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From Evolution to Survival: navigating the beauty and challenges of midlife all while fighting glioblastoma terminal brain cancer with grace and dignity.
This is the last time I walked. Monday, June 23rd After that… nothing really. I have movement and sensation in both legs, but no weight bearing on either leg. I guess we will wait until the outcome of this MRI to see if there’s anything...
Edgar Allan Poe…one of my favorites! You guys like to mention him when you spot him on my shelf. I think he’s the best. A sweet friend brought me cut flowers from her garden today…and how about that…the dapper, yet not particularly amused Mr. Poe...
How about another ambulance ride with me? I hated making the choice to leave in-house rehab and go home, but through tears at 800 am, I called Keith to come help me decide. Three therapists and I were working to coax my legs to get...
Even when you don’t feel like it. I haven’t felt like it. I haven’t felt like posting. I haven’t felt like being upbeat. I haven’t even felt like being sad. I’ve been in this hibernation state where I just wanted to rest, just wanted to...
I figure if my shaky hands can trudge through typing, autocorrect, text to talk probs, backspacing, and misspelled nonsense to try and whip out some variance of an intelligent blog post… I can fumble-finger through the Uber Eats app and ORDER INSOMNIA COOKIES! And they...
Sllleeepppp! All I wanted to do today was sleep! I am perpetually exhausted. Who knows why? Could be one thing or the combination of all the thousand things going on in a given moment. Keith brought Brady to the hospital to see me (we aren’t...
COOKIES! I figure if my shaky hands can trudge through typing, autocorrect, text to talk probs, backspacing, and misspelled nonsense to try and whip out some variance of an intelligent blog post… I can fumble-finger through the Uber Eats app and ORDER INSOMNIA COOKIES! And...
If I could be anywhere else… I would be at Lake Ouachita camping with my kids and Keith, laughing around a campfire. Campfire smoke smells so good. I would be on Bleeker Street in Greenwich Village, NYC, on the look out for a place with...