Doreen's Health And Wellness Journey and Other Things

Category: health-and-wellness

  • 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…

  • My Prayers

    Lord, Are my prayers reaching you? Or Do they drop with the rain? Lord, do you hear me when I pray? Lord, I’m tired of living this way! Give it to Jesus, someone said. Lord, I need to know: Are my prayers reaching you? Or Do they drop with the rain? Lord, I am failing.…

  • Grace

  • Mental Health Awareness

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month; I can’t predict what tomorrow will bring, but today, I feel mentally healthier than I did last year this time. I am incredibly grateful to God, my therapist, and my medication for the relief. AMAZON BOOKS ON MENTAL HEALTH      2. It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited…

  • My Type 2 Diabetes

    My Type 2 DiabetesI always want to be transparent when I am talking about any of my illnesses because what’s the point of blogging if I’m not honest?My physical revealed disappointing A1c results (7.5) a few months ago.Overall, I thought I was doing okay with my exceptional morning sugars. I knew I needed to tweak…