Saturday, January 7, 2006
No Love Lost
I had the Kansas University Alumni Association send out a message to five of my old friends last year. I had purposefully written my message quick and to the point. I wanted to attract their attention. In two sentences, I had stated: "Looking up old friends. I have cancer." The last sentence had sent a cold chill through my mike. The Alumni Association had added to my message the number of my husband’s business and it was this number that my mike called first. He left a message on the answering...
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Friday, January 6, 2006
From Goodie to Oh NO!
My mike got the card from the Alumni Association on February 5, 2005. He told me that he almost threw the envelope away. He saw it was from the university where he had finished his undergraduate degree and figured that they had finally tracked him down. They probably wanted money. Something prompted him to open the envelope. He wasn’t used to getting snail mail from The University of Kansas. Peeking inside the envelope he saw my name and said, “Oh, it’s from Carole.” His wife, who was standing...
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Time to Change the Picture!
This is my family this time! It was the last "peak" day for the foliage Oct. 30th. We sent this picture out at Xmas to show we were back together. Our friends have all been relieved!
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Thursday, January 5, 2006
Killing Time or Vice-Versa
As I was waiting for the surgeons to communicate with one another to coordinate my various surgeries, I wondered, "Am I killing time, or is this wasted time killing me?" It was a question I really didn't want to ponder, so I considered that I had faced more danger when I had Deep Brain Surgery at age 46. “Parkinson’s is “an old person’s disease. You can’t have that.” “You’re too young to have Parkinson’s.” I had heard remarks like those from at least six doctors back in the early 1980s, as my...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2006
The Waiting Game
Waiting... it can mean boredom & frustration. Waiting... it can let your mind go places it shouldn’t. Waiting... ever hear of idle hands? I found myself waiting for what seemed an eternity to have this cancer cut out of my breast. It was one year ago that I had the needle biopsies. That took place on January 5, 2005. I had no way of knowing how much of the cancer had been sucked out by the doctor who did the biopsy. All I knew was that 5 holes had been made into this tumor. I started to imagine...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Where Do You Go To Cry?
My manicurist asked me if I cried and screamed and carried on when I received my diagnosis of breast cancer. I said I hadn’t. My daughter concurred. I hadn’t. The manicurist said she would have just wailed and carried on. I said what good would that do you? You’d still have cancer. I have Parkinson’s and I have lived with that incurable disease for 23 years now. At least with cancer I have a chance of being cured. I didn’t cry or go into a state of depression over the diagnosis of Parkinson's...
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Monday, January 2, 2006
'Ya Got the Big "C"
My diagnosis of breast cancer came after 5 needle biopsies, which were not fun. A Radiologist did mine and I found out later that I got the best in the KC Metropolitan area in private practice. What luck! He extracted out much of that worm with his big sucking needle. (Sounds so sensual, doesn't it?) They numb the area with Novocain and using a sonogram as a guide, the doctor inserts a long needle, into your breast, that has a big hollow middle. The procedure is done all while you are awake and...
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Sunday, January 1, 2006
A Pair of Dudley DoRights To Go, Please
I was thinking of honesty and trust today when it came to going outside my marriage for an illicit relationship. I fell in love with a married man who lived 1500 miles away last year. Both of us had always been a pair of Dudley DoRights. How did we get so mixed up? What led us astray? Was this a trust issue or one of honesty? It's a thin line. Let me explain how this was totally out of character for me. Much could be said for my future paramour as well. It's time I told this story from the...
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We're Going to the Movies!
Happy New Year! The rest of my day is going to be spoken for very soon. I wanted to share my slideshow to Egypt in QT format, complete with very sexy music... http://homepage.mac.com/carole_dbs/CC'sMovies/iMovieTheater29.html Love to all in 2006!
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Saturday, December 31, 2005
Visit Egypt for the New Year
We spent a day in Egypt this week. Join us, won't you? http://homepage.mac.com/carole_dbs/PhotoAlbum28.html
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