Top row (Left to Right): Laverne, John, Mom, Wayne, Dad — Bottom row (Left to Right): Tony, Carol, Peg This picture was taken several years ago at John and Carol’s house in Valley Center at their annual Christmas party. There are 8 people in this picture and as of this morning with Carol’s passing, there…
Interestingly enough, I think coming up with the title for this post was more difficult than the post itself, which is funny because I have tried to start this post many times. Now that I have probably confused you let me explain, but I warn you that my mind works in strange ways and the…
Mom has been going crazy with this neuropathy thing and it has driven us to try anything and everything to find relief. Her chemo oncologist referred her to an integrative oncologist. Now you are probably wondering, as I was, what the heck is integrative oncology. Well, basically its alternative approaches to cancer treatment. In some…
Mom and I out for our evening walk. When mom is antsy and needs something to do we go out for a walk. She actually gets around pretty well, but as you can see she is using a cane. The walks are to help her relax and to tire her out so that she can…
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Normally I would not wish for time to speed up, but I don’t do hot very well and summer just isn’t much fun for me. Now I realize that I live in southern california pretty close to the ocean so hot is relative. No it’s not 110 degrees in the shade like it is in…
I have been working on a surprise for mom for over a month and today was the big day. Last Friday I told mom that I had a surprise for her on Monday and that she wasn’t to plan anything for Monday. I was dying to tell her what the surprise was, but decided that…
Mom had a PET/CT Scan and MRI this past Monday. The past two days we have met with the oncologists to get the results of the scans and to find out what is next. So here it is, news that we have been waiting on. The MRI showed that the one tumor mom had in…
Some days are just sad days…. Yesterday was one of those days for me. I am not sure what exactly triggered it, but I started trying to picture what life will be like without mom around. I thought about Christmas (her favorite holiday). I thought about how often my siblings and I might talk with…
I often wondered what the ‘fight’ was all about when hearing about people battling cancer. I am discovering what the fight means and what it looks like and I am amazed at just how strong someone can be. My father did not show the strength that my mother had. I certainly don’t fault him for…