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secrets of chemotherapy
from Postsecret. “Secrets” seemed like a nicer word than “whining.” Though thinking about the death of George Carlin, who hated euphemisms, I guess I should just say, I’m tired of being tired. Last...
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chemo update: the slow return of hair
I really missed my eyebrows.Photo by Kathy Griffin. My hair is now long enough that some (clueless) people think it’s purposeful. I’m back to being invisible as a cancer survivor, which is good, yet...
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Ten on Tuesday: Julie gets MUGA’d
The MUGA-scan is a diagnostic tool to check heart function. A really rare side effect of herceptin, one of the chemo drugs I’m on now, is that it can mess with the heart valves. So it’s protocol to...
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Favorite pix
Today’s prompt: Talk about your favourite photograph. After admitting yesterday that I rarely look at photographs, do I have a favorite? Missouri, 2009 This picture was taken a few years ago on...
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Seemingly harmless questions
Kathy & me on the beach at Ogonquit, Maine. I didn’t get this written up in time for national coming out day, yesterday, but one of my prime rules is to still do things, even when I’m late. This...
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Wrestling with God
lifted from facebook, of course. Finishing a piece from the drafts file- The pray-as-you-go from July 9 hit me hard; it featured the passage from Genesis 32 about Jacob wrestling with God. As I listen,...
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Visits and ghosts
Visits today. Easy ones, really; people who respect me as pastor. I realized, surely not for the first time, that my problem with visits isn’t them. It’s me. Last week I accompanied my mom to the...
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Cancer returns. Not me. Yet, ripples.
Family pic from 1986. Jehnsens in the front row, with Aunt Vera, Grandma, & Mom; Dad, Matt, Chris, Me, Andy in the back row. I wrote this back in August for announcements. The “ripples” part of the...
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