by Kathy on October 5, 2026 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Hope, Medical Stuff, OB/GYN, Odds, The Future, The Past, Ultrasounds, Waiting
Almost two weeks ago, on September 22nd (the 84th anniversary of Mom’s birthday), after my 6-month follow up mammogram and ultrasound, I was changing back into my street clothes in the dressing room when I heard someone come into the waiting room and call the name “Jacqueline” to be next. Hearing my mom’s name, although […]
by Kathy on March 25, 2026 · 2 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Hope, Medical Stuff, OB/GYN, Odds, Pain, The Future, The Past, Ultrasounds, Waiting
“You okay, within reason?” the mammogram tech asked me, almost rhetorically, each time before tightening the compressor even more on my right breast and telling me to hold my breath. She was apparently really focusing on an area they were concerned about. I was okay (enough) and it still hurt a lot. Today I had […]
by Kathy on September 1, 2020 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Expectations, Gratitude, Hope, Life, Odds, Optimism, Resolution, Waiting
The tech who did the targeted ultrasound on my left breast today said as I was leaving that I got the “best possible outcome,” a benign finding, and I concur! As I shared in my post last night, my focus was elsewhere yesterday, when I got an email with the results of my routine/annual mammogram […]
by Kathy on July 9, 2020 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Background, Before I Blogged, Books, Camp Algonquin, Camp Echo, Diversions, Expectations, Faith, Food, Friends, Holidays, Koinonia, Life, London Semester Journals, Luck, Memories, Odds, Relationships, Summer Camp, The Past, Time, Travel
Monday, 3-18-96 9:56 PM London 3:56 PM E-Town 4:56 PM H.H.I. Gramma Dee’s 80th birthday today! How exciting for her to be alive & happy & healthy today… Knowing what a full & wonderful life she has had! ☺︎ I just talked w/ she & Grampa Jack! They are such loves… Grampa is having a […]
by Kathy on August 14, 2019 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Courage, Cysts, Expectations, Healing, Hope, Life, Memories, Odds, Optimism, Pain, Planning, Time, Vacations
I came across this edited version of a page from a children’s story yesterday (via Parenting Works). I love the idea that we can allow ourselves to feel more than one emotion at the same time. It’s okay to cry. We can feel sad and brave. Those two emotions (as well as any others) are […]
by Kathy on August 6, 2019 · 4 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Expectations, Hope, Memories, Odds, Reality, Travel, Ultrasounds, Vacations, Waiting, Writing
I was supposed to return in 6 months. You’d think, as someone who struggles with anxiety, I’d have been counting down the days to get my right breast rechecked, to see how what they found in December, a small mostly fluid filled cyst with a bit of solid, that had a “high probability of being […]