Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

NOBODY from the dealership has called me today, on either my landline or cell! I just called and was told “Service is busy, can you leave your number and we’ll get back to you?” I asked how busy, and they replied “we have cars lined up out the door, and it’s lunch hour.” I told them that my car's been there since last night so I am actually at the head of the line and they’d better jump me ahead. “We’ll get back to you as soon as possible,” the operator replied. REALLY??? They haven’t even checked the drop-box and paperwork????!!! Obviously, the car won’t be finished today. I need a loaner (and my service plan includes it) NOW. If I don’t hear from them by 2pm I’m just going up there and parking myself at the service desk (while my ride parks in the lot) and demanding an answer....and a loaner. This is the first time their service has been anything but stellar (and yesterday, their operator was so sullen and surly she acted like I was asking her to fix the car herself when I asked to be transferred to sales (to whom the service guy yesterday afternoon promised to instruct them to hold a loaner for me should I arrive after service was closed). They recently finished their expansion (to double their previous size), so I guess their britches are no longer big enough.....

I am about to play the senior-citizen and cancer cards--a last resort, but at least it got me a tow truck before midnight.

Well, I guess it’s really a Mercury-retrograde kinda week. About 2:30 pm I managed to get ahold of a service tech, and he said that the dropbox was empty but he would walk the lot to find the car and get back to me. I had visions of it having been dropped off on the street (that part of Skokie doesn’t have street parking) and towed away by the police, or even tag-teamed and stolen (via jumpstart and hotwire). While I was waiting for him to call me back, I called (on my cell) the towing co. The operator spoke to the driver from last night, and hey took photos of the car: one as he was leaving my garage, one of it on the flatbed and one of it dropped off at the service bay door at the dealership. I called the service dept. back and they put me on hold. Then I got the call-waiting beep--the service tech had found my car.....going through the car wash, because it had been attended to this morning. It WAS a dead battery, so they gave me a new one; and they found the fuse panel cover beneath my seat and reinstalled it. Cost? Zero. They said that even if a dome light had been left on all night, a 3-yr-old battery shouldn’t have become so thoroughly depleted that it wouldn’t hold a charge--so they considered it defective and replaced it under my 5-yr warranty. The tow was free too.

So I have removed Subaru Roadside Assistance, Evanston Subaru, and North Shore Towing from my “fecal scroll."

I love my keyless Prius and am so spoiled with just pushing a button to start the engine that occasionally I forget to put the key in my purse! The mileage is almost to 10,000 miles. It sat in the car port and was never started for three months last summer. When we returned home, it started right away with no problem. I hope that reliability continues. I also enjoy the Bluetooth feature, the built-in GPS, and back up camera.

We have had two long and safe days of travel and are in Mason City, Iowa, tonight. DH downloaded an interesting crime novel on his I-Phone and we have been listening to it the same way you would listen to an audio book. We keep the phone hooked up to a car charger to prevent using up the battery. It makes the time pass to listen to an interesting book. We should hear the conclusion tomorrow.

I just finished a really fascinating novel by Jonathan Kellerman on my Kindle. The title is The Murderer's Daughter.

We hope to arrive at our MN destination tomorrow.

"One tree can start a forest. One smile can begin a friendship. One hand can lift a soul. One word can frame the goal. One candle can wipe out darkness. One laugh can conquer gloom. One touch can show you care. One life can make the difference, be that one today."

-- Author Unknown

hi all- haven't been on in a few weeks- find that I am depressed- spoke to therapists and although I can intellectualize the reasons why I'm depressed and why I have reasons to be happy just can't shake this feeling- I'm on Arimidex and grateful for this "insurance" policy but really feeling down- I exercise daily and have wonderful friends but just keep crying- what do you ladies do to help yourselves

Nanagirl, Sometimes a month or two of an anti-depressant can make the world look better again. Have you gotten through the anger phase? Sometimes depression is really anger underneath. After all, you've looked after your body for years, and then had it turn on you.

An oldie but a goodie because it is so easy to forget:

If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous

Puffin,

Ramonica60, Hi and Welcome!!

This week was in the 80's with fireflies flashing at night.

Good morning,

It was a bit of a wild day yesterday. After work I had a lot of errands and the rain chose a part of the latter time period to really come down. Yes, I did ( even though I know its silly ) worry about my car and getting it wet inside. Fortunately I had purchased a blanket for the back interior so was able to fit all my purchases in there and keep the rest of the car dry.

Sometimes I am so glad for some of my "problems" which are not much of a problem at all. I'm saying an extra prayer and sending positive energies for all those who have major things to deal with right now and in the future. We will have some more rain today -- already had some this a.m. and likely more will come this afternoon. Well, we just have to keep going I think.

Puffin, what great news for you. These are some of the positive ( make you feel good right down to your toes as you breathe a sigh of relief ) aspects of getting through treatment -- and always nice when a Dr. says -- you don't need me anymore.

I hope you are all going to have a really nice day.

Jackie

Sandy, Kept getting you don't drive it enough, needs a new battery, after 2 months for this battery! Decided to look for a new car, started at Chevy and we blth like a key driven Trax. Traded the cruise on Chesapeake Bay that we had to cancel, due to DH kidneystone , for a new car. They brought the old one over from the Mitsubisi dealership and we drove home in the new car. Never drove any car after I retired 6 years ago, any more often , and never had a problem with any other. Hopefully this one will work out. They had it a week, no loaner, only rentals!

Hot and steamy here, no plans, tomorrow supposed to get storm Bonnie and a lot of rain. Dh kidney stone must hopefully have past, now its just his back problems. Getting old is such fun!

My brother's wife died this morning. She'd was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer a year after Craig died, battled hard, recently stopped chemo and it spread like wildfire. Two weeks ago the doctor told her she had less than 6 months, yesterday she was comatose and gone this morning. The funeral is tentatively set for Thursday. I'll drive to Burnsville Wednesday and Dad and I will drive to Wisconsin Thursday. I don't know that I have the strength for another funeral so soon. Mom died, Craig died, breast cancer, Lew died, and now Julie. It's just all so much.

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Puffin,

Sending what strength I can. I am so sorry for your brother's and your loss as well as the rest of your family. We never know why we are tested in certain ways. Sending as much healing energies and light as I can.

Jackie

I'm so sorry Puffin........ sometimes it's just like our world is falling apart.... so many things happen, and there is just no reason or understanding.

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