shanoaravendare

So Saturday was my 25th birthday and the first day of the Native American Festival at the Wooden Nickel. Mom and I arrived in the Boro late Friday night due to a late start caused in part by my not having my regalia finished and mostly by our doctor's appointment going longer than we had anticipated as well as delays at the pharmacy. Once we got ( Read more... )

native american festival, birthday

Updates!

shanoaravendare Sep 23, 2009 14:42

Wow! I got kinda lax about updating this again. Time to remedy that.

Cancer UpdateI went back up to New York on the third and they say that my tumor is still shrinking. In fact they said that it is getting so small and the edges so indistinct that it is getting hard to measure it now. On the downside they found a large blood clot near the ( Read more... )

cancer, fun, plans

Welcome to our ool

shanoaravendare Aug 26, 2009 04:19

So on Monday my mom and I went down to the local pool and went swimming. All my life I have loved to swim and for two years when I was younger I even did it competitively. I was great at the backstroke and even placed a few times in competitions. Summer has always meant at least one trip to the pool for me, when my Nanny and Pap-Pap were still ( Read more... )

cancer, summer

Cutting down the pill count

shanoaravendare Aug 19, 2009 14:02

For several months now I've been taking Oxycontin twice a day to help deal with the pain from my cancer and the surgeries I've had. It has been 2 months since my last surgery and on Saturday I took the last dose of Oxycontin I had. Since I have been feeling so well and haven't been having any pain I decided not to call Dr. Schwartz for a new ( Read more... )

cancer, medication

The Continuing Saga of My Cancer and Its Side Effects

shanoaravendare Jul 05, 2009 08:56

Sorry it has been so long since I posted an update on my medical condition. A lot has happened since my last update.
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cancer, health, life