Guest Blog on a Log from NashVegas!

GUEST BLOG!!!

Greetings to all out there reading this. I’m coming to you live from Nashvegas, USA. Miss Michele has asked me to guest blog for her on this, her cancerversary. Yep, one year since our dear friend got some seriously life-changing, mind-blowing news and we were all left stunned and saddened. Since then, she has been a courageous fighter and a source of inspiration to us all. She recently received some more potentially bad news...the results of her latest PET scan were not as positive as those in the past. The test showed some areas of concern around her second lumbar (L2) vertebra/right hip region. There are a few possible reasons that are currently under speculation. One is metastatic flares, which would be fine. The second is an injury to the area, possibly from a recent camping trip, which would be fine as well. The third possibility is that the lesions in this area are particularly resistant to Michele’s current drug regime and are growing in a destructive fashion.

On this one year anniversary of Michele’s bad news, combined with other potentially bad news, I’m sure we’re all thinking “what can we do?” Let’s start small and work our way up…..

1) Show Michele love and support in whatever way possible. The power of positive energy cannot be underestimated. Lovely quote from George Eliot…. Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot was a chick, in case you didn’t know.

2) Practice kindness in your daily life. My most recent life changing realization is that it’s better to be kind than to be right. It makes so many of life’s decisions easier when I consider this.

3) Volunteer. I know Michele has tons of great organizations that she is involved with. Young Survivor’s Coalition, Check Your Boobies, Gilda’s Club. Some orgs will let you volunteer whenever you have time, or if you have no time, send them some dough. It will put a smile on your face.

4) Treat your children well. That damn crackhead Whitney’s right, they are our future.

5) Choose happiness! You can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable; the amount of energy expended is the same.

You’re probably thinking “What’s this crazy cowgirl Chopra wannabe smokin’? I have no time to self-actualize…have you seen my bathroom??!?!” Yep, I hear ya. I just know that Michele is handling an unbelievably heavy load, but is still managing to make wisecracks and worry about making a difference. So put down your toilet brush and go spread some joy. You won’t be sorry.

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Eileen aka Styleen is a friend who has known Michele since Kindergaerten. They both graduated from Bellevue High School sometime during the Reagan Era. She met Matt during the restaurant years. She was actually the person who set Matt and Michele up on a blind date and that is where it all began.

Eileen currently lives with Donfeld in Nashville, Tennessee (the land of a thousand vowels and dipthongs.) Don is getting his PhD from Vanderbilt or VandyCamp and Eileen is working on her SWA 10-year tattoo.