To all of you "Patch Adams" in the world... Thank you....

My Husband and I watched the movie "Patch Adams" the other day. What a wonderful and amazing movie. I have seen it before when I was younger but my Husband has never seen it, so we decided to watch it together. Wouldn't it be absolutely amazing if all Doctors took a minute to watch this movie?? I think this movie should be a part of the curriculum to become a Dr. More Doctors need good bedside manner and should start treating patients as a human being, not just a disease or a money sign. I feel that love and showing that you truly care for a patient and their well being can help the healing process much more then people truly realize. Take that time out and laugh and share with them, bring their spirits up. In my past with Doctors I haven't had many connections at all, Many times, I could tell that I was just another number, another chart that they would take a quick look at and then move on. Finally after going to 6 or 7 different Drs for extreme pain and tenderness in my neck since I was 15 and being told it was basically nothing... I gave up. I felt that I was never listened to and just tossed aside. It was disheartening and upsetting. After a while I could no longer take the pain so I talked around and someone I graduated High school with referred me to Penn State Hershey Medical, So I thought okay, I'll give this one last try and I made an appointment and went. I am glad I did because by going there I regained new hope again. My surgeon who ended up doing my very long thyroid cancer surgery was different from any Dr I have ever had. You could tell he genuinely cared and had concern for Me. It was a wonderful feeling and to this day I feel so very blessed that God placed me in His Hands. I bring this up because watching Patch Adams reminded me of that and reminded me of my own "Patch Adams" that I was lucky enough to have. If you have never watched this movie, take the time and watch it. It is an inspiring movie with laughs, love and hope. Also, why not take the time and tell your Dr's to take a look at it too? Can't hurt right? I think we can all learn a valuable lesson from it! Until next time my friends...

Interesting 26th Birthday weekend.....

So my 26th birthday was on the 17th....wasn't the greatest birthday ever but I am just glad I am alive and breathing and have wonderful and amazing people who surround me. I woke up on my birthday morning and realized I was urinating blood( sorry if this post is a little TMI for some of you)....umm yeah talk about scary....I thought oh great what now.....I almost immediately messaged by oncology team to see if any of the medicines I was on had this side effect and none of them did that they were aware of ....so kept going with my day ...my sister and I had a lunch date and she was taking me out for my birthday!! My sis and I always have a fun time together but I knew something was wrong during lunch, because then the pain came on more intense

Love my sista!!

Quick stop after my birthday lunch with kelli lol...

 ....this was the most awful pain and pressure you can imagine....I was thinking that if I ever had a baby this may be similar to what it would feel like....so here I find out I most likely had a bad UTI ....I've never  had one of these before and oh my gosh do they suck!! I don't wish it on anyone!! So for my birthday I pretty much layed in bed in agonizing pain and just tried to relax as much as I could. The following day I had plans to go out to a local bar with my sister and brother in law where they had karaoke....I love going to karaoke nights...they are such a blast!!

 I was so bummed cause my pain was not letting up and I really didn't want to miss out on this...so with my husbands nudging we decided to go out anyway and thought maybe it would help take my mind off of the pain ....and it did for a little and it was really fun to see my brother, brother-in law and sister in law sing some karaoke but unfortunately I still wasn't "all there" because I was still somewhat focused on this pain and having to run to the bathroom all the time didn't help either!!! Sunday my lovely parents made up a birthday meal and got ice cream cake for us to help celebrate my birthday...usually every year I go over to their house and we celebrate, but unfortunately with how I was feeling this year it didn't work out as planned...but the meal was amazing and the ice cream cake was yummy!!! Thanks Mom & Dad!!!  I am now on my 3rd day of antibiotics and I am finally starting to feel normal again...thank goodness!! I'm hoping a few more days of the antibiotics and rest will kick it completely out and I will be good as new!! Just praying that after this I get a little "feel good" break....Jon and I don't need any more stress or things to deal with although I guess that is life for ya?? I just want a few days to feel really really good and then I'll go back to dealing with whatever!! I hope you all had a very blessed weekend!! Don't forget to take a moment to remember Martin Luther King today!!!

 God bless!
Until Next time....

A letter to Cancer...

I saw this and had to blog it....this was such a powerful message to me when I read it...

A letter to Cancer:

It may seem like you have control in my life right now, but you really don't.
Your presence only makes me stronger, braver, kinder, wiser.
I choose how I think, what I speak and how I love.
You will never be able to touch those things. NEVER.
The fear of your name no longer haunts my soul, because I know that my soul belongs to me and to God.You may take your claim on this frail outer shell but never on my divine spirit that cries out:
" I am not my body".My soul will run, leap and tower over your attempts to pull me down into despair.Those who surround me will fight with me to let it be known that we WILL NOT SURRENDER.Our hearts and souls are tied together in a lasting bond, that no amount of your impeding growth can break.

You see cancer, you do NOT own me.

I own myself.....and I will survive.

(- Ginger Johnson, 2014- Cancer survivor)


Until next time my friends.....