Bonfire of the Goddesses

May I???  All those beautiful, lacy, sexy bras that I used to wear.  Aquaphor - why do they push that stuff on us anyway?  It's awful!  And people who've never had cancer who say "oh, you're lucky.  You didn't have chemo, ONLY had radiation".  I know I'm lucky but I don't want to hear it from someone who thinks they know what they're talking about.

Thank you!  I will be back soon I'm sure!  Great thread, I love it. 

I am tossing in half used bottles of miscellaneous meds leftover from all the surgeries and chemos. I am sick of pill bottles toppling around in my cabinets...I never used more than a few pills, they all seemed to make me worse.

This next one is slightly 2 steps to the left...but wow, the thought of casting her off makes me feel much better....I have an ex-friend that needs a good tanning. We had been good friends, I thought. She called me at the height of radiation when my skin was literally falling off (and I was gobbling whatever was in any handy pill bottle) and proceeded to tell me about how terrible my 10 year old daughter was...that she had seen her wearing make-up to school....saying bad words...etc. All of which was fabricated by HER 10 year old. I dont want to throw her 10 year old in....I think its the mom that should have been a little more on top of things. Its amazing as I look back through this past year at how superficial some of my relationships have been. She recently sent an email "Luv ya honey!" Blech.

This experience teaches you who your real friends are...which has been wonderful. (I would have preferred hearing about it in a hallmark card to the cancer experience, but I will look for the silver lining wherever)

I am also tossing in the pink wristbands my friends and family have been wearing. We replaced them with yellow "LIVESTRONG" ones. (If I already tossed these in and can't remember...then please ask me to toss in my chemo brain too, LOL!"

My sister who said I didn't have the "bad" cancer because I didn't (didn't qualify!) have chemo or rads! And she was a nurse! We haven't spoken since. She's mad at ME for gettting upset! She's 54...only a year older than me and never took my cancer seriously. Seriously.

There! That'll burn for a while, she's a chubby one!

I want to throw my behind in the fire.

Because according my family and friends they always say Cancer is behind you now.

(((jo)))

Here is the girl I told in confidence I though on the day I found out.  The next day at work everyone knew!  She does work there any more by the way. 

Here's velcro tube tops from my surgeries, there's 4 of them.

I love this thread.  I will throw in a acquantance also that zaps my energy.  She came to see me the day after surgery and brought me this awful platter things she had painted.  She whirled in and ask me how I was feeling and before I could even tell her she started telling me all about her horrible marriage.  For the next two hours that is all I listened.  I could not get her to leave and I was in pain.  Finally my DH came home and saw what was going on and got her to leave. Have not heard from her since. So in the fire she goes.

Here's the ignorant person who called in a complaint to the health Department about our senior center kitchen and specifically about me.  Along with many bogus complaints about kitchen conditions she stated I was very sick and continued to work there, risking infection for anyone eating there.  And yes, she knew I was being treated for cancer. 

chabba...you were actually risking your own health for being in a closed area with people.

What now they started to think we are contagious or something.

Peace.

Hi,

I so love reading this thread. It is do great that we can now laugh at things which we took so seriously a while ago..my precious wig, my red hat, my meds, my  fake boobs,

Oh yes yesterday I threw out the red bag given to me at the Feel Good, Look Good, thing..I should have thrown it in the fire here.

I too would throw in my fears which always reappear when I go to the doctor.

Chala..how can some women can be so stupid...You should have reported her for ignorance.

Hugs,

Francine

I wanna throw in the outragous insurance costs that I have to pay!!!!!  Its a huge joke!!!!!  My insurance is trying to suck the life right outa me, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Ahhh Barbe-what a nice thing-the simple realization that you were in a group who didn't define you by your diagnosis!  I'm glad the bear's not going in!