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My Message in French . . .
Here in Canada our official languages are English and French. (My french really improved when I lived in Montreal, Quebec but it’s a little rusty now.) In French-speaking Canada, Reader’s Digest is called Sélection. Cool, huh? Without further adieu . … Continue reading →
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Tagged active living, advocacy, balance, boundlesslife, Canada, cardiac arrest, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, dialysis machine, English, Fitness, French, gym, health, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Heart health, horseback riding, Karen NIcole Smith, Life, meditation, sick to fit, translation, transplant, yoga
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Reader’s Digest Feature . . .
My favorite message is my sick to fit message. How amazing it was to learn that I could be a person living with chronic illnesses and still be really fit and physically active. Who knew??? I was graciously asked to … Continue reading →
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Tagged balance, cardiac arrest, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, dialysis, dialysis machine, Fitness, gym, health, Heart & Stroke, Heart & Stroke Foundation, horseback riding, kidney transplant, Reader's Digest
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www.facesofhealthcare.ca feature . . .
I want to share an amazing experience with you. I had the tremendous opportunity to be interviewed for a blog called, Facesofhealthcare.ca. Kind of a Humans of New York but about the people in Canadian healthcare. Graciously, Dr. Simpson, (a … Continue reading →
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Tagged advocacy, advocate, angiosarcoma, balance, cancer, cardiac arrest, Cardiac Rehabilitation, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, death with dignity, dialysis, dialysis machine, Fitness, gym, health, heart disease, heart transplant, hemodialysis, inter-professional model, kidney transplant, medicine, open heart surgery, palliative care, patient experience advisor, quality of life, sarcoma, transplant
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Why I DISAPPEARED . . . (podcast)
Hello!! I’m baaaaaaaaack. I’ve taken the time to explain what’s happened since I was last present on social media. To say my health has been eventful would be an understatement!!! I wasn’t ready to do a video so I did … Continue reading →
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Tagged angiosarcoma, cancer, cardiac arrest, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, dialysis, dialysis machine, Fitness, health, hemodialysis, Karen NIcole Smith, kidney disease, kidney transplant, lifestyle, open heart surgery, sarcoma, transplant
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Vlogging about my Heart Function DECLINE. . .
I’ve known this information for a while . . . my heart function is lowering. We’re doing tests – Cardiology in Kingston and Toronto. Quite a few stress tests and ECGs and checking my defibrillator – as it logs my … Continue reading →
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Tagged advocacy, advocate, aggressive dialysis, balance, cardiac arrest, Cardiac Rehabilitation, chronic illness, Chronic Kidney Disease, defibrillator, dialysis, Diana Hopkins-Rosseel, exercise, Fitness, gym, Gym Schedule, health, healthy, heart disease, hemodialysis, home dialysis, Home Hemodialysis, journey, KGH, kidney, kidney disease, kidney failure, kidney transplant, Kingston General Hospital, love, new kidney, NxStage, patient, plan, quality of life, sick to fit journey, St. Michael's Hospital, strong, Toronto, transplant
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Open Letter to my Diseases . . .
Dear Kidney Disease, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Anemia and friends . . . We’re cool, ultimately. Not because I am happy to live with you all but because I had to make peace with you, since we met (in my teenage … Continue reading →
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