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Category Archives: Family
shine on
When my husband and I moved into the house we have been renting for the last three and a half years, our heads promptly filled with visions of the happy life we would live here, even the family we would … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Family, music, running
Tagged anxiety, back deck, Ben Franklin Bridge, blizzard, cancer, comfort, Cooper River Park, freakout, gardening, guardian angel, Iva, music, New Jersey, Pink Floyd, Planet Cancer, Queens, real estate, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, snow, yoga
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running doesn’t cure cancer (but i’m going to run anyway)
When cancer struck, I went from being fit and active (not obsessively so, but I biked with enthusiasm and hit the gym three or four times a week) to being completely inert. Not just inert, but sliced, diced, poured out … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life After Cancer, running
Tagged 10K, 5K, 70 percent rule, cancer, chemo, climbing stairs, Delaware Avenue, fitness, half-marathon, limits, neuropathy, panic attack, running, sneakers, treadmill, vertigo, walking the dog
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simplicity: holidays 2009
The holiday season is finally over. That seemingly endless stretch starting with Thanksgiving and ending with New Year’s has come and gone, and here I sit, wearing my favorite fleece pants and my re-imagined fuzzy purple cancer socks, listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life After Cancer
Tagged Central Park, Christmas, cooking, dogs, Double-Oh-Seven, First Descents, fleece pants, fuzzy purple cancer socks, Jose Cuervo Tradicional, kitchen dance party, lasagna, Legos, Magna-tiles, New Year's Eve, New York, Oscar, St. Lucia, The Clash, WineDiva
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the wanting comes in waves
In a post a few weeks back, I was thinking about the injustice of a world in which people who are unable or unwilling to raise children continue to produce babies at an often-alarming rate, while people like me get totally fucked out … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Family, Life After Cancer, Work
Tagged adoption, baby shower, balancing act, cancer, children, communication, evil, fate, friends, injustice, irony, North Philly, Peru, rage
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reflections on the season
Two days shy of Christmas, and I finally have a moment to catch my breath. Five nights with my parents as house guests; a blizzard; house-hunting; last minute gifts; news of my clean and clear CA125. It’s been an eventful few … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life After Cancer, running
Tagged "Breathe" (U2), 10K, 5K, acupuncture, blizzard, CA125, Christmas, depression, hibernation, holidays, Merrells, Pumas, rock-climbing, running, Thanksgiving, winter of my discontent, Wyoming, Zoloft
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my dog ate my GI cancer risk evaluation forms
LATE AFTERNOON (5:15 PM) One of my old friends from high school made a very funny observation the other day on Facebook: “I think people say something is a “perfect storm” when what they really mean is that it’s a … Continue reading
turn on the quiet (or, not so fast, mr. vacuum)
Sunday, 11:30 AM: It’s an extremely cool thing to be married to someone who, at critical moments, knows me better than I know myself. I have this thing since cancer: I really like being busy. Running around. Doing stuff. Multi-tasking. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life After Cancer, running, Uncategorized
Tagged 10K, bongo, cancerversary, cannoli, chores, Collingswood, green tea, guitar, holidays, jam session, Nike-plus, Nor'easter, piano, Poma-poo, PTSD, Pumas, real estate, running, tambourine, vacuum
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thankful
This year, as the Thanksgiving weekend comes to a close, it is essential to stop and actually “give thanks.” It is the eve of the anniversary of my diagnosis. Today is even my “MRI-iversary” – marking the date which, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life After Cancer
Tagged anniversary, depression, diagnosis, MRI, Oscar, survivor, Thanksgiving, turkey, window boxes
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HALLOWEEN/WORLD SERIES GAME THREE
It was a brutal night for the Phils, but we had huge fun with the gang (including Lucy and Marley!) in Narberth.
Posted in Baseball, Family, Humor
Tagged Amelia Earhart, devil wig, Halloween, Lucy, Marley, Narberth, Phillies, World Series
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been there, done that
Tomorrow, my cousin’s wife will be starting chemo for breast cancer. She was diagnosed a few months ago and has already undergone a partial mastectomy. When I learned about her illness, I posted briefly over at my Planet Cancer page … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Family, Life After Cancer
Tagged buttinsky, cancer, Cancer Cape, chemo, control, fear, Jackson Hole, Planet Cancer
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