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11 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
J-Journey When one is😞 diagnosed with Cancer the world stops and your fragility/mortality hits you smack in the face. I was diagnosed with a rare form of Melanoma- Amelanotic Nodular. It’s the most aggressive and deadly. After surgery and treatme...
27 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments PABarb
D-Determined When you see the word determined, what do you think of? I think my genetic code caused me to have such a desire to help others. Being a fourth generation family practice provider, I just felt compelled to be in a profession where I could...
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...
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...
14 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
X-Xray So after yesterday’s post I am going to take a right turn! Hopefully this will empower you if you are ever diagnosed with cancer or have symptoms requiring imaging and lab work to be prepared. let’s chat imaging As a cancer patient you ha...
12 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
Thanks for reading as this is continuation of my series alphabet.... today: Q-Quiet! Quiet really has several connotations.... peace, reflexión, mood, an action ... you get it. This word for many exutes potentially lots of thoughts and feelings....
9 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PABarb
Today - let’s talk Zebra In the practice of medicine as we formulate our differential (possible) diagnoses we come up with a plan. Part of the plan is confirming a diagnosis so we can treat our patients. We in medicine sometimes will refer to a ter...
