Author: Annie

We’ve had our field trip to Rochester to the Mayo clinic (twice) and have met with a few people. Now we wait. The good news is that Gerry’s body is responding well to treatment, (even if his spirit isn’t right now.) He has a lot of pain, which makes everything much harder. One of the…

We heard the news today that we didn’t want to hear (oh boy) Although Dr. Costas at Mayo did say that sometimes folks with Multiple Myeloma go on for long periods of time, it’s not common. He wasn’t hopeless or pessimistic, but realistic. We appreciate this – we’ve not based our marriage on false hopes,…

Things I’d really like to say when I’m told: – “Everything will be alright!” – Thanks. (Can I get a signed guarantee on that?) – “Doctor’s don’t know what they’re talking about!” – You’re right. (And your medical degree is from WHAT hospital??) – “Stay POSITIVE!” – I will. (Are you blind? Can’t you see…

Not much to write today – we spent the day driving around the TC, picking up test results, xrays, scans, and all manner of other stuff that the Mayo wants to see when we go down tomorrow. So odd to have this in OUR possession. That’s 9/10’s of the diagnosis, baby. I was also incredibly…

UPDATE We just got the word that the Mayo Clinic can see us tomorrow. As in Wednesday. We’re squaring away babysitting for the kids tomorrow, hopefully we can make that come together. Worse comes to worse, we can take them with us (but I have a feeling this will be another on of “The Talks”…

Friday Gerry had his monthly Zometa drip – always an exciting Friday – they’re moving next month’s up so that he’ll have it before the 4th of July. Plans are good, I’ll take plans. He hadn’t felt very good all week – tired and achy – we think he may be fighting off a cold….

So I returned to the salon for a “fix” and we decided to wait on a color. When I walked in I was a lot more upset than I realized – I also figured out rather quickly that I just wanted someone to say, “I’m sorry about your hair!” Once I made that clear –…

A shot of Columbus in the rain, after a few G&T’s, stumbling strolling back to the hotel. Quickly. Because I had to pee. Thank god for the lobby bathroom at the Hyatt. Aren’t you glad you left early, James? TNNA Redux I had a hell of a time. Yes, I did, an I’m not ashamed…

I saw some new stuff at TNNA this time – cool stuff – and here are two of them: HUGE KNITTING NEEDLES from Bagsmith. Rachel John, the fiber artist who was working with them today at the Bagsmith Booth, was making really lovely pillows and totebags knit up on this supersized needles. I, myself, want…

I have lost my luggage. Damn. It was a rough day – delayed flight; the mad dash through the Detroit airport to make my flight (with – literally – 1 minute to spare…) and then my luggage is lost. LOST! Dang. But worse things can happen. I imagine it’s on some desert island somewhere whacking…