In Control
I went through life by always having to be in control; being in charge. I was the disciplinarian at home and was the one who did all the "grounding".
When it came to my job, I'd be the one to organize and get social events happening. If there was a party or a function to plan - get Donna Leah... >Read More
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Why Me?
"Boy, God must really be gunning for you!"
As the tears began to stream down my face, I was grateful we were working in the relative darkness of an ultrasound room. The comment made by a nurse was simply an off-handed remark. The words themselves were harmless, but they gained power and cut deep because they echoed the feelings that... >Read More
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An Uncanny Calm: Facing the fear of cancer
“Yes, the tumor is definitely cancer."
This news from my husband's neurosurgeon should have shaken my world, but I felt an uncanny calm.
But I was not always this way… just two months before, I had been an emotional basket case. Not only had we just learned that my husband had an inoperable brain tumor of uncertain pathology, but my mother...... >Read More
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More to life than sports
I had lost 50 pounds and weighed a mere 93 pounds at age 38. Lying on the hospital bed, I knew I was sick, very sick—to the point where doctors were telling my family to prepare for the worst.
I had dermatomyositis, a connective-tissue disease that is characterized by inflammation of the muscles and skin. Symptoms include severe skin rash... >Read More
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A Doctor's Journey with Cancer
When you suddenly learn you might have only 18 months to live, it’s a good time to sort out what really matters in life.
Last December, Yang Chen, MD, dismissed an aching pain under his shoulder as muscle strain. Five weeks later, as the pain persisted, a chest x-ray brought shocking results: possible lung cancer that might have spread.
A...... >Read More
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Living with Breast Cancer
I was 23 years old when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
My mother taught me to do BSEs (breast self exams), when I was 13 years old. It was all part of her talk about the "birds-and-the-bees-and-BSE". My Mom's mother had had several breast lumps removed over the years and my Mom had some cysts removed too. She wanted... >Read More
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Cancer Without Fear
I still remember the look on the team doctor's face when he announced that I had Multiple Myeloma, a deadly cancer that had claimed the life of my sister only four years prior. Up to that point I had been pretty lucky in that I had always been reasonably healthy. Now it looked like I would have to give... >Read More
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Tears from Blind Eyes
"How's my little girl?" asked my uncle reaching out to his daughter... >more
Facing Childhood Cancer
I would never have believed that a church would pray for a... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)