I had another checkup with the surgeon today, and things are still going smoothly with my recuperation, thank goodness. She gave me arm exercises to do and said that when I can get both arms up above my head, then I can drive again. Naturally, I am very motivated to accomplish this, although the exercises…

I had another checkup on Tuesday, and my surgeon said she’s happy with how things are healing. I have been getting out some, dropping and picking up the girls from camp, doing a few minor errands, etc. Yesterday I even walked to the farmer’s market with my mom. I am still uncomfortable and very tired…

It’s been a week since surgery, and I appear to be recovering nicely. I went for one checkup last week and will go for another tomorrow. The surgery went smoothly, with no surprises for my docs. There was less than 10 percent of the tumor remaining, and the surgeon got the clear margins she wanted.…

The kind and immensely tall surgeon, Dr. Dawn Hills, said that the operation went smoothly and the patient will be fine.  She is sleeping soundly now and will be doing so until tomorrow morning.  Bless her heart – what a day. Thanks to everybody for thinking sweet thoughts all day long today and over these…

Dinah and Djuna had a blast with their friends at their birthday party. Then, their birthday was a few days later, and they had even more presents to open, and more cake. Basically, they had a week-long birthday party. I had as much fun as they did. Eventually, I’ll get pictures up on Flickr. It’s…

There was a 5.4 earthquake this morning at about 11:30 a.m. So far I haven’t heard any reports of injuries or damages. Dwayne and I were getting into the car outside of a nearby cafe, and I wondered why the car was doing a little dance. Here is a link where you can get more…

My surgeon called this afternoon and said that yesterday’s MRI results are in: the tumor had a very good response to chemo! It shrunk by a lot, more than half, and the surgeon said she thinks she’ll be able to get the margins she wants. This is very exciting! Thanks so much to everyone for…

Two weeks after my last round of chemo, and I’m feeling pretty good. I exercise almost every day. I do get tired by the end of the day, but I guess that’s to be expected. I am scheduled for surgery on August 11 and will most likely be in the hospital three days, two nights,…

This is me, last day of chemo, outside of the doctor’s office, with 8 rounds of poison coursing through my tired veins., originally uploaded by applesandcheeses. I am alive.

Chemo a go-go tomorrow!! My last treatment, finally. In about two weeks, I’ll have an MRI. Then, there will be a follow-up appointment with my surgeon to discuss the MRI and to plan surgery. Surgery will be about a month from now, but apparently we can’t set a date until after the MRI results are…