Loose Strife

You know what they say: no news is good news? With cancer, the opposite is true, too. We were driving to the hospital for Laura’s port surgery on Friday morning when we got a call from her oncologist’s office asking for Laura to come in to talk with the doctor after the surgery. We now […]

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Laura and I were toying with the idea of having an open house, belated housewarming party on the weekend of the Ashfield Fall Festival. But we weren’t sure she’d be up to it. Well Laura’s doing better and she told me on Thursday that we should go ahead and do it. So it shall be! […]

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Quick update to say that the swallowing test on Thursday didn’t indicate any tumors or other problems. So it’s still a mystery why Laura’s throwing up every morning. May be a drug reaction.

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Hi, all. Laura had a pretty good day today. (A good day means only one prayer at the porcelain alter this morning!) She spent a lot of time up, got outside with the kids, ate fairly normally, etc. The esophagus pain from the radiation treatment seems to be lessening, too. Back pain is still present […]

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There are a few new photos in a September photo album. (No improvement for Laura, yet. She’s having worse trouble throughout the day with vomiting. Will be talking to oncologist tomorrow for coping tips.)

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Just a quick update to say that Laura’s not feeling very well. She’s a heap of compounded side effects. She’s got nausea, throws up like clock work every morning, has no appetite, has acid reflux, is fatigued, her esophagus has been burned up by the radiation so she can’t swallow, and the narcotics — well, […]

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We had a black bear pull down the cherry tree in our front yard recently. But that’s nothing compared to what grizzlies can do. I did put the word “whimsy” in the title of this blog — because, um, I was looking for another short “w” word that wasn’t a downer. So, without further ado.

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One way of tracking the progression of cancer and the efficacy of treatment is the measurement of various quantities in blood samples that are statistically associated with cancer growth. There is some controversy about these, but taken along with other indicators are useful. Laura received the results of her second measurement of “CA 27-29” today […]

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The Greenfield Recorder today had a brief article about a classic post and beam barn raising at Sangha Farm, which is run by folks we know in town.  Their son goes to our little town’s preschool — same as Lily.

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After a week of messing around, I’m sending out a link to this website — yet another excuse for me to obsess about breast cancer and procrastinate.  I figure this is a better way of keeping folks informed about what’s going on up our way.  You can either read this website or put your email […]

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