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Okay girls, time to "INSPIRE" me . . .

margaret27217
  • By margaret27217
  • Posted September 4, 2009 at 12:16 pm · 17 replies
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I have a new tumor in my left breast. I'm not sure if I have posted this before, but the info is on my CaringBridge site: www.caringbridge.org/visit/margaretadams
Found out yesterday that they have decided to remove the tumor since they don't think it is a metastasis from the original 1997 tumor in the right breast. Today I go to the surgeon for a consult.
YUK! YUK! YUK!
I also met with a Hospice nurse today. I qualify for chaplain care and I'm going to take them up on it so I can talk to someone completely outside my circle. My pastor is great, but I need somewhere to dump 'ugly' emotions. The nurse said when chemo becomes part of my treatment, and it will, I qualify for home health through Hospice. I'm glad I made the phone call. I like being proactve. It gives me peace.

SOOOOOOOOOOO, inspire me all you INSPIRE Hot Cancer Babes. Tell me a joke, something, anything, that will help me keep my spirits up today.

love you,
Margaret

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17 replies

gasketman

Our prayers are with you as you go forward. I found this peom maybe it will help you today.

Yesterday is already a dream,
and tomorrow is only a vision;
but today, well - lived,
makes every yesterday
a dream of hapiness,
and every tomorrow
a vision of hope.

from the Sanskrit

I Hope and Pray for your comfort and strength.


GOD BLESS YOU

Scott

margaret27217

Thank you Scott. Give Deb a hug for me.

Margaret

chainsawz

I’m going to start this joke to help cheer you up….hopefully others will pitch in to finish the list since I am a horrible comedian :>

Top 10 Ways to Know You are living with MBC

10. Co-workers are scared to give you extra work and you don't mind.

I tell them that I am just there for the free air conditioning and toilet paper...LOL!!! lisa

Groovygirlcool

I put these on another post, repeating here hoping a smile will cross your dial Sweetie!!

Real Doctors Notes
1. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
3. On the second day, the knee was better, and then on the third day it disappeared.
4. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
5. Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.
6. Healthy-appearing decrepit, 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
7. The patient refused autopsy.
8. The patient has no previous history of suicides.
9. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.
10. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40-pound weight gain in the last three days.
11. She is numb from her toes down.
12. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
13. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
14. Skin: somewhat pale but present.
15. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.





The Lightbulb Joke
Q How many cancer patients does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A. Just one, but it takes a support group to cheer him on, and there's a lot of grieving afterwards.





Talking About Death
Three buddies were talking about death and dying.

One asked, "When you're in your casket and friends and family are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?"

The first guy says, "I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor of my time and a great family man."

The second man says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."

The last guy says, "I would like to hear them say LOOK, HE'S MOVING!!!"

xxxGGC

mom2acat

Margaret; I will keep you in my prayers, for healing and for strength.

I signed up for updates on you Caring Bridge page, I have a page there too.

beebie

A few of these even made me laugh!

My motto is cheer up today, for the worst is yet to come!

I know it is perverse, but it helps me appreciate the good moments and focus on the present. Hope it helps you too! B

margaret27217

Everyone of you girls is crazy!! That's what I've been counting on!

StickiVicki

Q. What is the difference between God and a doctor?

A. God doesn't think he is a doctor! But the doctor thinks that he is God.


Q. Two flies on a door, which one is the angry one?

A. The one that flew off the handle!


Q. What did the fish say when he swam into a wall?

A. Dam!


Who are you calling crazy? I'm mad by name and mad by nature - how do I know this? My mother's maiden name was Maddy!

Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you have been up to.

Hugs, Vicki xx

suzct

How do you know you're living with MBC?
2. A friend is diagnosed with stage 1 BC and you think...Good for her!!

lusianagal

I told my dad, when i was first diagnosed in 99 that i would KEEP HIM ABREAST of the situation. Sometimes the gallows humor is what keeps us going... and my family is GREAT at it.

frostbite

All great postings - you really are a fantastic bunch! Don't know about you Margaret, but I feel inspired!

CSF

Hey Margaret-
Sorry to hear your news - you'll get through it tho. Very glad to hear that you have somebody "outside your circle" to dump the ugly stuff on - this is INVALUABLE!
A dumb joke for ya - hope it's not inappropriate (it made me laugh when a friend recently sent it to me):
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.
After a moment or two , the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."
The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead," replied the vet. "How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something." The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room.
He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room.
A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely a 100% certifiably dead duck." The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"
The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150."

Gallows humor !

Groovygirlcool

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! CSF- I think I'll go with "Lab report and the Cat scan" for the next round of scanxiety inducing drama - much more friendly and maybe I could pay in dog biscuits and sardines!!

AND, in the strange but true world of hound-doggies, there are the "Dogs who can smell cancer".

At:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060106002944.htm - a section of the article states:

"The trial itself consisted of 86 cancer patients (55 with lung cancer and 31 with breast cancer) and a control sample of 83 healthy patients.

All cancer patients had recently been diagnosed with cancer through biopsy-confirmed conventional methods such as a mammogram, or CAT scan and had not yet undergone any chemotherapy treatment.

During the study, the dogs were presented with breath samples from the cancer patients and the controls, captured in a special tube.

Dogs were trained to give a positive identification of a cancer patient by sitting or lying down directly in front of a test station containing a cancer patient sample, while ignoring control samples.

Standard, humane methods of dog training employing food rewards and a clicker, as well as assessment of the dog's behavior by observers blinded to the identity of the cancer patient and control samples, were used in the experiment.

The results of the study showed that dogs can detect breast and lung cancer with sensitivity and specificity between 88% and 97%.

The high accuracy persisted even after results were adjusted to take into account whether the lung cancer patients were currently smokers. Moreover, the study also confirmed that the trained dogs could even detect the early stages of lung cancer, as well as early breast cancer.

The researchers concluded that breath analysis has the potential to provide a substantial reduction in the uncertainty currently seen in cancer diagnosis, once further work has been carried out to standardize and expand this methodology."
........................................................................... ....................

Yep, the "Lab" report is worth every doggy biscuit!

xxxGGC

CSF

I have seen similar studies with Beagles - they can detect very early cancers in blood/sweat... similar rates of accuracy.
Amazing, this.
the "lab report" is in!

sarahbf

I had a doggie diagnostic experience when I was first diagnosed in 2002. Went to a locally (and nationally) well known clinic of alternative medicine, that specifically deals with Cancer (Pine Street Clinic in San Anselmo, CA) and was greeted by an apricot colored standard poodle, along with some other staff members. This dog was being trained to diagnose breast cancer (and lung cancer too, I think).

We walked into the consultation room, and I sat down as indicated in a chair next to the desk, and my husband sat in another chair next to me. The dog rested his head in my lap, and then lay down at my feet. The doctor exclaimed with great enthusiasm and praise for the dog, who had apparently just confirmed that I had breast cancer.

I could hardly continue the appointment with a straight face, since all I could think was how well trained the dog was to respond to anyone who was instructed to sit in that particular chair.

I did not utilize the services of this clinic, but reading articles about the diagnostic skills of these dogs since that time, has often made me smile.

margaret27217

You guys must all have ADD. Talk about getting off topic . . . it's hilarious!!

love to you!
Margaret

Pam-Pam

Smiling at your dog diagnostic test.....I have enjoyed training dogs as a hobby..(have the best trained dogs who do nothing...in the world...LOL)

I always wondered how they trained dogs to find cancer for that....now I know! LOL (I'm making a mental note to get another chair....)

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