Progress
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Goal End Date is Jul 5, 08 365 days ago.
Halli 
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About Me
Halli
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About Me
Artist, poet, singer, songwriter - a creative spark that has a part time admin job at the local hospital to support me. Separated. Grown up children. Love my home, family and friends as well as solitude and wild, empty, green places.
Artist, poet, singer, songwriter - a creative spark that has a part time admin job at the local hospital to support me. Separated. Grown up children. Love my home, family and friends as well as solitude and wild, empty, green places.
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Interests
Just about everything.
Just about everything.
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Recent Activity
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7 journal comments, 5 hugs received, 4 hugs given, 3 photo comments, 1 journal post
Thursday
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Halli commented on abfab’s photo 7:34am
Hiya suzi.. xxx…
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Halli commented on abfab’s photo 7:33am
She looks cross at being disturbed.. My old cat, Jasper, used to jump in the bath after I'd got out…
Wednesday
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Halli gave abfab a gold star 5:35pm
It is a boring treatment.. It's good to take things along to keep yourself occupied.. whatever it takes.…
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hope the chemo is being good to you and that you are feeling ok.. All the best to you xxx…
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Hiya.. Best of luck with the scan etc.. Love and hugs go with you xxx…
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Journal
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Hugbook
Ray of Sunshine
Hola M'Lady! Summer vacation and went camping with old friends. Physically cruising along but mentally baked liked a fruitcake. You walked across my spiritual brain strong the other day and knew I needed to touch... Blessings and stretches of good words to you, Cathi
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Good to hear you are doing fine chick.....how many more treatments do you need now? All is still good here......the steroids help the tiredness but I finish them today, so we will see what happens after that....here...I will be fine....like you! xx
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Hiya!! So far so good...but its early days I guess! God, its a long boring day getting treatment....lol How is your appetite doing chick...any better? x
I’m With You
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Dear Inka, Thank you for your kind and supportive words. I really should start getting my testing on a Friday so I don't spend the entire weekend mulling over the results. I did have a period of angst this morning as well as little sleep last night but I'm pretty much make to my normal self. I think I had engaged in some of the anxiety-provoking behaviors that I've tried to eliminate. I've ended up with an old-fashion tension headache this afternoon and think that a good night's sleep will fix it.
I will be very interested in seeing the finished book. I'm glad you have the energy for the project and am impressed with your initiative to work on it! I seem to work better with an outside push. My first master's degree is in religion. A lot of interesting stuff in that area of study but I have forgotten a lot of it too. I do recall that all primitive peoples saw nature as sacred. The works of Mircea Eliade (sp ?) talk a lot about symbolism and nature as does Joseph Campbell. That's about all I can remember off the top of my head.
Thank you for being such a supportive friend and helping to keep me steady when the "scaries" come. Do keep getting stronger and stronger each day! Much love, Janet
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Goals
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Support Groups
Close Ovarian Cancer
Diagnosed with ovarian cancer end of 2000. After two ops and carboplatin, plus six years behind me, I thought I was over it. A few months ago a CA125 test showed something was wrong. 3C and am due to start chemo 17th Dec 07. I had the final chemo 9th July.. CA125 wavering between 70's and 90's.. Not the best result from so much treatment.. but could be worse..
Treatments
- Carboplatin Working / Worked
- I was never really sure if the carboplatin was effective or whether the operation would have been enough on it's own. I felt sick and increasingly more tired with each dose and needed three pints of white cells towards the end of the course. Food passed straight through me. Fingers went numb and the joints would lock. My eye sight deteriorated. My ears kept ringing. These symptoms have since disappeared. I was free of cancer for six years. Have started 2nd chemo Carboplatin/Paclitaxel
- Chemotherapy Working / Worked
- Paclitaxel.. told this would be tough, but so far haveing more probs with the Carboplatin as have built up a resistance since 7 years ago.. moderate allergic reactions.. which we are trying to overcome.. It all seems easier to tolerate this time.. beleive it's as I'm not so stressed this time and not recovering from surgery.. CA125 coming down steadily
- Laughter Working / Worked
- Promised myself to have a belly aching laugh every day during the worst of it. This sometimes involved finding funny things on the t.v. when nothing else was available. Kept my spirits up.
Close Chemotherapy
I've recently been diagnosed with a recurrence of ovarian cancer, stage 3C, after being clear for six years. I had carboplatin the first time around and am trying to decide which option is best to go for this time.
Open Health Care Reform
Can't bare the things I am discovering about the American health system.. unheard of in other civilized countries.. and am interested to learn more..
Open The Financial Crisis
I'm from the Uk and recently visited the US for the first time and met some of my friends on here. Uk is also experiencing a financial crisis and I believe we all have more in common than not. I love sharing opinions on what is going on..
