I'm bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.

Alright, I knew it wouldn't take long for me to come up with some "that sucks" moments....

So, a MONTH AGO, I find a computer online for my kids. The one we have is a true dinosaur and the new printer we bought them for Christmas won't even work for it. We are not heavy in the cash department, so I had to scrimp and save for this.  So, I place the order with CIRCUIT CITY online and am promised the computer "sometime" between February 12 and February 29. Time passes...no computer. Finally get someone on the phone last Monday and she promised me a refund within 7-14 business days. That already bugs me because they took the money from my checking account within minutes of my order.  Today, I get an email from CIRCUIT CITY corporate saying that my order has been cancelled and to wait 7-14 business days for my refund. GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! So, I email them back with all the pertinents and add that I am very dissatisfied with the service and the fact that they are holding my $$$ hostage. Leave for a while, come back and...........WHAM~I get ANOTHER email from corporate telling me the order I placed last week (um...WTF????) has been cancelled and the $$ will be refunded in yet ANOTHER 7-14 business days.  I give. All I could think of was to reply with, "Gee, thanks for reminding me why I am complaining and why I will tell all my friends that CIRCUIT CITY customer service is sorely lacking."  FYI:  "sorely lacking" is a phrase I use frequently when I am thinking SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, the cherry on the cake of my day?   After picking the kids up from school and running a couple of errands, I decide to spend $$ I don't really have (thanks CIRCUIT CITY) to buy supper because I'm beat.  We WRITE DOWN the order and my boys go into the restaurant to place the order and wait for it.  So, we make the 30 minute drive home and I'm just wanting to get everyone fed and chill out for the night....little one's dinner (to the tune of 10 bucks!) is NOT in the bags!  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR  I do not have the time, energy (or gas $$) to make an extra trip back to the stinkin' place to get what we ordered IN WRITING in the first place!!!!

Can we all just hold hands and scream, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"??? 

LOL Traci!  That's ok....freaks me out too. And, yep, they're a barrel of laughs!

dhettish said: "None of my clothes fit so I live in sweats. I have not been able to exercise regulary since October though I have really tried. I cannot raise my arms above my head because they are so tight. Then when flossing a front crown popped off on a Friday night, so now I have a missing front tooth! Can I look any worse"

and she said, "I was talking about reconstruction and get the story about the woman who began hers in 2006 and has been through 13 surgeries, an open hole that did not close for 6 weeks. Sheesh people do I look like I want more bad news? I want to ask, "have you had that mole on your face looked at? My friend had one and lost her nose to cancer"

That sucks!  But now I have to go get a papertowel and wipe the tea off the monitor!!!!!!!!!

OK....I'll chime in....

Cancer sucks

Mets sucks

Starting chemo again sucks

breaking into tears at the drop of a fricking hat sucks

trying to be brave sucks

being afraid sucks

most of all statistics SUCK!  I refuse to pay any fricking attention to ANY more stats!

Oh, and how about the "pity face" that so many people make when they hear my cancer is back.  I swear they are not happy until I cry.

Whew...that felt good   I think I have prayed and cussed in about equal measure in the last couple of weeks.....I certainly hope that God has a sense of humor....

Thanks for a great thread

Deb C

A toast to all of us my friend   I'll take that beer....maybe 2

Hugs

Deb C

OK...someone else better grab a cold one or I'm going to be doing my first chemo tomorrow with a virtual hang-over!

Watson,

You crack  me up!!!!!!

Cherryl

Oh, I need this.

BC diagnosis. Some of the first words out of my internist's mouth: throw away the oral contraceptives. Fourteen years of normal cycles gone justlikethat.

Cycles from hell. Cramps. Headaches. PMS like nobody's business. Referral to gynocologist, first word: adenomyosis. SEs - never ending periods, never ending pain. And it will only get worse. The joys of carrying an extra set of clothes in the car. No hormones allowed, thank you BC. Eh, sex is overrated anyway.

I'm gonna add my bitchiness to this thread. Last December when I was scheduled for my nipple surgery I got a call from the hospital billing dept saying that I had not met my deductible for the year and would be responsible to pay $575 up front before they did my surgery. I very politely stated that they were mistaken, I had my bilat surgery in June to the tune of $77,000 bill just from that hospital and I had met not only my deductible but my out of pocket maximum for the year and I was not going to pay them a single dime. The lady on the phone seemed a bit confused and said that she would speak to her supervisor about the mix-up. I told her that she better. Her supervisor called me back 5 minutes later and appoligized for the inconvient phone call.

THEN- The day of surgery, I go in to sign the paperwork about the surgery and the lady in Same-Day Surgery starts into the same thing that I will have to pay $575 that day prior to the surgery. I stopped her in her tracks with the complete list of things I had done at her facility, Sterotactic biopsy in April, bilat surgery (3 day hospital stay) June, Exchange surgery in November. Not to mention all the doctor bills for each procedure. And the fact that I had that particular discussion two days prior with the billing dept and at that time she appoligized for the problem. I wanted the admitting person to call billing and make sure that I was correct. She did not call billing but I watched her shred up the statement in my file that said I needed to pay up front.

I'm glad that I have not had any procedures done in the hospital since then.

Sheila

Hope you all don't mind a newbie jumping in. I'm back at work now and spend most of my day smiling at people and telling them I'm doing fine. In truth, no as a matter of fact, I don't love my hair, I was happy with the stuff I had before chemo. Everytime I began to believe things are finally going well, I get a new symptom, injury side effect. I was so clumsy from the joint pain from tamoxifen I managed to get a major steam burn, requiring wound care, on my wrist. That has healed and now my affected breast, side and rib area are all swollen and sore (seeing my oncologist today). I really am trying to be positive but a car breakdown and a  flat tire over the course of 2 weeks has put me over the edge. I am now officially sweating both the large and small stuff.

Diane -- that's HORRIBLE!  Are these people going to bring things back, or is the church going to reimburse your friend?  SUCKS!!!!!

Puppy, I was going to be asking if anyone had heard from you since your surgery and caught your name on the new posts.  Yay!  You're back!  Up to the old tricks, too, thank God.

I'd bitch about something but who the hell cares? 

Tina

Hi Ladies,

Just feeling the effects of the Taxotere today. Thank goodness, this will hopefully be the last time.

Shirley, dog ear, so that's what I call that funny flap where they took the lymph nodes. Great name! lol.

badboob, sorry about all your retail terrors. That really sucks with CC. My husband hates them. Yesterday, I was grocery shopping and buying the stuff on sale and I had coupons. I get up to the register and somehow I have dropped my coupons. I just about cried. I finally found them after I paid (they wee $1 off coupons). Last week, I left my wallet at the store. It takes me so long to walk and load the car, and they did not even bother to try and catch me. They did not even call me. I realized it after about 15 minutes when I went to get something out of my purse. They said they could not find my number. Hello!!!!! My checkbook and business cards are in my wallet. So another 30 mile roundtrip into town to pick up my wallet. I cried all the way. 

I have chemo brain big time. I got my newletter from MD Anderson and they have verified and documented that chemo brain is an actual problem. Like how long has chemo been around and they are just figuring this out???

Debbie 

I LOVE this thread---I'm really sorry to hear about all your problems, but I have to admit you all have a great sense of humor, and make me feel like all my crap is just poop !!!!!