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Partying in the Face of Mortality
Thank you to everyone who made last Saturday night so special! I would say more but I am still too wiped out. (It will be nice when the post chemo fatigue fades.) Anyway, a long time ROP supporter and...
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1st Recurrence & 3rd Chemo Drug Tried
This morning the wedding ring came off. It wasn’t an easy process but it was time. The finger is swollen and everything chafes these days. I have dubbed this chemo the chemo of 100 indignities. I...
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Updates
Thanks for bearing with me during the very hard months of August and September. I must say that my October, which kicked off with surgery, has been great! Being back in the embrace of treatment allows...
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The Gift of Community
It is cold. There is a tiny coating of white stuff on the ground. I sip my tea and watch the chickadees at the feeder. I enjoy the quiet of a January malaise much as Chris E. delightfully described it...
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The Flight of Val
My friends, She is gone. I got this simple post a day late. Weary from an all day cross-country plane trip, I now waited for the train that would take me towards my lodging. I was alone in every sense...
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The Philly Chronicles – Trek Four, Part A
Monday (6.3.2013) dawned gray in Portland rather then kicking off the predicted suite of sunny days. The forecast had been revised overnight. I have yet to give up trying to control the weather, a...
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Camp Mak-A-Dream
“No, No. Don’t make me go!” pretty much summed up how I felt as I lined up my gear for departure. I was stuck. I had promised to attend, a slot was held and my gentle husband expressed rare firmness as...
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Facing Chemo – A Personal Perspective
I was asked to write the below this week. Done, I am now attacking my work space, an intimidating task as I hoard EVERYTHING just in case it could be used in a future project. I want clean. I want work...
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Good Deaths, Good Dying
The opening line of my friend’s sister’s obituary moved me with its gentle force. The sentence named the deceased, summarized a few of her accomplishments and then announced that she had, …”peacefully...
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