Category: cancer
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Rebooting
When a computer slows down, freezes, or generally starts behaving in a funky manner, we all know what to do: reboot! Well, this past week Chuck and I have been attempting to reboot our systems. Not because we were freezing up or had a virus. No, our reboot had to do with making some mental…
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Counting our blessings
Chuck had his six-month CT scan this past Monday at City of Hope. It’s been on the calendar, and we’ve been doing these follow-ups for a while. But in a pattern that has become familiar, in the week or two leading up to these appointments & tests both Chuck and I start to exhibit some,…
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Repercussions of war
He doesn’t talk about it much, but Chuck is a Vietnam War vet. He spent a year (1970-71) stationed in a place called Vung Tau. He was in the Navy, but was land-based for his entire tour (long story that involves among other things volunteering – which common wisdom says you never do in the…
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Mud run fun followed by oozing puss-filled goodness
I did my first mud run last Saturday. It was a filthy blast. A mud run, for the uninitiated, is an obstacle course run that always includes, you guessed it, mud pits. Yesterday’s was the the Irvine Lake Mud Run, a 3.8 mile course along the banks of Irvine Lake in Orange County. We were…
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Chuckstrong!
It’s been a nerve wracking week here at Chez O’Shea. This week marked nine months since the end of Chuck’s chemo treatments, and six months since his last PET scan. Monday they did a new PET scan and today we got the results. It was all good news. Mister Fatty Necrosis, of whom I wrote…
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A working Halloween and a pause to give thanks
We spent Halloween weekend in Pasadena, at the California Library Association’s annual conference. All of our time was spent in an exhibit booth, so I have no real idea how the conference went, but our booth area seemed pretty popular. The booth’s theme was “Libraries, Learning and Zombies” so we had to dress up, of…
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