Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everyone has been affected by breast cancer or knows someone that has been affected. My mother-in-law passed away of breast cancer May 2001. She did not get the chance to see her only grandchild grow up. And my son will grow up without knowing his wonderful Grandma Viceta.


African-American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women even though we have a lower incidence of having it after the age of 40. Breast cancer is treatable through early detection. So please ladies....feel your boobies! Get a yearly mammogram. Early detection is the KEY!

Almost back to normal....

This cold knocked me for a loop the last couple of days. I left work early Thursday and stayed home all day Friday. I had a low-grade fever, congestion out the ying yang and a cough. I mostly slept and stayed in the bed. Saturday I started feeling a little better. I'm glad because Saturday night was the Sweetheart's Ball and there was no way I was going to miss that! We bought the tickets months ago! Thanks to plenty of rest, Tylenol cold medicine and nose spray, I was well enough to go to the Sweetheart's Ball with my sweetie. And I had a blast! The open bar helped a lot too. :-)


I am now 95% better. I have some left over congestion that should be gone in a day or two. Now hubby's sick and he claims it's my fault. Whatever! Hee-hee.

Bitten by the cold bug

I woke up this morning with a scratchy throat. I brushed it off thinking my throat may be scratchy because I slept with my mouth W-I-D-E open. ;-) But I decide to pop a couple of Halls in my bag anyway - just to be on the safe side. As the morning progressed, my throat started getting scratchier and my nose started running. I had the sniffles. I thought about my husband's cold remedy - workout and sweat it out. There's a mini-gym at work so I decided to head there and try to "sweat out" whatever was trying to ail me. I worked out on the elliptical for 30 minutes and had a nice, good sweat. I took a hot shower with plenty of steam and headed back up to my office. Lunch time rolls around and I have no appetite but I decided to eat anyway. I noticed that I've barely touched my water due to my throat being so sore. I go to the kitchen and fix a cup of tea - wishing I had some brandy or whiskey so that I can add a little kick to it. My grandfather called it "eye". I had to settle for honey instead. The tea soothed my throat but I was still sniffling and started to feel achy.

By closing time, I felt like crap. I could barely muster up the energy to walk to the metro. The ride home was miserable. I picked Darrius up and once I got home, I crashed on the couch. I've gotten up a couple of times to fix dinner and use the bathroom. And grab my laptop. I have to stay connected to the world.

I have a slight fever - 100.2 - not bad. My throat is still sore and I have a dry cough. I'm cold and my eyeballs feel like they are on FIRE!

Please, oh please, don't let this be the flu. Unfortunately, there's a flu outbreak in Virginia. I didn't get the flu shot. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that this is the common cold and I'll be feeling fine in a couple of days.

KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED!

Bitten by the cold bug

I woke up this morning with a scratchy throat. I brushed it off thinking my throat may be scratchy because I slept with my mouth W-I-D-E open. ;-) But I decide to pop a couple of Halls in my bag anyway - just to be on the safe side. As the morning progressed, my throat started getting scratchier and my nose started running. I had the sniffles. I thought about my husband's cold remedy - workout and sweat it out. There's a mini-gym at work so I decided to head there and try to "sweat out" whatever was trying to ail me. I worked out on the elliptical for 30 minutes and had a nice, good sweat. I took a hot shower with plenty of steam and headed back up to my office. Lunch time rolls around and I have no appetite but I decided to eat anyway. I noticed that I've barely touched my water due to my throat being so sore. I go to the kitchen and fix a cup of tea - wishing I had some brandy or whiskey so that I can add a little kick to it. My grandfather called it "eye". I had to settle for honey instead. The tea soothed my throat but I was still sniffling and started to feel achy.

By closing time, I felt like crap. I could barely muster up the energy to walk to the metro. The ride home was miserable. I picked Darrius up and once I got home, I crashed on the couch. I've gotten up a couple of times to fix dinner and use the bathroom. And grab my laptop. I have to stay connected to the world.

I have a slight fever - 100.2 - not bad. My throat is still sore and I have a dry cough. I'm cold and my eyeballs feel like they are on FIRE!

Needless to say, I didn't train today. I'm hoping this is a 24 hour thing and I will feel better tomorrow.

Please, oh please, don't let this be the flu. Unfortunately, there's a flu outbreak in Virginia. I don't get the flu shot. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that this is the common cold and I'll be feeling fine in a couple of days.

KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED!