Dark nights and Haagen Daz
March 23, 2010 by Patricia
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Last Thursday I had treatment and I was in a good place. I blogged about it. That lasted about 24 hours Only now can I write about last weekend. It was too murky and terrible and yucky to write or talk while I was in it. I just needed to “be” in it.
It [...]
And the results are in…
March 12, 2010 by Patricia
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Friday at 4:25 pm. The oncologist called with the CT scan results. The lesions on the liver are slightly larger than they were in December. Not alarmingly larger, yet not stabilized or decreased in size as we hoped. There aren’t any new spots. This means the Arimidex isn’t working in cutting off the blood supply [...]
Happy New Year!
January 2, 2010 by Patricia
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Happy New Year my beautiful friends! It’s my favorite holiday. Even though it can seem meaningless and just a change of numbers to say we are beginning a new year, just the act of granting yourself an ending and a beginning that the whole world celebrates with you can be exhilarating.
You have given me a [...]

On June 25, 2008, my 13-year-old son and I boarded a plane for Honolulu, Hawaii. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to live on an island. There is something in my life that I did NOT wish for. I am experiencing cancer for the third time.