tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31435473.post8172214568232345219..comments2023-12-01T18:32:24.139-08:00Comments on Cheeky Librarian: Still learning how to cope with the after-effects of cancer treatmentTeresa Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819137357040314260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31435473.post-88828458713634345492007-05-07T16:25:00.000-07:002007-05-07T16:25:00.000-07:00Hey Teri - Also so glad you wrote this, and hope y...Hey Teri - <BR/><BR/>Also so glad you wrote this, and hope you can mention it as part of your paper at MLA, even if I have to go to another session.<BR/>Recovering from arthritis brought on by forced immobility due to viral cardiomyopathy, with the heart failure again exacerbated by breast cancer chemo, hasn't helped my "large" status and the problems I have with standing. At least I now have Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703357210917254120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31435473.post-15173538524381737822007-05-01T17:52:00.000-07:002007-05-01T17:52:00.000-07:00No way that you have been an offender, Scraps. You...No way that you have been an offender, Scraps. You and I have enjoyed times together that have nothing to do with food - and, after all, you were the one that shared my last Thai meal, so you are fine! I am glad that I am more than the cancer to you. Here's to many more social events for us in the future!Teresa Hartmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819137357040314260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31435473.post-38900980338319152452007-05-01T17:15:00.000-07:002007-05-01T17:15:00.000-07:00Hi Teri! Know I have been one of the food offende...Hi Teri! Know I have been one of the food offenders. Have a couple of thoughts for you. I keep forgetting you are surviving cancer. You are not, to me, your cancer. You are simply my friend and food is such a social event. Worse for you, many of us were raised that it is rude to eat in front of those who don't. And that we should be hospitable and offer others food. Unless we consciously scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502402617960899811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31435473.post-2401963842730005122007-04-30T20:09:00.000-07:002007-04-30T20:09:00.000-07:00How about answering in a foreign language? That al...How about answering in a foreign language? That always upsets Americans. What languages do you speak well enough to say something firm and emphatic? (Six words will probably do.)<BR/><BR/>I can give you the Japanese: Nan desu ka!<BR/>Which has lots of translations, but the best one here is just "What?!" Or, "What is it?!"<BR/><BR/>Say that with authority to people who are giving you weird looks. Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11187882620099224246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31435473.post-68566789603030783962007-04-30T11:20:00.000-07:002007-04-30T11:20:00.000-07:00Teri-I am so glad you put this up. It is a fabulou...Teri-I am so glad you put this up. It is a fabulous, thought-provoking post. And I will keep thinking of snappy comebacks for you. <BR/><BR/>JeanneJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11187882620099224246noreply@blogger.com