a small hope

Tag: Cancer

  • Mental Time Travel

    Mental Time Travel

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 10, 2022 Day 14 I woke up pain free this morning With the clarity that provides, I wanted to share a trick I learned from Mood Lifters for the tough times When I’m in a bad spot, when all I can do is breath, I find myself imagining standing at our wedding listening…

  • Advocate

    Advocate

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 9, 2022 Channeling this energy today (back when I was “feelin’ 22”) Learned my spike in pain is due to an infection in my mouth – thank goodness!! There’s more options now to manage/cure that From Mr. Haig on Mountains: “In order to get over a problem it helps to look at it.…

  • Lucky #13

    Lucky #13

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 9, 2022 Day 13!!! Oddly, it’s mine & Karla’s lucky #! I wore #13 playing lacrosse and I used to say “luck has nothing to do with it” I’ve actually been thinking a lot about my time as a lacrosse goalie, & how painful that could be, & when people would ask why…

  • Pain expands us

    Pain expands us

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 8, 2022 Day 12 (let’s call it Tom Brady day) Pain is…getting crazy And here’s the thing…the pain is because my body is fighting cancer We purposefully created this toxic environment so I can beat this…and it’s going to be okay when we’re done. So, my Squamous Cell Carcinoma: You’re on Notice (4…

  • Day 11/30

    Day 11/30

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 7, 2022 Let’s get after week 3, shall we?

  • Animal House

    Animal House

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 4, 2022 Day 10 of 30! A third of the way down! Not feeling my greatest certainly, but Bluto reminds us in Animal House “It ain’t over now, ’cause when the goin’ gets tough, the tough get goin’.” And I plan to live by that. Have a beautiful Friday, Everyone

  • Day 8 of 30

    Day 8 of 30

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 2, 2022 Chemo Day Radiation Day Keep On Keepin’ On! Problem child all day at chemo…guess that means we get the floor all to ourselves #LastOneHere At least my nurses were paid for their overtime??

  • Beauty and Terror

    Beauty and Terror

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written March 1, 2022 Day 7! Almost missed my massage being preoccupied with getting sick in the bathroom – made it with 3 minutes to spare – an hour later we’re sitting in the sunshine with breakfast So many lessons this morning. On learning how to best take care of myself right now: “We escape…

  • The King of Rock & Roll

    The King of Rock & Roll

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written February 28, 2022 Day 6 & Start of Week 2 of 6!! Sweet sister taking me to blood work by 7:00 AM & a quote by the King of Rock & Roll “when things go wrong, don’t go with them” Chemo & radiation may tear down my body, but they cannot tear down my…

  • Here’s hoping

    Here’s hoping

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    Miranda Kruse
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    Written February 25, 2022 Day 5 High 5 might be the best one yet Not going to lie & say it’s been an easy week… The Comfort Book by Matt Haig reminds me “Hope isn’t the same thing as happiness. You don’t need to be happy to be hopeful. You need instead to accept the…