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B'SD 3 Nisan, 5777 Illness involves a lot of suffering on many levels. Over time we read or hear of stories about people experiencing hardships who are surprised at the inner strength they discovered in themselves, the changes they made in their characters, and the goals that they surprisingly achieved.
What happened?
Think of the situation this way: Challenges exist to expose our internal junk; to show us who we really are inside, our potential and constricted potential. Our efforts to deal with those challenges are opportunities to refine ourselves by severing our ties to nightmares so we can achieve clarity and calm. My coaching clients savor that thought. It takes some of them time to accept it, and then there's a powerful punch for self-improvement. It happens. It really happens. Ready to rock your challenges to self improvement? Buy the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity.
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B'SD 1 Nisan, 5777 You know that feeling that nobody understands your situation? That they don't "get" your limitations because of your illness? That some things are out of your control and you desperately need the public, including close friends and family members to understand that reality?
Hold on to that thought a minute.
It's the month for Passover/Pesakh and I'm shoulder-deep in preparing my home for the holiday.
I enjoy the fun of de-cluttering, shining things up and feeling that life has fresh
beginnings. I'm also busy helping a few people who are quite ill. It's occupying an appreciable amount of my time. I took a few minutes to catch up on the news and found a fascinating article. It's relevant to all the things I've mentioned above.
The US beauty queen making her invisible illness visible
Image copyrightALLYKATPHOTOGRAPHYImage captionVictoria poses in an backless ball gown revealing her surgery scars
"It's not easy to stand on stage in a bikini in pageants. I have a 25-inch scar that runs down my spine.
"And people can see it... like, really see it."
Victoria Graham, a 22-year-old student from Manchester in the US state of Maryland, had an untraditional journey into the glitzy world of US beauty pageants.
She may look like any other contestant at first glance, but Victoria has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) - a rare genetic condition that affects her connective tissues...
Read the rest of that fascinating article by clicking on this link. Here's the life lesson involved: The lack of public awareness undermined Victoria's ability to progress in life. So she changed the paradigm by publicizing the hard-to-realize problem. Now people can work with, not against, her. That's courageous. And the courage is paying big dividends by fostering improvement to the woman's life. If you're struggling with lack of awareness among the people in your life, consider how you can make some positive changes. Need help to build your courage? Mental health practitioners recommend reading the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity.
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B'SD 25 Adar, 5777 The EMPOWER Yourselfbook holds much information about how to get in on clinical trials for many different medical maladies. Look in the Global Resources section of the book. Know someone who wants to get in on a clinical for their brain tumor? Check out the latest news from
NBTS Clinical Trial Finder makes it easier for brain tumor patients to find updated information on clinical trials - Increases ability to participate in clinical trials
National Brain Tumor Society today launched the NBTS Clinical Trial Finder. This online tool is designed specifically to connect brain tumor patients with open trials that might be suitable and advantageous treatment options to consider.
The trial finder is hosted on the National Brain Tumor Society website (braintumor.org) and also available directly via the URL, trials.braintumor.org. See the NBTS news announcement HERE.
Discuss the information with your medical team and loved ones. This is not a decision to make alone. It requires professional guidance, emotional support and good sense.
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Tear-jerker alert. Doctors do CPR on a babe born completely dead and revive the baby!!!!!
when he cries..you cry with him.
Yocheved GolaniReplay this video next time you're upset that GOD seems to have smacked you! The medical professionals seem to be beating the poor thing, but they're restoring his life, giving him LIFE.
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B'SD 22 Adar, 5777 I'm not qualified to make guarantees aka promises. But I can assure you that re-thinking how I'd developed those benign but deadly brain tumors that had blinded and weakened me changed my life. You can read about that, and the medical education my doctors gained as a result, in
While we're on the subject, listen to this video. Mull its premises over in your mind. You have some serious thinking to do.
Dear every cancer patient I ever took care of, I’m sorry. I didn’t get it.
This thought has been weighing heavy on my heart since my diagnosis. I’ve worked in oncology nearly my entire adult life. I started rooming and scheduling patients, then worked as a nursing assistant through school, and finally as a nurse in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. I prided myself in connecting with my patients and helping them manage their cancer and everything that comes with it. I really thought I got it- I really thought I knew what it felt like to go through this journey. I didn’t.
I didn’t get what it felt like to actually hear the words. I’ve been in on countless diagnoses conversations and even had to give the news myself on plenty of occasions, but being the person the doctor is talking about is surreal. You were trying to listen to the details and pay attention, but really you just wanted to keep a straight face for as long as it took to maybe ask one appropriate question and get the heck out of there fast. You probably went home and broke down under the weight of what you had just been told. You probably sat in silence and disbelief for hours until you had to go pretend everything was fine at work or wherever because you didn’t have any details yet and wanted to keep it private still. You probably didn’t even know where to start and your mind went straight to very dark places. That day was the worst. I’m sorry. I didn’t get it.
I didn’t get how hard the waiting is. It’s literally the...
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B'SD 18 Adar, 5777 It's been a powerful 48 hours since I wrote my most recent blogpost. I wrapped up my writing of the speech I'll be giving in May. Barring unforeseen miracles, I doubt that I'll change any of the words by then.
Though I'm a professional writer, I prefer to have my public presentation work reviewed by colleagues before I make my comments to an audience. Personal remarks are not impartial, as most of my writing would be. That can be a problem. So, yesterday, I sent the document with my speech to a few medical and mental health professionals. I asked them to critique my work so I could improve on it and make sure that my points were clearly made. Responses were favorable. One stood out from the rest: "Your experiences are so moving, and your personality so optimistic and unflackable [sic] despite the difficulties, it's no wonder that you have the ability to inspire. "Your piece inspired me to look at my own life. I've never broken a bone, so it wasn't as easy for me to see the hand of shamayim (heaven) giving me a such clear sign. Still, the hand of Shamayim is there, obviously. "I asked myself, what were my most difficult trials for? Because I too have had very difficult health trials, only different ones. Baruch Hashem (thank GOD), resolved. "I believe that these trials were for growth, maturation, and self definition. Who am I? How can I compensate? (Compensation is not only a cover for weakness, it is also an exercise in strength in of itself.) How should I approach this situation and others like it, in order to be more rather than less as a result of this trial? What can I do with my life to make it a life best lived? "I think of Young, who, after developing a new philosophy and methodology for the treatment of mental illness, fell into a psychotic period for a number of years. Fully aware that he was psychotic (which is unusual in of itself) he studied himself while psychotic. Then he came out from his mental illness. That subsequent period after his mental illness was to become most productive period of his life. "I also think that throughout my life I have had deep desires in my heart that I didn't know how to vocalize, for which I had no idea how they would be realized. Then Hashem (GOD) made them happen. I look back and I see that the things that I wanted the most, the things my heart prayed for without my mouth praying, were the things that Hashem gave me and keeps giving me. "So for me, most of what I see coming out of shamayim in my life, is not "stay away from this or that" (although surely those things are in the halacha - ED: Jewish law) but rather a deep chesed (kindness) that just keeps coming. Anyway, keep writing and keep inspiring!" I plan to share the speech with you after it's been spoken to my audience in May.
OK, back to your regular programming.
I wish you an inspirational day!
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B'SD 16 Adar, 5777 Life has been quite busy this past week, hence my silence on the blog. Let's catch up a bit, OK? The Purim holiday was fun and blessedly free of violence against Israel's Jews (people tried to murder us, but failed). A patient representative of the hospital which follows my post-surgical vision progress called this week. We discussed the findings of some months-long tests on my optic nerves and overall vision. His astonishing news is material that's perfect for the presentation that I plan to make at the Whole Health Forum this May. Stand by for updates. We have some BIG Medical Miracles to ponder!
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