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Do you ever set goals, only to find that life gets in the way? My life has been like that recently. It wasn’t like anything major happened, just a lot of little things adding up to make me feel stressed, rushed, and out of control.  And when I can’t control stress, things unravel fast! As a mom or a dad, life can get like that, can’t it? Being a parent is SO HARD and being a good one is even more difficult! Add to that all the other things. Like work responsibilities, after-school activities, homework, volunteer work, and housework, by the end of each day, you are COMPLETELY drained!  At…

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What Should You Do With It? Have you ever been given a second chance at something?  A do over, take two, or a reprieve from what should have been a negative outcome?  After getting this second chance, you might have questions about what to do now that you have that second chance? As a cancer survivor, I have been given a second chance at life.   I had a tumor in my small intestine, which was close enough to the pancreas to be considered a pancreatic cancer.  Just look at the survival rates, and you will see that it’s one of the more deadly forms of the disease a person can…

After my cancer diagnosis story, which you can read here, I was scheduled for surgery a couple of weeks later. This surgery was to remove the tumor from my small intestine. It was an intense internal surgery, and I was thankful to have one of the best surgeons working on me! Scheduling Surgery The original surgeon that did my scope did not perform this type of surgery. So, he sent me to another surgeon the next week.  This guy, Dr. W, was the head of surgery at one of the larger hospitals in Lexington, Kentucky.  That’s about an hour’s drive from our house, which isn’t too bad. We saw Dr.…

If you’re a current reader of the blog, you already know I’m a 13-year cancer survivor.  Every survivor has a story to tell, and each one is unique to the survivor’s experience. It’s not ever been easy for me to talk about it. Even typing it out for everyone to read makes me a bit emotional (cue the waterworks).   Wrapped up in those tears are a swarm of emotions: insanity, grief, all-encompassing fear, love, and many, many miracles along the way.    Here is the first snapshot of my journey- A Cancer Survivor’s Diagnosis Story. Where it All Starts 13 years ago, I was a 32-year-old wife and mom. I was…