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fear, blood, life

Posted on November 6, 2008 by debrarian

the last two weeks have been hard. a return of the thin taut fear. color bleeding out of the days as the blood seeped out of val’s nose thinly and we watched it, counted the blots, counted the kleenex, counted the minutes. i think it was two weeks ago that Continue Reading

Posted In November 2008Tagged In blood, CT scan, fear, hope, nosebleed

a horizon gone rogue

Posted on November 3, 2008 by cowgalval

i swear they are gonna give me PTSD before it’s all said and done. i will spoil the surprise now by saying everything is okay (a relative notion, keeping in mind the premise of the blog and the fact that i am out of earl grey tea). a tickle. the Continue Reading

Posted In November 2008Tagged In blood, bronchoscopy, CAT scan, CT scan

i know you are but where am i?

Posted on October 25, 2008 by cowgalval

Yeah. So here’s the thing. i know, again with “the thing,” but i have cancer so you have to listen to me as if i had a seat on buddha’s straight talk express. anyhow, the thing is- regaining consciousness does a not-so-suble reset of the presumption system. somehow i thought Continue Reading

Posted In October 2008Tagged In blood, body, cancer, ER, hospital, nosebleed, passing out, vasal vegal

a bit of excitement

Posted on October 25, 2008 by debrarian

Hi all, We’re fine.  Which is so exciting, because Thursday night fine was only one of the options on the menu, and it wasn’t clear for a while there what we were ordering. Here’s a quick, damn the suspense and full speed ahead rendition, to be fleshed out later when Continue Reading

Posted In October 2008Tagged In Apomab, blood, gummi bears, nosebleed, platelets, transfusion, vasal vegal

blood and love

Posted on September 4, 2008 by cowgalval

First, I would like to apologize for my lack of communication in the last couple weeks. I am experimenting with new ways of being in the world and it turns out to be very time consuming. Plus, I had company. Also, I have been eating beef which takes a great Continue Reading

Posted In September 2008Tagged In blood, cancer, chemo, luck, Neupagen, supplements, white blood cell

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