OMG They Found the Cure for Stupid

I'm here...trying to not get "extra crispy" during my radiation...

my social worker deserves an award, for sure! he has been so helpful and caring throughout this whole process, from being the "go between" between my disability insurance company and the doc so i didn't have to do so much of the paperwork and such, he is so knowledgeable and did so much so my husband and I didn't have to worry about it on top of everything else.

he deserves something special..... maybe some cupcakes!!

We need more of this!

Gaynorl -

Your post makes me wonder about the origins of some of the themes/motifs? woven through this thread. I can't speak to asparagus or aluminum foil hats - but I am pretty sure the chicken originated with someone criticizing the non-serious nature of the thread - referring to the posters as cackling hens - and that was enough to inspire the hilarity and invention which has ensued on that theme. Hats ( aluminum) off to the ladies who make laughter out of disparaging remarks and who refuse to lose their senses of humor in the face of BC. Cackle on!

Julie E

Thanks Sas and Angel.  I supervise many social workers and continue to fight to have just one dedicated for out-patient oncology and radiation to be able to do all those things you mentioned.  I love what I do.

It will soon be time for an update to the CURE recipe...keep those suggestions coming in! Wouldn't want to leave out anything...

I was very lucky to have an amazing social worker assigned to help me right from the date of my first visit to the Cancer Centre.  She offered fantastic advise, support and practical help - turly outstanding.  I am amazed to hear that not every cancer centre offers this service as a standard of care.  This whole journey can be a minefield and we need someone there to help guide us through.  I did wonder when we were first introduced why I was being given a social worker but within minutes I fully understood how useful she was going to be.  Even now when I return for my 6 monthly check ups we always find time for a chat to catch up.  I have a friend in Alberta who has just started on the cancer journey for lymphoma and I was surprised when she told me she had not been assigned a social worker, not standard practice at the centre she attends.  These people are truly amazing in their knowledge and compassion and should be rewarded on a daily basis!

guess who is getting plastered this weekend???

ME!!!

IT'S MY 30TH BIRHTDAY SUNDAY! WOOT WOOT!!!!

i'm partying from sunday till my wedding anniversary (june 6th) cause i go back to work on the 8th!

party in the henhouse starts at 2:30 on sunday! (although i will be at the other henhouse a.k.a. the bar!!!!)

I had a neighbor come by two nights ago wanting me to go with her to a Doctor that cures everything with Magnets.  I very graciously told her I don't have faith in Magnets and declined to go with her.  She was surprised that I wouldn't jump at the chance to get cured!  Talk about stupid! She really believes that placing a magnet on my cancer is going to cure it.

Emily and TheGood5 - hang in there chickies, "one day at the time" I clucked to myself the whole way through.  Before you know it, it will all be over and you'll be looking just like the rest of us, cluck, cluck

Haha..I need my eyes checked...I first read "magnets" as maggots...

Then I thought teepee meant TP as in toilet paper...until I saw the next post and the picture...( try to imagine a toilet paper cure..from behind the Hen House...yikes)

Maybe I have had one too many Chicken Cocktails...

Maggots, did i miss something? I thought we were trying (more like NOT trying) magnets... well i suppose if your cancer was cause by too much iron tablets????   Naty41 (welcome!) your response was very poilte and controlled!

HD-Angel. happy birthday, girl, you know life begins at....  soon! Get on with it, can't afford to waste any more time Have a good one! I'm thinking that if you party for that long at a stretch then you maybe won't be back at work for an extra week or two, be gentle on yourself

Toilet paper, well there was a lot of Bounty involved early on. Which caused great amusement to those of us me included in countries where Bounty is a coconut based chocolate bar.

Edit: Emily, I just re-read your post, i get it now, sorry. Standing reprimanded in the corner, looking for North of course bc of the magnets in my bloodstream and wondering if we are safe, lighting a fire inside a tent. I think it's past my bedtime....

i think aluminium is exempt from magnetism? i know UK coin-metal is, and gold and silver.