Sick Days!

by | May 26, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I hate being sick. On my last day in Longview I woke up with a stuffy nose, which leads to a runny nose and a runny trach. Dealing with two runny Orpheus  is a difficult thing. When I have a stuffed up nose and a stuffed up trach my breathing is even more...

Eat Move Sleep

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

  I truly enjoyed reading “Eat Move Sleep” by Tom Rath. I liked the fact that he broke things down into simple steps that are not only doable, but also manageable. I find myself often times reading nutrition and health books and being bombarded with complicated...

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...

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