Category: lymphoma
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BC Generations Project
Recently I was contacted by the BC Cancer Agency to see if I would be willing to participate in a research project called BC Generations Project. The goal is to recruit 40,000 British Columbians, study their genetics and health issues and try to figure out if there is a genetic component to disease – mainly…
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BC Generations Project
Recently I was contacted by the BC Cancer Agency to see if I would be willing to participate in a research project called BC Generations Project. The goal is to recruit 40,000 British Columbians, study their genetics and health issues and try to figure out if there is a genetic component to disease – mainly…
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Too Much Information
In which I share what’s been happening with me in terms of the chemo – not necessarily for those with sensitive tums… shawl warp #9 on spool rack, shawl warp #10 being put on spools…. When I was 19 I travelled from Montreal to Oslo by freighter. My father had travelled from Canada to England…
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Buckets O’ Shawls
These buckets contain about 36 shawls. There are more upstairs in the process of fringing, or in the laundry area where I wet finished three this morning, plus the 3 last warps to be woven. The 3rd last is half done and the last two will go into the loom as soon as I can…
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Another example of how light values dilute (above) and darker values (below) intensify their neighbouring colours…..the light yarn is a pale heathered blue, the darker colour a very deep navy – almost black Well, what they say is true – it is much easier to prevent nausea than get rid of it once it develops. …
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Next Shawl Warp
first shawl on pink/lavender warp box o’ pirns Started weaving the pink/lavender warp this morning. The weft is a greyish white alpaca which goes nicely on the ‘greyed’ colours of the warp. Since the yarn is a greyish colour I’m going to try and use it all up on this warp and be done with…
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Day 1, Cycle 1
As usual I’m being a challenge. The clinic nurse could not get the iv into my left arm so it had to go into my right arm. And since I’m going back tomorrow for the 2nd dose, they left the iv in so that we don’t have to go through that again in the morning. …
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On Vanity
I don’t consider myself a vain sort of person. If I’m clean and tidy, that is pretty much sufficient for me. :} But there is one aspect of this particular detour in the journey of my life that leaves me squirming. Losing my hair. 🙁 For a number of reasons, the prospect of my naked…
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A Little Wobbly
No, this isn’t deja vu all over again – it just feels like it. :^) Anyone remember those inflatable toys – usually a clown? They had a weight in the bottom and you blew them up and then over active little boys could punch the willies out of them and they always bobbed up again,…
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Of Clouds with Silver Linings
Some of you know or have surmised that I have been having some health issues. Actually the past 3 years have been rife with challenges, this is just the latest. :} Last year turned into a bit of a nightmare with one thing after another. Nothing horrible, just ongoing. Eventually there were just two things…