Category Archives: health update

Offensive?

Posted on April 9, 2014 by nancy5vic

I play offense.  I’m on team SAL (stay alive longer) playing against MBC (metastatic breast cancer).  We’re both in the NEL (national epidemic league).  And I play offense.  Because I want to move my team ahead.  I want to play … Continue reading →

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Eating my words

Posted on June 17, 2013 by nancy5vic

        It really wasn’t that long ago…ok, it’s been at least five years…that I’d hold up a whole chicken from the grocery store in front of Maria.  I’d hold out its wings and let its drumsticks (aka … Continue reading →

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Buckets aren’t for kicking!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by nancy5vic

Today the sun is shining brightly and I’d like to take a long walk with my doggie. Then, I’m gonna pull some weeds. But, before I go out, I have a thought to share. It smacked me in the face … Continue reading →

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Met-Amorphosis Ch 3,4

Posted on October 20, 2012 by nancy5vic

Chapter Three Did I forget to mention How I Got Here.  I did.  So, rewind.  It is a hot summer, the summer of 2008.  In June, we went to Atlantis on Paradise Island to see all the marine life.  While … Continue reading →

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Met-Amorphosis

Posted on July 8, 2012 by nancy5vic

  And so, gentle readers, I have begun.  Tell me what you think of the beginning… Met-Amorphosis Cultural dictionary definition,  “A change in an animal as it grows, particularly a radical change, such as the transformation of a caterpillar into … Continue reading →

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Cousin It

Posted on July 1, 2012 by nancy5vic

A new month is upon us.  But, the last month lingers in my mind.  It’s difficult sometimes to NOT relive the difficult.  Four years ago, I had some aches and pains this time of year.  But, I carried on.  I … Continue reading →

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So Long, Joe

Posted on May 25, 2012 by nancy5vic

Oh, Joe, I’ve known you for so long… It’s difficult to say goodbye now When I was young, you were perky Now, you’re just a drip I know, sometimes people push your buttons… But still, man, I love the smell … Continue reading →

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Coming Out of the Dark

Posted on February 1, 2012 by nancy5vic

Yesterday I was about to take Cooper for his after dinner stroll.  It was 5:45.  I looked out the window, and, lo and behold…it wan’t pitch black!!!!  Yippeee, the dark days of winter are behind us, or 11 months ahead … Continue reading →

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Solitaire

Posted on November 4, 2010 by nancy5vic

Last night I awoke, as I often do, with song lyrics floating through my head.  Does this happen to you, too? Yesterday, I had been thinking about how it was odd not to be spending the day with John.  We … Continue reading →

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Speechless

Posted on October 21, 2010 by nancy5vic

So, I called this morning at about 9:30am to get PET scan results, but Dr. Siegel and his CPN were in clinicals.  Call back at 4, says Linda in the office.  I called back at 4:40 and the good doc … Continue reading →

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