Self Help for Growth, Megan McCarthy, PhD: Blogging Styles & Facing Mortality again.

08 September 2011

Blogging Styles & Facing Mortality again.

I really hate it, when writing a post, and by uploading a graphic, somehow, your text is deleted and covered by that graphic! ahhh. (and of course, blogger in trying to be courteous in continuing to save your posts, lacks the ability to go back to original versions)! I could scream - lol. My fault really and a lesson all round - make sure you don't write your post online perhaps - write it in Notepad or any word processor first, then post and format it online! lol :-)

Autumn Leaf

Oh well! .... A long winter has ended and spring has begun here in 'aussie down under'! Some of you may be entering Autumn or winter "-)

Anyway, I wanted to let you know, amongst other things I had planned on saying (but got deleted!), I have decided to return once again (I said I would; just a delay). I do apologize for having been away for so long, but I got caught up in my new-found freedom after the rather traumatic 3 months in hospital from November last year (2010) to February of this year (2011) (some of you may have seen the original post I wrote and accompanying audio diary, but I took that down as it was a tad personal, and I lost the text version, which wasn't).

So, apologies aside .... I am back, again! Soon, I will bring some 'merrier' posts, who knows, and a story about the 'Butterfly' and the struggles it needs to go through in order to fly (as an analogy for our own lives). It is written, ready to go .... :-)

I also wanted to highlight a post about the different types of blogging (there are many such posts, but I quite liked this one), as I discover that my rather informal blog here, is considered to be 'life blogging' :-)
I don't really know what it is anymore! lol ..... If you are interested, left click here and click through the slides and read the accompanying text about '

"25 blogging styles and when to use each one"

In addition, because I am once again facing health issues, and because in this last year, 4 people close to me have died, combined with the fact that I have just discovered that one of my oldest, closest friends has been diagnosed with cancer .... I can't help but think about it all again.....

Thus, I may re-post the start of my 'audio' diary which began after the first 2 months in hospital - but it will be a slightly edited version! I do this as a reminder that I never want to be in that position again, but also as a reminder that if I do have to, I can survive it, I hope! :-)

Perhaps it might also help you (although, being the start of the diary, it is the 'start' of a journey of sorts, and may be lacking some of the more concrete stories about the awful experiences I went through; that we can all go through, as our dignity is stripped away). Some horrendous stories!...

Please, in this respect, never take your health for granted my friends. I did, before this happened, and before my friends/family members died. Your health is so important, and if you lose it; it affects everything in your life. I want to live, but don't know if I will. It may be hard to understand unless you've gone through a health scare, but please believe me, its important as many of you probably do know, so please do look after yourself.

I will be back soon :-)

Be Kind!
Megan