STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER
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Well, let's just have a toddy around a campfire and get wasted
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I'm in Sas!
Here is a good one. I have a client (I am an Employment Specialist who helps people overcome barriers to finding work and often send them to short term vocational training paid for by the federal government in the form of a grant) who comes to me working part time. She qualifies for the program because her family is receiving food stamps as she does not earn enough so we can help her despite working because it isn't full time work.
She tells me she has fibromyalgia and foot problems which means her job as a hairdresser is not working well for her anymore due to the fact that she is on her feet all day. I suggest taking some clerical skills training. What does she tell me SHE wants to go to school for? CULINARY! You know, the type of job where you STAND ALL DAY in a hot kitchen cooking and baking? I tried to explain that this is not a good idea for her but she insists that there are SIT DOWN jobs in restaurant kitchens! I worked in restaurants for years as my family owns several (grandfather did, uncle and aunt and cousin did...hey I am Greek and food is what we do..LOL) and there are NO sit down jobs in the restaurant business. Not one. Nada. NONE!
She asked to speak to my supervisor. Really corked her when I told her that today, I AM the supervisor...LOL
Anyway, my boss will shoot down this training request most likely due to her telling me she wants to leave hairdressing due to the on here feet issue. HA! Take that!
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LMAO Sas! Too funny!!! Boo!
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He'll help ..................
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So I saw this post on Facebook today. Really. Do people really read these things before they post. Same for the depression post that is going around.
Let's slay this dragon!!!!!!
Trying to look good, but after chemo and radiation ... you know the person physically changed and there is shock !!
I know many of you do not give a damn of this message because of course, the cancer has not touched you. You do not know what it's like to have fought the fight or had a loved one who leads a battle against cancer. For all the men and women I know, I ask you a small favor and only some of you will do ... If you know someone who has led a battle against cancer, still struggling or who have passed, please add this to your status for one hour as a mark of respect and remembrance ......
Message copy and paste to support victims and families affected by cancer !!0 -
My rant for today. Almost ready to book plane tickets for Christmas but I have an appointment at the hospital to check out 2 lumps in my bad breast and another one in "good" breast. DH is hesitant to book non refundable tickets until we know what the lumps are. Hoping they are just cysts but it has us freaked out and now I understand what he means but I'm getting tired of the "what if" game. Just really sick of it..
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(((JJ)))
Sas, he sure can't hurt! LOL
Brutersmom, I saw this on FB too and just ignored it cause it usually annoys me when someone is a "pink crusader" for the month of October and everyone posts this to "honor" BC "survivors" and then it goes out of their minds immediately and they don't have a freaking clue. Just remember, November is coming and they will forget all about BC!
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Sorry JJ, I got numb to it after awhile.
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April485, I owned and managed restaurants for years, and I did have a few sit down employees. NOT sit down jobs, just a few sit down employees. Former employees. Duh.
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Where's that like button?
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Sorry, I don't peek in here too often. The memes are great! I rarely drink, but feeling it this coming weekend. I need to get away from myself for just a bit. The tears were rolling yesterday and I am not really sure why.....I did hear of a terminal friend who has made the choice to not continue with chemo, and some other things I wasn't told/didn't know regarding radiation. The tears just kind of rolled after that
Some moments/days are good. Some moments/days are bad. Hang in there ladies.
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Beachbum, I have seen my share of those employees for sure. I managed a restaurant for 10 years and those folks are why I knew I had to further my education and get OUT before I turned into a raging alcoholic! LOL! Thanks for the smiles.
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My rant for this morning; Got my rad tattoos yesterday, heard about a terminal friend deciding to quit chemo Wed. Tears have been randomly falling since.
Im tired of everyone expecting me to be constantly happy and when Im not they assume its all about them!!!
Everyone seems to forget what all my life encompasses; single mom of 3, full time employee, life & fighting cancer.
Just because I've been deemed cancer free does not mean it's over.
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Simplicity....beautiful rant. Totally agree. Do you ever get "congratulations" on being a survivor and you want to scream...Why? Because I won a raffle ticket? Because my life is easier? Staying positive and getting through the day, putting on happy face for kids and spouse/relatives is a full time job in itself....on top of a full time job. I hear you!!!!!
My rant: went to ultrasound appt only to find out after waiting for 1.5 hours that they were still 2 hours behind. As I told the receptionist after she lectured me about the "poor women in front of me who must have had bad news so things were taking longer"....um, yea, I WAS ONE OF THOSE WOMEN... while it wasn't her fault, I have a right to be angry because whoever schedule's diagnostic mammos and ultras should not just leave 20 - 30 min per appt....especially when it's DIAGNOSTIC. This area is ALWAYS running late so clearly they don't staff enough people at their "World Class Health Care" hospital. These are not routine appts...it's people there because they suspect something is wrong. I had to leave to go pick up my son. Damn the system.
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7of9, have you checked the Cleveland area thread? I'm trying to get a social group to meet up for dinner, outings etc.
Sorry you had such a terrible experience with your appointment. Maybe the location? I have the best care, and have never had a problem. Maybe try another location. Cheryl
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7of9 - I'm anxious and angry about going in for my 1st post BC Diagnostic/3D Mammo tomorrow. Surprised to feel this way and ready to get it behind me. I'm sorry and outraged you were treated with such disrespect and un professionalism. Damn the system is right - hope I'm treated better tomorrow but I'm finding as BC gets to be big business around here, the personal touch gets lost. Peaceful night to you all, Lind
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Okay, my total rant for the day, seriously steamed. Guess a new article came out about bacon and red meat causing cancer, declared by the World Health Organization? Haven't we beat the blame game horse to death? Or is the media still playing the blame game? Oh you're fat and got breast cancer - your fault. Omg, you ate bacon and got breast cancer - your fault. Omg, you drank water contaminated by some corporation and got breast cancer - your fault. Fill in the blank with some activity you did and then got breast cancer - your fault.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/201...
What a bunch of crap that report is. I'm waiting for people who have eaten vegetarian to chime in here soon. We get more nitrates/nitrites in natural and fermented food than by eating bacon.
So how many here don't eat meat and got breast cancer? Could they do some real research already? I guess since the included the word "CAN" in the title, that makes it good research?
I'm headed off for a bacon sandwich myself. I'll put some avocado on there so I feel better about it.
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Booklady...I will also be going for my first post BC mammo and US. Not looking forward to it as things have tightened up so much since rads!!! I'm popping some Advil before I go...
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italychick - that news story annoyed me too. This is news? It's my moms fault then, all that baloney and salami sandwiches as a kid. I won't tell her .... She would be so sad to learn this.....
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Not giving up my bacon
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Blondie, you rock. Always cool, always kind, funny as hell.
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Italy Chick,
I must respectfully disagree with you. Bacon and other processed meats do contribute to cancer. Not breast cancer, colon cancer. As with so many things, it's dose related. We just don't know the safe dosage for each individual.
This is a real sore topic in my family. My husband likes to tell anyone who will listen how his stage 4 colon cancer is "just bad luck" . That's not true. It has everything to do with the choices he made. Smokes like a chimney, eats like a pig, morbidly obese, lives in front of the TV, eats mostly junk food, eats TONS of processed meats, and absolutely refused to ever get a colonoscopy. I don't believe in blaming the victim, but this man is NOT a victim. He's already cussing about this new #$!%*¥€ !!! study. Perhaps he won't be able to get strangers to feel sorry for him now. I feel very sad that he chose to destroy our future.
BTW no matter what you call the glass, it won't budge from the halfway mark.
Wish I was in Carlsbad too, so lovely!
De
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Lol, well im not
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Blondie is rocking a new picture!! hey, Blondie!! **waving**
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Italychick, I read that article also. And I say:
I'm Stage IV triple negative and I'll eat all the damned steaks and bacon I want! A juicy filet wrapped in bacon sounds really good about right now. Heck when I started my first job I was a waitress in a STEAK house. Should I sue them, too much beef? How about they research triple negative breast cancer, I have a problem with that, not with my dinner. Ugh, they can all bite me...............
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JJOntario - my Mammo results were fine, and I got phone calls from my MO, Gyn and PCP telling me how glad they were. I am relieved, humbled, and sore. Pop those Advil for sure.
Re:bacon shaming, good, intelligent rant/blog posted today by Katie Ford titled More Medical Reporting.
atimeforsuchaword.com
Sweet dreams, Linda
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When it comes to foods that can cause/contribute to cancer, this has been going on for over 40 years. Give it a few years and we will be hearing that the food is ok in moderation. That has been the pattern all these years. An example is saccharine. The amount given to mice was way, WAY off the charts. How come those who do live a healthy lifestyle such as exercise and a vegetarian diet get cancer along side those who do not. Cancer has been found in mummies thousands of years old. Just adding my two cents worth.
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I eat the organic, no nitrite/nitrate bacon and organic free range grass fed beef. But I still don't believe the bacon causes cancer thing. People have been eating it for way too long. My main irritation with the article is do some real research, not say something can contribute to cancer. It reminds me of blaming tropical oils for health issues, then saying eat trans-fats instead. Hello, does anybody remember margarine? Now it is no trans-fats, eat tropical oils. When somebody comes out with real data, I will listen. I feel inflammation causes a lot of health issues, where is the research on inflammation?
Having said that, I do agree with the eat all things in moderation
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I just ignore all of these sensationalized headline studies and use common sense. If you eat bacon morning, noon and night, maybe you will develop cancer. But, most of us don't come close to that. It is expensive to buy good bacon and good beef these days so I don't eat it very often anyway. Never did, never will. Prefer chicken as it is more versatile and often find myself wanting vegetables more than meat in my older age. They just appeal to me as they are so delicious. But, if I want a nice Mid rare NY strip, I'm a gonna eat it, articles and studies be damned.
What we need to concentrate on is stopping all of the crazies who are killing people on college campuses these days. Damaged people running around armed. Ugh!
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