Monthly Archives: September 2013

not cancer…me! (volume 8)

my PET/CT results are in…no reoccurent or metastatic disease! great news. the doctor was particularly interested in a central chest lymph node that they suspected had cancer in it last year, and it’s fairly tiny now. something to continue monitoring … Continue reading

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happy chemoversary!

that’s right. september 6 was my chemoversary! what did you do to celebrate???  in what seems like both ages and seconds ago, i started chemo and on the same day, got a port surgically placed in my chest to ease all the blood … Continue reading

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we are all grieving.

you sent a lot of messages and notes of support following my admission of fog. what was so beautiful about them was what you communicated: we are all human. cancer is one type of scar, but there are oodles of … Continue reading

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fog.

september welcomes summer in san francisco. the fog disappears and the days are warmer. the natives go wild for it and tourists don’t have to buy cheap fleeces at fishermen’s wharf. as i now spend so much time in our … Continue reading

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