Albuquerque, New Mexico
I'm a 33 year old mother and wife living with cancer. My two oldest children and I were diagnosed... Full Bio
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Finding Strength When I look ba ... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Finding Strength When I look back to my life five years ago and think about all the things I would let get to me, I can’t help but laugh. Simple things would make me ye ... Read on »
Wow Has It Been A Year?I can't b ... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Wow Has It Been A Year?I can't believe it's been a year since I wrote a post about us on here. It's funny that this post is to share the results of Big B's latest 24 hour urin ... Read on »
Cancer Claims Another Wonderful ... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Cancer Claims Another Wonderful WomanYes, I know I haven't written in many months and you have no clue how many times I have started a post only to delete it because my heart ... Read on »
Shall We Start With Intros? by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Questions & Answers in Cancer I figured since there were no questions posted here yet that I would start with something that we can all relate to no matter the diagnosis.What kind of cancer do you have and ... Read on »
I HATE Rollercoasters! And yet i... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I HATE Rollercoasters! And yet it seems that is exactly what my life has become. *sigh* Starting on either Sunday or Monday things just started going all to pot on me. I sent ... Read on »
Surgery One- The Adrenalectomy (... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Surgery One- The Adrenalectomy (Part 1) Sorry it has taken me so long to write this. It's been a long week to say the least. I'm going to post everything in one post so that t ... Read on »
Pain Sucks! This will be VERY lo... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Pain Sucks! This will be VERY long since I've been unable to post the last few months. I'm sorry I haven't been updating but the pain has cut back on alot of things I can do. ... Read on »
Long Time No "See"... *updated o... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Long Time No "See"... *updated on 02/23/07* Again, sorry I don't update much. I probably should since there are so many Google searches that bring people to this blog. Of ... Read on »
So Much For That I guess the cor... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer So Much For That I guess the correct way to give the CT Scan results is kinda of inconclusive? I need to get a copy of the radiologist's report and read it myself before I ca ... Read on »
Just A Quick Update aka So I Don... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Just A Quick Update aka So I Don't Forget! :) I finally have a date for my CT Scan! I'm happy that I can finally get it done but at the same time, having a reaction to the b ... Read on »
What IS Men2a? Medullary Cancer?... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer What IS Men2a? Medullary Cancer? Pheochromocytomas? Hyperparathyroidism? * I previously posted this in December 2004 but with all the people who still visit this site on the ... Read on »
Thank You Planet Cancer ! While ... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Thank You Planet Cancer ! While websurfing tonight I came across this awesome list that fits me so perfectly. Now I have new things to say when asked about my U-shaped sca ... Read on »
Perfect Example Of Jerky Doctor!... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Perfect Example Of Jerky Doctor! * I took out some of the curse words now that I'm not so upset * Well it seems I will be looking for a new rheumatologist and my original ... Read on »
Please Keep Her In Your Thoughts... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Please Keep Her In Your Thoughts *Update- She's gone. Patsy passed away around 9:30 eastern time this evening, Sunday. Her breathing slowed and she was gone within a few ... Read on »
Okay, Scratch That I was in love... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Okay, Scratch That I was in love with the blog title " Life's A Faught " until the teenager came up to me, read it, and then turned to me and said " Mom, you DO know that it ... Read on »
New Endocrinologist- Again I did... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer New Endocrinologist- Again I did see the new endocrinologist in May and she seems much better than the one I saw when we first moved here . She even has another MEN2a pati ... Read on »
Insurance Companies Suck Too I f... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Insurance Companies Suck Too I filed a formal complaint with our insurance company ( Lovelace Health ) on Dr. Jerk Rheumatologist in hopes that they would actually look in ... Read on »
Lyme Disease and Pediatric Medul... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Lyme Disease and Pediatric Medullary Thyroid Cancer I received two emails recently and wanted to pass on the information from them in hopes that it will help someone else o ... Read on »
August 20, 2007 I finally receiv... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer August 20, 2007 I finally received the results of my ultrasound from the doctor's office yesterday and supposedly it showed nothing. That's right, a big fat NOTHING. Meanwhi ... Read on »
Long Time No Post I have so much... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient ExpertHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Long Time No Post I have so much to post about I just don't have the energy to do it. I'm sorry. Let's see what is new since last time... -I've had several ministrokes. - ... Read on »