Ha ha ragamuffin - that was b****y hard even with the map of the world on the wall at the side of me lol
Maria x
Rag: loved that - took my mind off all sorts!
I’m awake because I had IV Dex today and the company is so good in here!
My brother sent it to me about a year ago and I do it every now and again to try to keep myself up to date with where all the “fun and games” are going on. Now that Sudan has split into two it is out of date a bit.
Omg rag lol I know nothing lol that was hard!! x
I’m buzzing on the asteroids too.
They haven’t improved my geography!
I’m IV-Dexed up too… Groan…!!
Ragamuffin the map was fantastic … gonna try for some zzzs now x
I’m off to bed too. Glad you all enjoyed the map!
I know I’ve posted my profile picture wearing a blue wig.
BUT
I am trying to buy ‘sensible’ headgear that I can feel good about when I am forced to wear them by necessity.
To buy a dark blue baker hat from Accessorise and wear for my husband and then have the remark …
‘when’s the train coming?’
Had me seething.
June
“A smack in the mouth often offends” but it may feel really good!
Comments that come back to me:
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“Yes I am really tired too” from friend (?) with flu
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“At least you can spend more time with the children”.
Also from the medical people I have been seeing this week - am considering taking both implants out after recurrence.
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“Yes, you can go the whole hog” (this from an oncoplastic surgeon and she said it THREE TIMES). "“WHOLE HOG” That is awful. I don’t want to be thinking about hogs. I mean, what is wrong with saying "“You can have both implants removed”?
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“Yes, I can see you don’t want to wake up wonky”.
My GP a few weeks ago when I told her re recurrence: “You are joking”.
When people say things that wind me up I try to think about the really intelligent and supportive things that other people have said. Does that count as keeping positive?
Comment I’ve just received “you look fantastic - must be all that time you’re having off work… bet your house and garden look great too … so much time to do things” … have these people no idea what’s it like???
I’ve just received the following compliment from a well meaning friend ‘I have never seen you look so well, you are absolutely blooming’, I said thank you it must be the rays from the Radiotherapy machine, and I must get cancer more often if that’s what happens to me.
latest one, form friend !!!, Well im not a well women to you know, I am going through the menopause…give me strenth , if only. How do you answer these statements ?
keep well x
I’d love to say “Want to swap then?” !!!
I’ve got an annoying one from today but it wasn’t even well-meaning, sadly.
Background:
I have to pay a fortune to park near work - there is no parking on-site for hospital staff unless you are a senior manager, a consultant, an on-call doctor or a shift worker. They get £28 per month passes; £336 p.a.
I don’t get senior manager’s pay (far from it!) and it costs me about £1,400 per annum for Mon-Fri, that’s with NHS discount. I haven’t used my pass for 3 months, I’ve been off work while I’ve been on chemo. The ticket barrier is electronic and they can see on their screens if a pass has been used on what dates and what times. So they knew I hadn’t used it at all. I paid up the last quarter from 1 April-30 June as you have to pay in advance but haven’t used it since third week in April. When the reminder came to pay for 1 July- 30 September, I didn’t renew it.
A horrid woman rang to tell me that I haven’t paid. I explained that I wouldn’t be using the ticket for some months yet as I have cancer and haven’t been in work. So she said that was besides the point. I owe her for the past 3 weeks plus I have to give a month’s notice. So, I need to pay her for 7-8 weeks, about £250 in total. NOW.
I started crying at this and explained that no-one had EVER told me that I had to give a month’s notice and that with my devastating diagnosis, that I had intended to tell them that I wouldn’t be renewing but it was not high on my list of things to remember as I am really struggling with cancer and the chemo.
At this, she got REALLY shirty. “Listen, I don’t have to put up with this sort of thing (the crying, she meant, like I’d been shouting at her!!), I just want you to pay for the ticket”.
I started crying again and repeated that no-one had explained the notice period and that I was really ill and might die.
Eventually she realised how upset I was and said that just this once, she would write off the debt for my use of the car park (debt? for a service I’m not using and that she can see on her pooter that I haven’t used). The ticket will be cancelled and I must never use it again, in a “do not darken my doorstep” tone.
What a horrible, horrible woman.
p.s. why does a consultant on 100k p.a. get to park for £336 p.a. when it costs me £1,400?
Ninja
What a bat that woman was, I am so so sorry that you’ve had to go through totally unnecessary hassle and rudeness, it’s so destructive and unfair. If you have the energy I would ask a mate to find out the name of the car park company and write/ email the Chief Exec of that organisation directly and copy your own chief exec in. I’m not usually vindictive, but on this occasion I’d be happy to give said bat a very clear piece of my mind and threaten/ actually tell all and sundry about your appalling experience - let me know if you want this done, am off to Westfield to get Aloe Vera tomorrow so would have a captive audience!. I’m a firm believer in what goes around comes around so I hope she gets more than 4 flat tyres and a double dose of clamping! In the mean time you look after yourself and remember people like the bat are sad sad cases
Big hugs
cb1
Ninja, that’s downright disgusting! OOOooo, speechless! Good idea about the letter.
Ninja – do you remember that posse I was rounding up with the aid of DJ007’s horses –well we are en route and will “see to” that dreadful woman as well!!
As cb1 said a letter is in order. Have the hospital HR been supportive, maybe you could enlist their aid too.
Sending love sympathy and hugs. xx
Saddled up and ready to go. Def a letter at least.
Big squishy hugs!
Dx