by Rabbi Marc Wilson
AKA “Rabbi Rugless”
Dear Folks:
So sorry for this mass request, but it’s for a good cause.
In Jackson Hunsicker’s own words:
I don’t know how we got here or who is to blame. And, I don’t know how to get out of it, but women today are never satisfied with the way they look.
Either we think we’re too tall, too thin, too flabby or fat. If our hair is curly, we want it straight. If it is straight, we want it curly. We’re constantly searching for ways to improve. No one looks in the mirror and says, Wow, you couldn’t be any better looking.
If that’s how we feel about ourselves when we’re well, what happens when we’re sick? What happens when we get cancer and lose our hair while undergoing aggressive treatment?
It can be devastating. Click to continue »
In Derek’s own words: “[This song] was written and recorded for anyone challenged by Cancer in any form. I sincerely hope that it helps in the insidious challenge we all face in our brain boxes as we battle the disease.”
Click on the play button to listen to the song:
As a leukemia patient I have found two ways to help my ailing immune system fight the challenges of leukemia. The first is music, and playing the blues harmonica lifts me into another level of healing that only music can bring. The second has been fundraising to help fellow leukemia patients here in Nova Scotia. I am establishing a fund Click to continue »
Top 10 Ways to Cut the Cancer Conversation Short
10. Yeah, well, I was getting sick of my haircut so I figured, why not?
9. You should see how many presents I got. It was totally worth it.
8. Chemo is a great way to lose weight.
7. People are a lot nicer when they think you might die.
6. It was a perfect opportunity to get caught up on all my soaps.
5. Yeah it sucked, but look at this bad-ass scar!
4. How else do you think I got into college? They can’t turn down a cancer survivor.
3. Now I get to wear this trendy yellow bracelet.
2. I don’t really remember it. I was too drunk most of the time.
1. It’s okay, I didn’t have anything scheduled for that year anyway.
Submitted by Annie W., 21 yr. old – 10 month Hodgkin’s survivor
Reprinted courtesy of Planet Cancer.
Top 10 Worst Responses If Someone Tells You They Have Cancer
10. Other than that, how’s it going?
9. This isn’t going to affect my career, is it?
8. I guess there’s no need to quit smoking now.
7. There are easier ways to build character, you know.
6. Oh, my aunt/cousin/grandfather died of that same cancer!
5. Be sure to wear clean underwear.
4. Just think of all the money you’ll save on shampoo.
3. Cancer…is that before or after Aquarius?
2. Yeah, right, whatever.
1. It’s always about you, isn’t it?
Reprinted courtesy of Planet Cancer.
Top 10 Ways To Break The Ice With Your Nurse
10. Fill bedpan with chocolate pudding and salsa; whistle Mission Impossible theme as she carries it away.
9. Call her “stewardess.”
8. Try to convince her of your firm conviction that your tumor is the karmic by-product of “all those kids I ate.”
7. Lock her in bathroom; insist that she refer to you as “Warden.”
6. Act baffled when she enters to minister to you and say: “They told me I had a prostrate dancer.”
5. Sew your right hand to your lips and laugh whenever she’s around – oblivious to your dementia, she’ll of course think you’re cute and have a funny little secret.
4. Ask her if she wants to play “Find the caduceus.”
3. Strategically place a copy of Hustler sticking out from under your mattress, your subscription label clearly visible. After all, they love readers.
2. Demand that your doctor tell you why the night-shift nurses dress in snowsuits and shout at you in Icelandic.
1. Fart.
Reprinted courtesy of Planet Cancer.
