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Two months...

2009-10-30T00:31:00.002-04:00

Since August 31st, 2009, I spent a lot of September and October in the hospital dealing with recurrent cellulitis in my lower abdomen surrounding my navel. This is the cellulitis that happened last year that pointed us to my kidney tumor. The cellulitis that saved my life then has done its best to try and do the opposite.From the 31st of August until September 24th, I was on high dose

Meet my new nephew

2009-10-26T15:08:00.003-04:00

My sister Katie and her fiance Eric welcomed a son into the world Sunday October 25th, 2009. He is adorable and instantly smiled at his Aunt Pooh. In fact he was in my arms in this picture:Cute isn't he? His name is Coren Doan and he is welcomed by 3 brothers, and 1 sister. Love you, kiddo.

11 Years Ago Today...

2009-10-24T00:44:00.007-04:00

Today is our 11th wedding anniversary. This is a picture of our entire wedding party.This is my favorite picture of Tony from our reception, just the way the lights are makes it lovely. He looks so damn young in this picture.This my favorite picture of us together from that day. Just a simple one in front of our unity candle.Our first dance as husband and wife. And, you can see my wedding set

2009-10-08T18:13:00.001-04:00

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LiveStrong

2009-10-02T19:06:00.004-04:00

Today is LiveStrong Day. It is the 13th anniversary of Lance Armstrong's testicular cancer diagnosis. I found this in my email box:I had a pre-existing condition Dear Suzy,

2009-09-14T18:48:00.004-04:00

This is my avatar from KoL fighting off an infection. Since my body is having a heard time the wonderful Kyta made this for me.I'll add more to this later with the latest news.<3adding 2 more pictures, update more later:

In response

2009-09-13T09:12:00.001-04:00

From the comments on this post: Fat Nation and the Costs“From Jay Pee. Beloved, I will be the first to admit that I have an unexamined prejudice against the obese. I do not see tham as thinking, feeling human beings. I rarely make eye contact. I give them only perfunctory attention. When I ring up their Rx and they add popcorn, Doritos, candy and soft drinks with corn syrup, I am disgusted. ”

8 Years

2009-09-11T08:48:00.002-04:00

I will not get sappy here, my mind is addled by all the medications I have been on in the past 12 days but, I could not let this day pass without mention.May the families and friends of those who were lost find a little more peace each day.

My Second Home...

2009-09-09T06:20:00.002-04:00

I'm in the hospital, again. This time I came into the emergency room on August 31st. As soon as I was in a room in the emergency department the doctor told me I was being admitted. My stomach was covered with a pretty bad case of cellulitis and only IV antibiotics were going to be able to knock it down.Now, the doctor who saw me was the same doctor who saw me last September. He was the one

2009-08-07T17:30:00.001-04:00

Oh, Thursday was fucking hell day here. Tony got less than a mile from the house and a deer ran into the side of the car. It took out the driver front quarter panel, the driver's side window, the mirror. And, the driver's side door no longer opens. This happens one week to the day after a deer hit the passenger front of the car.The car is totaled. We have no money to fix it.I drove him to

2009-08-03T12:16:00.001-04:00

I'm redoing my site. Including trying to figure out how to get the archives to work correctly. They are all there but, not in the place this says they are in.

Niagara Falls Observation Tower...

2009-08-02T20:13:00.004-04:00

As you could tell by the picture below, or if you followed my Tweets, we went to Niagara Falls, NY last week. For those of you that do not know I was born in Niagara Falls, as were my 2 sisters and my Dad.Anyone who lives in a touristy place knows that people who live there don't bother with the tourist attractions. I mean we live 65 miles from DC and never go there, at all. Growing up we

2009-08-01T12:19:00.000-04:00

More to come...

2009-06-27T02:00:00.000-04:00

What I posted on Metafilter about Michael Jackson's death. I was in the store today bopping along listening to Michael Jackson's "Beat It" playing when the music stopped and the announcer said, "We have just had it confirmed that Michael Jackson has died, at the age of 50, from a cardiac arrest. Again, it has just been confirmed that Michael Jackson has died."Every single person in the store

Seven Deadly Sins

2009-05-26T17:08:00.003-04:00

How do the seven deadly sins come into play in your life? Whether or not you are religious, whether or not you believe in heaven and hell, how do they play out in your life?Write about them on your blog/journal/etc and then leave a link here. The best set of entries will get a 20 Amazon gift card from me, or from another online store of their choice.But, you must leave a link here to win. This

Greed...

2009-05-26T16:02:00.003-04:00

Part of a series of the seven deadly sins... I want this I mean, I really want it. To the point that I added it to my wishlist and just keep going back and looking at it.My computer is a T40. Yeah, pretty damn old and starting to slow way down. Not to mention it is heavy as hell. Carrying it is difficult for me with the gimpage and the way I used to strap the case across my body means the

Best Kid Story Ever

2009-05-23T08:36:00.001-04:00

My morning, and what I just posted to chat:Suzika: OMG, I have the funniest kid story ever.Suzika: T just woke me up about 40 minutes ago: Aunt Pooh, I had gum in my underwear and now its stuck.Suzika: So, I asked him: "Where is it stuck?"Suzika: "On my penis"Suzika: fuck. right? How the hell do I deal with this one?Suzika: So, I had him pull his undies down and I realize it is just his penis but

NED

2009-05-13T16:17:00.000-04:00

NED. I am so sick of those letters, and the words they stand for: No Evidence of Disease. That is the best I can hope for with renal cell carcinoma is NED. It is not curable, you just go into a state where no metastases are seen, where it looks like the cancer is all gone. Everything hinges on that. My gastric bypass (yes, I am working toward that, no that doesn’t mean I am any less for

Pop Art Daisy

2009-04-30T01:33:00.001-04:00

My New Tattoo. It is on my right bicep from just below my shoulder to almost my elbow. I love it. Once it is healed and no longer icky looking I will take better pictures of it.

2009-04-23T05:06:00.002-04:00

Thank you for all the birthday wishes. It was a quiet but, very good day. I saw all my immediate family, had a great lunch, chocolate cake and ice cream, yum.I will be getting my birthday present from Tony on April 29th at 1PM. After a multiyear break I am getting a new tattoo. This one will be on my right shoulder onto my bicep. I am planning on getting 70s style hippy daisy type flowers

34

2009-04-21T02:25:00.004-04:00

Today I turn 34. I was born on April 21st, 1975 in Niagara Falls, NY at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. That is the hospital that my Father, my aunts and uncles, and my sisters were born in as well.I have to say that while birthdays aren't exciting as they were as a small child, this is the most grateful I have been to advance a year forward in age once I hit 21. After having kidney

Happy Birthday

2009-04-14T02:24:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday Hussy! I hope it is a great one, wish I was there with you. Love you, Ho(Tracey and her sweet little grandbaby, Amy)

Oops

2009-03-30T20:35:00.001-04:00

I am a bad blogger/journaler/oversharer. I was so busy getting ready for the wedding, St. Baldrick's birthday weekend that I forgot about the 9th anniversary of this journal/blog/overshare. On March 25th it has been 9 years since I started an official journal.Holy shit, the only thing I have done longer than that is be married to my husband and my marriage is only a year older.So, Happy belated

Congratulations...

2009-03-30T15:40:00.000-04:00

That young man in this picture is Daniel, the son of my best girl friend, Tracey. He is my nephew regardless of blood and I had to be at his wedding. While this weekend was amazingly busy, I knew that not being there would break my heart.I drove down Friday morning, a 2.5 hour drive, with a couple stops for things I needed, checked into my hotel room, got to see Tracey, Daniel, and his sweet

St. Baldrick's

2009-03-29T20:56:00.001-04:00

2009, 435 dollars raised (so far, I know I have more incoming) and I am bald again. I'll have the final numbers from Colonial Beach Moose Lodge's St. Baldrick's Shavathon later this week.It has been a crazy busy weekend. A wedding Friday (2.5 hours away) on Friday, St. Baldrick's on Saturday, a birthday party on Sunday (1 hour away) and I am too whipped to actually write much. More words and