Thank you for taking time out of your day to visit my blog! To explain a bit, I created this blog about 4 months AFTER my cancer/pregnancy journey began, so if you are just joining us, you will be able to relive each moment from the beginning through Flashbacks that are intermingled with our "real time" posts. I'm working to get them caught up so all posts will be in "real time" eventually, but remember I have a newborn and she likes to pull rank at times ;) I'm so very honored that you want to continue to follow along with our journey, and I would say there are two ways to do that. If you want to read from the beginning in chronological order, start at "Flashback to June 2" and then read the flashbacks in dated order. If you're an "I can't wait" kinda person and want to get to real time posts faster, this article gives the "cliff notes" version of our journey. But I gotta tell ya, if you choose to stick with the cliff notes route only, you will miss some pretty phenomenal chapters of awe inspiring beauty in this story my God has written for me, so I would suggest catching up on both ;)

Friday, October 5, 2018

#M8kingPinktoberProductive....Catch up with our tips #2-4 in this post :)

If you are just joining us...Welcome!!! I'd love for you to add your email to our "Follow by Email" link if you'd like to stay up to date with us! That's certainly the easiest way! :)

     Now, on to Pinktober! I have had many who want to follow me to keep up with the tips I'll be posting this month for AWARENESS of cancer. And no, these tips do NOT apply just to breast cancer, it just seems to be a good time to share them since the pink vomit has ensued ;) So, here are the tips #2-4 so that you can be all caught up :)

     Tip #2: Make them a cancer care notebook. This notebook continues to be instrumental in keeping my own records of everything organized, and it's a life saver to take to appointments and have a copy of everything right there in hand. "Can't remember when that scan was?? I know, let me check in my handy dandy notebook," said in the best Blues Clues voice I can muster 🤣 In the notebook should be dividers with pockets so that they can easily slide papers without holes into the pockets until they get home. Make sure the tabs include Diagnosis Info, Labwork, Scans, Appointment Notes, Meds, Radiation (if they will be having it), and AFTER Cancer. I'm telling you, you'll be one of their favorite people EVER for thinking of this!! 😊 *And as always, see the Pink, say a Prayer!

     Tip #3: Give them a ride to their next appointment. When you're going through cancer, there are MANY rides back and forth to your many appointments, and sometimes the quiet can be a little much for your brain ;) If you give them a ride, chances are they'll enjoy chatting a little bit about something other than their reality for the day :) *And as always, see the Pink, say a Prayer!

     Tip #4: To go along with tip #3, but for the ones that don't have a schedule conducive to actually taking the patient to an appointment, give them a gas gift card. Many patients have to travel MANY miles, one way, to get to a main cancer center. I mean, think about your own town. Do you have a main cancer campus in your town that can give treatments and appointments, or would you have to drive an hour or more too? It's the little expenses that not everyone thinks about adding up until they've been there, done that :) *And as always, see the Pink, say a Prayer!
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