[Maureen Geordie]

I could really sit hat for the summer down, "listen, I've been there. Probably in the same bed and on this unit. I know what it's like. I know how awful it is, but I'm telling you, it helps, and it gets better. I promise it gets easier. Those are the patients that truly listened, and sometimes it was a hindrance. I had a parent who I hadn't shared what I had been through. Maybe I was a little tougher on some of my patients because I knew that's what they had to do. If I had to do it before Fentanyl and Dilaudid, then you're sure as hell getting up and doing it now.

I had a couple of parents say that I was a little hard and they thought that I was pushing their kids too much. I remember with one parent; she was quite angry men's hat for summer with me and yelling at me. I was able to bring down the tension a little bit and say, "Listen, I've been there. I've done this I know what it's like. It changed the entire trajectory for the rest of their admission in the hospital because the mom mens hat types realized there was a method to my madness.

MarlaJan: She was like, "oh my gosh, I had no idea." And I never wanted to be about me. That's another reason why I don't. I'm not always comfortable within the context of my work as a nurse in the hospital. I wasn't always comfortable sharing my story, because I never wanted it to not be about that patient. I remember that vividly just the tension just dissipated and whatever his name is you're getting out of bed. And he looks at his mom, "Wait, I thought& " ushanka hat She was like, "no, this is what you got to do; she knows what she's talking about.

MarlaJan: Some parents were horrified. How could you? Really?! Do you really think? Do you really think? And not just drinking and drugs but like safe sex and especially for the patients who had genetic components of their condition. Like these are the things you have to think about, you know, if you have unprotected sex it and your Susie gets knocked up, and these are the things you have to think about and also what sickle-cell. For my Sickle Cell patients, it's a huge component. The genetic piece that goes into it and I think.

My first morning in Maui, I sat on the lanai and I cried. For five months my life had been inscribed by chemotherapy . Everything I did, I did because I felt well enough to do it. Everything I missed, I missed because treatment kept me from it. Even what I wore each day was dictated by the chemicals swirling through my veins: Sweaters stayed in the closet because they collected too much white hat of the hair I was shedding; earrings were to distract from the wispy remains on my head ; eyebrow pencil evolved from mild vanity to public service.

Mid- to late-afternoon, we stop and make camp; you grab your bags and set up your tent while the guides take care of the kitchen and "living room" camp chairs and the site for tonight's campfire (if permitted). This is the perfect time for you to lounge on the beach with that book you've wanted to finish. Read, nap, or just sit back and laugh with friends and family as we prepare dinner.