Phrases that mean something different to you now than before your diagnosis

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  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #22
    Get out of my way
    "Get out of my way!" now means in our household "watch out- Mom's going to cr@p her pants if she doesn't run fast enough!"
  • ldot123
    ldot123 Member Posts: 272
    #23
    scouty said:

    Bathroom shelves
    with books intertwined with rolls of toilet paper, single and double ply.

    The library
    It is amazing how much you can learn in the john! My wife sometimes asks why not just go in and out - not so easy sometimes as we all know. Besides I can concentrate better in there! LOL.

    Cheers, Lance
  • VickiCO
    VickiCO Member Posts: 917
    #24
    lisa42 said:

    Get out of my way
    "Get out of my way!" now means in our household "watch out- Mom's going to cr@p her pants if she doesn't run fast enough!"

    Lisa!
    This is so funny. My hubby has diverticulitis. Our running joke is "DIBS! on the closest bathroom...you have to run down the hall!" My daughter swears their decision to put a half-bath off their family room was partially because of my visits...I was tired of running upstairs!

    Vicki
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #25
    lisa42 said:

    Get out of my way
    "Get out of my way!" now means in our household "watch out- Mom's going to cr@p her pants if she doesn't run fast enough!"

    ROFL!!!!
    Not that it's really funny when you're running for the toilet, but I think most of us have been there! :)
    mary
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #26
    Skip to my Loo!
    Only it's not really skip but SPRINT!

    Word of advice: When using a public loo make sure there is TP in the stall BEFORE you squat.


    I was at Mayo, for one of my bazillion colonoscopies I have had in the past 7.9 years, when my prep kicked in. I needed to use the loo IMMEDIATELY and DESPERATELY and ran in there and let 'er rip only to discover that there was no TP in the stall. Now what. It's not like I could hike up my pants and scoot over to the next stall, ya know? Thankfully as a latent hippie, I carried a bandana with me at all times. Well, you get the picture......dang, I really liked that color too. Now I carry tissue just in case AND I check the roll before I squat.

    peace, emily
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #27
    Here's one that has a different meaning
    It's not terribly funny though.
    It's NORMAL
  • shmurciakova
    shmurciakova Member Posts: 906 Member
    #28
    lol
    Ive got one, "The END is in sight!"...

    Also, who would name their kid Colon Powell? geez..
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #29
    Colon Poo-looza
    I told a friend I was going to a colonpalooza and she thought it should be called a poo-looza. I totally agree!!

    haha!

    peace, emily who doesn't pooh-pooh that suggestion
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #30
    2bhealed said:

    Colon Poo-looza
    I told a friend I was going to a colonpalooza and she thought it should be called a poo-looza. I totally agree!!

    haha!

    peace, emily who doesn't pooh-pooh that suggestion

    Poopalooza
    she's on a roll now......

    peace, emily
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #31
    A picture is worth a thousand words
    So let's get this straight, lemons make lemonade. So...
    Make up your own punchline
    :-)

  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #32
    PhillieG said:

    A picture is worth a thousand words
    So let's get this straight, lemons make lemonade. So...
    Make up your own punchline
    :-)

    ColonAid
    Could we have a ColonAid like FarmAid? You play the guitar, Phil, and I drum. Anyone on keyboards?

    Get some go-go dancers doing a pole dance around their IV stand shaking their booties.

    peace, emily
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #33
    2bhealed said:

    ColonAid
    Could we have a ColonAid like FarmAid? You play the guitar, Phil, and I drum. Anyone on keyboards?

    Get some go-go dancers doing a pole dance around their IV stand shaking their booties.

    peace, emily

    HA!
    Funny image, pole dancers with the IV poles...
    I will say that all of the nurses sure can cheer me up, they are all so sweet.
    Now the next time I go in I'll be picturing them in go-go boots
    peace out emily
    ;-)
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #34
    PhillieG said:

    HA!
    Funny image, pole dancers with the IV poles...
    I will say that all of the nurses sure can cheer me up, they are all so sweet.
    Now the next time I go in I'll be picturing them in go-go boots
    peace out emily
    ;-)

    and fishnets
    Dude, your new picture reminds me of what Georgia O'Keefe would paint if she were George O'Keefe if you catch my drift.....

    peace, emily
  • Hatshepsut
    Hatshepsut Member Posts: 336 Member
    #35
    shmurciakova said:

    lol
    Ive got one, "The END is in sight!"...

    Also, who would name their kid Colon Powell? geez..

    Bottom Line
    The terms "bottom" and "bottom line" have certainly taken a definitional shift since my husband was diagnosed with colon cancer.

    As we define the term, our bottom line has always been an insistence upon ensuring coverage for the care required to heal my husband's bottom.

    As our insurer has defined the term, however, "bottom line" seems to have a quite different focus. While we try to cover my husband's bottom line, their focus is unswervingly directed upon covering their own.

    Hatshepsut
  • scouty
    scouty Member Posts: 1,965 Member
    #36
    2bhealed said:

    and fishnets
    Dude, your new picture reminds me of what Georgia O'Keefe would paint if she were George O'Keefe if you catch my drift.....

    peace, emily

    Thanks Em
    That is funny!!!!!! AND I even get it.

    Lisa P.
  • kimby
    kimby Member Posts: 797
    #37
    2bhealed said:

    ColonAid
    Could we have a ColonAid like FarmAid? You play the guitar, Phil, and I drum. Anyone on keyboards?

    Get some go-go dancers doing a pole dance around their IV stand shaking their booties.

    peace, emily

    pole dancing
    I DO that! I pole dance with my IV on a regular basis and swear it got me out of the hospital sooner with my last surgery. I scare the nurses sometimes! The infusion room loves it when I start to perform but boy would they change their tune if I went from dirty dancing to stripping. LOL That can clear a room really FAST! Consider me in...

    Kimby
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #38
    2bhealed said:

    and fishnets
    Dude, your new picture reminds me of what Georgia O'Keefe would paint if she were George O'Keefe if you catch my drift.....

    peace, emily

    BH Liberal?
    A Bleeding heart liberal? Is that what you mean Emily?
    This is one from my yard. I'm not sure how it happened, but this year we seem to have a plant that has totally white flowers on it. Very cool
    -p
  • 2bhealed
    2bhealed Member Posts: 2,064 Member
    #39
    PhillieG said:

    BH Liberal?
    A Bleeding heart liberal? Is that what you mean Emily?
    This is one from my yard. I'm not sure how it happened, but this year we seem to have a plant that has totally white flowers on it. Very cool
    -p

    Art Survey
    Nope, not going there. No politics.

    Didn't you ever take an art survey class and learn all about the *ahem* female internal intricacies that Georgia O'Keefe seemed to be obsessed with painting. Reread what I wrote. Look closely. Think about it. :-O

    peace, emily
  • CherylHutch
    CherylHutch Member Posts: 1,375 Member
    #40
    2bhealed said:

    Art Survey
    Nope, not going there. No politics.

    Didn't you ever take an art survey class and learn all about the *ahem* female internal intricacies that Georgia O'Keefe seemed to be obsessed with painting. Reread what I wrote. Look closely. Think about it. :-O

    peace, emily

    Art Survey
    Hahahaha Em! You are soooo naughty!! :D

    Phil... I think your picture of the gorgeous flower that you say you have in your backyard... well, let's just say it could probably be in the running for Flower Porn :)

    Maybe we should just call Phil's flower "George" :D

    Cheryl
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #41
    CherylHutch said:

    Art Survey
    Hahahaha Em! You are soooo naughty!! :D

    Phil... I think your picture of the gorgeous flower that you say you have in your backyard... well, let's just say it could probably be in the running for Flower Porn :)

    Maybe we should just call Phil's flower "George" :D

    Cheryl

    George???
    All I can think of is Liberace with his reference to his brother George. Unless you meant Dubbya. He's a bloody person with no heart. No wait, that's ****.
    Oh well. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water....

    Big Bird will make a triumphant return! Sound the trumpets

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