tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:43:08 +0000http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-8518419990693011314Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:13:00 +00002016-01-04T10:42:27.677-08:00 Fr David, family, friends, I really want to acknowledge all those who supported Aisling in her last few years. She relied on so many for this support which was always given with love and a desire to see her get better. Her incredible second Family in SF who took her into their hearts and showed her what it means to be loved. Dr Michelle Melisco and the Medical Staff in http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2016/01/aisling-mulcahy-1974-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (H.K)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-8936117920402905636Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:25:00 +00002015-10-30T16:25:59.015-07:00 Dearly Beloveds, I have a confession to make, I've been trying to write this email since I spoke to Nic after her epic marathon run on Monday and I must admit that I've really been struggling with finding the words to accurately express my thanks and hand on my heart gratitude to all of you for this incredible amount raised. It's an overwhelming feeling to receive that much love, money, http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2015/10/when-words-fail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-4453410644843502979Thu, 28 May 2015 03:45:00 +00002015-05-27T20:45:37.679-07:00Post Surgery Update Dearly beloved fans of Ais, Ais has come out of surgery and is recovering now in the ICU. &nbsp;We got to see her briefly and she is doing well. &nbsp;Dr. McDermott, her neurosurgeon, was pleased with the surgery. &nbsp;The tumor was successfully removed. &nbsp;Either Ais or one of us will update the blog in the next couple days. On behalf of Ais, thank you for all the http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2015/05/myyyyyyyyy-waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-5648141688049975003Wed, 27 May 2015 19:28:00 +00002015-06-05T13:33:26.900-07:00 My darlings... I admit it's been a minute since my last update.. and for good reason, last year I wrote when I was open and inspired, sharing when I felt inspired but keeping the really hard times hidden to protect those I loved from the harrowing experience that is living with an on-going, never bloody ending cancer diagnosis. This year was more of a mixed bag, where I really learned to http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2015/05/hello-my-dearest-loves-im-going-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-5043266497261753004Mon, 07 Jul 2014 21:16:00 +00002014-07-07T14:16:20.546-07:00 Beloved friends and family, it is with a heavy heart that I tell you this and take you down this road with me again but god am I glad to have you. Yes folks, it's back.........bloody hell. Digest that for a minute if you will and I'll tell you a story. All was peachy as far as I was concerned, I had the cancer licked, the hair was growing like mad, my energy levels were improving and I felt http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2014/07/sbj-sweet-baby-jesus-folks-here-we-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-2121543332837364489Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:11:00 +00002014-04-07T10:30:42.083-07:00 Dearest loves, forgive my absence these past two months, I've been very busy learning how to really relax and fobbing off all obligations, something I needed to learn how to do.&nbsp; So what's been happening ?&nbsp; Well, I decided to take an extra month off to recover after surgery, going straight from chop to burn just seemed bonkers to me, so I politely disagreed with my radiation http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2014/04/long-road-my-legs-are-knackered.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-138874963262023227Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:09:00 +00002014-01-19T21:42:04.163-08:00 Yes, that is the title of this post and you know what, I like it. Hello my beauties, Happy New Year ! Well here we are in the middle of January and a lot has happened since my last post. Let's see, my sister Maeve graced me once again with her glorious presence to get me through the ordeal of pre and post surgery. What a joy to have a family member here to get me through it, there is nothing http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2014/01/tumour-v-tumor-colour-v-colorall-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-8022726068825639627Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:56:00 +00002013-12-16T23:13:09.433-08:00 I'm alive !!! Haha.. surgery went really well and I'm doing great, the ladies tell me I look good and apart from the pain I'm flying, well, y'know.... more later I just wanted to let ye know that I'm fine, love love love to one and all xxxxxx Ps that's my pious Caravaggio face..http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/12/update-update-read-all-about-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-3834913754532238773Mon, 16 Dec 2013 05:44:00 +00002013-12-17T10:03:52.759-08:00 Hello my lovelies ! Well it's been a while since my last update so I'll fill you in really quick...I finished my last dose of chemo on Nov 20th and have been recovering ever since. It's wonderful to put that behind me and to know that I will never again feel that noxious nausea that made me feel sick to my toes. I wake up feeling better every day as it drains from my body and my immune system http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/12/glory-be-to-eyebrows-and-eyelashes-and_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-4984457281054265372Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:00:00 +00002013-11-03T06:34:32.830-08:00 Well loves, it's been an interesting few weeks, which started with switching to the tougher double chemotherapy dose called AC (Adriamycin and Cytoxan)....a lovely vintage with a musty bouquet of the 70's, with distinct noxious undertones that bring to mind the grassy meadows of Chernobyl on a hot summers day.... hmmm delicious. &nbsp;I get the IV infusion on a Wednesday and feel nauseous http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/11/bald-as-baldy-coot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-5768965362324479964Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:26:00 +00002013-11-03T06:34:46.404-08:00 Where the hell does the time go ? It's been well over a month since my last update, what a slacker....can I pull the cancer card ? too early for cancer humour ? never. &nbsp;As you can see the hair had to go, it started to fall out in the shower a month ago and then it became two disgusting dreads so I gave it a buzz cut, it was shocking at first but I'm used to it now, in fact I am loving http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/09/lucky-lucky-ladybug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-9204613924306963441Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:03:00 +00002013-07-31T21:10:19.855-07:00 Well my dears, some good news at last, I saw my oncologist yesterday and my latest MRI results show that the chemotherapy is having an effect on the tumour, with a reduction of 1.5 cm in size and a thinning of the cellular membrane that encloses it. Phew... I was starting to worry that I wouldn't respond to the chemo or worse that I had left it too late and the tumour was too dense to be able http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/07/weeeeeeee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-482546149074675791Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:48:00 +00002013-07-16T12:52:23.072-07:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/07/sisters-of-moon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-3877639932669683572Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:37:00 +00002013-07-17T09:18:46.384-07:00 &nbsp;Well my loves it's been a while since I've updated and a lot has happened in that short window... My darling sister Maeve came to see me for three weeks and she was amazing beyond words, waiting on me hand and foot, spending hours cooking me the most delicious food, organising me to a minute of my life and generally being my hero....I miss her so much it brings tears to my eyes... Having http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/07/decisions-decisions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-1103720486989947158Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:09:00 +00002013-06-19T22:11:03.703-07:00 http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/06/blog-post_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-3331640976859217739Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:07:00 +00002013-07-12T08:39:41.987-07:00 Well Ireland, if there was ever any doubt in your mind that I was not being taken care of by my friends and family here, let your minds be at rest, I most certainly am ! What a fortnight it's been, first the San Francisco fundraiser that was such an amazing night and so much fun ! It turns out I am blessed with a multi- talented group of friends that put together an amazing nights entertainmenthttp://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/06/may-your-kindness-be-returned-to-you_7017.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-3967843748826644365Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:34:00 +00002013-06-08T00:34:54.766-07:00 Add caption My name is Margerat Buxton and I am writing on behalf of Aisling's friends here in San Francisco. Our community has created a benefit concert to help fundraise money for Aisling's recovery. The concert will be held this Sunday June 9th at El Rio, 3158 Mission Street, San Francisco at 9pm. The concert will feature live performances from artists Tim Carr with Andy Meyerson and http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/06/sf-come-out-and-show-your-love-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-4818733351355358218Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:00 +00002013-05-17T05:19:05.341-07:00Hopefully all signed up for email updates got their first update today... If you haven't signed up already please do so by entering your email in the box at the right hand of the blog... Thanks for your patience, H.Khttp://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/05/test_3532.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (H.K)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-3487032221255943423Thu, 16 May 2013 23:25:00 +00002013-05-16T20:14:43.267-07:00So ! Good news for those who were worried, I just got the test results back from my chest core biopsy... nada ! Zip ! Zilch ! Clear !! Whooooooooooott !!!!! So we are now very clear that this cancer has not spread, we are not stage 4 but stage 3, and I only have to worry about breast cancer ( just breast cancer, normal..) 1,2,3.. aaannddd.. we're deeply breathing............. For those confusedhttp://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-just-screamed-out-loud-with-joy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-7030637937066635043Wed, 15 May 2013 06:10:00 +00002013-05-16T09:49:29.883-07:00 So my loves I hear that some of you are only seeing photos with no posts, that issue should be fixed now....feel free to contact me or HK if you notice any problems. As for those that are frustrated that they can't post on the blog, just remember that this is a personal blog and is formatted differently to something like facebook, you just have to go through me first, so if you want to post http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/05/technical-difficulties_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-3634499050488326484Wed, 15 May 2013 05:43:00 +00002013-05-16T20:09:30.606-07:00 Eh, three hail Marys and a decade of the rosary there Aisling and mind it doesn't happen again..... I thought we'd start at the very beginning of all of this and get some of you who haven't a clue what's going on up to speed.. Where to begin, well, I first noticed the lump in my right breast around September of last year, around the time that my dearest mam Milly was being diagnosed with http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/05/bless-me-father-for-i-have-sinned-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-7112588046045587535Wed, 01 May 2013 22:41:00 +00002013-05-15T11:05:09.878-07:00 Beloved family at Outerlands Golden hour in the Outer Sunset... http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/05/some-recent-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-6807286128795529824Wed, 01 May 2013 12:40:00 +00002013-05-15T17:56:33.758-07:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/05/hey-everyone-xx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527282744276009.post-3033631862516274330Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:22:00 +00002013-05-16T10:37:53.594-07:00 Lovies !&nbsp; Well, here I am with a blog, seems ridiculous that someone who usually writes everything in lower case and can barely punctuate a sentence would have a blog, but there you go, that's &nbsp;the madness of life sometimes, I get diagnosed with breast cancer and then I start a blog, how bizarre. &nbsp;Let me just say that this was not my idea, I find it weird being so public http://aislingsark.blogspot.com/2013/04/welcome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3