You know youre a cancer patient when....

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  • justpayton1
    justpayton1 Member Posts: 65
    edited July 2010

    you know the names of every stool softner and just how to mix em

  • geewhiz
    geewhiz Member Posts: 671
    edited July 2010

    You have to clear out a new space in your cabinets just for supplements

  • geewhiz
    geewhiz Member Posts: 671
    edited July 2010

    you have drank in the past 6 months more juiced vegetables than you have eaten in your entire life...even though it looks and smells occasionally like pond scum. 

  • diana50
    diana50 Member Posts: 253
    edited July 2010

    when you stand naked in front of a long mirror and embrace your wrinkles...scars...and body changes....because you are just soooo grateful to be alive.

  • cka0706
    cka0706 Member Posts: 23
    edited July 2010

    you bump into something with your fake boobs and don't realize it ... particularly funny when someone sees it and doesn't know they're fake! 

    And as for the other posts ... ROFLMAO!!! Thanks everyone!!

  • squidwitch42
    squidwitch42 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited July 2010

    you suddenly panic while walking down the street because you are not sure if you have a top on

    (can't feel the girls anymore)

  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 1,929
    edited July 2010

    Your bra strap slips off your shoulder & you don't realize it until you see you have one boob in place and one near your waist.

  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 765
    edited July 2010

    You have both a heater and a fan in your office to take care of the sudden temperature swings due to tamox.

  • DoubleMammyWhammy
    DoubleMammyWhammy Member Posts: 3
    edited July 2010

    You are using your insurance card more than your credit cards.

  • marcy4
    marcy4 Member Posts: 14
    edited July 2010

    You have much less hair than your husband.

  • mumito
    mumito Member Posts: 2,007
    edited July 2010

    When you have no hesitation to wip off your top so a stranger can examine what is left of your chest.

  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 765
    edited July 2010
    mumayan, been there, done that to show off my tattoos Embarassed.
  • pickle
    pickle Member Posts: 70
    edited July 2010

    You know you're a cancer patient when your dog gets more haircuts than you doSmile

  • jenn3
    jenn3 Member Posts: 388
    edited July 2010

    LMAO

    When you come home after a long day and take off the boobs or on the weekend you debate whether or not to wear boobs that day.................

  • AsiaYM
    AsiaYM Member Posts: 1,388
    edited July 2010

    when you are checking in the mirror about how long your hair is at least once a day.

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2010

    When the closest thing to you when sitting in your arm chair is a pair of tweezers for the chin hair.

  • Faith316
    Faith316 Member Posts: 1,088
    edited July 2010

    When part of your daily routine involves taking your prosthesis with you into the shower to wash it and then standing in front of the mirror when you are dressing to make sure the real boob and the fake boob are even with each and not too lopsided. 

  • FLlady
    FLlady Member Posts: 13
    edited July 2010

    .....you get excited about having to shave your legs!!!

  • BrendaAreYouA4
    BrendaAreYouA4 Member Posts: 40
    edited July 2010

    ...when you take your fluids intravenously!

  • AussieSheila
    AussieSheila Member Posts: 439
    edited July 2010

    ........when you walk and talk like your grandmothers' grandmother.

    Sheila. 

  • jteach
    jteach Member Posts: 36
    edited July 2010

    ...when people of all ages start calling you "dear".

    Great thread!!!!Smile

  • jteach
    jteach Member Posts: 36
    edited July 2010
    ...when playing a mild game of Wii golf with your kid gives you severe lymphadema!Yell
  • somanywomen
    somanywomen Member Posts: 82
    edited July 2010

    when you don't know whether to laugh or cry hysterically from these posts....

  • justpayton1
    justpayton1 Member Posts: 65
    edited July 2010

    "when everybody knows your name" at the tx center

  • Faith316
    Faith316 Member Posts: 1,088
    edited July 2010

    When you have baseball caps to match your various outfits and before BC, you could probably count on one hand the number of times you ever wore a baseball cap in your life!

  • Lifestooshort
    Lifestooshort Member Posts: 10
    edited July 2010

    When you really want to put your Facebook status as "I pooped today!"  :D

  • Faith316
    Faith316 Member Posts: 1,088
    edited July 2010

    When every 3 months your eyelashes and eyebrows thin AGAIN!

  • weesa
    weesa Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2010

    When you buy volumnizing shampoo for your crotch hair.

  • Octobergirl
    Octobergirl Member Posts: 18
    edited July 2010

    Oh what a great idea!  Volumizing shampoo!

  • MicheleS
    MicheleS Member Posts: 196
    edited July 2010

    when you show up at the radiation safety office (at work) after PET scans just to make the Geiger counters go off... (and when the staff of the radiation safety office are so used to you messing with them that they don't even look up from their desks anymore).