Weekly Round-Up
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Remember, if you have written or read a post recently which you would like me to share with readers, then please leave a comment below.
“Don’t be so right that you make yourself wrong” these words simply leaped off the screen for me when reading Anne Marie’s latest post which brilliantly covers the complexities of our support for individuals, organizations and the ideologies of cancer research. I couldn’t possibly begin to sum up this post, so you will have to read it for yourselves and make up your own minds how much of it resonates for you personally.
Candida has done a terrific review of the Patients Like Me informational and support site. And what makes a “good patient”? both Caroline’s Breast Cancer Blog and My Lymphoma Journey has some observations on this subject.
It’s Jan’s turn this week to review Tory Zellick’s excellent new book, The Medical Day Planner.
Catherine is celebrating a very special birthday this week, and Nancy is reflecting on summers past and present. Liz is reflecting on a fateful day, the day before her life was about to change, the day of her biopsy result.
Long summer evenings are traditionally the time for those winged creatures – bats – to make an appearance, and Yvonne has an enthralling story to tell, in her own inimitable style, related to bats in an attic.
Jen has written a poignant ode to one of those persistent side effects of cancer – our old friend chemo-brain.
Florence has reached her goal of finding 100 things to be grateful for with cancer. Now whether you agree with her or not ( I know how contentious this can be in the blogosphere) you got to admire her focus and persistence, and if you are wondering what happens next for Flo, check out her blog to find out.
Debbie has written a delightful post to mark the 4th of July celebrations, and Lori has chosen the occasion to celebrate what freedom means to her personally. I am going to leave you with a quote from Lori to close out this week’s round-up:
Being free, I am able to take action. Being free, I can make fully informed choices about how I will spend my time. Being free, I can stop worrying about the expectations of others and be true to myself. Being free, with a clear sense of what the worst-case scenario looks like, I am able to celebrate sharing each day with those I love most.
Until next week, think about all the ways in which you are free to celebrate your free will and choice, when and where you can.
Yours with love
Marie xxx
Marie, you are just masterful in bringing together such a diverse array of experiences & commentary every Friday. As I’ve said before, you must have been cloned to keep doing all that you do so well!!! Thank you for including my post, for “preserving” the bats 🙂
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🙂 thanks Yvonne 🙂
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Dearest Marie, your ability to cull the Internet to find unique and valuable material, and then to synthesize it into such a lovely post, highlighting where to look in each blog, continues to amaze (and I’m so pleased you enjoyed My Lymphoma Journey). I don’t know how you continue to do all you do, but I know that I’m honored to be a part of it. Best, Candida
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Your comment means so much to me Candida, thank YOU!
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You’ve done it again, Marie…a superb roundup. Thank you for your synopsis each week and for including my blog post among the posts of such elite writers. Have a wonderful weekend! xoxo
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And thank you for your lovely comment Jan, and all the wonderful support you show me week in and week out x
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Marie,
I can’t tell you what it means to see those words on your blog. Having had my dad’s birthday just pass this week and knowing he will soon be gone five years…. and then seeing something he shared with me in many conversations has tears springing to my eyes.
Thank you. This is a gift I will cherish forever.
The roundup…. as always, you simply amaze me. The blogs are all terrific!
xoxox
AnneMarie
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Now you have me all teary eyed Anne Marie, reading your comment. He sounds like he was such a wise man and his words have made their way across the ocean to reach me here in Ireland, where I am treasuring their wisdom too.
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Marie:
Thanks again for including my blog post with such a stellar group. I’m enjoying a slower, more relaxed summer and your round-up always provides me with enjoyable reading.
Survival > Existence,
Debbie
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A slower, more relaxed summer sounds like just the perfect thing Debbie – enjoy!
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Thank you Marie for acknowledging my milestone of finding “100 Perks of Having Cancer”. And I think it very appropriate that you mention how this can be a point of contention in the blogosphere. I would never say that cancer is good, or that I would want it again, or that I would want it to happen to anyone I love. But it happened to me.,….And I had a choice. My choice was to focus on the ugly, harsh realities of cancer, OR to try to find something positive in the whole experince. I choose the latter, and I am happy with my choice (my loved ones are very happy as well)…..To each his own.
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Thanks Florence – I really appreciate your comment and I agree with you wholeheartedly that while we don’t have a choice in getting cancer, we do have a choice in how we choose to deal with it. To each his own is absolutely true! And I am full of admiration for what you have done and wish you great success with your new book venture. Marie x
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Thanks, Marie!
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Thank you for reading and making note of my poem….always an honor to accompany such great peeps 🙂 looking forward to catching up and reading everyone’s newest posts. Hope summer is treating you well.
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Hi Jen, it was wonderful to read and share your poem. I love the power of poetry to say so much so succinctly as you did with your poem.
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Thank you, my friend, for doing yet another round-up and for including Nancy’s Point.
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Thanks for this great round up and including my birthday post! 🙂 In particular I’ve enjoyed AnneMarie’s post this week, except for that plane photo, and think the advice is quite useful. (Something I should remember even more with my own family rather than my online life . . . it’s somehow easier to consider different opinions online, but in the house – not quite so easy!)
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Hi Marie – I missed this post last week in all the chaos round here! Thanks for the mention – it gives me quite the thrill to be included here!! Tried to start catching up on blogs last night…miss a week and there’s already so much great reading to catch up on!
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