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What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do
My son graduated from high school in 2012. At the Baccalaureate service, the Grandfather of two of the graduates gave the message and it’s one I still haven’t forgotten, almost 11 years later. The title of his message was “What to do When you don’t know What to do”. Fitting for students about to strike…
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Five Days
Five. That’s how many days I have left before I check in and have my neck sliced on again. To say that I am anxious and overwhelmed is a bit of an understatement, really. I don’t know what to expect this time. There will be at least two – likely three incisions this time. Two…
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December 3, 2022
A Little Honesty A little positivity goes a long way. But so does honesty and I’m about to get honest with you. It’s been a hard week. A week full of information about treatment plans and doctor’s appointments, dental plans and every emotion imaginable. Information I needed to hear but didn’t want to hear. Feelings…
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A Punch in the Gut
In my last post, I talked about expecting the unexpected. Thing is, when the unexpected happens, you feel like you’ve been punched in the gut. You can’t breathe for a minute and your head spins a little. That’s how my Wednesday went this week. At 9:00 I had a CT so that this surgeon could…
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Expect the Unexpected
They say the only things that are guaranteed in life are death and taxes. But I’ll add to that and say the unexpected is also a guarantee! Just when you think things are a little smoother and things are going great, something unexpected will come up. You can count on it. My unexpected happened this…
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Every Bite You Take
Eat to Live, Don’t Live to Eat. I read that somewhere recently and it seriously is the way we should look at food. I know I’ve taken a hard look at nutrition lately and what I allow myself to consume. I’ve had a lot of messages and interest in what I’m doing, foods I’m eating…
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Doing It My Way
This is the last time. That’s what I told the Surgeon today. I’m sick of medical appointments and tired of being cut on, if I’m being honest. It takes a lot out of you, having to recover from such invasive procedures. It leaves you with lasting side effects and things that don’t go away. When…
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Here We Go Again
I guess I should start with a warning for this post. It’s been a bad day. A bad couple of weeks really. And I’m pretty tired. Exhausted, actually. Like the kind of tired where you need days of sleep and a nice long vacation…which I haven’t had in many years. I could use a break…
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It Lurks In The Shadows
I’ve learned a lot about my body and this cancer since 2006. In the very beginning, I was encouraged and confident that once the surgeon removed my thyroid, and I received Radioactive Iodine Treatment, it would go away – never to return. That’s what they told me….that most never have another minute’s trouble with it.…
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Self Advocacy
As I sit here and type this post, I’m thinking about tomorrow morning. See, I’m scheduled for a PET/CT scan early tomorrow morning. When I was thinking about it earlier, I tried to remember just how many of these things I’ve had in the last 16 years…. too many to count. I’ve read that one…
Sand Dunes & Daisies 