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The Cancer Gene that Keeps on Giving

PMS2. Lynch Syndrome. "You're at a much higher risk for colon cancer, pancreatic cancer and endometrial cancer." This was the summary...

Next Steps

On August 5, we returned to M.D. Anderson to meet with Kristin to learn the results of the pathology report. It was as we expected:...

Post Surgery

I'll be spending less time in here -- our bedroom -- than you'd think because my office has a recliner. When I'm not on the computer,...

Surgery: Bright Lights, Bright Future

The surgery was moved up twice, so I was to check in at Baptist Beaches Hospital at 10:15 yesterday, with robotic surgery beginning at...

The Day Before Surgery

So many “last minute” details. The hospital called and moved up the surgery to 12:30, with 11 a.m. check-in. I was told to launder my...

Surgical Prep: What's Involved

I’m having laparoscopic surgery, in part because Baptist Hospital has 172 Covid patients and counting. They don’t want non-Covid patients...

Thank the Lord, I See the Light!

If you read the previous blog, you’ll understand when I say that Robert Ian was right: I can handle the challenge and our middle road...

How are Kevin and I Coping?

This picture was taken on a Saturday, the day after Kevin's birthday in 2000 -- which had been the very day I was told I had breast...

Too Little Sleep, Too Many Scary Forms

I’m not going to sugar coat these entries: “Cancer” is the last conscious thought I have at night and my first thought in the morning. It...

How Did We Find Out?

I suppose I felt something was "off" for over a month before seeing a doctor. Postmenopausal women aren't told this, but if you notice a...

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