Ode To Another Monster

by | May 22, 2013 | Weight

When I was 405 pounds. Scary isn’t it? This is also when I started my weight loss journey.           (At my friend Amber’s wedding. I was 275 at this point. I was experiencing my breathing issues. I sounded like a moose.) (Me today...

Longview Here I Am!

by | May 22, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I am happy to say I am posting this while sitting at my friends Karen and Summer’s dinning room table. Summer and I just went to a Coalition Meeting in which we help those who are homeless or are close to homeless to have a permanent living situation....

39, Ouch!

by | May 21, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

Wow, I can’t believe I am 39 this year and next year I will be the big 40. This post will be a review of my 38th year and then what I will be accomplishing for my 39th year. My year has been a roller coaster of emotions, surgeries, chemo treatments, new doctors,...

When Diets Work: A Review

by | May 20, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I am all about learning nutrition and being healthy, though I do have to admit I don’t always follow through on what I read. For one thing, there is so much contradicting information out there, don’t eat this, eat that, and each one has different suggestions. It...

Living Well With Chronic Illness

by | May 18, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

A while back when I went to the Urgent Care Medical Center here in Vancouver my wonderful and awesome caregiver found this pamphlet. “Living Well with Chronic Conditions”, you know that had me intrigued since I am all about how to accept and live well with my...

Living Ministries!

by | May 18, 2013 | Living Ministries, The Magnificent Journey

  I have been writing about Living Ministry events for some time on my blog, so I thought I would introduce to you what Living Ministries is. I am the secretary, which means I take notes and answer the emails. I am proud of each member of the organization that I...

Updates

by | May 17, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I decided to write an update that doesn’t have anything to do with me moaning about anything that my body is doing. I am going to share some happy updates. First, I started the process of heading back into therapy. I realized that I need some help to guide me through...

Brain Fog

by | May 15, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  “To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to re-create life out of life!” James Joyce Re-creating life out of life, what a thought! Is it possible? Do I have the strength, endurance, and enough dirt to create a new life out of the shambles that I have now? I...

Ugliest Of Days

by | May 14, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  Every time I went on my Facebook page I kept getting messages popping up telling me to stay strong, stay positive, keep fighting, or find the beauty in the ugliest of days. I think God is telling me something. I have been feeling like crud. My writing...

Adventures In The Hospital

by | May 11, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  You were probably wondering why I haven’t written for the last couple of days. I was in the hospital fighting an infection just below my trach. Wednesday evening around 5 PM I noticed that the infection was growing even after I started my antibiotics. It got so...

Finding Joy

by | May 8, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  Yesterday morning I woke up with a new problem brewing. Just below my stoma there lurked an infection. It looked like a bruise, so when Myron came he suggested we go to the urgent care center on Main Street here in Vancouver Washington. I couldn’t get a hold of...

Beautiful Day

by | May 6, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I have been resting this weekend. I will be having a long week of appointments and then next Monday is my chemo treatment and then of course another assessment so I can get back into therapy. The month of May is a busy time for me. I wish that energy could be stored...

Music For The Soul

by | May 4, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

Today I thought I would share a couple of songs that I listen to while I am moving for my health. To be honest I have not been moving like I should lately, because I feel like I am so out of shape, so out of balance that I will never be where I would like to see...

Mindful Living

by | May 3, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  A few months ago I read Jim Nicolai’s book “Integrative Wellness” and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In his book he talked about his spa he worked for and this is that spa. “Mindful Living” takes each month of the year and focus’ on one aspect of health. For example,...

97 Percent

by | May 2, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

“Every year 97 percent of your body is completely replaced, even the structure of your DNA in your genes, reconstructed entirely from the nutrients we eat. The quality of those nutrients determines the quality of your renewed cellular structure, the level of which it...

Updates And Other Things

by | May 1, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I am happy to report that my doctor visit yesterday went well. I didn’t need any shots to my stoma this time. The doctor said “we dodged a bullet”. What he means by this is that when I got the staph infection like all infection inflammation arises to conquer the...

Starting Again!

by | Apr 30, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I am writing this post while I am sitting in the TV room of my apartment.  My neighbor is sitting with me and I am once again encouraged. Last night I dreamt about Rick again. I hate when I do that it means I am taking memories out of the filing cabinet of my...

Day 29: Inspiration

by | Apr 29, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I have not been a part of the WEGO challenge this month. I got a late start. Things that I truly like about myself… What a question, I will do my best to answer this question. 1)  I am stubborn. Usually people don’t see this as a good quality, but to me it is an...

Verdure

by | Apr 27, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

    Wonderful ideas about how to cook many different types of vegetables Italian style and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the recipes. The recipes wetted my appetite and my passion to cook more with them. One of the things that kind of threw me for a loop was...

Day 27: Writing

by | Apr 27, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

If you wrote a book about your life, your community, your condition, or your Health Activism – what would you title it? What about your biography?   I have had this vision of writing a book for a long time. Why am I not writing? Fear, thinking to myself what in...

Day 26: Pain Free Pass

by | Apr 26, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

What’s a day that you wish you could have used a pain-free pass (either in the future or the past)?  How would being pain or worry-free impact that day?   If I were to get a golden ticket of not having to wear my trach, not having to sound like dark Vader, not...

Back To Myself

by | Apr 25, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I am finally feeling back to normal. Though I do have tinges of feeling sore and of course my inflammation is not down. My sleeping schedule is back on my track. Sleep allows me to have the energy to wash my dishes, to journal, shower, and basically take care of...

Directing Your Destiny

by | Apr 24, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  A book full of tools to help one manifest their dreams. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every page. A few of the tools I walked away were: What, How, When tool. The what, how, when tool is a concept where you write out your intention, then you explain one step...

Day 23: Technology

by | Apr 23, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

“I wish this gizmo could track my condition!”   It seems like every day there is a new device, website, application, or program that is implemented to help you track and hopefully improve your health. Easier said than done when it comes down to the reality of...

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