Great saying about depression
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So fun times at the GP today. Just my regular 3 month thyroid checkup--f/u on bloodwork. Last month I had a whole bunch of abdominal tests to try to find why I have these awful abdominal aches and pains. tests couldn't find a damn thing, I already knew all this after seeing the gastro doc 2 weeks ago. (think it is the food I eat and right now it appears to be bread that is doing me in)
So ANYWAY, I get in the exam room, doc comes in, we talk for about 2 minutes and she gets a phone call--that she says she has to take. She's gone for almost 20 minutes. Really. If i didn't like her so much I would be pissed. So we go over my tests and bw and realize that when I got my blood done, they didn't do thyroid screening. Oh well. Everything else was so stellar that she didn't see the need to go right back to get it checked. So now I wait till June to get my thyroid rechecked. Guess if I felt bad I would push the issue. She felt so bad that she gave me 12 weeks supply of synthroid (not the cheapo generic my insurance makes me get) and she told them to comp my co-pay. Sometimes docs end up doing the right thing.
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Just to make us all smile I saw this quote online "before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem be sure you are not just surrounded by azzholes". Frankly this fits the bill as I am dealing with some whiney co workers this week. Especially one who always says she "almost had cancer"
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Claire- That would have ticked me off! I hope you weren't waiting in the piece of Bounty paper towel they call a gown at least.
Libraylil- LOVE the quote! (It might have to go on my Facebook page today.). It explains so much! 😃0 -
Just a quick pop in... thank you all. I actually do feel relief and know I will get stronger without him, but thank you all so much!
Hopeful! I do that ALL the time, even watching movies. I am sad and jealous. I miss my breasts a lot. I was in a store and saw a cute dress but then thought... well would have been great before BC... makes me sad all the time... And I think I did know and appreciate my breasts and knew it would be awful. Gotta run but will be back to write more... Thanks again really means so much to me!
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I like that we can step "out" and right back in!
Stanzie, I have to say I am really laughing at your 85 year old friend who is planning his own surprise birthday party! Doesn't that say a lot about a person? I too am sorry about the BF loss. I just sent my nephew an email yesterday about his upcoming marriage. We were talking about the traits to look for and I said "kindness" was so important in life. My DH has been there every step of the way and has continued to be kind and sensitive to all my ups and downs. I hope you find someone who is kind hearted and loving and grateful to have you in his life!
Claire, I feel so sad for your son and DH. I am sure yr support and hugs will help them, as will the beautiful flowers you planted will bring comfort to you.
Donna, wow, what an ordeal! I kept reading just to see what happened. I am so glad you finally got to talk to your doctor. Since these threads help us all learn, I just want to throw out a thought. Did your doctor tell you what types of cells they found and if--other than DCIS--there are things that need watching? I too had DCIS and three lumpectomies over 7 yrs. From the beginning my Onc said: "you have a lot of junk in those breasts!" He said If you ever need a MX the radiation makes it much more difficult because yr skin is fried and thin. His recommendation to not do radiation was so outside the norm. It required quarterly testing and annual MRIs, but I did chose to follow his rec. Ultimately I had a nipple/skin sparing BMX. I know it is hard to look out past your difficult circumstances now, but it might be worth a discussion with your BS.
For those of you who have had radiation, can you even have a skin/nipple sparing mastectomy?
Kate, my heart is with you through all of this. It is a loss too giving up the dream of being an FA. Seems like the pressurization would cause havoc with the LE. I am so sorry a new thing has been added to yr plate.
I am sitting here on jury duty, which gives me a excellent time window to catch up with all of you!
3Jays - ((((((hugs))))))0 -
I just popped in to read this thread, I'm new here, but not to cancer and I just wanted to say all of u ladies are extremely amazing--and u found a place to share u'r feelings for everything. It's wonderful to have understanding this way, b/c so many people don't understand all that this encompasses.
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camillegal- Welcome! So glad you joined us and posted. This is definitely a great thread to come to as we try to navigate back into our "real lives" or try to move forward into our new one. Hope you'll join us!
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Found a website where you can design your own t-shirt and came up with this one. What does everyone think? (BTW, you can't order it. I was just having fun!)
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I think it is great! I'd buy one Kate
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Aw, thanks Karen!
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Why can't we order it?? I think its great!! : )
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Thanks Claire! Well, I suppose we could! LOL! Here's another version-
http://www.ooshirts.com/d/65611032
What do you think of my slogan? "Untie the ribbon" refers not only to getting rid of the whole pink ribbon, pink washing thing but also that life is a gift so you should untie the ribbon and live after BC.
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Actually, don't think I could sell them because it would go against the community rules of promoting products. It's fun to come up with ideas, though. It feels good to be creative.
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i think thy're cool, Kate.. love the untie the ribbon, as far as living day to day living.. open the "present" today!!!!3jays0
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Dear Stanzie,
For depression I found that increasing omega 3 oils, SAM-e, and 5HTP really helped for "the blues". 5HTP only in the AM, and SAM-e on an empty stomach, also in the AM.
I wanted to mention also, just fyi that a wild bird that has been in a cat's mouth has little chance of survival. A small nick from their claws or teeth causes a tremendous infection in birds. I bell my cats and attach a small bright mylar ribbon to the collar if they go outside; but they also are discouraged from messing with the wildlife. I was reminded by my neighbor that wildlife is way "out-gunned" and is not adapted to compete with well fed house cats. It is just too sad...
Anyway, if you find that a wild bird is caught in your house ever again, if you can somehow darken the room, and then leave one window or door to the outside open they will fly for the light and escape. Their different type of vision prevents them from being able to distinguish how to leave an enclosed evenly lit space.
All my best,
MsBliss
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Love the new one too, what if you emailed message about purxhasing, is that going agaist the rules too? i suppose I could print out the link and take it to my own T-shirt place and see if they could duplicate. I just do not like all the ribbon and info about finding the cancer, we are past that now, we need a cure. I was just so saddened by MBJ's all too sudden passing, we lost a beloved member of our thread suddenly on the 9th of February, starbeauty. It is just such a crushing blow, my condolences to all her family and friends, I know how much it hurts. Karen
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Kate, I LOVE "Untie the ribbon"!!! You should patent that slogan NOW. It is just PERFECT!!! Then...sell it to Komen! hehehehehehe
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Uh oh, just Googled the term and it's already in use! Even a website by that name. Crap!!! I really thought you were on to millions Kate!!
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karen- I'll look into it- thanks!
barbe- The only thing I could find was a blog by some woman called "Untie the Ribbons" (plural) and some woman on Etsy who makes crafts. Not sure either is trade marked, htough, and mine's not plural. I'll keep looking.
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Kate - I think it is brilliant! I love it!!!! Hope it isn't patented it is perfect!
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Kate - I think it is brilliant! I love it!!!! Hope it isn't patented it is perfect!
The untietheribbons on both sites I saw mean totally different things. I'd look into this very quickly! We all know you thought of it in this context first!
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You go Kate, seems like their could be a mass market for them, I checked google also and only saw "ribbons".
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DO IT!!!! Especially with the visual of the ribbon unwinding..(where did you get that?) We can all vouch that we heard it here first!!
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Wow I tried to find what you said Kate but missed the comment what are we talking about?
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libraylil LOVE IT!! I will have to remember that phrase...or put that on a T!! LOL
I had a moment of thinking today ...as I feel like I have no more friends..other than you ladies..and I realized after reading your phrase that its not that I have done something wrong to push people away I think I just had a lot of toxic people in my life and it took a tragedy to open my eyes to it. SO now I dont feel like the bad guy...or like I did something wrong.
Welcome new posters!!! Love expanding the group.
MsBliss...awwww poor little birdy. Good to know though and thanks for the tip on getting a bird out of your house.
Kate you are oh so clever.and F*&^ Komen. I hate them...they are all about the money. Maybe at one point it was about a cure but especially after hearing Karen Brinker speak at a womens function last year. She is more concerned with book tours and speaking engagements and I bet she doesnt fly coach!! Sure they have done a lot of good things but not enough for the bazillions they have raised over the years.
I am still blue about MBJ. She has popped in my mind every day..and it just makes me cry. I cant believe she is gone..so quick..too young..and suffered for so long.
that's my rant for the night...back to work.
Happy Friday
Diane
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Diane - I know I think MJB's passing has hit everyone who had contact with her really hard. She was ssomeone who really touched us and maybe the doctors couldn't have saved her but for her to have ssuffered and wondered for so long just isn't right. It isn't fair that she is gone - she had so much to give and so much love surrounding her.
Diane - I too know what you mean. I think that sometimes too that I must have been with a lot of awful shallow people I thought were friends. Hopefully we will all grow from it and will find real freinds from now on. I do also find I turn to these boards for comfort so many times rather than even trying to talk to friends as they just can't understand or don't understand the need I have for them to want to understand.
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hope- I'll send you a PM and explain! ;-)
Diane- I can relate to the lack of friends, too. I feel like everytime I meet someone I think I click with they turn out to be total loons. I swear it's worse than dating! LOL!
I'm missing Mary, too. I found an old post of hers, from a year ago, where she was talking about a friend of hers that just found out she was stage iv with mets. She said she couldn't help thinking, "That could be me in a year." It gave me chills and made me incredibly sad.
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Mary was amazing!! We shared emails on our regualr email and I felt like I was her "best" friend!!! Now I hear of everyone else who felt that way. What an amazing woman she was to make us all feel so special!!!
Diane, what did librarylil say????? I must have missed it!
I don't have any "external" friends as I worked weekends for the past 20 years or so. Try to maintain friendships when you get days off in the middle of the week! Even with Christmas, having to work Boxing Day at 5 am means I really can't do Christmas dinner with the lolling about afterwards. To bed!! To sleep!! To get up to work a 12-14 hour day!!...sigh.
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Just wanted to drop in and say that I follow this thread alot and feel like I know you all. I haven't actually posted here in months, okay, maybe a year. But here I am. I just seem to be having a hard time right now having to deal with some reconstruction issues... Setback due to a cellulitis infection on my radiated side. I am coming up on two years NED and just feeling so overwhelmed with what BC still keeps doing to my life. And then Ifeel so guilty about feeling that way. After all, I have a very supportive DH and grown kids, a lovely home, good insurance, blah, blah, blah. But somehow that's not enough? Shame on me.
I am currently on twice daily antibiotic IV infusions for the infection. Thay have taught me to do the infusions at home by myself so I can avoid a hospital stay. My "all thumbs" DH is a sweetie and likes to help so I must patiently let him. I have a wonderful home nurse that checks in on me every few days. She always asks how I am doing "mood wise" and said she can tell without asking. Yesterday, she told me how much brightermy face looked. Then I had a big melt down last night just thinking about having been tied to this darn IV for the past week and not feeling good about the outcome. Well, anyway, sorry for babbling on and whining like this, but I am going to pick myself up and have a good day.
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Joan, hugs to you!!! It's nice that you can see your blessings (good insurance, etc), but as you know, that certainly doesn't keep depression away!! You have every right to be down, being tied to an IV alone in your home is lonelier than being in a hospital (but a LOT safer!!!). In a hospital, at least you'd have people checking in on you and your fears, however small, would be acknowledged. It must be scary to have to give yourself your own meds. Like DIY medical care!! But, I guess diabetics do it every day.....
Hoping your day gets brighter, like your face looked.....hehehehhehe
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