REMISSION, REMISSION = HAPPY ENDING! LAST BLOG!
Well, Michelle had her PET scan and a CT scan last Thursday. We thought we had to wait until Tuesday for the results, but to our relief the doctor called Friday night to tell...
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18th Overtime! This game is toooo long! Ready to go home!
Almost last blog Well, it’s been a while since I’ve checked in because we’ve been in a holding pattern. Michelle was supposed to have her last chemo and her blood count was low again...
GREAT NEWS, MOTEL 6, PLATINUM STATUS
Well, it feels like we’re in the movie Groundhog Day. Speaking of movies, my picture today is in solidarity with Warren Beatty. Another Monday morning at our favorite B & B, Part Two of...
JUST ANOTHER CHEMO MONDAY
Here we are once again. Monday morning at our home away from home, the second to the last chemo. Finally! Her blood work was good so everything was a go. I said a while...
SHORT UPDATE: CHEMO INTERRUPTUS
Once again we get to our infusion getaway at 8:30 am for the last of a two-part chemo. You have to psych yourself preparing for another day of this. Like you psych yourself to...
CHEMO VACATION, CHINATOWN, CATASTROPHIZE, DRAMA QUEEN
Well the New Year started out great. We had a vacation from the Infusion Center, hallelujah. No Doctor appointments, no hospital, just hanging out, enjoying ourselves, watching movies and only sometimes letting my mind...
SICK NURSES, CHRISTMAS CAROLERS, AND WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Got to the Chemo Center at 7:30 a.m. for chemo number five? Turns out all the nurses are sick and wearing masks. The port works great, no pain, no looking for veins. I can’t...
4TH TIME’S THE CHARM, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, HUMAN PIN CUSHION, AND WHERE DID SHE GO?
I knew we were looking at a long day when it took us half an hour just to get the blood work done. We got to the cancer center at 8:40 am in a...
HOPELESS, FEAR, GUILT, STAYING STRONG AND NO THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE ELECTION!
So I am writing this a day after the election and I am absolutely devastated about how completely off track this country has gone. Do you realize if this horrible man actually does get...
SIDE EFFECTS, ANTIDEPRESSANTS, A GIRAFFE, AND GOOD NEWS!
So we go to see the doctor and she tells us obviously Michelle can’t use that chemo anymore and she has to change it. So she decides we will stick with the first new...