Archive for the ‘cancer’ Category

• What have I done to myself and how do I correct it

  Saturday, November 1st, 2008

  I hate to keep harping on the fact that I spent over three decades working the 1100 pm to 730 am shift. But after a week like this last one, I can’t help but wonder what the hell did I do to my body. I have spent the last few days with swollen joints and pains [...]

• Think Pink

  Monday, October 13th, 2008

  October is breast cancer awareness month. One out of eight women will be affected by this brutal and demoralizing disease. That means that 200,000 women will be affected. The good news is that 160,000 will be cured. Even though we think of this as a female disease let it be known that men are affected [...]

• Cancer – This Nurse’s Nightmare P3

  Sunday, September 14th, 2008

  I went back to work with my badge of courage, a scare that runs from under my right shoulder blade to five inches above my right wrist. I have never tried to hide it. I think of this as something to remind me that I am a survivior. As little as I thought about it, [...]