Never you fear

BJay stopped by to bring me sour candy and flowers. The safe distance he kept reminded me of before we were engaged. What flatters me now is that I see how it must feel to fear the one you love. He was all teary-eyed and gloomy and it made me feel somewhat [...]

I’m totally hot.

So this is day one of my radioactive blog-athon. I received my dose of 150milicures of radio-active iodine this morning just before 11am. The dose was secure in a vial inside of a (lead?) container that I sipped through a straw without picking it up off the counter. The first time I [...]

Dodged the bullet (momentarily)

Well I went to the hospital this morning all prepared and psyched to ingest my radioactive iodine. Today was the last day of my dosimetry study, which concluded in a very uncomfortable 40+ minute whole body scan. I did not anticipate how painful it was going to be to my lower back laying [...]

memory lane

I’ve been commuting between my house and the hospital where I’m having my treatments every day this week.  During the hour + drive I listen to NPR because, frankly, I wouldn’t begin to know what music channel to listen to.  The other morning a story came on that was an endearing trip down memory lane.   [...]

Internet people.

I read a few blogs, not a ton. Mostly ones from people I know. Usually I read to stay caught up on people’s lives that I know. There are a few, and very few that I read because I’m actually interested in someones opinion on things. When I venture out into [...]

Day 2 dosimetry

So I’m doing a dosimetry study as part of my cancer treatment.  There are only a few cancer centers in the country that offer it.  Jury is still out on whether or not that is a bad thing.  Yesterday I was gone 12 hours driving, waiting, getting blood drawn, waiting, getting whole body scans, waiting.  [...]

pool-side and hypo

A friend of mine clued me in to a nearby country club selling season pool passes to non-residents for $100/family. It was such a bargain I’ve even braved peak-sun to take my Lilly-white children swimming. Last year I was so pregnant and it was so hot I rarely ventured out of the house. [...]

Its nothing compared to chemo…

I’m a full week off of all thyroid medication in preparation for my radio active iodine treatments. I’m also fairly religiously following my low-iodine diet. There are very few things I can eat. No seafood, no dairy, no eggs, no prepared foods or resturant foods containing salt. That pretty much strikes [...]

Universal Health Care Plan

BJay has been talking about this concept for months now, and I think its brilliant.  His idea was to privatize health care and take it out of the hands of employers.  Dr. Ezekiel Emmanuel has just come out with a book that lays out this type of Universal Healthcare plan.  I am willing to eat [...]

We went to see Kung-fu Panda on Monday

The boys were totally into it.