Fast approaching

August 8, 2008

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 [...]

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We’re rumblin’ and shakin’ out here

July 29, 2008

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 [...]

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Super news

July 25, 2008

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 [...]

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Next steps

July 24, 2008

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, [...]

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This is me, last day of chemo, outside of the doctor’s office, with 8 rounds of poison coursing through my tired veins.

July 11, 2008

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.

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At last, the last

July 10, 2008

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 [...]

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Down the rabbit hole

June 26, 2008

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 [...]

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Tomorrow, it’s chemo-a-go-go

June 25, 2008

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

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Hooray for Mr. Fish!

June 22, 2008

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.

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In case you’re keeping track …

June 18, 2008

… 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 the [...]

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