Category: The Doctor’s Office
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Coming Down the Pipeline
Yes, there is something coming down the pipeline. For the last year we have lived in limbo. We knew these next few months were coming, but it’s easy to push it back when it’s months away. It’s not so easy to push back now. Last year. Thyroid cancer recurrence. I had surgery and radioactive iodine…
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Feeling Like A Queen
In my last post, I wrote about Bear’s party. He was full of ideas and suggestions and as we shopped for supplies, he piped up, “Hey, Mom, I know! Since you and Daddy are the king and queen, all the other parents that come can be your servants and serve the food and you can…
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Maintenance Mode
“What is happening with your treatment?” That is one of the many questions I am often faced with when I am in public, and after today, I can thankfully say, “In maintenance mode.” I saw my oncologist Monday, as I have every month for the past 20. After today, I am now on an every…
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The Best Place To Be
Yes, I am home. I am recovering thanks to pain pills, antibiotics and nausea medication, and a mom who never tires of spending days caring for her grandchildren and me. I am exhausted and in pain. But I am home. We still don’t know what culprit caused my infection. It could be any number of…
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The Grand Exit
I imagine we were quite the sight to behold as we made our grand exit from the hospital. I rode like a queen in my wheelchair with my mad scientist hair and too short fleece pants, clutching my gorgeous roses from Monica, my face still splotchy from my sobfest on the phone this morning with…
A Spring of Joy 