Perspective
August 29, 2009 9:02am
I am trying very very hard to live this myself but here goes-
A small trouble is like a pebble. Hold it close to your eyes and it puts everything out …
cookiem 
12:34pm, September 15, 2009
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About Me
cookiem
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About Me
I am a 52 woman and a two time cancer survivor. I am happily living with my other half and I have two beautiful grown daughters who make me very very proud!
I am a 52 woman and a two time cancer survivor. I am happily living with my other half and I have two beautiful grown daughters who make me very very proud!
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Interests
I love children. After graduating college in 1978, I worked as a photographer for an ad agency. Got married, had 2 beautiful girls, got divorced and was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. I survived that and was able to raise my girls on my own. Soon after I owned and operated 3 Gymboree franchises. Sold them in 2004 and returned to college to study Speech pathology. I worked in pediatric speech for a short time and then I dicovered that I had leukemia. Ouch! After a grueling bone marrow transplant I am alive and able to enjoy my daughter's college graduation. I am a survivor of many sorts.
I love children. After graduating college in 1978, I worked as a photographer for an ad agency. Got married,
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saturday morning visitors
August 1, 2009 12:54pm
Well my mother is still visiting and that has been so very very sressful but we had 3 new visitors this morning. A bobcat om and her two kittens. We …
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Scared!
July 13, 2009 2:41pm
Well I got my test results back and it is not my liver or gallbladder, but they suspect it is graft vs. host disease which means that my transplant …
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Angry!
July 4, 2009 3:06pm
So, it has been three times that I have vomited, questionable stool, pain in my upper right abdomen. I am too educated to ignore the signs. …
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I’m With You
yeah amazing how life turns out -2yrs ago I was dying, now I am really living. sometimes its all about taking a chance! 42yrs ago I went the wrong way, now I am enjoying both do-overs! life is a journey, and now I get to continue it- it won't be easy but its worth going for!
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Hug
thanx for your hug, yes it is time to enjoy life! I am in butler Pa. now and yes it was the right thing for me to do!
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Ray of Sunshine
some things are just meant to be!
Hug
Thanks for the comment, yes I suppose yu will have to start taking something.I know that I will have some decisions to make if my next scan hasnt improved. Im just trying to do everything i can first. Thinking of you.
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Moment of Peace
I hope things are getting better for you. Hope your daughter is ok. I am thinking of you. xxxxx
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Close Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
I survived Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 1988 and then I was diagnosed with ALL in 2007. I endured a grueling but successful bone marrow transplant and while I am in remission, my body is that of an elderly woman. I am 52. I am left with some permanent and devastating side effects mostly from osteoperosis that I developed during treatments. I wondered if anyone else has had the same or similar experience.
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Working / Worked
- It was THE hardest thing I have ever had to do. There were times when I didnt think I would make it. But it paid off. All of the grueling days and nights were worth it because I survived. However my life has changed dramatically because of the treatments and meds. I developed severe osteoperosis. I am 52 in a 90 year old body.
- Chemotherapy Working / Worked
- I had been on chemo 1 year. It was tough, the nausea alone was enough. However, the chemo did its' job and I am still standing.
- Prayer Working / Worked
- I am not a very religious person but through my adventure with ALL, I have learned the power of prayer.
- Ativan Working / Worked
- Ativan in the proper dosage solves 3 problems I have to deal with. 1.Nausea 2.Sleep 3.Anxiety.
Close Osteoporosis
I was blown away to read about the use of Fosamax. After a bone marrow transplant from leukemia, I am left with severe osteoporosis. I have 7 fractured vertebra and because of that my torso collapsed and my spine is now deformed.I can walk now but with a spine brace. Anyway, enough of my bio - I take Fosamax and did not know anything about the dental risks. Please fill me in about that and any other information that might be helpful to me regarding osteoporosis. Thanks!
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