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I'm celebrating!

It was one year ago that I had my double mastectomy, that I became "officially" cancer free. I now consider it a "second birthday".

I am actually celebrating two BIG events, and I invite you to join me. The BIG EVENTS are…

1. My one-year anniversary of being Cancer Free … official date:  July 19, this Saturday!

2. The Official Launch of "Soul and Success"

In fact, I'm celebrating by giving something to YOU…and here's how you can HELP CELEBRATE:

1. Take me up on the *FREE* 30 minute session – instructions on how to get yours is below

2. Pass this offer on to your friends…there's no obligation here. I just want to celebrate!

(To make this EASY, just refer your friends to this page. You can also email me and I can send you a detailed page about the sessions, me, etc, etc. Click the Email Me Link in the top left.)

3. Raise a glass of whatever you like on the 19^th in a "Toast to Healthy TaTas" – and to your own health and well-being

4. While you're toasting, say a prayer and hold good thoughts for all those still facing whatever their difficulty may be.

How to get your *Free* 30-minute session:

· All you have to do is send an email to: info@soulandsuccess.com or just click the Email Me link in the upper left of the page.

· In the Subject Line put: "Celebration Session"

· In the email put: Your Name, Your Email, and Your Phone number so we can either call or email you to set up the session

That's it! There's no obligation for anything. I've been given much and want to give back.

I also wanted to keep this short…so, if you'd like more info…or if your friends want more info, email me at one of the addresses mentioned above. I'm happy to email you more info.

There's more on the sessions below.

To your Soul and Success…and to Celebrating life and lessons learned,

All my best!

: ) Sandra

WHAT CAN YOU GET OUT OF A SESSION?

If you're asking, "Is this right for me?" Here are some thoughts on that.

If you feel at all called to do this… If this stirs your spirit, sign up now. (Hint: Desire is a divine indicator. Desire is kind of like GPS – it's "God's Positioning System".) Follow it!

Second, it's a celebratory gift…what is there to think about? Join us in celebrating. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain…plus, these are going to fill up so quickly.

These sessions are for you …

• If you'd like some answers about a nagging health, business, or relationship problem. . .
• If you're mired in a replay loop of confusion, doubt or fear…you know what I'm talking about - the same problem or fear over and over and over again. Kind of like Ground Hog Day or a bad penny.
• If you're having boundary issues (time, relationships, etc.)
• If you need help interpreting a dream or other spiritual signs or symbols . . .
• If you've got spiritual "weirdness" going on and don't know who to talk to about it . . .
• If you want to go from "in fear" to "in gear" with your divine mission in life . . .
• If you're ready to stop struggling, get unstuck, release confusion and fear, and live a soul-based life of freedom, ease, and health using your innate spiritual gifts – like your ability to intuit, heal and create…

You're going to LOVE your 30-minute Celebration Session. It's a 30 minute, one-on-one soul reading.

This session can take any direction you like. It can cover one direction or many. My intuitive gifts are at your disposal for whatever you wish.

We can do dream work, spiritual patterns, success patterns, or tweak energy leaks, or you can ask about your health. You also ask about starting a business, creating info products, educational materials, or writing articles. It's your session to do with as you wish.

JUST FYI…

**In a session, I only give information about third parties as it relates to you. I do not "look" into anyone without that person's express permission. It's a violation of boundaries.

**NOTE: Any health insight is not a substitute for regular medical care and information. I do not give medical advice or knowledge. I simply point out the spiritual aspect of physical issues. I strongly believe in allopathic (regular) medicine. I've never worked from an either/or perspective, and I don't advocate this stance for others. I especially don't come from that point-of-view in my work…or in my personal health, and I never recommend that others do either. I am not a doctor nor do I play one in these readings.

ONE YEAR - Time to Celebrate!

I'm celebrating!!!

And, yes, I did have champagne this evening - love champagne! (I really like the Barefoot Bubbly...very drinkable.) I also bought myself flowers. (I'm currently at a hotel in St. Louis...thus the plastic cup vase.)

My hubs is in the country (that's why I'm in St. Louis)...he's taking me out to celebrate Saturday - the 19th is the "official" one year anniversary. We're not sure where we're going...but, of course, I'm thinking that chicken breast might be on the menu for me, maybe a variety of melons for dessert?

Even though the official date is the 19th, Saturday, I couldn't help think of where I was on this Thursday one year ago. I can't believe that one year ago today I was having a double mastectomy! It seems wierd...on several counts, one of which is that time can pass so fast...warp speed. (Yes, I'm a big Star Trek fan...just wish they could fix things like cancer with one of Bones' medical gizmos.)

Wednesday night, I was again thinking about where I was the year before...and even though I was comfortable and confident in the decision to have the mastectomy, just the thought of where I was "the night before the big event last year" made my stomach and heart do a flip. I could still "feel" it.

I remember being both calm and still scared...a strange combo. I remember a lot of people talking about how "brave" I was, and I remember thinking, "Ha...if they only knew." How is one brave when one thinks there's no other choice?

Courage?? Perhaps. I say "necessity" and the willingness to do what's needed. (My daddy always said I had the tenacity of a bulldog...maybe that was it.)

I remember going in that morning...no makeup this time. See, I think the "going without makeup part" was BRAVE!

(I didn't want to have to take it off afterwards. Didn't want to have to use the arms. So, I don't know how brave that is...it's more about the avoidance of pain.)

Either way, I thought I deserved some champagne and flowers. We have to be nice to ourselves...these "tatas" deserved a toast. (We dinged them with the cups...they didn't feel a thing.)

THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT THURSDAY A YEAR AGO...

What I remember is the overwhelming urge to turn and run once I got to the check-in counter. Logically, I knew the surgery was the right thing for me to do and was good for my health. I trusted my doctors, but there was another part of my brain telling me I had lost my mind to let someone cut off body parts!

I was okay once I got into the prep room. Then, I felt myself starting to panic once again, and this time, I just started running through my visualization in my head.

I spent the rest of the day in a morphine stupor...Thank God for Morphine. I spent the next two weeks on a steady stream of Vicaden...I wasn't taking any chances with the pain. (Thanks to my friend Sara, who's also a nurse, for briefing me on pain protocols. And thanks to Dr. Tunney for turning me onto visualization and shamanic wisdom in healing!)

I will be speaking more and more on shamanic healing in the future. I've been remiss not to share. Truly, the shamanic techniques and knowledge and being introduced to that world not only reintroduced the world of my childhood to me, I credit it largely with the results we got with the cancer and surgeries..and I credit it very much for my peace of mind. Plus, all the great nurses and doctors I had, and the entire staff at Newport Hospital. (I've said it before and I'll say it again, I firmly believe in the use of both allopathic and alternative methods in healing. I don't understand all this either/or argument. Why not the best of both? Do what works.)

Lots of people have asked what I did...I will be sharing. I've been hesitant to do so, and not any more. Part of this whole experience from pre-diagnosis despair to the diagnosis and surgeries has been about owning who I am no matter what - no apologies.

I feel like I've been given a second chance. One thing I know for sure...I had searched for years for my Life Purpose to no avail. Part of the reason I was so disturbed by the possibility of cancer - aside from the fact that I didn't want to meet the Reaper any sooner than is natural - the reason I was so distraught was that I felt I hadn't found my Life Purpose yet. I didn't feel that I had found and accomplished what I was put here to do.

While I never would wish cancer, or even the mental torture of the possibility of cancer, on anyone, I can say that I wouldn't trade the experience. I've learned a lot, gained a lot – and yes, some of what I gained was in bust size. (Who can blame me?  I figured if I was going to have them off, may as well do some "redecorating".)

I've gotten very clear on my Life Purpose thanks to cancer. Actually, I credit my experience with cancer for leading me into a deeper knowledge of myself and the firm knowledge of why I'm here and what I'm to do...which I'll be sharing with you as well.

I officially launched my business today, "Soul and Success." I'll share more on that in another post...and to celebrate that launch, I'm offering *FREE* 30 minute soul reading sessions. I've been given much. I am grateful, and this is my way of giving back. Email me at the link on the top left to claim yours. Include your name, email and phone number.

(I'll be putting more info on sessions in the next post. I'll also be sharing about the 'real deal' about why I went silent on this blog for so long.)

I've also got another project I want to launch...I'm really excited about it. It involves direct assistance to women with breast cancer. I was in a great situation financially when I got breast cancer. But I know that other women, like one of my aunts, weren't. Managing cancer is hard enough without having to deal with financial worries or bills or how you're going to pay for groceries. It should never be a "treatment or light bill" kind of thought. Never. This project is my soul-ution. You'll be able to help!

So, lots to celebrate.

Most of all...I'm just glad to be here and to be healthy and to have found something I LOVE to do, something I was meant to do...my Life Purpose.

Two years ago when this whole ordeal started, I don't know if I could have pictured my current gratitude - or state of grace, really. I was so upset, angry, confused, and terrified.

But that is where I am now most of the time....grateful, at peace, and excited to be alive!

Untaping the Tataz

The doc took the tapes off on Wednesday. (Only ouched in one spot...don't have feeling in a lot of the other places...and in this case, that's a good thing.)

When he started, all I could think about was the advice about removing bandaids - Just RIP it off! Faster is better.

Well, I've got to say...I wasn't too sure about that advice when facing the prospect of having the "bandaids" ripped from my boobies!

Here's what they look like.

I'll post more pics in a photo album. I took close-up pics of the scars.

This is the only time I've felt even remotely "frankenboobish", but not because of the way they look...but because I had a few strings protruding from my "seams". Still have one I need to cut off.

It's the kind of thread that dissolves, but this is on the outside. Looks like they threaded it out - perhaps to make a knot? - and then left a few hanging.

They're hard to see, even if they're long, because it's a clear, fine thread. Like a strand of hair.

Again, I was worried when he told me he was just going to yank the one that was poking out of my nipple. Made me flinch because, normally, that probably would have hurt. Then I remembered once again that I don't have feeling.

My new theme song

I can't believe there's a song called "My Boobs are Okay" - but, lo and behold, there is...and here it is.

Click the link: "My Boobs are Okay" Song

And, no, some of the comments about being "stupid girls"..I don't agree with, and, no, mine aren't that big...but I must say, after my good news, I do LOVE the chorus, and as of late, I've been singing it often. Everybody, sing it with me:

My boobs, My Boobs...My Boobs are OKAY!

Cancer Free!

I got the "all clear" on my boobs today. I am Cancer Free!!! Doc said that he had a better chance than I do of getting breast cancer at this point - and that wasn't likely. Huge relief! They found nothing else, not even any more DCIS...and definitely nothing worse. Now I'm over that hurdle. Feels amazing!

Since they left my nipple, that's the most likely place to come back, but again, not that likely. By having the mastectomy, I've removed it's "nest" so to speak.

He recommended breast exams twice a year. I'll be getting MRIs because I chose silicone.

Now...to continue healing, body and mind.