Tag Archives: cancer

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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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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Afraid to Hope…

Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 by Laurie

~ Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit. ~ ~ Norman Vincent Peale ~ It’s a beautiful morning here in Hallowell as I sit here in my chair by the open window. The … Continue reading →

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Creating with Cancer…

Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2011 by Laurie

I’ve been putting off writing a post about my cancer for some time now. I guess I just wanted to focus on the good things in my life and not get caught up in being sick. However doing today’s assignment … Continue reading →

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Again…

Posted on Monday, May 9, 2011 by Laurie

That sinking feeling is back, Like fog that surrounds me. Drizzled with snippets of fear. It snuck up and surprised me. The “It” is Cancer. Which, has once again, made it self known Not to be ignored any longer. It … Continue reading →

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Good News…

Posted on Saturday, April 2, 2011 by Laurie

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods ~ C.S. Lewis ~ I have some good news! Went to my oncologist this past week for CT and while … Continue reading →

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Strength…

Posted on Monday, February 7, 2011 by Laurie

“Out of suffering emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars” Today I have surgery to remove one of the cancerous nodes to get it into pathology to find out exactly what kind of cancer and … Continue reading →

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Round II…

Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 by Laurie

Well I have no other way to say this except to just say it.. my cancer is back. I had my CT scan yesterday and it showed that the two nodes in my armpit are bigger then they were 6 … Continue reading →

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.. and so it goes..

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 by Laurie

Friday, January 28, 7:30 am ~ Not sure what to write here or if I will even post this.. just feeling the  need to write out what’s been going on.. so here goes..  this past week I found out my cancer … Continue reading →

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Just when you start to feel safe…

Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 by Laurie

Written last evening.. Tuesday 6:00 pm – I remember a little while ago I wrote that while I’m in remission the noose that I always felt close to my neck during the time I was being treated would continue to … Continue reading →

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