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Hello, kind reader, and thanks for coming! You are probably reading this because you fall into one of the following categories:

1. My family
2. My near and dear friends
3. You accidentally typed in the wrong URL

But if, by chance you are not a part of one of those categories I hope you will still take a minute to read some of my posts. What I'm all about is cancer, particularly adolescent cancer. I had it, I owned it, I beat it, and here I am today. I am now getting my doctorate doing research with adolescent cancer patients and survivors. I came out okay on the other end of something awful, and now I want to make a difference by helping others. The way I see it, it's all about support--helping each other, seeing that someone has been there and made it. When I was 16 I felt completely alone, and I don't want others to feel that way. My idea is that maybe we can help each other by talking and sharing our stories. So here are some of mine...


Casey



Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Getting ready for tomorrow

Hello once more. I am writing in a bit of a hurry because my evening doctoral course begins in about 15 minutes, and the instructor has made it very clear that he doesn't want us to be pursuing...outside activities during lecture. So I will try to respect his wishes and not email, text, blog, etc. until 8:30 when class concludes. Try.

I wanted to give you a quick update which is simply that I am returning to the hallowed halls of Kirklin Clinic tomorrow for this follow-up test of what is surely only a minor speed bump in an otherwise blissfully stressful and overworked "normal" semester. I am told that I am not to consume anything after midnight so you can imagine the anxiety snacking that will ensue before then! I wasn't nervous about this test until last week when I got a "pre-screening phone call" from someone at Kirklin who pretty much scared the crap out of me with his 8-900 questions ranging from "have you ever had an MRI?" to "are you claustrophobic?" to "do you have any tattoos, medical devices, body piercings, etc." They got progressively more strange and nerve-wracking until I was pretty much ready to sit in the floor and chew my nails off in Target.

SO! Please sent prayers and positive thoughts my way tomorrow and I will send you an update as soon as possible! Love!

C

2 comments:

  1. Meeeeessss you!! I hope we can have a play date soon....when things slow down :)

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  2. Please, please, please, please, PLEASE!

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