Posted by admin on Feb 26th, 2010

Round 13...

This week has been a week from you know where.  I am sitting in my mother’s hospital room where she is reovering from brain surgery to remove a large bood clot after a fall face first on her concrete driveway.   From the look of her hands, I don’t even think those were used to break her fall.  Luckily, a neighbor found her and got her to the hospital.  A major problem for the neurosurgeon...

Posted by admin on Feb 11th, 2010

In Good Company...

Jennifer Griffin, Fox News Correspondent, spoke about her battle with Triple Negative Breast Cancer on the Today Show.  I’m glad she is bringing attention to this type of breast...

Posted by admin on Feb 3rd, 2010

5K Run for TNBC...

The Collaboration of Scientist for Critical Research in Biomedicine, Inc. (CSCRB) at the University of Florida will be having a 5K run for Triple Negative Breast Cancer on February 27, in honor of their dear friend NuNu Miller who died of TNBC in 2008 (sometimes their website is down, so check back).  I have been in e-mail contact with Dr. Lisa Stow, President and Executive Director of CSCRB.  As a young...

Posted by admin on Feb 3rd, 2010

Rounds 11 and 12...

Today was the last day of my weekly Taxol treatments – yeah!  Now, I will start bi-weekly chemo treatments for 8 weeks, which means only 4 more treatments left before surgery.  The next phase will still include Avastin and adds Cytoxan and Adriamycin (also known as the “red devil” for its side effects) .  I will also have to go back for a shot of Neulesta the day after each treatment...

Posted by admin on Jan 22nd, 2010

Round 10...

I am blogging from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  I’m here with my daughter as she visits the University of Alabama law school on their “dime” – they’re paying for our 2-night stay at the Hilton and gas expenses.  Our 9-hour drive was quite an adventure.  Yesterday, we got to the Tallahassee area just as they issued a tornado watch.  The rain was coming down in torrents.  We might...

Posted by admin on Jan 14th, 2010

Round 9...

Nothing exciting to report for round 9.  When I did wake up, though, I was the only patient in the room.  I didn’t see my nurse and then a few minutes later she arrived – probably coming back from lunch.  When she came over to me, she commented “I wonder how long you’ve been empty?”  I think she was annoyed that the other nurses had not checked on me.  By my calculations,...