Jumping to conclusions - how dare they!

Hi Ladies - one thing I really hate is the town where we have to stay, while I have radiotherapy - talk about a town full of anal retentives! I will tell you the name of the town so you don't waste your money visiting the place! Ballarat! I can't imagine they are too worried about their tourism their, their too busy being pigs to everyone!

Yesterday I got into trouble at radiotherapy for (get this!) being late! I was first cab off the rank in the morning, and as they condesendingly patronised me for 'sleeping in' (which I bloody didn't!) I finally got a word in and said "If you unlocked the doors and let me in I wouldn't be standing out in the cold at 7.30 in the morning standing outside 'your LOCKED' entrance! Thank you very much!" "Oh, Oh, really?" they replied quite astonished (yeh, suck on that I thought to myself! teach you to 'jump to conclusions' - Sleep in my fat a**!) I was really, really annoyed - I had done the right thing - what a way to start the day! Its not my fault I was locked out and hanging around the electronic doors like a drunk at a wedding - freezing my one and a half tits off!

My hubby and I seem to always be doing the wrong thing, don't go here, don't do that, don't park there bla bla bla! what a miserable town - every where the cars are flying past, rules, rules and more rules! I was so darn glad to get home today! At least we can do what we want, and this tiny (home) town everyone is so relaxed and easy going. After we arrived home and settled in, we headed up to our local for a counter lunch (YUM!) it was like we hadn't been away.

So ladies - I have three more weeks to go - (oh, talk about pulling teeth!) I just want to be home! and to make sure we don't get caught out like last week (when we had travelled over 4/5ths of the way to find out the machine was broken) I am going to RING FIRST! x x x Josie

17 Replies

pisces_tas
Member
15 years ago
hi josie, you finish radiation next monday? a week today? ..hope all goes well.. thinking of you. kathy.
pisces_tas
Member
15 years ago
hi josie, you finish radiation next monday? a week today? ..hope all goes well.. thinking of you. kathy.
Loretta_d
Member
15 years ago
Oh what a shame, it would have been good if we had finished on the same day. I better not talk to soon cause they have been having a lot of trouble with the machine i'm on!! My skin is ok, just red and a bit itchy & I haven't felt that tired yet. Yep it sure is a great feeling. . .insert happy dancers. . .

Loretta xxx
Loretta_d
Member
15 years ago
Hi Josie, Bummer about getting the flu & maybe it's a good thing your sessions are later if you are not feeling well. A big YAY for this being your last week. It's mine too, I finish on Thursday. . .so looking forward to it. We can both start getting our lives back & you can return to the lovely sounding town that you live in. Take care my friend Loretta xxx
Loretta_d
Member
15 years ago
Hi Josie, Bummer about getting the flu & maybe it's a good thing your sessions are later if you are not feeling well. A big YAY for this being your last week. It's mine too, I finish on Thursday. . .so looking forward to it. We can both start getting our lives back & you can return to the lovely sounding town that you live in. Take care my friend Loretta xxx
JJoy
Member
15 years ago
Hi Ladies - Well last week was a 'short week' - due to maintenance on the machine - that meant that we got to go home on Wednesday and not return until this Monday - I had a Herceptin infusion at the local hospital on Thursday so it worked out well - EXCEPT I came down with a massive dose of the flu thank you very much! Like I needed that! Wonder why? mmmmmmmmmmm, all that walking around the buildings at the crack of sparrow me thinks! Any way! have been pumped full of antibiotics and am feeling a heap better now. This coming week is a full week and the final week (YAY!) My sessions are later (probably got sick of my whinging about standing out in the cold and having to circumnavigate the building just to get inside!) We will have to return on the following Monday for a final radiotherapy session, but will go home the same day - even hubby has had enough of living out of a suit case - honestly I don't know how some people can do it, pack, unpack, pack unpack, yardy yardy yah! Will so be OVER it! x x x Josie
Loretta_d
Member
15 years ago
You are so right there Tonya. It was the cleaner who alerted staff in emergency at Wollongong hospital as to how ill & in pain that girl was on the news last night!!!

Loretta xxx
Loretta_d
Member
15 years ago
Well done for telling them off Josie. I can't believe they haven't twigged on having that door open for you when you go there at that time everyday! Maybe you might be disturbing their early morning cuppa. I think you might find the red carpet laid out for you at the door tomorrow lol.

How is the treatment going for you? So far my skin is holding up ok, just feel a bit tired afterwards.

Loretta xxx
JJoy
Member
15 years ago
Hi Maria - actually I still have three weeks of radio to go including this week - ooooh its draaaaaaaaging out, reckon sticking pins in my eyes would be a fair comparison. I have first radiotherapy in the mornings (7.30) least it gets it out of the way and we have the day to find something to do. I can't get over all the shops - trouble is no one seems to want to serve you - so our money can go locally, all these big stores aren't all that flash - they have all the same stuff. Today a nurse asked me where did I get my 'gorgeous' blouse? - I grinned and told her - "Not here, I got it in my 'little' town where we only have about two dress shops and it only cost me $9!" Funny thing, at the same shop at Christmas I came home with a new pair of slacks for $50 - and got the shock of my life to discover they were (get this!) MADE IN AUSTRALIA! So! hows that for livin' in the little country towns! No whinging or whining about that from me (lol). x x x Josie
Maria333
Member
15 years ago
Josie I dont know weather to be angry or laugh- actually i experienced both. Bloody ballarat is crossed of my list - how rude.

I cannot imagine how hard the travelling part is (as I live local to my hospital) - it can be so mentally draining. I always think of you and many others when I have my chemo.

I cannot believe someone who works in radiation would not have more sympathy.

Just love the sound of your local - thats the way life should be.

So pleased to hear your at at the tail end of your radio. I am really not looking forward to mine. :-(

I would write a letter of complaint fro sure - common courtesy and good manners do not need to go out the window - ever.