Oct 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Surgery was scheduled for 7:00 a.m., which doesn’t sound horrible until you factor in a 5:00 a.m. arrival time and a 90 minute commute. It was a night of no sleep and we were out the door by 3:30 — after I took a shower and applied mascara! I’m not sure why I...
Sep 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
(I’m backing up to the day I received all the pre-surgery pathology news and how that day unfolded as the lowest point of the 3 month ordeal. This was the Monday following car trouble). I was headed over highway 17 for a doctor appointment at the Stanford...
Sep 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
I originally wanted to name this post, “Ugh!” I met with my Stanford surgeon yesterday to go over the pathology report and my first reaction was… “Ugh!” There was cancer found in the tumor, which means I’ll be having a lot of follow-up appointments. Every 3 months I...
Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sometimes I am too sequential for my own good, so it’s hard to write this post because I haven’t finished talking about my surgery and what led up to it. But… I need to just write from my heart today, in real time, with real current struggles. I am SO uncomfortable in...
Sep 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Friday could not get here fast enough. It had been a long week! Besides doctor appointments, I had met with some friends the night before to try and diagnose my laptop and phone issues. After spending hours on it, the consensus was to make an appointment at the Apple...