Party On

To celebrate the upcoming 1 year mark since my transplant (December 14, 2013), and to honor my 2 biggest heroes – Todd, the world’s best caregiver, and Leason 4, the world’s greatest donor – my parents threw a shindig to thrash and trample all shindigs that have come before.  Due to my chemo brain (CBIART […]

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Inspiration

Yo!  Sorry for the delay since my last post.  I’ve been out and about living a “normal” life 🙂 Birthday parties, fundraisers, weddings, dinners, lunches, moving children into apartments, movies, family reunions, etc.  So grateful that I’m able to do all of it!  As I celebrate Day 250 Post-Transplant, I’ve been reflecting on the past […]

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Miss MedAmerica Pageant

In my spare time I decided to play around a little with all my pill bottles… You probably already think I’m somewhat of a freak, but after watching this production, I’m certain you’ll think I’m a Super Freak 🙂  Grab some popcorn, Milk Duds, Jujubes, Raisinets, Junior Mints, Skittles, Dots, and/or M & M’s, sit […]

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It’s True… (what they say about blondes)

It’s true.  What they say about blondes.  It’s definitely true.  It’s enormously more fun, even with having to surrender a few IQ points.  (I have already slid down the scale with my chemo brain, so it’s a win-win) 🙂 Danny, my expert hair director for the past 25 years, recently worked a little magic on […]

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Repulsive Rash, Loathsome Lips and Heinous Hair

My Graft vs. Host symptoms were getting worse, so Todd urged me to email Dr. F to alert him.  I was not scheduled to see him for another 10 days, but he emailed back immediately and told me to come in the next day and he would squeeze me in.  So, back up to COH […]

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Day 100: Look Mom ~ No Mask!

I really can’t believe it’s been 100 days since my transplant!  I still wake up at night, thinking I hear that damn vitals machine approaching.  I’ve been virtually cut off from the outside world for 7 months – no restaurants, no visitors, no leaving the house except to go see a doctor or check into […]

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