Stop The Bullshit!!

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  • Glemmis
    Glemmis Member Posts: 343 ✭
    I agree Nadi, I hated all that rubbish about being positive & strong & made to feel guilty when I wasn't.  I think it just helps our family & friends to deal with it when we are. I lost it so many times & cried a lot & then steadily felt better as time went on. Everyone has different ways of handling it & should be allowed to feel whatever they want without other people's opinions.
  • Gayle Taylor
    Gayle Taylor Member Posts: 93 ✭

    primek said:

    Oh Gawd your time on chemo sounds horrendous. But look at you ...a Survivor and certainly a fighter. I hope that now you get some joy back in your life and look forward to many more years with some fun in your future.

    Is it time to think reconstruction so that you feel comfortable in your own skin? Just reading between the lines here. It might be the right time to consider those options now you know you are going to be around to enjoy them . :)

    And yes chemo sucks ...but friggin cancer sucks more. Take that B! tch ...another one you failed to get.

    Look forward to reading many more posts. 

    Kath x

    Unfortunately I had to have a lot of tissue removed, so I am pretty much down to the rib cage. I'm 52, my body can't take anymore pain. But thanks for reading xxx
  • adean
    adean Member Posts: 1,036 ✭
    Nothing like a reality check . Well done because not everyone has a good ride and god its bloody hard to be positive all the time when for some de as th is a reality. None of us know which card we will get but we are all here for a reason and thats to share. Thanks for your share. Xxxadean
  • Brenda5
    Brenda5 Member Posts: 2,423 ✭
    We get it. Here is our haven where we can have a rant and help each other. I went to a BNCA seminar with over 100 breast cancer survivors and it was just heaven to speak one on one with some of them. The more you talk the better understanding of each other we have. <3
  • Gayle Taylor
    Gayle Taylor Member Posts: 93 ✭

    TonyaM said:

    Hi Gayle, I remember being online with you years ago.You had a crappy time with chemo and its aftermath- not to mention all the other health issues you have to deal with. Some days are just bad days aren't they.I hear you about the mastectomy blues.I don't undress in front of my hubby either- now that would really be a passion killer! ( in my mind anyway) But we are still ok in that department. My gut and liver aren't quite the same since treatment.I stopped Tamoxifen after 4 years cos I was getting so many health problems. My oncologist suggested it was me just aging! Ofcourse he would!! Well Gayle,you are in good company here with us disfigured, decrepit and broken bodied women. But our spirits are strong and feisty- don't lose that darl.xxx

    Hi Tony! It has been a longtime, and I have actually been really good...in between... lol I just had enough of days feeling great, then wake up feeling like Ive had chemo!! ,,, That whole dry sticky mouth, dry sore eyes, weird kind of spaced out tired feeling, and flat as a pancake! ... I actually read something about certain long term chemo drugs attaching themselves to blood cells, just some, and that's why we feel shit. Every now and then it's like a period cycle. I strongly believe this!
  • Gayle Taylor
    Gayle Taylor Member Posts: 93 ✭
  • Gayle Taylor
    Gayle Taylor Member Posts: 93 ✭

    Nadi said:

    Who says we have to be positive all the time? We have the right to crack the s***s every once in a while. God how I hated it when people said "be 'positive' and you will beat this". Bulldust. Being positive doesn't have anything to do with curing cancer, if it did it would have been the cheapest easiest fix around and they'd be booking us into club meds and yoga sanctuaries rather than operating theatres and chemo units. While I am so sorry you have to go through this, I loved your post and felt like this forum was your own punching bag. Punch away Gayle. PUNCH, PUNCH, PUNCH. Get it out. I'll even hold the bag for you. We can take it and hopefully it will make you feel a bit better, even if only for a little while... 

    HUGS

    Nadine

    Thankyou sweetheart!! ... you punch on also ;) xxxx

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