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well friends, I have sat down to update everyone several times and each time I do something changes. Here is what has happened and what I know so far…. Last week we did a debridement and they sent “samples” to the lab (I told them we were not using the word biopsy because I didn’tContinue reading “Texas Update #2”

Hey everyone. Today is Tuesday 10/18/22. Man has it been a whirlwind of a couple of weeks! There were so many things that had to happen to get me out here and it has been crazy busy but everything has fallen into place so smoothly. And I GOT TO FLY A PLANE!!!! That was seriouslyContinue reading “Texas Update #1”

Well friends, Wally and I have had a blast this summer! Since joining our family he has gone on many adventures with me. He’s gone to a couple of hair appointments, to the bank to open accounts for all the teenagers, to eat lunch with my cousin who I haven’t seen in 10 years, toContinue reading “Wally Goes to Texas”

This month has been slow and fast all the same. Wound healing is moving on, albeit very slowly. I have my good days, and I have my bad days energy-wise. Let’s see…what all have I done this month? I drove a couple of times, but it’s nice that I have three extra drivers in myContinue reading “Unexpected Fireworks”

Never in my life could I imagine those words being so comforting – but they were the best words I think I’ve ever heard. I came home Thursday afternoon and while we were in the process of discharge they came in with my radiology report. My scans showed nothing malignant or scary looking, “just 14Continue reading “Just 14 broken ribs”

Well, folks, it seems I cannot get through June without landing myself in the hospital. The past year and a half has been super busy and I had a couple of posts started to get you guys caught up BUT like my well-loved metaphor of Whack-A-Mole, we had a new “mole” pop up. I’ll focusContinue reading “June = hospital”

I had my one week post on Monday and we couldn’t be happier! I got rid of one drain, and just have one to go. Everything is healing nicely, the new blood supply up front is doing its job, and I have virtually no bruising at all – I promise you, this woman is aContinue reading “Third Time’s a Charm!”

Well, here we go again trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together. Surgery #3 for this summer is happening tomorrow (Monday, September 13). My incision came open for a second time, again at the 6 week post-op time frame. Unfortunately, our attempts to avoid the Latissimus Flap Procedure did not work. I will avoid explainingContinue reading “All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men….(plus a website update)”