“What makes you happy is seeing someone else smile because you put it there. That’s what’s awesome about living in this world.” -Zach Sobiech At age 14 Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer that primarily affects children and teenagers. At 17, Zach’s doctors told him he only had a few [...]
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What Angelina Jolie Left Out About Her Preventive Mastectomy
As you undoubtedly read earlier this week, Angelina Jolie published a profound and honest article through New York Times on Tuesday announcing her elective double mastectomy. The decision arose out of the 37-year-old’s fear of developing breast cancer, which seemed likely given that she carries a faulty BRCA1 gene and had an 87% risk. Her [...]
Don’t fail to die.
Have you noticed, did you know that perfect societies exist? Maybe in imagination only, yes, but still they do — places where beings, humans, live in perfect peace for there is no reason for violence. Did you know? You might not have realized if you are not a lover of stories, but there are places, [...]
Angelina Jolie Got a Double Mastectomy – Should You? 10 Alternative Preventive Measures.
So, Angelina Jolie got a double mastectomy as a preventative measure, in order to reduce her risk of breast cancer. Should you do the same? Angelina apparently had a particularly strong genetic tendency as well as a strong family history. Angelina made a brave choice that may have been the best one for her, but [...]
Angelina Jolie’s Brave Medical Decision – A Double Mastectomy
In an honest and self-disclosing article for the New York Times, actress and director Angelina Jolie announced this morning her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy. Several questions may be circling your head: Why? When? What does it entail? How will this impact her acting? To address the last one, it looks like the [...]
Dreaming of My Dad Years After His Death
Last night I dreamed of my dad. I wish I could say I remember all the details, but what I remember is enough. I woke up with a smile. Since my dad died 4 years ago from pancreatic cancer, I’m always happy when I dream of him. I feel his energy and presence around me [...]
When Your Friends Have Cancer and You’re Healthy
Every day without fail, I find something to be grateful for. Consciously grateful. Some days it is a search. Some days it feels like making something out of nothing as I try to piece together a grateful state of being. Ironically, other days I have so much gratitude I can barely contain myself, bursting with [...]
How Ginger is Helping Cancer Patients
Just hearing or saying the word cancer has a heaviness to it. It brings to mind its challenging and often painful processes and outcomes. The list of cancers seems to be endless and growing: Breast cancer, prostate cancer, brain cancer, bone cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, to name some obvious ones. Treatments for [...]
Science Suggests Drinking Green Tea Can Prevent Cancer
Herbal remedies are at the root of modern-day medicine. For example, aspirin originated from willow bark and morphine from the opium poppy. Although modern medicine continues to take leaps and strides in significant areas of disease and illness, there are many simple remedies we can implement into our lifestyle that may ward off future diseases. [...]
The Nine Thanksgiving Lessons Cancer Taught Me
Thanksgiving is the ultimate American holiday: food, family and football. We don’t even have to buy presents. It marks the beginning of the holiday season and a festive way to start the slide into New Years Day. With all the celebration, sometimes the meaning of the holiday, giving thanks, slips right by. I know I [...]
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