Created to Be Together
As I sat listening to Sunday’s sermon on the importance of small groups; I realized that part of the message can be applied to surviving medical mayhem. Whether you are the caregiver or the care
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If October is about Breasts, November must be about Balls
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.
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Slaying the Dragon
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
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Detect to Protect – Taking Inventory
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
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Keeping Abreast
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
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When It Takes Two to Canoe – Part III For the past couple of weeks we’ve been exploring the rivers of caregivers verses care receivers and have noticed that each crew member shares many of
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Will You Be My Forever Valentine?
Thad and I have celebrated 45 Valentine Days and that included a lot of chocolate for me and peanut butter/nuts/chocolate for him. But since he now sports two stents in his heart and I have
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Overeating or Under Training?
Thad and I had some friends over and as good hosts had wonderfully, scrumptious foods with all the calories, sugar, fat and carbs I could think of. The friends brought their delicious contributions as well.
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“Yes” or “No”
I have been spending some time thinking about priorities. Where do I spend my time, my money, my thoughts, and my prayers? These questions come to me periodically, at times when I find balancing life
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Finding a Doctor is like Finding Nemo (It’s challenging and scary)
Having lived in Boca Raton, FL for 40 years, one of our biggest concerns with moving from South to Central Florida was finding good healthcare providers. Being – ahem – of mature years and having
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Is Accountability for Everyone?
I was doing due diligence and had scheduled to have a dermatology full body scan as there were a few places that appeared questionable. Sure enough there was a basal cell carcinoma on my chest.
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