To find courage, lose fear and keep hope
My piece for the newspapers and blog is due this AM and I’m just starting it now because I’ve been distracted with going into Boston everyday for radiation treatments. (Today’s the last, by the way.) My bills are overdue, there’s a pile of paper work that needs to be done. Lists are made … [Read more...]
Five radiation treatments down and nine to go: I am feeling so much better than last week, not only a physical level but on emotional and spiritual ones too. There’s been a shift in my energy and while I don’t know yet if I can fully explain how, I want to try. Something, actually many … [Read more...]
Its 6:40 am and I’m having my brain and pelvis radiated this morning. I have four metastatic lesions that have spread from my lung to my brain and one to my pelvis. They tell me that I should do well and have good success of the tumors being zapped. I feel confident, but I still wonder how … [Read more...]
My head hurts under the emotional weight of these cancers growing in my lungs, lymph nodes, adrenal gland and pelvic bone. And now there is the question of a liver lesion being malignant. Plus, there’s a new finding that the right upper lung mass has collapsed part of my lung, not to mention … [Read more...]
I’m healthy, healed and cancer free. I feel great and I love my life. I am and I do – I keep telling myself over and over. My mantra is one of the bridges that will get me to the other side; the side of good health. I visualize and then I see how it feels. Sometimes it’s hard for me … [Read more...]
Actinomyces, a rare bacteria affecting 1 in 300,000 immune compromised people, and I have it in my lungs. Wow – poor health – the gift that keeps on giving isn’t holding anything back. I’ve been at MGH for six days now and I was all set to be discharged from the hospital yesterday after … [Read more...]
Since being diagnosed with cancer and exposing the raw and often difficult emotions of going through this, my life has changed in many positive ways. It is hard to believe that it's possible but so many blessing have come into my life. My column is now nationally syndicated through Gatehouse Media. People tell me that I'm inspiring them to live better and that is incredible. I cherish the people who have supported me from the beginning and all the new people that I've met through writing the column. They give their love and encouragement so freely that I'm comforted to have them next to me on this journey. And I'm more in love than ever with my daughter and grandchildren whose love, support and antics keep me going.... and make for some interesting writing. [Read More …]
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