So it’s here, our book illuminating the way for us this past year, a year of hard choices, pain but most of all inspiration, hope and lots of love from friends, family and for each other.  You can find it

Linda This is the last month in the year-long journey I’ve walked with cancer. I’ve endured the whole enchilada: the hard chemos, the surgeries, the radiation, and, now, the second round of chemo. I also finally started my hormone inhibitors,

ArizonaCancer or not, ArizonaHere we comeFinally, ArizonaOne full year laterYou waited for usAnd welcomed usWarm and dry,Just the way we like it  Nature all around  So ancient, so primodial thatWisdom practically oozes out of you!   Tylenol as my new best

No, that’s not my prognosis but another intentional contemplation.  There was a sense I felt that I was dealing with cancer with a bit of resilience and courage.  Then as life often does, it contradicted my confidence.  This time with

One of the professionals I hired a couple of weeks ago for my book project* wondered out loud what my energy level would be at my usual 100% if what he was experiencing was my compromised 60-70%.   It’s meant to

The radiation side effects are finally subsiding –5 weeks after the treatment program.  I’m unclear about this fatigue, strong headaches and muscle pain that are ever-present.  Is it from the initial chemos, the current one or the radiation? I wonder

September 3, 2023  Breathe in….. a little bit more…now hold….breathe out…    Just like that, the long-dreaded radiation treatment has started amidst a mixed bag of side effects from the new chemo drug or possibly remnants of the previous sessions.  I’ve

How do we make decisions?  With our reason right?  If we were buying a new car, we would want to know all kinds of factual things – like the cost, what’s the warranty, how much horsepower, fuel efficiency, colors available,

We were expecting the pathology report to be shared at our oncologist meeting last Tuesday and I observed my detachment of the possible ‘verdict’ leading up to this moment. Of course, I would have chosen “a complete response” meaning no

Take a deep breath in, then out. Take a few more deep breaths in and out. Instructions from the anesthesiologist. It must have been barely my third breath and I was asleep like a baby. 6 hours later, I was