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Newly Diagnosed with Colon Cancer?
Lisa Richardson, MD, MPH, Director at the CDC commented “This is a great post for people who just found out they have colorectal Cancer. Thanks […]
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Colorectal Cancer Survival Strategies
Read my guest blog for Colon Cancer Prevention Project on my top 5 survival strategies, not only for colorectal cancer but for any chronic illness. […]
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“What brings you in today?”
A Special Needs Caregiver’s Experience Whoever is teaching the med students to ask this, stop. Just stop. Wait, no. Don’t stop. It’s a great question. […]
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Define Fine
It’s easy, right? Fine. It’s a word I’ve come to mostly despise. As in me posting my 30th chemotherapy session on Facebook, and a friend […]
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Website 2.0 – Why It’s So Important to Me
The Road Well Traveled Self-Awareness is an underestimated skill. I know what I’m not, but the journey to figure out what I am has been […]
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Social Media 101: From a Techno Dinosaur
Accepting Change…It’s Kind of My Mantra I’ve been out of the actual working world for 2 1/2 years in my bubble of fighting Stage IV […]
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Fear Not the Girl With Cancer
The following conversation has taken place about me: “Did you hear about Stacy Hurt? You know, the one with the special needs child. She has Stage IV colorectal […]
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For What It’s (Self) Worth…
Before I fell ill, I had a pretty large career. As you may know, I have two Master’s degrees and was fortunate enough to have a great […]
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Listening to Your Higher Voice
Hi everyone & thanks for reading! As you all probably know by now, I am a “God” person. It’s my belief. I would never want […]
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WARNING: Stacy is Out of Control!
Anyone who knows me will say beyond a shadow of a doubt, I am a control freak. When I am working with a contractor on […]
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Preparing an Exit Strategy…From Cancer!
Author’s Note: So many people thought this was about death, that I had to insert “from cancer” so everyone didn’t think I was exiting life. […]
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Reiki – Real or Fakey?
Image Credit: Eva Lin Photography I am humbly honored to be getting more and more questions about exactly what I did to “THINK EXTINCT” and beat down […]
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A Magical March for Colon Cancer Awareness Month!
Since I can’t steal “March Madness,” I thought I’d go with this! Plus, there certainly was a lot of magic, and unlike my whole diagnosis […]
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Time to Be a Grown Up
I haven’t blogged in a while. Really enjoyed my 2 off weeks. My last 2 off weeks weren’t so swift… had radiation, numerous stressful doctors’ […]
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Thoughts on Red & Processed Meat from a Cancer Survivor
A lot of people have been asking my thoughts on the new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines linking red and processed meat to an increased […]
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The Right Way to Express Empathy
When I was in college, I was in an abusive relationship (more on that later…). My parents sent me for counseling, which of course I […]
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