LUNG CANCER LIFE:

Good Afternoon; Have you ever sat and wondered ,What you were here for? Do you ever think that there is a different plan for you,perhaps another path to travel,than the one your on? I have sure been changing a lot of my thoughts lately.I definitely BELIEVE,that there is a great plan for us,already drawn out.How else can I explain all the great escapes I have made in the last 10 years. Every time I have been diagnosed with a life threatening illness,I have survived!I was given 3 months to live in 2002,and was told I needed a liver transplant.I continued to drink for a few more months than,just woke up one morning and never drank again.My liver managed to maintain itself and the bad numbers came down.One of my first escapes. In January 1996,I had a mammogram that showed a tumor in my breast.I went through the denial for a few months,then I went into the hospital,totally expecting,and was actually prepared for,a breast biopsy,which at that point might have been a mastectomy.I got ble...

.The sun is shining ever so brightly,and I feel Good! I have been writing this journal since April and have come to realise that a lot of my new readers are not familiar with the gist of this blog.I have archived all my posts,but to me they are not in the order I would like.I would really like to start from the beginning on this,if you can bear with me; In June of 2002 I was diagnosed with "cirrhosis" of the liver.I was told I had three months to live.I stopped drinking ,on my own ,and my livers enzymes have almost returned to normal.I was a mess back then.I had gotten down to 89 pounds and was very weak and sick,I was dying. I was,and still am on the recovery for that.Now I have a lot more on my plate. Last year I had an EKG and it showed I had had a heart attack.I went to a doctor and he said that the EKG could have shown a disorder of the lungs.I had a chest x-ray and a Pulmonary Function Test.I received a call in late Oct.05,that I definitely had pneumonia,but there was a...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! How many times do we complain?How many times have we wished we were someone or somewhere else? I have been counting my blessings lately. I have a home.I have a car, {an older one}. I have a husband and three great grown children. How many times do You count your blessings? I can walk,I can talk,I am still a little able to get around.I am so ever Thankful! I have had surgery{ lobectomy }.a removal of part of my lung Feb.28 th . I have had a mammogram that was iffy and I waited for 14 days after a core biopsy of my breast to find out,It wasn't Cancer. I sur vived my bout of alcohol abuse and " cirrhosis " of the liver in 2002. I am alive almost two years later after being Diagnosed with LUNG CANCER. And you know what?,I count my blessings every day. I can whine and complain all day ,then I hear the news or from a friend that someone has passed away or has cancer or has died ,and I stop and think How very Lucky I am. And ,you know what?I count my bles...