My dad had 4 sisters that were very much a part of my childhood. Aunt Gail had a glamorous career with the airlines. Rosemary and her husband Uncle Donald lived... Read More

I’ve had a really bad couple of days. I could feel it coming in the parts of me that hurt worse when a bad day is looming. I could see... Read More

Patient, calm, Zen-Beth has left the building, folks. She’s been replaced with Can-We-Get-This-Show-On-The-Road-Beth and you know that’s not a good thing. Not a good thing at all. Let’s see…where have... Read More

Before anyone gets too excited, I use that image above ironically at best. I mean, I’m not laying in bed moaning or weeping but I’m also not out skipping in... Read More

When I decided to go for this new approach to my treatment, I made some promises to myself. Maybe they were more like challenges that I presented to myself than... Read More

This whole thing was bound to catch up to me. Eventually. I knew the day would come when I’d be forced to face the fact that this disease I’m still... Read More

It’s not technically another two-month flush, but it feels like it is. I went back into my own archives to remember what I’d written during the actual two-month flush between... Read More

The labs have been drawn. So many vials of blood! The urine has been tested. The body has been checked for suspicious moles (all clear) and the pap smear has... Read More

Greetings from my Relapse and from inside the Ark. See, I wished for rain.  I was so sick and tired of being so hot and humid and blah, I did... Read More

File this in the folder called “Italian mothers are no joke.” I pretty much slept all day today. My dizziness keeps getting worse. It started out as a passing thing.... Read More