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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: January 2011
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Sunday, January 30, 2011. Here is part two of the crazy hospital story. So I get the Benadryl and I am getting drowsy and then it is about 10:30. The IV is beeping just about every twenty minutes so I have been trying to walk around as much as possible to avoid staying in the room. 8220;When are you going to stop that IV from setting off the alarm? He was glaring at the nurse. The nurse finally contacted a resident who released me at 2:00 am An orderly wheel...
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Yoga on the Steps: November 2010
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Thursday, November 18, 2010. A winter yoga class to benefit LBBC: 1st Annual Barefoot Ball. Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC). Is gearing up to host our 9th annual yoga event. We’re looking forward to seeing all of you there. You’re in for a surprise as LBBC is working tirelessly to restructure the familiar event and bring you yoga like you’ve never experienced it before! To introduce LBBC’s yoga event like you’ve never seen it before, LBBC is hosting our first annual Barefoot Ball. Attendees of the Bar...
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Why I Became The Choosy Chick | Living Beyond Breast Cancer's Blog
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Living Beyond Breast Cancer's Blog. Connecting people to trusted breast cancer information and a community of support. About Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Why I Became The Choosy Chick. August 6, 2015. In anticipation of our. August 12 webinar on environmental health. Health Educator Margot White blogs about why she founded. How could it possibly create this kind of reaction? Health Educator and founder of The Choosy Chick, has a BS in Community Health Education from Western CT State University and an MS ...
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Living Beyond Breast Cancer's Blog. Connecting people to trusted breast cancer information and a community of support. About Living Beyond Breast Cancer. How to Interact With a Bald Person. August 18, 2016. Trip (Katherine) Griffith is a participant of Writing the Journey. 8220;Normal Has No Place”. Meet my gaze, look me in the eye. No lashes makes me blink and cry. But my eyes are still windows to my soul. I’m still me, still here inside this altered body, peering out at you. Can you see me? The back pe...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: My Little Lambs
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Wednesday, January 12, 2011. I am heading to surgery in a couple of hours and I feel like I have finally calmed the nerves of the littlest Egan’s. They have been so full of worry and trepidation over the operation it has been difficult to keep my own anxiety at bay. 8220;How do I know that I can trust you? You said the same thing the last time you had surgery and it was cancer. How do I know that you aren’t lying? 8221; He cried, clearly agitated and scared.
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: February 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Thursday, February 25, 2010. My Winter of Discontent. I am going to be sick.” Thankfully, I had put a bucket on the floor of the backseat, anticipating this very moment. Clearly, there was no way I could stop at the pharmacy, so we went home. I thought about what to do and then I came back to my mantra from when I was sick myself. I would have to ask for help, and be okay with accepting it. It doesn’t mean I am not a perfect mom (Ha! When we got to the resor...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: July 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. It has been relaxing. We have enjoyed our home, our friends and our swim club. I guess that we are finally settling in after living here for almost five years. We are also farther away from the trauma of cancer so we seem more normal, even if it is an altered state of normal. With this independence comes more freedom for me to pursue whatever life goals I have. I know I want to continue to pursue my writing, but in what capacity?
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: The Surgery
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Around 2 am, they miraculously found a room for me in the kidney transplant ward. I was wheeled into a dark hospital room. Was there someone breathing on the other side of the curtain? In the morning, the nurse came in to take my blood pressure and the doctor was two feet behind her. “74 over 36. Are you lightheaded? 8220;Yes,” I said, “I feel a little bit dizzy.”. Great Where was Mike? 8220;Where have you been? 8220;I slept unti...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: March 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Monday, March 29, 2010. 8220;You know,” she began in her lovely southern drawl. “At the end of the day everyone’s plate is full.”. Whether it is sickness, a parent dying, financial difficulties, or parenting issues, we all face the same obstacles and we must muddle our way through as best we can. So I continue to press on, knowing that life is going to have ups and downs reminding myself that it is just a part of life to have a very full plate. 8221; She wal...
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Yoga on the Steps: Yoga and breast cancer go hand-in-hand
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Thursday, September 29, 2011. Yoga and breast cancer go hand-in-hand. Darcie Vugrinovich, who practices yoga at. Is excited about meeting you at Freedom Plaza on October 16 for Yoga on the Steps: Washington, DC. Here’s why! I have brought my bald-headed, over-heated (gotta love those hot flashes), fatigued-self to the yoga mat. I think to myself, "What am I doing here? Yoga has allowed me to focus on the present moment, letting go of the ‘whys’: Why didn't I catch my breast cancer sooner? I'm no longer q...
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