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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: January 2011
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Sunday, January 30, 2011. Here is part two of the crazy hospital story. So I get the Benadryl and I am getting drowsy and then it is about 10:30. The IV is beeping just about every twenty minutes so I have been trying to walk around as much as possible to avoid staying in the room. 8220;When are you going to stop that IV from setting off the alarm? He was glaring at the nurse. The nurse finally contacted a resident who released me at 2:00 am An orderly wheel...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: My Little Lambs
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Wednesday, January 12, 2011. I am heading to surgery in a couple of hours and I feel like I have finally calmed the nerves of the littlest Egan’s. They have been so full of worry and trepidation over the operation it has been difficult to keep my own anxiety at bay. 8220;How do I know that I can trust you? You said the same thing the last time you had surgery and it was cancer. How do I know that you aren’t lying? 8221; He cried, clearly agitated and scared.
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: February 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Thursday, February 25, 2010. My Winter of Discontent. I am going to be sick.” Thankfully, I had put a bucket on the floor of the backseat, anticipating this very moment. Clearly, there was no way I could stop at the pharmacy, so we went home. I thought about what to do and then I came back to my mantra from when I was sick myself. I would have to ask for help, and be okay with accepting it. It doesn’t mean I am not a perfect mom (Ha! When we got to the resor...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: July 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. It has been relaxing. We have enjoyed our home, our friends and our swim club. I guess that we are finally settling in after living here for almost five years. We are also farther away from the trauma of cancer so we seem more normal, even if it is an altered state of normal. With this independence comes more freedom for me to pursue whatever life goals I have. I know I want to continue to pursue my writing, but in what capacity?
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: The Surgery
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Around 2 am, they miraculously found a room for me in the kidney transplant ward. I was wheeled into a dark hospital room. Was there someone breathing on the other side of the curtain? In the morning, the nurse came in to take my blood pressure and the doctor was two feet behind her. “74 over 36. Are you lightheaded? 8220;Yes,” I said, “I feel a little bit dizzy.”. Great Where was Mike? 8220;Where have you been? 8220;I slept unti...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: March 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Monday, March 29, 2010. 8220;You know,” she began in her lovely southern drawl. “At the end of the day everyone’s plate is full.”. Whether it is sickness, a parent dying, financial difficulties, or parenting issues, we all face the same obstacles and we must muddle our way through as best we can. So I continue to press on, knowing that life is going to have ups and downs reminding myself that it is just a part of life to have a very full plate. 8221; She wal...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: Making Memories
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. The next weekend we took the children downtown to see “The Dickens Village” and “The Light Show” at Macy’s. It is in the Old Wannamaker building in Philadelphia which is a gorgeous old department store. We shopped a little bit and then had dinner in a family restaurant. After morning coffee and clean up we hopped in the car and went to my husband’s family’s home for Christmas Day. We enjoyed a buffet dinner at my i...It was a wond...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: November 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Wednesday, November 17, 2010. The phone rang at 6:06 this morning and it was my mother in law calling to tell us that my brother in law died around 5:00 am After hearing the news on the speakerphone, my husband hung up the phone and went to get in the shower. I stopped him immediately. “Aren’t you going to call your sister? 8221; I couldn’t believe he wasn’t on the phone already. I should call her now? Maybe I should wait.”. 8220;Do you want me to do it?
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: June 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. After a few harried minutes of trying to figure out where I was, I found the studio and hurried in. When I arrived I was greeted by a nice woman who asked me if I was there for the Kundalini class. 8220;Why yes, of course,” I replied. “I don’t even know what it is but I am willing to try it.” I said. As the class wore on, we chanted an Indian mantra with our eyes closed, we danced around the room feeling free and “looking like...
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog: October 2010
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Sisterhood and Survival: A Breast Cancer Blog. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Do We or Don't We? 8220;Mommy, he doesn’t have much time left to live. We have to go see him.” There were tears streaming down her face. 8220;Who are you talking about? 8220;Mommy, it is Uncle J. He is getting really sick and we need to go see him soon. I think we really need to go within the next two weeks.”. 8220;Thanks, Mommy.”. I don’t know. We called to schedule a trip in spite of my fears only to find out that this weekend ...
