Coming Along

Shirley is one amazing woman who I am blessed to have in my life. Positive, upbeat, looking forward. We are a week and a half after her surgery, a second matectomy 28 years after her first. Alie says the first, the aggressive one at age 37, has been followed by an "old lady's" slow moving, less aggressive tumor. It was tiny. No nodes. Everything looking very positive for the long term.

A special friend, a well as "our" surgeon, Barbara Ward, have suggested that something good will come of this. I believe that to be the case. An updated PLB with our new experience and spreading the word on use of the BRACA test. It amazes me how few women have heard of the test, much les had it done.

Shirley heard that her drains would come out in a week. I heard, eond pair of ears, that it was one to two weeks, probably the latter. That appears to be the case. She is ready for the haling waters of Queechy Lake, but that is a week or more away.

Reflections of a life

We will be posting reflections of our life over the next few days or weeks, starting with notes from elementary school teachers: Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Hosey, Ms. Stewart and others. A hoot or a howl.