August 28th

Yup bone biopsy day. Nope never had one of these either. However it has been explained to me that there will be tubes, for aspiration, slides for blood smears, and containers to hold the marrow samples. Am I interested in seeing what the marrow looks like? Uhm ok.

So this "procedure" consists of them laying you on your stomach so they can get to your lower hip bone, right above your butt. So they numb the outer part and slowly work their way in numbing as they go. Not so bad. Then there is that tapping sensation on your bone, while they numb that too (although I heard later they can't numb bone, not sure if they can or not as long as it does not hurt, don't really care). 

Then the oncologist start driving the twisty thingy which is simular to an empty lead pencil casing with a cork screw handle into the bone. Twist twist...........not so bad. Ooops broke it. 

Next one, twist twist. Something pinches in my leg OUCH. He apologizes and moves the nifty tool to the side a little, continues and then oops. YES another one is broken.

Then we are on to the third one. Finally he gets the piece of marrow. Shows me and my first thought is that is not pink, it is white, shouldn't it be pink. And what about the other stuff he was suppose to get? Nope he is done, they must have a three try and you are done policy or there is a reason they did not get what they wanted. He can't be that bad at getting marrow can he?

"Your gonna be sore." HA !! Really?!

Bandage me up, sit me up and in comes Hubby :) Awe he looks worried, I am ok they did not break me! Well not yet anyway!! Let's go give them those blood samples and blow this Popsicle stand, think I am going to need some Advil soon!

Now we get a week off, no appointments until the 11th. Then we talk treatment plan?

August 30th

Letting her go today, after 8 years of a lot of love and a lot of images. 
For those of you that know me, you know this camera is my #1 (and was a gift from Ed Fisher). The one that I always carried with me. When it hit the floor I was devastated and for me (I know kind of crazy) it was a bad omen....knew it as soon as it hit the ground...found out my medical situation shortly after... I swear a part of me already knew it was not going to be great news.
I could probably pay and get her looked and they could put her back together, she has given me some award winning images and some complete big-foots images. But I think starting new kinda fits the story here. From her being held together with electrical tape, her falling off hand grip, to all her scratches and missing writing and her lens expansion whine, she will be missed.
A new camera will not change who I am or what I can do and neither will my lymphoma, things will just be a little new and different for a little while.
The new Lumix is on order and I am ready!!


~OneRepublic~ "Marchin On"

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