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Cancer: Recovery

Good news! The doctor examined me a few days ago and said the cancer appears to be all gone! She was amazed at how well I am doing. The radiation burns have healed very quickly and I’m already walking around the block and able to drive to Braums for eggs. It can only be God and your […]

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Cancer: Final Treatments

I celebrated the last radiation treatment on Friday, January 11, 2012. Seven weeks already over! Chemo treatments ended a few weeks ago so cancer treatment is completed. Bill, my mom, sis and niece were there, and I was given a certificate.  “This Certificate of Graduation is hereby given to Kathryn Spurgeon for completing this course […]

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Cancer: Chemo Brain

You may not believe me, but I’m seldom bored. Today I am. Usually, I read, write, find a project or if all else fails, clean house. My mind doesn’t like to sit still long. Chemo brain, I’m told, causes lack of focus, which has hit hard meaning I can’t stay tuned to a book or […]

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Celebrating a NEW YEAR!

We broke in the New Year listening to John Denver’s, Country Road Take me Home, and cooking traditional black-eyed peas and a $10 head of organic cabbage that Bill purchased.  The year 2012 is behind us. I don’t mean that negatively, but I have completed both rounds of chemo as of December 31st, and the […]

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Cancer And the Water of Life

Between fatigue, nasty taste buds, and nausea, my desire for water has decreased, causing almost dehydration. I didn’t even notice it until my hands, feet, and eyes became dry, and my mouth felt like the Sahara Desert in need of a dropper-full of water. Oh, I started in the middle of my story. I have […]