Lauren Reagan

I remember the first time I heard of Mesothelioma Cancer. I was working as a cashier at a department store and one of my co workers was telling me about her uncle who had just been diagnosed with Mesothelioma. He had contacted it during his time he spent serving his country with the Navy on a submarine.

It was right about that time that I started seeing commercials for a local attorney who has been advertising his services for people that have been diagnosed with Mesothelioma Cancer. It was a ten dollar word that I had no idea of it’s meaning, until my discussion with my co worker. Since then I have been hearing more and more about Mesothelioma and I’m glad that people are becoming aware of this particular type of cancer. I’ve run across a web site about Surviving Mesothelioma, that offers a free book that is a patient’s guide and available by signing up at  Survivingmesothelioma.com.

It is my intention to help pass this information along in my blog to anyone who may need this type of information or know of someone in need. It’s all good.

I am sending information about The Orchid Recovery Center for Women to a gal that I used to work with years ago at the Insurance Company that I worked for many years ago. She has since moved to Florida, we kept in touch pretty much via emails every now and then. I am very worried about her. She and I were considered the “party gals” of the office, we did get into some pretty crazy things back then I have to admit, but than was then and this is now. I’ve settled down one heck of a lot, but she on the other hand seems to have kept on going “full speed ahead” as they say and I think she needs some help.

I’ve done a bit of research on the Internet about Recovery Center’s in her part of Florida and found The Orchid Recovery Center to be the one that I would consider, if the need be. I spent a good amount of time reading The Orchid Center Charity Blog and am urging her to do the same, it had some cool things to say that I think she might appreciate.

I’m hoping that I’m not going to piss her off. One has to be careful on how they approach folks on subjects like this, I just want to help in any way that I can. That’s one thing that I’m good at, or so I’m told from time to time.

I have to say that up until the other day I had not known anyone who had been diagnosed with Mesothelioma Cancer, although I have seen a lot of commercials for a local attorney that is advertising their services to people that have been diagnosed with this particular type of cancer.

My mother forwarded an email to the immediate family that she had gotten from her aunt who lives in North Carolina. This email was informing my mother that her aunt had just been diagnosed with Mesothelioma. She has been in bad health for some time, something not that unusual for some one in the late 70’s, but now she has been tested and is being treated for this type of cancer.

We don’t know many details on how she contracted this, but I’m sure more information will be forth coming at some point. Right now my mother is asking us all to keep my Great Aunt in our prayers and to send her a card or two from time to time to let her know that we are all thinking of her, which we all certainly will do. I’m glad that my Great Aunt has several close family members that live close by so that she won’t have to go through this experience all on her own and it looks like we may be taking a trip to North Carolina soon for a visit with her.

In the mean time it has been suggested that they look into using the Internet for information on Mesothelioma Cancer, the more you know about certain illnesses the better off you are and the Internet is a wonderful and useful tool for everyone to use. Survivingmesothelioma.com is one site that was recommended, they even offer a free copy of the book “Surviving Mesothelioma” which would be a useful guide for them to turn to.

I didn’t know that there were so many choices involved of such wonderful Myrtle Beach Accommodations. As I posted before I expect to get some money back from my taxes and I’d like to take some off and stay at one of the nice Myrtle Beach Resorts that Myrtle Beach is so well known for. I figured by going online I’d be able to take my time and compare some of the nice of the Myrtle Beach Accomodations, but I had no idea what I was getting into.  There are tons of them that I’m finding, it may take longer than I first imagined, but that’s all right I have plenty of time.

I have been talking with a few friends, seeing if any of them would like to join me this summer at the beach. I’m putting the word out right now, while most of my friends are just now doing their taxes as well and can ear mark their money if they decide they want to go. In the mean time I’m steady looking online to find the perfect Myrtle Beach Resort to enjoy for a nice long summer week end.

It all started with a friend at work wanted to earn a $50 refer a friend program that Firstrade.com is offering for people that are interested in Online Trading. She got a nice chunk of change back from her taxes and has found an interest in Stock Trading and is looking to turn as many fellow co workers onto her Online Broker as possible.

Now I have to admit that I really don’t know much about IRA Accounts or Mobile Trading but I’m certainly open to learning ways to make an extra buck or two, so I’ve consented to learning about these various ways of investing. My brother-in-law has dabbled a bit in this field so I’ve asked him to give me a bit of advice as well.  He and my sister will be coming over for dinner this week end and I plan on picking his brain while he is picking at the roasted chicken that I plan to serve them.

With times being so hard these days, with the economy in such a turmoil we need to be creative in the different ways to make our money work for us, so wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted when I find out more. And let’s pray that we don’t get any more snow for a while, cause I’m so done with all of this winter weather.