I have written several times about my Mom. She is in the latter stages of Alzheimer’s disease. I only get to visit her about twice a year, because she is in a nursing home in another state. My brother lives nearby and visits Mom more frequently. This past weekend, thanks to a great last minute airfare deal, [...]
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Thank you Thursday
January 5, 2012Sunday Service – St. Jude Holiday Cards
November 27, 2011This week, I’m excited to share help for your holiday card writing that also helps the good work continue at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. For a small donation ($5.oo per card suggested), volunteers at St. Jude’s will personalize the card you choose by December 9 and mail it in time for delivery by December [...]
Happy Birthday, Mom!
November 6, 2011Today is my Mom’s 76th birthday. She doesn’t know it’s her birthday. She won’t be celebrating today. I can’t pick up the phone and wish her well. My brother will visit her, I’m sure, but she won’t recognize him. Mom has Alzheimer’s. I’ve written about Mom and this disease on Mother’s Day and Alzheimer’s Action Day and [...]
Sunday Service – Colorectal Cancer
October 9, 2011This Wednesday would have been my Dad’s 77th birthday. He died in 2004, far too early. He was dearly missed at the weddings of our children. Dad would have been so proud of my son, about to become a Dad himself; followed quickly by earning his Master’s Degree. Dad would have really appreciated the heart my daughter has for the less [...]
Sunday Service – Male Breast Cancer
October 2, 2011This month is the 25th annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). While the focus is usually on women, about 1% of people diagnosed with breast cancers are men. Male breast cancer is most often diganosed between the ages of 60 and 70 years, but it can occur in younger men. While men have less breast tissue, they still have [...]
Thank you Thursday
September 22, 2011Sore throat. Stuffy nose. Coughing. Sneezing. Nausea. Chills. Sounds like a commercial for a popular cold and flu medicine, doesn’t it? Instead, it’s a list of symptoms I took to the doctor Tuesday morning. Good news; the strep test was negative, no fluid in the lungs, oxygen levels were good. Go home, take your medicine, drink plenty of fluids, [...]
Alzheimer’s Action Day – Sept. 21
September 21, 2011The End of Alzheimer’s Starts With Me. And You. This month is the first ever World Alzheimer’s Month and today, September 21, is Alzheimer’s Action Day. This is important for many reasons, but personally because my Mom has been living with Alzheimer’s for about fifteen years, the last six in a specialized care facility. It [...]
Surgery #2
August 10, 2011Well, I had high hopes of a quick and easy second surgery to remove the basal cells identified through a biopsy earlier in the month. The external spot was small; half the size of an eraser on a standard pencil. Much smaller than the first spot, operated on last week. Surely, then, this tumor would be smaller, the incision would [...]
Sunday Service – Alex’s Lemonade Stand
August 7, 2011Seven years ago this month, Alex Scott died at the age of eight years old. This brave little girl was the founder of Alex’s Lemonade Stand, raising money to support childhood cancer research. Alex was diagnosed with cancer before her first birthday. Her entire too-short life was filled with surgeries, treatments, and countless trips to the hospital. [...]
Thank you Thursday
August 4, 2011So, the first surgery is in the books. One basal cell carcinoma removed, one to go. The first tumor – and I shuddered when the doctor first used that term – was 1 cm in diameter. The incision was 2.5 cms, a zig-zaggy cut along the nose and nostril. I have 2 internal stitches and [...]
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