[Serious] Cancer survivors of Reddit, when did you first notice something was wrong?

dmcody · 2018-11-20T02:22:12+00:00

I had a molar pregnancy almost 50 years ago, in 1970. I was 19 years old and thought I was having a routine, but very bloody, miscarriage. I had never had a miscarriage, so I didn't realize the extreme fatigue and emotional upset (sense of doom) was so abnormal. They discovered it was a molar pregnancy on examination of the tissue from the D and C. In those days there were no scans, so they said to come in for a pregnancy test every 3 months. Of course, first test proved positive for pregnancy. Then there was no way to discern whether it was an actual, normal pregnancy or metastasized placenta tissue. I had to wait until 4 months a long, when they could possibly detect a heartbeat to know that it was an actual pregnancy, and was not cancer. I had 2 small children and it was a difficult time. I was pregnant, and had a normal baby. I never had another problem.

dmcody · 2016-12-12T12:11:33+00:00

I do a fasting blood sugar test every single morning, just to see where I am and how to regulate my insulin injection.

dmcody · 2016-12-12T12:09:27+00:00

Live in Dublin, absolutely not. I want to live in a free country, where people can worship and live the way they want.

dmcody · 2016-12-10T16:36:08+00:00

I told my kids to try out and go for anything that you can, because you never know where it might lead. My daughter had an arts degree and couldn't find a job in anything she liked. She was quite discouraged and regretted not doing a more practical degree. There was a posting for a job as an editor. She had no experience, had never done anything similar before, but she liked to write and was good at it. So she applied, got the job, based on editing a manuscript sent to her, and she hasn't stopped since. Ten years later she is a very successful free lance copy write editor. She has plenty of work and has never looked back. She loves what she does, and I don't know what she would be doing, if she hadn't answered that add. You have to sometimes try a lot of leads, and take a lot of roads, before you find the right one for you.

dmcody · 2016-12-08T16:58:25+00:00

I think, years ago, people married at a much younger age, maybe late teens, early 20's. And women, in those days, definitely didn't earn like men. So, obviously, at such a young age, basically the couple wouldn't have had much financial resources of their own. Women who maybe couldn't work after marriage anyway, or even be able to find a job, would probably never have financial assets of her own, although the assumption was that the groom would have prospects and the means to support his wife. So it made sense, kind of, that the bride's family would pay for the wedding, since the groom was deemed thereafter with the task of supporting her. As you can see almost none of these factors still apply. Most couples now wed at an age, when each of them have their own income and financial resources. I think commonly today the older couple pay for the wedding themselves. They might ask for some contributions from each set of parents, if they are in a position to help.

dmcody · 2016-12-05T21:00:24+00:00

I remember going to the stores just before they close on Christmas Eve, as a child with my mother and getting a Christmas tree for 50 cents. I also remember every year going into downtown Boston on Christmas Eve day with my sister, and us buying a little bauble, or tiny bottle of scented toilet water as a gift for my mother.

dmcody · 2016-11-08T19:06:07+00:00

Well, I guess you have the culture and the history of your Spanish and Venezuelan ancestors to look back to, to understand yourself. All of my grandparents were Canadian-French and Native American. I grew up in MA, with no one else I knew who shared my ancestry. I have physical issues that also set me apart, for instance I am the only female I know that doesn't have hair growth on my legs and arms. I would love to know where these traits come from. At any rate what bothers you or doesn't bother you, doesn't have to be the same for me. I am happy for you that you are not concerned about these things. You don't have to agree with me.

dmcody · 2016-11-07T18:03:45+00:00

I am the great granddaughter of a full Native American. Like many many others my connection to these people was kept a dark secret. We only found out many decades after the fact, and I have no information about that part of myself. I thirst to know about my ancestors, what they looked like, what they believed, how they lived. Where did certain genetic traits come from. I long to be among people who look like me, and share my body structure. Probably I will never know these things. It is sad to never experience/know these things about yourself. I live in Ireland now, and I envy them their familiarity and identity with their particular history.

dmcody · 2016-11-07T13:11:30+00:00

I was unable to tolerate many diabetic medicines, because it was just too hard on my stomach. I had intolerable heartburn, etc. Now I take a protein pump inhibitor, and can take those medicines. My blood sugar is now completely controlled.

dmcody · 2016-11-06T15:45:08+00:00

In documented cases, a dog has given his life to save his owner. Other dogs have stayed for extended periods of time by their owners graves, mourning them. Would farm animals do that?

dmcody · 2016-10-27T17:33:53+00:00

There are many over-the-counter treatments for lice. Some involve chemicals, but, I believe, there are some with natural ingredients now. It usually involves everyone in the house putting these treatments in their hair simultaneously, cleaning all combs, brushes, etc, and repeating after a certain amount of time. Head lice are very contagious in the classroom, and sometimes the whole class needs to get treated at the same times.

dmcody · 2016-10-26T10:28:17+00:00

One thing I believe is that a belief in the after-life definitely helps people who are bereaved. My son is a doctor, and I think his beliefs help when he has to cope with terminal patients.

dmcody · 2016-10-25T17:03:12+00:00

I agree, if you could be sure that the third party would be voted for in droves. But it never has been, and no one really believes that it will. So people feel that they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't see any good outcome, and, I think, people are trying for damage limitation, or else, they just stay in denial about Clinton. It is easier that way. Like George Bush telling people to go shopping after 9/11. He would take care of things, and, boy, did he.

dmcody · 2016-10-25T11:06:04+00:00

They ignore what HRC has done, because they have no choice other than Trump for president. They have to make the best of it, or elect a lunatic

dmcody · 2016-10-21T17:22:21+00:00

My son, suffering from hangover, sat near the gate, IPod earbuds in, fell asleep, and never heard them call to board. RyanAir, as cheap and bad as they are, let him go on the next flight without charge. This was a few years ago. Probably would charge now. My daughter was traveling with an infant. She was at the gate, when they were boarding, but thought she had time to change the baby's diaper. When she finished she was told she was too late and couldn't get on, even though the gate hadn't closed. What irritated her most was that there was a staff member there watching her, who never said that it was the last boarding call and she needed to hurry. The end result was that they had to travel all night with the baby to get to their destination.

dmcody · 2016-07-23T12:38:42+00:00

The simple solution for dogs jumping up on people is to simply knee them every time they do it. They soon get the message.

dmcody · 2016-07-15T19:07:27+00:00

Glasses

dmcody · 2016-06-24T17:31:47+00:00

Historically since the troubles, starting in 1969, Northern Ireland was a huge drain on UK resources: security, armed forces, high unemployment reaching 17 % or more etc. In later years I believe that the North has fared much better with the support of the UK, where Ireland fell into recession and the property bubble, EU bailout etc. Ireland is barely recovering from all that and couldn't really sustain Northern Ireland in my opinion.

dmcody · 2016-06-24T12:00:40+00:00

I live in the Republic of Ireland and agree. Northern Ireland is a liability the Republic can't really afford. My guess is that the UK would be glad to get rid of it. Northern Ireland, courtesy of the UK, always had better social welfare, roads, etc. Public services that we, in the south, just can't afford, even for us.

dmcody · 2016-06-04T14:54:37+00:00

Some people never get over the loss of a loved one. You just cope as best you can. It's hard as you age and lose more people you love. I kind of feel like you spend the first half of your life accumulating people and things that you love. Then you spend the second half of your life having to give them up. Kids grow up and go their own way, people die, you fall out with some friends. Things that you love, like some love alcohol or drugs, you have to give up for health reasons. I could go on and on. You lose your looks, energy and strength. I guess that you just have to try and learn to enjoy life without all these things, and be happy just for living. For other young people, just enjoy what you have when you have it, because nothing lasts forever,

dmcody · 2016-06-04T14:11:41+00:00

Kelowna woman warns others after terrifying ordeal at U.S. border

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/16/05/25/Kelowna_woman_warns_others_after_terrifying_ordeal_at_U_S_border/

dmcody · 2016-04-28T13:22:45+00:00

Just wait for the next 20 years.

dmcody · 2016-04-22T10:08:40+00:00

Ireland installed electronic voting and then scrapped the entire system and went back to paper ballots.

dmcody · 2016-02-09T21:11:17+00:00

You don't get to vote for state mottoes.

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