STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER
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Thanks friends. It’s been a hard few days. I’m going to the visitation and see how I handle that. It’s right before the funeral so I could leave before the service if I need to. I feel so terribly sad for his family. His siblings (both younger) are lost without him.
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Renee~ just speechless. May you find the strength somehow. It's so difficult I know. In June in our small little town my son had one of his x girlfriends murdered in what seems to be very strange circumstances. We still do not know what happened to her. She was 20 years old. And two weeks shy of her 21st birthday. She was beautiful. Something so senseless made no sense just like this. I went to the calling, because I was drawn. I knew a lot of the kids and I knew her. Her mother wasn’t even aware of what was going on. It was known she had a breakdown a month later due to the grief and and sadness of loosing a child so violently. My heart broke all over again,I can’t even comprehend. It's just so sad! Sending you hugs many hugs! ~M
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farewell Patty Peppermint. It's time I left BCO. Farewell friends. Much love.
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Molliefish-
Did I miss something, some post?? Why are you leaving BCO?
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I just read in the Bone Mets thread that we lost our sister PattyPeppermint. So sad. And that our sister babs6247 is choosing palliative care now.
I HATE THIS DISEASE!!!!!
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I hate this disease - too.
Much worse than I ever imagined. HIV+ people seem more lucky than us - my opinion.
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I was just diagnosed with Basal Cell Carcinoma. It's in a tricky spot right under my eye. I'm just frustrated because the last few years I've been concentrating on BC..... I know this is highly treatable but it's also unnerving to hear the word cancer again
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JJ, I get it! I was just diagnosed with Melanoma and Basal Cell carcinoma. Enough with cancer😡.
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JJOntario, ten years ago, shortly after I had endometrial/uterine cancer and a thorough hysterectomy, I got my first basal cell diagnosis. It felt like such an insult, like the cancer version of toilet paper stuck to my shoe and trailing around behind me. This year, two days before my lumpectomy, I had a CT scan that found kidney cancer. So not only am I a cancer crap magnet, they come in twos! If I get any other cancers down the road, I'll just ask the doctors to start looking for its evil little friend hiding somewhere in my body.
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I have lost too many friends already from cancer. When will they ever find a cure???
Not in our lifetimes...but when??? Probably not in my DD's generation either..
What generation of people will not have to suffer like this???
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Alice, I feel bad for you....nevertheless, THANK YOU for bringing up the reality of other cancers. During Pink %@$ctober, everybody seems to forget about all the other cancers: Skin, kidney, liver, prostate, colon, pancreatic, etc. People are dying from these, too.
ALL CANCERS MATTER! (Not just breast cancer...)
I made a button, saying "All Cancers Matter," and when I get back home, I plan to wear it.
L
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Alice, you made me laugh with your description of your basal cell diagnosis! It really resonated with me - I was in the dermatologist's office getting a biopsy when I received the call from radiology with my BC diagnosis. When the skin biopsy came back positive for a pre-melanoma it was as anti-climactic as toilet paper on my shoe! Love your sense of humor!
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Lita love that description of this month. All cancer matters and not just this stinking disease that mutilates us. Other people are dealing with same issues and surgeries and chemo and dying all around us. They sure don't have month for all of them.
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Well said Lita!!!
To me - what’s also cruel - is when children get cancer. I work in health care. And, it’s heart-breaking to see little ones facing this...I just HATE it!!!
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Oh, I really like All Cancers Matter! I'd hate for Sidney the Missing Kidney to be jealous of Quincy the Quince-Shaped Lopped Breast, or of Hyacinth the Hysterectomied Lady Parts, or Basil the Basal Cell Mohs Moaner!
I do wish cancer hadn't been turned into a competitive sport by some organizations. I'm rather fond of Stand Up To Cancer since they target all of them.
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I agree, Alice. Everybody wants to talk about cancer of the breasts (so pretty), but they don't seem as enthusiastic about brain cancer, leukemia, or colon cancer. We have only begun having conversations about prostate cancer, and let's not even get started on lung cancer. Show up with lung cancer and everyone assumes that you brought it on yourself by smoking, ya big dummy. ALL cancers should matter to EVERYONE because none of us are out of the line of fire.
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Agree--stand up to cancer targets them all. It all stinks for everyone dealing with it.
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I refuse to participate in my small hospital's think pink even in a couple weeks. First, hate pink. Next, other cancers are buried even though colon cancer has a color, pancreatic is purple.. pancreatic is the worst one. You are lucky if you get a couple years with tx. It really should be cancer awareness mo with talk about all cancers.
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All cancers matter.
Pancreatic cancer scares me. There are no screening tests, there are few early warning signs. Most pancreatic cancers are diagnosed as late stage.
While pancreatic cancer survival rates have been improving from decade to decade, the disease is still considered largely incurable. According to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 7%.
At last count, Myriad was tracking about 24 genes and their mutations that cause increased risk for hereditary cancers. Pancreatic cancer is common on several of the breast cancer genes, including BRCA1, BRCA2, SKT-11, and CHEK-2.
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A lovely young woman I worked with got pancreatic cancer. She never drank and was slender. She had several young kids. She was the best seamstress I ever knew. She had the most beautiful clothes and she made them all. She only lasted a few months. I will never forget how shocking because ofhow fast it was.
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my friend's sister was dxd a month after me with pancreatic cancer. Went from abdominal pain to dead in 3 mo.
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I use to absolutely love the colour pink. It was my favourite colour. So sucks that I can't look at it the same. I just got my consultation appointment for my basal skin c under my eye and I'm not looking forward to yet another scar. Just so frustrating that since treatment for BC is sort of done that I'm now paying attention to other parts of my body that were neglected. I'm also scheduling my first colonoscopy as my Mom passed from that before she was 70. Ugh!!
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I appear to be in the minority. I still love pink. And it in no way bothers me that October is plastered with it. It gets people talking, and people talking brings up other cancers. All cancers do matter, but I don’t understand why people with breast cancer seem so offended by it. Any and all education on cancer is important... why frown on any way to get the message iut
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My father passed within 6 weeks of his pancreatic diagnosis. Devastating. I have a colonoscopy every 5 years. I also am awaiting biopsy results on a skin growth on my stomach. Dermatologist said that it could be squamous cell, but of course my mind goes to skin mets. Ugh.0
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Do your research on Susan B Komen....and follow the money.
I will say no more.
Only cancer group I would give $ to now is "Metavivor" which takes no profits and all $ goes to Metastatic BC Research.
They use a different color than pink - - I forgot what it is. MUST BE MY BRAIN METS.
L
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Being a supporter of pink/October/survivor does not mean I support Susan b komen. I’m not ignorant of that. But because I’m proud to be a daily survivor and I proudly wear my pink I find it offensive that so many bash it. Sorry. It must be the pain I’m in from my bone mets.
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My sister’s FIL passed away from pancreatic cancer - a few years ago. He was such a sweet man. I remember it seems like one minute he was diagnosed, then next, he was gone.
Her DH, lives in FEAR of getting this...
And, yeah, about the pink. Lately, it doesn’t bother me that much. It’s well-meaning. I’m one of the ones who skipped the mammos and kept thinking my lump was a cyst! How dumb is that!!!
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SheilaMarie - Agree! find myself feeling more this way, these days. And, I thought I was the only person who got BC, that feels this way. That being said, plan to wear a pink shirt today!!
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DancingElizabeth, it sure feels good to know I’m not alone!!! I think I’ll wear pink today, too... xox
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