“dance the last atom cutting a knot
just dance and dance until you cannot”
--Miroslava Odalovic
Yesterday we arrived at Four Winds Cancer Clinic a little later than usual but just in time to hear that our pal Gabbee Padula Bagby was undergoing her final chemo treatment and would be the happy recipient of “The Happy Dance.” Hurrah! Gabbee had 60 treatments for breast cancer but is now cancer free and returned to normal life with her wonderful husband and their two lovely children. We couldn’t be happier for all of them!
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A Message of Love and Thanks
Hello All. There is no good way to break this news, but we wanted to let people know as soon as possible. Bud passed away early this morning. He passed peacefully after a long, and at times, arduous battle with pancreatic cancer. While Bud’s time on earth is done, the words he shared, the love he gave, and the hopes and fears he recounted here, will live on here, in loving memory of his life,…Read more...
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The Best Good Thing We Could Hope For Today
Doctor Robin’s assistant called us around ten o’clock to let us know that the Doc was a little backed up and needed to move our scheduled appointment from 11:40 to noon. No biggie, but nice of the Doc to call. Last time we had an appointment I had complained about sitting too long in one of the clinic’s hard chairs, but that was back when I was still experiencing pain in my back. That she… Read more... -
Other Than That I'm Fine
I have not cut back on some of the meds. Other than that I’m fine.
I mean there’s nothing to worry about. I’m doing fine. I’m also doing fine with the drug dosages too. I still take the prescribed doses of long-term oxy twice a day, Advil every six hours, B-12 and ALA twice a day, Prilosec once a day, and depending on the state of my “regularity,” and whether or not I needed to rely… Read more...
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Counter-Narrative 
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