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A day in need of Emily Litella and calling Jane Curtin a bitch


I sobbed uncontrollably this morning as I read the Caring Bridge entry of yet another friend, the fifth or sixth in just a couple of years, who has cancer. I actually don’t feel like writing all the thoughts I had during those few minutes – I just need to act on them. But I will share that I thought about Emily Litella and canker research:

What’s all this fuss I hear about pouring money into canker research? How much can you learn about a tiny sore inside your face! Why waste your money, America? Cankers can be beaten. Don’t eat grapefruit. And if you do have cankers, don’t fiddle with them. Keep your fingers out of your mouth!

I couldn’t find a video of it, but I did find this one. And you need to watch until the end.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:52 am May 21st, 2008 in Humor, Illness 

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8 Responses to “A day in need of Emily Litella and calling Jane Curtin a bitch”

  1. 1 Loraine Ritchey on May 21st, 2008 10:15 am

    Jill my son was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma on February 15th ..I am still reeling and planning for the wedding in two weeks….it is the most god awful news to hear
    http://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/all-it-takes-is-a-phone-call-to-start-you-screaming/ and three months in I am still a basket case
    http://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/archimedes-and-me/
    another round of chemo tomorrow Loraine

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on May 21st, 2008 10:21 am

    Oh, Loraine, I am so sorry. One of the people I was thinking about is a woman who went through treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma (mother with two kids). She is doing well now.

    You are in my thoughts and prayers and I am eager to read what you’ve shared. I’m sorry that I didn’t realize and read sooner.

  3. 3 Loraine Ritchey on May 21st, 2008 10:32 am

    Thanks… it has and continues to be a learning experience…. .from the medical perspective, the insurance, the tightrope walk of hope….and the god awful waiting….

  4. 4 Judy on May 21st, 2008 10:50 am

    Jill – I feel the same way – thank you for the poignant reminder of Gilda Radner.

  5. 5 oengus on May 21st, 2008 11:28 am

    Its horrible, but many do survive. I know some cancer survivors they amaze me with their courage and strength, it sometime seems harder on the family.

    I lost an Uncle to Leukemia, he refused treatment and eventually refused to talks to some family members, they kept begging him to try holistic medicines. He eventually stopped taking their calls, which was sad. He said it was too much; he wanted to be at peace with it.

    Some people fight the battle some do not, tough to accept that. The battle can take all kind of turns, from miraculous to futile.

    It to me is all about the prognosis, a friend watched as two of his family died from Leukemia, from chemo to bone marrow transplants, a battle that lasted years.

    I respect my uncle decision and my friend’s families, both had bad prognoses and both were encouraged to fight the battle.

    I would rather die fast and at home, but that’s a though one isn’t it, my friend described it as watching his brother die for two years, but also said they all had to fight the battle with him and none of them could ever say it was worth it, how could they he died.

    Sad as you get older, you witness more and more of it. Oh well, part of life is death.

  6. 6 Loraine Ritchey on May 21st, 2008 11:43 am

    Yes the first thing after you are told you or your loved one have cancer and the punch in the gut that comes with it is the search for what is the prognosis and what type ..what sub type…. Non- Hodkins Lymophoma has 25 types and Hodgkins 4 and that is just two of the many many cancers….it is all so overwhelming….

    …The chemo is frightening in an of itself.but things have come so far……..I told my son we just have to look at this as an antibiotic with harsh side effects..so far … touch wood,…. into the 4th cycle it has been OK can still function with normalcy has some bad days but nothing horrible…. still going to work and we have picked a chemo day close to the end of the week so that he has the weekend to deal with side effects and rest….
    stillhas more to go and radiation……so I don’t know how that is……but the chemo in my sons case I would say hasn’t lived up to scary picture I had of it …. and the things they have to combat the side effects are better than they were when my brother inlaw had non hodgkins 13 years ago…. I guess where there is life there is hope ……. Loraine

  7. 7 Muffet on May 21st, 2008 12:15 pm

    I’m a six year breast cancer survivor. In fact, I have my yearly check up today! I am, however, going to a hearing in a few minutes for a widow who lost her dear husband to lymphoma.

    There is hope. There is hope. A secretary in my office has survived breast cancer for over ten years now. My SIL has survived for over twenty years now. My father survived lung cancer and removal of one lung, back in the ’50′s. Things are better now.

    When I got my diagnosis, it was pretty scary, but I imediately switched gears and asked what we had to do to get rid of it. That was my focus: get rid of it.
    Good luck to all who have friends and family with this horrible disease.

  8. 8 Jill Miller Zimon on May 21st, 2008 4:29 pm

    Oengus, Loraine, Muffet – thanks for sharing all those stories. It’s amazing how not so simple it is to just be alive and breathe for another day, you know?

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