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Uneventful weekend
Monday, 6 March 2006 9:15 A GMT-06
I spent the weekend resting and gaining strength for the next round. It's weird that I still haven't gotten more energy back but hopefully I will. My daughter called and she is planning on coming over her spring break which means she'll b
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Mystery solved and chemo
Friday, 3 March 2006 10:53 A GMT-06
I picked up the flowers and found it to be an azalea plant from Dennis's company. Very pretty, all in bloom. I'll try to get a photo today.
When we met with the oncologist he let me wait until next Friday to do my chemo. He also ha
Mystery
Wednesday, 1 March 2006 6:54 P GMT-06
Although the last two weeks have not been fun and I still feel so down, not depressed just exhausted I have still been searching for the joy in each day, just one little tidbit to hold onto. Well yesterday I received a package from my grandma,
A little out of sorts but seeing the rainbow
Monday, 27 February 2006 1:39 P GMT-06
Forgive me for being a little out of it the last few weeks and a little quiet. It's been rough but things are improving. However, as of today I still don't feel able to cope with the next round of chemo which is scheduled for Thursday.&nb
Feeling better
Friday, 24 February 2006 9:19 A GMT-06
Whoppee! I feel much better. Yesterday I spoke with my oncologist about how awful I've felt since my chemo a week ago and he was very sweet. He seems sincere and sympathetic and said we can try replacing the oxaliplatin with somethi
I'm home
Wednesday, 22 February 2006 9:52 P GMT-06
They let me come home tonight as long as I promised to eat and drink. We'll see how it goes. I'm still not normal but am a little better than two days ago. At least I'm home.
Again, I wanna stop
Sunday, 19 February 2006 3:44 P GMT-06
I really want to stop this stupid chemo stuff. Hate the way it makes me feel and wonder if I've subjected myself to enough that I can call it quits. I'm sleeping less today but still can't drink and eating very little. Hate this.&nb
Chemo 5
Saturday, 18 February 2006 3:06 P GMT-06
Chemo 5 has been going a little differently. I took this treatment in Wausau and they use different steroids and nausea meds so that may be why it's going different. I have been sleeping since chemo started Thursday. I'm a little mo
I missed you guys!
Wednesday, 15 February 2006 11:27 P GMT-06
Whew, what a life! We should be getting new internet back at home in the next few days. I hadn’t been online since last Thursday; I was in withdrawal. :)
We met with the new oncologist last Thursday and so far I like him. I have my next chemo
Making up words
Friday, 10 February 2006 7:50 A GMT-06
I'm waiting for Dennis while he gets his MRI so I'm trying to catch up on email and jot a little. Crazy thing, remember how I shared the way I forget words, like I know the word, see the word in my mind but can't get it off my tongue?&nbs
More Cemeteries & next Oncologist appointment
Thursday, 9 February 2006 1:52 P GMT-06
Yesterday we finished our trek through cemeteries and I should be able to get some photos uploaded soon. Keep your fingers crossed. I also got a birthday present - it snowed! Yippe. I love the white stuff. I snowed on an
The suckiest days
Monday, 6 February 2006 4:21 P GMT-06
We've hit the worst days of the chemo and I'm sure tomorrow will be better. I keep telling myself that though. This treatment has really hit me in the head. I guess my month without treatments had let me regain some of my brains but
Chemo 4
Friday, 3 February 2006 9:39 A GMT-06
The rest of yesterday, Thursday, went ok. I saw the medical oncologist and he approved me to do the next round of chemo. He said my biopsies came back ok. While they still have no clear answers what's going on with my lungs they feel confident it'
Can cancer spark romance?
Friday, 3 February 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
It's funny that Dennis has always been reserved emotionally. Don't get me wrong, I have never doubted his love and he has instigated some very romantic moments. But he's never been a mushy man. It is amazing the areas that canc
Seeing the radiation oncologist
Thursday, 2 February 2006 11:48 A GMT-06
It's been a fun morning so far. After getting up at 4:00 a.m. to make our trek to Mayo we met with the radiation oncologist. This meeting went much better than the one with our local onc. The doctor told he was fine with me using hi
Putting one foot after the other
Tuesday, 31 January 2006 2:16 A GMT-06
In a situation such as cancer the only way to keep getting through is to keep going one step at a time. To look too far forward is too overwhelming, so I find it best to look at each step as I take it, like a baby learning to walk. I have
Lhasas have no respect for human's sleep - - - and cemeteries
Tuesday, 31 January 2006 12:19 A GMT-06
My husband's back has been hurting for a few days and today it got so bad he can't walk or change positions without severe pain. We went to the ER and they gave him some muscle relaxers and pain meds. The doc suspects it's a herniated dis
Confession
Sunday, 29 January 2006 2:28 P GMT-06
While I try to go around being upbeat and at least have a facade of happiness and being fun, I feel cranky. I snap occasionally and have just been plain irritable lately. I don't want to drive people away and I don't want to cause Dennis
Living like a mushroom . . . in the dark . . .
Wednesday, 25 January 2006 12:48 P GMT-06
After spending the entire day at the Mayo yesterday I still don’t really know much. All of my tests have been negative for TB and various funguses. I had the bronchoscopy and don’t have those results yet but I imagine they will not tell u
Dennis' office party
Monday, 23 January 2006 12:29 P GMT-06
Dennis party was Saturday night and it went well. When we arrived at the Eagle's Club, where the party would be, we saw the sign out front advertising the DJ for the night and this was the first we knew that the entire place would be enjoying t
I know I'm not there yet
Saturday, 21 January 2006 9:34 A GMT-06
I know I'm not there yet. . . not to the point of having to make those decisions and hopefully won't be for many years. But the thoughts are there and I imagine they're normal. This morning we ran into town and happened to see that radiat
Spouses and cancer
Friday, 20 January 2006 2:41 P GMT-06
One thing I've noticed in reading other people's blogs is how many people have issues with arguing. I'm so happy that is one issue we don't have. Am I saying we always agree? No. But maybe it's because we married at 36 years old and it's not a first
Doo-waa-knee NOT Dee-Wayne
Wednesday, 18 January 2006 6:57 P GMT-06
I hate the way everyone mispronounces our last name! And with going to all the doctor’s I’ve been going to lately it’s happening on a daily basis. It seems no matter how many times I correct them it still ends up sounding like I&rsq
Moving stuff
Sunday, 15 January 2006 7:12 P GMT-06
Yesterday my son, Khris, helped me move some things home from storage. We now have more places to sit. :) I can't lift much still yet, not because I'm not allowed but because I lost all those muscles the house building made. :
Having a good day
Saturday, 14 January 2006 9:43 A GMT-06
The sun is shing and it's a good day. I keep coughing like crazy but feel pretty good. Especially feel good mentally today. I know this is totally wrong and I should be very upset that my regimine has been distrupted but at the mome
