Originally Posted Aug 22, 2009 9:05pm
Carpe Diem (Noun): The act of living for the moment and enjoying the present.
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks at the Betit homestead, weeks which staple to my forehead the greatest lesson of all – that when cancer is in your midst, you must live one moment at a time. Though “carpe diem” has become a bit cliché since Robert Sean Leonard shouted it from the summit of his desk in “Dead Poets Society” (a movie and an actor I do confess my love for), I have vowed to keep Horace’s notion at the forefront to anchor my mind in our new reality. Though I am fighting my own nature to adhere to this edict – I bear an intense and innate dislike of surprises of any sort – I have realized that to preserve order in our cosmos, I must be prepared for any and all surprises, and of greatest import, enjoy every possible calm moment, as it is likely to change in an instant.
Showing posts with label chemotherapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chemotherapy. Show all posts
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Rain, Rain, Go Away…Amelia Is Finally Ready to Play!
Originally Posted Jul 17, 2009 6:33am
It seems that the other Portland on the 44th parallel has carbon-copied its climate and stapled a rain-soaked missive onto my evergreen state. Our plague of slugs now count mosquitoes, and – gasp – a second-coming of black flies, in their slimy, buzzing ranks, thus causing me to throw up my hands and leave my garden to their will. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll be treated to an heirloom tomato from my own patch of earth this year, but folks, I’m not holding my breath. Oh well, there’s always the Farmer’s Market.
It seems that the other Portland on the 44th parallel has carbon-copied its climate and stapled a rain-soaked missive onto my evergreen state. Our plague of slugs now count mosquitoes, and – gasp – a second-coming of black flies, in their slimy, buzzing ranks, thus causing me to throw up my hands and leave my garden to their will. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll be treated to an heirloom tomato from my own patch of earth this year, but folks, I’m not holding my breath. Oh well, there’s always the Farmer’s Market.
Mission One Accomplished
Originally Posted Jul 10, 2009 12:51pm
I am thrilled to report that after 29 days of intense chemotherapy, Amelia is now in remission. Her bone marrow aspirate last Thursday showed no leukemia cells, and she is now considered to be an “early rapid responder”, which drops her into the “standard risk low” category. This is, of course, the ideal when faced with leukemia, and gives her the best possible odds of cure (which we’ve never doubted anyway).
I am thrilled to report that after 29 days of intense chemotherapy, Amelia is now in remission. Her bone marrow aspirate last Thursday showed no leukemia cells, and she is now considered to be an “early rapid responder”, which drops her into the “standard risk low” category. This is, of course, the ideal when faced with leukemia, and gives her the best possible odds of cure (which we’ve never doubted anyway).
Friday, September 18, 2009
Recap
As our friends and families know, I have maintained a CarePage blog as a way to communicate to so many about Amelia's health. Her page has saved me hours on the phone (time is indeed precious these days) and has been invaluable in that regard. In order to get you, dear readers, up to speed on our lives over the past few months, I've chosen to repost some of my CarePage entries in the coming days. Following is one of my first posts, shortly after D (diagnosis) - Day:
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