I am supposed to have it two Fridays in a row, skip a Fri. and then start over again - prob. for six months. This is my "off" Fri., so I'm using it to have another port put it (had first one removed at lumpx time). So not looking forward to another port....Onc assures me that he has another "cocktail" in mind if my blood levels keep dropping so drastically - I advised him that at this point, I will try one more combo - If that does not work, then I plan to stop chemo. He just looked at me and patted me on the shoulder...
I did the same thing you did - tossed out a lot, gave away a lot and started labeling things for children and grandchildren for departure time - sounds morbid - yes, but it was almost a freeing kind of exercise. I am giving my children and grandchildren individual photo books for Christmas. I plan to give away almost all the photos I have. I even tossed out my high school year book and many photos that will mean nothing to my children and grandchildren. I even registered my body for donation to Albany Med Center so my children will not have to be burdened with funeral and burial - also to try to help with research. My children are fine with my plan. They will receive my ashes a year after I pass-on.
Its difficult to see how my disease affects my children - My oldest son is always here when I need a ride or something done around the house, but he tries his best to ignore cancer and acts like I will be here forever - He wants to buy me a kyak - oh boy, that should be fun with a frozen shoulder (lol). My middle son, who lives in CO, cries and gets angry at siblings for what he feels is not enough to help me. My daughter - 32-gets very short and impatient with me - she treats me like a child and acts as though she is angry at me for having cancer. It was so different with my initial dx and treatment - so hopeful, noone was angry, now it's almost too much for my family to do again....
Sherry
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Jo Anne - great attitude! I had always figured I had a 50/50 chance, everyday I woke up
English Rose - hugs to you dear one. Send us a pic of those new shoes! I'm thinking of getting myself a pair of red Mary Janes. I haven't had a pair of red shoes in years.
My TN lump came up in three days. I had pain, then skin change and then lump.
Starting gemzar/carbo tomorrow. Wondering if anyone that has had this, knows if they do the next day nuelasta shot?
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My Onc did not plan to give me next day Neulasta - but with counts so low last Fri., he gave me an injection of Neulasta instead of doing chemo.
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I was also infused with Decadron during my first and only infusion of Carbo/Gem. I guess they figured they better get it in me by IV this time as I cheated and did not always take the oral Decadron when I did AC/Tax - I hate steroids - I feel like a maniac. It did not seem as bad this time, though. I took Benadryl at home to bring me down.
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Titan-I have always been very close with my son (21 yrs old) and not as close to my daughter (19 yrs old) however, since my dx the roles have switched my daughter is very much involved and my son is almost in denial. Everyone dose handle it differently, not wrong, just different.
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Cancer or no cancer we all have a 50/50 chance of waking up the next day! I myself don't even read statistics, do not care what they say. I live life one day at a time, and when the good Lord above calls me home I am gone. Can't do anything about it. Who knows? People die everyday and not all is from cancer. Keep positive ladies!
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agree KS - I don't look at stats!
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ksmatthews: ditto to that.
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I am friends with Inmate on facebook and she had just posted on Oct. 25th. Not sure about the others that we haven't heard from though. Thinking of all of our sisters xo
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