Robert this is my all time favorite Lucy scene! I miss the simple times of older tv shows. I am dedicating a song to you, it came on radio yesterday and knew how much you love Steely Dan. Hugs and Happy Anniversary! Raise a glass to many more. M
My 2018 Mammogram News
When you have a Chronic Illness that creates severe pain it’s easy to skip one more doctor appointment, I did. This week was my first mammogram in six years. Although it did feel like ANOTHER doctor appointment this week, I feel good about myself. A mammogram is for me, it can save my life and mark one item off my stress list. Please stay as current as possible on your mammogram and do monthly breast exams.
My doctor has a black ceiling with holes made to look like stars, it’s so relaxing. Twinkle Twinkle!
M
We wish to inform you that the results of your recent mammogram are normal.
As you know, early detection of breast cancer is very important. A thorough examination includes a combination of mammography, physical examination and breast self-examination.
ANNUAL MAMMOGRAPHIC SCREENING BEGINNING AT AGE 40
is recommended by the American College of OB/GYN, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, the American College of Radiology, and the Society of Breast Imaging. You should also have an annual breast physical examination by your health care provider.
Your imaging examination results have been sent to your physician.
Your images will become part of your medical file here at Breast Imaging Center for at least 10 years. It is important for you to inform any new health care provider or mammography facility of the date and location of this examination.
It was a delight to see you again. I am always happy to give good news :-) As we discussed, your mammogram demonstrates no evidence of cancer in either breast. As you surmised, I think some of the stabbing pain in the breasts, right greater than left, may be a reflection your other chronic pain issues and/or neuropathy. In the absence of new or worsening symptoms, I recommend you resume your annual screening mammogram next year. If you have any questions about your breast health prior to your return, feel free to contact me. Otherwise, I look forward to serving you and your sparkly self next time-even if it is just electronically for your screening mammograms sans the twinkly lights :-) In the meantime, I hope you and your family have a joyous and healthy rest of 2018! Love and blessings.
Thank you for allowing us to help in meeting your health care needs.
FARA Philadelphia Symposium 2018–Pics & Reflections — Retrospective Lily
Hi, friends. I have a disability called Friedreich’s Ataxia. FARA–Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance–is an organization of doctors, patients, scientists, pharmaceutical companies, patients’ friends and family, etc. that works to advocate, raise money, and search for treatments and a cure for FA. This is my fifth year attending the annual conference in Philadelphia. [Cover Photo Credit: […]
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[Wellness Wednesday] 10 Things You Can Do To Stay Well Through Cold And Flu Season — Reclaiming HOPE
Welcome back to Wellness Wednesday everyone! This week I’d like to talk about increasing our chances of staying well during cold and flu season. Okay, I can hear you groaning already….. I know we’ve heard it all before, but the reports I’ve seen on the news have been that 80,000 people died from flu or […]
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On This Day October 18, 2018
On this day October 18, 2018
I thought about you, how awesome you are, how you help me even on your worst days. Thank you for offering support, the kindest comments and honesty. You’ve made a positive impact on my life and attitude. Thank you for following me, sharing your life, sharing your story, most importantly growing together.
M
Something to think about! – Google + shutting down and your blog connection.
Google + closing down. Please the detailed info on how to detach yourself from Google. M
Friday Quote
Get your Money for Nothing
If you’ve watched daytime television you’ve heard every get rich quick scheme, start your own business and make $3,000 this month………I’m getting off track. I enjoy making money! I keep it simple by making money on purchases I’m already making. There are tons of apps that do coupons, check prices and anything imaginable if you want to be a SUPER SHOPPER.
I use two apps, Ebates.com and Honey.com. Both are installed in my browser and recognize when I shop at one of their partners. An Ebates.com pop-up ask you to activate by clicking and it shows % on sale received on purchase.
Ebates.com is my long-term favorite, it’s easy and they partner with all the places I shop. To date I’ve earned approximately $600. Ebates.com pays out every quarter for your previous purchases. The big money days are when their partners offer double percent back and 10% days make me very happy. Small sales add up over the year.
Honey.com works based on finding coupon codes for your purchase. It runs thru a long list of coupon codes to see if one applies. You’ll see a pop up that says there are coupons codes. You click and it does it trick. I have not used Honey.com very long but received free shipping on several purchases.
If you are a Prime Member at Amazon.com you have a world of free goodies offered movies, bookes…..on and on. I rely on Amazon.com since I don’t drive and Prime Members get two-day free shipping.
The best discovery I’ve made is the Amazon Prime Member Card. It’s a credit card that can only be used at Amazon.com, it’s offered with no fees. You receive 5% back on every purchase you make on Amazon.com. WOW!!!!!
To give my husband down time on weekends, we get our groceries delivered. Prime Members get free delivery. The amount of time saved has surprised him, the money has brought a smile to my face. The grocery section is Amazon Fresh, they have thousands of products including fresh bread.
Another up side to the delivery Amazon Fresh uses frozen bottled water to keep items cold. Each week we receive 6-8 bottles of water free.
If you really want to save money, work all the coupon apps and be a Super Shopper. You have to be organized to handle that many coupons and will need lots of extra storage space.
Happy Shopping!
M
Let’s Smile Thursday
I’ve struggled with a deep depression since the start of the year, comedy provides relief and Robin Williams always makes me smile. I know he understood and helped many people have open conversations about their depression. This video is a forgotten treasure, it’s the first time Robin went on The Tonight Show. I hope your day is filled with sunshine. M
This Day In History October 10th
1956
The drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Deandebuts, telling the tumultuous story of a Texas ranching family. It marks Dean’s third and final big-screen role, as he had died in a car accident a year earlier after completing work on the film.
1957
A fuel cartridge has burst in one of the channels of England’s Windscale nuclear weapons facility and catches fire, sending iodine-131 radioactive contamination into the air. Eleven tons of uranium will be ablaze before the world’s first known nuclear accident is contained two days later.
1845
Seven professors will teach 50 midshipmen in Annapolis, Maryland, as the Naval School, later known as the United States Naval Academy, begins its first term. Commodore Matthew Perry has helped plan the five-year curriculum, with the first and last year taught on land, and the middle three at sea.
Famous People Born Today
Brett Farve 1969
David Lee Roth 1954
Helen Hayes 1900
Ben Vereen 1956
Nora Roberts 1950
Midweek Motivation
A GREAT message midweek, I sure needed it. Have a great afternoon.
Lyme Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or Something Else?
Anyone on the Lyme or MS hamster wheel must read her post. So many bloggers can relate to her frustration.
What is Lyme disease? If you are anything like I was. You know little about the disease other than it is usually spread by the bite of a tick.
What is Multiple Sclerosis? The name means Several scars. When most people think of multiple Sclerosis they think of people who are wheelchair bound. Possibly, you are visiting this page in hopes of sorting out some of the confusion surrounding both diseases which mimic each other. I am NOT an expert by no means but in having symptoms and being tested over the past few months I have spent countless hours researching and learning as much as I can. Here is what I know to date…..
Let’s start with Lyme disease. Lyme disease is more commonly transmitted by the bite of a tick, but some say it can be transmitted by other insects and animals such as mosquitos, spiders, mice etc…
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This Day In History
1913 US Federal income tax signed into law (at 1%) by President Woodrow Wilson
1922 1st facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C.
1945 Elvis Presley‘s 1st public appearance at the age of 10
1849 American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
1789 Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
Survivors Blog Here Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
Thank you for being apart of our journey. Melinda
Good Times On Highway To Hell *Part 2*
Childhoods antics which landed my brother or me in trouble.
I have to start with my favorite story, you’ll get a better idea of who I am. At recess in third grade I told the teacher I HAD to go to bathroom. NO, go back and play. Back to teacher few minutes later I HAVE TO GO! You’re just saying that go play. A couple of minutes later I begged the teacher to let me go, NO. I said okay and popped my pants right in front of her. And ended the life I had in my purple elephant bell bottom suit.
Gramps stopped to pick up bread leaving us in-car, I may have been seven. The car was a standard on the column, I was playing like Gramps driving and somehow got the car in neutral. We were rolling out onto a major street. I hopped out trying to get the car to stop, luckily a man stopped to help about the time Gramps rounded the corner. He was in shock, we didn’t get a switch.
My youngest brother was playing on the sidewalk in front of a girl’s house. They were laughing loudly and screaming. The family owned a Saint Bernard which was protective of the girl. The dog jumped the fence, grabbed my brother by the back slinging him side to side. My older brother grabbed a two-by-four, hitting the dog many times, it would not let go until it turned to bite his arm.
When we got a new puppy, and the kids were so in love. So much in love, all four kids woke up in the night a fed the dog a piece of bologna.
My girlfriend’s yard had a slope where we would lie down and throw apples at cars until a man got out a threatened us.
My stepfather really loved boating, the problem was he knew nothing about boats. Our speed boat couldn’t pull up a skier, our houseboat was so huge he had to call a tow truck to get out of the lake.
There was a small drainage ditch down from our house we crawfished in. If we caught enough it was a skillet full of fried crawfish snacks. I hate to think of what was in the water.
M
Warriors Invited To Raise Mental Health Awareness
If you would like to support Mental Heath thru blogging please leave comment for http://www.stoneronarollcoaster@wordpress.com.
She has pulled hundreds of writers together on her Blog to support the Mental Health Community.
22 May, 2018
I started this whole thing on a whim and the way you guys came forward to help is overwhelming. This post looks like a mini support group now for which again I am grateful for each one of you who joined in. It’s been a humbling experience overall.
Today I will start circulating through my trusted 2-3 friends outside blogosphere. I urge you share this post too.
And I would highly appreciate and recommend you reach out to each other too. That’s what helps the most at any given day.
I wont stop this effort here. I will continue to send invites, gather more fighters on random basis and keep on adding them here as long as I have energy.
Thanks a lot everyone for helping me through this. Your support and appreciate means the world to me. 🙂
Apr 27, 2018
I need help from all…
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On this day September 26, 1969
The Beatles returned to the studio one last time and released Abbey Road on September 26, 1969. The media gave mixed reviews but fans made it their best-selling album. Here are two of my favorites from Abbey Road. M
Friday Quotes
“The way get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney. This straight-to-business …
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”!
— Audrey Hepburn.
Avril Lavigne Song About Suffering With Lyme Diseases
Watching her struggle was like hearing about any blogger suffer. I don’t know her or you but do know the pain of Lyme Diseases. She wrote such a beautiful song for a never-ending battle, life changing, everyday hoping to survive. There were days when drowning sound much easier, I overjoyed to be alive. Thank you for all the support over that past five years. M
Hanging out with my bro!
Welcome back Casey! We are happy you enjoyed all the hunting of the year and now ready to blog. We’ve missed you. M
“Indian Paintbrush” My Favorite Flower!!
Love ya Bro… Today Was Awesome!
I Love Nature!!
Nature
This Moth Is So Beautiful! Mother Nature Never Ceases To Amaze Me!
Livin/Lovin Life
Where’s WALDO? WP playing tricks with reblog button again?
I get tired of writing this post, you probably get tired of hearing me talk about reblogging. Reblogging is critical when you have a collaborative site, if people can’t reblog the site doesn’t get fresh content. I went back to several post I reblogged earlier in week and today the reblog button doesn’t appear.
I can’t be the only one, unless I’m in Twilight Zone! Are you having the same problem? Will someone try to reblog a post from http://www.survivorsbloghere@wordpress.com?
Thank you!!!!!!!
M
Travelling with illnesses: be a pro jetsetter
Great insight to Air Travel which is my worst nightmare. TSA needs training on how to treat chronically ill. Reagan National was so rough on me one day threatening to have their Cancer/Port person come over to check me out. Bring her on, I’m not going in that damn room with you all alone. I felt demeaned and grouped is front of hundreds. My husband standing by helpless. I will not bend to their overblown egos and tactics to bully the ill. M
So obviously travelling is a nightmare, but it gets so much worse when you’re ill. Here are a few bits of advice for next time you hop on a plane.
1. Be organised.
Before you go, gather up all your documents and get them in order, and then write out an itinerary for your travel. Give yourself plenty of time and plan out any rest breaks or emergency stops in advance.
2. Get comfortable.
Pack a snuggly jumper, fluffy socks, and whatever else you need to get cosy. I like to bring a soft, lightweight scarf, so that I can use it as a blanket when it gets chilly. Wear comfy clothes and consider taking an extra pair of shoes that slip on and off. If you’re spending a good few hours on the plane, you need to do it in comfort, otherwise you’ll regret it later.
3. Pack your…
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Friday Quote
“None of the truest things in life-like love or faith-was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that mattered as the ones that came as suddenly as thunder.”
-Pico Iyer
Newbie looking for Insight and Resources
I appreciate any insight or feedback. Thank you.
Melinda
What do you think of this Theme Mix
I am having trouble getting comfortable with this theme. The post run together on front page, the header selections don’t seem to fit, the background color looks dull. Why can’t I find a bright white background? Do I need to learn the programming codes to accomplish that?
Do I have to many widgets making the page to busy? Anything that comes to mind will help.
My goal is to have a welcoming and comfortable site, comfortable on the eyes for reading and ease moving around site.
I appreciate any feedback no matter how bad, not mean, honest feedback. I just can’t settle into this one.
M
A Love Letter To Realism In A Time Of Grief
TED TALKS: A Love Letter To Realism In A Time Of Grief.
Mark and Simone share the difficulties of having a relationship with Mark who is blind and paralyzed. They are honest, it made me look inside and think if I was strong enough or do I love enough. The connection as a couple and their combined strength is amazing. I have no doubt they will continue to push technology forward. The activities Mark still participates in blows my mind! Traveling to the coldest place on earth, hiking on Everest, you know he can do anything.
I hope you enjoy. M
Happy Rosh Hashanah
Happy New Year. I pray you have a delightful holiday with family and friends.
Looking for the Light 