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Vigor
Monday was a lovely day. It got up to 47 degrees where I live, and no wind, after three days of cold, raw, windy weather. I went for a walk, and seeing that the park where I usually walk a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged COVID-19, football, prairie landscape, self-isolating, self-quarantine
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Advice for Self-Isolating
With the US in an ever-expanding state of quarantine, I’m interested to see how people are setting up, settling in, and handling being at home for long periods of time. And I have to tell you, as someone who has … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, COVID-19
Tagged COVID-19, pandemic, plans, self-isolating, self-quarantine
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Houston, We had a problem
Hi WordPress blog fans! Whew. The blog has been down, I see, since about June 14. That’s interesting timing, as my last treatment of Chemo Round 2 was on June 4. I was too overwhelmed to do trouble shooting (sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, garden, prairie, writing
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First Flowers
June has become my favorite month. It used to be October, but really, how can you beat June in the garden and on the prairie? Especially after an extra-long, extra-cold winter, to have fresh greens, asparagus, and radishes to eat … Continue reading
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Writing Through
Yesterday, sitting in my bed after chemo, I finished the final draft (as far as anything is final) of my novel, Failure to Thrive. I am now working on finalizing an agent list for querying and writing the query and … Continue reading
The Cancer Kitchen
As you know if you read this blog, I am kinda all about the food. I love cooking, and I love growing food to cook. Cancer and food, or more specifically chemo and food, is a huge challenge. The challenge … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, food, garden
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Little Mousetrap on My Belly
The oncologist nurse said “Of course, you know it from the commercial.” She was talking about the “onpro” version of Neulasta. Oh yeah, I know that commercial. They play it all the time. I hardly even watch commercial television and … Continue reading
The Blessing of Good Thoughts
There must be a lot of people praying for me. It’s very clear to me that the peace I feel, the love I feel, even joy at times, comes from the prayers of others. Sure there is frustration, even to … Continue reading
Posted in cancer
Tagged healing, ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer treatment, prayer, thoughts
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What Does Recurrence Mean?
After announcing that I was returning to treatment, I heard from a number of family and friends who were struggling with how to respond. Several people said they felt selfish for feeling optimistic or like they were unduly minimizing my … Continue reading
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Recurrence 1
Today was my first day of chemo to treat a recurrence of Stage IV ovarian cancer. We first saw signs of a recurrence back in March, when a small nodule and “signs of additional nodularity” appeared between the lobes of … Continue reading
Posted in cancer
Tagged chemotherapy, ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer treatment, recurrence
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