Christmas Volunteer Opportunity

Who: Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly (LBFE) is a non-sectarian national network of non-profit, volunteer-based organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. We offer to people of good will the opportunity to join the elderly in friendship and celebration of life.

What: As part of the Holiday Visitation Program, Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly makes visits to over 350 Elder Friends on Christmas who are without family to celebrate the holiday. They will also celebrate Hanukkah with the Jewish elders on Christmas Day. Visiting Volunteers bring with the elder a hot meal, a holiday gift, a bouquet of fresh flowers, a bottle of sparkling cider, and most importantly, the gift of companionship. Visiting Volunteers pick up these items at Northeastern University’s Stetson West Dining Hall between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm on Christmas, Sunday December 25. This is a great opportunity for inidivuals or families.

Where: Northeastern University- Stetson West- 10 Forsyth Street, Boston MA 02115

When: December 25^th, 10am-1pm    

Cause: Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly

Partners: N/A

Cost: FREE

Other Info: Please e-mail Megan at volunteer.bos@littlebrothers.org, or call 617-524-8882 for more information. Volunteers need to fill out a brief application and CORI form and return them no later than December 15, 2011.

Per Massachusetts law, all volunteers must pass a criminal background check. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Ultrasound Cancer Treatment

Ultrasound cancer treatment is an unhurt and causing little pain or no pain visual examination method. Any body part does not need to be invaded to use ultrasound device in the patient's body. Only sound waves enter into the body while doing this procedure to detect any cancer in the patient. A jelly like material is applied over the surface of the body in the specific part of the body where the cancer is suspected and then high frequency sound waves are passed via skin into the body on the internal organ where cancer is suspected. The transmitted sound waves would revert back if any cancer obstruction is found on their way inside the body. Due to the obstruction of the cancer, the sound waves start to bounce off. This action is recorded and monitored in a computer screen to know the exact placement of the cancer. Any masses or tumors of malignant nature can be traced off using ultrasound.

Ultrasound for Ovarian Cancer

Many women patients with ovarian cancer could not even feel the presence of cancer until it is found accidentally or during any other physical exams. Ovarian cysts of benign in nature are commonly occuring in women. It is not easy to accurately doing visual examination in the interior part of the ovary. Generally, some symptoms will be helpful in assessing ovarian cancer, such as pelvic or abdominal pain, bloating sensation, hard to consume food materials, and other urinary symptoms. In this situation, ultrasound device can be used and the presence and placement of ovarian cancer is identified. Ultrasound cancer treatment is also useful in detecting breast cancers as a secondary method apart from a mammogram study.

Breast Cancer Screening Ultrasound

Breast cancer is a very common abnormality all over the world in the recent days. Breast cancer arises from the breast tissues, specificially from the inner cover of the milk tubes or in the milk-supplying tubes called as lobules. Ultrasound usage in the breast cancer is very useful method to detect this. Other than this a mammogram test is also done to confirm the presence of cancer in the breasts. Ultrasound cancer treatment is also useful in detecting gallstones, thyroid gland or parathyroid gland tumors too. Pelvic cancer or prostate cancer also can be diagnosed using ultrasound method.

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MRI Scan for Cancer Detection

MRI Scan for Cancer

CT scan is less perefect visual examination method comparing magnetic resonance imaging method, in short is it called as MRI. Even if the images of an MRI scan looks like CT scan, x-ray application is not used in this test. Body vibrations are recorded by this equipment by utilizing effective magnetic field. Greatly useful body part images are taken by MRI device by assessing the response of the magnetic field and the images can be monitored in a computer screen.

Advantages of MRI and Cancer Detection

The main beneficial factor of MRI scan is that it is handled without any x-ray application in it like other scans. In CT scans, only cross section images can be taken, but in MRI, images from all sides, such as frontside, backside, and right to left side images can also be captured. A physician can monitor a patient's body part in all angles in MRI scanning. The quality of the image is greater than a CT scan.

Disadvantages of MRI

Some patients who are already wearing pacemakers for their heart disabilities or any other devices, such as pain pumps may be affected by MRI scanning. The reason is the usage of intense magnetic field in the MRI scan. Other than this bad effect, MRI does a great job in medical visual examination in the medical field. Ultrasound is the next topic we are going to deal about next. It is a noninvasive scanning method for visual examinations for diagnosing diseases.

Home Page:
http://free-online-cancer-info.com/

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http://greenhillgoldman.blogspot.com/2011/11/ct-scan-to-detect-cancer.html

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RUN OF THE CHARLES CANOE & KAYAK RACE Sunday, April 29, 2012

WHAT:                       The biggest and best canoe and kayak event in New England!

                                    The 30th anniversary of the Run of the Charles Canoe & Kayak Race celebrates the Charles River Watershed Association's 48 years of improvements to the health, beauty and enjoyment of the Charles River and its tributaries.

WHEN:                       Sunday, April 29, 2012

First race check-in at 8:30 AM. Races continuing all day long. Concluding at approximately 4:30 PM at DCR's Artesani Park.

WHERE:                     On the Charles River, with races starting in Dedham, Needham, Newton, and Brighton.  All races finish at DCR's Artesani Park on Soldiers Field Road in Brighton where race fans and families gather to enjoy a day of music, refreshments, exhibits, raffle drawings, picnics and awards at the free Finish Line Festival.

WHO:                         Nearly 1,500 canoe and kayak enthusiasts, professional, amateur, and  recreational, from throughout the US and Canada, ages 12 and up, compete in a variety of races, including the $5,000 Professional Flatwater Canoe Marathon, the 24-Mile Relay Race, and 19-, 9-, and 6-mile races. 

5,000 - 10,000 spectators line the riverbanks to watch the Run of the Charles.

FEATURING:             Corporate and college team challenges.  Family fun at the Finish Line Festival with food, live music, awards, outdoor sports demonstrations, and post-race picnics.

ADMISSION:             FREE admission to the Finish Line Festival at DCR's Artesani Park. Race entry fees range from $35- $55 per individual to $350 - $400 per relay race team.

MEDIA                       Charles River Watershed Association

CONTACT:                c/o Classic Communications

                                    38 Mechanic Street, Suite 101, Foxboro, MA 02035

                                    Phone: (508) 698-6810; Fax: (508) 698-6811

                                    rotc@crwa.org

www.charlesriver.org

Opening A Business Is So Easy Now

Development of technology makes all the jobs getting easier. Not only in technology, education, health, the economy has also run into rapid development. Especially in the economic field, the economy is spinning rapidly indicating that the country have a rapid process of life. Advanced economy that allows many jobs available to people. Many opportunities to open a business make a people more able to develop his skill by opening several new types of job. To get this all, they must have possessed the courage and enough capital to get started. Usually they are propose the capital with going to the bank. After going through some procedures are required, they can raise capital and could run to the business.
 

Developed countries has a lot to offer facilities for entrepreneurs to develop their business by providing loans that can be easy and without take a long time. This facility is expected to be able to make more daring entrepreneurs competing to develop all of their creativity. One of the facilities have been provided to assist entrepreneurs in obtaining loans is the same day cash advance program. This program can help you to raise capital quickly, so you can develop your job without having time to wait longer. Even now there are already some companies that offer same day cash advance which can be accessed by online. So when you desperately need capital but there is no time to deal with some of documents that are usually proposed as a condition of the loan, you can access it by online networks wherever you are. With this simplicity, you can  get a loan and your dream to get same day cash advance is very possible to get.

CT Scan to Detect Cancer

CT scan to detect cancer is a revolution in the medical field in the recent years. CT scans are helpful in visually examinining the whole body that the parts that are even difficult to view using other visual examination methods. It creates great quality images of the patient's body part that are helpful in diagnosing the disease exactly. They can not only create quality images, but also very clear images when the patient is drunk a contrast material before the visual exam. This is a better test than other visual exam tests, such as x-ray test, angiogram, and nuclear scans. We will learn about MRI or magnetic resonance imaging technique later in the next post.

CT Scan and Lung Cancer

CT scan machine does its great job of scanning on the area of suspicion of disease or pain, for example, lungs, chest, abdominal areas or brain. It covers the x-ray picture of a separate thin area of tissue one by one and it can be monitored in a computer screen as slice images as cross-section image of the body part in slices. This kind of visual examination is very useful to analyze the area of the disease or what kind of disease in a particular area of the body part. For example, when CT scan is done in the lungs of the patient suspicious for lung cancer, the images of lungs can be monitored in slices in the monitor and so the presence of lung cancer is traced easily and clearly. CT scan to detect cancer in any part of the body is a vital test nowadays.

CT Scan Cancer Risk

There is one drawback in the CT scan method is over exposure of x-rays to any particular body part for the diagnosis of disease. CT scan to detect cancer can be done only in the patients who are clearly suspicious for cancer for the diagnostic purpose of the area of the disease.

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http://free-online-cancer-info.com/

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http://greenhillgoldman.blogspot.com/2011/11/angiography-scan-for-cancer.html

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Thanksgiving Eve 2011...

OMG... I feel awful. I feel sick. I am weak and a little wobbly. And more than anything... I am only slightly upset about it. Its Thanksgiving. Well, the night before Thanksgiving and I am reflecting as I reposition my heating pad on my back, and try to pretend that the smell of Ben Gay isn't giving me a headache. I feel bad because my menstrual cycle showed up yesterday. And... I'm more than annoyed that it came back less than a month after it left.

What is this? Two months in a row? Again with this madness? *deep sigh*  I know some of y'all are pretty young and haven't hit a stage in your life where you no longer have a cycle but while I cried and was upset when I had my ovaries put to sleep three years ago when I started chemotherapy... *looking around sheepishly*  I LOVED not having a cycle for two years.  Freaking loved it.

Man!! You don't realize how much of a pain in the behind all of this cramping and back ache and bloating and PMS is... until you don't have it. *sigh* Oh well... I still love being a girl.

This post was supposed to be about what I am thankful for this year... and I suppose that as nutty and crazy as it seems, especially since I feel so freaking awful, I am thankful for my menses. Because it is normal for a woman my age to have them. Normal. That's what I am now. I am normal. Post breast cancer, regular ol' broke chick normal. I go on bad dates. I eat great food. I laugh a lot. I have a crush on a cute boy. I send texts. I write in my journal -- well, not exactly my journal, but I write down my thoughts. I look for a job, like everybody else in the unemployed world. I drink when I'm out with my friends -- or when I'm just feeling like a little something at home. I watch the Food Network. I am normal.

Isn't that just a blessing? Three years ago, I was fighting to be brave. I was "Weeping Wanda" who cried pretty much all day long. Now, I laugh more than I cry. I tell myself corny knock-knock jokes and fall out laughing as though Bernie Mac was giving me a personal comedy show. I worry about wearing the right shoes, or the right dress... which earrings to wear... all of that silly stuff that just fills up your day. I do that now. I don't have to go to the hospital every few days. I could go on and on.. Granted, normal is different now but it is mundane, just like every one else's life.

I think that finding normal has made me the happiest that I've been in three years. And for that... I am thankful and grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am grateful and thankful for your presence and your support. You rock!!

~Nicole

Angiography Scan for Cancer

Angiography Scan

Angiography scan is a visual examination technique used to identify cancers in the blood vessels in the interior organs. This method is very much useful in diagnosing cancers and treating cancers. Contrast materials are also used to track the blood vessels in angiography sometimes. X-rays as well as catheters are also used with CT scans to produce images. Any blood vessels in any part of the body can be visually examined by this scanning method, such as liver, brain, etc. This scan test confirms whether the patient needs surgery or not. Images of slices or cross-section can be obtained from angiogram. A contrast dye is injected into any vein and so the travel of the dye is monitored in a screen to find any abnormalities in its path and this method of angiogram is called as venogram. When arteries are monitored using contrast dye that method is called as arteriogram.

Uses of Angiography Image

Any blood vessels, such as arteries and veins can be examined using angiography scan. Presence of any cancer in the blood vessels can be easily identified using this method. Angiogram is also used in treatments using chemotherapies in cancer patients.  The chemotherapy drug is delivered through a catheter tube to the tumor directly from the outer sources by placing it on a particular blood vessel near the tumor. Using angiography images, physicians can easily assess the size of the tumor.

Angiogram Risk

Angiography scan is very much useful technique even though it has some risks. The patients do angiograms sometimes get infection, more bleeding , damage to the kidney, and some allergic reactions after the application of this scan. But in cancer treatments using chemotherapy drugs, the usage of angiogram is very effective.

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http://free-online-cancer-info.com/

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What I'm reading now: The good girl's guide to bad girl sex

I have a personal theory about why nerds make good partners. Besides the obvious (assumed) reasons -- they are smart, they will be loyal, they probably will make good money -- my theory that nerds make good partners is based solely on the notion that nerds know that they are nerds. The bad boy and the player... know that they are attractive. They work diligently to look great, to be smooth talkers and to dress the part. The drive the right cars (or motorcycles) and they tend to have this delicious swag that makes you catch your breath when they pass you by. For those guys, the work goes into the appearance.

Nerds are different. Nerds know that they aren't the flyest guy in the spot. Nerds are naturally inquisitive and they tend to be studious. They apply the same enthusiasm they have for a new subject to someone they are interested in. They learn you. From head to toe, inside out... they figure out what you like, what makes you smile and they work to perfect those transitions so that even if they aren't the flyest guy, they know that they can make you happy.

I've also learned, that nerds tend to apply that same fastidiousness to their sex lives. *eye brow raised*  Yep, I'm telling y'all the truth right now -- so take notes.

Next time you're hanging over your favorite nerd's house, check out his library. If he's really a true nerd... somewhere in there (might be hidden from view) there will be books, videos and other tutorial aids that will help him figure out how to get YOU where you want to go. Ever hooked up with a guy that you weren't completely sure about? He was nice... but something was sort of missing? And then, he kissed you, or he brought you your favorite flowers, took you to your favorite restaurant... complimented your new lipstick, hairdo... something small but it was powerful? He may have complimented you with a sincerity that made you blush. And if you stuck around with that nerd, perhaps... he blew your socks off when you got to the bedroom. You were sitting there, curled in a fetal position with your thumb in your mouth trying to figure out when Clark Kent turned into Superman?

 (sigh)  Yep. I've been there. :)  *That's why I like nerds* 
So... for the nerdy girls out there -- though with girls, its not usually that we're nerds as much as we're stuck in the "good girl" zone. Personally, I think that whole damn term "good girl" needs to die. Like now. At any rate... if you're stuck in the good girl zone... and you're wondering how it is that so many chicks just seem to naturally connect with their inner sex-pot... well, you need to pick up this book.

"The Good Girl's Guide to Bad Girl Sex" written by Barbara Keesling.. is actually pretty good. (laughs) I bought it on the sale rack at some book store just because the title was hilarious to me. But... the author has done  great job of breaking a lot of things down. She addresses how to dress, how to walk, how to talk and she also gives detailed (though not embarrassing) instructions on how to get to know yourself.

I highly recommend picking up a copy of this little book. It has some good stuff in it. Being a breast cancer survivor, some days its a challenge to connect with my inner sex kitten. Sharing my body with someone has so many emotional mines that it can be really hard to keep my head in the game.  Literally. So, I read books like this, to reconnect with my body and stay intune with my innate sexiness. Despite what happened to my body on this journey to wholeness... I am still a very sexual person. (Plus, my hormones won't let me forget it even if I want to try) I connect with my inner nerd and I'm trying to be Lois Lane for my next Clark Kent... I can't be the only one curled up with my thumb in my mouth.

**Note:  Nerds and shy guys are not the same thing. A nerd can be outgoing or shy... if you've got a shy nerd on your hands, you might have to work a little bit harder to get him out of his shell. Personally, I don't date shy men. Its too frustrating for me. But, plenty of my friends are shy and date shy guys... so don't discount the shy fellow. Just find a way to connect with him and watch him blossom under your attention. **

Chapters:
Bad girls feel good about being bad
Bad girls have sex on the brain
Bad girls dress the part
Bad girls walk the walk
Bad girls know how to talk sexy, in and out of bed
Bad girls know their bodies
Bad girls touch and tease
Bad girls love to climax
Bad girls play with toys
Bad girls break all the rules

I'm telling you... its a good book. I am currently trying to figure one thing out... and when I do... watchoutdernow!!

Hernia Symptoms | Symptoms Of Hernia

Hernia Symptoms | Symptoms Of Hernia, symptom checker, hernia actually, because of the fact that the small intestine on your body goes inside the scrotal sac, which results in a lot of pain, and you would be always exhausted as well as feeling a lot of pain in the lower region of your body.


Hernia can actually happen because of excessive exercise on the lower parts of your body, and in most of the cases, it happens to people who do excessive exercise on the lower part of your body, not necessarily in a gym, but also in daily life. In most cases, money would be accompanied by a growth of lymph nodes in your body, and that can also mean a lot of pain for you.

The sure shot symptoms of hernia, is that you would experience a lot of intestinal pain, as well as pain below the abdomen, and you would feel a protrusion coming out from the groin region, and many other accompanied factors that can tell you that you have hernia. In order for you to treat hernia well, you would have to go to a surgeon, and surgery is needed for them to stitch up the lower end of the scrotal sac and push the intestine in the intestinal sac.

More About Hernia Symptoms | Symptoms Of Hernia

Mostly all the Hernia start off, as an unnoticeable breakthroughs of the tissues. They just appear as small chunks under the skin, which might be as small as a marble. The starting of Hernia is generally painless. But with time, the size increases as the pressure on the internal walls increases and it turns out to be pretty painful.

Hernia Pictures And Images

Cancer Imaging Methods

Cancer Imaging Techniques

After a physician checks laboratory tests to detect cancer, then the physician will confirm the presence of any abnormalities by using by physical exam and then decide to do imaging method. The patient's body is visualized inside using some equipments via any of the body holes by inserting the equipment. Surely this imaging method will show the exact placement of the tumor inside the body. Using these images, a doctor can judge what is the treatment procedure to be followed and also the size of the cancer and the depth of its spread of the cancer to the adjacent organs. So cancer imaging method is vital in to detecting cancers.

Cancer X-ray Images

If the patient's complaint is pain in any area, then the doctor may order an x-ray study to be done to evaluate the pain in the area. Any cancer can be identified using x-ray method in any part of the body. Digestive tracts can be easily visualized using x-rays. Endoscopy is also used to visualize the upper and lower intestinal tract. Lung x-rays are done to visualize the cancer in the lungs and kidney x-ray study is done to confirm tumor in the urinary tract. The study of images using x-rays is called radiology and this is one of the old method in the medical field. X-rays generally give a vague idea about the presence of any abnormality inside the body. 

In our body dense organs like bones can only absorb x-rays inside to give an image. Before x-ray study is done, the patient will have to swallow a liquid called barium and this method of barium consumption is called barium swallow method. The travel of the liquid inside the body is followed and so the tumor is tracked in the path of it. Cancer imaging is very useful method.

Nuclear Medicine for Cancer

In the nuclear medicine method, the visual examination is done by using radioactive isotopes. These ionizing materials will release gamma rays and so they can produce photo images on a detector. Radioactive materials are given to the patient via an injection and these radioactive materials start to confluence in the area of cancer. Some normal cells in the body absorb these materials, but not cancer cells, and so form "cold spots" in some areas and so cancer is confirmed. If the cancer spread in the bones, cancerous bones absorb radioactive materials to form "hot spots" to show the presence of cancer in the bones. We will read more about cancer imaging in the next post.

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Blood Stool Test to Detect Cancer

Blood Stool Test

If anyone found blood in his or her blood stool while excretion, it should be considered as a sign for some abnormality in the intestinal tract. Blood stool test is necessary in this condition. The patient can find blood in his excreta while bowel movement, but it may not even be seen by the eyes. The color of bleeding may be dark red in color in general cases, but the color may differ. It may be maroon or black in color like tar. Even bleeding may appear even in harmless conditions, sometimes it may be the sign for cancer in the intestinal tract and so it should be analyzed in the laboratory.

Occult Blood Test Stool

The stool occult blood test is also called as fecal occult blood or FOB. This test should be done when the blood is found visibly in the stool for any suspicion for cancer present in the intestinal tract. This test will confirm of any presence of hidden blood in the human feces. This checks for any presence of globin or any other factors like transferrin etc.

Home Test for Blood in Stool

We can do blood stool test in home by using home-use kit for testing it. By carefully observing for any blood in the stool at home and then doing this test will reveal the abnormalities in the intestines, such as any abnormal polyps or any malignancies inside. Every person should do this test after the age of 50 and this is recommended by American Cancer Society. After analyzing stool examination, physician will order for barium x-ray test to examine the upper and lower intestinal tract. Sometimes bleeding may cause due to the presence of any hemorrhoids too, although it may be the sign of any benign tumors or a polyp. So home test for blood in stool is very useful.

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Prolonged stress can cause diarrhea

Health Net: Diarrhea can indeed be caused by various factors ranging from ourselves or the environment. But without realizing that ongoing stress can also make people turned out to be diarrhea.

It may just happen and sometimes people call the nervous stomach. Nervous stomach is the source of a disturbance in the stomach which can be caused by stress or nervousness.

Stress is owned by someone will trigger some chemicals such as serotonin, which affects the brain when you're anxious and could alter the movement of the bowel so that the trigger diarrhea, as quoted by CNN on Monday November 21, 2011.

In addition, when people stress the brain will release more acid into the stomach. This is what affects a disturbance in the stomach such as stomach pain, stomach feels sore to cause diarrhea.

When someone can not manage the stress they face, then this will induce the occurrence of diarrhea in which stool becomes more liquid and loss of body fluids.

If not handled properly then the body will lose a lot of fluid that can lead to dehydration. The danger of dehydration can cause kidney failure and neurological damage.

Because of that stress must be managed properly to prevent more serious health problems. One way you can do is find a way to relax the self can be through yoga, meditation, listening to music or watch something funny. Techniques that do involve cognitive behavioral and relaxation.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is done to change the stress and thought provoking, while directed relaxation techniques to calm your body and gut as well as positive thoughts.

The most common cause of diarrhea is caused by microorganisms that can be caused by parasites or bacteria, and this condition is normal attack most individuals with a variety of reasons.

Prolonged stress can cause diarrhea

Health Net: Diarrhea can indeed be caused by various factors ranging from ourselves or the environment. But without realizing that ongoing stress can also make people turned out to be diarrhea.

It may just happen and sometimes people call the nervous stomach. Nervous stomach is the source of a disturbance in the stomach which can be caused by stress or nervousness.

Stress is owned by someone will trigger some chemicals such as serotonin, which affects the brain when you're anxious and could alter the movement of the bowel so that the trigger diarrhea, as quoted by CNN on Monday November 21, 2011.

In addition, when people stress the brain will release more acid into the stomach. This is what affects a disturbance in the stomach such as stomach pain, stomach feels sore to cause diarrhea.

When someone can not manage the stress they face, then this will induce the occurrence of diarrhea in which stool becomes more liquid and loss of body fluids.

If not handled properly then the body will lose a lot of fluid that can lead to dehydration. The danger of dehydration can cause kidney failure and neurological damage.

Because of that stress must be managed properly to prevent more serious health problems. One way you can do is find a way to relax the self can be through yoga, meditation, listening to music or watch something funny. Techniques that do involve cognitive behavioral and relaxation.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is done to change the stress and thought provoking, while directed relaxation techniques to calm your body and gut as well as positive thoughts.

The most common cause of diarrhea is caused by microorganisms that can be caused by parasites or bacteria, and this condition is normal attack most individuals with a variety of reasons.

The perspective of what freedom costs...

We've all heard (or said) that freedom isn't free. Somewhere, someone is paying the price for the freedom that we may take for granted. This saying is usually said in appreciation of the sacrifices that our military makes on our behalf. And they do deserve our compassion, support and understanding. No doubt.

But, we can also look at what we gain when we lose some (or all) of our freedom. A prison isn't just a place with four walls and guards. Some of us are imprisoned by our minds, our circumstances and our bodies. The freedom of believing in yourself, of having the opportunity to follow your dreams or to simply walk on your own, or raise your arms over your head... cannot be underestimated.

I am coming to a place of peace in the journey with breast cancer. I do still have questions and moments when I look around and just wonder ... what in the hell? But, peace is coming to me and settling on me. I have moments when I look at a commercial or a television show and I watch a young woman do something as simple as lift her hands over her head and perhaps sway to some music... and I sigh. I took that simple motion for granted my entire life... until after I had my mastectomy and I couldn't reach up with my left arm. Today, my range of motion is much better, though I have to constantly massage and exercise that arm. I can lift both arms over my head but its not quite the same. The motion is not as fluid and I "feel" it more. But... I am free from cancer. So, the price of my freedom was losing a bit of my gracefulness and a smidge of my motion. Was it worth it? Absolutely.

I often have moments when I look at women with full breasts, or deep cleavage and I mentally flashback to my days of larger breasts and exorbitant cleavage (laughs). I sigh sometimes and I think about where I am today. My boobies are still a nice size -- do not feel sorry for me -- but these boobies are not the same boobies that I had. I took that freedom for granted. I didn't appreciate all the ways that my breasts helped me to feel like me. I always just knew that when I had kids I would breast feed and then after that, I would consider a breast reduction. And today... even if I could have kids, I can't breast feed. But... I am free from cancer. So, the price of that freedom was the loss of one breast completely and the reduction of the other. I lost a bit of my curves in profile and also the frustration of not being able to fit certain clothes because of my breasts. Was it worth it? Was the price for my freedom too high? No. It was not.

Today, I read a blog post written by an incarcerated murderer. He is in a program for incarcerted men that teaches them technology and partners them with a company in the Silicone Valley so that they can learn about technology and possibly gain employment after their release. These men are now embarking on a blog journey to share their stories with the world. While I'm not the bleeding heart softy that many people are, I do believe that you can learn from a variety of sources. The post that I read today was about freedom. "Doin' time or usin' time"  And the post actually opened my heart today and reminded me that it all is about perspective. While I do not sympathize with this man... he took someone's life and for me, its just hard to come back from that... I do appreciate that he is learning that the price he's paying for that brutality is freedom. The same freedom that he took from someone else.

Today, I am accepting that while my body is not the same and never will be the same... the price that I paid for my freedom wasn't too high. Wasn't too much. And if I were faced with the same choices, I would make them all over again. I would cry in the same places, feel the same heartbreak and accept that sometimes you have to give something up, to gain something better. Freedom ain't free.

Do not allow the prison of your mind, your circumstances or your body... keep you from loving your life, from living your life and from being a blessing to someone else's life. Pay the necessary price for your freedom... and then USE IT!

My things have been returned...

A few weeks ago I wrote about my frustration and disappointment that my purse and my shoes were "lost" in the back of a cab. You can read the story here:    http://greenhillgoldman.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-faith-blood-and-being-completely.html

Well, this is a praise report. I have had all of my things returned. Every single thing. My purse was returned in its entirety and my shoes. While I still do not know why the cab driver chose to leave me stranded on a cold, rainy night I am truly grateful that my prayers were answered and he turned in my things. My faith in people has been restored.

While I was at the Taxicab Commission's office to pick up my items, I had a brief conversation with the lady who held my items for me. She offered a theory as to why the cab driver left me. She told me that some of the drivers are afraid of patrons who need to stop at an ATM or who are going a long distance. She told me that many of the drivers believe that if a patron needs to stop, they will run and not pay. Or they may be setting them up to be robbed. Though she did not mention race in her explanation but I still feel that race played a part in this situation.

I've had my things for over a week now and it took me some time to gather my thoughts about this situation and come to a place of peace and not anger. I suppose I should not presume that just because I was well dressed and coming from a place as fancy as the Kennedy center, that someone could not look at me and see a criminal. I sort of understand that. But I find it hard to imagine that if I were a different race heading across the bridge into Northern Virginia and had made the same request to go to an ATM to get cash so that I could pay the driver... I really doubt that I would have been left on that cold corner. But since I am not a different race and I don't live in Northern Virginia, I can only accept that for whatever reason... that cab driver did not want to take a chance on me. I suppose that he didn't realize that as a single woman traveling alone at night... I too was taking a chance on him.

Look, I know that we live in a world where people will try to take advantage of you. I know that probably better than many people do. I struggled with whether to deal with this gentleman directly. While at the office, the lady gave me a copy of the form that the driver completed when he turned in my things. The form had his real name and his full home address. She gave it to me when I mentioned that I asked him to stop so that I would have enough money to pay him and when she realized that he wasn't paid she offered me his address so that (if I chose to) I could send him money to pay him.

*slow blink*  

I smiled sweetly, folded the paper and put it in my purse. My immediate thoughts were far from sending him a thank you note and some cash to cover the few blocks that he drove me before leaving me stranded and helpless late at night on a DC street corner. But after thinking about it for some time, and praying about it daily... I have decided that what I can do is to call it even.

I thank him for returning my things. He did not have to do that. But that is as far as I can go. I am a work in progress, I will admit that. Perhaps I should send him a few dollars and a note to say thank you for the effort of returning my things. I'm still not there yet. When I recall how I felt that night, and how sick and anxious I was that following week... and how I had to change my travel plans because my identification was now missing... there is still anger there. I'm just not completely there yet.

If more punishment is due him or to me, karma will have to take care of that. At this point, I simply wish him peace and blessings and some understanding that not every person is a criminal trying to take advantage of him.

Returned:  One vintage purse given to me by my mother.
Returned: All contents of said purse, including makeup, cellphone charger and ear buds.
Returned: One fabulous pair of Betsey Johnson shoes.
Restored: My faith that people do have some compassion for other people.

I am blessed. And I am thrilled that I have my things back. God remains a wonder to me.

Women are more at risk of adverse effects of alcohol

Health Net: Alcohol does have adverse effects on health, but in fact women are more at risk of these adverse effects.

After a woman trapped in alcohol for 4 years, a decrease in brain serotonin system function will be obvious. Whereas in men, decreased function takes 12 years before it can be seen clearly. Whereas serotonin serves to regulate the function of impulse control and mood.

As proclaimed by Machinelikeus on Wednesday November 16, 2011, the conclusion is obtained through a study of a group of men and women with alcohol dependence, which conducted the Department of Psychology with the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

We have known neuroendocrine technique to show that alcohol can lower serotogenik system functions in the brain. Serotogenik system has a function, among others, worked regulate impulse control and mood, said Kristina Berglund, scientists from the Department of Psychology and representatives of groups of scientists.

Both men and women can suffer ill effects, but adverse effects of alcohol more quickly seen in women.

The damage is as serious for women and men, but a different time span. It is important to note. Although there are studies that show brain damage caused by alcohol can be recovered after leaving alcohol in a given time, we still have not found whether serotonin system can improve him, explains Ulf Berggren from the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Women are more at risk of adverse effects of alcohol

Health Net: Alcohol does have adverse effects on health, but in fact women are more at risk of these adverse effects.

After a woman trapped in alcohol for 4 years, a decrease in brain serotonin system function will be obvious. Whereas in men, decreased function takes 12 years before it can be seen clearly. Whereas serotonin serves to regulate the function of impulse control and mood.

As proclaimed by Machinelikeus on Wednesday November 16, 2011, the conclusion is obtained through a study of a group of men and women with alcohol dependence, which conducted the Department of Psychology with the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

We have known neuroendocrine technique to show that alcohol can lower serotogenik system functions in the brain. Serotogenik system has a function, among others, worked regulate impulse control and mood, said Kristina Berglund, scientists from the Department of Psychology and representatives of groups of scientists.

Both men and women can suffer ill effects, but adverse effects of alcohol more quickly seen in women.

The damage is as serious for women and men, but a different time span. It is important to note. Although there are studies that show brain damage caused by alcohol can be recovered after leaving alcohol in a given time, we still have not found whether serotonin system can improve him, explains Ulf Berggren from the Sahlgrenska Academy.