You know you're a cancer patient when....
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...when you have a separate card holder just for doctors' cards --- and even that one is getting full.
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OMG lauri, I have one of those. Also full.
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you have an appointment category in Outlook called "Treatment" to flag all your treatment and doc appointments; and a special default ring tone that identifies all your medical contacts when they call.
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KittyKat Yaahooo!!! Congratulations for being done. Yes!
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...when your surgeon examines your scarred, nipple-less, radiation-discolored breast and marvels at how "well" the surgery turned out. And you agree!
Patty
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Ditto
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I'm celebrating for my friend KittyCat, and I'm celebrating for msmpatty and leisaparis, and at the same time my heart is aching that we have to be here "celebrating" these milestones... I think I'd give just about anything to make this go away for all the wonderful ladies here. ((((Hugs)))) to all my sisters.
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YKYACP when you get a CT Scan because you can't breathe and are then relieved because it's "only" a pulmonary embolism.
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YKYACPW-you're absolutely loving the new Shawn Mullins song, "Light You Up", but as much as you love it, you can only think of a bad PET scan when you hear the chorus and the title.
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When you have an appointment with the plastic surgeon for final confirmation and the insurance company still hasn't okayed it yet. Come on people, surgery is just 8 days away. He did say if they are late in approving we would just push it back a week. May sound easy for him, but I had to jump a lot of hoops to set this shit up. I would have to start all over with FMLA papers and Short Term Disability. I hope they get this shit straight soon.
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YKYACP when you go on a cancer board and feel so at home that you start arguing about politics!
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YKYACP when you finally give in and admit that you can no longer manage the cleaning of your floors and need help and the help is organised through Paliative Care Services.
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I was reading about MRI's and how hormones (ovarian and HRT) affect what shows up. There is a category of abnormality called UBO (Unidentified Breast Objects). I kid you not!
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YKYACP - when you live from Doctor's appointment to Doctor's appointment! And you walk into your own kitchen and pause for 5 wondering what the heck you wanted to do! Ugh! I feel 90!
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YKYACPW- Your favorite baseball team is the Yankees and when your friends talk about their favorite team, the Mets....it doesn't mean the same thing anymore.
Gitane- "Unidentified Breast Objects" UBOs Who knew??? This whole adventure has felt like science fiction to me! -
OMG yes!
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Unidentified Breast Objects! I've not heard that one before
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preparing myself for a tellin off from my chemo nurses for getting a new tattoo lol,i just couldnt wait til january tho,it seems soooo far away.
I know its sooo shallow but i cant wait til i finished chemo n my hair grows bk,hopefully ill have hair for when i go out for my b.day in april,never thought losing my hair would bother me much but it really does, its a major part of your femininity(well it is for me) stopped goin on nites out as some pissed up idiot always pulls my wig off,sick of the pity looks off ppl too.
Its right tho,as soon as i see a woman with a scarf on i automatically think she must be having chemo,its like bieng a member of some mad secret society!
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when you realize that any new shirts need to have collars on them because your neck get cold with no hair!
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blossom I totally get the missing hair thing. it's a major part of us and I did not like walking around bald at all - I was NOT a pretty bald woman! there are some - I've seen them - but not me. and I also look at every woman with a scarf and assume she's getting chemo - I've approached some and talked with them - I've never regretted doing that, I met some cool women. not all BC patients, some other cancers, but sisters nonetheless. leis I hope things work out for you surgery wise hon.
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YKYACP when your DH points out that the only cleavage I have now is the crack on my rear. That comment took the conversation to a very strange place ....
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YKYACP when you get a BMX so you don't have to worry about UBOs and aliens!
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YKYACP when you just checked your butt crack in the mirror to see if it compared to what you lost....it did!!! I STILL have cleavage! Woo hoot!
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when you have to chuckle at the image of hundreds of BCO sistas checking their butts in the mirror.
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when you realize what a cold world it really is without hair, and how much hats really mean to bald men!!
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ykyacp when you count the days to the next visit to one of your many doctors! LOL
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ykyacpw even though you know what those initials stand for, you find yourself saying it out loud each time you read it!
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ykyacpw your doctor says 'you have BC but if you are lucky you will only have to have surgery and take a pill for 5 years!' Real easy...
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You lose the soap in the little indent from node removal when you're in the shower!
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Adey: lol. That hasn't happened to me ... yet!
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