For any of you that regularly read my blog, you’ll know that although I have ovarian cancer, I make it my mission to spotlight ALL cancers. I also welcome other cancer stories being shared. Cameron Von St. James shared his caregiver story in January of 2013 (see original post here: Holding On To Hope as a […]
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It’s been a while since I posted an update on my father-in-law, Dale. Last I posted on January 7th, he had still been in the hospital. Since then, he was sent to a rehab nursing home to gain his strength to go home. During his time there, Brian had to check him out to take
I wanted to take the time to answer questions about the Cricut Explore. I’ve seen a lot of online confusion that I hope to put to rest. (See previous posts I’ve made about the new machine: here and here.) Is the new Design Space software backwards compatible with older Cricut machines? At launch, no. It
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So I figured I’d post a non-medical life update. I am posting this from a new laptop. No, this was not a planned purchase, and I grumbled all the way to Best Buy this past weekend to fork over my debit card to use money I did not want to use. Because of my illness
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The new machine in the Cricut line-up was revealed today: The Cricut Explore! (This is a follow-up to my posting yesterday.) Cricut invited a bunch of crafting bloggers to come to the unveiling event. (How I wish I could have scored an invite! I just got a Cricut Expression 2 for Christmas, finally, and will
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Another year, another Relay For Life (of Bethlehem, PA). I want to get a head start on crafting for the day of event. A really really early head start. My kids have already started their team for the year and are well on the way towards goal. I do all sorts of craft items for
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For the past few weeks Cricut has been sending out teaser images about the newest machine in their lineup. The reveal date is tomorrow! Here are some of the teaser images released: Rumors online have been flying since the teasers were released. Any pictures or videos, however, seem to promptly found and exterminated. We can
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Let me start off with myself. I am the same. My persistent sore throat (since July) led to me getting an endoscopy yesterday (the PCP suspected I had silent reflux.) Everything looked good. I am concerned, because I was really hoping to at least get an answer for the sore throat. I now have to
Come on, you had to know this was coming. And believe me, I’ve heard some pretty dumb comments since being diagnosed. So, to help friends and families of cancer patients (and thus the patients, themselves) I am providing this guide. And it’s not just me, this is stuff I’ve heard from fellow survivors, things
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After having a month with no cancer to call its own, we are able to move into January, and a new year. January’s cancer is cervical cancer, one that the spotlight is on lately because of the push of the Gardasil vaccine. It is a real miracle in this day and age to be able
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