Yes, we hope to redo our bathroom in July. This is the fourth time I have been hospitalized in ten years and had to have help each time around the bathroom. Can't step over the bathtub unassisted...

I felt so good on Friday morning that I baked Rik a batch pf snickerdoodle cookies, readall the paper, did the crossword, took a short nap and puttered around the house until 11:30 when A picked...

Despite having a broken door lock on the front door, yesterday was a very nice day. We discovered the broken lock on Thursday and realized the only way into the house was through the back door....

I spent a marathon afternoon at the hospital today. I was supposed to get my monthly infusion of zometa but the nurses were unable to access my port after trying four times (ow). The infusion nurses paged my oncologist. He ordered an immediate...

I saw Dr. G, Seattle's best oncologist, yesterday and he has finally come around to estradiol therapy. This is a new concept that came out of the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. I will stay on the Fareston (toremifene) for six more weeks, to...

For those of you who would like to know what the rest of the world does when so many celebrate Christmas, here is our typical day. EVE: Eat dinner, maybe with friends. Watch a movie. We actually hosted friends for dinner. Afterwards he went to...

Every couple of years our synagogue organizes a photo shoot. Lifetouch Photo takes pics of everyone who signs up for a sitting. One 8x10 photo is free, but of course they want to sell you more pictures. In our case, we choose one group shot with the...

Is it backache or is it mets? Only her oncolgist knows for sure. My back has been bothering me for a couple of weeks now. Maybe longer -- I recall telling Dr E, the rad onc, about it. His response was to say that even people with cancer get lower back...