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...
by Susan | Dec 13, 2017 | Medical
The Universe has decided I have more lessons to learn. Apparently, I haven’t learned enough since Mike was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease in January 2013. Since that time, I’ve driven 10s of 1,000s miles to hospitals and clinics in Denver, Rochester, MN,...
