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I've been writing more topical pieces lately, so this evening I will share the recent writings of some of my favorite Health and Wellness BlogHers:
Jessica (formerly of Bumpy Bones) recently started a new blog dedicated to spreading awareness of Multiple Hereditary Exotoses, called A Medical Mystery. In her first post, Jessica talks of the important connections forged through the medical blogging community:
I’ve only met two people who have the disorder, other then myself that is. I think I might be somewhere in the middle, or quite possibly have it quite severe. I’m not sure. I have had roughly 10 surgeries in my life, all with interesting stories to go along with the interesting looking scars - I’ll get to them later in greater detail. I’ll try to remember every last one of the surgeries I haven’t already talked about in my old blog. Anyways, I’m also a completely random case. There isn’t anybody in my family who has MHE. They generally call this a “genetic mutation”, and as my doctor used to say; it has to start somewhere.
Not having anybody to talk to who understood what I was going through was difficult, especially as a child. I didn’t like feeling like a “freak” of nature, and since my doctor didn’t know what to call it and didn’t know anybody who had it, I really had nobody to talk to. I literally felt like I was alone in the world.
Karen of The Adventures of Cancer Girl wrote of her upcoming marrow transplant while keeping her trademark sense of humor intact:
On Saturday night, Jay and I found some quality entertainment: An educational DVD that we received in the mail from the Mayo Clinic called "Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant at Mayo Clinic." It was actually really informative, and even a little scary, because they were very upfront about telling you how crappy you're going to feel after a transplant. They were also quick to offer a lot of disclaimers: "Yes, a transplant could cure you ... but it could also fail, and then you die." Nice.
The video featured interviews with people who have had transplants as well as an actor (who was, of course, about 80 years old) portraying a transplant patient. The actor demonstrated all of the different steps in the process, including the period where transplant patients feel so awful they can't eat anything. The actor dramatically shook his head while his wife silently pleaded with him to drink a milkshake. Jay and I thought it would have added a little realism -- and maybe some extra dramatic flair -- if he would have just tossed the milkshake back in her face. Maybe I should get a job as a Mayo Clinic video director.
Badass BlogHer Laurie of Not Just About Cancer offered her own vision of what her cancer-fighting superhero would look like:
super me
a one-breasted warrior
with really great boots
a rhea belle top
and some seriously funky accessories
generous hips (the better to shoot from)
crows feet
and smile lines
honest
smart
strong
and always compassionate
but ready to kick ass
when she needs to.
And finally, Lisa of Not the C-Word talks about learning not to stress the small things:
It took a very hard lesson like getting cancer, for the second time, to teach me that nothing is worth getting stressed out about. Too bad I didn’t learn that the first time around.
At least I’ve grown up and figured out who I am part of that is someone who used to be very high strung and stressed out. Here’s to the new mellower me!
