Babies

BJay is home sick with the worst stomach virus known to mankind.  He might be dying, actually.   So I’m taking life one moment at a time.  I’ve pre-packed the children’s lunches for tomorrow, assuming they are not sick by then.  It wasn’t so long ago a fun round of food poisoning had me [...]

30s

I’m nearing the ripe-old age of 32 and feel that I’m comfortably ensconced in my 30s. (I’m a fast learner.)  I’ve had nearly two years to reflect what this era is about and what I’ll let it be about.  My 30’s came in when I was 22 weeks pregnant, wearing a hospital gown and red [...]

Gabe’s turn

When I came home with Gabe from the dentist’s office this morning, BJay got up to get the camera.  Half way there he turned around and decided he didn’t want a reminder of what Gabe is like on drugs.  Gabe got his turn at the dentist this morning, they fixed his rotten front teeth.  It [...]

I wanna be sedated

I took Hila to the dentist this morning. She had a lot of cavities so the dentist had suggested sedation. I won’t go in to how bad my kid’s teeth are because it makes me feel like a failure as a mother. Her first appointment wasn’t going to be until February, but [...]

All over the place

1. I have had a hard time trying to blog the past few weeks. I have been insanely busy, but who isn’t. And that never stopped me before. I love this time of year. I usually sink into a slight depression after Christmas because I hate that its over. [...]

More good news

I had a follow-up appointment yesterday for my thyroid cancer. I had an ultrasound and there is no sign of cancer regrowth! I also had some blood drawn and a flu shot. So far everything is looking good. When we get the blood results back we’ll be able to compare them [...]

Pink pink you stink

One of my favorite blogs had a topic recently that really made me think.  Cara Ellison’s Pink Rage post made me process my own feelings about the pinking of October.  First of all, let me say that I hope that the Susan G. Komen foundation really is close to coming up for a cure for [...]

Thyroglobulin level (marker for thyroid cancer)

I got a note from my Endocrinologist with the results from my latest blood draw.  Double good news.
1.  My TSH was nice and supressed so as not to allow thyroid cells to grow.
2.  My thyroglobulin level (first taken so its the marker) was at .3, also very low.
So for the time being I can say [...]

Minimal side-effects

I should be counting my blessings.  I have four of the cutest, sweetest children in the universe, a roof over my head, food to eat–and for the time being I’m cancer free.  My post-therapy scan was clean, huge blessing.  Even more of a blessing was that I had almost no side-effects from my RAI.  Nothin.  [...]

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 [...]