Archives in Category: Cancer

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Life

We spent part of the day taking down our Christmas decorations and returning to pre-holiday normal. For a week, that is. Then the new normal will be governed by my daily radiation schedule, starting January 15. It’s all

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Cancelled

So yesterday I managed to get meds that will help me get on top of my current respiratory infection before I start radiation therapy in ten days. With good health in mind, I also cancelled my activities for

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Good Drugs

If you’re thinking I’m referring to hard core street drugs, think again. I’m referring to doctor ordered prescriptions for a respiratory infection.  It took 24 hours from the time I first contacted my primary care physician until I

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Discharged

Today I received my walking papers from Dr. R, my surgeon.  We’ve been together seven weeks and one day, which isn’t long for most relationships. In this case, it was long enough. I still have work to do

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Back from the Holidays

It’s been over a week since I’ve blogged. It wasn’t intentional, but I know that whenever we have houseguests my personal routine goes out the window.  No piano playing, no reading, no blogging.

It’s natural if you want

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Christmas Day

We were four: Earl, Kevin, Lonna, and me.  And we woke to several inches of snow and blowing winds, which was fine since we had no place to go and no worries about family members coming to us. It was

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All is Calm

It’s Christmas Eve Day, and we’re settled in for the time being. Three of us are napping; the fourth is watching football. A winter storm warning is in effect, so there will definitely be a white Christmas. I’ve had my

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New Traditions

In past years, I would be knee-deep in wrapping gifts, prepping food, and tearing my hair on this date, even if I started holiday planning early. It’s the nature of the holiday.

But this year, we are not exchanging gifts

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Organized

It’s the shortest day of the year – in terms of daylight – but it was long enough for me to schedule a variety of medical appointments for the next two phases of my breast cancer recovery. Phase

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Reprieve

I’m feeling more and more like my old self (meaning ‘former,’ not ‘aged’.) each day. I realize it’s a reprieve before I start radiation. So I’m working as hard as I can to pack as much as possible into my

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