We are so sad to say that we lost our 14 year old Lhasa, Chauncy this morning to what appears to have been a stroke. Chauncy was a sweet, funny,quirky and sometimes stuborn little guy. We loved him. We will miss his Ewok impressions and Chewbaca noises as well as his sweet companionship. His lifelong [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Chauncy
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hair Today, Gone….
Posted in Cancer, Chemo, melanoma on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You know the old joke right? Or maybe that was Hare today,Goon Tomorrow anyways….
here are my chemo/radiation hair loss thoughts for the day.
10 ways to hold on to your hair as long as possible when it is falling out by the handfuls.
1. Never actually wash your hair. (Your drains will appreciate this.)
2. No hats,hoods,do rags,caps or [...]
What if….
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What if we live each day,each hour, focused in on what is happening right then?
What if we love those around us with no fear of going broke,running out or being found on empty?
What if we approached each event, each doctor appointment, each scan review,each new treatment,each good news/bad news with the same emotional energy. Taking all [...]
27 Years! What a Blessing!
Posted in Husband on June 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Today marks 27 years of marriage for Bob and I. What a blessing it has been.
Because…
Posted in Cooking, Moosewood Recipes, Vegetarian Cooking on June 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Because it’s summer….
Because Erin and “the ring” were visiting last week….
Because I love my friend Carol and she gave me this recipe years ago……
Because we needed to eat the zucchini before it turned into something unrecognizable in the back of the vegetable crisper…..
Because Bob came right out and told me to write about something other than [...]
Yet another short and to the point
Posted in Cancer, melanoma on June 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m sorry, I am having the hardest time sitting down and writing. It isn’t that things are going so badly or that I am frantically going from one thing to the next. It is more of a transition issue. A switch of gears or a change of direction that has me unfocused. I am like [...]
Short and to the point
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We had a productive appointment with the radiologist and she suggested the same course of action as the doctors at NIH. So today Bob will start Whole Brain Radiation and will continue that for 10 treatments over the next 2 weeks. Then they will wait 1 to 2 weeks before performing a few Gamma Knife procedures. [...]
Update on the “Bob Front”
Posted in Cancer, Chemo, melanoma on June 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sounds like I am about to give a weather report but I think I will forgo donning my bright jacket and clicker thing and just give you the news.
The latest new is that the TIL trial and treatment has been put on hold as it appears that Bob has more immediate things to deal with before [...]
New word for the day “Scanxiety”
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Scanxiety (def) To worry over what upcoming scans might reveal. Usually a waste of energy for results will be what they will be and no amount of worrying will change it. Prayer on the other hand has been known to help.
Today is scan day. Bob has a MRI and a CT scan this morning and [...]
