Tag Archives: check-up

twice if you’re lucky

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Emily

Tomorrow morning, bright and early, off I go to the Perleman Center for Advanced Medicine to start my day with a pelvic exam and a CA125.  Ah, the joys of life as a stage III ovarian cancer survivor.  It’s four … Continue reading →

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possibility and promise

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Emily

Yesterday, I spent a little time in the garden, pulling out the remaining dead growth from last year.  Although I will no longer be tending this garden, I wanted to make sure that all of the living things that are … Continue reading →

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three month check-up

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Emily

It’s that time again.  Three-month check-up tomorrow.  With each successive quarterly interval, I have found myself slightly less anxious.  There is less of a sense of foreboding.  I no longer see the designated date from weeks and weeks away, looming … Continue reading →

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