SharingOurDays HealthBlog Headlines -- 2-26-07

End of Chemo
"Drugs, Fuzziness & Tattoos"
Breast Cancer Victory (Breast Cancer"
http://www.breastcancervictory.com/

Just Worth Reading
"Keeping Contact"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumor)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

"Erma Bombeck was Right"
Cheeky Librarian (Cancer)
http://cheekylibrarian.blogspot.com/

"It's Nice to Be Home"
NPR -- My Cancer (Cancer)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

"Update"
Ellie Skees -- Age 8 (Children)
http://ellieskees.blogspot.com/

"But Wait, There's Still More!"
Nightmare Hall (HIV/AIDS)
http://nightmarehall.blogspot.com/

"Bored"
Surviving MS in Alaska (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://icensnow.blogspot.com/

Political
"Sunday Scribbling -- Puzzled"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

Science
"Six Cell Rules Broken by Cancer"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

Treatment
"Transplant"
Another Dose (Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
http://jeffhartnett.blogspot.com/

"Alive Hospice"
Never Give Up (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://billsims.spaces.live.com/

SharingOurDays HealthBlog Headlines -- 2-24-07

**New To SharingOurDays**
My Cancer Trek (Cancer)
http://mycancertrek.com/

Just Worth Reading
"Day 133 -- It's Time to Rise Up"
Diary of My Battle with Cancer (Cancer)
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

Made Me Think
"Inspired"
NotPerfectAtAll (HIV/AIDS)
http://notperfectatall.blogspot.com/

Treatment
"CT Scans"
Appendix Cancer Survivor's Blog (Cancer)
http://appendix-cancer.blogspot.com/index.html

"Herceptin in the United Kingdom"
The Assertive Cancer Patient (Cancer)
http://www.assertivepatient.com/

SharingOurDays HealthBlog Headlines -- 2-24-07

Funny/Inspiring
"Ridiculous, Party of One -- Your Table's Ready"
Biography of Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://biographyofbreastcancer.blogspot.com/

Just Worth Reading
"A Good Week"
Leafing (Caretakers)
http://leafing2.blogspot.com/index.html

"Getting to Know You"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

Good News
"Good News on the Chemo Front"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

Religious/Christian
"Have a Little Faith"
The Pink Factor (Cancer)
http://thepinkfactor.blogspot.com/

Special Need for Positive Thoughts/Prayer/Whatever
"Untitled -- New Tumors Found"
Bomb in My Belly (Cancer)
http://bombinmybelly.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Treatment
"Vitamin D May Lessen the Pain for those on Arimidex"
Life with Breast Cancer
http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/

SharingOurDays HealthBlog Headlines -- 2-23-07

Advocacy
"Field Trip No. 2: Lobbying in Olympia"
The Assertive Cancer Patient
http://www.assertivepatient.com/

Just Worth Reading
"Having Your Priorities in Order"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

"Exorcizing My House"
As the Tumor Turns (Cancer)
http://spinningtumor.blogspot.com/

"Oxaliplatin & Oxalis -- Day 7 of this Cycle"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

"What a Day..."
Richard French (Cancer)
http://rdfrench.spaces.live.com/

"A Couple of Things..."
My MS Journal (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://mymsjournal.blogspot.com/

"Home!!"
Ellie Skees -- Age 8 (Children)
http://ellieskees.blogspot.com/

"Help"
NotPerfectAtAll (HIV/AIDS)
http://notperfectatall.blogspot.com/

Poetry
"Poetry Tuesday -- The Body Knows"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

Symptoms
" Come on Lord You Can Do It."
Diary of My Battle with Cancer (Cancer)
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

"Tremors Galore!!"
Day by Day with Parkinson's and Peripheral Neuropathy (Parkinson's Disease)
http://peripheralneuropathy.blogspot.com/index.html

Treatment
"Rest Day"
Another Dose!! (Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
http://jeffhartnett.blogspot.com/

SharingOurDays HealthBlog Headlines -- 2-22-07

Just Worth Reading
"More Kindness"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

"The Sweet Days of Playing Sick"
NPR: My Cancer (Cancer)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

"Guilt"
E. is for Epilepsy (Epilepsy)
http://epilepsy-paula.blogspot.com/index.html

"Lunch with Rhe De Ville"
Living in the Bonus Round (HIV/AIDS)
http://bonusroundblog.blogspot.com/

"Whoosh"
A Life Less Convenient (Lupus)
http://www.alifelessconvenient.com/

"Grumpy this Morning"
The Multiple Sclerosis Companion (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://mscompanion.blogspot.com/

Symptons
"Still Fighting Fatigue"
Life with Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/

Treatment
"More Test: Chapter 27"
traci-jerseygirl (Breast Cancer)
http://traci-jerseygirl.blogspot.com/

"Today, I Haven't Felt Healthy"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

"Chemo Round Five is Completed"
Ellie Skees -- Age 8 (Children)
http://ellieskees.blogspot.com/

"VNS Settings Changed"
Living with Epiliepsy (Epilepsy)
http://scott-lwe.blogspot.com/

SharingOurDays HealthBlog Headlines -- 2-21-07

Just Worth Reading
"Day 129 -- It's a Bit Confusing"
Diary of My Battle with Cancer (Cancer)
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

"Interventions"
Leafing (Caretakers)
http://leafing2.blogspot.com/index.html

"7, 8, 9"
Another Dose! (Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
http://jeffhartnett.blogspot.com/

"Self Portrait Challenge -- Black & White"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

Made Me Think
"Building Ourselves"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

"Burdens Beyond the Cancer Ward"
NPR -- My Cancer (Cancer)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

Post-Treatment
"After Cancer Treatment"
Life with Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/

Sex
"Sex & Cancer"
As the Tumor Turns (Cancer)
http://spinningtumor.blogspot.com/

Treatment
"Breast Conservation"
Biography of Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://biographyofbreastcancer.blogspot.com/

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-20-07

Thanks for bearing with me yesterday. My limited technical prowess did not extend to overcoming problems of connectivity while on the road. I'll do my best to prevent that in the future. Now, on to today's headlines...

Charities
"St. Baldrick's Foundation"
Laurianne's Hope (Lung Cancer)
http://lauriannes-hope.blogspot.com/index.html

Death
"Loss"
Appendix Cancer Survivor's Blog (Cancer)
http://appendix-cancer.blogspot.com/index.html

In Memoriam
"RIP Barbara Gittings"
Living in the Bonus Round (HIV/AIDS)
http://bonusroundblog.blogspot.com/

Insurance Companies
"Dear Insurance Company: Chapter 26"
traci-jerseygirl (Breast Cancer)
http://traci-jerseygirl.blogspot.com/

Just Worth Reading
"Chicken On The Run"
As the Tumor Turns (Cancer)
http://spinningtumor.blogspot.com/

"Field Trip No. 1: To Buy a Hallmark 'Cancer Card'"
The Assertive Cancer Patient (Cancer)
http://www.assertivepatient.com/

"The Robin in My Backyard"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

"Plodding On"
Richard French (Cancer)
http://rdfrench.spaces.live.com/

"Here's to Dads"
Ellie Skees -- Age 8 (Children)
http://ellieskees.blogspot.com/

Political
"President's Day '09: A Look Ahead"
Shawn's HIV Blog (HIV/AIDS)
http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/

Post-Chemo
"Freedom?"
My year of Healing (Breast Cancer)
http://mbupdate.blogspot.com/

Religious -- Christian
"God Given Opportunities"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

Symptoms
"Frosty Sunshine"
Surviving Multiple Sclerosis in Alaska (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://icensnow.blogspot.com/

"Testing... Testing... This is Only a Test"
Day by Day with Parkinson's and Peripheral Neuropathy (Parkinson's)
http://peripheralneuropathy.blogspot.com/index.html

Treatment
"Day 128 -- Back in Hospital"
Diary of My Battle with Cancer (Cancer)
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

Technical Difficulties

Hey Y'all,

We're having some technical difficulties on our end and won't be able to post today. Hopefully it will be solved by tomorrow. Sorry about that.

- sean

Sean Spence
MS Advocate & Founder, SharingOurDays
seanspence@earthlink.net

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-18-07

Family
"Happy Birthday Mom: Chapter 25"
traci-jerseygirl (Breast Cancer)
http://traci-jerseygirl.blogspot.com/

Just Worth Reading
"Click Out Cancer"
My Experience with Hodgkin's Lymphoma (Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
http://journals.aol.com/jackiepie/
MyExperiencewithHodgkinsLymphoma/ (broken link)

"Sunday Scribbling -- 'Crush' First Crushes"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

"The Crocuses are Up in the Yard"
Libbi's MS Journey (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://themonsterstory.blogspot.com/index.html

"On-Line Auction to Benefit MS"
Surviving Multiple Sclerosis in Alaska (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://icensnow.blogspot.com/

"Sleep? What's that???"
Day by Day with Parkinson's and Peripheral Neuropathy (Parkinson's)
http://peripheralneuropathy.blogspot.com/index.html

Made Me Think
"Accepting You Are Dying"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

Symptoms
"Day 127 -- Pneumonia This Time"
Diary of My Battle with Cancer (Cancer)
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

Treatment
"Day 2 of Chemo -- Feeling Better"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

"Round Five Begins!"
Ellie Skees -- Age 8 (Children/Cancer)
http://ellieskees.blogspot.com/

"Days 5 & 6: TLI in the Books"
Another Dose (Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
http://jeffhartnett.blogspot.com/

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-17-07

Fun
"Post-Treatment Mid-Life Crisis, Chapter 4"
Biography of Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://biographyofbreastcancer.blogspot.com/

Just Worth Reading
"Fake Drug, Fake Illness: A New Urban Legend is Born"
The Assertive Cancer Patient (Breast Cancer)
http://www.assertivepatient.com/

"Mom"
Leafing (Caretakers)
http://leafing2.blogspot.com/index.html

Treatment/Research
"Coffee, Breast Cancer and Chemo Brain"
Life with Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-16-07

Community
"Like Groucho Said..."
NPR: My Cancer (Cancer)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

Just Worth Reading
"The Thursday Status Report"
Leafing (Caregivers)
http://leafing2.blogspot.com/index.html

"Days 3 & 4"
Another Dose!! (Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
http://jeffhartnett.blogspot.com/

"Watch Me Die... On YouTube!"
Shawn's HIV Blog (HIV/AIDS)
http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/

"Video Diary #23: Valentine's Day Video"
Living in the Bonus Round (HIV/AIDS)
http://bonusroundblog.blogspot.com/

"Poetry Thursday -- Prose"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

"Cancer Stories: Shelli's Dad, Mike"
Laurianne's Hope (Lung Cancer)
http://lauriannes-hope.blogspot.com/index.html

"Back to Seattle..."
My MS Journal (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://mymsjournal.blogspot.com/

Special Need for Positive Thoughts/Prayer
"Sad Thoughts"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

Treatment/Research
"Herceptin"
The Assertive Cancer Patient (Cancer)
http://www.assertivepatient.com/

"Doctor Visits About Lyme"
Erik's MS Blog (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://blog.thesmithlife.com/

"Off with Their Heads!"
Parkinson's Straight from the Horse's Mouth (Parkinson's Disease)
http://parkinsonsfromthehorsesmouth.blogspot.com/

New to SharingOurDays -- Shawn's HIV Blog (HIV/AIDS)

Hi Y'all!

Here's a good blog about Shawn, who has had HIV for quite a while. He seems pretty optimistic and has an easy, kind of hip writing style (he looks like his is in his 30's). Have a look.

http://blogs.poz.com/shawn/

Take care!

- sean

Sean Spence
MS Advocate & Founder, SharingOurDays
www.SharingOurDays.com
www.MissouriToManhattan.com
seanspence@earthlink.net

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-15-07

Healthcare Finances
"The (High) Cost of Cancer Treatment: I"
The Assertive Cancer Patient (Cancer)
http://www.assertivepatient.com/

Just Worth Reading
"Still Spinning Like a Cyclone"
As the Tumor Turns (Cancer)
http://spinningtumor.blogspot.com/

"Day 124 -- A Set Back"
Diary of My Battle with Cancer (Cancer)
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

"Light the Night Brunch/Award"
My Experience with Hodgkin's Lymphoma (Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
http://journals.aol.com/jackiepie/
MyExperiencewithHodgkinsLymphoma/ (broken link; cut & paste)

"Personal Update"
Never Give Up (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://billsims.spaces.live.com/

"Snow Clogged Arbor"
The Multiple Sclerosis Companion (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://mscompanion.blogspot.com/

"My Uplifting Valentine's Presents"
Day by Day with Parkinson's and Peripheral Neuropathy (Parkinson's)
http://peripheralneuropathy.blogspot.com/index.html

Living with Ongoing Health Conditions
"Depression After Cancer"
Life with Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/depression-after-cancer/

Made Me Think
"Simultaneous Truth"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

"Lose More Slowly"
NPR: My Cancer (Cancer)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-14-07

Just Worth Reading
"The Mental Challenge"
NPR -- My Cancer (Cancer)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

"Holding Steady"
Leaving (Caretakers)
http://leafing2.blogspot.com/index.html

"The Latest"
Ellie Skees -- Age 8 (Children)
http://ellieskees.blogspot.com/

"Days 1&2"
Another Dose (Hodgkins Lymphoma)
http://jeffhartnett.blogspot.com/

"Follies: A Picture Gallery"
Living in the Bonus Round (HIV/AIDS)
http://bonusroundblog.blogspot.com/

"This n' That"
Nightmare Hall (HIV/AIDS)
http://nightmarehall.blogspot.com/

"Self Portrait Challenge"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

"Cancer Stories:Blue's Mom, Sharon"
Laurianne's Hope (Lung Cancer)
http://lauriannes-hope.blogspot.com/index.html

Made Me Think
"Dying is a Downer"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

Treatment/Research
"Survivor's Guide to VNS: Part 9 -- Device Settings"
Living with Epilepsy (Epilepsy)
http://scott-lwe.blogspot.com/

"Valentine's Day"
My MS Journal (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://mymsjournal.blogspot.com/

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-13-07

Healthcare Policy/Advocacy
"Back from Olympia!"
My MS Journal
http://mymsjournal.blogspot.com/

Inspired Me
"Epilepsy Heroes & Self-Loathers"
E. is for Epilepsy (Epilepsy)
http://epilepsy-paula.blogspot.com/index.html

Just Worth Reading
"Love Her Eyes and Her Wild Wild Hair"
As the Tumor Turns (Cancer)
http://spinningtumor.blogspot.com/

"Cancer Movies"
The Assertive Cancer Patient (Cancer)
http://www.assertivepatient.com/

"Stamina-less!"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

"Update & Radio Clip"
Leafing (Caretakers)
http://leafing2.blogspot.com/index.html

"It's Been Too Long"
NotPerfectAtAll (HIV/AIDS)
http://notperfectatall.blogspot.com/

"Our Pre-Anniversary Celebration"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

"Leasehold Interest"
A Life Less Convenient (Lupus)
http://www.alifelessconvenient.com/

Made Me Think
"A Few Words Could Change a Life"
Dying Man's Daily Journal (Brain Tumors)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

"You Gotta Have Friends: Chapter 24"
traci-jerseygirl (Breast Cancer)
http://traci-jerseygirl.blogspot.com/

"There Really Are No Excuses"
My Cancer
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

Political
"Certificate of Inequality"
Living in the Bonus Round
http://bonusroundblog.blogspot.com/

Religious -- Christian
"Day 122 -- Getting Better"
Diary of My Battle with Cancer
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

"More than Conquerers"
A Pastor's Cancer Diary
http://cewilton.blogspot.com/index.html

Treatment/Research
"Taking Effexor for Hot Flashes
Life with Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/

SharingOurDays Headline Listing -- 2-12-07

Here are "today's" headlines from the blogs linked to SharingOurDays. We've tried to categorize them for easy access. The way we organize this listing will certainly develop in the coming days and weeks as we figure out how to make it most user-friendly. Note that many of these are from the last 24 hours, but many are older. I pulled all of the headlines from February. In the future, I'll just pull the headlines from the previous 24 hours. - sean spence (seanspence@earthlink.net)

Healthcare Policy/Advocacy
"Advocacy Conference 2007"
http://mymsjournal.blogspot.com/

Inspired me
"Butterfly Kisses"
My Year of Healing (Breast Cancer)
http://mbupdate.blogspot.com/

Just worth reading
"Overdue"
Bomb in My Belly (Cancer)
http://bombinmybelly.typepad.com/my_weblog/

"Day 121 -- No Church Today"
Diary of My Battle with Cancer (Cancer)
http://donnewitt.blogspot.com/

"Good Weekend -- Not So Much"
Living with Epilepsy (Epilepsy)
http://scott-lwe.blogspot.com/

"The Boost"
Another Dose (Hodgkins Lymphoma)
http://jeffhartnett.blogspot.com/

"Bravo to Broadway at Beadtime"
Living in the Bonus Round (HIV/AIDS)
http://bonusroundblog.blogspot.com/

"Advanced Germ Containment Device"
A Life Less Convenient (Lupus)
http://www.alifelessconvenient.com/

"Bartonella, Lyme and Multiple Sclerosis"
Erik's Multiple Sclerosis Blog (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://blog.thesmithlife.com/

"Signs of Spring Abound"
Libbi's MS Journal (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://themonsterstory.blogspot.com/index.html

"Getting Back to Normal"
The Multiple Sclerosis Companion (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://mscompanion.blogspot.com/

"Under the Weather"
Surviving Multiple Sclerosis in Alaska (Multiple Sclerosis)
http://icensnow.blogspot.com/

Downs & Ups with Daddy
Day by Day with Parkinson's and Peripheral Neuropathy (Parkinson's)
http://peripheralneuropathy.blogspot.com/index.html

Made me smile
"Vacay"
Biography of Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer) http://biographyofbreastcancer.blogspot.com/

"A Dog's Life"
As the Tumor Turns (Cancer)
http://spinningtumor.blogspot.com/

Made me think
"How I Cope"
Dying Man's Journal (Brain Tumor)
http://hudds53.wordpress.com/

"Control"
Appendix Cancer Survivor's Blog (Cancer)
http://appendix-cancer.blogspot.com/index.html

"Stoic? Not me. More about feelings"
Life Changing Cancer (Cancer)
http://dahlborg.blogspot.com/

"Why"
MOZARTMOVEMENT (Parkinson's)
http://mozartmovement.blogspot.com/

Poetry
"Change"
The Daily Warrior (Lou Gherig's Disease)
http://mylifeasawarrior.blogspot.com/

Political
"Like Pulling Teetch"
Nightmare Hall (HIV/AIDS)
http://nightmarehall.blogspot.com/

Recovery
"Recovery"
The Pink Factor (Cancer)
http://thepinkfactor.blogspot.com/

Related to Treatment/Research
"The Mammaprint Test Offers More Treatment Options"
Life with Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer)
http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/

"A Glimpse of the Grail"
A Pastor's Cancer Diary (Cancer)
http://cewilton.blogspot.com/index.html

Shameless Self-Blog promotion
"Training"
Missouri to Manhattan (Multiple Sclerosis)
www.MissouriToManhattan.com

Special need for positive thoughts/prayer
"We're All In This Together"
My Cancer (Cancer)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5497708

"Decisions, Uncertainty, and... Peace"
Ellie Skees, Age 8 (Children Blogs)

http://ellieskees.blogspot.com/

The new SharingOurDays "Daily Headlines"

Hi Y'all!

I'd like to introduce you to a new SharingOurDays feature -- the daily digest. Starting tomorrow/Monday morning, to the best of my ability, I'm going to provide a daily listing of many of the headlines from the blogs collected on this site. They will be my recommendations for the day's reading. This way, you can quickly scan the headlines each day and you'll know if there is a blog post that might be of particular value to you.

The idea came from my friend John Combest, who keeps a daily listing of political headlines from news outlets here in Missouri. If you are interested in that sort of thing, I encourage you to check out www.JohnCombest.com. For politicos like me, it is well worth the 10 minutes each morning.

Hopefully this new feature will provide an ongoing tool for folks who are getting a benefit from learning about the lives of others. The rewards I have received from this little project have been immense for me, and I hope others will continue to find greater and greater benefit, as well.

Please let me know any time you have a suggestion for improving SharingOurDays. The whole point is to offer something meaningful to the members of our little community -- and YOU are the best person to help us improve.

Take care.

- sean

MS Advocate & Founder, SharingOurDays
www.SharingOurDays.com
www.MissouriToManhattan.com
seanspence@earthlink.net

New to SharingOurDays -- Laurianne's Hope (Lung Cancer)

Hi Y'all!

Laurianne died of non-smoking lung cancer at 25; this blog is written by her sister, Lynda, and her father, Hankon. I have to say that non-smoking lung cancer freaks me out a bit. I smoked for the better part of 14 years (I'm 36 now and quit when I was 28 -- yes, the math of that is kinda scary). How can I be essentially okay after years of stupidity while this woman loses her life? Laurianne, wherever you are, my heart goes out to you today.

The blog talks a lot about Lynda and Hankon's feelings and also highlights stories of other folks that relate to their experience.

Check it out at http://lauriannes-hope.blogspot.com/index.html.

Have a great day!

- sean

Sean Spence
MS Advocate & Founder, SharingOurDays
www.SharingOurDays.com
www.MissouriToManhattan.com
seanspence@earthlink.net

New to SharingOurDays -- Leafing (Caretakers)

Hi Y'all!

First, you might note that I'm adding a section to the blog for caretakers. There is a lot for us to learn and understand from those who take care of others with ongoing health conditions. To be honest, it makes me think about what the last 10 to 20 years of my life with MS will be like. Maybe they'll be fine, but I might need a lot of help. What if my legs don't work? What if I can't go to the bathroom by myself? Will there be anyone there for me? I honestly don't know.

"Leafing" is pretty intense at times. It is written by Carrie in Ontario, CA about her experience helping her mom, who has gallbladder and liver cancer, and her dad, who has Alzheimer's Disease. Double whammy. She is the kind of angel we should all have in our lives. Through her blog, we can, just a little bit.

http://leafing2.blogspot.com/index.html

Take care.

- sean

Sean Spence
MS Advocate & Founder, SharingOurDays
www.SharingOurDays.com
www.MissouriToManhattan.com
seanspence@earthlink.net