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A Tribute to Erika
In the weeks leading up to Erika's passing, my sister and I had joked that she should have a guest blogger. I teased her that everyone thought she was such a great person, but I'd tell everyone reading her blog about all the times she would mess with me when we were kids like all......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-21 16:30:37 | Rating:

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God gets an angel
Erika Meyer died of cardiac arrest at 4am on November 1st surrounded by love from her husband Andrew, Mother Laura, Brother Evan, sister-in-law Michelle, and parent-in-laws Doug and Chris. Her death was caused by a combination of cancer, lung failure, and heart failure. A bowel blockage in......Read More

Posted on: 2009-11-01 12:57:19 | Rating:

| Views: 4554 | Comments: 70 | Tags: Death Cancer Love Husband

No chemo as planned
Today did not go as planned. I arrived at the hospital for blood work and my normal exam around 7:30am. After talking to my doctor about not eating anything substantial, not keeping any fluids down, and getting very little sleep because of the pain in the past eleven days he......Read More

Posted on: 2009-10-30 23:42:17 | Rating:

| Views: 1697 | Comments: 8 | Tags: cancer hospital CT scan

What does a transfusion feel like?
So, what does a blood transfusion feel like? Well, the blood going in actually feels no different than an IV, but I had to put a blanket over the IV tube because I didn't want to see it going in. So strange. The day after getting the transfusion, it feels like I had a......Read More

Posted on: 2009-10-28 16:16:30 | Rating:

| Views: 1063 | Comments: 8 | Tags: cancer transfusion Halloween

Sitting in the hospital
My doctor had me go to the hospital yesterday for blood work, x rays, and an exam. I was still in pain, tired, and wasn't sure what was going on. So yesterday (Monday) I headed to the hospital for a few hours. They found that I was dangerously anemic and had very low potassium. So, my......Read More

Posted on: 2009-10-27 19:42:48 | Rating:

| Views: 885 | Comments: 4 | Tags: cancer blood transfusion

Home Sweet Home
We returned home last night from quite possibly the most beautiful wedding I’ve ever attended with undoubtedly the most gorgeous bride in the world (okay, I’m biased!) I was able to make it to Indianapolis on the plane. Fortunately, I was able to keep everything in my stomach......Read More

Posted on: 2009-10-26 14:37:52 | Rating:

| Views: 992 | Comments: 7 | Tags: cancer wedding hospital

It CAN always be worse
So my last post talked about being as productive because I never know if I'll be in more pain the next day. Well, unfortunately, that's exactly what happened. Yesterday I woke up vomiting. I chalked it up to having taken some medicine on an empty stomach. I continued the throw up through......Read More

Posted on: 2009-10-21 13:50:23 | Rating:

| Views: 876 | Comments: 13 | Tags: cancer ER visit

Smile On My Face
Today at work, with my first graders, I was actually in a rather extreme amount of pain. While finding the strength to get out of bed this morning, I decided I was in more pain than the hours following my hysterectomy. But I'm missing two days of work this week already (blood work on Thursday and......Read More

Posted on: 2009-10-19 20:11:49 | Rating:

| Views: 618 | Comments: 9 | Tags: cancer motivation

Change in Plans
This past weekend did not go as planned. Andrew and I had been looking forward to watching college football with his youngest brother at Andrew's college alma mater. Something about being on a college campus in the fall with football in the air. One of my favorite parts of the year!!!......Read More

Posted on: 2009-10-18 18:27:25 | Rating:

| Views: 501 | Comments: 6 | Tags: ME time cancer

Cancer Encounters
Over the past two days two funny encounters have occurred to me that would seem a whole lot different to someone with out cancer. On Tuesday, I ran by the mall to pick up a gift for Andrew's grandma's birthday. I'm not sure if your mall has those kiosks in the middle that sell things, but......Read More