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Entries from July 2008

No news is not that good

July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just a quick note to say that Laura’s visit with her neurosurgeon today was significant only in that he agreed with the radiologist that there was no significant observable problems in her brain MRI. He agreed that all the symptoms together — vision loss, vomiting, headaches, mild dizziness, neck pain — are worrisome and probably […]

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Hello, from the middle of nowhere (apparently)

July 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

To mi familia grande, our phone is down after the recent storms and isn’t scheduled for repair until Wednesday some time. We don’t have cell phone service here and that satellite internet thingy has been pretty flaky during this last week. And all the storms don’t help. So… to reach us through Wednesday, your best […]

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Getting nervous again

July 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Laura got the results of her latest PET/CT body scan today. There were no new tumor sites and her existing bone mets were metabolically “quiescent”. We were surprised. The other day Laura asked me where her liver was as she held her mid-section and got weepy. The liver is a common site for metastases in […]

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