A Blog About a Blog

CancerGirl and SuperDog are sooo very happy and excited!! A blog has been written about Hats For Happiness!!! A friend of Hats For Happiness has a blog that she writes about local events, and excitement, and apparently she is EXCITED ABOUT HFH!!!! Well, who wouldn't be I mean really!!!

The blog is titled New World For Us and it is written by Stellamae.



Stellamae has been helping out Hats For Happiness ever snce we met each other at the Ocala Networking Meeting on the 20th of this month. You can see Stella Mae on the left and Deanna the presenter on the right. It was very informative and CancerGirl learned a lot and met a lot of great people!! Thank you everyone that was there!!

Fear of Breast Cancer

For those of you who follow CancerGirl on FaceBook know that she just recently finished recieving the ACS (AntiCancerSerum) to kill her Ovarian Cancer. She defeated the EvilMelanomaMan and was finally able to take a breath ad relax a little..... That is until she woke up the day after her birthday with a sore on her breast. For about 2 weeks CG had a scaly itchy spot on her breast. She didn't really think much of it, figured with all the chemo and such, she probably just had some dry skin. When she woke up the day after her birthday and in the place where it was itchy and scaly there was now a large (well large to CancerGirl, SuperOncologist said it was relatively small) purpley sore that was red and painful. be breast cancer. CancerGirl didn't think of Breast Cancer, she had never heard of Breast Cancer being on the outside, she does Breast Self Exams every month, gosh she just had A LOT of Chemo, it couldn'tSuperHubby sent CancerGirl off to see SUperOncologist, because well, he was concerned.

Super Oncologist said "It is a sore, it is not cancer, it is possibly from all the chemo, it is possibly just a boil, we will keep an eye on it". CancerGirl was satisfied with that answer, she trusts SuperOncologist explicitly. A few more days went by and it began to hurt a little more and got harder and it was beginning to hurt radiating from the sore. CG began to do something she tries her best to refrain from doing when it comes to health related stuff concerning herself, she RESEARCHED. It made sense to do so. We are on iGive and CG figured what the heck, why not do some research and earn a penny a search!!!! She began with the site Women's Fitness where they said on their site :

Possible symptoms of breast cancer include:

• A lump or thickening in or near the breast or in the underarm area.

• A change in the size or shape of the breast.

• Thickening, swelling, distortion, or tenderness of the breast

• Skin irritation or dimpling

• Nipple pain, scaliness, ulceration, or retraction.

• A change in the way the skin of the breast, areola, or nipple looks or feels (for example, warm, swollen, red, or scaly).

• Swelling or lump in armpit.

Breast pain is commonly due to benign conditions and is usually not the first symptom of breast cancer.

OMG, red, scaly, ulceration!!! I have those!! How far of a reach is it really that after finding cancer 2 places in the last 2 years, there is also Cancer in my breast.

But, as all good researchers know, you cant make a decision based on ONE source, better check this out....off to the Breast Cancer Page on Cedars Sinai :

Symptoms

The signs of breast cancer include:

• Lump or thickening that does not go away or that changes.
• Swelling, puckering or dimpling of the breast
• Skin irritation
• Pain or tenderness of the nipple

The first symptom men usually notice is a painless lump. Other symptoms might include nipple discharge (possibly bloody), nipple retraction and skin ulceration. Ok, the ulceration is under CG breast, not the nipple, but still. SO said that it would come to a head and would discharge once the pressure of the infection breaks through, or he could try and nick it with a scalpel and see if that releases some of the puss. He suggested hot compresses but they just made it hurt worse afterward. Now that CG was freaking out nice and good, she decided to get her friend Pam Uziel on the horn. Pam is one of Hats For Happiness BreastCancerSuperHeroes. She asked her if she was crazy for being now convinced that she has breast cancer?? Pam gave a resounding NO!! That I was not crazy to be worried about it and freaked out, that probably for quite some time every little thing that hurts or happens CG brain will think it is Cancer.

CG made another trip to SO office, she was freaking now, what if he is wrong?? People are wrong all the time, CancerGirl was wrong just the other day in fact!!! SuperOncologist calmed CG fears, promised her it wasn't cancer, and said he could prove it to her right there. That the purple was in fact PURPLE not BLACK (CG had convinced herself that what was two days ago purpley was now black, and black means Cancer, everyone knows that!!!).


SuperOncologist went and got a needle and poked the sore right in the center of the black and OMG so much icky yucky stuff came out, and after about 5 minutes of is squeezing and pressing and stuff coming out, it wasn't black (or purpley) as much, and the pain was greatly reduced. No, it wasn't Breast Cancer, THANK GOD, for CG it was a huge relief.

For many though, it is not a relief, for many it is a reality. Right now, somewhere in this country someone somewhere is with a Super Oncologist who instead of relieving those fears, are confirming them for woman. CancerSuperHeroes are being made EVERY DAY!!!! CancerGirl is HONORED to be a CSH, but she wishes that no one will ever get to join that clan again. She wishes that there were NO CancerSuperHeroes AT ALL!!!! Until that happens though, CG will continue to fight, standing in front of other CSH when they are too weak to defend themselves, standing next to them in their strong moments, saying "You can do this, you know you can defeat that EvilMelanomaMan, you don't need me to defend you now, you go get em" and standing behind every one of them, there to catch them and hold them when they can't stand anymore, when the fight has been too hard, when they just need to rest, they can rest in the loving arms of CancerGirl, because CancerGirl is strengthened by the SuperPowers of Love, Happiness, and Joy.

Ron White Read my Tweet!!!!!

Hey everyone. I want you to know that this may seem like a silly ting, "So what, Ron White read your Tweet, big deal, who cares, Ashton has read my Tweets!!" . But wait!!! I love Ashton too, I LOVED him in That 70's Show, and liked him on his show Punk'd. But Ron White has no idea how much he helped CancerGirl defeat the EvilMelanomaMan.




When CancerGirl would go and get reloaded with ACS (AntiCancerSerum AKA Chemo) she would come home and put on one of the DVD's of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, or Ron White's DVD's such as, You Can't Fix Stupid, Tater Salad, or Behavioral Problems. She would put that DVD in the player, and she would watch, and laugh, and laugh. She would laugh every single time Ron would tell his "I got thrown out of a bar....." joke, She still laughs every time she thinks of the line "Just put a paper towel over it, I will clean it up when I get home", because the idea of his floors dotted by "paper towel tee-pees" is hilarious. She would let her mind wander to the concept of a tiny little "poop Indian" tribe forming in the week that Ron was on the road, to have Good Ole Sluggo barely notice his return. It reminds CancerGirl of how unimpressed SuperDog is by CancerGirl most of the time.

CancerGirl went to Aquatica in Orlando today, SD here: Note you once again didnt hear about me getting to go to Aquatica AGAIN!!!! Ok, now that we have been RUDELY INTERRUPTED, even with having gone to the water park today, knowing that someone who had such a huge influence in my own Cancer treatment was himself going through a lot of the same things with his own lovely wife MargoRey, who is a CancerSuperHero herself, not only knew what I have been through, but also has been through the same, has truly touched CancerGirl in an AMAZING WAY

Please make sure to check out Ron's DVD's on Amazon



Thanks for supporting us in any way you feel comfortable Ron.

Hey there peeps. SuperHubby just called and woke up CancerGirl to tell her to get ready to go to Aquatica, We were supposed to be going tomorrow but SH work let him out early today because they wont be letting him go home early tomorrow. Soooo, off to the waterpark for us.

CG and SD Off To Bed

CancerGirl and SuperDog are both very tired. It is now 3:30am here at the lair, and SuperHubby has left for work. Even CancerSuperHeroes need sleep!!

CancerGirl's Birthday

Hey there everyone, CancerGirl and SuperHubby went to Aquatica Orlando this past week for CancerGirls Birthday. SH and CG bought a disposable underwater camera, so she could take lots of pictures of their trip in the water and such. SD here: I didn't get to go, if you notice NONE of the pictures she posts will have me in them, I'm just sayin..... We left later then we had meant to leave, but still got there well within the first hour of them being open. It was also nice not having to stand in line outside waiting for them to open the gates also. The first slide we went on is called Lagerhead Lane. This is the slower of the 2 lazy river type rides in the park. Here is a picture of SuperHubby almost falling out of his tube. As you can see, although he was having trouble staying in his tube, he still looked to be having fun. It is definitely the water that makes people HAPPY!!!! Here he is again in his tube, much happier as you can see. I don't know what made him happier, being in the water and the sun, or seeing how happy I was to be there. I don't think I laughed so much in a long time. It was wonderful for both of us. It is important that as SuperCareGivers, your mental and physical health is looked after also. So often everyone is worried about the CancerSuperHero (not like it is necessary, I mean we are after all SUPER
HEROES!!!) but still
they worry. It is good to have days like this where there is plenty of smiles. One of CancerGirls favorite things to do with the camera was take pictures of the the slides, the slides at Aquatica are awesome, and I was fortunate enough to get some pretty cool pictures of the inside of them. Here is a picture or two to check out.
As you can see, the sun was shining the whole day, so it made the entire experience that much better.


One of CancerGirls Favorite things about the entire day were the Dolphins that they have at Aquatica. The dolphins they have there are called Commerson's dolphins. They are a smaller sized dolphin then you normally think of when you think of a dolphin. They are also a different color then the gray that is normally associated with dolphins. I took a few pictures of the dolphins, who LOVE to swim and play and frolic with each other.



My favorite thing about the Commerson's dolphins was how agile they were while swimming in their habitat. There were large rock pillars and they easily and nimbly dodged in and out of the pillars like they were invisible.















At the end of the day, my favorite part had to be the time that was spent with SuperHubby. So often with all the electronics that we both have, we don't often have much time that we are together without the phone, or the TV or the computers (or IPads ) distracting both of us. This day was completely about him and I. We had a great time and can't wait to return later this week What's this?? You are going out without me AGAIN???? SideKicks get no respect in this industry anymore!!!

SuperDog and CancerGirls lunch with SuperFriendLynne

Hey everyone, SuperDog here. I usually don't post an entire blog post, I leave that up to CancerGirl, but well, she has recently been poisoned by the EvilMelanomaMan. You can see the EvilOne himself right there, scary looking dude aint he. Well anyways, CancerGirl is going to be ok, she has one more battle with MelanomaMan next week, then she should be able to continue our mission, which is of course to spread the SuperPower of Happiness to the world through Hats.

But first, I have to tell you guys about how unappreciated I am. I am going to tell you all about an amazing thing I did, then I will tell you what my reward was and you tell me what you think ok??

Well, CancerGirl and I were meeting SuperFriendLynne at McDonalds, and since CG just got me a new Ipad for my command center (you can click the little ad on the left there to buy the same IPad that I have) and it was a nice day out, CancerGirl decided that we would sit outside on the patio area and wait for SFL to get there.



CG sat down and got her Ipad out, and I laid down under the table where I usually lay when CG sits down at a table. We were there for a while (we usually are always waiting because CG is a little nuts about time) and I didn't even see her, but I could just tell that SFL was there. I stood up and went to go inside, where I saw SFL walking through the restraunt. Well that silly CG, she said "SuperDog (she doesn't call me SD in public, but I cant let my true identity be known) lay down" and I came over and looked at her, because no matter how hard I try she doesn't pick up on my telepathic abilities. I think that is one of the true things that you humans missed when you got made, because of all the species out there, you guys are the only ones who don't have clear inter species communication. You give it a good try, and maybe a few hundred generations from now you guys will get it, but for now, I am left with giving plaintive stares and trying to get CancerGirl to pick up on them.

Well, I laid down, because she told me to, but I was NOT happy about her not listening to me. I thought about it again, and decided that I was gonna try again. I stood up and started walking towad the restraunt where I JUST saw SuperFriendLynne, and finnaly CancerGirl stood up and followed me. She seemed annoyed, but she folowed me. I walked over to the bathroom, where I had just seen SFL go, and when CG opened the door, right there, I mean RIGHT THERE was SuperFriendLynne. CG and SFL were all impressed and stuff, but I knew it was just another day in the life of a SuperSideKick.

We then went and ordered our food. CancerGirl told the woman what she wanted, and then she said "and a 6 piece chicken nugget also please" and when the lady said "What kind of sauce do you want with that?" she said "I dont need any sauce, they are for the dog", I was like "THATS MEEEE, Finaly she is achknowledging my talents and is letting me enjoy lunch with her and SuperFriendLynne", I began to get very happy. CG got her food, and we sat down. For some reason, I didnt get the food, CG put it aside and it just sat there, the whole time, it just sat right there on the table while I was told to lay under the table AGAIN. Uggh, so unappreciated I am, I mean I let her know SFL was there for lunch, even led her to her, and still, I get nothing.

After we left and got back to the Van I got the Chicken Nuggets, but by then I had already grown a resentment toward CancerGirl. Luckily I am able to put aside such feelings for the greater good.

Well, since you all asked, here is a picture of me at the controls of the CommandCenter of the lair.


Here I am, see I have my Ipad, and of course my Laptop. As you can see, when I am working in the lair, I always wear my Hat, This is the first hat that was ever given to Hats For Happiness. Speaking of Hats For Happiness, CancerGirl would be very upset if she found out that I wrote this blog and I didnt even mention the important things going on, so here goes.

Hats For Happiness now has a website at WWW.HatsForHappiness.Org. Please come check it out and see the different ways that you can help Hats For Happiness.

The next thing that I have to mention is that we desperately need volunteers, there are a few different ways that you can sign up to volunteer and help Hats For Happiness. You can respond through the Contact Us link on the website. You can also send us a message at CancerGirl@hatsforhappiness.org.

Please follow us on Twitter and FaceBook by clicking the badges on the right hand side of the page here.

CancerGIrl is also selling Avon for Hats For Happiness. If you would like to purchase Avon and also et great products, you can do so by clicking this link------> Shop Avon and help Hats For Happiness.

You can also shop for your favorite magazine titles and help Hats For Happiness with 40% of the purchase price going directly to Hats For Happiness check out this link-------> Get awesome magazines and help Hats For Happiness

Ok folks, make sure to check out the website, Follow us on Twitter, and FaceBook, and stay Happy.