A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Jul 26th, 2012
“I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I’m doing.” – Marsha Doble I thought you might like an update on Dave’s progress. As the week wore on heading to his first day, his confidence began to wane. My little humorous quips were met with distress and annoyance. I toned […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Jul 1st, 2012
“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.” – Plato For those of you who made a wish for Dave on my behalf, thank you! 2
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Feb 6th, 2012
“We’re here! Superrrrr Bowlllllllll!” – Text Dave has been blessed this year with a couple of companies that have gifted him with football tickets. We got two sets for the championship games with the San Francisco 49ers and then he couldn’t believe it when another company gave him two super bowl tickets! As luck would […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Apr 13th, 2011
“There is good news tonight” – Gabriel Heatter Well, we have completed our tests and consultations in Little Rock. What should have been a 6 month check was an 8th month check due to some moving around of the schedule as our doctor was unexpectedly called away. Dave continues in Complete Remission with all lesions […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Feb 23rd, 2011
“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” – General George S. Patton A big win for Dave yesterday! He played 18 holes of golf! 0
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Jan 24th, 2011
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life — It goes on. —Robert Frost” This photo was taken in May 2007, a year before Dave’s MM diagnosis on the lovely day of our youngest’s HS Graduation. This May she will graduate from College! Good news. Dave has had a sudden burst […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Multiple Myeloma on Dec 19th, 2010
“There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.” – Bill McKibben When Dave and I were in Little Rock during the holidays in 2008, he was emotionally and physically struggling. He was sad, some would argue depressed, in pain, insecure, frightened, […]
Welcome to my new WordPress, Bluehost hosted, Riding the Wave Blog. I hope you like it and if you went to my old one on blogger and found yourself redirected here, I’m happy you found me! Much thanks goes to my friend and former co-worker, Bari Mitchell, at the University of Maryland. She spent time […]
Posted in MM Chrono Journey on Mar 15th, 2010
CB #25 July 3, 2008 “It is so good to have the office come to life again! It felt like a house with a clogged drain on holiday with a lot of visitors, when you were gone… ” My wonderful boss’ email to me upon my return. So I’ve been home now for about a […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 16th, 2009
CB #17 June 26, 2008 Oh man! Well we went for the radiation treatment for Dave’s ribs and we got hit with a bunch of stuff that needs to be done for his treatment to start on Monday for the Myeloma. The upshot is that it was my first moment of frustration and anger given […]
