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“Pink October" Movement

Today, I finish the round of articles related to cancer, in the context of the "Pink October" movement. This important movement originated in the United States of America, during the 90's of the twentieth century, to inspire change and mobilize society to fight against breast cancer. Since then, all over the world, the color pink is used to:

- Honor women with breast cancer.

- Raise awareness of prevention and early diagnosis.

- Support research in this area.

The main events related to this initiative are:

- October 13: World Day for Metastatic Breast Cancer

- October 15th: Breast Health Day

- October 30th: National Day for Breast Cancer Prevention

Five years later

Five years later, I can talk normally about this subject. I try to lead a more meaningful life.

In a way, I feel that cancer was an ordeal to bring out the best in me.

Today I focus my attention on what I consider to be truly important.

- I follow all the recommendations of my doctors.

- I exercise regularly.

- I pay attention to what I eat.

- I drink more water.

- I stay away from conflicts and toxic people.

- I deepen my spirituality.

- And, of course, I keep my creativity active, and you will have access here on the blog and social networks.

I can tell you that I have gone through numerous and profound internal changes. I am far from who I was.

I am far from who I was

I am far from who I was,

When evil took hold of me,

Once a beast,

Today, a sweet jasmine.

Troubled metamorphoses,

Deep transformations,

Facing life new poses,

Beware of my emotions.

Light and hopeful,

For everyone, the future is uncertain,

I accept this pink phase,

It's all right!

Mem-Martins, sitting at my desk

Friday, October 14, 2022, 6:48 PM

That's all for today

I hope this round of articles has been useful for you, or for someone close to you? Your answer can be left in the blog comments, can be sent by form or by email address: poesiasdanono@gmail.com

I will be back, here at Nonô Poetry Blog, next Friday, with a new article, and a new theme, available from 6am, I hope I can count on you.

You can always follow me daily on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter Pinterest and TikTok, since "inspiring people is my mission!"

The Pink Marathon will run on social media and will last until October 31. The month of November will be dedicated to the "Uni-verse Marathon."

On Fridays, I usually post episodes of "Can I read this article for you?" in video format on the Blog, on YouTube, on TikTok and in audio, a "podcast" on Spotify's Anchor.

If this article was helpful, or inspiring in any way, I appreciate you sharing so that more people can be inspired.

I say goodbye with our usual greeting "bye bye"!

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)

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Hope and Faith

Hello, as I announced on Friday last week, in today's article I'm going to tell you about hope and faith, two indispensable ingredients during the process of fighting cancer and in other trials that life offers us. 

Hope

I speak here of hope as a synonym of expectation that everything will work out in the end.

Despite the pain, the constraints, and the adversity, better days will come.

On this topic I wrote on April 11, 2017, the poem "Glass Half Full"  

Faith

As far as faith is concerned, it appears here as a synonym for a feeling of belief in something spiritual and as trust and credibility. On this aspect I also drafted a poem on July 24, 2017 - "I gain breath"  

Final observation

Faith and Hope are not exclusive positions in times of trial, but they are, without any shadow of a doubt, two especially important pillars to face adversity.

I hope that everyone who has access to this article will share it and be able to feel and trigger these two mechanisms to help you or those who need them.

That's all for today

For those who want to contact me, I leave here my e-mail: poesiasdanono@gmail.com

I will return with a new article here on the Nonô Poetry blog next Friday, available from 6am, I hope I can count on you. Until then I will be on social media daily Facebook Instagram Twitter Pinterest since inspiring people is my mission!

On Fridays I usually post episodes of "Can I read this article for you?" in video format on the Blog, on YouTube, on TikTok and in audio a "podcast" on Spotify's Anchor.

If this article was helpful, or inspiring in any way, I appreciate you sharing so that more people can be inspired.

I say goodbye with our usual greeting "bye bye"!

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)

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A dark tunnel hard to get through

Hello, the poem I bring to you today, is entitled: "A dark tunnel hard to get through", this was the name I gave to the period I went through in my personal fight against breast cancer. If you want to know a little more about my story, read last week's article by clicking here.

A dark tunnel hard to get through

I'm scared

I don't know if I'll survive

By life I was challenged

I have the will to win.

So much is left unbuilt

I need a new chance

If this disease doesn't destroy me

I will embrace a new reality.

Ahead I see dark

I can't even turn on a light

I keep a safe step

I cannot surrender.

For now, I accept fate

I try to trust

I go through foolish days

For life I continue to fight.

I'm in a dark tunnel

Hard to get through

Sometimes I rejoice

Because I choose to believe.

My secretary (Mem-Martins), Friday, September 23, 2022, 00:52 am

This poem was written recently, remembering what happened to me in 2017.

In the next article I will tell you about faith and hope, two indispensable ingredients during this process.

For those who want to contact me, I leave here my email: poesiasdanono@gmail.com

I will return with a new article here on the Poesias da Nonô blog next Friday, available from 6 a.m. onwards, I hope I can count on you. 

Until October 31 I will be daily on social media Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Pinterest and  TikTok, with the "Pink Marathon", since inspiring people is my mission!

On Fridays I also usually update with videos on YouTube, TikTok and with an audio "podcast" on Spotify's Anchor. 

If this article was helpful or inspiring in any way, I appreciate you sharing so that more people can be inspired as well.

I say goodbye with our usual greeting "bye bye"!

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)

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Breast Cancer in the first person!

On February 27, 2017, I went to a Senology appointment where I received the news that I had aggressive breast cancer, a triple negative with KI-67 positive in almost 100% of the neoplastic cells (Right Breast - BI RADS 6), in situ.

I had been followed by a Senologist (breast doctor) since 2014, when I had surgery on my left breast to remove a benign lump.

I had had annual MRI scans since then. On the last one I was asked to wait that the doctor wanted to talk to me. The next day I went for a biopsy to get the prognosis described above.

From one moment to another my world came crashing down. I was about to be able to move into the apartment I had bought the summer before and go to work at the National Library, something I had longed for.

Then I heard that I was going to have a mastectomy, I was going to have surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, lose my hair, and I didn't know if I was going to survive. That I could wear scarves or a wig. At one point I couldn't even hear half of it.

Fortunately, I didn't have to have a mastectomy, removal of the sentinel node and a tumorectomy (removal of the tumor), followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy, many injections in my belly, mezines, family care, faith, and a good dose of resilience, were enough to stop the little bastard.

My oncologist said it was profoundly serious and aggressive and that he had never seen a case with KI-67 in almost 100% of the neoplastic cells. I replied with my usual sense of humor, which is because you have never met a pioneer.

My case could not be easy. My life story is full of major trials.

It was an exceedingly difficult year. I died, only to be born again. In fact, for me B.C. and A.D., mean life before and after cancer.

Five years later, I can talk normally about this subject. I will elaborate on this idea on 10/28/2022 here on the blog.

Everything about me and my life has completely changed. My priorities are different.

I was able to move into my apartment in February 2018, which is 1 year later than planned. And although I managed to progress professionally and become a Senior Technician, I was not able to go to work for the National Library, however, I had the honor of seeing my books being listed in the catalogs of that Library.

I continue to be followed by an Oncologist and a Senologist. I refuse to be afraid of dying, because I know that I must live the best life I can and enjoy every moment.

I am telling my story here because we are in the month of "Pink October" and I know that my testimony can be particularly useful for those who are going through the disease, for those who have been through it, and for the families who suffer as much or more than the patient (the caregivers).

I leave here some links to poems I wrote when I was fighting my fight:

18/07/2017 The traits that define my face

4/10/2017 The truth about cancer

9/10/2017 When I die

18/10/2017 Fashionable disease

14/11/2017 Naked Body

I have chosen only five poems, there are, on the blog, many more, from the date of my diagnosis and throughout the year 2017.

For those who want to contact me, I leave here my email: poesiasdanono@gmail.com

I return with a new article here on the Poesias da Nonô blog next Friday, available from 6am, I hope I can count on you. Until then I will be daily, on social media:  Facebook  Instagram Twitter  Pinterest since inspiring people is my mission!

On Fridays I also usually update YouTube, TikTok with videos and an audio podcast on Spotify's Anchor .

If this article was helpful or inspiring in any way, I appreciate you sharing so that more people can be inspired.

I say goodbye with our usual greeting "bye bye"!

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)

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Nonô Poetry 8th Birthday!

Hello, today, October 2, 2022, we celebrate the 8th anniversary of Nonô Poetry together.

It has been eight years, quickly, since the day this blog went public, this occurred on October 2, 2014.

This was not my first blog. I made my debut as a blogger in 2006, when I created a page where I promoted my collection of black and white cows - "Spotted Little Cow Club".

I started writing poetry at the age of 15, however, it was only later that I made my creations public. Initially on other blogs I had, which I have since abandoned to dedicate myself exclusively to this one.

I still remember the moment when poetry took such an important role in my life that I felt the need to create this project.

At first this blog was called "Uma Poesia Por Dia" (A Poetry a Day), then it became "Poemas da Nonô" (Nonô Poems) and this year it changed its name to "Poesias da Nonô" (Nonô Poetry).

This started as an anonymous project, as I didn't have the courage to make it public. Today, without any shame or embarrassment, I assume it publicly.

When, in 2015, a poem of mine was accepted for publication for the first time, I even felt butterflies in my stomach.

I have reached the present day, with 3 published books and participation in more than 38 collective anthologies.

In 2021, I managed to create a solidarity book “Animais Poéticos" ("Poetic Animals" – until now available only in Portuguese) and thus help children with cancer. For this cause and for this book I could count on a preface by an established writer Luísa Ducla Soares, the collaboration of several illustrators, friends, and children and with the Flamingo Publishing House and no publishing costs.

In the same year of 2021, I created a second book gathering all the poems and texts I published until May 2021 - Poetic Anthology of M. ª Leonor Costa (Nonô) included in the collection Dispersos, of the publisher In-finita and available for consultation at the National Library of Portugal (For those interested I have some copies with me for sale to the public).

Recently, in August 2022, I published my third book, "Worldly Poetry - Volume I", in six different versions, available to the public on Amazon. Worldly Poetry is one of the most fruitful themes of my poetic creations.

I have met countless poets and poetesses along the way and have been through the selection of various publishers and anthologists.

I have attended and am attending numerous training courses in various areas that leverage me to obtain self-confidence and successful results.

I have even had the opportunity to go on Portuguese television.

I enjoy joys and sorrows. Successes and failures. Certainties and doubts. This entrepreneurial path is often lonely.

Deep down, the most important thing is to inspire people! Today Nonô Poetry is Happy Birthday and I, M.ª Leonor Costa, mentor, and author of this project, hope to count on all of you to blow out the eight candles.

New image of Poesias da Nonô for Pink October 2022

Yesterday, October 1st, I changed the image of the Nonô Poetry project because during the month of October I propose to talk about cancer and especially breast cancer. Today I won't go any further, since this article is, above all, to celebrate the 8th anniversary of this project.

On October 7th, the first Friday of the month, I will talk, here on the blog, in more detail about "Pink October".

It started yesterday, October 1st and will go on until October 31st, in Nonô‘s social networks the Pink Marathon, you can follow it on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

For those who want to contact me, I leave here my email: poesiasdanono@gmail.com

I'll be back with a new article here on the Nonô Poetry blog next Friday, available from 6am, I hope I can count on you. Until then I will be daily on social networks because inspiring people is my mission!

On Fridays I also update YouTube and TikTok with videos and an audio podcast on Spotify's Anchor.

I say goodbye with our usual greeting "bye bye"!

M.ª Leonor Costa (Poesias da Nonô)