tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post1790673696895287196..comments2024-02-12T11:58:18.115+00:00Comments on Alright Tit by Lisa Lynch: Rehab.Lisa Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801653171602300600noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-40084837657529218012009-03-04T16:50:00.000+00:002009-03-04T16:50:00.000+00:00I have only just discovered your blog, and I find ...I have only just discovered your blog, and I find it truly inspirational. <BR/>I have directed friends to your words of wisdom, and even though I don't know you I actually feel like I do.<BR/><BR/>Our family went through the Big C when my sister Julie got Leukaemia, she was 28. She fought for 4 months in hospital with tiny odds of ever coming out, came home for 3 months before going to London Salliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215676010158694964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-89337309894683685412009-01-27T22:15:00.000+00:002009-01-27T22:15:00.000+00:00Not only are you the brightest, top banana in the ...Not only are you the brightest, top banana in the fruit-bowl, but also a bloody mesmerizing writer.<BR/><BR/>Superb! Good on you! <BR/>Besos, vaca peluda. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-45354598566351144432009-01-19T15:42:00.000+00:002009-01-19T15:42:00.000+00:00this is a fantastic blog an made me cry with laugh...this is a fantastic blog an made me cry with laughter. I was DX in october 08 aged 29 and started Chemo on my 30th birthday week - what a gift that was. Hubby loves Detol now due to the amount of sick on the living room carpet and not from any kind of alcoholic intervention!!!<BR/>I am only 3 cycles into chemo so brain has gone and my kids are learning to fend for themselves- never too early I snott_raggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533922417547643056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-7470718918772697492009-01-14T23:39:00.000+00:002009-01-14T23:39:00.000+00:00Hey :-)I can't pick out quotes/phrases, but honest...Hey :-)<BR/>I can't pick out quotes/phrases, but honestly, about anything you can read on <A HREF="http://sephaundone.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Sepha's blog</A> would fit your bill. She's a 32yo north Londoner - like you, breast cancer diagnosed at 27. She had a radical mastectomy on one side. Well. 18 months ago, it was confirmed she has metastases. She's...incredible and inspirational...and Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523592566640630453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-51777186657390027322009-01-14T17:09:00.000+00:002009-01-14T17:09:00.000+00:00Crikey, you guys. Talking about the c-word (ooh, I...Crikey, you guys. Talking about the c-word (ooh, I nearly said it) isn't easy at the best of times and yet here you are, sharing your experiences. I feel like we ought to be group-hugging or something. <BR/><BR/>Melissa – love the 'blaaaaaaaa'. I'd be interested to watch Dr Dickhead try to get through the chemo-pukes silently.Lisa Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801653171602300600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-88873659048065219512009-01-14T14:17:00.000+00:002009-01-14T14:17:00.000+00:00I meant to add - I refused to let myself be photog...I meant to add - I refused to let myself be photographed with my head uncovered, and seeing your pictures makes me wish I hadn't! Of course, I can't wait to see the neo-Gwyneth you, but in the meantime you look absolutely beautiful.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-63607401711204862742009-01-14T14:13:00.000+00:002009-01-14T14:13:00.000+00:00Thinking back to two years ago, the first vivid me...Thinking back to two years ago, the first vivid memory that pop into my head is the time the vomiting got so bad I had to go to the emergency room. After about an hour of the dry heaves, black stuff and green stuff and blood started coming up. Needless to say, the retching noise was pretty bad.<BR/><BR/>Some arsehole doctor came in from the next cubicle and snapped, "Could you try to keep it downMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-3646141508908799092009-01-14T13:41:00.000+00:002009-01-14T13:41:00.000+00:00A friend directed me to your blog via Facebook. I'...A friend directed me to your blog via Facebook. I've always had a very straightforward attitude to the 'Big C' - scary so won't think about it at all. Ever.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for opening my eyes in an entertaining way. You've helped me to face up to a big fear.<BR/><BR/>I shall follow your journey and support you quietly from behind the screen of my lap top.<BR/><BR/>Can I add you as a link Brauntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245787594285545851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-29327593973301214542009-01-14T10:18:00.000+00:002009-01-14T10:18:00.000+00:00http://www.gillynew.blogspot.com/My friend Gill we...http://www.gillynew.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>My friend Gill went through the Bullshit during 2008. Feel free to take a look at her blog if you get the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-27830356147342533952009-01-14T07:56:00.000+00:002009-01-14T07:56:00.000+00:00When my mom got breast cancer, I was too young to ...When my mom got breast cancer, I was too young to properly understand (maybe 10). Our parents told me and my brother what was going on, that mom had to get chemo and was buying wigs because it'd make her lose her hair, but that she'd be okay because they caught the cancer very early. I had vague ideas of chemo, that is meant mom being showered with something like acid - but I still thought it wasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-79296382620244070252009-01-14T06:15:00.000+00:002009-01-14T06:15:00.000+00:00I have to admit, sometimes it's difficult to read ...I have to admit, sometimes it's difficult to read your blog. I laugh, I cry, I wince... but mostly I applaud your courage in speaking the ugly truths of the c-word.<BR><BR>The Bullshit hit me when I was 24 years old; no risk factors, no warning. I felt frozen in the chair at my doctor's office. My "loving" boyfriend's reaction at hearing the news was to break up with me (in the very same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-51151530046254177472009-01-14T06:00:00.000+00:002009-01-14T06:00:00.000+00:00Hi. I'm a survivor, pretty long term now. ovarian ...Hi. I'm a survivor, pretty long term now. ovarian stage 3. couple of things<BR/><BR/>first, when your hair comes back - it might be a different texture- my pre cancer hair was slitely wavey at most; post chemo I got a head of curls-- I thought of it as a chemo perk, like getting a free perm- funny thing tho, my pubes came back straight and stayed that way. head hair went back to normal after 6 Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09290970794233601546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-27459602423071696742009-01-14T05:20:00.000+00:002009-01-14T05:20:00.000+00:00It takes strength and courage to not only face wha...It takes strength and courage to not only face what is happening to you Right Now but to think about what you are going to do with The Rest Of Your Life When This Shit Is Over.<BR/><BR/>I was born with a crippling brittle bone disease and it caused me to go mostly deaf at 32. I soldier on, being deaf and breaking bones, because what else am I going to do, really? But if I'm honest, I want Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-8706213829463018362009-01-12T19:38:00.000+00:002009-01-12T19:38:00.000+00:00I consider myself to be lucky when it comes to hea...I consider myself to be lucky when it comes to health and happiness. However, that did not stop the feeling of helplessness when those around me were being touched my breast cancer.<BR/><BR/>A colleague of mine gave me her 'Breakthrough Breast Cancer' magazine and I decided I was going to walk 27 miles for the charity. I roped in a friend and together we trained and raised over £1200 sponsorship Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074958146618227811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-10041520723961064052009-01-12T19:20:00.000+00:002009-01-12T19:20:00.000+00:00I have (luckily for me) no experience of cancer at...I have (luckily for me) no experience of cancer at all. I have sat with a friend while they went through chemo for a non-cancerous illness though, and the thing that hit home was this high-tech medicine, this poison, was administered in a scruffy little room with flowered curtains, chairs with brown tape holding them together, and nurses wandering about with cups of tea. The contrast between the Shimacathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310854234183039834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-65711264878568333282009-01-09T17:37:00.000+00:002009-01-09T17:37:00.000+00:00Okay, so I am not a cancer sufferer and my only ex...Okay, so I am not a cancer sufferer and my only experience of cancer has been Grandparents that was before I was introduced to alright tit. <BR/>Apart from being inspired by your strength of spirit and obviously enjoying your engaging writing style I have learned an important lesson. Cancer is not a disease for middle aged people. I've lived in a bubble where I don't think it will happen to me, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-41319226251887366392009-01-09T17:35:00.000+00:002009-01-09T17:35:00.000+00:00Okay, so I am not a cancer sufferer and my only ex...Okay, so I am not a cancer sufferer and my only experience of cancer has been Grandparents that was before I was introduced to alright tit. <BR/>Apart from being inspired by your strength of spirit and obviously enjoying your engaging writing style I have learned an important lesson. Cancer is not a disease for middle aged people. I've lived in a bubble where I don't think it will happen to me, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-49585868964014098712009-01-09T16:55:00.000+00:002009-01-09T16:55:00.000+00:00L ....Not sure if you'd be interested in the t...L ....Not sure if you'd be interested in the thoughts of parents who are full of pride & admiration for their daughter who is fighting the Bullshit. <BR/>The day of diagnosis has to be the most terrifying time. As parents, you want to make everything right for your 'children' - the sense of panic and helplessness at that time was overwhelming. <BR/>I'm sure that most mothers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-39756003407137949292009-01-09T14:41:00.000+00:002009-01-09T14:41:00.000+00:00Hello L,I started reading your blog as i'm a theat...Hello L,<BR/>I started reading your blog as i'm a theatre nursing student and a few months ago I was at home, in tears, crying about a girl who's surgery I had been in, who had a double mastectomy at the age of 22, to stop her developing the breast cancer that her mum, grandma and aunt had all gone through.<BR/>I couldn't belive how hard it must be at the same age as me, to have to go through theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-33244228936279442512009-01-08T22:13:00.000+00:002009-01-08T22:13:00.000+00:00Alright Tit, you asked for any comments. I'm g...Alright Tit, you asked for any comments. I'm going to give you the darkest and the lightest hours of my wife's experience of breast cancer, here goes:<BR/><BR/>I thought I'd experienced the most traumatic day of my life when I awoke one Saturday morning to June gloom. June gloom is (apparently) an American term given to the sometime dull weather experienced in Los Angeles in said Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-16280848097896782822009-01-08T12:20:00.000+00:002009-01-08T12:20:00.000+00:00Oh, and cous cous was always a waste of calories a...Oh, and cous cous was always a waste of calories anyway. Imagine if it had put you off cake. Now that would be something to cry about. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-27604880619073432082009-01-08T12:17:00.000+00:002009-01-08T12:17:00.000+00:00I don't want to say you're 'brave' as if you have ...I don't want to say you're 'brave' as if you have something to be ashamed of (because you honestly don't)...but f*** me I don't know if I could've posted up pics of myself...not because you should be ashamed, but because that must be such a huge adjustment to get used to when you look in the mirror. I salute you, inspirational doesn't even cover it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-4887868872106458982009-01-08T09:41:00.000+00:002009-01-08T09:41:00.000+00:00You really do amaze me L. Just as I think I know w...You really do amaze me L. Just as I think I know what you’re up to, you up the game and shock the hell out of me. This is EXACTLY the right thing to do. I fear that I’ve done nothing but tell you how I feel ever since the Bullshit started, but just for the record…<BR/><BR/>You getting this is the biggest thing that ever happened. And every day I find myself thinking about what I can actually do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-66651181009040646082009-01-08T00:31:00.000+00:002009-01-08T00:31:00.000+00:00T X H L O A C E V O L A I z oVictoria - I figur...T X H L O<BR/> A C E V<BR/> O L A<BR/> I z o<BR/><BR/>Victoria - I figured you were either far too kind or needed an eye test. xxLisa Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801653171602300600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019246280434938648.post-26162678923973508872009-01-07T15:36:00.000+00:002009-01-07T15:36:00.000+00:00Can I just say you look gorgeous in your photos an...Can I just say you look gorgeous in your photos and i mean that with sincerety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com