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There is a distant light at the end of my little tunnel. I am healing. I am down to only one “open” area on my chest. Imagine that. Only one! I felt a lot better Wednesday afternoon after my physical … Continue reading
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the last day
I took this picture last Friday, when I was feeling pretty cocky about how I got through fifteen rounds of radiation without suffering too much. I had been warned that after the fifteen sessions on my chest (which you see … Continue reading
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four to go
Today I will check off another day of radiation. After this I will only have three treatments left. Can you believe how quickly that went? We can’t. My skin didn’t become really painful until this Monday, day 13, so I … Continue reading
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it’s still there
Banjo Man found this picture recently. It must have fallen out of my grandmother’s old photo albums (they fell apart years ago but I saved all the photos) in the attic. I knew that one set of my father’s grandparents … Continue reading
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number 13
I have 20 minutes before heading out the door for the trip to Providence and radiation so I thought I’d give you all an update. I haven’t blogged for more than a week because this process has been really tiring. … Continue reading
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number 8
Today is the 8th radiation treatment. I’d like to announce, “So far so good!” but I’m afraid to jinx it. Here I am trying to take a selfie in the mirror of the radiation department’s dressing room. Such a pretty … Continue reading
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august first, oh happy day
It’s very odd to be celebrating the first day of August. For the past ten years, the beginning of this month meant that I would be returning home to Rhode Island in three weeks, five weeks, six weeks…and, eventually, two … Continue reading
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a birthday for banjo man
The mystery gift was a hit! This is a ZVOX AV155 AccuVoice TV soundbar with 6-level “dialogue booster”. The “booster” part is the important thing: it lifts the dialogue louder than the background noise. Here’s what the description on HSN … Continue reading
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odds and ends on a quiet day
The baby quilt project is still coming along. It’s a sweet quilt and I hope it will be loved and used. “Ruth’s” is a shop deep in the heart of Cranston that has been in business since 1954. They do … Continue reading
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