I am no expert, but I want to share my cancer battles and my journey through depression with you, and some stress reduction ideas for your life. Plus strategies I have found successful and give you tools for success with your health and life. Life can knock us down through health or life difficulties but that doesn't need to stop us. Welcome friends, I am so glad you are here and that you learn something helpful along the way!
Your smile. It can be something that you share often and use freely or something that you hide and might not bring out very often. Let's admit it, if you are being really honest, you are similar to most of us and when you see yourself in a picture, you quickly make a judgment on …
For anyone who has been around me long enough, and heard me talk about my health journey in any way, you have probably heard me say this, "I wouldn’t have chosen it, but I wouldn’t change it?" What does that mean? You might be able to guess but I am going to tell you anyway. …
Regret. It's something that we are all likely going to face at some point in our lives, if not many times. Hard to avoid really. But I guess it depends on what you are regretting, why you are regretting it and how you plan to move forward past the regret. Easier to talk about than …
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It really feels like I have spent much of my life sitting in hospital waiting rooms and in clinics waiting for medical tests. It really started when I was 16, with cancer diagnosis #1. While I haven't done every medical test possible (thank goodness) I have definitely completed a whole lot of them. Some of …
I recently spent two mornings at the dentist getting work done. Yuck! You know there was no way that was my choice. That has been one of my life long challenges. Needing to frequently visit and have things taken care of. About 8 years ago I was informed that I needed quite a lot of …
After spending the years from age 16 to age 38 being in and out of various cancer clinics countless times, I've had one or two (or more) thoughts from a cancer clinic. Thoughts about the cancer clinic and thoughts about people in the clinic. Probably too many thoughts to share here in a my blog, …
When you look in the mirror what do you see? You might see a lot of things. Or you might only see one thing. You will see yourself of course. But what does that mean? When you see yourself do you see something else or someone else? Do you only see the identity you have …
Just tell me what I have to do. Don't we all feel like that at some points in our lives? Just tell me what I have to do, and then I can do it, or decide how to move forward. That way we don't have to do those dreaded things like having to think, decide, …
Have you ever started looking for something new to buy? Maybe like a vehicle. After you start to research, walking through car lots and going for test drives, you begin to see just how many people around you, own the model you are looking at. Before you started looking, you didn't think there were many …
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The last thing you want to do after you have a cancer diagnosis is put the energy in to fighting to get another doctor. At least I didn't. But cancer round two was my opportunity. I very quickly realized that the oncologist that I was working with, or more realistically fighting with, was not the …
Melodee Glassford 