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Tumor Marker Update!! Stray Cat Visualization Working?
Dee's Updates | October 1st 2008
Today was what I am now calling a "Z" Day - now when I go in to get my monthly Zoladex in my abdomen (Zoladex shuts down my ovaries), I will also get Zometa intravenously. Zometa makes my bones harder and more difficult for cancer to lodge there - r read more
Weekend Plans
Dee's Updates | September 26th 2008
So, what are all you folks doin' for the weekend?I head up to Portland tonight, to hang out with Scott and one of his friends. Tomorrow, after lunch, I will head back home, pick up my son, and then I believe my folks, Eddie, and I will go to our tow read more
Finishing Up Three Glorious Days With No Medical Appointments
Dee's Updates | September 24th 2008
Today was the first week day in I-don't-know-how-long in which I didn't have any appointments and then it was the third week-day in a row in which I didn't have a medical appointment. I've been able to spend my whole work day at work these past few read more
Torn Feelings about Fall
Dee's Updates | September 23rd 2008
Yesterday was the first day of fall. When it first starts, I find myself dreading the cooler nights and days. Summer really is my favorite time of year, especially in the area where I live. It's rarely too hot and then when it does get hot, it ten read more
A Wonderful Week-end Bookended with Me Getting Pissy
Dee's Updates | September 21st 2008
For the past three years, members of our department have spent two nights at the Oregon Coast for a departmental retreat. We spend a few hours in a meeting on Saturday, but other than that, we hang out, eat, drink in the evenings, visit, play, and w read more
A Good and Productive Week-end
Dee's Updates | September 14th 2008
I just returned a couple of hours ago from spending the week-end in Portland. All in all, a good trip! Scott and I had a chance to hang out with some of his friends - a coworker and his wife on Friday night and his best friend on Saturday. (And, y read more
Beautiful Weather - Conducive to Writing?
Dee's Updates | September 12th 2008
We are having some beautiful weather here in the Pacific Northwest. It got up to 90 yesterday, but it didn't feel like it was too too hot. Absolutely blue skies - I would say clear, but the Willamette Valley has developed a haze over the past 15-20 read more
Zometa Side Effects
Dee's Updates | September 5th 2008
I had my zometa injection on Wednesday and felt fine the rest of that day. Felt fine when I woke up Thursday morning. Now that my son's started school, I'm starting to walk regularly again - it's about a 10-12 min walk from his school to my office. read more
Waiting . . .
Dee's Updates | August 28th 2008
I had my CT scan yesterday and the radiology tech told me that the radiologist would probably read it later that day and that the transcribed report would be available to my oncologist today. I left a message for my doc to call me with the results w read more
I feel like something good's going to happen . . .
Dee's Updates | August 26th 2008
Do you ever have a feeling that something good and wonderful is going to happen? I have that feeling today.Or, I might just feel that way because I had a great night's sleep, from 11 until 7:15pm. I woke up maybe twice and was able to get back to s read more
Celebrate good times, come 'on!
Dee's Updates | August 25th 2008
So, what does this title mean? Well, I don't have to wear that side-kick, Vac, anymore! When I saw the wound care nurse on Friday, she said that she felt that I didn't need the wound pump, so she called my doctor, told him that there was no cavity read more
A Day in Portland
Dee's Updates | August 22nd 2008
Last week, a fellow "KI" (King Islander; "KI" used to be used by non-KIers as a kind of derogatory term, nowadays, KI's have appropriated it and state it kind of proudly), Joan Kane, emailed me to say that she, her mother, and her six-month-old baby read more
Alas, no more Bat Cave!
Dee's Updates | August 19th 2008
Yesterday, during my dressing change, my nurse told me that she is no longer able to get a thin Q-tip into what used to be a cavity last week. It was probably a combination of both a bit of roof collapse of the Bat Cave as well as some growth of the read more
Doing better now
Dee's Updates | August 12th 2008
I'm doing better today. I see the wound care nurse in about half an hour to see about this vacuum wound pump. My fever is more or less under control because I started taking a full dose of Tylenol every six hours. More because of the pain, but luck read more
I think I'll watch Dancing Around the World again!
Dee's Updates | August 4th 2008
I need a pick-me-up. I'm going to watch Dancing around the World again. Such a cool video! read more
Dancing Around the World
Dee's Updates | August 1st 2008
Does anyone out there need some feel-good vibes? Check out this video, entitled "Dancing Around the World":http://www.vimeo.com/1211060?pg=embed&sec=1211060I found it to be very heart-warming. If just one person can get all those people dancing, ca read more
A busy week
Dee's Updates | July 22nd 2008
Well, sorry to have been off the blog for so long . . . I've been too busy, which is a good thing! So, I guess, generally speaking, if I don't have a lot of entries it's because I'm out living life.From Tues to Fri last week, my family and I were st read more
"Deechiro" Made the Paper!
Dee's Updates | July 22nd 2008
Ahhh, the pleasures of living in a small town! Our local paper writes up quick results for the city league softball games and they include the scores of the games as well as those hitters who stood out. Well, I made the paper this week! I can't re read more
Busy busy busy
Dee's Updates | July 14th 2008
Again, I've been off the internet the past few days and so I haven't blogged. In general, I'm doing well emotionally. Friday was a busy day . . . I had a couple of appointments and coffee with a friend, then I decided to take Eddie to the Marion Co read more
A Reason to be Hopeful!
Dee's Updates | July 9th 2008
A few weeks ago, I found about 4 or 5 more small tumor nodules on the right (from my viewpoint) lower quadrant of the right breast. I knew I had maybe 8-10 nodules on the left side, from below to the upper quadrant. Today, I decided to feel around read more
Ripe Blueberries
Dee's Updates | July 8th 2008
One of my blueberry bushes is beginning to yield some fruit . . . I picked what was ripe yesterday and here is the result:Yummy! read more
Introducing . . . the Hillbilly Golf Champs!
Dee's Updates | July 7th 2008
My friends, Heather and Josh and their folks and spouses and kids invited me and Eddie and Scott and his daughter Ashlee to join them for a picnic before the fireworks display on Friday the 4th. After dinner, we played several rounds of hillbilly go read more
I'm BAAACCCKKK!
Dee's Updates | July 4th 2008
Yesterday was the first day in a long time that I felt emotionally normal. Yesterday and today, I am in a good mood - on an even keel - and I have had two good night's sleep. Part of it, I'm sure, has to do with all the good, positive energy that y read more
Must Be Doing Something Right...
Journeying to Lose 200 Pounds | July 3rd 2008 by Chubby Chick
Boy did I get incentive to continue with my new weight loss plan last night! Hubby and I had gone somewhere, and when we returned home and were walking into the house, my darling husband... who was walking behind me... piped up and said, "You must b read more
Sorry! I've been out of touch . . .
Dee's Updates | June 30th 2008
I just realized that I haven't updated my blog in a few days. Sorry! I guess I've either been busy or too tired.On Friday, I took my son and niece and nephew to see WALL E. It was a cute movie with a good message. Then, we went to dinner and I br read more
Radiation Treatment #16
Dee's Updates | June 26th 2008
Today, I had radiation treatment #16 - only 12 more to go! Yippee!! But my doctor is pretty sure she wants to do booster treatments, depending on how well my skin and the wound are holding up. But I will worry about those in a couple of weeks. B read more
Today's Gratitude List
Dee's Updates | June 25th 2008
Today, I heard from a couple of friends (Stan and Heather) via email and both messages were very much appreciated, so I just wanted to say thank you! They offered all kinds of support! My friend Tammy sent me a couple of jokes and then I invited my read more
Home Again
Dee's Updates | June 23rd 2008
I arrived home last night - mom and dad picked me up at the Portland airport - the plane was about a half hour late. But we landed into some beautiful sunshine and blue skies. I was really tired last night and after doing the bare minimum, I was ab read more
Walking in Raleigh, NC
Dee's Updates | June 21st 2008
I arrived in Raleigh yesterday evening and Carver met me at the airport and we went to her house. We hung out for awhile and chatted and she fixed dinner - it really hit the spot! - then we chatted some more and went to bed. It's pretty comfortable read more
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