Dying with Debra

I just spent 57 minutes on the phone with Julia, the gal whom I met at Chemo . She’s a former ballerina and looks amazing for age 76, despite her cancer. Julia  has been fighting nonspecific Hodgkin’s lymphoma in her heart since February. She got the news today that she’s in remission! I’m so happy…

Bunny and I woke up at 5:15 AM and were out the door by 5:40. It’s amazingly easy to get ready when you can’t wear any make up or jewelry.  We got to Moffitt in plenty of time and got ready for the surgery with a lovely nurse. She has been working in the medical…

Today is the day before the laparoscopic surgery. I think I’ve been doing relatively well holding back the anxiety for tomorrow’s surgery. From the little that I’ve read, it doesn’t seem like a particularly invasive surgery and should be outpatient. What is unknown is  how I recover from the surgery but more importantly, what the…

Bunny and I went out for breakfast with Donna to Sage biscuit where I indulged in something that the old me would never have ordered. Delicious fattening French toast.   We took a photo of ourselves as per usual and I had to laugh when I looked at my stance. I’ve always been told that…

Bunny and I had a lovely day. She prepared blueberry waffles.  Enough to keep us in waffles for a week!   We did some grocery shopping and went home to read in the pool.  We have settled into a nice pattern, balancing activities and rest.  Adorable Abigail, Brenden  and Claire came for a visit and…

Yesterday was a lot of fun going shopping (for the third day in a row.)  My sister came along and the three of us had a nice time. It felt good to get clothes that fit me in a new style that I am developing now that I have short gray hair. The 22 pounds…

Well,my faithful friend Bunny did what she always does when she comes to visit. She “forget” to pack enough clothing so now we have a valid excuse to go shopping together 🙂   Strike that. We never needed a valid excuse in the past. Bunny is the kind of friend that I like to shop…

This morning I kissed my Hans goodbye and my best friend Bunny hello.  Buns and I have known each other since we were 24 years old and have stayed great friends throughout the years.  She is family.  We stopped at the mall after picking her up at SRQ and shopped a while and had lunch.…

I am going to get my haircut today to eliminate most of the brown and finally “go gray “. I changed my Memoji but there are not enough option to make it really look like me… Goodbye brown —I’m  going gray baby!  

Meow Now.  That’s the name of the 501 C3 in Pinellas County that we hope to emulate. Today I felt hopeful that I can continue to make a difference in the Animal community. Sue and I met with Chief Sarah Brown for Manatee County Animal Welfare and the volunteer coordinator, Janine, to discuss how we…