I remember it like it was yesterday. I woke up at 3am with mild cramping. I called your Aunt Sandi and settled in the chair I would soon rock you in. By 7AM Aunt Sandi said, I think it’s time you go. So off your dad and I went. We still hadn’t picked out a…
Chemo Take 3
Today I started chemo. This is my third journey with chemo as a copilot to cancer. In my previous battles it’s been via iv or port. This time it’s three pills twice a day. Once after breakfast and then again after dinner. I’ve been down the chemo road before but each time is different. I’m…
The Undertow
I was born on the east coast and spent many a summer day on the shore. We learned early on that no matter how calm the surface looked the ocean could have a mighty undertow waiting for you below. Cancer like many chronic diseases is no different. Markers,CTs, MRIs, blood work, etc. are all guides…
Ides of March
The word Ides is a Latin word meaning divide. A vast divide between loss and birth. 8 years ago at on this day I was over the moon. I was hugely pregnant and so deep in love with the man I am still married to and deeply in love with. I was happy at work…
Take Three 