Mayo Clinic
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Out of the Mouths of Children
I was exhausted during a trip back from Mayo, having been away from home and my ailing mother for just over 27 hours, so I stopped at my brother’s for a quick nap. Upon waking, these little lovelies implored me… Continue reading
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Right Around The Corner
On Easter Sunday in 2012, I ran into a long-time friend at the grocery store and quickly updated her. She was a bit dismayed to learn that I would be in a clinical trial for rare cancer (no tumors) and seemed… Continue reading
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Fat Tuesday–the aftermath
My birthday is always during lent…except in 2008 when it was actually ON Easter Sunday (once in a lifetime). I’ve always given myself a ‘bye’ on my birthday when it comes to Lent and giving up a certain… Continue reading
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Birthday Blessing
God answered our prayers!! Not how I’d expected, or imagined–I was hoping doctors’ offices were equipped with confetti cannons for moments like this. For years I’ve prayed for: a Cure, Healing, a Root Cause and Clarity* …tucked away in my… Continue reading
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BIrthday Boldness
[March 16 – Monday] It’s just a half hour until my final scan for the day. All that I’ve listened to or read today has been about praying boldly. In July of 2013 I began specifically praying for: clarity, root… Continue reading
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More Than An Atrium
[Thursday, March 15] I didn’t mind having water for lunch–wasn’t really hungry–just waiting to be symptomatic, and close to a lab if I needed to use the Fast Pass. Loretta, my sherpa-in-law, had been fulfilling her duties to the utmost, so I… Continue reading
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Initial Consultation – again
The initial consultation with a doctor is the hardest…to condense 20+ years of symptoms allows for about 1.5minutes per year. Some years were worse than others; some weekends were worse than entire years.[Thursday, March 15] I found myself once again… Continue reading
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Piles of Files
BEFORE Just days ago I took a picture of my neat color-coded organized medical files…I smiled knowing that it was time to put them in the filing cabinet. I’d slugged these records around a tri-state area, but now it was time to let… Continue reading
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How Are You Feeling?
I’m feeling better than I did a month ago And it’s not just because it’s summer break Two years ago ‘the beast’ was named: Carcinoid Syndrome And I was in a clinical trial waiting for the Ga68 Scan A year… Continue reading
