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Friday the 13th
Well… I heard from my doctor on Wednesday and I am headed to Stanford tomorrow. She’s calling it an exam under anesthesia. What on earth does that even mean? I’ll tell you what it means: SURGERY! There’s a home prep involved. 2 hour early arrival a weigh-in Attempted...
Broken and in Need of Repair
My Bible was open to Psalm 139 on the kitchen table. My good friend, Kelly, and I had decided to have our homeschool class memorize it for this month’s memory work. Just before I stepped away, verse 1 caught my attention: “Oh Lord, you have searched me and you KNOW...
The Unexpected
Expectations. That’s what it boiled down to for me. It wasn’t what I expected. My doctor had set up a schedule of doing some type of follow-up every 3 months and this was the kick-off appointment. In my mind this was an easy, quick "scope thing" to take place in...
Accidental Faith
Accidents happen in a split second- unannounced and definitely not welcomed, thus the term “accident.” I was watching the clock wondering where Eddie was. It was the last football game of the season before playoffs and we needed to drop Olivia off at a friend’s house...
Happy Anniversary
I was having a very melancholy moment realizing I would not be able to write my annual cancer free anniversary post. Today would have been 7 years. I had been doing so well! Having reached the desired benchmark of 5 years with no setbacks, I really thought cancer was...
Buddy System
So… where was I? Mascara on, Ed drove crazy and wedding ring wouldn’t slide off. Perfect prerequisites for a successful surgery! Hah! The anesthesiologist came in to meet me and start the IV. He was a young, college grad from the east coast and had the BEST bedside...
Setting the Scene
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 wanted...
You Raise Me Up
(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 Clinic in...
Filling Cups
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...