Tag Archives: stage

Easy to swallow: The simple remedy that has replaced my blood pressure pills

06/25/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
It hasn’t been easy, but I have stepped up my exercise and gone back to meditation and yoga: techniques I had done regularly in the past. I am a believer in the importance of sleep, yoga and meditation, but I…

National Cancer Survivors Day: How you can help scientists find a cure

06/04/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
(Photo courtesy Beth Yorn, creator of Elisabeth Bell Jewelry) Sunday, June 7, is National Cancer Survivors Day. Just when you thought all of the days of the year were taken up by obscure organizations, this day has been around for…

Explaining the inexplicable: On considering a book about my cancer battle

05/21/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
I spent the last four days at a writing workshop. I have been toying with the idea of writing a book that would chronicle these 13 years of living with stage 4 cancer. I would write about the good, the…

A mother’s love: How family and laughter have helped me in my cancer fight

05/07/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
How many people do you know who laugh at their own jokes? I mean, belly laugh? That’s my mom. But the thing is she really is funny. I often talk of the healing effect of laughter. I may have never…

When ignorance is bliss: The question I’m too afraid to ask my doctors

04/23/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
A cancer patient shows off her breast cancer survivor bracelet. (REUTERS/Jim Bourg) Cancer is ever-changing. It’s got you by the throat and is not about to let go. There will be times along the way that you can keep it…

No tears today, but still hope

01/21/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
The public swearing-in ceremony for America’s 44th president and his second inaugural speech was viewed by millions on television and a crowd of 600,000 to 800,000 who braved the cold to watch history in person. The event, as always, was…