You know you're a cancer patient when....
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you know the names of every stool softner and just how to mix em
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You have to clear out a new space in your cabinets just for supplements
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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.
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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.
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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!!
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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)
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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.
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You have both a heater and a fan in your office to take care of the sudden temperature swings due to tamox.
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You are using your insurance card more than your credit cards.
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You have much less hair than your husband.
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When you have no hesitation to wip off your top so a stranger can examine what is left of your chest.
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mumayan, been there, done that to show off my tattoos
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You know you're a cancer patient when your dog gets more haircuts than you do
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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.................
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when you are checking in the mirror about how long your hair is at least once a day.
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When the closest thing to you when sitting in your arm chair is a pair of tweezers for the chin hair.
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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.
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.....you get excited about having to shave your legs!!!
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...when you take your fluids intravenously!
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........when you walk and talk like your grandmothers' grandmother.
Sheila.
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...when people of all ages start calling you "dear".
Great thread!!!!
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...when playing a mild game of Wii golf with your kid gives you severe lymphadema!
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when you don't know whether to laugh or cry hysterically from these posts....
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"when everybody knows your name" at the tx center
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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!
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When you really want to put your Facebook status as "I pooped today!"
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When every 3 months your eyelashes and eyebrows thin AGAIN!
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When you buy volumnizing shampoo for your crotch hair.
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Oh what a great idea! Volumizing shampoo!
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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).
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