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Monday, February 21

By on February 21, 2011 in Joanie's blog

So glad to wake up this morning and not have to do tests or worry about results.   Met Patti, Sue O. and Sue B. and we walked to top of cove and then came back (3.5 miles).  It was such a beautiful morning, a lot of snow had fallen the day before and some […]

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Sunday, February 20

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Looking forward to call from Elder Taylor today.  President Crocker set it up so we are grateful for that.  I hope Taylor has been comforted today and not too worried!  It will be great to talk to him. Joe and I went to Mitch Larsen’s missionary farewell talk.  Mitch looked great and gave such a […]

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Saturday, February 19

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Today Joe and I got up and decided to do his Holladay running route. I feel great and wouldn’t know that I had cancer but for all these tests in the last 2 weeks. It was relatively warm outside and about half way through our run, little drops of rain started to fall.  We ran […]

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Friday, February 18

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Today is my mom’s 77th birthday.  How hard to have two of your daughters w/ cancer!  She has 2 sisters and none of the three of them have had cancer.  The doctor doesn’t think there is a familial link to breast cancer even though my sister has had breast cancer (she was tested but doesn’t […]

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Thursday, February 17

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Met w/ surgeon, Erica Lloyd at St. Mark’s and she was so helpful in explaining about the cancer and what each classification meant etc.  We were there for two hours and felt grateful that she took the time to answer all our questions.  She counseled us on the three surgery choices which are (1)  lumpectomy […]

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Wednesday, February 16

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I woke up today feeling very calm and comforted.  I felt confident that I must not have cancer and that my tests would be negative because I felt so very calm.  I had my phone with me every place I went since they would be calling w/ the results.  I had a RS meeting and […]

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Monday, February 14

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Today was the biopsy test I had waited for all week and worried about.  It was helpful to watch the procedure on the internet to understand exactly what was going to happen.  That kind of preparation is so helpful for someone who doesn’t know what to expect.  I didn’t watch them put the needle in […]

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Friday, February 11

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Taught school today.  Sent an e-mail to the vice-principal, Danny Stirland, to let him know that I may need help next week w/ assembly if I have to have surgery.  I explained that they had found a lump in breast and lymph nodes and he immediately called me and told me not to worry about […]

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Thursday, February 10

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I had lunch w/ Jen and Mary for their birthdays.  Maggie and Kate came too.  Food tastes so good to me since I have been upset and forget to eat.  I had the most delicious salmon at Stella’s.  I can tell that Jeni is thinking it’s going to be bad news.  I wonder what she […]

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Wednesday, February 9

By on February 9, 2011 in Joanie's blog

This waiting game is torturous.  I didn’t have any results yet to go by so I just had to think in my mind what would happen.  I felt so much better this morning, though, than I did the night before.  Maybe, I just needed the morning light to know that things will work out.  I […]

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