Doreen's Health And Wellness Journey and Other Things

Category: health-and-wellness

  • WHY!

    There is nothing more devastating than the Death of a child. I held a baby today, of course, it wasn’t the first time, since I have five children of my own.  However, it was the first time that I held a baby who had died. His tiny body was still warm, so I thought for…

  • Domestic Violence

  • Domestic Violence

  • Domestic Violence

  • JULY 22,1997 

    I was leaving my therapist’s office a couple of months ago and decided to walk rather than wait for a bus.  As I began my journey, I reflected on many significant occurrences in my life. You know, the ones that got to this point, you know, needing a therapist.  It was a nice, crisp evening, as…

  • Don’t Need to Worry Much!

    Considering my auto- immune disease and other health issues have the potential to get worse, I worry a lot. To balance some of my anxieties, I try to utilize those 20 minutes or less in my doctors offices by addressing some of my concerns. I ask questions about my medications, treatments, MRI’s and labs. I…

  • Peek into My Secret Closet

    Peek into My Secret Closet is a book of poetry and essays that speaks to several areas of my life: death of loved ones,sexual abuse, self -esteem and domestic violence. It is a story of survival.

  • Thyroid Cancer?

    I had an ultrasound of my thyroid in May 2025. Having an ultrasound of my thyroid was nothing unusual; I got one every two to three years. I have a huge goiter and thyroid nodules. This year, the ultrasound showed a nodule on the left side of my thyroid that had grown considerably, and the…

  • My Niece

    My niece , she’s in love, gonna have a baby. Seventeen, gonna finish school, maybe. I wish I had a looking glass to give her a look at my past. Welfare lines, bills behind. Oh Lord, help me! Pampers and milk to buy, boy gone, he said good-bye. Now she’s on her own should have…

  • Positive Health Update

    A few months ago, I had an appointment with my cardiologist. After a EKG, an examination, and reviewing my chart, he determined that I no longer needed two of my heart medications.I was Ecstatic! I was so relieved and grateful that my cardiac condition had improved! This decision, has reduced the burden of me managing…