Category: lymphoma
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Life’s Journey
Today’s post – Life. Not weaving. As such. Ignore if you’re only here for weaving content. I live with cancer. I was diagnosed with Small B Cell lymphoma in 2011. In one way it was a ‘fortunate’ diagnosis insofar as it is ‘indolent’ (slow growing). At the time the gold standard treatment was chemotherapy…
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Roller Coaster
People like me who live with a disease like cancer frequently use the roller coaster as a metaphor for the journey. Cancer is no longer a death sentence, depending on the type of cancer and access to good medical care. I was extremely fortunate in that just as I presented to the local cancer clinic,…
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In Spite of Everything
I use this blog as a diary. A place to work through my thoughts – which can oftentimes be quite scattered and need to be corralled. A way to sort through the emotions of a situation to discover what I actually think about something. This summer has been…challenging. In addition to the general stress of…
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And Life Goes On
I came home to a boat load of critical deadlines which took me several days to wrestle to completion. It was a stressful few days while I dealt with them, several times messing up because I was rushed, or not thinking clearly, trying to bushwhack my way through my must-be-done list. Lurking in the background…
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Seeking Balance
Yesterday I had a good chat with the nurse practitioner as we seek to find balance in my treatment – sufficient drug to control the cancerous cells, not so much that I have to deal with adverse effects. To that end, I am now on one capsule per day. I am really hoping that this…
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Cycles
Day one of a new calendar year. The cycle repeats. I am already well into production for the new year. As soon as I got home from Vancouver I started winding warps for place mats. And weaving them. And winding more. These are currently in the queue for weaving, while some have already been…
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Backup Plans
obligatory weaving content I’m a planner and I really get very uncomfortable when I can’t get answers, don’t know what might happen – or might not. A friend says I must be up to Plan M by now…. This is all to say that the uncertainty of my future was reaching extremely uncomfortable levels –…
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Exotic Marigolds
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel I rarely watch movies these days. When I do, I prefer to watch them at home where I can hit ‘pause’ and move about. Too much sitting and I tend to stiffen up. Not to mention most movie houses have the volume up so high my ears ring for ages afterwards.…
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Bonus Time
It is now 24 months since I finished the last dose of chemotherapy. I am well into Bonus Time as the ‘norm’ for this type of cancer is 18 months. But we all know I’m not ‘normal’, right? 🙂 Even though two oncologists have been less than supportive of the ‘up to 6 year’ remission…
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Bonus Time
It is now 24 months since I finished the last dose of chemotherapy. I am well into Bonus Time as the ‘norm’ for this type of cancer is 18 months. But we all know I’m not ‘normal’, right? 🙂 Even though two oncologists have been less than supportive of the ‘up to 6 year’ remission…