(Disclaimer: Many of you know that I just visited my oncology team last week- Just so you know, all tests came back normal. I continue to have no evidence of returning disease. I am feeling happy, humble and very grateful for being in this place in this moment.) I have thought of western treatments like…
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Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
When my MRI appointment came onto the scene in September my anxiety reached near epic proportions. It is stunning to me that I could be more, much more, anxious waiting for a routine check up than I was at nearly any time during my year of treatments in 2014. I am coming to recognize that anxiety is in part simply a communication between…
Beyond Awareness II- The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Yesterday I sent out a long post contrasting the Shirtwaist Strike with the whole October pink mania. In Part II we will discuss the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire which followed the strike, as it relates to metastatic breast cancer – which is when cancer has spread beyond the breast into other parts of the body, the brain, liver, bone…
Portals to ALL ONE!
Recently I connected with a another blogger, after words on her blog sparked a chord within me. She got me to thinking about how our actions and choices and approaches impact others – often inadvertently. Arriving at work today, still thinking about her post, a convertible pulled up beside me with the radio blaring, it was the…
Lessons from Apple Trees
The house I lived in until I was ten, had many apple trees on the property, both in the yard and out in the pasture to the east. These were big old trees, probably over a hundred years old. Though the apples from them were beset with scab and coddling moths, they were still very much worth…
Hell Yeah or No
Here is a bit of a modern proverb on how to negotiate our too busy lives by Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby!. It is only 1 minute long and definitely worth watching if you ever find yourself saying Yes to more than you can fit on your plate. http://vimeo.com/25496723 Since my diagnosis many people have offered…
Elderflowers
Elder is a plant with a long history of being used for protection from “bad” energy. It is a plant much associated with the fairy realms. Elder blossoms and berries have been used medicinally for centuries. (Especially Black Elderberry Sambucus nigra.) Here on the coast we have Red Elderberry, which is blooming on the edge of forests…
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One thing is clear. If I am going to live the rest of my life without any of my cells reverting to the cancer-ing lifestyle, I need to transform, or perhaps to metamorphose is the better term? After I am done transmuting poisons, and healing from surgery, and recovering from any radiation treatments, my primary…
Riding the Pooka 