Welcome to my life...





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



Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Here's where we are today

So... all of the crazy snow and ice weather in the Southeast this past weekend/current week has changed a few things. First of all, it allowed me some time to snuggle up inside with some hot cocoa and...study for comps. It also delayed my sister's flight to Ireland by two days :( And it caused my big test to be postponed. So sadly I have no wonderful news regarding the state of my liver as yet. However, they have rescheduled my testing for January 19th and my follow-up visit for January 25th. So now we have another week or two of some of that irritating waiting. But! Positive thoughts will be continued.

In the meantime, I am getting back into the full swing of classes and comps preparation and working on some really interesting projects. Lots of applications for grants (at least "mock" or "practice" applications) and some conference proposals. In other words, a lot of in-depth, intensive research on what's currently going on in the field of adolscent cancer. I'll keep you posted with what's going on and what I dig up.

Hopefully the snow and ice will thaw out pretty soon and I can emerge from hibernation and at least see some sun! Also, please pray for our close friends and their son who had appendicitis yesterday and is hopefully on the road to a quick and full recovery!

More Soon,
C

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