Month: June 2008

  • Down the rabbit hole

    Well, I got my next-to-last treatment. In a lot of ways, it feels like an adventure in Wonderland because you just never know what to expect from chemo. Hopefully the side effects will be mild, but … who knows? The best part is that I only have one treatment left. My doctor will give it…

  • Tomorrow, it’s chemo-a-go-go

    I just spoke with the doctor’s office, and they said that my counts are OK to have chemo tomorrow (Thursday). It will be my next-to-last treatment! By this time tomorrow, I’ll be able to say that I only have one round of chemo left. I just can’t believe it … ~Diana

  • Hooray for Mr. Fish!

    My amazing Mr. Fish …, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. Dwayne and I went to the LA Press Club awards dinner last night. Dwayne won first place for editorial cartoon! Check out this link and scroll down to category D4 to see Dwayne’s name.

  • In case you’re keeping track …

    … and I hope you have much more fun things to do than to keep track of my chemo treatment schedule, 🙂 but I was postponed again. My white blood cell counts are too low for chemo this week, and they’re sending a home health care aide to give me shots to boost them for…

  • Father’s Day

    Daddy and his girls, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. A photo of my amazing hubs with his two cuties. Today we celebrated Father’s Day by going to La Jolla to check out the cool Sunny Jim cave, to see sea lions on the beach and to stick our toes in some sand. Click on photo to…

  • The job board

    The job board, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. Dinah and Djuna went to their last day of preschool today. They don’t quite understand that it’s the last day of school. In any case, it is, and when they have no place in particular to go on Monday morning, they’ll figure it out soon enough! This is…

  • Six down, two to go!

    I had my sixth round of chemo today. I can’t stand the Benadryl they give me — it makes me so sleepy & groggy! But it wore off in time for me to make it to a nice pre-graduation event at Westridge tonight. I imagine the achy-ness will set in tomorrow or Saturday. But whatever,…