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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited February 2011

    prayrv that is too funny!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited February 2011
    I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE...
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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2011

    This should be good!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited February 2011
                           
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  • SHAZBERNJESS
    SHAZBERNJESS Member Posts: 13
    edited February 2011

    HI I WENT TODAY TO SEE THE CONSULTANT,I WAS SO NERVEOUS,BUT SHE WAS SO NICE AND SAID SHE FELT IT WOULD BE BEST TO DO A HYSTEROSCOPY UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA,JUST TO MAKE CERTAIN,I AM HAVEING IT IN 3 WEEKS,I FEEL A LOT BETTER TALKING TO HER.

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited February 2011

    ELI!!! Hysterical!!

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  • leisaparis
    leisaparis Member Posts: 587
    edited February 2011

    Thanks for the advanced warning elimar

    shaz...good luck

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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited February 2011

    Elimar-too funny!!!!!!!!!!

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited February 2011
    Dang it! I can't view it at work....must be really bad to have our firewall stop it. Surprised
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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited February 2011

    Elimar - When you apologized in advance, I knew it would be something way too funny!

    Thanks for the warning. 

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited February 2011

    E-so precious - thanks a bunch!

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  • fmakj
    fmakj Member Posts: 1,278
    edited February 2011

    Just popping my head back in today to wish you all a Happy Valentines Day!!  (VD day to Eph!)  Love the pic Elimar.... it's stuff like that that always keep coming back!! Hahahahaha

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  • Sandeeonherown
    Sandeeonherown Member Posts: 1,946
    edited February 2011

    Carly- you will soon be back on that motorcycle and your kids on their way....

    Dawney- How did today's appointment go? You ok?

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited February 2011

    RANT WARNING-----RANT WARNING-----RANT WARNING----READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

    Does anyone besides me really dislike those automated/computerized reminder phone calls that everyone seems to be using these days?  Today I got 3 of them, one from the PCP office reminding me of my blood work appointment next week, one from the dentist's office, and one from the eye doctor.  Next week I'll get another one from the PCP reminding me about my physical the week after that.  The only doc who DOESN"T use an automated system is my Med Onc, they have a live person call and either talk to me or leave a message.  I HATE them.  I am not an anonymous piece of something on an assembly line, I'm a human being and I expect to get medical care from trained human beings, not computerized systems.  I HATE answering the phone and getting that mechanical voice.  I HATE it when I get one of those long meandering mechanical voices on my answering machine, usually starting in the middle of the message so I can't tell who the call is from anyway.  I am going on a rampage and demanding to be removed from all these mechanical callers.  If reminding me is so important to the doc, they can have a real person do it.  There is absolutely no reason that I can't be treated like a human being and and am going to demand just that.  So there.  

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited February 2011

    The automated call saves worker time, so that they can be more personable and attentive to you (and all patients) when you are there at the office visit.

    BWAAAAAAAAAAAA----HAAAAAAAAAAA---HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

    Hate 'em too!

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited February 2011

    Yeah, right.  And I've got a bridge in New York for sale, too. 

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  • susantm
    susantm Member Posts: 184
    edited February 2011

    Oh, goodness, what a busy thread today. And elimar, you certainly added a note of interest with that picture... Wink

    My dad is evidence that smoking causes cancer. He tried to quit many times, finally did after my mother died of lung cancer (even though hers was the kind usually caused by exposure to asbestos, and she did not smoke). However, the damage was done. Besides emphysema, he has had kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and lung cancer, as well as skin cancer, but the last one isn't caused by the smoking. The others all are. Amazingly enough, he's still doing well at age 88, although he does have to go for dialysis three times a week. Think how healthy he might be if he hadn't smoked!

    That said, his strength in getting through all the operations and treatments has been an inspiration to me as I have gone through my little cancer.

    Happy Valentine's Day, all!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited February 2011
    My husband (o.k., I'll say DH for once, since it is a "special occasion") is making dinner right now, but I already spoiled my appetite (like a 5 year old!) with the chocolates he got for me!  SurprisedEmbarassedTongue out
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  • susantm
    susantm Member Posts: 184
    edited February 2011

    Chocolates can not spoil an appetite. They fulfill the appetite...or something like that...

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  • suzwes
    suzwes Member Posts: 1,740
    edited February 2011

    E and Prayerrv - you two had me laughing so hard. The picture is hilarious and VD???  Especially funny cause the head of Johns Hopkins college of public health spoke at my conference this morning and they now call everything STI's.  VD shows our age just a little bit!

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited February 2011

    Barbe, thanks, I did not know that.  My liver levels are checked every 6 mos though, and I've been doing the chondro for the better part of 3 years.  My onc is pretty fussy about making sure she knows everything I'm on and what doses, etc., but I'll bring that up specifically when I see her in March or April. 

     Cary, you're definitely caught in that horrible sandwich.  I hope things work out with your kids. Try to keep the dialogue open even when they don't seem to want to hear. It's amazing what sinks in.  Maybe a book for them to read might help?  Hugs

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  • dawney
    dawney Member Posts: 211
    edited February 2011

    Hello ladies - the biopsy went fine, I appreciate your thoughts and prayers.  The lump was so calcified and hard the doctor had to use two types to needles to even get a sample and I am a little sore from all the pushing.  Now just waiting on the results.

    Happy Valentines Day everyone!

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited February 2011

    Happy Valentines day Ladies. 

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  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,640
    edited February 2011

    Cary- we are all here for you...we can't control our kids reactions...my 30 year old son and I finally talk about it now and I am grateful for that. Poor guy was terrified. I have not hid my bad days...nor my good ones. I am lucky as I see him everyday- he works for me! Oddly enough, he was the best of my entire team-really pulle dout all of the stops while I was down (or when I am down). Made this old gal proud. They're tougher than we think.I think it is the first time he has ever seen me put myself first like I have been forced to.

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  • lynniea
    lynniea Member Posts: 611
    edited February 2011

     I have a 19 year old daughter who does not say much about the cancer.  She does tell me to be possitive about it.  We are planning to go to Maine to visit my niece this weekend.  I wont a few days  away from home before I start my treatment.  I am going to see my sister and cousin who we are very close to.  I hope we can work this out to go. I know once we start treatment I won't be able to go to far.

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  • walker2222
    walker2222 Member Posts: 558
    edited February 2011

    My 15 knows just the right time to ask how I'm feeling. I know at that moment he thinks about my. We don't talk about BC but I as well do not hide my bad days. He brings the groceries in for me, opens stuff and built a step stool for me in wood shop. He's a keeper even on his bad days. DH is great too but he's suppose to be!

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  • Valjean
    Valjean Member Posts: 1,898
    edited February 2011

    Shazbernjess ~ I wanted to reply to your post from several hours ago. I am happy that you have a plan in place for the surgery. It feels good doesn't it, to know what will be done? Sending strength. Please keep us posted.

    Caryle ~ Welcome.

    dawney ~ Keeping good thoughts for B9 results. (hug)

    NM ~ I get those automated calls, too. Press 1 for this, press 2 for that. I had one just tonight wanting me to call them to set up a time to deliver my med prescription. Just send it! Why do I have to call you? So you can ask me how I'm doing?? (they have done this before) You are not my Dr, you are only my pharmacist!!!! I was getting one about a year ago: The phone rang, I picked it up & said, "Hello? ........ Hello??" I hung up because I didn't hear anything. The next day, the same thing happened. And the next day the same thing happened, only this time I stayed on the line longer & it was that darn computer reminding me of an upcoming appt. I remember when a Human used to call. At least my Onc's office doesn't do that.

    ((lynniea))

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  • Kleenex
    Kleenex Member Posts: 764
    edited February 2011

    I have to say that I can be a little bit "ADD." So I find it useful to receive calls to remind me about upcoming appointments, whether it's an obnoxious automated voice or a clueless receptionist type. Also, I long to get a job as the voice that says things like, "Welcome to Walgreens touch-tone prefill service! Para servicio en Espanol, oprina el numero nueve." I therefore must be supportive of those types of systems. :)

    That said, it would be REALLY annoying to have a whole bunch of those calls in one day. Frankly, though, what tends to get me is having to have all of those appointments in the first place... I miss the days when an occasional random check-up was enough, and nothing would be found and we weren't watching for anything and if we DID find something, we could make it go away with a simple prescription that had minimal if any side effects. Those were the days...

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  • TMarina
    TMarina Member Posts: 692
    edited February 2011

    Hi Ladies--beenout of town for a few days, so just catching up.  Will keep those having tests and newly dx in my prayers!

    One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was tell my 3 daughters about my cancer.  But after we got over the tears, and I got past that first awful surgery (colon resection --18" removed), we found things to laugh about.  There is nothing they can't joke about--all is fair game!  We had fun playing the "C card"  (like getting my way where I wanted to go eat!), and my youngest would jokingly use the "c card" to get her way with friends (they knew she was joking). With BC there are plenty of boob jokes (like the new young, firm, breasts I will have if I do recon).  If you can laugh at yourself, your kids will laugh with you!

    I would like to add that I know not everyone feels like laughing, especially at first--so not meant to offend anyone. I have been yelled at in the past for finding a silver lining, and laughing (not on this thread).  Sometimes I just walk around with my foot in my mouth!

    Have a lovely day ladies!!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited February 2011

    You know, there really is no "correct' way to get yourself through B/C or live with B/C, and families usually have a way to work through it. 

    Some of the grown kids seem aloof, or too self-absorbed, to react to what you are going through.  That's what I thought anyway but now, in hindsight, I think they are "observing" it all.  If you are able to show determination, ask questions, show that you are a fighter, this lesson will be passed on and one day your kids may have to face a health crisis and you would want them to have that spirit in them.  I'm not recommending that anyone put on the Superwoman Cape, just keep it real.  We are not done being role models yet.

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