Good Comeback lines

TraciInLA said:

Only happy endings
While Sylvia is right, I think there's one response we can use in one kind of situation that is all about helping ourselves. This was posted here a couple of times last year while I was going through treatment -- I'm so sorry I don't remember who posted it, but, if it was you, please stand up and take credit, because it's great!

When someone starts telling you about their neighbor or Aunt Martha or the cousin of a friend of their husband's co-worker who had breast cancer, hold up your hand and say, "Stop. If this story has a happy ending, then I want to hear it. If it doesn't, then please don't tell me about it, because I need to focus on the positive right now."

I love this -- and I wish I'd read it BEFORE my co-worker told me all about his aunt who had breast cancer, and how beautiful her funeral was....

Traci

faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy said:

One 7 year old...
Years ago I worked with a woman and her daughter developed a rare pediatric cancer...long story short and keeping with Traci's theme...if it's not positive don't share it. The little girl's hair was coming back curly with beautiful blonde highlights when a woman admiring it wondered who'd done her hair, to which the child replied with a broad smile said, "All you have to do is get cancer and go through chemotherapy and you can have hair like mine."

Today, that young woman is in her mid twenties, has finished culinary school and recently married.

smalldoggroomer said:

I had a customer call me the
I had a customer call me the other day and when he found out I had cancer he said I knew someone that had cancer it was bad they died. I just said well thank you for your concern. How much after your mouth starts moving does your brain kick in?? Maybe I'll call you when I am back to work.. MAYBE..I almost always have come backs. Unlike my customer I think before I talk. Take care all Kay

creampuff91344 said:

Comebacks
Like Traci, I can't remember who posted this, but this is the best comeback I have heard yet.

This cancer survivor was standing in line at a coffee shop, and a man standing behind her in line commented on "the lesbian in front of him would never be a man, and a short haircut wouldn't make her a man". She continued to order, and passing by the man on her way out she stopped, opened her shirt, exposing her flat chest with mastectomy scars, and said, "I'm not a lesbian, I'm a cancer survivor, and proud of it". The observers in the coffee shop stood up and applauded her. This is a story I have repeated often, and was so proud of her...please forgive my chemo brain for not remembering who posted this. BRAVO! to a b/c survivor who stood up for herself....and for all of us. Cheers to all of us who have undergone comments that were hurtful and survived. Hugs, Judy

TraciInLA said:

sweetvickid
I remember that post very well -- it was sweetvickid who got called a "lesbo," and "not a man" by an a** standing in line at a coffee bar, and yes, she is our hero for her courage and quick thinking.

Traci

Kat11 said:

That was the best come back
That was the best come back i have ever heard. Gave my husband and i a good laugh. Holding up you hand is a good way to handle it.

Sher43009 said:

Traci
Hi Traci

I posted the stop story. I got it from a another survivor friend that came up with it. Sadly I've had to use it. I do wish people would think before they speak. I'm glad my fellow survivors find it helpful.

Sher