Sunday, March 30, 2014

Today is my BIRTHDAY..... dadadadadada!

I was told a long time ago your birthday is a time for reflection.....  since I heard this I have taken that to heart and reflected.  Even though my mantra is to live in the NOW these days, to keep yourself in check to reflect time to time is important.... hence taking time to reflect once a year on your birthday is perfect.

Reflection into the last year, the biggest take away is instead of trying to manage everything...... let it just happen:) WOW is that hard.  The other thing, I continue to be flabbergasted by how broken thorough communication between medical facilities, with the doctors and patients..... hence you can't let go of managing EVERYTHING.

I never realized how much I like to micromanage, and I tried to be some what conscience of this... apologies to my teams I've worked with throughout the years at CWC.  Recognizing your doing it, and stopping yourself it hard.... especially with giving advice to others.... STOP breathe through and just go with it.  It all works out in the end... and with WAY less stress:)  In reflection I notice the new people that have come into my life this last year are just this way, relaxed don't manage... life will happen just as it's supposed to if the intention is set on the right path.

Communication in the medical field, especially in the USofA, and how inefficient it is... quite honestly is BEYOND me.... here come MS. Micromanage a little... but seriously were talking about people's lives!  I am coherent, with follow up emails, phone calls and even walking directly into facilities.... and STILL the stuff falls through the cracks.  This last year not only with myself, but with my family and very bestest friends, the medical professionals have let them down.  All I can say, finding not only the doctor who you trust and takes YOU seriously is SO important, but also his/her team is just as important for proper communication.  Maybe some of that money Obama is saving cutting our troops and space exploration can go to making computers in the medical community talk to each other.... oh wait that would mean our government would have to be able to build a website that works and then be in control of communication... never mind.

Today is my birthday, I welcome 37, thank you lord for giving me another year on this earth.  Thank you to my parents for letting their 37 year old daughter live with them and they take care of her... (I'm pretty sure this is backwards).  Thank you to my beautiful friends and family that continue to support me and my continuing change to treatments that effect us all... Thank you to my dogs who are always glad to see me no matter how many times I leave them and love me always even though I'm usually sick when I'm with them.  And today a special shout out to the lovely man who is taking me on a birthday date to a fancy Japanese restaurant in P.Vallarta.... I am so mucho grateful to have met him in my life... thanks to a lovely wedding of two beautiful people Kate and Dallas in this beautiful place Sayulita, Mexico that I have been blessed to spend most of the winter between treatments, Stylebar and Indigo.  Mucho besos Jorge and to all:)



March 30, 2014


    Today is Sara D.'s birthday and I want to say how proud I am to be the parental figure of one of the most wonderful, generous, kind, smart, beautiful, courageous, inspirational, motivated, exceptional person that I know. Happy Birthday dear daughter!
    She is in Sayulita where she spends her time between treatments. She will return soon for a PET scan then on to more treatments that should really knock this cancer down. We discovered a different anti nausea med that  seems to work more efficiently. Or the Mexican sunshine and blue ocean are helping. Whatever it is, her chromagranin is at 128 last count, which is amazing.
    So today is a good day and here's to you, dudette!  Have a good one.

Love,
your Mother,
Colleen.....
Colleen Dalebout