Reality Check....

It's been 3 years since I last "blogged" - I was talking to nobody, unlike the character from "Julie & Julia" (one of my fav movies by the way). Alot can transpire in 3 years. My daughter will be 5 on Dec 15th of this year - when I read my old blogs I couldn't believe how time had passed so quickly, my daughter was no longer a newborn or a toddler, she was a little girl who now had her own opinions and thoughts on life. This makes my husband get weepy but he'd shoot me if I ever told someone that...whoops! My bad! But I got on to this old site because of a good friend friend of mine, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She too has "blogged" but at least she has comments on her blog - and that's completely justified. Being diagnosed with breast cancer warrants that, a blog about a new mom is just another walk in the park. Sore nipples, using a breast pump that suctions the life out of your boobs, blah blah blah - really is that all that bad in the scheme of things? Having a doctor tell you that you have cancerous cells holds more weight than complaining about nipples that feel like they're going to fall off. This is what's called a reality check. Luckily Vic has only good news to report at this point, early detection (through being a hypochondriac) has led to beating this ugly disease, like that saying goes, "better be safe than sorry." Two lessons I've learned from her experience - 1.) Live each day to the fullest and 2.) fondle yourself (if you're a woman....actually go for it guys as well, whatever toots your horn). I was 37 at the time and felt a strange dull sensation in my left boob, and my doctor was quick to say that he felt the "40 and over" mammogram was a crock of s*** and that many women can get breast cancer before they hit 40. The fact that I told him it was a dull pain made him book me in for a mammogram, which turned out fine, but I was just happy to know that I had someone who saw outside the box and risked making the appointment "to be sure." Doctors can create a new and better path, only good doctors that is. But also the person themselves who can read their own bodies, and actually go & have a specialist look further. I'm so happy for Vic, I'm sure she's getting a new outlook on life that most of need as a gauge on a daily basis, for when we think we're bogged down or maxed out, there's a reality check that should really make us appreciate and not criticize. But I do deep down think she's still a "beeaaaccchhh" for having comments on her blog & zip on mine. :)