Feeling pretty fatigued from chemo and come to find out that my medi-port is acting up. (Routinely tested before chemo.) So it’s off to the hospital for what they call a dye-test. They inject a dye into the port in order to make sure the chemo is going to the right place without any obstructions. […]
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This is my Mom. The picture was drawn by my brother Ray for my Mom’s 70th birthday and it’s a pretty awesome accomplishment. It is a picture that was taken when she did community theater in a little show called Can Can. My brother actually made this picture with a bunch of ink dots and
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Have been doing really well the last couple of months, tumor markers dropping, and aside from the usual effects of chemo been able to keep up my routine. So I’m a happy camper. That’s the good times. Bad times is when you go to chemo and your port refuses to work. A one-hour infusion becomes
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New Study of Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer Establishes Model for Global Clinical Trials Two targeted medications designed to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer are being tested in a new study involving 8,000 participants in 50 countries across six continents — a clinical trial that investigators hope will provide a new model for
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Marti, my sister came to visit last week and she was so excited about my wigs. I wanted her to meet Victoria La Rosa at I’m Still Me so we trekked out to Warrenton about 40 minutes from Fairfax. She also loved Victoria for her warmth and caring and Marti got to try on wigs.
There are so many ups and downs with this disease but I can truly say that the up times are euphoria. You forget the down times because you are so excited about the good news when it comes. My good news came in the form of a telephone message from my Oncologist’s collaborative nurse (another one of my angels).
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No April fools. It’s true, a wig has the power to transform the image and the feeling and BTW no side effects. It’s far from a fairy tale but Sinatra had it right with the lyrics to “Young at Heart”. Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you If you’re young at heart
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My sister Gloria has always been my idol but now she is over the top. She has not only accepted her newly acquired “be-wigged” status but the endless amount of glamor that she put in place has given all who love her a tinge of happiness for her new and younger look. Nothing like a
Received a package containing 5 wigs from my WIG angel, Victoria LaRosa from I’m Still Me in Warrenton , VA. I’ve spent the last 2 days modeling them for my husband Bryant. We laughed at the country western looking wig, the Gravel Gertie wig and he was able to give me input on the others.
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