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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 been looking forward to being done with the radiation...

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, the interior options, etc. etc.  And the sales guy...

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 cancer cells remaining in the tumor that was removed...

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 woken up by someone calling my name. No surgeons...

I know how to write songs.  I know how to give presentations to large groups of people.  I know how to drive a stick shift in Australia.   I know how to make pickled herring. I even know how to whistle.  But I have no idea how to surgically remove...

There are days like these Where nothing’s what it seems There are times like now We must get through somehow   Everything will still be here tomorrow What we said today will still be true Leave the pain, the fears and all your sorrow Every day that dawns is...

I woke up a bit too early this morning – too early and too dark to start the day just yet. So I stay in bed and let my mind wander – presenting a smorgasbord of various images and conversations, some in the past and some in the future....

Through a tunnel of snow we flew  Gasping and exhilarated  Across the edge of a cliff  With ourselves and all  We were floating – We had wings  We never knew existed     (they say they’re always there just waiting for a leap of faith)     And that was just...

Now with only one chemo treatment left to go, I think about the choices we will need to make soon. If no cancer cells remain in my body from the surgery and pathology report, it’s called a ‘complete response’. If there are remaining cancer cells still, it is called...

With Chemo No 5 fully working its way through Linda’s body, we are now contemplating the remaining treatment program with one more chemo session to go followed by surgery (May 30) and radiation later this summer.  In the best possible scenario, Linda will ‘only’ need drug therapy for the...

Some friendships are steady and solid. We are so powerfully connected, and love is real and present in our midst all the time. Even if we don’t see each other for some time, we know deep in our hearts that friendship is fulfilling and profoundly satisfying. We’ve got each...

Linda has now passed Chemo No. 4 with two more treatments to go before surgery and we’re starting to sense patterns; the first few days after all the infusions, her whole body is just really warm, her face flushed, she’s generally very tired and docile.   The second week after...