Archive for June, 2010

Rain makes the flowers grow…

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

or so I hear. It feels a little like a swampland here lately. Hopefully, the rainbow and big beautiful blooms are not far behind! Aidan had his EEG yesterday. I’ll be honest. I expected it to be completely normal. Part of the reason we put it off and went to Jellystone first... »

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USML-ME

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
USML-ME

Patient is a 40 year old female with a history of non-hodgkins lymphoma and exposure to CHOP-R chemotherapy and mediastinal radiation 4 years prior.  She presents in the clinic with peripheral neuropathy that started with electric shocks down the legs and then turned into cramping, numbness and burning in the feet and calves approximately... »

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Summer is under way…

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

but I … haven’t found my zen summer self yet.  Despite sleeping in, I feel pretty crabby! I just have too much going on and I can’t figure out how to manage my feelings.  I find myself feeling ok one minute and then sort of … being a crabby, hysterical mess the next.  If you... »

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So I’m 40…

Friday, June 11th, 2010
So I’m 40…

40 is the new 30, right?  No really.  I’m 40.  As in Four Zero.  I can’t believe it.  I certainly don’t feel that old … My birthday itself (June 4th) was pretty low key.  I picked up my mom at the airport on the third and we had a pretty quiet day on my... »

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Mini-update…

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

My new  doctor’s nurse called today. “Your CT is abnormal.  Dr. L has discussed it with Dr. Asshole (pulmonologist who treated me so badly 2 years ago), and he wants to see you.  Pulmonology will be calling you.” “Uh.  OK.” Pulmonology called later in the day. “This is the nurse for Dr. Asshole.  He would like to see... »

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U-turn

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

I had a great weekend. Much of it was spent fixing the gardening mistakes that I have clung to over the last 4 years or so. In hopes of building great perennial gardens, I opted not to put down the black weed guard that would prevent the insidious creep of thistles, or... »

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