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After a long hiatus, one more grief
In the time since I posted, my mom has died, my uncle Greg has died, and tonight, my dog died. The grief builds up. With Mom and Uncle Greg, I can get through my day by pretending. They both lived in Fresno, 200 miles away, and I can always use the distance to fool myself into not grieving. But Rocky lived in my backyard. There is no fooling ( Read more... ) -
My Day - or - Time Is Pain
0. The Karate Teen had three friends over - Red, Mr. Braid, and NSSHERE, and they played Dungeons and Dragons. That's a good time all by itself ( Read more... ) -
Today's Good Things
0. The gfg, nsshere, and I had a Good Shopping Day, even though the management of Fox Hills tried to sabotage us. Young Miss NSSHERE found the perfect output for me to wear to my sister's wedding.
1. I made it through the whole day without a nap. I'm sure I'll sleep well tonight!
2. I received a gift basket from the few people where I usually ( Read more... ) -
Why I am happy with today
I guess my 'gratitude' is sort of an agnostic "Dear God, if there is a god, here's what was good about today ( Read more... ) -
Grateful for today
One of the people on SFF.NET makes a habit of posting on this topic every day. It sounds like a splendid idea, so I think I will try to remember what is good in my life right now ( Read more... ) -
Friends with Fresh Bread
Ellipticcurve came over last night with a beautiful scarf from France, fresh bread and ratatouille. The scarf is lovely and will be put to use as soon as the hair starts falling out. The ratatouille is possibly the best soup that Eliipticcurve has ever served me, and she is a WHIZ with soup ( Read more... ) -
A New Where We Are
1. I got the aranesp shot. It's a good think (for a limited meaning of good) that I already had anemia and was getting aranesp, since Medicare (and thus insurance companies) no longer pay for it as part of chemotherapy. If your RBC count is bad, they just want you to accept a blood transfusion. I'd rather avoid that, thanks ( Read more... ) -
Where we are now
1. I've seen the oncologist, Dr. B of Encino ( Read more... ) -
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Taken from the CAHWYGUY:
Instructions: Go over to Wikipedia and enter the day you were born [such as "June 1"] and then pick 3 events, 2 births, 2 deaths and 1 holiday that occurred on your birthday.
Events:
1850 - California admitted as the 39th state.
1942 - A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon
1956 - Elvis Presley appears on the ( Read more... ) -
Off to meet the surgeon
Today the gfg and I are off to meet the surgeon. I don't know if a lumpectomy or a mastectomy will be recommended. I will probably get adjuvatant chemo or radiation therapy. *SIGH ( Read more... )