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Living in a Comic Strip

Posted on December 11, 2013 by reclinerwoman

A friend sent a Maxine Cooks line that was totally appropriate to the day: “I read recipes the same way I read science fiction — I get to the end and think ‘Well, that’s not gonna happen’” It was especially funny as … Continue reading →

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Tease Your Doctor

Posted on November 24, 2012 by reclinerwoman

Before I lost my hair, I found a wig that was so close in color and style to my own hair, my husband and children didn’t notice the difference.  When I lost my hair, I wore the wig to my oncologist office visit.  … Continue reading →

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Turn Frustration into Laughter

Posted on November 12, 2012 by reclinerwoman

At one point during chemo, mouth sores were threatening.  My breast care coodinator warned me to be proactive, as she had seen people in the hospital on a morphine drip from the pain of mouth sores!  I called my doctor and … Continue reading →

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Sing About It

Posted on October 26, 2012 by reclinerwoman

During the crazy rush of evaluation, testing and scheduling leading up to the start of my cancer treatments, I made up a little song. I don’t know I don’t know There’s so very many things that I don’t know My … Continue reading →

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Family Funnies During Cancer, Part 3

Posted on October 14, 2012 by reclinerwoman

We were explaining to the girls that I wouldn’t be having surgery.  Instead, I would be having some really strong medicine that would make me tired.  Daddy was going to need help from the girls.  My six year old piped up:  “We … Continue reading →

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Family Funnies During Cancer, Part 2

Posted on October 30, 2011 by reclinerwoman

My husband and I decided if we were not afraid, our 6 and 10 year old daughters wouldn’t be afraid either.  We were careful to package scary news to make it as easy to hear as possible.  For example, when I … Continue reading →

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Family Fun During Cancer

Posted on October 23, 2011 by reclinerwoman

My girls were 6 and 10 when I was diagnosed with cancer.  I typically wore a bandana around the house.  On the few days I went to work, I wore my wig.  It was summer in Florida, and that wig … Continue reading →

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Choosing to Laugh: At the Hospital, part 2

Posted on October 2, 2011 by reclinerwoman

For example, my radiation team wrote on me with permanent marker almost every day. I decided, if I had to have permanent ink on my body, it better be purple. One technician searched, found and gave me my own purple … Continue reading →

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Choosing to Laugh: At the Hospital

Posted on October 2, 2011 by reclinerwoman

Fran DiGiacomo was my mentor in laughing at cancer itself with her book “I’d Rather Do Chemo Than Clean Out the Garage: Choosing Laughter Over Tears.”  Her humor was life-giving to me. Unlike me, writing to you from the recovery … Continue reading →

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Joy In Cancer Secret Three: Laughter

Posted on September 16, 2011 by reclinerwoman

Cancer isn’t funny.  Cancer is big, it’s bad, and it’s awful; but my God is bigger, He’s better, and He’s awesome.  God is able to give His children joy in the middle of horror. While you are in the Valley … Continue reading →

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