26 Year old Told She is going to die of Cervical Cancer

This is an article from England so some of the information does not apply to my United States readers. In England you have to be 25 in order to get a PAP. This young woman wanted to get a PAP at an earlier age. She didn't have any symptoms but wanted to do what I tell so many to, advocate for herself and try to get early prevention if necessary. She was refused and now at age 26 has been diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer. AND, she is only 26 years old.

I put up these videos and articles because I want to stress to all the women and mothers out there that cervical cancer can not only happen to old AND YOUNG but it can devastate your life and even kill you. Cervical Cancer is something we need to be talking about and fighting against.

READ THE ARTICLE "BRIDE WHO WAS REFUSED SMEAR TEST GIVEN TWO YEARS TO LIVE"

My Friends Awesome Store

My best friends sister in law, who I totally love, has the most fabulous store ever in Chicago. I was super excited to hear that she now has an online stores so I can buy her stuff. My most favorite gift I have ever gotten was from Becca's store. Jessica got me a beautiful Cross necklace when I was diagnosed and when I was cleared of cancer she got me another one that says survivor.

Please help me show support to Becca by visiting her store. And, if you need any x-mass gifts, besides coffee, you should definitely shop at Urban General Store!

Buy Coffee And Fight Melanoma!!!

I just wanted to make a quick announcement. My new online Coffee Shop: Get The Bean has picked its first Charity/Coffee combo! We are going to donate a portion of the proceeds from ALL sales of the Mexico Coetepec Blend to the Melanoma Research Foundation in memory of my fabulous professor who recently lost her battle against Melanoma. If you want to read more about this please visit our GTB Fights Cancer Blog

If you want to purchase the Mexico Coetepec Blend its under Charity Coffee on our website: Get The Bean.

The Song I Picked For My Funeral

Okay let me start by saying this is not suppose to be a morbid post. Whenever I bring this topic up people get upset, that is not my intention at all. When I was on death door step I did a lot of thinking. I tell people that they may understand that they are mortal but until you are truly faced with death you cannot truly comprehend it. I comprehended it and I was at peace. Prior to being deathly ill I was terrified of dying. Now, being farther away from death doorstep, I am again terrified by death. However, there was a time when i was at peace and felt very calm about my mortality.

The one thing that gave me anxiety, stress and fear was the effect my death would have on those I loved. Before this experience I would sometimes wonder if people would be sad if I died, would they cry, how many people would show up at my funeral.
This is a thought that I think many people have had at one point in their lives. When I was told I had an 80% chance of not living I thought about my funeral in a very different way. Would I destroy my loved ones lives, would they cry every time they thought of me, would my friend and family have trouble sleeping, cry a lot, become depressed, have trouble at work & in their relationships? These thoughts scared me more than death. I wanted people to smile when they remembered me, laugh at the fun things we use to do together, excel at work because they would think of my determination. But, I knew that was unlikely.

So, I picked Last Tears as the song I would want played at my funeral if I was to die. I wanted everyone to know that I was okay with my death, that I was strong and they needed to be as well. Something about this song really represented how I felt. The strange this was I LOVE the Indigo Girls but had never heard this song before. To be honest I can't say how I came across it but when I did it was like they wrote the song for me, for this trial in my life!

Please listen and let me know what you think!

Early Symptoms of Cervical Cancer

It is important that you and your daugther(s) know the early symptoms of Cervical Cancer. If you catch Cervical Cancer early it can be treated without bringing devastation to your life. After I beat cervical cancer I promised to help others avoid the horrors I experienced. I wish that I had recognized, and my doctors, all my symptoms. The pain and loss I experienced can be avoided!

READ ARTICLE

I Won Some Awards :)

If you want to participate in my Pay It Forward Contest Click HERE

So I won a couple of awards and it totally made my weekend. As most of you know I lost someone very special, the world did actually! Its been a rough week but all your kind comments and thoughts have meant so much.

First: My other Blog: GTB FIGHTS CANCER won an award. I only post Cancer Stories on that blog so i am posting about it here...I will be putting the award up on that blog though. This award was given to me by Chronic Chic, thank you so much for the support! Fighting cancer is a tough journey. Telling others about our journey is even more difficult so I thank you on behalf of all the brave people who have shared their stories on GTB FIGHTS CANCER!













On behalf of GTB Fights Cancer I am giving this award to the following blogs:

Afro She posted her fathers story on GTB Fights cancer. I encourage you to visit her blog and read her story on GTB Fights Cancer

Healthy Lindsay She posted her story on GTB Fights cancer as well. Please stop by and read her about her journey with Sarcoma

Our Piece of Quiet Stephanie posted her husband's story on GTB Fights cancer. Please stop by her blog and come by GTB Fights Cancer to read about her husbands journey with Lymphoma


The second Award I was given is the Kreativ Blogger. DysFUNctional Mom gave me the award, thank you!!!















I have to tell you some things that make me happy so here it goes:

-Being A Cancer Survivor (I have to be thankful every day for my triumph)
-Friends (I would be nothing without them)
-Family
-Bryan (He is such a great boyfriend and supporter)
-The Ocean (so soothing and therapeutic)
-Mia (She is such a good doggie and friend)

Here are the blogs I am passing this along to:

Avery Tales: I just love this blog and the woman behind it!

Queen Bee Creations: Anissa is so creative and she designed our blog at Get The Bean

Nobody-But-Yourself: Heather's blog is beautiful, I just love the layout!! She is a blogaholic like me and a great write :)

Life, Liberty & the Pursuit... I always enjoy reading this blog!


And the final Award I was given from Angie over at Nana's Box



“This blog invests and believes, in ‘proximity’ [meaning, that blogging makes us 'close' - being close through proxy]. These blogs are all charming and they aim to show the marvels of friendship. Let’s give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to eight bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text."

Don't you just love these spanish awards that are going around? =)

Since this award is for charming and unselfish people I pass it onto the following blogs. Make sure stop by and say Hello! Tell them Meaghan sent ya!

Yeah, sure, you betcha
Diapers and Deadlines
Tattooed Minivan Mom
Me and The Blue Skies

Pay It Forward Giveaway

I just won an amazing prize prize from Grand Pooba! I entered into her Pay It Forward contest last week and won :) Part of the Pay It Forward contest rules says I must Pay It Forward by doing my own giveaway! So here it is:


I am giving away 1 lb of gourmet coffee from my new online coffee shop Get The Bean...you get to pick the flavor. Just so there is no confusion this is a totally separate giveaway from the one going on at our Get The Bean Blog. If you want to enter that giveaway you have to do it on that blog...This one is just for the Pay It Forward contest!


Here are the rules:

* To enter the contest you need to leave a comment on this blog entry telling me one act of kindness that you have done for someone else, or that someone else has done for you.

* To enter a second time you need to mention this giveaway on your blog and then leave a comment here just to state that you did so. This will give you a better chance at winning!

* You have until Friday morning (Oct. 31th) at 11:00 am Eastern Time to enter the contest at which point a winner will be selected at random from the commentors.

* If you are the winner, you must then send me your mailing information and promise to "Pay It Forward" and have a giveaway of your own.

* Anonymous commenters (Those without a Google and/or Blog account) can play too as long as you give your name and either post your email address with your comment or email it to me at megse5@netscape.net