Here's what cheezed me off today

wambles LOL. Not always that good. I think over time we all have a old bag of memories of what we wish we would have said to someone, that was just down right mean. I'm getting better with age at saying it at the time.

ndgrrl, I think I would have said, "I'm rubber and you're glue, now BC can come get you!"

My best friend was just told that a shoulder replacement would be necessary to give her back full motion. Someone she told about that said "Lots of people lose an arm and learn to use the other one for everything. It's not a big deal." I think she should say, "I would slap you right now for saying that if it wouldn't make my shoulder worse." Or use Linda's technique: stare at the person for a long time, then say, why did you say that?

Hahaha!! Reminds me of the Genie of the Lamp.. One rub on the buckle, and poooooof!! Out floats Sas to set the Stupids straight

People say the stupidest things!!!    What is wrong with saying,,,, "oh, I'm so sorry to hear that."   

Hi everyone, Thank you thank you for all the laughs and suggestions on what to do with rude people. Seems I have ran into them from day one of being diagnosed. When I told my boss I was diagnosed with breast cancer and would be gone for awhile- she looked at me and basically said she didn't want me gone and that she thought they could give me a pill for it!!  After I called in when I got so very sick from radiation and ended up in the hospital she told my other co-workers I was faking it and that radiation didn't make you sick. Not sure where she got her information since she has not ever had radiation.  To top it off when I went to return from work they had eliminated my job saying I had been gone too long so they gave my duties away- but if I wanted a new job with extra duties, plus most of my old ones and only 3 hours a day they would give me that. UMMM NOOO.. 

I do wish I had a Genie that I could rub a magic latern that he would appear and throw that woman in Lake Superior and maybe the 45 degree water would freeze her mouth shut. As for my ex boss- for just one day I would have liked her to feel as rotten as I did after radiation so she would know that I was not" faking" it. 

Janett, yes you and I do have nearly the same DX.. Can I ask you why they also checked 9 nodes in you?  For me he said he couldn't find the sentinel blue node so he started to just take out everything and thank goodness he did finally find it. My scar is not the best under my arm and it hurt far far worse then the lumpectomy and wow did I bruise!!

I am on Tamoxifen and its been ok. I do take a low dose Effexor to keep away the night warm ups, and it does help.  I am one year cancer free and happy happy happy     2 months after I was diagnosed my sister also was diagnosed, I had bugged her to get a mammogram. I also had a niece diagnosed 2 months before me at age 33 and a first cousin 4 months before her at age 45.

I was tested for BRACA 1 and 2 and also another genetic test because of a sister passing at age 44 with stomach cancer- but I have been testing negative so they do not know why all of a sudden we all got cancer at the same time.

Thanks again everyone , you all made me smile.  I also wish I could have SAS in my pocket !!  

ndgrrl, to answer your question about my 9 lymph nodes, my BS explained it this way. During a mastectomy sometimes they take out more lymph nodes than planned because some of the nodes are scattered out in the breast tissue. They are not all just in a line under the arms. I had 5 on the left and 4 on the right that were removed "accidentally" along with breast tissue. They all tested negative. 

Edited to add: as I reread my post, I realized my stats should say 0/10 lymph nodes because the left sentinel was removed during lumpectomy, then later 9 were removed during BMX. I will change my stats, not that it's a big deal. I like to be accurate though. :-)

Oh my goodness Morweena- that is terrible.  

After my hysterectomy they placed me on the maternity wing and at 38 I found hearing the lullaby playing each time a new baby was born and it only hit me harder that I no longer could have children.  Later when I could eat a full menu again I called the café to order my dinner and asked for a Mountain Dew only to be told-- Are you a nursing mother?   I really wish they had some way to tell the people in the nutrition dept, who are new moms and who are surgery patients as that did hit home harshly.

My hubby was in the waiting room allowing me to sleep and a new expectant dad was in the waiting room hurriedly knitting some lil blue booties. The father looked at my husband and said.. " My wife just had a baby boy, what did your wife have?"  My hubby said a hysterectomy.  Poor new father just sat there shocked.

I really wish in these small town hospitals they could place woman who have hysterectomy's in a different area than the maternity floor but it is what it is.  Just glad I do not have to do it again.

nd,

that is just totally inhumane of them to have done that to you! I would have had someone's head for it!

Yipes!

sounds good to me!

rohanna -  Enjoy the takeout and the old movies!  Nothing has cheezed me off today either...yippee! 

No anti-hormonal or inhibitor drugs for me either rohanna.  Also, maybe I'm just a bad ass, but I'm not nervous in the least.    We did our surgery, our chemo and our rads... if all of that didn't get it then who the heck really knows what combo works best for each individual.  I'll take stable mental and physical health over those drugs any day.  I'm not knocking anyone else here, just being happy to move on with damage to my body fairly minimal.