http://www.meyerturner.com the life and times of natasha, mark, zoe, and daisy Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:55:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Same dress. Same haircut. Same sense of adventure. Lucky cousins. Same shirt. Same pose. Same voice. Same walk. And we expect people to tell us apart. Me and my favorite sister. Lucky me. http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/07/13/recent-photos/ Just returned from the oncologist where we learned that the intravenous chemotherapy I'm on is likely no longer working. Time to switch. So, on Monday, I'll start a cytoxin pill. I'll be on it for 4-6 weeks at which point we'll know if it's working. We'd ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/07/08/new-med/ Zoe has been participating in a day camp this week. It is run by a regular overnight camp, but they take the fun on the road and do day camps throughout the midwest. All the craziness without the homesickness. Zoe is in heaven. As I dropped her and ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/06/30/summer-camp/ More than once I have been prayed for/spoken about/mentioned as being "ravaged" by cancer. The person describing me as "ravaged" is, without fail, kind and well-meaning. Very kind and well-meaning. But each time it happens it makes me think, "am I being ravaged by cancer? I ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/06/23/between-ravaged-and-remission-dont-wake-the-dragon/ Sitting by the pool, Sara waggled her magazine in front of me. "You need to write this," she said, pointing at the "Ten things I learned from my dad" article. "No," I said, "I don't write things like that." "Yes you do," she said, "and you should ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/06/18/10-things-ive-learned-from-my-father/ Some glorious friends of ours gave us an impromptu weekend at their huge cottage on Lake Michigan last weekend. It was just what we needed to kick off the summer and to get my head out of chemo-think. Here are a few photos for those of you not ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/06/09/weekend-out-of-dodge/ Mark and I just returned from the doctor. My CAT scans showed no mets to the bones (yay!), liver ablated (yay!) and lung nodules getting a little too skippy off of the chemotherapy (boo!). So, back on Gemzar for me. I'll do two weeks on and one ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/06/03/familiar-territory/ Mark and I went to the oncologist today thinking that the results of my blood test will mean (a) go back on chemo or (b) switch to a gentler treatment or none at all. Instead, of course, the answer is (c) get more information. My blood counts were ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/05/20/the-answer-is-always-c/ Perhaps it was the Harry Potter influence, but Zoe had a kick a few weeks back of writing fortunes and having us draw them from a hat. They included: "You will be famous" "Have fun in Japan" "You will spend all your money" and "Today is the day" The one that I drew was: "Soon ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/05/14/fortune-telling/ A dear friend sent me a link to this article from the New York Times yesterday. Written by a woman who has lived with stage 4 breast cancer for seventeen years, it makes me grin ear to ear. Perhaps you'll enjoy it too. And this quote from the end ... http://www.meyerturner.com/2010/04/28/what-she-said/