I was telling my partner about this thread and he apparently was on his way to an interview at jenners in edinburgh and in crossing Princes St he walked into the bus!!! i did cackle!
Plus - my son was completing an application form which asked if either parent had had a serious illness and he ticked ‘no’!
Just seen this thread for the first time - had a good laugh at it.
I had an oncology appointment at the Royal Marsden on Wednesday to discuss chemo. The registrar went through some stats with me, telling me that one women out of 100 would die of something other than breast cancer. My immediate response was to ask if she was likely to be hit by a bus. These buses should carry a Government health warning, sounds like they’re leathal. I am fed up of being reminded by friends and family about buses, not sure what relevance they have to my situation.
On maintaining one’s sense of humour, my fabulous brother pointed out that he could no longer call me a right tit since that’s the one that went with the mastectomy. We had a good laugh at that one. My parents-in-law made the comment that all the previous adversity in life had prepared me to be ‘brave and cope’; I pointed out that the best preparation was the fact that my brother likes to wear ladies’ clothing and has offered to lend me his wigs when I have chemo. Can’t imagine why but they didn’t seem best impressed with that one. Maybe it was because I said we could both go out in falsies and wigs and no one would know the difference.
Oh Cat I think you should get the prize for best response.
Cat …that is brilliant im still laffing ,
laughing - i used to go out with a cross dresser for a while… no not my current bloke! Where are crossing dressing friends when you need them!!
Newly diagnosed and two weeks post-bilateral mastectomy this thread is great. Prior to the surgery I saw a physio about a painful hip and she asked me to do balancing exercises. I laughingly told her I thought perhaps I might be better after surgery as I was ‘blessed’ with a ‘heavy chest’ before. Taken aback at first she said it seemed good to be able to have a laugh about the situation 
Everybody is different and reacts differently but why not if it helps?