Why??? I Believe...

...that we all have things that are important for us to learn. That we are here to learn from our experiences!

So...I blog.

I gave you the information about Cervical Cancer because I want all of us to be prepared! It can be caught and it can be treated! Going in annually is the vest way. Speak to your Dr. about your family history also. They may want to see you more than once a yr.

NO EXCUSES!

If you live in the USA you can find your local Health Department! The Health Department has health care practitioners that provide free annual exams!

I waited...

I waited for an extra 4 months...

But I am glad I went.

Last year in Aug (05) I had a normal Pap! Just like every other year!

Not so this year.

This year I am as close as you can get to having Cervical Cancer without actually having it.

(At least we think till Wednesday when we know more from the latest tests.)

I still have to have surgery.

LISTEN TO ME LADIES!!! MEN YOU TELL YOUR LADIES FRIENDS!

A day visit to the hospital for a one time surgery is sooooooooo much better then cancer! WE CAUGHT IT TIME!

Did you get your Pap Smear this yr?

I don't know what I am supposed to learn from this experience. I may not even know that I have learned it till long after the fact.

But learn it I will!

Blessings

PLEASE!!!!!

With Pap smears so available, why are women still dying of cervical cancer?

It is critically important to recognize that the women who are at highest risk for abnormal Pap smear testing are those who are NOT getting regular Pap testing. Therefore, it follows that in order to improve overall Pap smear screening, women who are not getting regular Pap smears should be educated about and offered Pap testing. These under-served women should be the most heavily targeted for Pap screening.

Between 60% and 80% of American women who are newly diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer have not had a Pap smear in the past five years and may never have had one. Women who have not had Pap smear screening tend to be concentrated in certain population groups including:

• Older women;
• The uninsured;
• Ethnic minorities, especially Latina, African American, and Asian American women;
• Poor women; and
• Women in rural areas.

Many physicians feel that the emphasis should be on universal access to proper Pap screening as opposed to the comparatively small benefit that would come from utilizing the newer technologies in women already undergoing screening. Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer worldwide. It is also one of the most preventable and treatable cancers.

Historical note: Dr. Pap

The Pap smear is named after Dr. George Papanicolaou (1883-1962). Born in Greece, Dr. Papanicolaou received a medical degree from the University of Athens in 1904 and a PhD in zoology from the University of Munich in 1910. He came to the United States in 1913 as an assistant research biologist under Dr. Charles R. Stockard at Cornell Medical College in New York City. He stayed at Cornell for 47 years. There, he studied the role of chromosomes in sex determination. In the process, he noticed recurring changes in the cells in the vaginal discharge of the guinea pig over the menstrual cycle. Extending his studies to humans, "Dr. Pap" began examining vaginal smear changes in 1923. He unexpectedly discovered that women with uterine cancer had "abnormal cells, with enlarged, deformed, or hyperchromatic nuclei." He called the discovery of these abnormal cells on the smear "one of the most thrilling experiences in my scientific career."

Dr. Pap's new test was at first viewed as quite unnecessary for the diagnosis of cervical cancer. Then, in 1943, he and the gynecologist Herbert F. Traut published a report entitled "Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear." They demonstrated clearly how cellular abnormalities could be detected before the tumor became invasive. It was a revolution in the management of cervical cancer. The Pap smear test was soon accepted as a routine screening technique. Within two decades, cervical cancer dropped from first to third place as a cause of cancer death in women.

Dr. Pap was the founder of what is called exfoliative cytology, which is the microscopic examination of cells shed from the surface of the body, or from a tumor, in order to among other things, detect cancer and gauge the effect of hormones. Dr. Pap applied his technique to other types of tumors including those in the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urinary tracts and the breast. His method has also been used to predict cancer radiosensitivity and to evaluate the effectiveness of radiotherapy. However, it is as the creator of the Pap smear that Dr. Pap is best remembered today.

Pap Smear At A Glance

• A Pap smear is a simple, quick, and essentially painless screening test.
• Cells collected from a woman's cervix are spread on a microscope slide for examination.
• The cells are evaluated for abnormalities, specifically pre- cancerous and cancerous changes.
• Pap smears are recommended for all women starting at age 21 years or within 3 years of becoming sexually active, whichever comes first.
• Most women over age 30 who have had reliable Pap screening with persistently normal results can be screened less often than yearly.
• Pap smears should not be performed in women who have had a total hysterectomy for benign conditions and had prior normal Pap smears.
• The Pap smear is read (analyzed) according to a uniform standardized system.
• A recording of the woman's menstruation status and whether and when she had abnormal Pap smears previously, is essential to the reader of the current Pap smear.
• New guidelines recommend that most women over 65-70 years old who have had regular Pap screening with negative results can stop having Pap tests, because abnormal Pap smears are very unusual in this setting.
• Up to 80% of women diagnosed with invasive cancer of the cervix have not had a Pap smear in the past 5 years.
• Cancer of the cervix is a preventable disease.

From Web MD

Author Unknown

What Matters Most
A Memo From Child to Parent

Don't spoil me.
I know that I ought not to have all that I ask for
- I am only testing you.

Don't be afraid to be firm and set rules and limits.
It makes me feel secure.

Don't protect me from consequences.
Sometimes I need to learn the hard way.

Don't let me form bad habits.
I rely on you to detect them in the early stages
and and give me direction BY EXAMPLE.

Don't make me feel smaller than I am.
It only makes me behave badly to prove that I am "big".

Don't correct me in front of people if you can help it.
Praise in public. Chastise in private.

Don't put me off when I ask questions.
If you do, you will find that I will stop asking you
and seek information elsewhere.
Don't tell me that my fears are silly.

They are real to me
and you can do much to reassure me
if you try to understand.

Don't be inconsistant.
That confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.

Don't EVER think that it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me.
An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm toward you.

on't forget that I can't thrive without lots of love and affection.
I need your quality time and your affection.

Because "stuff happens", lets stick together.
I believe in you.
I need to know that you believe in me too.

- Author Unknown

Children Are Miraculous!

	Be There. Say "yes" as often as possible. Let them bang on pots and pans. If They're crabby, put them in water.
	If they're unlovable- love yourself. If they're not nice -YOU be nicer Realize how important it is to be a child. Go to a drive-in theater in your pajamas Read books out loud with joy.
	Invent pleasures together. Remember how really small they are. Surprise them. Say "no" when necessary.
	Bake a cake and eat it with no hands. Plan to build a rocket ship. Imagine yourself magic. Make lots of forts with blankets.
	Let your angel fly. Reveal your own dreams. Search out the positive. Keep the gleam in your eye. Mail letters to God. Encourage silly.
	Plant licorice in your garden. Stop yelling. Express your love. A LOT. Speak kindly. Paint their tennis shoes. Handle with caring.

CHILDREN ARE MIRACULOUS!

~ by SARK

Anguish

I have hope that someday...
When my son understands...
I'll sit him on my lap... and then...
He'll ask me of God's plans...
In my sweetest daydream...
He'll lift his shirt up high...
And ask mom am I different?
And then he'll ask me... why?
I'll get the chance to share with him...
The long journey before...
And tell him that he's very brave...
And God has plans in store...
I'll tell him of the battles...
That children like him face...
And how we must remember...
To always lean on grace.
That I have learned of courage...
Through the lives of those we've known...
And I am ever certain that...
We never walk alone.
That everyday's a miracle...
And life is to be treasured...
That hope and faith have brought us through...
And these things can't be measured.
That other's are in heaven now...
(Their live's tend to remind me)
That even when I run away...
Somehow...son...God will find me.
And when life seems too hard to bear...
(And signs become easy to miss)
Brave little souls seemed to whisper...
Have faith...you'll get through this...
Some might say...your heart's not strong...
And there are some things you'll just never do...
But...you can do most anything...
That you put your mind to.

I have hope that someday...
You'll do the same as me...
Your child will come running...then...
You'll set him on your knee...
And lift your shirt...for the hundredth time...
When your child says tell me again...
Tell me about your special heart...
And all of the the places you've been...
Tell me about the heart hero's...
The one's that they just couldn't save...
And how your mommy told you that...
They were so very brave.
I imagine that you'll smile then...
(As you smile all the time)
Then hold your child closely...
And say...Once upon a time...

Mother's can wish for such things...
They help the heart to cope...
Perhaps...it's even possible...
With faith and love and hope.

By Stephanie Husted

Happy Valentines... DID YOU KNOW???

It is also Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day!

Did you know...
According to the March of Dimes, congenital heart defects are the #1 birth defect. In the US alone, over 25,000 babies are born each year with a congenital heart defect. That translates to 1 out of every 115 to 150 births. (To put those numbers into perspective, only 1 in every 800 to 1,000 babies is born with Downs Syndrome.)

AND

Need for Awareness -- Research

For every dollar provided by the national medical funding arm of the American government, the National Institute of Health (NIH), only one penny is provided for pediatric research, and only a portion of that penny goes to support research on heart defects, the most common birth defect. (Children's Heart Foundation)

Here are some faces to put those statistics to...


VIDEO



Thank you to Stephanie Husted for allowing me to use this video.
She is also the Author of this poem:

Somewhere...someplace... today...
A family is waiting to hear...
Is something wrong with their baby?
The answers aren't quite clear...
This family has entered an unwanted world...
And they just don't know what to expect...
Somewhere...someplace... today
They first heard the words: heart defect.
And how they hoped this was not true...
And thought... this cannot be...
I too... know just how this feels...
For one day...this was me.

Somewhere...someplace...today...
A man and a woman embrace...
Their baby is in surgery...
They long to see her face...
They haven't got to hold her yet...
Without...a cord or line...
They pace the room awaiting news...
And hope she'll be just fine.
Prayers fill this busy waiting room...
And mom and dad are scared...
Somewhere...someplace..today...
The tiniest hearts are repaired.

Somewhere...someplace...today...
A child's growing fast...
Smiling,laughing,thriving...
His mom thinks...can this last?
It's almost easy...to forget...
That anything is wrong...
Somewhere...someplace..today...
Her child seems so strong.

Somewhere...someplace... today...
A little boy fights...just to live
A father holds his tiny hand...
His love...all he can give...
The doctor's are all baffled...
They fear that he might die...
Somewhere...someplace...today...
A family says goodbye...

Somewhere...someplace...each year..
More than 40,000 families will see...
What it means...when something's wrong...
They'll face a CHD.
Today...for just a moment...
Stop...remember...reflect...
Make time to tell someone you know...
"I've been changed by a heart defect".

Tax dollars?

Well? Have you been on the road lately?

If you are like me you know your way around right? I got in the lane I new I would need and went around the bend to find my lane now was forced to merge back into the other lane! Hello!!!?

WHERE DID MY EXIT GO???

*&%$^$ !

My lanes did this in a similar fashion all day today, not just this once (minus the missing exit) THREE 3! Times!

I am telling you! Some of these roads are just terrible! Pull over and check your tired bad kinda roads!

This was not any of those roads...much to chagrin I assure you...

So I blog... and I wait to see who will get the Schrammie for this one!!!

Turn Back Time?

Having three sick children and a sick husband is incredible! How could I help but get sick as well?

So... for two days it would appear that time stands still. Here in our home time is standing still.

The question is, who is going to turn back time?

To my horror!

I was bummed when I found out about the schools Fall carnival and that it wouldnt be happening this school year all in the same breath.

It comes as an odd thing to me to note that the reason why we weren't having the annual carnival is because only 3 people showed up to the PTSA meeting.

SO, I promised myself that I would be going to the next one and tell as many people as possible!

SNAG: My kindergartener didnt remember to bring home her school mail. I got the note the day after the PTSA Meeting.

LATER THAT MONTH: Grandma is coming to visit for the day fairly unannounced!

SNAG: DD6 is in school all day tomorrow.

SOLUTION??? Grandma and I go to lunch at DD6 school! Now every one is happy! It was a great day we ALL got to visit with grandma and it was quite enjoyable. Something is still nagging at me though as we are signing out of the school office and returning our visitor badges and as I pass my over the counter I remember why! There on the counter! Its a bird! Its a plain! Its a letter apologizing for the rescheduling of the previous PTSA meeting and announcing the new day and time!!!! WAHU!!!!

OH yea... Did I mention they love me? Maybe even to much???

to be continued...

The burn victim

Last night bless her heart our DD6 asked for a cup of tea. I was drinking tea and she loves her green tea with lemon so I popped a cup in the microwave to heat the water, then added the tea bag. She managed to get it to the table fine and waited awhile before she decided to test it. When her face got close enough she must have got a whiff of steam because she decided it was still to warm to drink.

She bumped the table with the cup...

Now for someone who has her vocal chords and is so accustomed to using them I am terribly surprised that all I heard was a sniffle and all I got was a tug on the sleeve.

...she had spilled it in her lap and had burned her tummy as the clothes were still touching her skin.

Just a little red but burns are the worst. I had her change into something more comfortable but we are just so thankful that we had some of the most wonderful lotion and a great all natural balm on hand to treat the burn and sooth the ouch!

She did manage to sleep peacefully last night and never mentioned it this morning before school!

Odditty in its perpetual motion

So...First of all do you ever have the strangest things dissapear? "Mommy!!!!!!!" DD6 says "MOMMY! The bunnies water bottle is GONE!" gasp! It actually took us 2 hours to find! Poor bunny, we gave her a bowl of water don't worry.

Second...The super bowl. Or rather the super bowl commersials! Those things are supposed to make you want to buy this stuff right???
Well I may never buy doritos again

I know that every year they spen ALL this money to aair these off the wall super adds that they pray will work out...but...when they dont, they reeeeaaly dont!

Now I know that advertising is ALWAYS a risky thing, but what weirdos thought that was funny! I mean they MUST have been pulling an all nighter! Maybe is I had been up for 2 days I would find that funny...Uhhm...yeah under those circumstance I probably would...maybe. But why would I be up for 2 days streight over the weekend waiting for a ball game?

To view all the commercials as they air you can go here says Tom, who of coarse, is THE man! You go Tom!

Superbowl commercials

All about me!

I am a work at home mother of three! 2 girls and one boy!

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Everything about this team and company has had a serious positive impact on our lives!

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