Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Why the blog?
I was asked to write about my life since the onset of colon cancer. So...
Summer 2008 - exhausted, worried for my oldest brother CE - who spent most of that summer in the hospital in AZ. Working too many hours. Loving my work, but missing too much time with my own family, and trying to be there for CE at the hospital, help run interference for creditors and doctors and help him negotiate the maze of medical land.
New heart murmur. Cardiac workup normal. It must be the stress.
My brother died on 8/31/08. It must be the grief.
My mom died 12/27/08. It must be the grief.
April 09 - heart pounding walking up the stairs - even more exhausted. Cannot even hike to the start of the trail head of Piestewa Peak. Cannot imagine living another year like this, I tell my husband.
Dr. Lucas checked labs - hemoglobin was 6.2. Not good. At all. Should be twice that much.
May 18, 09 - diagnosed with colon cancer. May 26 - diagnosed uterine cancer, too.
Summer 2008 - exhausted, worried for my oldest brother CE - who spent most of that summer in the hospital in AZ. Working too many hours. Loving my work, but missing too much time with my own family, and trying to be there for CE at the hospital, help run interference for creditors and doctors and help him negotiate the maze of medical land.
New heart murmur. Cardiac workup normal. It must be the stress.
My brother died on 8/31/08. It must be the grief.
My mom died 12/27/08. It must be the grief.
April 09 - heart pounding walking up the stairs - even more exhausted. Cannot even hike to the start of the trail head of Piestewa Peak. Cannot imagine living another year like this, I tell my husband.
Dr. Lucas checked labs - hemoglobin was 6.2. Not good. At all. Should be twice that much.
May 18, 09 - diagnosed with colon cancer. May 26 - diagnosed uterine cancer, too.
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