Dear Ones, Longwood Gardens has become our go-to place on our way home from CTCA. We are there on a Thursday, and I am generally full of steroids and random energy that responds well to a good walk. Longwood makes that walk very pretty and very special. The quick update, it is a week out…
You Are Not Twiggy
Dear Ones, We were in to see the head of radiology last Wednesday, he is terrific in so many ways, and he has a level of judgment regarding my body size, about which he feels no compulsion to suppress his opinion. Twiggy Which meant that when discussing scheduling the radiation simulation, he told me we…
A Few Good Reads
Dear Ones, A few great books that I have read, and continue to read and enjoy this year. No particular order or such, take what catches your attention, disregard the rest. Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon, PhD Because this is what it is about, with a lot…
Demo at 1327
Dear Ones, It is very exciting to share that work is really getting going at the new house. The demo is almost complete, a full dumpster is leaving and another will probably arrive to take all the parts of the house away that are no longer needed. Hmmm… I’ve been doing that in so many…
Overwhelming Feelings Practice, or Gratitude on Steroids
Good Morning Dear Ones, It is just 5am this wet and chilly morning here in Annapolis. My last few days have really felt miserable at times, I have been simply feeling done. Between the continuing, seemingly forever process of treatment and follow-up that comes with my experience of a breast cancer; the recent destruction of…
Simply Stuff, my PODS Experience
Dear Ones, Those of you who are on Facebook may have heard of the latest wrinkle in my experience. It is certainly a problem that could only arise in a state of abundance, for that I am grateful. For the rest, I am in progress on it all. This one has nothing to do with…
In My Power, On Steroids
Dear Ones, Mums at Longwood Gardens Two weeks ago, Wednesday, was our latest visit to CTCA and as many of you knew, I was a bit concerned because we were changing medications to the next chemo-cleanse drug and that required more conversation about dosage. It has taken me all of this time to get this…
A Few Things it is Helpful to Accept About Life
Dear Ones, Recently a friend introduced me to a friend of hers, and her blog. Bonnie Gintis D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) has been walking a similar path to mine. While I haven’t had a chance to read everything, I do want to share Bonnie’s words. Reading this over this morning has allowed me to…
Happy Halloween
Yesterday in Thomas Point Park Dear Ones, I know when Halloween became important to us in recent years. Sarah’s attendance at Key School has made it so. I tell the story that this is because it isn’t politically correct to celebrate any of the religious holidays. So we are left with a few lovely pagan…
On Being Bald
Dear Ones, So, it isn’t exactly like I thought it would be, it is sort of odd actually, this lack of hair thing. It was coming out in bunches, only saved from appearing too thin by my curls, and it needed to go. This is one of those big things for those in cancer treatment…