Category Archives: The diagnosis – cancer

My New Look…

Posted on Monday, March 19, 2012 by Laurie

Happy Monday everyone.. I have to say it’s been quite a couple of weeks since being home from the hospital. I have had good days mixed with some not so great ones. My last check up went well though which … Continue reading →

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Catching up…

Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 by Laurie

Happy Wednesday everyone! Yesterday ending up being a very busy day with my 7 am Dana Farber checkin appt and then packing up and heading home… got home around 4 and then just took my time settling back in.. As … Continue reading →

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In a Bubble at Dana Farber…

Posted on Monday, March 5, 2012 by Laurie

Hello everyone and so sorry I’ve not posted anything in a while. I went into the hospital on February 23 for my weeklong stay to have a stem cell transplant. I had done video blogs which I posted to my … Continue reading →

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About to start a new chapter..

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Laurie

Written yesterday.. today (Thursday) I go down to Dana Farber..  Happy Wednesday all!! Well I can’t believe tomorrow is the day I go down to Boston for the Stem Cell transplant! I need to say again I’m sorry if I … Continue reading →

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One Week To Go…

Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 by Laurie

Holy cow I’m behind in posting. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks with trying to get things ready for my stem cell transplant. I’ve been doing major spring cleaning in my house, going to lots of prescreening appointments and … Continue reading →

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Leaving Some Memories..

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 by Laurie

I’m currently in the process of deep cleaning the house in preparation for my stem cell transplant (scheduled for Feb 23 as long as insurance works out) and yesterday I found a bunch of photos that weren’t in an album. … Continue reading →

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Stem Cell Transplant Update..

Posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 by Laurie

I’ve been having a hard time trying to figure out how to write down all that transpired from my appointment with Dana Farber last week. So much information that I’m still trying to process, wrap my head around and accept. … Continue reading →

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Finding Courage…

Posted on Monday, December 5, 2011 by Laurie

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say it is brave.” ~ Mark Twain ~ Here is another one of my posts that … Continue reading →

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Another Survivor…

Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 by Laurie

I had the lovely opportunity to take in a kitten who hasn’t had the best of life thus far and only at 6 weeks of age! She was pretty dehydrated and malnourished before coming to me.. she wasnt expected to … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Thoughts..

Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 by Laurie

Beautiful blues and grays this morning as the sun fights it’s way out from behind the fog and clouds.. perfect example of how I feel sometimes.. fighting me way out from this cancer that I’ve had for way too long. … Continue reading →

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