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The Journal of Eva Sifis (continued) – April 22/23

by Josh on September 2, 2009

For those of you who are new readers, this is a continuation of the journal entries of a courageous and inspiring woman named Eva. She has overcome tremendous odds, lived/traveled all over the world and is currently battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Continue reading about her journey through her first days as a cancer patient…

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Styling it while I still can...

Well today is the day my hair comes off. It’s not coming out much, only a few strands. It probably would hold out another week or so but that’s it. I’m not holding on to a lost cause. I don’t have enough hair in the first place to afford it thinning out in the first place! This is my dedication to this process. There is no going back now.
My throat is a bit sore this morning too, just a tickle. My tongue is sensitive and my nose is sort of running. I’m certainly feeling a bit off.
It’s 6.30am and I sit on my bed with my feet flat on the floor, the laptop on the bed-table.
It is here I am reminded of the way I’ve sat in bed ever since I first got this computer. With it resting on my lap with the screen open at my diaphragm and chest. Could this be a contributing factor? I sure have spent many, many hours like this.
The thing that has got me through this hospital experience with a smile on my face is the internet. I have talked for people for hours and hours and hours. Everybody knows and I mean everybody – this is a big factor in this experience, just how public it goes.

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Beads of Courage – Encouraging Positive Coping Strategies for Children with Cancer

Cancer Treatment

Seeing a child go through a battle with Cancer is heartbreaking. It’s hard to know what to say or do as they are going through the tough emotions and confusion that comes with this fight. How do you help them cope and find meaning in their illness? Well, Beads of Courage, an organization that implements evidence-based supportive care programs in children’s hospitals has developed a program to do just that. Colorful beads, each having a meaning are given to a child marking big milestones throughout their treatment; blue ones represent each trip to the cancer clinic, white for chemotherapy and glow-in-the-dark beads for radiation treatment. There are 22 different bead colors, including a final “Purple Heart” bead representing the end of treatment. The beads represent the personal journey of courage and strength for each child, but also serve as an inspiration to all.

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Inspiring Quotes: When Words can be More than Words

Inspiration

Most of us have life mottos that we like to live by, a sort of inspiration to be that better person, or maybe just a motto to get us through everyday life or tough times. Great thinkers before us have shared classic inspirational quotes that will resonate through time, a visionary quote that gives us all that glint of life. Gandhi, Ralph Waldo Emerson (a personal favorite of mine), Albert Einstein, Confucius, Thomas Jefferson, the list could go on for days of great thinkers that have given us words to live by.

Words of inspiration can take us many places. They can evoke in us an awakening to be a better person or enthuse a new direction in life; spark a change. They may help us get through times that seem like an unbearable slump we will never escape from or teach us to love, be happy with what we have, and just appreciate yourself and the earth that you came from. To be able to share a quote that you believe in, a quote that drives you and inspires positivity; to be able to share that with another person is something special, especially when it touches them in a way that births new thoughts or a new way of life.

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The Journal of Eva Sifis (continued) – April 17-21

Cancer Treatment

For those of you who are new readers, this is a continuation of the journal entries of a courageous and inspiring woman named Eva. She has overcome enormous odds, lived/traveled all over the world and is currently battling Hodgkins Lymphoma. Continue reading about her experiences from her first days with cancer…

Friday, April 17, 2009

Keepin it O' Natural

I had woken when they brought the breakfast tray in about 7.30 but lay in a bit of a stupor for a while. Thank god the Oncologist came in today and said they were decreasing those Dexie drugs yet more. This is why I am not sleeping. I know that taking sleeping tablets will not assist in this in any case. He said ‘We’ll get this thing’ as he left.

Dad came in with the first doses of the complimentary medicines the Compounding Naturopath has issued for me. All the liquid compounds be combined into one 1½ litres of water to be drunk throughout the day. There was also a mega vitamin C dose to be drunk two times in the day and a Chinese tea that is a stand-alone treatment over there to be drunk at mid morning and afternoon. Other than this I am keeping up with the juices Dad makes me every morning and eating all of the meals they bring.

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Know Cancer Bracelets are Now Available!

Know Cancer Community

One day a couple weeks ago, a few members of the Know Cancer Team decided to play hooky from work and make some trendy Know Cancer bracelets. We put up some pictures on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace & Flickr and got such an overwhelmingly positive response that we decided to make them available to all of you.

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These bracelets are handmade (with love) and feature the Know Cancer name, cancer ribbon logo, and colored beads of your choice. We’re selling them for $16 plus $4.95 shipping, and donating $5 of every bracelet sold to the amazing folks at the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute. Not only will you be rocking out with one very cool, super new, Know Cancer bracelet…but you will also be donating to a very good cause!

Wearing these bracelets are an awesome way to show your support for the cause. These bracelets can make a perfect gift for friends or family, someone going through treatment, just completing treatment or even as a special little gift for yourself!

Just select your preferred size and color below, then click the “Add to Cart” button to get started.

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