Archives in Category: Cancer

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Personal Chef

Posted on January 29, 2018

I thought I would be feeling the side effects of radiation by Week Three, which started today. So planning ahead, I hired a personal chef to prepare meals for this week. It seemed like a good idea to

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Diversion

Posted on January 28, 2018

I don’t visit the radiation oncology department on weekends, but the specter of my week day routine still exists. Which is why it’s great to have Buddy visiting for three days. It’s hard to believe he leaves tomorrow

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House Guest

Posted on January 26, 2018

My son, Keith who prefers to be called Buddy, arrived today.  We haven’t had any time together since July, and a lot has happened since then. So since I picked him up at the South Bend Airport around noon, we

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Energy Efficiency

Posted on January 25, 2018

Energy efficiency, according to the Internet, means using less energy to provide the same service. So if I were a lightbulb, I’d be a CFL or an LED. I’m not a lightbulb, but I’m still becoming more energy efficient due

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Random Thoughts

Posted on January 24, 2018

Eight days down; 25 to go. Already, I can see where the routine gets tedious. There’s supposed to be a bell you can ring on the last day. I must check into this and ask if friends and family can

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Doc Day

Posted on January 23, 2018

Every Tuesday Earl and I meet with the radiation oncologist after I have my treatment. He wants to know if we have any questions, and I can usually oblige. (See previous blog post.) But I suspect his real

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Questions

Posted on January 22, 2018

I love to ask questions. I attribute it to my many years as a freelance writer where I had to perfect the art of asking questions that elicited interesting answers without intimidating my subject.

Which is why I’m acquiring the

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Super Bowl Date

Posted on January 21, 2018

My friend Judi and I talk every couple weeks.  She lives in Arlington Heights, IL, where I once lived years ago. In fact, she’s lived in the same house since the early 1970s while I have had myriad address changes

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One Done

Posted on January 20, 2018

My first week of radiation is behind me, with five and a half more to go. So far, I haven’t experienced any side effects that have slowed me.  In fact, if you believe all I’m doing is thinking

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Escorts

Posted on January 19, 2018

So I asked why it took four people to escort me to Liam’s lair each day. I’m a small woman and have no intention of running away in my purple hospital gown. Turns out, it just happened that

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