tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145707092012-01-22T02:08:09.556-08:00Sharing knowledge, hope and humor to fellow survivors. Help promote skin cancer awareness and research at <b><a href="http://www.missmelanoma.com">www.missmelanoma.com</a></b> <br><br> "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." <br> - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)Miss Melanomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09018657216901427823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14570709.post-84391724190770265622012-01-17T21:46:00.000-08:002012-01-18T13:52:23.177-08:00

Don't ever tell a kid they aren't sick when they really are.  Don't ever try to convince them that what's really wrong with them is only in their head when they are genuinely suffering. I say that because I know what happens to kids that go through that-- they end up like me.  And I am a hot mess when it comes to listening to my body signals. My house was not always the easiest house to grow

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I tried to cut it down and make it shorter, but there were so few words that felt gratuitous.  :) "There you are, and you suddenly realize that you are spending your whole life just barely getting by.  You keep up a good front.  You manage to make ends meet somehow and look okay from the outside.  But those periods of desperation, those times when you feel everything caving in on you- you

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So, let me start by telling you that this post will talk a lot about my uterus.  Consider yourself warned.  :) iheartguts.com Let me try and sum up what's been going on in as short a post as possible.  I've typed this out several times, and it's been excruciatingly long.  There's no point in anyone having to read that much about my uterus. During Interferon, I went through a forced

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You gotta check this out. http://www.divine.ca/en/fitness-and-nutrition/exercise-finder/c_266/ By clicking on the body part, you get a list of exercises.  Great for workout ideas.  Or for a deterring making those bacon chocolate chip cookies you saw the recipe for.   mmmmmmmmmmmm -MM

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Today is the first really cold day of this year so far, and we're all coping by sleeping our Sunday away.  :) We don't have heat, so we try and keep warm the best we can.  Days like today, it's too tough to fight the urge to nap.  lol Bobby is cuddled up on the couch with his snuggie. This is the miraculous Kitty.  Kitty is really a "he," but reminds me of the a famous

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I really miss her.  :(

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In many ways, I'm two people.  If you're a teacher, you probably understand this.  My "work self" wears khaki pants and some drab polo shirt almost every day.  I'm fun but super clean, and always busy.  My "home self" is always showing off my cleavage and tattoo; I hate khakis but love jeans and heavy eyeliner.  Let's just say I'm not uber-clean when I'm away from school, and I spend most of my

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A blog "written" by Suri Cruise in which she continually dishes it out  to other Hollywood children. Thank me later. http://surisburnbook.tumblr.com/ -MM

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Click for video

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My dear friend Jess told me to check out the trailer for "50/50," which I had not heard of until yesterday.  I must say there aren't many parts of my life that I thought would make a good movie, but Bobby and I talk all the time about how someone needs to sort of show everyone what it's like when  young person, totally unequipped to deal with even normal every day life, gets diagnosed with cancer

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I've received comments and emails lately from blog readers who have really warmed my heart.  Thanks so much for all the support and love.  And thank you for understanding that this blog is all over the place- from my job, to cancer to roller derby, to fashion and make-up, to relationship stuff, to Buddhism to yoga to advocacy- I'm not just consumed by one thing on this blog.  So if you've hung in

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You think you have it so hard.  You've got a test next week, your best friend is being a b word, there's some repair you need for your car that costs $1100, your cat is sick, your boss is a prick, your tooth has a giant cavity, and you hate your ex-boyfriend.  Life is terrible.  You want to die.  And you go on like this for years.  Years.  Going from one crisis to the next. Then one day you get

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I just wanted to share some hot new finds.  #1 MelanomaGirl.com is a site I found via Facebook (believe it or not). I kinda went off on a tangent on there the other day.  I guess I don't know how to deal with it when I see a mole that looks suspicious to me or when my friends post (over and over) "OMG I got so sunburned today!" or "I love my new tanning bed place!" I mean, come on people.  All

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Every few years, Bobby and I do separate vacations.  This actually started sort of as an argument the first time. Hilarious.  It happened when I, in one of my not-so-noble moments, booked a vacay without Bobby.  In retaliation, he did the same, and two weeks later, when we were both back from our separate trips, we were better for the experience.  We were both reminded of what independence feels

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Daily aspirin may protect against melanomaLong-term use cut risk of deadly skin cancer by almost half, study finds By Linda Carrollmsnbc.com contributor updated 6/23/2011 8:58:48 AM ET An aspirin a day may keep melanoma at bay, a new study suggests.After scrutinizing the medical records of 1,000 people, an international team of researchers have determined that the risk of melanoma was cut by

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I've had a ton of people send me this link on Facebook, Twitter and even in comments of this blog.  It's definitely worth watching, and I tear up every time I see it.  I wish I had seen it at 16! But I can still share now with people that don't know.  Please repost or send to anyone 16, or anyone who has ever been 16.  :)-MM

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Probably my biggest goal for myself is to accept the things I cannot change.  On one hand, I must give myself credit for how far I have come, and on the other hand, I have to think about how often I get angry and up in arms about the things I cannot change.  Always in progress, always complete. I'm reminded a great deal of the four noble truths: the very nature of life is suffering, suffering

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New Melanoma Treatment Approved by FDA WASHINGTON, D.C.—Thirteen years of waiting is now over for melanoma patients. That’s how long it’s been since the last therapy became available to treat the most lethal form of skin cancer – melanoma.  The FDA today announced approval of Yervoy, an immunotherapy treatment for advanced melanoma.   The drug will be used to treat melanoma patients whose

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I remember when my weeks were filled with a different doctor's appointment every day, when my job was to do my treatment and to be at the right waiting room at the right time.  I remember the hours of sitting and thinking, too drugged to read or follow a tv show, too tired to care how the 30 minute fiasco ended.  I remember thinking how lucky I'd been just to be able to walk around at one point

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My cat is awesome.

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"The hardest thing in life, is letting go of what you thought was real." ~ Author Unknown ~ What do I really want to do with the rest of my life? Live out loud.  Suck the marrow out of life.  To totally think about what new risk I'm going to take every day, to want to live in new situations all the time,  to try new things (which means that I can't just do the old things), to risk making a

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Consisting of... sleeping most of the day dinner with girlfriends Birthday celebration for Bobby delicious birthday lunch cat naps hanging out and celebrating another year of being with my love! -MM

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I find it so hard to write about my friends that have passed away.  As time has passed since my own cancer diagnosis, I have grown into my way of dealing with these losses, and it is often a very private and guarded process.  After so many losses, its an even sadder affair.  I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but since I started this blog I've lost something like 30 friends.  It's enough to

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And so true! -MM

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You are the best.  You need to know this.  Sometimes when I read your comments, my eyes well up with tears, and I think it's because I feel simultaneous: a) loved b) supported and c) perhaps most importantly- understood. I'm having one of those, "the internet has connected me to so many incredible people" moments.  But also one of those, "the friends and loved ones in my lfie are super sweet

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You don't even have to wait.

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That's right- I am bigger than the life I'm living. With every happy feeling I get in yoga, I see another area of my life that I need to grow. I've realized that I've been living in a box, trying not to come out for fear of scary stuff happening to me. Scary stuff like what's happened before- scary stuff like failure and judgment and heartbreak and cancer and losing family and loved ones. Scary

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What up what up internet dogs. That was me channeling a fifth grader just now, sorry.Life is good. I seem to be chugging along in school, and just like last year I'm surprised that it's already the new year. Not sure how many days it is until TAKS, but I know it's not many. Overall so far this year I've really felt good about work/life balance. Yay, me!I've also been a lot happier with my

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Like all chics, I love, love, love the holidays. And in the fall, you get the 4 best holidays of all time in order- each a little better than the last. (*insert warm fuzzy feeling here*)Despite being super duper broke right now and being a single car family, I feel relatively awesome. The stress has been high, but I've been blowing off a lot of steam with friends and trying to pull myself out

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This is my buddy, Jordi. He wants to tell you about Geneen Roth. You know her as the author that I'm currently in love with.But let me start by saying that the last 2 weeks have been chock full of nuts. I had like the best birfday ever! And turning 36 was fun, fun, fun! Both of our cars have broken down, leading to a big $5k in bills. I've actual traveled a bit for work, which has never

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Show yourself, every day, that you are worthy of love, by committing to the decision to make yourself a better person."It takes great effort to be effortless about anything." -Geneen Roth-MM

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Here's something you may not know about me: I love turtles. As a teacher, I have 2 in my classroom (and one "free range" turtle- don't ask), and they are just the best. The kids love them and learn a lot (about science and also general life skills) just by being about them, and also they are great company for me and keep me super chilled.And so I'm here to tell you that in the 2 weeks since my

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I'm reading the most amazing book right now- one of those books that I force myself to put down because I love to have a new page to read every so often. Just had to share a quote with you (and a video to boot)! These words ring so true to me. -MM"When you believe without knowing you believe that you are damaged at your core, you also believe that you need to hide that damage for anyone to

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"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness." - Eckhart TolleI have this quote posted in my room, and I stared at it a lot this weekend. Over the last 3 days as I've laid in bed, it's been like a neon sign to me, forcing me to think about what I'm doing with myself right now.This is day 9 of this

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Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. In a religious context, it is not considered as a physical emotion but as a spiritual grace. Hope is distinct from positive thinking, which refers to a therapeutic or systematic process used in psychology for reversing pessimism. The term false hope refers to a hope based entirely around a fantasy or an

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So, I'm perusing Yes! Magazine website (which I love) and I see the article "Toxins to be Pulled from Cosmetics." Back in my Gilda's Club days, I heard about this a lot. Our skin absorbs roughly 60% of what we place on it, and dumps it directly into our circulatory system. Depending on the size of the particles in the product, it can absorb within minutes or just seconds. Now, I know what

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So I haven't been to yoga in a while. Like probably for 2 weeks, maybe 3. Why? Well, that's the complicated part. If you asked me last week, I would've told you because of my back pain. Or because of the headaches. But if you ask me today, I will tell you that it was because I wasn't listening to my body and therefore I over did it. That quote I posted just a few days ago about being happy

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I'm just wondering, because if I am going to dedicate more time to this blog, I need to know what the people who come here want. So please copy and paste this into a comment, deleting the things you don't want to see and leaving the things you do. I'd really appreciate it, and you can even do it anonymously if you want. Thanks again!-MM(here's the part you copy :) These are things I'd like to

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Dr. Holden says the key to being happy is overcoming "destination addiction," which he defines as "living in the not-now." "It's always about tomorrow, so you're chasing 'more,' 'next' and 'there,'" he says. "You promise yourself that when you get there, you'll be happy. And I promise you, you won't, because you'll always set another destination to go for."Instead, Dr. Holden says if you are

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"And he said, 'You have to understand that the pursuit of happiness is a mistake. It's like, you don't chase happiness out there. You learn that you're happy inside you and then you go running. Then you go into the world.'"-Dr. Robert Holden, founder of the Happiness Project, author of Happiness Now!, who has dedicated his life to studying the pursuit of happiness. ---------

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Hello blogger friends, I know I'm sucking wind lately as far as consistent blogging goes, but this is part of the pattern at the end of the school year. Bare with me and we'll see if we can't get back on track. picSo the yoga experiment is going well. I signed up for a beginner series at Yogasport here in D town. I've never really liked yoga, but have tried it a hand-full of times over the

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Just wanted to drop a quick note to thank all internet surfers out there that have recently found my blog and commented or emailed me. It's great to meet you all! Cancer sucks but if we stick together there's so much we can accomplish and change. Don't believe the statistics or the doctors- but rather, find the truth inside yourself. Give yourself time to make decisions based on what you want,

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I was recently asked this question by one of my fifth graders. A question like that takes you places. For a long time, the answer was always "disappointing the people that I love." But, after a lifetime of disappointing people that I love, I have realized there is, at some points, no way to avoid it if you're going to be true to yourself. And then later in life I realized that sometimes the

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This is fresh off the brain waves. How to get exactly what you want: decide that what you have is exactly what you want.*-MM*includes chronic pain

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What amazes me is the lack of lymphedema talk. Or maybe it's just me. But even here, in Blogger, lymphedema has that little red sqwiggly line underneath it like it's misspelled. Think about that. If you typed in "cancer" and the little red sqwiggly line popped up like you'd made the word up entirely, wouldn't you feel a little weird? Like maybe this thing that is affecting your life so much is

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this is meandthis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis is methis, toothis is methis is methis is meand this is me. -MM

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I've had my period, 5 days on and 3 days off, for an entire month now.Awesomeness. If there's one thing that will make you love life, it's a never-ending period. I mean, seriously. Is this for real?You may be thinking to yourself, how can this be happening? What could possibly make someone this menstrual-fabulous? Well, hormones, friends. Hormones will make someone have this problem. See,

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The lovely Kat Von B. has done it again, and gone and gotten us an amazing interview with celebrity make-up artist Scott Barnes. If you don't know him, you should, because he is the man behind the beautiful JLO glow. He also has GREAT make-up tutorials on Youtube for everyday women --that could make even my Aunt Fannie look fabulous- and his own line of make-up. Most exciting, as his website

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Take a minute or 2 to process each one before moving on to the next. :)-MM

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Best quote ever, discovered while reading in the bathtub last night. What a moment."Imagine that you come home one day after work to find your door smashed open, hanging on the hinges. You have been robbed. You go inside and find that everything you won has vanished. For a moment you are paralyzed with shock, and in despair you frantically go through the mental process of trying to recreate

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I received an email this week from Emily Miles, who is a casting coordinator for The Cartel, the television production company hired to produce PSA's for the American Academy of Dermatology in order to raise public awareness about the dangers of tanning beds. If you are interested, or think you know someone who might be, please see this information and feel free to explore this opportunity and

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I have thought for some time why I am thankful for this blog, and here is what I've come up with:a. There are tons of people on here that I've never even met that (-call me crazy, but it's true-) seem like family sometimes. I have so much support here that I can't imagine my cancer journey, or my recovery, or living with the statistics of this disease sometimes looming over me, without it.b. It

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If you have any interest in cooking, check out my new blog. The funny thing is, I'm really a famously terrible cook!-MM

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... I'd be writing about my job. I've spent a lot of my day today thinking about my kids. And my teaching this year. This has definitely been the most difficult group of 5th graders I've ever taught. Don't get me wrong- I love them. Like a lot. But they are VERY challenging group. I've never had so much trouble getting the content through to kids before, or had kids that had so little

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I'm 35 tomorrow.I don't know really what to say besides that- because just being 35 is going to make me happier than you can ever imagine. Five short years ago, I was only given a 50% chance of living this long.I can't tell you how happy I am that I made it. I am ecstatic. I can't tell you how good my life is. I can't express that there is nothing that I wish for in my life, because I think I

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My first thought is: give yourself a break. It's been a tough week.And it has.Linda's funeral was Thursday. Another member of our tiny group has moved on. I don't really know what to say except that it's so hard to see them go. They are out of pain and they are better off, but to know that they fought so hard to be here, and to miss them so much- sometimes it's hard to remember that there's a

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Hell yizzy!

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It's rainy here, drizzling. I'm wearing my pajamas and sitting around, and it's super nice to be doing so. It's just one of those days when you feel like doing nothing but curling up with a good book.Unfortunately, no book and curling up are happening. School is back in full swing and there's only sleeping in on weekends again. It's ok, though. I'm working on balance, so at least I have time

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May choirs of angels lead you to your final rest. -Shakespeare.

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I say it all the time, but evidently I'm the one who needs to hear it the most. Life is too short, people. In case you can't tell, this is all related to my last post, too. I'm sure that some of you keep up with Dave and Tara, listed under "Fields Family Blog" in the melanoma/cancer links. Dave is a melanoma survivor who was first diagnosed in 1997. He makes it look easy, but he's had a long

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It's not that I haven't been blogging, it's just that you haven't been reading my posts. Mainly because I haven't been publishing them. Bwahahahahaha! Too bad for you that you've missed out on all the witty, insightful posts I've been writing.I got an email and phone call this morning from CBS evening news, peculiarly enough, and they were asking me if I'd be interested in being on the show

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Awww...

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Hi all you Miss Melanoma readers,Just FYI, I just dedicated a page to my dear Bobby at LIVESTRONG Action.This page is a part of the world's largest dedication book that LIVESTRONG Action will use to pressure world leaders to do more to fight cancer. Can you add your name to my dedication page? It'll only take a second, and you will be my best friend FOREVER. Also, you can help me reach my target

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Congrats to Planet Cancer for reppin' us well. Here's an email I got from them today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------June 24, 2009Dear Friends,We wanted to let you know about an exciting thing happening for us today!Tonight, Wednesday, June 24th 2009 at 10pmET on ABC, there will be a Special Edition of "Primetime" to Air from the White House,

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Help the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) raise $20,000 in its first "Melanoma Tweetments" online fundraiser! You can help the MRF find pathways to a cure by sending updates about melanoma to your friends via Twitter and Facebook and donating a few dollars to fund melanoma research.Click here for link. Thanks!-MM

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... if my hair looked like this?I walked Bear today at dusk, and it was the most amazing sunset I've seen in some time. It was the kind of evening that makes you think everything will be alright.There is so much going on today, but I feel for some reason like everything is going to be okay. And it will, won't it? Isn't there some saying that everything will be okay in the end, and if it's not

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A very worthwhile message from my homie Camille for all of you interested in supporting i[2]y. Thanks!------------------------------------------------Hello friends!We all like to give, but times are a little tight ....that's what makes this the greatest opportunity to give! All you have to do is apply for a Visa credit card at: http://VISA.i2y.comThen just buy a pack of gum or whatever suits

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Life is crazy right now. I'm working really more than doing anything else, but the TAKS is in two weeks, so by May I'll be back to a normal life.I'm good, though. Besides work, I can say that I'm 100% happy right now. If you know anything about what's been going on, you've probably already figured out that my two cancer support homies are doing good. One has been called "cured," a word which

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Never take for granted a single day that you are free to walk around without an IV.Or a day you are not forced to stay in the hospital. It is so easy to forget, isn't it? And yet the average person is so very lucky.

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If I sit here long enough, I know that everything is going to be okay. It always is. And when I'm still enough to listen to the part of me that knows that, I can kinda glimpse me in the future, already through all of this, already okay.Just seems like this week, all those things I use to help me get to that little place: boxing, dancing, playing guitar, drawing, sleeping, reading- I was either

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So you know about my support group. You know that there are 6 or so of us, and that we are very close. We're from all walks of life, with ages spanning from fairly young to much older, and our incomes and lifestyles are even more diverse. And you know that they are what got me through the worst times of cancer, that they are the reason I can look at cancer without bitterness and regret. You

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First the good news- I am officially a rocker. That's right, kids. You have always suspected that I rock, and now I have fantastic news for you: I have learned an entire rock song. I can play "I love Rock n Roll" like I am Joan Jett's personal backup guitarist. Ok, not really, but it's not the point. I rock. No, seriously.So, yes, technically, it is the only song I can play. But if you

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No tan is worth dying for. Clare Oliver's very personal and powerful message:

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What if today, instead of fearing what was going on, I allowed myself to absorb it's painfulness? What if I thought about not how unfair it is, but rather what I could offer in prayer? What if I stopped lying to myself about what it is I want to do, and instead just said it out loud in spite of it's awkwardness and "inappropriateness"? What if I faced everything that I am afraid of, knowing

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I think about the waiting. That, I think, is cancer's toughest treatment: the constant battle to accept that there is no certainty in the future. Even when you know you're going to live through it, you are a sitting duck. You can't make any plans, because no one can tell you what's ahead of you. They don't tell you because they don't know. So you don't want to make any decisions because of

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I found a site tonight called Dear God, Hear Us, One Prayer at a Time by way of Leslie's blog, which I also discovered tonight. Both are great. But anyway, not the point.So on this Dear God site, people write in their prayers. It's a crazy experience to read other people's intimate prayers, especially the ones from people who are so hurt and so angry. And there are a lot of those, as, in

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... but kinda in a good way! Hard to explain. Anyway, 2 quick things and I'll post again this week.First, thanks to Anonymous for posting the Percepcion unitaria page. I'm not finished checking it out but I'm finding it all very interesting. Good stuff so far and I always appreciate anything that may make my life better.Also thanks to Gil J. for letting me know about this melanoma awareness

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1. There are no words to tell you how beautiful every single street is.2. Everyone there loves their dog as much as I love mine, which is an incomprehensible amount of love.3. That whole French-people-are-rude-thing really may be a myth. I'm not kidding.4. Ten hours on a plane is a small price to pay for the experience. Even when the plane is 85 degrees and there are 30 drill team members in

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It seems unfair that I am posting about an amazing trip I'm beginning today, and posting about more cancer nonsense at the same time. But I guess this is life. As far as me, I am noticing every day a new microscopically small healthy behavior showing up without me even having to think of it. Today I noticed that I didn't back down on a comment I made. Not such a big deal in the big scheme but

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When I read back over my entries on this blog in the last 2 years, my first instinct is to judge myself for the ups and downs I have been through. I think to myself about all the times I thought I was on the right track when actually it was a minor lift in mood. I get so angry about being so naive when I was, in fact, so far away from any semblance of healthy.But I think the truth, and I hope

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http://skincancertakesfriends.org/

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I guess the news is that I'm doing better. I had lots of good folks writing and calling me to check in and I appreciate all the concern. It's always encouraging to see how much you're thought of. I feel very loved.I wish that I could say everything I've been going through is a big misunderstanding but the truth is I've taken a long, hard look at myself and realized that a few too many things

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Probably so, huh. You've probably had an inkling all along. Looking back, I don't know how I didn't know. But a certain turn of events within the last 2 weeks left me standing completely still in the middle of the day and saying, "I feel like I have no control over my life."What a revelation. How is that possible? Aren't I the ONLY one who has control of my life? Am I just now feeling this

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It's the little things we can do that sometimes helps the most.-MM

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In college, I wrote a short story one time about a road trip I took by myself. On the Road had always been a favorite, and when plans fell through with everyone else for a trip we'd planned, I decided to just go solo. I ended my travel story (of course) with a bit of cliched enlightenment:"... after a few states and many miles, here's what you come to figure out: people are just people. Some live

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The title means what, you ask? It's only there as part of my obsession with Queen of late. But why I'm really here is to catch you up with this info:1. Check out the new blogs listed to the right-- I've gotten a few emails in the last month informing me of blogs dealing with melanoma and I'm happy to pass on the word (including one at the Ulman Cancer Fund by our own Redheaded Bald Chick!) If

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But I do want you to see the winner of the drawing--- You have to watch to find out who won!Write and send me your addy, winner, so I can send you the free goods!-MM

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Good piece I thought, and very informative on how skin cancer and melanoma spreads.I plan on doing the drawing for the free stuff this week (or weekend)! Sorry, it's just that life is crazy now that school is back in session. For that reason, I'm still taking entries and will put your name in right up until the last moment. Hope all is well with all of you!-MM

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Can we all just take a moment to be grateful that melanoma awareness is up, research is happening and things like this are taking place:Article: Hippy Approach to Medicine - Could it be the Cure?And also, that this t-shirt is being made and sold some where? I mean, someone probably has this shirt on right now.Don't forget: you have until the 17th to comment and be entered into the drawing for

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Hi internet family,Just a reminder to let me know if you'd like to be in the drawing for the free stuff (--see the post from yesterday if you're confused).In other news, tonight as I was trying to update my "Melanoma/Cancer Links," and I accidentally deleted them all. Yes, I think you're right, there must have been acid in the spaghetti. Why else would I accidentally delete ALL of my links?

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I know this isn't your usual "hot summer read," but I recently received a book from Dr. Daniel Yarosh, CEO of AGI Dermatics. If you don't know what AGI Dermatics is, well, let me tell you. It is a "bio-pharmaceutical company that develops and markets topical prescription and over-the-counter drugs, as well as prestige skincare ingredients and products." What does that mean to you? It means

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Wow. byronkatie.com

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So, if you remember back in March, we moved into our new warehouse. Well, we've done so much work on the warehouse (although some still needs to be done), but I AM (Yay!) finally finished with my room.So first, let's go back and look at the before pictures. Remember this one?My soon-to-be room is that section to the right next to the edge of the pic.Here's a close-up of it. Whoever lived here

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So here's a new thing I'm doing. I downloaded this awesome bomb countdown thingy (that I also use in my classroom- the kids dig it hardcore), and I make myself write. I make myself write and I can not stop writing until the bomb explodes and the alarm sounds.Sounds not so bad, right? Especially since I only set it for 15 or 20 minutes at a time. (?) But, here's the thing which I did not

Miss Melanomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09018657216901427823noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14570709.post-66479246895886418272008-07-15T08:37:00.000-07:002008-07-15T08:53:49.327-07:00

Special thanks to Eric Lingenfelder and Easterlygal who sent me this link a couple of weeks ago in the midst of all the Vans hubbub. Great article in the Washington Post titled Melanoma Rates Increase Among Younger Women.The battle continues. But we'll be like Ghandi and be all zen about the battle so as to promote peace without melanoma.-MM

Miss Melanomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09018657216901427823noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14570709.post-62908976437089722512008-07-13T15:03:00.000-07:002008-07-13T19:46:11.843-07:00

In case you haven't seen, Carver has reported on her blog about the the free make-up she received from the raffle here on Ms. Melanoma. Check it out, there's good pics at the haul!And not to worry, I've got another superfly give-away coming up again by way of my good friend Katherine who is getting us the hook-up. Remember, to get entered into the raffle, all you have to do is comment and

Miss Melanomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09018657216901427823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14570709.post-64245292532964039702008-07-09T13:49:00.000-07:002008-07-12T10:16:37.670-07:00

I was reading on "My Crazy Sexy Life" just yesterday and found an entry by a woman discussing her cancer journey. She said that she had noticed an emotional cycle that she follows, where she is good with her diagnosis/NED status for a while, then she's anxious, then mad again, then depressed, then feels good for a while again, etc. It's good to read other stories like this, because I know for

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Thanks to my friend Linda who passed this onto me. This is good summertime vacation information!Sunscreen May Speed Absorption of DEET Through Skin-MM

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