Surviving and Thriving
Diane Gottlieb has not only cared for patients with cancer, but she is fighting her own battle as well. Diane takes a personal look at her own struggles and successes... and how she has managed to survive and thrive every day.
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It was Valentine's Day, and I really should have been out walking the dogs to the tune of “You Light Up My Life.” But instead, I couldn’t get Kelly Clarkson’s latest hit out of my head. It all started a few days earlier, when we got a quote from an insurance company for health insurance for my husband and me.
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As I think about what this new year may bring, my wish for all of you is to be brave and have courage in whatever challenges or difficulties you may face.
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November was a very challenging month this year for me—full of momentous occasions and emotional highs and lows, but, as always, there was a life lesson.
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It's October and three years since I finished my radiation therapy for breast cancer. Not a day goes by that I don't think about how lucky I am that my cancer was found in one of the earliest stages and that I have been cancer-free for three years.
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At the end of a recent newscast, Andrea Mitchell announced that she is one of the one in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer. She used her celebrity status to call attention to the need for early detection and talked about her luck in having an excellent prognosis and family, friends and coworkers who are very supportive. She mentioned that early detection can lead to a cure.
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A couple of falls on a 7-mile hike, adjusting to the limitations of congestive heart failure, and a celebration for an ovarian cancer survivor. There are many reasons to go through life looking at the glass half full instead of focusing on the empty half.
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I lost my mother a year ago this month, and it was a huge loss for our family. She was definitely the “glue,” and now we are working at what had been a very natural and effortless bond. Those of us who depended on her for her sage advice and quiet strength are a bit lost at times.
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My parents didn't worry about bruising their children's egos or stunting their creativity. That lesson came in handy when I had back-to-back health issues recently.
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It's been almost three years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since that time, I've reevaluated how I spend my time and how I treat my body. It's just one more benefit of getting the wake-up call of cancer.
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I'm writing this blog in memory of my friend Doris. She was my angel and now joins the legends of angels who pass through this earth and touch our hearts in ways we never knew possible.
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The movie “First Wives Club” has a message for cancer patients who don't just survive the disease. They become thrivers, people who aremore tuned into their goals, families, and their own health.
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Of the many things about cancer that can make you bitter, I felt losing my innocence most keenly. Until I was diagnosed, I had never contemplated my mortality.
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I had a chance meeting with a woman who changed my life. If you spoke with her she would tell you that I changed her life. The truth, of course, is that we changed each others’ lives.
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Over the years I’ve spent a lot of time working with patients, families and healthcare professionals. I always considered myself blessed that I was on the giving rather than the receiving side of healthcare. That changed recently when I learned I had breast cancer.
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