From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Breaking News on CNN

by shannon July 30, 2009 Crime

Apparently, this little gentleman didn’t want to go to church.  Instead, he led the police on a car chase.  This sounds a lot like my brother…I wonder if he has any illegitimate children out there…

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Bowlher and Blogher Pics :)

by shannon July 30, 2009 Blogher
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I am going to live afterall! Woot!

by shannon July 29, 2009 Cancer

I have the most wonderful of news. The nurse from Dr. Kelly’s office called today, and the prognosis is fan-tab-u-lous. This is going to sound bad before it sounds good…so, just know this has a happy ending…
The results are back from the cone. I have stage 2 squamous cell, invasive cancer, with involved positive margins. [...]

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A Cone By Any Other Name is Simply Torture

by shannon July 29, 2009 Cancer

So, I had my lovely cone surgery on Monday afternoon. Let me preface this post by pointing out the hilarity of the little pamphlet that they sent in the mail that suggested a single biopsy, and that also suggested that most women tolerate the cone procedure much better than the colposcopy itself. That, my dear, [...]

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Monday Morning: Surgery this afternoon

by shannon July 26, 2009 Cancer

When I finally talked with the Doctor on Tuesday afternoon, she told me that she was going to work me in, in between surgeries on Monday for a Cone Procedure. A Cone Procedure is where the doctor takes a cone shaped, large sample of your cervix. For me, it would be a little different. Her [...]

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Waiting for Results

by shannon July 24, 2009 Cancer

The weekend after the colposcopy may have been the longest weekend of my life. Dr. Kelly’s office had promised results Monday or Tuesday, and my mind just ran rampant with doom and gloom for the duration of the weekend.
When you first learn of cancer, you tend to visualize how it’s going to be. At [...]

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Cervical Cancer: Oh, could we?

by shannon July 20, 2009 Cancer

Life has a funny way of letting you know when you least expect it just how insignificant you are. Just when you think you have a nice lease on life, a firm grip on the handle of reality, something unexpected just hops in there and reminds you that your “firm grip” is actually quite well [...]

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