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Once a Year!
April 25th, 2012
It’s time for my once a year check-up by my wonderful oncologist Dr. Stefan Gluck at UM’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already. Time is on turbo charge it seems. As I drive up emotions always seem to well up in me. The diagnosis. Prognosis. Risks. Stats. 17 [...]
4 Year Diagnosis Anniversary
April 10th, 2012
4 years ago today, my life changed forever. I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the same disease that took my mom 20 years before. Although it seems like a lifetime ago, I remember every detail of how the world began to spin in slow motion when I heard the words “You have cancer”. I remember [...]
It’s My Birthday
March 29th, 2012
Waking up on this re-birthday feeling grateful for my life and all the love that surrounds me. I am grateful to God for my health, my family, friends, love, animals, healers, and this amazing path that I am blessed to be on. Thank you mami and papi. I wouldn’t be here were it not for [...]
The Planets and Their Gift
March 26th, 2012
The planets are gifting us with a dazzling show every night. I took this picture from my rooftop. Sometimes, we need to stop and smell the roses….or stop and look up at the night sky and just say THANK YOU! More on this cool show on this link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/venus-jupiter-conjuncton_n_1338998.html
Living Life
March 22nd, 2012
I will not live an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, To allow my living to open me, To make me less afraid, More accessible; To loosen my heart until it [...]
Learn the Lessons BEFORE…..
March 22nd, 2012
Sharing a few tips from the “end” of my book where I suggest ways to live life differently when treatment ends. Plus, I’ve picked up a few more tips from other friends…who I think “got it right”. It’s about living life differently so that it won’t be disease that leads us to a more stress-free, [...]
Rewarding Work
March 21st, 2012
Don’t you sometimes have days where you just go round and round in circles and you forget to stop and smell the cafe con leche? (I’m from Miami, we smell that here more than roses). So, yesterday was one of those days for me…and then something comes my way that stops me in my tracks [...]
Every Day is a Gift
March 20th, 2012
Every day is a gift. What are you doing with your present today? How will you unwrap it? With a smile or with a tired sigh? What are your hopes for this gift? Are you excited and looking forward to it. Or are you dreading that it might not be what you wanted. Every day [...]
The Birds, The Bees & The Snails
February 15th, 2012
When love is in the air….everyone gets in the mood. When our thoughts are bright, positive and loving. We attract bright, positive and loving into our lives. The same is true of the opposite. Whatever you reject, you attract. It’s a simple law of nature. So, on Valentine’s Day, love was in the air. (as [...]
All You Need Is LOVE
February 14th, 2012
In the past so many of my Valentine’s Days were labeled happy or not, depending on whether I was involved in a healthy and happy relationship at the time. I’ve seen many of my girlfriends do the same thing. Breast cancer taught me different. It opened my eyes to the fact that Valentine’s Day [...]
And the Winner Is….
February 11th, 2012
And The Winner Is… Let Go. Let God. I’ve been trying to practice that for the past 20 years. It’s not easy for this Type A personality, Aries woman. But I must admit, I’ve gotten better at it. My dance with cancer was my PhD in Letting Go. Letting God. I came face to face [...]
CNN en Español
February 9th, 2012
Patricia San Pedro on CNN talks about her new book, The Cancer Dancer Interview is in Spanish.
Topical Currents Radio Show on WLRN
February 9th, 2012
Topical Currents is with Patricia “Positively Pat” San Pedro, a breast cancer survivor who’s documented her four-year experience of diagnoses, treatment, mastectomy, and rehabilitation. She’s produced videos, as well as a book called, THE CANCER DANCER.Also on the program is Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Julie Silver, who specializes in the latest techniques of treatment, living with [...]
Wheatgrass and YOU
January 31st, 2012
I’m turning over a new LEAF. Yeah, pun intended. I’m going GREEN. Last year I went off course. I guess we all do that from time to time. I stopped exercising. Stopped eating healthy. Didn’t meditate as much as I used to. WOW. I could sit here and wonder why…or I could just say….today is [...]
Simply Trusting
January 31st, 2012
Sitting on the deck of a cedar log cabin in N.C., I soak in the clean crisp air. The birdies are attacking the bird feeder with a fury…scaring away the squirrel that’s been munching on the seeds nonstop since we filled it up. I’m bundled up head to toe since it’s 27 degrees. But I [...]
Welcome to my Blog
January 20th, 2012
I’ve been on a rollercoaster ride for the past 3 years. Somehow, I managed to tap into peace and positivity, even during the most difficult moments of my healing journey. It wasn’t always easy, but I did what I had to in order to step through the difficult moments as quickly as possible and not [...]
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