Flare

by | Apr 5, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I am having a flare happening in my left ankle and my right middle finger. It hurts. I have not had a flare up since my last chemo treatment. I am thinking my body is letting me know it is time for another dose of Rituximab which doesn’t happen until May 13th. My...

Soul Recovery: A Review

by | Apr 4, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I liked reading Ester Nicholson’s book “Soul Recovery”.  I found some great tools that I can use while I am journaling. One of the insightful perspectives I found was viewing oneself as one with God, God is within us. He is not some force outside of us. I have...

Hope

by | Apr 2, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  “Hope is about the possible; despair is about the impossible.” Thomas Aquinas Hope that is what I desire to write about. Simply put, I am hopeful. For a long time I have felt crummy and did not feel up to doing anything and I forced myself to do the things I...

New Insights!

by | Mar 31, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I woke up with a mesh pot of thoughts forming in my mind. Am I a fraud? Am I lying? Am I deceiving? Am I pretending to be something I am not? Am I being real? Am I being authentic? Is the crux of which I am a sick woman? All these questions flowed through like...

Spring Is Here

by | Mar 28, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  The obstacles in my life are happening so that something can be born perfectly. What am I birthing? What has this long journey been showing me? While I have been painfully crawling through the gunk of my life I have been show these things. I am strong. I am...

Feng Shui: A Book Review

by | Mar 27, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I have been contemplating changing up my own environment to meet my goals that I want to accomplish. Feng Shui by Cheryl Grace came at the right time into my life, thank you God. What I learned from Grace’s book is that you can change the energy of your home by...

Offline

by | Mar 25, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I was offline for four days due to the Internet being down that my apartments offer. One of the maintenance crew accidentally did something to the router and screwed things up when he was moving things around to get ready to paint. Life sure happens, doesn’t it?  It...

American Savage: A Review

by | Mar 21, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I never heard of Dan Savage even though he lives in the same state that I live in Washington State. It could be that I don’t run around with the anti-gays or even the gays and that could be the sole reason why. I have chosen not to partake in the slamming of...

Staph Be Gone!

by | Mar 20, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I have a staph infection or had one, thank goodness I went to the doctor when I did and didn’t allow it to fester until it was so strong that it wouldn’t respond to treatment. I have two days left on my antibiotic pill and I am to continue to use the ointment...

Be Well

by | Mar 19, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  Good morning. I hope your day is filled with joy and lots of powerful breathes to keep you flowing through-out your day. I will be heading to my Otolaryngologist to see how my stoma is doing. The medication, though it makes me fill icky is doing its job. The...

Reminiscing

by | Mar 18, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

My favorite book from my pre-teen years, when I to became an orphan and lived with a couple of different families before I found the permanent one that has become my family now. Though my mom was nothing like Marilla or my dad was nothing like Matthew, but still they...

Born To Blog: A Review

by | Mar 17, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I picked this book out to see what the authors had to say about blogging. I started blogging in order to keep my family, friends, and interested parties up to date on my health. I couldn’t talk well at the time due to a trach and numerous throat surgeries and...

Courage To Ask

by | Mar 16, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

“I remembered that the real world was wide and that a varied of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse…” Charlotte Bronte from Jane Eyre Standing in the shower feeling like I was going to slip and...

Adventures In Rehab

by | Mar 14, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  Two weeks down and six weeks to go for my pulmonary rehabilitation and progress are being made just in the three days I have gone. I go two days a week. I woke up Wednesday morning with a fever and dizziness due to my taking of Ciprofloxacin. This medication is...

Beyond The Pasta

by | Mar 13, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  An amazing adventure of cooking, traveling, learning a new language, and building relationships set in Italy. I feel a strange desire to have my own month long adventure all the while absorbing the culture, the sites, the food, and the people. There are several...

Adventures In Rehab

by | Mar 12, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

My third day of doing pulmonary rehab went well. I still didn’t want to go. Perhaps it is because I took my new medication that I am supposed to be taking for ten days Ciprofloxacin. I know a mouth full to say. I am supposed to be taking it twice a day for ten days....

The Blues

by | Mar 11, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

After my disastrous day on Friday I chose to have a quiet and contemplative weekend. I have a lot to ruminate in my mind. My mind seems to be swirling with thoughts both negative and positive about my situation. I hate those days when nothing seems to be going the way...

Improvements In Movement

by | Mar 9, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  I found out on Friday that the pulmonary rehab is already showing signs of improvement in my movement health. While walking the long corridor towards my doctor’s office my heart rate did not go up to 183 or higher like usual. It only reached 156. Yes, it was...

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