Gallows/Black Humor

Every morning I wake up and say "Crap. I'm still here." And then I take a deep breath and say "Well, let's just make the best of it." So this morning, between the "Oh, crap...." thought and the "Well, let's..." thought, DH started gently rubbing my painful back and ribs, and I had this fleeting thought: Oh, crap .... well, DH is the toilet paper cleaning up for me, because I sure started feeling better, less "crappy"! So I now call DH just TP. I started laughing and he wasn't sure why. I'm actually wondering if he is better than TP, maybe some of that Cottonelle stuff that is supposed to finish the job ....

TP does he know hahaha===and u 2 are very lucky with smart choices to have 2 good husbands. Oh I had 2 husbands, but good wasn't in the equation.

Tina

So happy to have found this page!  I've been told I don't treat my BC seriously enough.  But I live my life by something I saw on a fridge magnet (seriously!) that said "if you can laugh at it, you can live with it."  And it's my way of coping.  And I've always had a rather sarcastic sense of humour.  My friend Stacey had rectal cancer.  She's a health physicist, specialising in radiation.  When she asked the tech about the dose and he told her, she said, "That's a butt full of radiation!"  We were considering writing a book about our cancer journey.  She wanted to call it "Every journey is your own", I wanted to subtitle it "tits and ass".    (hope that's not too offensive to anyone).  

My oncologist has a great sense of humour too.  The original oncologist (David) told me to plan for hospice and that I'd have maybe 2 or 3 years.  The new one says he thinks 10 to 15 is a reasonable expectation.  When I saw him before Christmas and my scans were good, he said, "Do me a favour.  Send David a Christmas card every year and tell him 'I'm still here!'"  

I was talking to 3 friends and they were wondering how I was, etc., and we were discussing cancer.  And one said, "It's everywhere...do you know that one in four of us is likely going to die of cancer?"  And I said, "well, I guess that would be me - so glad I can take one for the team!"  The person who said it was a bit embarassed, but we all cracked up laughing.

Keep smiling everyone!

I'm sorry of course--but I don't think anything is offensive and I always think laughter is best anyway, Good stories and I know my GF wanted me to write  book--why does everyone want a book--but mine would be laughing my way thru cancer and I would not capitalize cancer ever. It's not worthy of a big letter. Keep it up ladies.

Nel - I LOVE your new motto !!!!

Nel, I am with you on that one!

I started radiation this week and unexpectedly, it put me in some gnarly pain.  I was laying in bed, trying to find a position I could handle, crying at times and my husband kept asking what he could do to help.  I answered with,"I want to move to Oregon".  Of course he had no idea what I was talking about.  Probably thought the pain pills we're make me delirious.  When The pain finally subsided a bit, I explained that Oregon was a Right to Die state and I was making a joke, sorta.  He's usually on board with our sick humor about this cancer crap, but he was a little squeamish on this one.  

Vadre we all get u, believe me.

Romansma--I was laughing just reading I want to live in Oregon--I'm sorry that this is difficult for u tho.

I wonder if the IRB let it through that way?  Sudden cardiac death would indeed be a contraindication for most trials.

Linda, so funny--This is something that always cracks me up when they have a commercial for a drug and it sounds great then they start the SE's and they list like 25 getting worse each time, then they end with or death... Yea I'm going to run right to the Doc for these new meds.

Brenda--freakin hilarious!

love it!