It's Christmas Eve, have you been naughty or nice?
Monday, December 24, 2012
Celebrating SoCal Style...
Here on the Pacific coast, the Collective Bumpii do it SoCal Style--adding a little jalapeno to our cranberry sauce and spicing our Holiday music with Mariachi and Flamenco.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
This Morning...
Watch "The Tango lesson - Libertango" on YouTube
LIBERTANGO
If the world has begun to end, I cannot hear it over my flamenco music as I solo dance this morning.
©Celena Diana Bumpus
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LIBERTANGO
If the world has begun to end, I cannot hear it over my flamenco music as I solo dance this morning.
©Celena Diana Bumpus
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to my readers, their loved ones & the people they care about.(Mom & I) are thankful for each other, our family, our friends, and the kindness of strangers whose very existence remind us of altruism, grace, honor, miracles & unconditional encouragement. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
My Journey Was A Blessing
03Nov2012
Celena Diana (@oceanmoonspirit) tweeted at 9:11 PM on Sat, Nov 03, 2012: @pt_z0ne No need for sorrow. I'm been #cancerfree for 7 yrs. All pics on my blog taken this yr. I am quite well. My #journey = #blessing:) (https://twitter.com/oceanmoonspirit/status/264943031772409856) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
NaNoWriMo
I enrolled in the novel in one month challenge. www.NaNoWriMo.org. Deadline to enroll is Midnight PST 31Oct2012. Send me positive vibes.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Happy Veterans Day
Happy Veterans Day to all of my family & friends, all veterans & their families. You are strong in my prayers, solid in my pride, honored in my heart & always in my thoughts.
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Great affirmation
Such wonderful news. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Be sure to celebrate each milestone, each event, each healthy day, each happy day. Celebrate for no other reason than you FEEL like it. Keep joyful thoughts alive. Cherish those who helped you through those difficult times. Write them letters of love and appreciation.
Real | The Writer (@RealTheWriter) tweeted at 11:53 PM on Wed, Sep 19, 2012: Coming up on 6 [SIX]!!!!!! 6 Yrz!!!! Mommy is a Breast Cancer Survivor!!! (https://twitter.com/RealTheWriter/status/248676360535539712) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Miracle
Being a cancer survivor has opened up a lot of encouraging
support to me from complete strangers that watched me struggle through
treatment. From the conductor on the Metrolink to the passengers on the
way to work to the Head of the Maintenance Dept at UCIMC who rode the
same train to shop owners from which I bought my collection of scarves
and hats to grocery store clerks to neighbors to friends of my
hairdresser to friends I've made through the years online. The
encouragement I received was truly humbling.
I did not find going through cancer treatment scary. Instead I was blessed with a positive and optimistic attitude throughout the experience. I was not afraid. I had made my peace with God and asked only that he take care of my mother.
My mother is the real reason I am alive. Without her determination, care and support I could not have made it. Alone my mother carried most of my weight at 4am to the nearest bus stop which was 2 miles away. Helped me onto the bus that took us to the Metrolink that took us to Orange to the bus that took us to UCIMC. We walked approximately 4 blocks from the bus to the Cancer Center. Where she sat by my side through 6 hours of chemotherapy. Never leaving me. Then supporting my more weakened body back to the bus that took us to the Metrolink that took us to the bus that took us 2 miles from home where she supported me as I walked those 2 miles and up the flight of stairs to our home. The next few days she would bring me chicken noodle soup, smoothies, water, Prosure...anything I could hold down. When I couldn't sleep she would lay next to me until I fell asleep.
Two male friends called me nearly every other day. It was football season. They each would tell me game highlights and tell me jokes until I fell asleep again. They are the best friends anyone can imagine having.
Emerging from that experience I found myself speaking to various woman friends, colleagues, neighbors, and strangers about how truly amazing the experience had been for me. How cancer treatment did not have to be scary. How I survived against very strong odds (I had a 50/50 chance of survival.). How much I learned about myself from within and without.
What is possible now that can return your body back to you (I jokingly call myself the Bride of Frankenstein. But I mean that in the sense of being taken apart and put back together again. TRULY I AM A MEDICAL MIRACLE.)
Through it all my faith never faltered. Though I did not pray for my own survival. I knew with my will alone I would succeed or not. My only prayers were for my mother...that she will be taken care of with my passing.
In life, I have never doubted or questionned the purpose of my life. I have always known. Throughout my life I have been constantly moving in that direction through every path imaginable. That purpose did not change when I found I had cancer. It gave me more clarity to seek a broader reaching path.
I did not find going through cancer treatment scary. Instead I was blessed with a positive and optimistic attitude throughout the experience. I was not afraid. I had made my peace with God and asked only that he take care of my mother.
My mother is the real reason I am alive. Without her determination, care and support I could not have made it. Alone my mother carried most of my weight at 4am to the nearest bus stop which was 2 miles away. Helped me onto the bus that took us to the Metrolink that took us to Orange to the bus that took us to UCIMC. We walked approximately 4 blocks from the bus to the Cancer Center. Where she sat by my side through 6 hours of chemotherapy. Never leaving me. Then supporting my more weakened body back to the bus that took us to the Metrolink that took us to the bus that took us 2 miles from home where she supported me as I walked those 2 miles and up the flight of stairs to our home. The next few days she would bring me chicken noodle soup, smoothies, water, Prosure...anything I could hold down. When I couldn't sleep she would lay next to me until I fell asleep.
Two male friends called me nearly every other day. It was football season. They each would tell me game highlights and tell me jokes until I fell asleep again. They are the best friends anyone can imagine having.
Emerging from that experience I found myself speaking to various woman friends, colleagues, neighbors, and strangers about how truly amazing the experience had been for me. How cancer treatment did not have to be scary. How I survived against very strong odds (I had a 50/50 chance of survival.). How much I learned about myself from within and without.
What is possible now that can return your body back to you (I jokingly call myself the Bride of Frankenstein. But I mean that in the sense of being taken apart and put back together again. TRULY I AM A MEDICAL MIRACLE.)
Through it all my faith never faltered. Though I did not pray for my own survival. I knew with my will alone I would succeed or not. My only prayers were for my mother...that she will be taken care of with my passing.
In life, I have never doubted or questionned the purpose of my life. I have always known. Throughout my life I have been constantly moving in that direction through every path imaginable. That purpose did not change when I found I had cancer. It gave me more clarity to seek a broader reaching path.
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Welcome To My Whirlwind
Welcome Everyone.
My name is Celena Diana. I created this blog to share my experiences of discovering, being treated for and surviving breast cancer.
My purpose is to help educate and encourage people on two main concerns: having breast cancer does not have to be scary, and going through treatment does not have to be traumatic.
Inside you will find many delightful stories about the beauty and kindness of strangers, friends, and family.
Also you will find information on what I did to alleviate some of the side effects of cancer treatment, how to prepare for a doctors appointment, documenting symptoms, and keeping a hospital journal.
Please feel free to ask questions, give testimony, leave comments or suggestions on the comments section of my blog.
I am sure you will enjoy sharing my journey and the journey of others.
Welcome to my whirlwind
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