Posts tagged complete blood count
It’s Up To You
It’s Up To You

“Have you been hiking with your dog lately?” the tatted millennial groomer asked. He’d just pulled a large, bloated tick off of Rudy’s anus. “Do you want to see the wound?” he wondered. “I guess,” I hesitantly replied. Though I fancy myself a closet doctor, I’m not too interested in examining my dog’s ass. 

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Three Turkeys and the Half Full Glass
Three Turkeys and the Half Full Glass

I’m all soft and vulnerable from a three-day silent meditation retreat at Spirit Rock in Northern California. Yes, a Chatty Cathy like me enjoys the quiet. The not talking isn’t the hard part. It’s the sitting for long periods til your back throbs and your knees feel like door knobs. It’s the mind tripping that goes on, and the epiphany about oneself that’s pretty much guaranteed.  Those are the hard parts. Sitting with yourself. Then comes the revelation - clarity. 

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Lisa Udelsonmindfulness, medical diagnosis, meditation, mindfulness meditation, complete blood count, aplastic anemia, meditating with kids, moms that meditate, scary diagnosis, cancer support, chronic illness
“The waiting is the hardest part.”
“The waiting is the hardest part.”

My complete blood count (CBC) was in December. I get the test every three months, and had a big drop in my numbers early last fall. Over the summer, we’d been to Tuscany, Barcelona, a ranch in Montana and the wilds of suburban Ohio, and travel takes a toll on me. Besides, running around with a ten-year-old boy is tough any mom, let alone an old one like me with a rare bone marrow failure disorder.

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Lisa Udelsoncomplete blood count, CBC, meditation, mindfulness meditation, aplastic anemia, cancer support, chronic illness, scary diagnosis, mindfulness, cancer diagnosis, medical diagnosis