What's funny about chemo?

so um yea.. I'm looking for some laughs here and all I can think about is my Dad having his first treatment of chemo today....
well I know a few of you and I know how distracting this place can be so let me have it
whatever :huh:

 

You should be happy he is having his first treatment of chemo.
Without it he would probably be dead soon.

 

Sorry, Rosie O'Donnell bought all my good cancer jokes.

 

I started my period at work today and I didn't have anything with me so I used toilet paper and while I was walking up the stairs it fell out of my pants leg and onto the stairs and in front of the person behind me...and I am being dead serious...
I acted like it wasn't mine, but I think that failed big time...and now I got cramps and the runs...And on top of that I was wearing some cheap shoes that always make my feet smell of fritos and garbage...And I still think I can smell them even after the shower

 

Oh, are we supposed to be telling cancer jokes..

 

Cancer's not funny yet. It might be in 20 years. Right now AIDS is hilarious.

Chin up, drawrings, I've known several people who've come down with pretty serious cancer and they all pulled through it with flying colors and are now in full remission.

 

I wouldn't mind hearing some good stories about people pullin through
I bought him some Zeolite and well maybe that will help

Shroom.. ewww and yep that brought a sort of sick smile to my face

 

All the best to your father.

 

I have a good story. About a year ago my mother was diagnosed with cancer and she got a chemo treatment for about 6 weeks. After the first week she was feeling a bit depressed, after four weeks she felt everything burn and she had lots of pain. She said that it felt like her skin was burning off. After the chemo treatment was over she still had lots of pain and she felt pretty sick.

That took a few more weeks, but after that she was completely cured and healthy and painless. Now she just had a check-up and everything is gone.
She lives and loves and appreciates life more than she did before.

 

thanks lode

and Bird that is a wonderful story!

I went to visit him a couple of days ago and to take my mother a late birthday gift .... while I was there he started coughing up big clots of blood I was so scared but I tried holding it in.. I helped get him all cleaned up then I left right before the dam of tears broke.. I have never seen my father look so weak, and I know he doesn't want to see me cry

if only my love could cure him... silly naive me

 

All you can do is be there for him and stay positive.
That is what he needs most. The feeling you are not alone and love, they make a strong medicine.

 

my grandfather had colon cancer, just got through his second surgery a couple weeks ago, thats why i went to montreal with my mom and brother
he's doing good though
my uncle has a brain tumor and aside from being alot more negative ad not as fun as he used to be, he's perfectly fine now
your dad will be fine too

 

http://www.chemoangels.net/

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Bird thanks for the words

and indian summer I am sorry everything you've had to go through with all of that

Shaggie interesting .. thank you so much

side note.(although I'm ashamed to admit it took something of this magnitude to help me achieve it) I have not smoked in over two months

 

my mothers sister had nonhodgkins lymphoma when she was my age...she was sort of a prototype for chemo...she didnt live...and my grandfather on my dads side had an indescribable cancer...he was a college professor...he worked with radiation experiments since the late 1940's...he died in '99 in his 70's...i guess he was lucky...i dont have much faith in western medicine...i lost one person i never knew and one person who i barely got to know in the end...

 

my mother was diagnosed with leukemia at a very young age. things did not look good for her.

she was sick for a long time.

one day, she woke up feeling better, she tells me. iirc, she said she was about five. she went to my grandmother and said "mommy, i feel good today and i want to make brownies with you."

her mother said she had been too sick recently and must be careful and take it easy that day, and even go back to bed.

that day, the doctor called and said that the most recent tests they had run were back. they didnt know what had happened. it may have been a misdiagnosis, but all the symptoms were there and all the tests had been run and she had been ill with leukemia as far as anyone knew. on that day, the doctor which called had informed her parents that she in fact did not have leukemia, that the tests now showed she was in fact a normal, healthy child and no tests showed any signs of illness.

it was and is considered a miracle healing, though no snake handling or speaking in tongues occurred....

it may have been a misdiagnosis, but she WAS sick. VERY sick. and she had been diagnosed with leukemia.....

i dont know. it can't be counted on, but i believe strongly for this and many other reasons that miracles DO happen from time to time.

i dont know...on the plus side, you could always have some bonding time sharing the herb with your father....one of the most widely recommended medicinal uses of cannabis is in relieving the severe discomfort often associated with chemotherapy.

go get high with your dad

 

aw, i am sorry.

It's kind of funny, because my grandma is going through chemo right now, while I am on a very lose dose of chemo too. So it is nice to have someone you can feel your pain, or something similar, and just support eachother through it.

But I think the people with the strongest mental health and will to fight through it, are the ones who last longer, and get through it.

I hope very much that things go well for your dad, and since he has a daughter so concerned, I am sure you will make things a bit easier for him just by being there.

 

Best wishes and vibes to your father during this time. stay strong and positive

And you, are a true inspiration to those of us lucky enough to know you and care about you.

 

you know what? joy happens in the craziest places, even during chemo for loved ones.

 

Joy is like the rain. A folk tune from back around 1966 by Miriam Winter.

Joy is Like the Rain

I saw raindrops on my window
Joy is like the rain
Laughter runs across my pain
Slips away and comes again
Joy is like the rain.
I saw clouds upon a mountain
Joy is like the cloud
Sometimes silver sometimes grey
Always sun not far away
Joy is like the cloud.
I saw raindrops on the river
Joy is like the rain
Bit by bit the river grows
Till all at once it overflows
Joy is like the rain
Joy is like the rain.

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