Loretta Schoen Archive - Surviving Medical Mayhem

This Thanksgiving, I’ll have a Serving of Humanity, Please

Loretta Schoen 27th November 2019

This Thanksgiving let’s share some Ubunto (pronounced Oo-boon-too). Ubunto is a practice or belief system in certain regions of South Africa. When someone does something wrong, he is taken to the center of the village

Who is This Person?

Loretta Schoen 22nd November 2019 8 comments

I have spent 64 years with this person. I thought I knew exactly who she was. In the recent years I have noticed that who she is not who I am. The things that I

If October is about Breasts, November must be about Balls

Loretta Schoen 15th November 2019

Whether you have breasts or balls’, checking them for lumps is a must. I have just spent a month blogging about breast cancer awareness, but today I would like to bring awareness to testicular cancer.

What Did You Do With That Extra Hour?

Loretta Schoen 07th November 2019

What to Do with an Hour? We turned back our clocks one hour last week. Many of us were all a-twitter as to what we could do with an extra hour. Sleep in, go for

Happy Halloween

Loretta Schoen 31st October 2019

Slaying the Dragon

Loretta Schoen 26th October 2019

Where are you in the battle of the Cancer Dragon? Has it just set its eyes on you leaving you cowering in fear or perhaps wanting to pretend it isn’t there? Perhaps its beating you

Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease?

Loretta Schoen 19th October 2019

I had a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer but because she was afraid of the healthcare industry, doctors, surgery, and possible treatments chose to go untreated. Nine years later, when she could barely

Detect to Protect – Taking Inventory

Loretta Schoen 11th October 2019

Have you recently run across a lump that shouldn’t be there? At my age if I didn’t run across lumps and bumps I would think that by some miracle I was regressing in age. I

Keeping Abreast

Loretta Schoen 05th October 2019

Have you ever left the doctor’s office stunned and speechless and not because of the sticker price of the visit? Maybe you didn’t hear them correctly? But you keep hearing the words that have taken

Remembering What’s On The Line

Loretta Schoen 29th September 2019

Yup, sometimes we need a reminder. We find ourselves getting complacent. Mainly because things are chugging along, the potholes are minimal and not too deep, and the road is fairly flat. And then – Your

Here I am

Loretta Schoen 21st September 2019 2 comments

I’m at an age where my brain thinks I’m 20, can do anything and I act and can pitch a ‘hissy fit’ like I’m 5. At the end of the day (4 pm) I feel

Don’t Dive, Ride!

Loretta Schoen 09th September 2019 2 comments

Seeing my childhood dream of writing and publishing come to fruition has been filled with so much emotion and learning that it is difficult to put into words. But try I must. Not unlike the

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