banned from infussion site for having to much fun

harleywiz
harleywiz Member Posts: 50 Member
edited August 2015 in Colorectal Cancer #1

so i have to spend 6 hours at the infussion center getting all my chemo drugs and it seems in between waching netflicks i make cancer jokes being stage 4 myself i tend to have to much fun saying things like everyday out of the pizza oven is a good day or saying hurry up people are dyeing of cancer here. any way i guess another person complained and the nurse went to my docs office and sujested that i get  my chemo somewhere else. I know im a pia (pain in the ****) I guess saying things like the cancer wont kill me the chemo will or refuseing to sit by the west side windows becuse there high tenion power lines there and telling them i might get cancer. im stage 4 and about 3 years out and im going to go laughing so im sure my bloods the cure for cancer just afrade they wont find it till the autopsy.

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  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,804 Member
    #2
    Oh dear me!

    You are a naughty boy. Go sit in the corner until you can behave. 

    I can't belive they have requested you go somewhere else. What a bunch of boobies. And who complained? Put them on the list as well. 

    I have been expelled before, from school and from a church; back in my younger, more rebellious days. 

    You obviously have to curb your humour a little when you find another facility. Too bad people can't just get along. 

    And I too would not want to be parked next to the power lines. 

    You can come here with some jokes. We won't ban you as long as you're not too out there. 

    Sue - Trubrit

  • Easyflip
    Easyflip Member Posts: 588 Member
    #3
    That

    ain't fair Harley! Laughter is the best medicine, in fact my center has a 'laughing class' where you just go and laugh for 45 minutes! I don't like sticks in the mud, too bad that person who complained has no sense of humor. Try not to get kicked out of your new place, I can't imagine there's a lot of them where you live. Good luck!

    Easyflip/Richard

  • Helen321
    Helen321 Member Posts: 1,460 Member
    #4
    I hope you're joking now!

    I hope you're joking now!  I'm a little shocked that they would do that.  Sometimes humor is all we have.  I mean all the person had to do is say please move me to a different seat.  One day when I was feeling really lousy, the lady next to me got through her treatment by singing and humor with her family that got pretty loud.  As I was feeling totally crappy the noise was a little harsh on me but I just reminded myself that she needs to get through her treatment just like I do. She never even had a clue as she shouldn't.  She needed to do that to get through her treatment and that was okay. She wasn't the reason I wasn't feeling well.  We were all stuck in the same hell.

  • jalusa
    jalusa Member Posts: 21
    #5
    I wouldn't like it...

    I am afraid I wouldn't like sitting near you either.  I am all for some humor, but maybe the infusion center is not the right setting.  People don't feel well, are frightened or depressed.  They are trapped with you there and have no choice but to listen.  There is a verse in psalms... don't sing songs to a heavy heart.  

    I bet they will let you back in if you promise to behave...

  • Lorikat
    Lorikat Member Posts: 681 Member
    #6
    Laughter...

    I'm on the anal cancer board but ck here sometimes...  Just to share....  I was once asked to leave a yoga class for laughing!  Sorry, but a bunch of older folks in weird positions was funny!  HOWEVER I did ask a lady to please quit talking about all the people she knew with cancer and how much they suffered (or died) while waiting on her husband to finish radiation.....  I was waiting for my turn and already scared ...

  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #7
    There is nothing wrong with

    There is nothing wrong with trying to lighten the mood. Laughter is great therapy IMHO.

  • sflgirl
    sflgirl Member Posts: 220 Member
    #8
    I agree with jlausa

    my chemo treatments are difficult ang getting harder. I would not want to listen ireverent  pizza oven humor during my suffering and throwing up.  Glad for you if you don't suffer but a little common courtesy about your audience is much appreciated.  Not surprised you were asked to leave.

    Hope you have a continued good history and recovery.

  • MAliceR
    MAliceR Member Posts: 98
    #9
    Infusion Etiguette

    I think humor is important to remind us our lives are more than cancer. That said, I was REALLY ill during my chemo and the 4-5 hours I sat there I just needed quiet and a chance to rest and meditate. I would have had trouble doing that with loud laughter and joking going on around me. While on the subject of chemo etiquette let me just add that having visitors join the cancer infusee and sit and eat greasy hamburgers with onions and foods that smell up the infusion center is even worse than joking around. I had more than one situation where I was managing to hold my nausea under control and then in came the food and up came everything in my stomach. I know we all handle stress and fear differently, I guess the trick is to recognize our style may not fit the needs of others and strive to figure out a comfort level that works for ourselves as well as others.

    I hope you find an infusion "home" where you can feel comfortable as you continue your journey. 

    Blessings

    MAlice

  • danker
    danker Member Posts: 1,276 Member
    #10
    Laughter

    Groucho Marx said,":I would't want to become a member of a club that would have me for a member." LOL is all we can do!

  • alabama_survivor
    alabama_survivor Member Posts: 85
    #11
    I am from the breast cancer

    I am from the breast cancer board, but come over hear to lurk because my brother has stage 4 colon cancer, and my sister has stage 3 rectal cancer.  My breast cancer was re-staged from stage 3 to stage 4 just a couple of weeks ago.  We all have to do what we have to do to cope with our diagnosis.  I remember my very first chemo, how petrified I was.  And when the nurse started the IV push for the Red Devil, I was so petrified because I knew she was actually injecting CHEMOTHERAPY in my veins (OMG!!  If I move my head too fast, will my brain explode?).  I remember asking her and the person that was with me if that was the part when I was supposed to start yelling at my boob, "Die, Cancer, Die!!"  We have to deal with this in our own way, and having someone sitting near me cracking jokes would probably have been comforting.

    Some weeks I would find someone to talk to, some weeks I would play on my phone or tablet, then when I moved on to the 12 weekly Taxols, I would get that big dose of benadryl and just want to sleep.  So sorry to hear you weren't allowed to just be yourself.

    For now I am on Xeloda and hope that might keep things stable for a while, but I'm sure I will eventually find myself back in that infusion room.  Smile

  • pluckey
    pluckey Member Posts: 484 Member
    #12
    I had a very dark sense of

    I had a very dark sense of humor going through treatment. My family would get a bit annoyed with me but it was def. a coping mechanism.  The humor is for YOUR benefit. Like others have said, so many differnt situations and tempermants sitting in the chairs for infusion.  It's a surreal experience to be sure.  There were days I wanted to chat, days I hid under blankets and waited for my time to be up.  Maybe you need to find someone a bit more in tune with your temperment.  No disresepect intended because the stories I could tell you about my irreverance during chemo and ilesotomy hell are EPIC.  Just tone it down a notch and use your light to hone in on those you can relat to.

     

    Best yo You

    Peggy

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