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monday morning
Morning sports fans! I have my medical oncologist appointment lined up and still have one art pit that smells more than the other. Incisions look good but everything still kinda pinches and in the background is a dull sort of … Continue reading
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sunday, sunday
It’s a quiet and cloudy Sunday. I just woke up again, and from downstairs drifting up I can hear the sounds of Sunday. Normalcy and it sounds so good. When I think of Sundays, I often think of my father … Continue reading
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6 a.m. on saturday is not for lawn mowers…
Ahh neighbors…nice people…but 6 a.m. was not the ideal time to have to wake up to the dulcet tones of a LAWN MOWER. Seriously, not to be rude, but how rude is that? People are just clueless. I am a little … Continue reading
sleep is good….
Finally I slept. Only six hours straight before I woke up, but I really slept – which is more than I have been doing. Between work stress and breast cancer stress and life stress, continual good sleep has been a … Continue reading
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….wow this hurts
Ok so I am not Wonder Woman, and no worries about me pushing it even if I am honestly worried about my job (catching up on work) and a million other things. I feel like I got hit by a truck. Honestly, … Continue reading
unveiling it all…
Well I made it through the night. I am one of those people who can’t completely relax on pain meds, but I definitely need them. Everything hurts. I slept sort of but I know I need more sleep. It’s amazing … Continue reading
out, out damn lump
Greetings from the land of pain management, this is Julie McCoy your cruise director. (Savor the moments people, because rarely am I so mellow.) The news of the Rialto? C’est comme ça: it’s out and the margins were hopefully clean … Continue reading
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calm…
O.k. people, just because you do not hear from me for a couple of days, it doesn’t mean I am on the edge of a cliff somewhere! It means I am taking a break – same as I would do … Continue reading
juggling
One of the things that you never really know what it is like until you are in it, is trying to juggle your 9 to 5 life with a breast cancer diagnosis. When you get breast cancer you flip into … Continue reading
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is life a giant 12-step program?
As we reach a certain age, we can’t help but know (or have known) a few people in recovery, better know as AA. That being said, I have wondered for some time if life is not just a giant 12-step … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 step, aa, breast cancer, life, serenity prayer, thinking
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