I looked at my before and after photo from January of 2008 when I was in the depth of chemo for my Ovarian Cancer and I was horrified at the pictures, I was sure it wasn’t me, how could I look that scary and sick and at the time and not realize what condition I was in?
  None of my family or friends let on as to how they must have felt when they looked at my face and into my eyes, instead their behavior indicated I was doing well …

This will be a brief post as I’m so far behind I’m feeling like a sinking ship with no hope of survival and doomed for failure instead of success.
Hence, what can one do when your convinced there is no hope of victory and you’re sure you can do better and have no idea of how because time is not on my side and the holidays are almost here and I’m not prepared, thus if you have any advise as to how I can calm down and not make matters …

Happy Thanksgiving
I’m looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving this week and I can’t remember when I was more geared up to relax and just take pleasure in visiting with my family and friends, we have a few things planned and it feels like just the right amount of places to be going and people who will visit our home no stress just looking forward to the weekend ahead.
So, I believe my peaceful viewpoint has a lot to do with how I’ve looked at life in the last few months as I’ve …

The importance of a good nights sleep
Most of us think that if we are able to work and function on fewer hours of sleep rather then the recommended 8 hours we are doing better then the average person and it’s to be viewed as having macho, strong, courageous qualities when in reality there has been medical research which tells us sleep deficiency is unhealthy for the brain and the body and in some cases driving while being sleep deprived is as dangerous as drinking or doing drugs and you drive …

On a Happier Note
Life can often be filled with the good, bad, and the ugly and making a difference to you yes I said you, can only happen if you’re willing to admit what you expect in your world as there is no magic bullet and the old adage you can’t be loved until you find out how to love yourself applies to how you live and how much pleasure you can feel while existing in this cruel world.
Thus ask yourself what makes you feel good and think of the …

So Clorox is King or is it Queen?

Our mother was the queen of Clorox and we teased her about this every time we could because she even put a capful of Clorox in our bath water and I must admit I don’t remember having cold or flu too much while I was growing up therefore it makes me wonder if we should use more of those old time natural remedies because they are  better then the junk they sell from the pharmaceuticals companies who keep on getting richer and …

Are you getting Vaccinated this year?
I received a flu shot in one arm yesterday and a pneumonia in the other and I’m been sleeping and feeling miserable ever since yesterday at 3 pm I can’t remember resting this much since my surgery and treatments for ovarian cancer in January 08.  I feel  awful and this was suppose to be a day I could do what ever I wanted maybe even walk the mall for nothing but window shopping and begin to think about the upcoming holidays oh well don’t they …

Doing it my way
 
It’s been a very frustrating week as nothing has gone the way I’d hope since I returned from vacation and I barely caught up on Friday as I left the office wondering what’s it all about this life I call mine as it’s never going where I planned and is often where I couldn’t have imagined at this time in my subsistence thus I wonder do you feel the same way and when you lie down in bed at night and try to close your eyes and …

My hair is growing back and as you know; the PET scan came back clear of Cancer.  I can’t believe how good I feel emotionally.  It must be I didn’t realize how scared and depressed I was inside.  You get through the days and nights and quietly pray there will be more years to breathe life.

All right, I love life and heaven knows I wasn’t ready to let go, so when everything turned out great I felt the dark clouds around me peel away.  I sense I could begin enjoying …

My PET scan came back clear the message have a great trip.  We are leaving for New Mexico on Monday as my step daughter is graduating from Border Patrol and we’ll be there to see her become a border patrol officer.  While in the area we’ll head to Arizona to visit family and friends.