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Mar 22, 20192 min read
Third Times the Charm!
On Tuesday afternoon we meet with my oncologist, Dr. Sekhon. The expected was confirmed; I am in recurrence. My CA 125 marker crept up...
Mar 4, 20192 min read
Searching for hope
Today is my 3rd rebirthday. While it is important to acknowledge this milestone, I am not feeling very celebratory. The inevitable has...
Feb 1, 20193 min read
THC TLC?
Two days ago I returned home from a lovely week in Breckenridge with my parents. We marveled at the icy art of the International Snow...
Dec 6, 20181 min read
Bragging on myself
OK, so I'm tossing humility out the window and gonna brag on myself a wee bit. Yesterday at 1 o'clock: a 90 minute gym workout -- 25 min...
Nov 17, 20183 min read
Thankful, grateful, appreciative, indebted....
It's that time of year when as a nation we collectively count our blessings. For me, that has become a daily practice. There are not...
Sep 6, 20182 min read
Amazing Australia
We returned home from an amazing Australian Adventure to the final stages of a bathroom remodeling adventure. We are thrilled two have...
Aug 1, 20182 min read
Crashing! through Europe
We spent the past two weeks soaking up some much needed R&R in Breckenridge after our Rick Steves “Heart of Europe” tour. We hit some...
Jun 18, 20183 min read
What haven't we been up too?
I bumped into my friend Loren at TJ's. As usual, he greeted me with a radiant smile and a big hug. "Michelle," he said, "where have you...
Mar 8, 20181 min read
2nd Rebirthday celebrated with clear PET scan results and re-remission
It has been an emotionally exhausting week. March 3rd was my second "re-birthday," the anniversary of my surgery at Churchill Hospital. ...
Feb 16, 20182 min read
Valentines date with Taxel/Carbo
I spent Valentine's Day on my last date with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel, with my doting Mom as chaperone. Unfortunately the date didn't...
Jan 23, 20181 min read
Chemo Eve
Chemo # 4 came and went in betwixt the chaos of three separate evacuations: fire/ash, rain, and flood. Tonight is the eve of chemo # 5...
Dec 17, 20171 min read
A week in Bardo......
A week in Bardo We spent the past four days sheltering from the Thomas Fire flames and smoke at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara on the Gaviota...
Nov 22, 20171 min read
My Thanksgiving menu
Appetizer: a nice cocktail of steroids and three anti nausea meds Main Course: 50 milligrams of Avastin Side dish: 309 milligrams of...
Nov 14, 20171 min read
Support soup delivery for cancer patients
Thank you everyone for the numerous and varied offers of support this past month. I have an easy way you can make a positive difference...
Oct 30, 20173 min read
CHEMO day- Let’s KILL some cancer cells
Back in June, I took a hard hat tour of the almost finished Cancer Center. Bruce and I made a donation and were offered a tour as a...
Oct 19, 20172 min read
not the birthday post I hoped to write
This post was supposed to be about my 45th birthday. I have dubbed today my "50% birthday," setting the intention that I am only 50...
Sep 5, 20171 min read
Yay for being normal
My bloodwork is normal! I have made it one year post chemo -- four more years to go and I got this monster beat! This weekend we...
Aug 17, 20171 min read
Link to older blog posts
Still reading? If you want to venture back and read the beginning of this sage, the oldest posts are here. I am in the process of...
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