Can the hands talk?
On Friday Ted and I met with Dr. Wallin, my surgeon. I miss my old surgeon, Dr. Medwell. We understood each other. He was sarcastic like me and didn’t...
Read MoreOn Friday Ted and I met with Dr. Wallin, my surgeon. I miss my old surgeon, Dr. Medwell. We understood each other. He was sarcastic like me and didn’t...
Read MoreMaggie, from my insurance company called me Thursday to say that the MRI has been approved. Lovely. Just great. I managed to get it schedule for Wednesday even though...
Read MoreWednesday, Feb. 24th Things are wacky this time. Ten years ago, I was diagnosed on Labor Day and started chemo and radiation on Sept. 27th. In those three weeks,...
Read MoreThere are NO new developments in this post. I do not have dates for PET scans or doctor’s visits. Feel free to skip right over this post 🙂 I’m sharing...
Read MoreSeattle had quite a bit of snow the other day. Given I have a young dog we were out on our early morning 5-mile walks regardless. One of the...
Read MoreOf course the biopsy came back malignant. That was not a surprise. I have moments of acceptance, moments of denial and moments of extreme fear. I just don’t want...
Read MoreFeb. 2nd. Today is a hard day. I woke up so angry. So angry it surprised me. Yesterday I was supposed to hear about a biopsy that a doctor...
Read MoreI attend a couple of different ally-ship/anti-racism groups every month. Mostly these are helpful. On one of them last week we started to talk about accountability. “Good!” I thought....
Read MoreI remember waking up the day after Drumpf got elected. I remember not wanting to open my eyes, to not wake up to the new reality. I remember the...
Read MoreThe attack on the Capitol on January 6th was a glaring display of white supremacy working exactly as designed. And despite knowing that our government and police forces are...
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