tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post978823915158781136..comments2024-02-12T11:58:18.115+00:00Comments on Alright Tit by Lisa Lynch: From despair to where?Lisa Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801653171602300600noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-71220587705388859822009-02-01T21:28:00.000+00:002009-02-01T21:28:00.000+00:00What's next...who knows? What you do know is that ...What's next...who knows? What you do know is that you have the most amazing family and friends to do it with you.<BR/><BR/>Oh and don't forget This Morning...you may of even be wearing a pair of red soled shoes ;)<BR/><BR/>Loads of love xxxRJMJ:Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187120806775835160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-45987836635488843322009-01-28T02:28:00.000+00:002009-01-28T02:28:00.000+00:00I wish you a long life where you will find a way t...I wish you a long life where you will find a way to harness the same will, focus and ability to share that you have shown while fighting your bullshit and writing about it all. My suggestions come from observing at close quarters 3 members of the family who had cancer where I was closely involved in choices they made and all the follow ups.<BR/><BR/>Most important, you have taken ownership of Rebel with Causehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597285460794139245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-23485608012925928112009-01-27T17:35:00.000+00:002009-01-27T17:35:00.000+00:00Your stories are inspiring. I just found your blog...Your stories are inspiring. I just found your blog via your Twitter and read several entries with much interest. I'm glad you found an online UK community to join. I work with another online community (Surviving Whole) doing a similar thing so I know how important that is. You've also seemed to carve out your own online community through the blog and Twitter. Good on you! You'll get through this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-30880485082200508002009-01-27T16:43:00.000+00:002009-01-27T16:43:00.000+00:00Wow, I literally only just discovered this blog fr...Wow, I literally only just discovered this blog from wakeupandsmellthecoffee and I'm already hooked!<BR/><BR/>Well done for everything you've fought through over the last 8 months.<BR/><BR/>And don't be afraid of expressing yourself and being you...bottling it up would be far worse.<BR/><BR/>I'm gonna go reading some of the archives now...<BR/><BR/>Just saying 'hello!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-54009113909860699632009-01-27T00:28:00.000+00:002009-01-27T00:28:00.000+00:00As a fellow twenty-something woman with breast can...As a fellow twenty-something woman with breast cancer, I unfortunately just can't warm to your blog! I have to admit though I am allergic to these breast cancer blogs though. Best of luck with your treatment and wishing you good health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-35483903242633987762009-01-25T18:21:00.000+00:002009-01-25T18:21:00.000+00:00Give yourself time and when your ready, do all the...Give yourself time and when your ready, do all the things you looked into the future and wondered if you'd ever get the opporunity to. Live your dreams. Love the people around you and let them love you back. You still have such a journey to take and while it may be selfish, I really hope you let us share them with you! Ooh, if your not too busy getting on with life, you have a SS30th to organise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-6451841056393876442009-01-24T19:48:00.000+00:002009-01-24T19:48:00.000+00:00Hi. I'm one of the many who discovered your blog t...Hi. I'm one of the many who discovered your blog thanks to Stephen Fry and I'm so glad I followed that link. I've read your story from the first entry and it's brilliantly well written. <BR/><BR/>As to the current "where next?" feeling, I can't say I know exactly know how you're feeling but I do know about having to reevaluate life thanks to illness and it's scary and huge and, most importantly, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-52667836405963430042009-01-24T14:57:00.000+00:002009-01-24T14:57:00.000+00:00I am new to your blog, and I'm so glad I found it....I am new to your blog, and I'm so glad I found it. You're an absolutely brilliant writer. Really! I'll be back.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-50233089478611912862009-01-24T10:59:00.000+00:002009-01-24T10:59:00.000+00:00Whatever you do from now on, it has to involve wri...Whatever you do from now on, it has to involve writing. You capture an audience with your words and bullshit or not, that won't change. <BR/><BR/>All the people that read your blog are not just here because of the bullshit, thy are here because your writing is simply addictive.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and hopefully fluttering your eyelashes will be on the card...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074958146618227811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-45029601774918427062009-01-22T19:59:00.000+00:002009-01-22T19:59:00.000+00:00Your frustration sensors are a bit out there missy...Your frustration sensors are a bit out there missy, everyone around you is relieved that this bit is over, but completely-bloody-behind-you for the next bit. Just keep on keeping on, everything is going to be great, it’s just going to take a while. Love you. <BR/><BR/>Thomas sounds nice. I’m giving him best comment of the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-46437668985154189422009-01-22T18:55:00.000+00:002009-01-22T18:55:00.000+00:00It is grieving. Not perhaps from the bullshit, but...It is grieving. Not perhaps from the bullshit, but from the what could have been, should have been. And the journey still isnt over, you have your annual and then five years checks before anyone will even mutter the word 'cure'. I know cause I was there, I had breast cancer aged 36. No one can tell you how to travel, and dont let them even try. I can only tell you a couple of things that helped Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-7841541182222947942009-01-22T18:37:00.000+00:002009-01-22T18:37:00.000+00:00Hi--As a fellow bullshit survivor, I give a "hear,...Hi--As a fellow bullshit survivor, I give a "hear, hear" to Leslie's comments. I don't buy the notion that you grieve for something so unbelievably sucky. <BR/><BR/>For me, the very real "What Now?" is a recognition of the fact that you can't go backwards. The cancer happened and it's a wretched thing. There's definitely another side, but given how much your every move has been dictated by Why Take a "Break"?https://www.blogger.com/profile/17902643878425813736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-45361899458861376552009-01-22T16:41:00.000+00:002009-01-22T16:41:00.000+00:00What now? is a pretty damn good question for us al...What now? is a pretty damn good question for us all every so often I reckon..Davescunningplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819473378600589781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-75548323284058053712009-01-22T15:34:00.000+00:002009-01-22T15:34:00.000+00:00Oh, just one more thought...from Jane Rubietta.......Oh, just one more thought...from Jane Rubietta....that you might find comforting?<BR/><BR/>Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were innocent. Anger is natural. Grief is appropriate. Healing is mandatory. Restoration is possible.Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-21070343712106869882009-01-22T14:56:00.000+00:002009-01-22T14:56:00.000+00:00Yeah, I hear ya, Sister. How about something a bi...Yeah, I hear ya, Sister. <BR/><BR/>How about something a bit Zennish? Often helps, I find....<BR/><BR/>Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-43429996339749598792009-01-22T12:29:00.000+00:002009-01-22T12:29:00.000+00:00Firstly, a big well done on getting to this point ...Firstly, a big well done on getting to this point :o)<BR/><BR/>I think what you are feeling in 'normal', I haven't had cancer myself thus far thank fully but I am considered high risk (familial stuff) and as a result have dealt with it at close second hand a number of times. <BR/><BR/>In life, all of life, be it good or bad, whatever we experience becomes 'our norm' and strangely, even in the gemmakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575349964533883253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-11034634350242569332009-01-22T10:45:00.000+00:002009-01-22T10:45:00.000+00:00Congratulations on not having to endure anymore ho...Congratulations on not having to endure anymore horrible sickness, pain and appearance worry. I guess all you can do is be glad that the actual physical suffering is behind you, you have climbed that mountain and try to enjoy every day without letting the fear of The Bullshit eat into your life any more than it has to. I've spent the last week or so reading back through your whole blog, and it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-65368095749923355642009-01-22T09:24:00.000+00:002009-01-22T09:24:00.000+00:00Well i would love to offer some pearls of wisdon f...Well i would love to offer some pearls of wisdon for you, but i dont really have any. Maybe you should write a book about your experience. Your blogs are so honest and so brilliant and so sad and so funny at the same time, the prefect combination! btw what do you make of Jade Goody?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-29995786285566868412009-01-22T08:16:00.000+00:002009-01-22T08:16:00.000+00:00Write a book. Not about The Bulshit - you've done ...Write a book. <BR/><BR/>Not about The Bulshit - you've done that on-line. You have an obvious talent for writing, for prose and rhythm and I, for one, would love to read more of your work.<BR/><BR/>Have fun whatever you decide to do.<BR/><BR/>K.Kieronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040696388257821490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-61498174420734613602009-01-22T07:46:00.000+00:002009-01-22T07:46:00.000+00:00Hi, I stumbled upon your Bullshit blog about a wee...Hi, <BR/><BR/>I stumbled upon your Bullshit blog about a week ago, and - surprising myself - I found myself, and I mean, I am a 24 year old Norwegian male, not exactly in the risk zone for getting breast cancer, I found myself reading, reading and reading. <BR/><BR/>I think you write so damn well. And it feels so true, what you write. So honest, tough - and so very sympathetic. <BR/><BR/>This Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983489090129012677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-52878958447097021152009-01-22T06:25:00.000+00:002009-01-22T06:25:00.000+00:00I think everyone is right. What you are feeling is...I think everyone is right. What you are feeling is entirely natural - coming down from an all consuming event. You've not even been battling this a year and your life has been taken over by it. <BR/>I don't think there's anything wrong with sitting back and taking stock, but you've got your life back so you can go out and do what you want, when you want!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-49593880623056933082009-01-22T04:12:00.000+00:002009-01-22T04:12:00.000+00:00Hi there, Remember where you started? The list of...Hi there, <BR/><BR/>Remember where you started? The list of things to do before you turned 30? How about you revisit the list and cherry pick a little. As you start to recover from this horrific journey promise yourself one of the "nicest" items as you start to work through your life over the last eight months, and your life over the next 70+ years.<BR/><BR/>I cannot begin to understand what the_jokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738192355177487794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-28921360043562931222009-01-22T00:02:00.000+00:002009-01-22T00:02:00.000+00:00Hey there, glad to hear those awful treatments are...Hey there, glad to hear those awful treatments are over.<BR/>My mom had a mastectomy about 2years ago, going into her third year of chemo pills, still in the clear. I had a nasty scare a couple of years back but turned out ok.<BR/>Once you have been down this path, either in person or with someone, you are never the same again, you need to rediscover yourself because it will have changed you Bad Lemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864300097239699574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-83621747061388160882009-01-21T23:39:00.000+00:002009-01-21T23:39:00.000+00:00This happens - its all part of the process. It's ...This happens - its all part of the process. It's NOT grieving for the loss of the Bullshit. That's such bullshit. <BR/><BR/>You have been through HELL at high speed - actually almost Warp Speed. You have not had time to take it all in, blogging or no because you have been consumed with the day to day dealing with the Bullshit. <BR/><BR/> But now, how do you go back to being you? Can you goUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322995987597322958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-36512778055838941752009-01-21T23:11:00.000+00:002009-01-21T23:11:00.000+00:00what now....?? Indeed.What a world of possibilit...what now....?? Indeed.<BR/><BR/>What a world of possibilities await you!<BR/><BR/>Start living, loving and laughing and never forget to smile <BR/><BR/>VENI VIDI VICIlife of Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393458113778434542noreply@blogger.com