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CRguy
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O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby CRguy » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:21 am

Soooooo .......... here we go again !
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I just got thru spending my weekend dealing with all the bad juju from Friday,
looking at the lunar calendar to see if it was full moon again so soon ?

AND just resigned myself to the fact that it was .... wait for it !!!

Another Day When The Universe Just Pisses In Everbody's Cheerios !!!!
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Don't you hate it when that happens ?
I do, so I have developed CRguy's rules for dealing with ADWTUJPIECs which are always going to happen.

1. I don't let small minded assholes drag me down to their level
2. I can't cure stupid
3. I know some folks will just never know the difference between shit and shinola
4. I can waste my energy reacting to negative stuff
5. I can invest my energy proactively in pursuing positive stuff
6. when I am tired of people, I take the dog for a walk
7. as Moderator I have to read all the nasty stuff
8. as a member I do not have to
9. know who the friends are and how far you can go with them
10. if you are over the top and didn't mean it ....say you're sorry .... and move on

there HAS to be a number 11 on my top ten list, 'cos like Spinal Tap my dials also have to go to 11 !
11. life's a bitch and then you die ... BUTT don't become one along the way


I see a couple of threads looking a little crispy already today
So I invoked rules numbered 1, 3,7 and decided on 5 so will now follow rule 6 for a while.

Happy ADWTUJPIEC day folks
I'll check back later.

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JMO
CR
Caregiver x 4
Stage IV A rectal cancer/lung met
17 Year survivor
my life is an ongoing totally randomized UNcontrolled experiment with N=1 !
Review of my Journey so far

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby JudeD59 » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:42 am

CRGuy,

Everyday when I've finished swallowing my chemo pills and having my body radiated, I step out onto my back porch with my little dog. We are lucky enough to own 10 beautiful acres and my dog and I start walking. After I've gone a few feet, one of my cats will scurry out from under a bush and join in. Before I've gone 15 feet, all three cats have joined my wandering. Just the beauty of walking through the woods with my fluffy little white dog and three cats by my side lowers my blood pressure and removes all piss from my Cheerios for a short time.

I appreciate all you do. Wishing for you many piss free days.

Judy
56 yrs old, wife, mother to 4 daughters
RC Stage II T3N0M0 DX April 2, 2015
6 cm. mid-rectum-CEA 121
Xeloda and radiation finished 06/15/15- CEA 242
CEA right before surgery 81
LAR performed 8/12/15 Temporary ileostomy
CEA 10-21-15 1.6
PET scan 11-4-15 All clear
Port installed 11/11/15
Folfox started 11/18/15
Folfox stopped due to bad reaction
Reversal 2/17/16
CEA 2/3/16 1.7
CEA 3/31/16 1.3
CT Scan 4/12/16 All Clear
Port removed 4/21/16
CEA 5/24/17 1.4

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby aja1121 » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:43 am

I do not like Cheerios to begin with, even less after someone has pissed in them :P
05/23/14 DH dx Stage 3B rectal ca (age 41)
6/2014 chemorad | 10/2014 LAR, all nodes clean
FOLFOX x 10 | VATS/lung met | ileo reversal
09/15 local recurrence
10/15 colostomy
11/15 FOLFIRI x 4, major growth
02/16 tumor debulked
Stable ten months on Xeloda/Avastin
Growth on clinical trials NCT02024607 (BBI608 + FOLFIRI), NCT02817633 (anti-PD-1 + anti-TIM-3), NCT03175224 (c-Met inhibitor)
09/27/2018 started hospice
02/07/19 died

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby kathybrj » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:44 am

aja1121 wrote:I do not like Cheerios to begin with, even less after someone has pissed in them :P


Haha...I once heard someone say they potty trained their little boy by throwing Cheerios into the toilet and telling him to "shoot" them!
Blaise (DH) dx 3/31/14 (age 49)
Stage IIIb Rectal - 4 lymphs involved
Xeloda and Rad 5/5/2014
Surgery 7/29/14 Illeostomy Placed
FolFox 9/11/2014 x 9 treatments
Reversal 1/27/15
NED 9/29/2015
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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby KWT » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:52 am

I think somebody shit in my lunch pale :shock: never mind my Cheerios.

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby JudeD59 » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:55 am

Stop on by, Kenny. I'll make you a sammich. Not one of the ingredients will involve fecal matter.
56 yrs old, wife, mother to 4 daughters
RC Stage II T3N0M0 DX April 2, 2015
6 cm. mid-rectum-CEA 121
Xeloda and radiation finished 06/15/15- CEA 242
CEA right before surgery 81
LAR performed 8/12/15 Temporary ileostomy
CEA 10-21-15 1.6
PET scan 11-4-15 All clear
Port installed 11/11/15
Folfox started 11/18/15
Folfox stopped due to bad reaction
Reversal 2/17/16
CEA 2/3/16 1.7
CEA 3/31/16 1.3
CT Scan 4/12/16 All Clear
Port removed 4/21/16
CEA 5/24/17 1.4

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby bitchslapped » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:00 pm

Well, CR guy...I refuse to start drinking @ 8:00 in the morning, so I guess #6 is the way to go...AND just keep on going...

BS
DSS,35YO,unresect mCRC DX 7/'14,lvr,LN,peri,rib
FOLFOX+Avstn 4 Rnds d/c 10/'14
Stent 9/'14
FOLFIRI+Avstn 10/'14
Gone From My Sight 2/20/15
Me:garden variety polyps + precancerous polyp, diverticulitis
Carergver x2 DH,DM dbl occupancy,'03-'10
DH dx 47YO mCRC,'04-'07, lvr, billiary tree fried x HAI
DM dx CC 85YO,CC,CHF,stroke,dementia,aphasia

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby KWT » Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:28 pm

Lois, I try to wait till after 10:00 am.

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby O Stoma Mia » Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:02 pm

CRguy wrote:1. I don't let small minded assholes drag me down to their level
2. I can't cure stupid
3. I know some folks will just never know the difference between shit and shinola
4. I can waste my energy reacting to negative stuff
5. I can invest my energy proactively in pursuing positive stuff
6. when I am tired of people, I take the dog for a walk
7. as Moderator I have to read all the nasty stuff
8. as a member I do not have to
9. know who the friends are and how far you can go with them
10. if you are over the top and didn't mean it ....say you're sorry .... and move on

there HAS to be a number 11 on my top ten list, 'cos like Spinal Tap my dials also have to go to 11 !
11. life's a bitch and then you die ... BUTT don't become one along the way

I like your rule No 8. Whenever these sorts of things happen to me, as an ordinary user I always have the option to put the offending user in the Foes category. I find this very useful, since once these people are put in my Foes list, I never have to see any more nasty posts from them. The link for this is:

Manage Foes
http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/ucp.php?i=ucp_zebra&mode=foes

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby Voxx66 » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:57 pm

Sorry you are having a bad day CR. What keeps me going is the hope that tomorrow may be a better one.
DX and resect 10/2012 age 46
Stage IIa CRC
liver mets both lobes 8/2013
CEA 28
FOLFOX + Avastin 8/26/13 3 rounds
Folfox only 3 rds + rd 8
platelets low round 7,9,10 5FU only
1/14 CEA 1.0 y90
5fu
10/14 mets lung and peri
1/15 Folfiri

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby kiwiinoz » Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:10 pm

I like it that someone still remembers Spinal Tap.
I also think O Stoma Mia's comments are spot on as usual
Stage IV Rectal Cancer (39 Year old male at dx)
pT3N0M1 (wish that was M0)
Diagnosed 05 Dec 2012
LAR 05 Jan 2013
VATS 27 Feb 2013
FOLOFX April 2013 - Sep 2013
Clear Scan 03 Dec 2013 - August 2020
Port Out 26 March 2015

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby exaussie » Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:15 pm

I have heard beer in cheerios before--husbands a surfer and actually saw someone it that
DS 26 yrs old diagnosed 6/13 T3N2aM1b
Resection 6/13
6 rounds chemo folfax
12/13 Fissure
hernia surgery 12/13
5 months break
Maintenance chemo 3/14
Crazy growth. Liver failing. Folfox and vectibex 7-29-14
Chemo failure Hospice 8/26
Left us 8/28

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby juliej » Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:53 pm

CRguy, I call those bad juju episodes

Too Much Yang Not Enough Yin Days

TMYNEY days suck. The dance of harmony spazzes out and the universe starts tilting precariously towards discord and friction. Yang is will and yin is wisdom and it's wisdom we're so sorely lacking on those days.

So, yes, go for rule number 5. The ebb and flow of life will return to normal and things will be in balance again. Inward and Outward. Back and Forth. Up and Down. Light and Dark. Expansion, Release. Unfurling, Curling. We can become the weavers of our own existence if we pay attention to the flow of our lives and if we choose to dance the dance of life with intention and grace. As you, my Zen friend, do so very well. :D

Balance and peace to you,
juliej
Stage IVb, liver/lung mets 8/4/2010
Xelox+Avastin 8/18/10 to 10/21/2011
LAR, liver resec, HAI pump 11/2011
Adjuvant Irinotecan + FUDR
Double lung surgery + ileo reversal 2/2012
Adjuvant FUDR + Xeloda
VATS rt. lung 12/2012 - benign granuloma!
VATS left lung 11/2013
NED 11/22/13 to 12/18/2019, CEA<1

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby JudeD59 » Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:09 pm

juliej wrote: Inward and Outward. Back and Forth. Up and Down. Light and Dark. Expansion, Release. Unfurling, Curling.


I sincerely hope you won't be offended by this, but for some reason this eerily reminded me of my experiences on the toilet these days. :oops:

Judy
56 yrs old, wife, mother to 4 daughters
RC Stage II T3N0M0 DX April 2, 2015
6 cm. mid-rectum-CEA 121
Xeloda and radiation finished 06/15/15- CEA 242
CEA right before surgery 81
LAR performed 8/12/15 Temporary ileostomy
CEA 10-21-15 1.6
PET scan 11-4-15 All clear
Port installed 11/11/15
Folfox started 11/18/15
Folfox stopped due to bad reaction
Reversal 2/17/16
CEA 2/3/16 1.7
CEA 3/31/16 1.3
CT Scan 4/12/16 All Clear
Port removed 4/21/16
CEA 5/24/17 1.4

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Re: O/T kind of a rant-vent with musings

Postby justin case » Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:26 pm

Last I heard, Cherrios were a sausage down under, and probably go good with a beer at 8 AM 8) 8) 8) 8)
7/11 diagnosed Stage 2 colon and rectal cancer
chemo/rad
lar/temp ilio
Reversal & port removal
21 round of chemo Folfox 9tx, 5fu 12 tx
Last treatment July 2012


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