Today was the nationwide Run for the Cure for Breast Cancer and what a great day for it here in Kingston Ontario. Hundreds turned out, the weather was great, tears were shed, laughter shared, money raised and fun had.
My sister took me as I was three days out of chemo and a bit wobbly.
……more to come…
Just a quickie with no photos but after a trip to visit a plastic surgeon yesterday I feel so much better about any pending mastectomy! Left thinking ‘Hey! the upside of all this (besides some weight loss) is new hair and maybe even new boobs!” Now for pics and some hair and boobs but in…
Well, the November meeting of our polymer claygroup in this end of Ontario was attended by just Georgia and me. However we got a lot done. I wanted to learn about Gera Scott Chandler’s ‘fabric’ claying as I might be able to use it on my buttons (which might lead to a whole new sweater…
Today was my fourth chemo of eight… I’m half way through! I’m almost dreading the next four as they are a new drug Paclitaxel (for me) that can cause numbness in fingers and toes….. and I MUST knit, it’s my drug of choice!! Apparently Melissa Etheridge stopped hers as she was scared (justly so) it…
My very good painter friend Vera Donefer gave me as a gift a series of photo sessions with her son-in-law Rene Calderon (brother in law of Laura Donefer). We’ve done all hair, short hair just before it all fell out (one of which is on my web site home page) and the other day he…
Down in the Dumps I’ve been meaning to post for weeks now but my six weeks of healing and down time have passed and I still need another. Physically I’m healed enough to start working again, I’m knitting wool as I don’t know if I can tackle cotton which is harder to use pulling and…
Well, Sunday at the Run for the Cure was a great day, I ended up eating chicken breast for supper and started to feel good as I usually do heading into every third Monday – day four after chemo…..then Monday arrived and everything fell apart again. I felt I had had chemicals poured into me,…