by Susan | Jan 16, 2018 | Medical
These words have changed my life in several ways since January of 2013. But this time it was personal. In November and December of 2014, we had traveled six times in eight weeks to KU Med Center as they were trying to find lung cancer that a local practitioner thought...
by Susan | Jan 10, 2018 | EGC, Horses, Medical
My day was completely derailed. It is Friday, November 10, eight days before my birthday. John’s fall play has the final dress rehearsal tonight and performances on Saturday and Monday. I had the biopsy on Monday and the doctor said that if she didn’t call by noon...
by Susan | Jan 2, 2018 | Medical
The day of the biopsy was here. I had a hair appointment first thing that morning and John had a League Choir clinic that afternoon and concert that night in Ellis, about 70 miles away. My hairdresser was my high school classmate and her mother was a breast cancer...
by Susan | Dec 27, 2017 | Medical
I’ve gotten too good at waiting rooms. A long time ago I figured out that I didn’t want to read or even look at whatever magazines were in the waiting room. So, I would take books or magazines of my own to read. With the advent of smartphones, I found an app that...
by Susan | Dec 20, 2017 | Medical
It’s the 3rd of October. Last Monday, after I returned from Summit, I had my sort of annual mammogram. I had the first one when I was 35 and had some cysts and have had them fairly regularly since. Sometimes they required an ultrasound or more checking mostly...
