Cancer Journey
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One Year . . . Since Everything Changed
One year. How much can change in the course of a year? One year ago I was in emergency brain surgery to remove a large walnut sized tumor on the left frontal lobe of my brain. And with that discovery,… Continue reading
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Western Adventure: Part 2 – Idaho
On Sunday afternoon, my sister Holly picked Arthur and I up in Harrisville and headed to Twin Falls. We had a great time talking and catching up in the car. One crazy thing was as we were driving over the… Continue reading
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Escaping to Nashville with Pamela
A while back, Pamela and I were talking about how fun it would be for me to go to visit her once school was out and I finally had freedom. So we planned for her to come and get me… Continue reading
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A Huge Checkmark
Ever since my cancer decided to spread so terribly earlier this year, the fact that I have many new tumors in my brain (which had actually been tumor free) was weighing on me. For good reason, we were all concerned… Continue reading
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Miscellaneous May Adventures
May is so busy. All of the school things for me, activities for Arthur, anniversaries, birthdays, Mother’s Day, concerts, and treatments and doctor’s appointments. It is a tornado of things. So many of them are really good things, however, like… Continue reading
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Starting Out the Month of May
May is a crazy month – first, you have all the holidays – Mother’s Day, Lily’s birthday, and Kevin’s and my wedding anniversary. Then add in all the school things that I have to take care of as a teacher.… Continue reading
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Celebrating 25 Amazing & Adventurous Years
Twenty five years! What an amazing blessing and gift it has been to be married to Kevin this past quarter of a century, and I cannot even express how grateful I have to have him as my partner for eternity.… Continue reading
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How I’m Doing . . .
I just finished up my 3rd round of insusions with my new chemotherapy, Enhertu. (The pill version was so new, that insurance would only approve the ifusion version. It’s fine. The symptoms are very similar to my old chemo treatments,… Continue reading
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April Adventures
April has been jam packed with all the things, but in the middle of it all, I have still had my treatments and appointments and such. My latest chemo just happened to fall on the Friday that Kevin was in… Continue reading
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More March Adventures
The struggle with my emotions lately is very real. Frustration, anxiety, sorrow, all laced with gratitude and hope. Because of that, I have been leaning even harder into my faith and finding reminders that the Lord has me and is… Continue reading
