Sorry for the delay in getting the news out about last week’s PET Scan. I only received the results myself just a few moments ago: Drum roll please: PICTURE PERFECT PET SCAN! Ta Da! That unidentified area in my sacrum that showed up in the CT Scan (prompting the need for the PET Scan) did [...]
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PET Scan
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged cancer free, colonoscopy, CT Scan, PET Scan on October 11, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Colonoscopy
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged colonoscopy, gastroenterology, half lytely, labyrinth on September 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
On Monday I had the dreaded colonoscopy. In case you don’t want to read all the following details, I’m just going to go ahead and give y’all the “bottom line” (no pun in this case!): The results were perfect. No polyps, no nothing. Just a healthy colon. Thank God! When I called to schedule the [...]
CT Scan
Posted in Journal Entries on September 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Seems hard to believe exactly a year ago I was in the 4th week of my chemo and radiation treatment. It was just about this time that I really started to feel the effects of the treatment and was becoming pretty darned ill. I sure am grateful to be looking back on that journey instead [...]
Blood Work and More…
Posted in Appointments, Journal Entries, tagged blood work, colonoscopy, colostomy, Ouray on September 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Shame on me for not posting anything in August! It was such a monumental month for me in 2009, but – happily – August 2010 was uneventful, at least health-wise. The best part of the whole month was spending five glorious days in Ouray, Colorado with five beautiful women who’ve been like sisters to me [...]
New Beginnings
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged John O'Donohue, New Beginning, stress reduction, wellness workshop on July 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Cancer Center where I received my treatment is hosting a six week “Stress Reduction” course for cancer survivors as a follow-up to the Wellness Workshop I attended in May. Our first class was this evening. The facilitator, Pasha Hogan, opened the session by reading John O’Donohue’s poem For a New Beginning: In out-of-the-way places [...]
Birthday Bliss
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged anniversary, birthday, Chimayo, Church Crosses, High Road, Taos on July 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »
One year ago today I was unexpectedly spending the night in the hospital for the first time in my life. I had just spent the previous day (my birthday – July 13) on clear liquids, choking down a liter of “Go-Lytely” to get cleaned out for what was expected to be out-patient surgery the next [...]
100 Years Ago Today
Posted in Journal Entries, Misc, tagged 100 Years, Aunts, Grandmother on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My dad’s mother, Helena Gardiner, would have been 100 years old today. Her daughter, my beloved Aunt Carol, sent me the following few paragraphs in memory of her mom. July 1, 1910, Mama’s birthday — 100 years ago. Think of all that’s happened in the last 100 years! An amazing time to live. And has [...]
Flashback
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged anal cancer, colonoscopy, Farrah Fawcett, polyp, villous adenoma on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Exactly one year ago I went in for a colonoscopy. That morning I had heard the news about Farrah Fawcett’s death from anal cancer. I’d been having some bleeding episodes, which was one of the reasons I was having a colonoscopy. While being prepped for the procedure, I nervously mentioned Farrah Fawcett to the doctor. [...]
Mammogram Update
Posted in Journal Entries, tagged anniversary, mammogram on June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Wonderful news! Both Mom and I have gotten the results of our mammograms back and – drum roll please! – we’re both NORMAL! Really, that’s the exact terminology – normal! I know there are those of you who might dispute the term “normal” being applied to me, so here’s proof: All joking aside, I’m completely [...]
Mother/Daughter Mammograms
Posted in Journal Entries, Misc, tagged breast cancer, grandparents, mammogram on June 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
June 11 was Grammy’s birthday (my mom’s mother). She would have been 103. Mom and I “celebrated” Grammy’s birthday by going for our mammograms together. It’s been 13 years since Mom was treated for breast cancer. Thankfully, she’s been cancer-free since then! She’s also been very good about going annually for her mammograms and follow-up [...]
