by Danielle Tantone | Feb 3, 2020 | Breast Cancer, Faith, Family & Relationships, Health & Wellness, Mindset, Mental Health & Entrepreneurship, Nursing, Night Shifts & School, People Stories
I’ve been relatively quiet on social media the past few months and a few people have reached out to make sure everything is OK. It wasn’t this big, planned out thing, nor was it a social media fast. I didn’t disconnect entirely, just became a little less vocal about...
by Danielle Tantone | Dec 21, 2019 | Health & Wellness, Mindset, Mental Health & Entrepreneurship, Nursing, Night Shifts & School
Most of my patients are older, but yesterday, I took care of a young man who had jumped in front of a bus. On purpose. He was young, with so much life ahead of him. A boy really. Less than half my age. I wonder what he was thinking as he stepped out in front of that...
by Danielle Tantone | Dec 20, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Health & Wellness, Nursing, Night Shifts & School, People Stories
At work yesterday I walked into the room of one of my patients in response to his call light, asked him how I could help, smiled and looked him in the eye, as usual. Overcome with emotion, tears sprang to his eyes as he explained that he just felt so anxious and...
by Danielle Tantone | Nov 24, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Faith, Family & Relationships, Health & Wellness, Mindset, Mental Health & Entrepreneurship, Nursing, Night Shifts & School, People Stories
I wrote this article to be published in the January issue of Las Sendas Life magazine, which is distributed in hard copy form to the I-don’t-know-how-many thousands of residents in our community each month. It’s basically an intro to my Breast Cancer...
by Danielle Tantone | Oct 29, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Faith, Family & Relationships, Nursing, Night Shifts & School
This post is the transcript of a short speech I delivered this morning at a women’s bible study at our church. The 7-week study started right before my cancer diagnosis and ended the day before my double mastectomy. It played a large part in fueling my peaceful...
by Danielle Tantone | Oct 13, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Health & Wellness, Mindset, Mental Health & Entrepreneurship, Nursing, Night Shifts & School
Three weeks has gone by in the blink of an eye. I know that’s a trite phrase – the blink of an eye, but working nights, I’m in a constant zombie state anyway, never quite catching up on sleep, despite the comfy sleep chamber I’ve created in my closet. So there...