Some tips and anecdotes about obtaining better health through my experiences as a 4th generation Family practice provider, advocate, cancer patient and care giver! Lots of stories that may save lives and save money along the way! Straight talk with Barb
24 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
O-Optimistic I love this word as you can see your cup half full or half empty. I think most of my life I alway envisioned the worse outcome. I won’t make first chair in band, I won’t get into a particular college, I won’t get married, I won’t get a...
23 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
U-Understanding As we hit milestone #17 I reflect on the words discussed so far with understanding. Many of the words I chose randomly that day were thoughts associated with my diagnosis of melanoma, how I was going to deal with it and importantly...
22 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
T-Tired Today, I’m gonna share with you a story about a good friend of mine who died this past weekend. She did not die of Covid. I truly believe that she died because she was tired of fighting for what was rightfully hers. Up to three years ago sh...
21 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
S -SEXY Well there are gazillion words in the English language and when I came up with this random exercise... out of nowhere the first word that came to mind for letter S - SEXY. You would have though scar,service,sick—No: SEXY lol For those that k...
20 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
W-Winner We All are Winners! A life lesson that not everyone will AGREE, but let’s really focus on what it truly means to us as individuals.. Winning is not limited to sports, gambling, getting jobs, etc. ... it’s so much more. Many people loose li...
19 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
H-Happy We made it! It’s Friday and I am happy to say I am half way through Alphabet Soup 🎉😁 As I promised I shared with you in my first post words that I wrote shortly after my diagnosis of Melanoma 2 years ago! I pledged that I would write my t...
19 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
A-Appreciation. Today I focus on appreciation. Even in the darkest and most challenging days there is always to show and find appreciation. As a clinician I appreciate so much my coworkers, patients as they are truly family to me. The ability to...
18 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
Y-Youth Another wonderful word that as one gets older you really appreciate... Today, I look around my coworkers and they are all much younger then me but that is to be expected at 57. I look back at my youth with primarily positivity. Great times...
16 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
P-Perfectionist --perfection Well, I truly can say as a clinician and cancer patient this is a word I needed to throw out the window, stomp on it and realize in my humble opinion one of the most over rated words in the english language... FORGE...
15 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
K-KUDOS Today is about shout outs to those you admire and played a life is saving my life! As I suddenly faced uncertainty of my future when I was diagnosed with stage 3b melanoma. Kudos to my surgeon for doing the widest longest excision to potent...
