I've wanting to document this whole chemo thing, somehow, and I haven't really known quite what I wanted to do.  So, I've decided to take a picture of myself, post it on a blog and maybe write some about my treatment and how I'm feeling.  I'm guessing some days I'll write lots, some days not at all.  It's mostly for me, to watch myself as I change ( Read more... )

I got my first round of blood work back today.  There are tumor markers in your blood that get elevated when you have cancer.  Different kinds of cancer have different markers. My marker for ovarian is CA-125.  Normal range is below 22.  When I had surgery, my CA-125 was like 225.  Today it's 8.  That's a good number.  Yippie for me.

Finally, some good news!  My colonsocopy was completely normal!  That's very, very good news. 

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If you were going, for a week, all alone, on a trip, anywhere in the world, the third week in February, where would you go?

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Gus got his bits snipped yesterday and when I went to pick him up from the clinic, this 98 pound vet tech walked out carrying my 65 pound puppy and said, "He said he didn't think he could walk ( Read more... )