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Showing posts with label The Battle of Thermopylae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Battle of Thermopylae. Show all posts
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Done

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Last update: Just got the report back from the cellular test: No significant intraepithelial lesions or malignancy Presence of normal micr...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Hopes and dreams

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So, about the future... Y'all know that the cancer business has led me to seriously re-assess my life and work. The conclusions I'...
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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Rabbit Hole

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Honestly, a lot of the last few days has been a bit of a haze. As of this week, I have done everything that could be done to combat this c...
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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Today

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Surgery done. It was very hard. I didn't run away from the hospital at the last moment, but it was a close thing. Very close. When i...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tomorrow

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In hospital from 10 am tomorrow until I don't know when. I won't be available for visiting or much of anything for some time to come...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Intuition

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Another pic that comes from the wonderful Underpaintings site. I want to start this post with a disclaimer. I'm not sure what we mak...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

A prayer

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Learned this week that I'm still sick. Really sick. Tried to get back to life a bit and go to art class this week but just couldn't ...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Dear well-meaning people out there in internet land:

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if you, your sister, your mother or any other person you know have had a hysterectomy or any related surgery, please don't tell me about...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Decisions... decisions

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I've decided to get another cat. Well, a kitten, really. I think you can get them pretty easily from the cat shelter at Torre Argentina ...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

A lot going on

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There's a lot. I've had the consultation with the doctors. The news isn't good, but it isn't as bad as it could have been an...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

First piece of bad news since the diagnosis

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I'm afraid plan A has failed. I'm sorry to say that surgery was not successful. The cancer remains in the "margins" and th...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Scanned

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Went to Civitavecchia this evening to get the first of a series of scans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging. CT is next week, then PET at the Gemel...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Me me, me me-me me...

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as our friend Gregory likes to say. My home internet is causing trouble, so there may be fewer posts for a while. Dunno what's wrong. (W...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Hilary in the hospital

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... No, not really. But LAWKS!! it was no fun. Feeling a bit more normal and human, however, now that everything I eat and drink no longer t...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Busy

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No posts for a few days boys and girls. Busy. UPDATE: Close of day two. I've had one batch of cytotoxins, with two more to go....
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

No one is paying any attention to anything I'm saying

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I thought I made it clear. I don't want to go to the hospital. I don't want to go to the hospital. I. Don't. Want....
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Bloody hell

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Four more days. No wonder I can't sleep. ~
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Friday, July 15, 2011

I am a jerk

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Readers and friends, I recognised so many of those names as they came into my inbox with donations. The 63 people who donated are people I...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Blegging again

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Alert readers will have noticed the re-appearance of the PayPal button on the top of the sidebar. I have a big spiel about this. There's...
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Saturday, July 09, 2011

My hair...

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...a retrospective. November 2010 March 8, the day before diagnosis. May 2011 June 2011 Today ~
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