okay, i shall take a break from obsessing about how my health insurance is getting paid for the next month to update here.
i had a weird cancer-focused month so far. i went to boston for a retreat for couples dealing with cancer (and, in my case, aftereffects of cancer) and orlando for a hereditary cancer conference. to be honest, by the time i got back from orlando i was so sick of talking about cancer and telling my story i just wanted to be back with people who have never heard the words oophorectomy or anthracyclin.
i did realize that i miss having people in my life who are hip to the whole cancer thing. i keep in touch with a very tiny handful of people from my hospital/cancer camp days, but after a few friends died within a year, including the girl i was mentoring, i bailed out of camp. meeting people in boston and orlando, including some who are very sick, reminded me of how awful it can be worrying about people you care about dying. but it also reminded me that i need these people. i truly feel privileged to have met everybody i met over the past month.
************end sappy cancer talk here***********************
i went to the hospital yesterday for a nerve block. if it works, it could mean less pain and no surgery for me, so i'm keeping my fingers and toes and legs crossed. maybe not my legs, but you get the point.
and on sunday, i get to represent my lovely local pug rescue at the Angels with Tails adoption event sponsored by PAWS Chicago. if you're planning on going, stop by Chasalla and check out our adorable adoptable pugs (which are, if you don't know, the greatest dogs on earth).
angels with tails website
what do you want to be when you grow up? i'm still figuring it out.
i had a weird cancer-focused month so far. i went to boston for a retreat for couples dealing with cancer (and, in my case, aftereffects of cancer) and orlando for a hereditary cancer conference. to be honest, by the time i got back from orlando i was so sick of talking about cancer and telling my story i just wanted to be back with people who have never heard the words oophorectomy or anthracyclin.
i did realize that i miss having people in my life who are hip to the whole cancer thing. i keep in touch with a very tiny handful of people from my hospital/cancer camp days, but after a few friends died within a year, including the girl i was mentoring, i bailed out of camp. meeting people in boston and orlando, including some who are very sick, reminded me of how awful it can be worrying about people you care about dying. but it also reminded me that i need these people. i truly feel privileged to have met everybody i met over the past month.
************end sappy cancer talk here***********************
i went to the hospital yesterday for a nerve block. if it works, it could mean less pain and no surgery for me, so i'm keeping my fingers and toes and legs crossed. maybe not my legs, but you get the point.
and on sunday, i get to represent my lovely local pug rescue at the Angels with Tails adoption event sponsored by PAWS Chicago. if you're planning on going, stop by Chasalla and check out our adorable adoptable pugs (which are, if you don't know, the greatest dogs on earth).
angels with tails website
what do you want to be when you grow up? i'm still figuring it out.
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anthonycasanova:
ya, ive been shooting for years.. you can view some of my work on my site @ casanovaphotos.com -- do you ever come into the city to shoot sets? what ideas are you and your bf tossing around right now?
theodor:
You seem like such a good person. Got a good head on your shoulders girl