LACS: 9/11 Heroes, "Let's Roll" Mentality Needed Now
Those facing certain death on Flight 93 run through my mind today. Would I have acted that heroically? Seeing what current differences separate us as a nation now, I humbly ask all of you to ask yourself these questions.
Read moreLACS: Career Opportunities for Survivors? HELP NEEDED!!
Perhaps those who don't know my cause are a little late to the party, but I hope this topic leaves you feeling uncomfortable. If you desire to change someone's life suffering side effects of cancer treatment, I can help you.
Read moreLACS: OH, HOW I HATE COVID-19!!! - Part 2
The cold hard reality is things never will be what we knew before COVID. Too many lives, jobs, and relationships lost, too many innocent people dying alone, too much unnecessary violence. I pray none of that was in vain, and we learn as a society how to prevent another COVID.
Read moreLACS: OH, HOW I HATE COVID-19!! -Part 1
Many around the world are feeling the economic, social, and personal impact. For many, the wreckage includes innocent lives lost, loved ones suffering & dying alone, severe mental trauma from staying inside overwhelming anxiety, mental exhaustion, unmanageable depression, feelings of despair, irrational behavior, irrational responses to others' behavior, critical judgment on every level imaginable, and an election exceptionally vital to both sides of the aisle.
Read moreLACS - Crohn's Destruction: Trauma, Anxiety, Fear and How To Help
I feel the need to represent those suffering from this silent disease and how it destroys much of your hopes, self-worth, and ranks among the highest cause of suicide due to the humiliation it causes.
Read moreLACS - Life After Cancer? (Part 2)
One of the most common phrases used in my discussions with various people, companies, or organizations is "there is nothing I (we) can do." Such massive gutlessness makes me cringe and very confrontational.
Read moreLACS - Life After Cancer? (Part 1)
Understanding that your body will respond to outside stimuli vastly different creates anxiety, which one might never recover. While lifestyle changes can cause depression due to the constraints forced upon survivors, physical changes caused by treatment is enormously traumatic.
Read moreLACS - Integrity and Diversity
Integrity is unlike other personality traits; evaluations do not reside in personal feelings. Friendships appreciate specific aspects of how a person exudes said trait, while even dealing with negative consequences, detractors often reach similar conclusions.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - When Family Fails Each Other - Part 1
On March 22, 2020, at approximately 5:30 PM, the outside of our apartment caught fire. The blaze went up like someone poured lighter fluid on it. I grabbed my dog Sammy and ran out the front, then ran back in the house to get my mom. However, she was already out of the house, having gone to the pharmacy about 20 minutes before.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - Dealing with COVID-19
Please let me know how I can better serve those out there who need help. Sometimes I get so caught up in my own life that I forget what is essential. My main goal in writing this blog is to connect with those whose voice is not heard.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - Does Character Matter Anymore ? Part 2
What does this have to do with surviving cancer? I made a mistake that day. My selfishness prompted me to take the job that did not make me their first choice. Why did I do that? I preferred the status that ESPN gave me. I allowed my ego to overrule my character.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - Finding A Purpose
Despite surviving all this time, despite outliving all of my death sentences, I still struggle to wonder what my calling is. Why am I still here? Why did I survive? Why do I find myself struggling if I find myself blessed enough to be here?
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - Discouraged & Vulnerable
Many survivors deal with chronic pain that creates new feelings of vulnerability. I am starting to worry about what is going to happen to people in my position. This week I have been dealing with excessive swelling from lymphedema. The term is redundant since there is no one without the other.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - Turning Pain Into a Positive
Before depression sets in, the first thing you need to understand is that not all of the changes are negative. While the stress, anxiety, and fear are all expected, cancer can also help other areas of your life that the patient/survivor can for an advantage.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - Thanksgiving 1990
A portion of today’s blog can be found below
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! - Before I begin, I want to take this time to wish everyone the Happiest Thanksgiving imaginable and that the good Lord bless and keep all of you.
Thanksgiving 1990 was a change for me (not nearly as drastic as the next 28 were), but that year was the first spent without both my mother and father together. Earlier that year (September), they had split, and I was living at home with my father while my mom stayed with my oldest sister and her husband.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - From Tiers to Tears - Part 2
Any relationship which one relies on the other financially can cause resentment. It can also create the one who needs assistance to feel shame. I did. Never again will I put the burden of my health issues on anyone else. I am limited, but not useless. It is essential to me that I be financially independent, even if I die trying.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - From Tiers to Tears - Part 1
I have not been myself these last few months. I've been angry, short with people, overly sarcastic, and redundantly cynical. That is not the person I am. I always had a positive outlook on life. The only time I get to be myself is when I'm on the radio for six hours during the week.
Read moreLiving As A Cancer Survivor - Scars
The only way we can deal with our scars is to share them with others. Cancer will lie to you and make you feel you are alone. You are not. You never know how your story can change the life of someone else unless you reach out.
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