Here's what cheezed me off today

Welcome back Rohanna from what sounds like hell and beyond!  It almost seems like after we've been thorough BC, we can handle just about anything.  Although sounds like you had a lot of shit to deal with ;-).  We're glad you're back.  This has been quite the week of cheeze for me.  I'm not sure you really want to be caught up, but what the heck.

I had a new window put in my house and it took them 4 tries before it was done right.  That meant 4 times I had to take the time off for them to do their thing.  Just when the window finally was taken care of, my washing machine broke.  It was a $200 part and for once I really didn't want to fix it myself so I called a company to do it.  It took them over 2 weeks and 2 wrong parts before that was done.  I've got a family of 4 so you can only imagine the laundry situation we were going through.  So here I am thinking I can take a family vacation and since this is 2 years since the beginning of the BC crap, I was ready for some fun.  Heck... I even have a nice head of hair now :-).  But, nooooooooooooooooo... my house gets a slab leak!  I had one last year and almost had a nervous breakdown.  This isn't as bad since I've been there, done that, but WTF!!!  Now I have to get someone out to install a value so I can shut off the water to my house and not my garden in case the work isn't finished by my vacation next week.  Oh well, hope I sleep a bit better tonight.  Water to my house has been off for two days and we are in the middle of a heat wave.

Off to take a sponge bath!

I've been told to burn sage after my mother-in-law visits to clear the bad vibes out :-).  I've actually seen the stuff at our local hippie bookstore.  Since I'm now too old to smoke grass, maybe I should burn it once in awhile (sage that is).

When you meet your old self, tell her I said hi and that I like the new self.  Hey, maybe all our "selves" can get together for a virtual sage burning party!  I truly am going to pick up a batch, patch or wad of sage to help with all my house/plumbing troubles.  I've never burned any, but perhaps it's time :-). 

To smudge, the sage should be dried. Put some in/on a flame proof container and walk it around your house.

Geez! Tell her to come here look around

RO, So, what did we do to cause our cancer? I'm surprised you were able to stay in the chair. But there are so many idiots out there that think this way. Have to admit that I do get cheesed at those that say " I did everything right, didn't drink, didn't smoke, exercised, ate right and I still got cancer". The implication being that we DID do something wrong if we didn't do all the "right things". Haven't voiced that till now, so likely will piss someone off. Banti's Rule! sassy

Sas - you nailed it. I was thinking the same thing. I have an Xfriend who said she wasnt going to get IT either because there was no BC in her family. I told her she needs a reality check because I was told 70% of BC patients do not have a genetic connection. There was no telling her that...she didnt believe it. Told her dont care if she believed it or not it was true. You can choose to believe or not makes no difference to me but dont act like a flipping expert. They dont want to believe it therefore, it isnt true. Not wishing this beast on anyone but I too get tired of the what we did to get the bad "draw." My mother had BC in the late 80s and died a few years ago but not from BC. My sister also has BC; we may be carrying the proverbial gene but regardless we all play the hand we are dealt. I also get offended by people who act like we are lepers and if they get too close they will get IT. The vast majority of people however, are very compassionate but those few that arent are royal pains...diane

Maybe since I got IT, I can find more things to do wrong any suggestions ? My DH(deceased) were dx'd 3 months apart. One person actually said "Where do you Live?"

Diane the genetic card in my the paternal side is staggering. 12/21 women had/ have cancer. The guys have gotten off fairly easy 4/28(--30 as 2 died young). Yet my words go unheed for surveillance of multiple systems. OH well. Yeah the leper bit gets old. Sometimes I've felt like tagging idiots and saying "Oops, now you got IT" That's awful, but it's a nice release.

For Pinktober I'm going to have made and wear a t shirt that says



IM AWARE. FIND THE CURE



I had bmx. I haven't decided on colors yet. Any suggestions?

HaHa funny Sas. I've beat cancer, I still wanna live!!!!



No pink. I like pink, I wear it. Just not then.

Hi Ladies,

I was just reading the boards and thought I could jump in if that is ok. I too have friends that state 'I have no family history of BC, I don't need to check'. I find it so ignorant. BC can happen to anyone, anytime! It also drives me crazy when people expect me to be happy all the time while I am going through chemo! I mean would they be happy having poison injected into their body every three weeks! Anyway I am just having one of those days and I was happy to find this board so I could vent too!

Rocky, I'd have a dip, no a nip if I had one. Yes, highthanmighty land. Good one.  Also good one on the bag use, very good one.

Ro you could decorate them up, i.e  babe ruth bar as in Caddy Shack. Put a sign on them with the appropriate reminder. "You don't know shit about Breast cancer, this is a reminder of what I thought of your opinion."  OH this could be some fun. Any other thoughts about phrases?

PDG---recipes, your good at recipes. Should C&P your ginger tea here Honest, not fooling.

Spookie, same thing, I love pink and coral---they make me glow.  I just don't wear it in OCT. "I've beat cancer, I still want to live" . Better than the ones I had made up---- "Cancer is not a Marketing Opportunity". That one worked good when I stopped at the local insurance office that had a sign "TaTa's insurance sold here" I said read the shirt. The sign was down <2 hours.

"What color do you Associate with Dead, Breast cancer Kills". I was in a dark place when I had that one made up. That's dark. Can't find the third one, I think it was so dark I didn't wear it.