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Life's a Polyp: Depression: An Ongoing Battle
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Saturday, May 9, 2015. Depression: An Ongoing Battle. That has been quietened over the years but remains lurking in the dark waiting to be resurrected at the most unwelcomed times once triggered. Together they lie at the edges of my life, waiting for entrance cues. A couple years following my first round of surgeries my depression was primarily turned outwards. And for months I didn't know if I'd make it ...
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Life's a Polyp: Lessons Learned
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Thursday, January 15, 2015. I think it goes without saying, again, that one lesson learned by any type of chronic illness is that we reach a whole new level of appreciation and cherish of the good times, the good days we have. So I'll move on to my lessons learned. 1 Chronic Illness Changes You. I wouldn't be terrified of pain. With everything I do, I think about how to avoid or minimize risk of pain.
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Life's a Polyp: Evils of Food
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Sunday, May 20, 2012. There are so many activities and hobbies that I enjoy that I want to participate in but sometimes I just can't. Sometimes walking inside from the car is a difficult task in itself much less any real physically strenuous activity. The evils of food, that wonderful tasting, life preserving particles of food create infuriating, excruciating obstacles. How I hate thou! I need to make a d...
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Life's a Polyp: Helping Someone Who's Hurting
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Helping Someone Who's Hurting. In my darkest moments. I realize I need help. The pit becomes too deep, too inviting and I am at risk of being lost. It isn't always easy to open the door and reach out to someone and ask for support through the darkness. 1 There Are People Worse Off. 2 You're Being Selfish. 3 That's a Cowards Way Out. 3 Don't Give Up On Them. Subscribe to: Post Comm...
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Life's a Polyp: June 2015
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Saturday, June 20, 2015. Refeeding is a Pain. I started the weekend early. Normally I try to sleep in, catch up on my rest and delay eating. The sound of my husband preparing for work kept me awake. My short to-do list for the day running through my mind. I'm awake, no need to try to force a return to sleep. Want to eat in order to prevent the resulting pain. Albeit slowly, I'll commit to a liquid diet fo...
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Life's a Polyp: Self Care
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Saturday, August 8, 2015. Last week was a particularly difficult time for me as my mind was unable to control my emotional distress, no longer could I hold back tears and anger, the depression. You deserve time to love and care for yourself. Never forget this. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life's a Polyp Shop. Proceeds Donated to NORD FAP Research Fund. What is Familial Polyposis?
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Life's a Polyp: A Look Back
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Sunday, June 10, 2012. And of course b-12 shots. I may be forgetting some, as you're aware memories tend to blur when dealing with health events. Scar tissue was removed and I was placed on TPN to allow the intestine hole to heal. I hated eating, for weeks it was the same bland food and then when I could have some variety it was only foods that tasted awful and caused extreme pain. I've been very blessed ...
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Life's a Polyp: What FAP Means to Me
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Sunday, February 8, 2015. What FAP Means to Me. We are all faced with at least one event, one experience that shapes us, changes us, and forever transforms us. It etches out a path, trailed with the obstacles and joys that may stem from our transformative experience. We're drawn to this path like a moth to a candle, we may fly elsewhere but we are always drawn back. Disease, it is what makes me. My mom, w...
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Life's a Polyp: 20th Anniversary with FAP
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Life's a Polyp Shop for the NORD FAP Research Fund. Donate to NORD Familial Polyposis Research Fund. Sunday, February 16, 2014. 20th Anniversary with FAP. I've seen a lot in the last 20 years with diagnosed FAP. I've had seven surgeries, more than enough near death experiences, endured PTSD, cycled in and out of severe depression, given the prognosis of stomach cancer by age 30 (I have two more years to make it past that prognosis! 20 years, I've made it. And here's to another 20 years. Hereditary Colon ...
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