I guess it’s time to clear the cobwebs from this blog (and, not so coincidentally, my mind) and do something . . . . like maybe use it. Thank you all for your kind words. I don’t know that my writing is all that great nor my thoughts all that profound (although in my defense, [...]
Human manifestations of kindness and grace
I have received several e-mails and cards which I have not acknowledged and I’m sorry for that. Seems like I just can’t get around to answering everything. But there is one thing I have left unanswered that I would like to respond to now. Every week, without fail, the residential managers where I work have [...]
I just wanted to mention that today (or I guess yesterday now) was my last day of total body radiation. I described the procedure for this in my first post. I decided some of the things weren’t entirely accurate, such as the machine looking like a giant R2D2. In fact, the machine looks more like [...]
I’ve been saying this for a while to some of you. Some of you probably think I’ve become a real drama queen. There have been times when I have been in considerable pain when I’ve written a post or e-mail and what I’ve written has reflected the pain. Whatever the reason, whatever the degree of [...]
I have wanted to write something about Dr. Duvic for a while now. I suppose I haven’t because I wasn’t sure I could adequately explain why this woman is so special to me. I still have those doubts, but we’ve come to a time where I do it or I don’t do it and I [...]
I suppose the rest of you saw this coming and out of politeness or concern for my health, chose not to mention anything. I respect your concern. There was no guarantee, after all, that anything would happen or that things would play out the way they did. Unfortunately, something did happen. Even now it hurts [...]
. . . well, not really. It seems to be going at an incredibly slow pace. I tell myself I have only three weeks of radiation to go when I feel I can’t manage another three minutes of it. And I apparently have yet to experience the worst of it, according to the docs and [...]
I start localized radiation this week. It involves outlining parts of my body with blue sharpie. That’s for the entire four weeks, not just a one time thing. My shirts, my pillow case and the toilet seat are all turning blue. I don’t know what I’m going to do. The people of MD Anderson have [...]
Last Monday, when I was so busy looking for my cell phone, i sat in the waiting room near a woman I knew. We had a conversation, one that we had had once before. I haven’t attempted to write this before now because I didn’t know if I could make sense of what I was [...]