ONE HAPPY FOOL

On 01.02.02, I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Too late for surgery, I had chemotherapy, which failed. In May the chemotherapy was changed and I was soon in remission which was celebrated and welcome and lasted nine years - until October 2011. There was progression in 2011 so more treatment was indicated and I am now back in partial remission. But I'm not only a cancer patient - I also enjoy my family, walk my dogs and am learning to draw and paint. Life is good!

Monday, June 10, 2013

More malaise

I'm a bit queasy tonight, but it's not bad and I can still function. I will be so glad to have my left arm back. It throbs & aches and generally gives me grief.

Steve, Demi and I were in church yesterday morning. I miss the community but do my best do be there often.

Today was blood testing and tomorrow is chemo...

1 comment:

Timaree7:20 PM
Well, queasy isn't fun that's for sure. I notice in the puppy pic you still have your hair. Hopefully a bit queasy is all it gets to!
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Reading 2012

38-Ann Lamott with Sam Lamott, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
37-Danny Gregory, A KISS BEFORE YOU GO
36-Adriana Trigiani, THE SHOEMAKER"S WIFE
35-Tony Hillerman, THE DARK WIND
34-Clyde Edgerton, THE NIGHT TRAIN
33-Betty Smith, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
32-Raffaele Sollecito, HONOR BOUND
31-Barbara Pym, AN UNSUITABLE ATTACHMENT
30- Gretchen Rubin, HAPPIER AT HOME
29-Cheryl Strayed, WILD
28-Frank McCourt, ANGELA'S ASHES
27-Valerie Hurley, ST. URSULA'S GIRLS AGAINST THE ATOMIC BOMB
26-Mark Schweitzer, THE BARITONE WORE CHIFFON
25-Mark Schweitzer, THE ALTO WORE TWEED
24-Charles Dickens, OLIVER TWIST
23-Kristin Kimball, THE DIRTY LIFE
22-John Heilemann & Mark Halperin, GAME CHANGE
21-Patrick Quillen, BEATING CANCER WITH NUTRITION
20-Deborah Feldman, UNORTHODOX
19-Anna Quindlen, LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE
18-Joseph Caldwell, THE PIG DID IT
17-Alison Bechdel, FUN HOME
16-Hannah Hinchman, A LIFE IN HAND
15-Jeanette Winterson, WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU COULD BE NORMAL?
14-Pamela Druckerman, BRINGING UP BÉBÉ
13-David Snowdon, AGING WITH GRACE
12-Sarah L. Delany and A. Elisabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, HAVING OUR SAY
11-Debby Rice, CHIHUAHUA KARMA
10-David Sedaris, HOLIDAYS ON ICE
9-Amy Chua, BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER
8-Charlotte Silver, CHARLOTTE AU CHOCOLAT
7-Margot Livesey, HOMEWORK
6-Augusten Burroughs, POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
5-Anita Shreve, LIGHT ON SNOW
4-Jodi Kantor, THE OBAMAS
3-Katharine Weber, THE MUSIC LESSON
2-Hannah Hinchman, A LIFE IN HAND
1-W. Somerset Maugham, OF HUMAN BONDAGE

2011 Reading

56-Bernhard Schlink, THE READER
55-Joanna Trollope, THE RECTOR'S WIFE
54-Joan Didion, BLUE NIGHTS
53-Emma Donoghue, ROOM
52-Marjorie Kowalski Cole, A SPELL ON THE WATER
51-Sylvia Plath, THE BELL JAR
50-Jael McHenry, THE KITCHEN DAUGHTER
49-Elizabeth Gilbert, EAT, PRAY, LOVE
48-Flora Jessop, CHURCH OF LIES
47-Ben Ryder Howe, MY KOREAN DELI
46-Brianna Karp, THE GIRL'S GUIDE TO HOMELESSNESS
45-Alexandra Styron, READING MY FATHER
44-Carolyn Jessop, TRIUMPH
43-Alan Paton, TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE
42-Carolyn Jessop, ESCAPE
41-Nikos Kazantzakis, ZORBA THE GREEK
40-Laurie Lee, AS I WALKED OUT ONE MIDSUMMER MORNING
39-Rebecca Skloot, THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
38-Temple Grandin, EMERGENCE
37-Abraham Verghese, CUTTING FOR STONE
36-Colleen Morton Busch, FIRE MONKS
35-David Gilmour, THE FILM CLUB
34-Susan Conley, THE FOREMOST GOOD FORTUNE
33-Kathy Harrison, ANOTHER PLACE AT THE TABLE
32-Priscilla Gilman, THE ANTI-ROMANTIC CHILD
31-Rachel Lloyd, GIRLS LIKE US
30-Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee, STUFF
29-Stephen Singular, THE WICHITA DIVIDE
28-Susan Allen Toth, MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH ENGLAND
27-Cathy Johnson, ARTIST'S JOURNAL WORKSHOP
26-Jaycee Dugard, A STOLEN LIFE
25-Peter Walsh, IT'S ALL TOO MUCH
24-John Zeaman, DOG WALKS MAN
23-Nina Sankovitch, TOLSTOY AND THE PURPLE CHAIR
22-Alice Ozma, THE READING PROMISE
21-Douglas Preston, THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
20-Anna Quindlen, EVERY LAST ONE
19-Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS
18-Maureen Adams, SHAGGY MUSES
17-Kay Redfield Jamison, NOTHING WAS THE SAME
16-Clyde Edgerton, WALKING ACROSS EGYPT
15-Stewart O'Nan, EMILY, ALONE
14-Claudia Osborn, OVER MY HEAD
13-W. Somerset Maugham, MOON AND SIXPENCE
12-Valerie Plame Wilson, FAIR GAME
11-Cat Bennett, THE CONFIDENT CREATIVE
10-Danny Gregory, AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE
9-Amy Krouse Rosenthal, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AN ORDINARY LIFE
8-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
7-Elinore Stewart, LETTERS OF A WOMAN HOMESTEADER
6-Jessie Sholl, DIRTY SECRET
5-Mark Twain, EVE'S DIARY
4-Jeannette Walls, THE GLASS CASTLE
3-Spencer Quinn, DOG ON IT
2-Mark Haddon, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
1-Nathaniel Hawthorne, THE SCARLET LETTER