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| Jill Irwin Tuesday, July 26, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, So good to read your latest post and hear about that typo you found! Ha, made me laugh. Also wonderful that you are feeling better after that inconclusive MRI, and listening to your body. Shadie mentioned you writing about food and focusing on how you are eating. How's that going? Getting lots of good, fresh, clean phytochemicals? Glorious time of year for that. I've been meatless for a few days, trying to eat tons of veggies but the fruit is incredible right now also. Anyhow, tentative quick trip to the Bay Area first weekend in August, will confirm and hope to see you and give you a hug for real! hugs, jill |
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| Amy Garber Monday, July 25, 2011 |
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Jean, you're right to keep thinking positive, eliminate the stress response etc. I love the image of you floating in a bubble. And the windshield story is funny because I can totally see how you would worry at first. You are well! You are recovered! Reality (in this dense material plane) is just catching up with this. Love you, Amy |
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| Katie Carroz Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Hello Jean, I think of you often and now, more so! I'm grateful to know all this and wish I could pop over and give you a very large hug. These writings and photos have reminded me of who you are...how long has it been? A decade. Still feeling close as ever. Wishing you as smooth a month of radiation as possible...and thinking of you every day. Love, Katie |
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| Dennis Volovick Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Hi Jean Look for picture that I wanted to send to a old friend, and came accross the ones I took at your house. The house look great with all the flowers, and plants. You could name all of them and tell if they where native or not. Looking forward to see you and Matt again. Well as you can see that the written word is not my greatest talent. Mostly what I want to say is get well Love Dennis |
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| Mara Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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Hi Jean -- Thinking of you today. I just came in from watering my too-hot garden. I picked my day's harvest of sweet peas and a few lingering roses, and I'm trying a new thing to keep some night creature away from my compost geap: I've covered it with a puff of bird netting, hoping it will terrify the creature that his toes could get caught in it. Of course I am sending my best best best wishes, lots of positive energy. I do that at least once a day, usually when I go out to my garden in the early morning, when it is cool and delicious. --Mara |
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| Ellen Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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Jean, I am LOVING the photos of your garden. The beautiful, the enduring, the mysterious, the exotic---all rolled into one much-loved space. I can hardly believe how much things have grown since was there, which must have been five or six years ago? I can't even remember what else I was doing in SF; it is no longer important. I just recall your charming house and hanging out so very pleasantly with you and Matt. Thank you for sharing this beauty you have created and lovingly maintain. Ellen Mc |
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| charlie Friday, June 10, 2011 |
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Hi Jean & Matt, It was great to see you both today. Wish i could have joined you for lunch, but glad we got a chance to chat anyhow. Love, Charlie |
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| jill i Wednesday, June 8, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, Hope your intensive treatments (every day!) are going well and you're feeling okay. Just wanted to wish you a happy June 8! The roses are finally starting to come out up north here, been a very damp, chilly spring. But seeing them around, especially the wild variants. Eating my veggies more and thinking of you. hugs, jill |
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| jill i Wednesday, June 1, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, Just sayin' hi and hope you're doing okay with everything and finding wonderful, healthful veggies to eat in interesting combinations and ways. Been reading more about sugar, did you see the article in the New York Times a few weeks ago. As another guest said, best avoided. On that note, tonight I ate four fruit popsicles (18 grams sugar each) and 5 Baci chocolates. ooh la la! Need to tame my sugar beast and you are my inspiration. I know you're tackling this battle with grace, strength, and a positive, step-by-step attitude. You rock! Roses to you. hugs, jill |
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| Rebecca Friday, May 27, 2011 |
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| Wishing you continued wonderful energy and healing. You write beautifully and with such clarity. Medicine can be like an alternate universe. I admire your embrace of healthy nutrition and alternative healing techniques. Thanks for keeping us posted on your daily routines. I am also grateful you named your cat, Razzle. I hope your roses are in full lovely bloom. | |||
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| Vivien Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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Cranial Prosthesis is just a great expression isnt it. Also pondering the staples in your skull. Suggests an alter ego - Avatar - doppelganger - some kind of superhero that incorporates it all? ThrillerGirl? CranioWoman? |
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| Margaret Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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Greetings from the flood lands - We have had such tumultuous and frequent rain (multiple times each day , sometimes interspersed with sun) that I wonder if I should start kayak lessons. So you like Anne's prosthesis... Let me tell you a story...I traveled with 3 girls for 3 months in Europe after I graduated. We bought(leased) a teeny Renault 4 door which we picked up in Paris. We drove away only to have the engine start to emit steam and fury. None of us had ever been in France, much less Europe, so it was quite an adventure from the 1st day. I was elected to stay with the car as it was driven away by a factory rep. How we ever managed to call the showroom with jetons and the like in a local bar, I will never know. ANyhow, the Renault became our friend...I took turns training one of the 2 who did not know how to drive a manual transmission and off we sped. ANyhow, the purpose of this tale is to reveal that one of the girls had adrenal tumor and was having severe bad hair days as well as the dowager hump, insommnia, facial hair, non-menses. Trust 3 nurses, her travel compainions, to not have a clue that she should never have gone this trip but... So, Kathy had this WIG. WE CALLED IT, "THING" and it claimed secure space on the rear window shelf every day she didn't wear it. IT WAS: THING. You didn't dare touch or disturb THING. So that is the tale. She went on to have surgery when she got home. |
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| barbara bucciarelli Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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I can help a bit with nutrition. Watch the Utube Sugar the Bitter truth. Sugar is the fertilizer that makes the bad cells grow. You get antioxidents from the food you eat berries, dark colored fruits and vegetables. My landlady refuses to eat correctly and her cancer has gone to other places. Her alternative healers are trying to help her change. She thinks I know nothing. She values what they say as she is paying them $100 an hour. But is not really listening. You are listening and will be far more successful in your healing. I am in contact with my energy mentor. Let me know if you have any questions Natasha can work on for you. Keep on trucking. I send you healing prayers daily. Barbara |
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| Matt Garber Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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| Hi Jean,Thank you for the wonderfully written updates. I am glad that you are taking the problems and hassles in stride and you are keeping your humor and sense of beauty. I particularly like that the radiation therapy sounds like music to you. When I get MRI's it always reminds me of german electronica.Keep in touch! | |||
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| jill i Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, I love your descriptions, I'm learning a lot as well as being there with you as you experience life right now. Love that you are drawn to vegetables! Your dinner sounded wonderful. I strive for that also but in reality manage about half the time. You are inspiring me to pick it up. Now that the farmer's markets are starting to overflow with more variety of produce as we head into summer, there's lots more to choose from - asparagus! artichokes! beautiful greens! mushrooms! so much more. I'll email separately with some of my favorite veggie recipes. Just read an article last weekend about Himalayan salt bowls, made me want to get one. Now I think I'll get a lamp too, seen them around town. BTW, we chanted for you last night at Blue Heron Zen practice (kwam seum bosal), will have to tell you about it. hugs, jill |
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| jill i Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, I love your descriptions, I'm learning a lot as well as being there with you as you experience life right now. Love that you are drawn to vegetables! Your dinner sounded wonderful. I strive for that also but in reality manage about half the time. You are inspiring me to pick it up. Now that the farmer's markets are starting to overflow with more variety of produce as we head into summer, there's lots more to choose from - asparagus! artichokes! beautiful greens! mushrooms! so much more. I'll email separately with some of my favorite veggie recipes. Just read an article last weekend about Himalayan salt bowls, made me want to get one. Now I think I'll get a lamp too, seen them around town. BTW, we chanted for you last night at Blue Heron Zen practice (kwam seum bosal), will have to tell you about it. hugs, jill |
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| Amy G Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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Dear Jean, I'm so happy that you have such a positive and even welcoming attitude toward the procedures, the meds, etc. The idea of the beautiful box is awe-inspiring! (Maybe you can just put the meds for the next day in there or something?) You're making it a wonderful ritual and I know that will make a huge difference. YES, I hope you see a nutritionist soon and ask if you can also do some alternative support therapies. Some cancer centers even offer these onsite too. For instance, I just copyedited an article about an acupuncturist who also works at Beaumont Hospital here, which has the largest Integrative Medicine dept. in MI -- which they started for their oncology patients. I am not surprised that your writing is great -- just another story in your life. You wanted writing practice? You wanted zombie experiences? Funny now you have both! I also have bought salt lamps for my niece and nephew and I have a salt candle holder at my work computer (but I don't light a candle in it cuz I'm at work). All is well! Love you, Amy |
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| J9 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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| Kathleen Kelley Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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| Hi Jean,Always good to see your blogs. You are a very strong and admirable woman. Last night I was in the emergency room until 2am after a bad fall on my knee. After a shot of morphine I was still in a great deal of pain. Made me feel like a big crybaby wimp next to what you a going through. Dr. said I basically have to treat it like a break although it was a soft tissue injury--6 weeks. So I'm trying to be strong like you. As you know, Zombie lessons begin in mid-June so I'm looking for teachers. | |||
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| Mara Sunday, May 22, 2011 |
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Hi Jean -- Thinking of you today -- It's such a beautiful day. --Mara |
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| jill i Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
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| Vivien Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
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| Hi Jean! I'm very impressed at the progress you are making at your house (and in spirits). The shed sounds great. Cheers - stay well. | |||
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| Mara Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
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Hi Jean -- I just read the shed story and I have my usual one-word comment: bins.* You know my story about bins being my answer to clutter that I could not cope with as well as offering at least the hope of the world's most organized storage. Glad to hear that your house is a whirlwind of such good activity. I too have gone through the uplifting shed experience. I have two in my back yard, built diagonally into back corners of the fence and painted dark brown. One is topped by a crowing rooster weather vane, the other by a ferocious dragon weather vane. The sheds are filled, but I keep thinking of emptying them out, painting the insides white, and letting each of my boys have one for his special hideout. The rain we are having seems so good for all the plants, especially my sweet peas, which are on the verge of exploding into bloom. I've had four stems so far, and their fragrance is a huge thrill, esp in tandem with my citrus-scented old rose that you and I think is Mme Hardy. Dear Jean, each time I tend my roses I think of you and send you best best best wishes. --Mara __________ * . . . and yes, they are plastic. |
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| Amy G. Monday, May 16, 2011 |
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Jean, so wonderful that Anne could get so much done with you! I need her to come and help me to organize and sort, ha ha. What's really key is having someone who doesn't have an attachment to the stuff or the stories and has fresh solutions. And also great that Matt could ask for help for the huge shed project. It shows that it was much too big to tackle on your own anyway, and also allows you to get used to some receiving! Wish I could be there to help too. Anyway I am sure your property is buzzing with positive chi that the feng shui principles espouse! I'll have to look at the Holographic Universe book you mentioned. It is totally NOT a coincidence that you came across it right before all this. It's a gift from Sandra to you! Bright blessings, Amy |
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| Joan Olson Monday, May 16, 2011 |
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| Dear Jean. It does my heart good to hear of these home improvement/cleaning projects! You know how paired down my living arrangements are and I can attest that it does wonders for one's serenity. These seem like great projects for you and I'm glad to hear you have so much support from friends and family. Your attitude is truly inspiring -- keep it up, friend! -- Joan | |||
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| barbara bucciarelli Monday, May 16, 2011 |
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| Hi glad the projects are going well. I can come over to help inbetween doctor appts for my landlady. I like your attitude towards the bad cells go for it now. It does work, I did it. Miss you, you are in my prayers. My friend who had a stroke is doing well prayers answered. Barbara | |||
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| Margaret Steiner Friday, May 13, 2011 |
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Your "Jean's Care" site is a splendid, a touch of creativity enabling friends to convey greetings and well wishes while learning about your progress. I think of you often and wish you energy to deal with the treatments which you so honestly relate as upcoming. Today I continued to extract the great invasive Garlic Mustard from the easement areas behind the houses on Vintage Valley and Andover. I picked at least 8 pounds of about to seed plants. As a tribute to Sylvia I am proud to announce that the lot next door is ABSOLUTELY FREE of Garlic Mustard for the 2nd year. I am dedicated to preserving this lot free of invasives. A lot of ash trees succumbed to the Japanese beetle (at least 12) and have blown over so protecting the toothwort, jack-in-the-pulpit and a few Trillium and windflower for invasive by non-natives is my continuing goal. My best thoughts go with this message, both to you and to Matt. Margaret |
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| jill i Friday, May 13, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, Been thinking about you this week. Sending best wishes from up north here. I'm working on a Yosemite EIS right now and makes me think of meeting and working with you and Pam there so many years ago now. What would have thought that I'd make lifelong friends from a random phone call! I'm so glad I did! Wishing you sunshine and smiles today and every day. hugs, jill |
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| Joan Olson Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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| Hi Jean. Glad the surgery went well, sorry to hear about the pathology report but sounds like you are coping with courage. You sure have lots of friends pulling for you -- please count me among them. My best wishes to you and hopes that at our next RM meeting you are well on your way to recovery. Much love to you -- Joan | |||
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| Irene A. Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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Dear Jean, I hope you recover very fast and come back to us :) We miss you a lot. Please respond to my message, I would love to stop by to say hi. Cheers! Irene |
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| Ellen Mc Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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Me again. I've uploaded on facebook some photos I just took around the yard illustrating some of the stuff from the last post. The album is called "Further flowering." It's the closest I can come to that tour I offered you. Love, Ellen |
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| Ellen M Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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Hi again Jean, I'm working outside today on our deck, and thinking of you in your garden. I wish I could beam down there, have a cup of tea with you, and take a tour of the blooming roses. (I've been reading the Rosa Mundii from the subscription you sent---thank you! It is a beautiful journal.) Then we could beam down here and we could have a look at the things blooming in my garden---the double bloodroot, the wall of bleeding hearts, the incipient lilacs and lilies of the valley. We've got about twenty-five buds on our tree peony, which produces dinner-plate sized fuchsia flowers. Then there is the weeping cherry across the street...so many beautiful plants. Maybe we'd have a little glass of wine as we stroll around. And when you are tired, we'll just send you back home on the photon stream. Uh oh, I'm not working any more... XXOX, Ellen |
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| Tara McCulloch Tuesday, May 10, 2011 |
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Dear Jean, I find your strength and courage truly inspirational! Please know you're in my thoughts and prayers as you embark on the next phase of your treatment. We'd like to pay you a visit you soon; might you be up for company this weekend? Take good care, Jean. Love, Tara |
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| jill i Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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Hey Jean! Hope you're having a good day and the sun is shining where you are, unlike gray and cool Seattle. I saw you said your hair would grow back curly - the same thing happened to my friend Patti after her chemo and her hair grew back. It used to be straight and now it's wavier than mine (and thicker than it used to be)! I wonder what causes that? I can feel the love and support for you! Big hugs, jill |
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| Laurie Abbott Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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| Suzanne Restuch Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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| This is the same tumor that my brother has, and he is doing well two years post-surgery now. I love the advice to do something special for yourself every day. I keep sending thoughts and healing energy your way as best I can to let you know you are not alone in this fight. | |||
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| Pam Cory Monday, May 9, 2011 |
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| Hi Jean1It was wonderful to see you looking so great this weekend! I'm glad to see your support system humming with activity. The gardens look lovely, especially the roses! Your calm demeanor and positive attitude are inspirational! I'm so glad you're doing so well. Without prior knowledge, I wouldn't have known you were illin'. The advice I got, which I really liked, was to do something nice for myself every day: watch a movie, visit with friends, whatever was appealing. It was good advice, and I wanted to pass it along while I was thinking about it! Take care, and I'll communicate soon!Love,Pam | |||
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| Yao Sunday, May 8, 2011 |
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| Hi to both of you, just wanted to say that I read your blog and I looked up GBM on Wikipedia - probably not the best source, but helpful. I too noticed some very good things - sounds like the tumor was small, so I think you caught it earlier than usual? And it seems like you are in the best hands for medical care, of course including Anne. Will stay in close touch. Much love, Yao | |||
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| Debora Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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Hey Jean: Wow, pathology report is a bit intense, although you seem to be facing this in a very thoughtful way. One of my colleagues is going through chemo now (lung cancer... and he wasn't a smoker... go figure!); he seems to be coming to work every day; and teaching high school is incredibly demanding (on your feet, high stress, mountains of endless work, long days... etc!) so perhaps it is manageable; continuing some of your main routines and activities. I do encourage you not to take on daunting physical challenges, like running marathons or big, noisy, heavy building projects. This is a time to let your body heal through rest, and being very gentle with yourself; perhaps I am wrong, but this doesn't seem to be the time to push the edge of the envelope. I am beyond swamped with work and some classes I'm also taking right now, but when school and these classes end (basically June 30th, except for one Saturday class, on July 5th), I'll try to stop by. Take good care, go slow, take pleasure in music, art, warm weather and good food. Those things nourish the soul as well as the body... xo Debora |
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| barbara bucciarelli Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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| I can help with driving to your appointments if needed. Glad you are home and that there is a plan. Not the one I prayed for however. We can work with what you have, there are miracles to be had. Recovery is going to happen. Barbara | |||
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| jill i Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, I'm sorry to hear about the pathology report but glad to know you are in such good care, with such competent and knowledgeable doctors, caregivers, and support. Is that the exact same diagnosis as your sister? I have to wonder about environmental triggers. I am definitely coming down for a visit! Will let you know when and see if I can help in any way. BTW, I love your writing here. I know you're a great editor but haven't seen much of your writing - I see a book about this and your experiences! Okay, one step at a time. Thinking of your and doing my non-religious form of prayers. Big hugs, jill |
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| Mary Ann Koory Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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We are missing your quiet, positive and always illuminating presence in class. I'll respond more fully about your projects soon, but in the meantime, I wanted to say: 1.This is a wonderful sentence, one of many in your wonderful blog: "Rarely have I felt like such an interestig person . . " and 2. Don't you think it's a cosmic intersection of fiction and life that you were hoping for a "rose prick" tumor? So glad surgery was successful! Mary Ann |
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| Sasha Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, I love you. I hope you feel better. Sasha |
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| Dr. Theresa Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Jean, You are obviously well-loved! I am looking forward to working with you and send healing wishes for your very speedy recovery. Theresa |
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| Jay Plano Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, Virginia K. has been working over here in Oakland this week and gave me your website address. I just read your blog posting from yesterday (Thursday). Wow, you've been through a lot. I can't imagine. But you seem to be dealing with it in a forthright manner that's really impressive. As a former Southern Michigander with one parent who died from complications of Parkinson's Disease, I share your concern about what's going on. Anyhow, best wishes for a speedy recovery, take it easy, and don't read too much Dostoevsky while you're recovering. Best, Jay |
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| Vivien Arnold Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Jean - well it all does sounds pretty scary. I am impressed at how you seem to be taking it in stride and appreciating the science and epidemiology and family history aspects in a productive way. Actually it is pretty darn interesting, you and Anne having the same tumor. hmmmmm one for the medical text books. Hope this find you & Matt relaxed and calm this weekend. Stay in touch with us. |
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| Amy G Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Hi Jean-ius! I thought I posted before, but don't see it now...anyway I'm so glad to read your posts and your positive attitude. LUV the 4-leaf-clover necklace! I agree that it is no accident that you are already prepared for this, via your sister Anne's experiences. A shout-out to her and I'm so glad she is able to come out to care for you. Thinking of you (and Matt) every day. Word are really inaccurate, but from long-distance they'll have to do. I hope that, once you get the path report, you will not let it affect you too much. Medicine is an art as well as a science and the human body has miraculous potential to heal. AND you believe in energy, as we discussed previously, which has as-yet-unmeasured properties to heal. Please enjoy your Netflix downloads as well as whatever else you feel like doing, be it practical, or outdoors, or not! As long as it makes you happy. Love to you, Amy |
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| jill i Friday, May 6, 2011 |
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Hi Jean! I just got a link to this website tonight from Vivien. Glad to hear your surgery went well and hope you're doing well and healing quickly. Ha, I remember you absolutely creaming me at Scrabble! So I'm sitting here with my favorite feral, Tashi, who loves to snuggle. Makes me think of you and your cats. Hope to make it to SF this year and see you, hugs, jill |
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| janine amadi Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
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Hi Jean; I am sending you a rainbow and praying you will have a speedy recovery! Much Luv, Janine |
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| Dr. Ram Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
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Jean, Very glad to know you are doing so well. I have been thinking about you and reading the blog. Today I informed Trae about your progress nand he was very glad to hear it. Get well soon, love to see your smiling face soon. Warmest regards, Ram |
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| Marc Krizack Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
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Hi Jean and Matt - Thinking good thoughts about you. Jean, thanks for the subscription to the roses mag! Looking forward to breakfast at Saul's at the first opportunity. Marc |
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| Ann Weiser Cornell Thursday, May 5, 2011 |
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Sending love and support... you have such a great attitude! Let me know how I can help. Big hugs, Ann |
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| Linda Peters Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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| Ellen Mc Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Jean, a lot of your friends who live in your area are offering to cook for you. I wish I could too! So here is a virtual menu if I could make dinner tonight for you and Matt and Anne: A delicious savory bread pudding, with morels, ramps, and fiddlehead ferns, very Michigan. It would be accompanied by a salad of arugula, pears, toasted walnuts, and French feta cheese, dressed with an orange and lemon vinaigrette with a little bite of garlic. For dessert, a nearly flourless, steamed chocolate cake, soft and unctuous, with a sauce of slightly macerated raspberries. Hey, maybe I'll make this for you next time you are in Ann Arbor. |
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| Ken E. Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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| Jean, My prayers and thoughts are with you for a speedy and successful recovery. Regards, Ken | |||
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| Kirsten Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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| Jean so glad to hear you are doing ok! Look forward to seeing you back soon... | |||
| Vivien Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Glad to hear things are going well, Jean. |
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| Fabiola Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Hey Jean! Hope the worst is over and praying for the good news to continue. I am trying to take good care of your plans. We miss you! |
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| Pam C. Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Jean: So glad you're home! Be sure and take it easy!!!! I'll check in later this week to see if you're up for visitors. Last weekend was too crazy to try, and I didn't think the ICU was crazy about non-family visitors, anyway. I was getting Gabriella ready for her trip to Israel! She is there now, and they are having a great time at last communique! I'll pass along anything interesting that I hear, so we can be armchair adventurers along with her. Take care! Love, Pam |
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| Beverly Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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| Oh good ... you're home (with your cats and roses) ... and your hubby, of course. I was worried about you, but I knew you would be ok. (sure miss you!!!!) | |||
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| Nick Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Way to go!!! You'll be doing cartwheels in no time. Hey, let me know when you want to have visitors. One possibility is for Barbara and I to come over and cook dinner for everyone. Nick |
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| Terry Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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| Hi Jean and Matt,You are both in our thoughts and we will come by when you're up to visitors - or even better, when you need a day out in the country, come by and we'll feed you and play scrabble. Love to you both, Terry and Bob | |||
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| Charlie Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, best wishes from all of us... - Charlie, Melba, Carl, Guille |
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| Jean Lewis Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
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Thanks to all of you for posting. It's fantastic to get all of these messages. Maybe later I'll have the energy to reply to each post, but for now only have it in me to comment that (1) it is fanastic to be home, especially with my sister visiting, (2) these posts have reallly raised my spirits, and (3) I love you all so much and feel enveloped by the outflowing of positive energy from you. Love, --Jean |
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| Deb Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
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Hey Jean... Hope you're well down the road to recovery. By the way, I only know TWO digits to the right of the deciimal in pi. (I do know the entire alphabet, though!) Take care... (Wish I could come by for a visit but there is a sort of crescendo ramping up to the last day of school, and we're in the home stretch now, so pretty much my life is insane until 3:30 p.m. on June 17th... But will definietly write...) xoxo Deb |
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| Barbara the rescuecook Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
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| Way to go Jean. You will be home soon. I'll come by and cook for you and Matt. I'll get Nick to help too. All those positive wishes and prayers are working. Miss you. BB | |||
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| Ellen Mc Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
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Jean, and Matt too, I'm loving the updates. Thanks also to Shadie for sending out email notices---they are much appreciated! When Will had his stroke I sent emails to a fair number of people to keep them updated, but that was before facebook and before elegant and sophisticated websites like this were available---or maybe it was that I was not sufficienty sophisticated...I didn't have time, in any case. What I didn't realize was how important it is to the family and friends of the person with the strange and scary ailment to be kept in the loop. But my mind wanders.... I've been knitting a lot lately, snatching minutes here and there when I haven't been working on a freelance project---editing an anthopology book on the Pakistani bureaucracy--and thinking about you as I do. You were the one who really taught me to knit, and you showed me how to be a fearless knitter, which has taken me far beyond my actual talents. I've recently done two pairs of socks, a pair of mittlets, and am now starting on a cowl (more like a turtleneck withouth the sweater attached). The color, a deep sea blue, and texture, a lustrous and slightly furry wool and alpaca blend, both recall the kinds of yarns you favor. I've never known anyone else to knit so beautifully and creatively as you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, my dear friend. I hope you have some time for knitting during your recovery! Love, Ellen |
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| Craig DelGaudio Sunday, May 1, 2011 |
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Hi Jean, Keep on with that recoverin' thing; you're in everybody's hearts (even the kids in high school who memorized only, say, 395 digits of pi). With everything, Craig |
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| Kathleen Kelley Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Hey Jean, So glad you are doing well! Don't forget to stash away one or two of those hospital gowns--great Zombie suits! Sending healing energy to you, Kathleen |
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| Ellen S Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Lookin' good, girl! Hospital gowns are the new sexy. Come home soon. xoxoxox Ellen |
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| Tim Ewald Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Thinking of you while you recover. I'm glad the surgery went well. I wish you a quick and full recovery, Tim Ewald |
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| Carolyn Sanders Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Dear Jean. I'm so happy the surgery is over with and the outcome looks good. What a scary time you've been through, but you're tough and confident. It's gratifying you had excellent doctors. One of these days you'll be up and running and we'll rejoice in your total recovery! My very best wishes. Carolyn |
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| Mara Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Hi Jean -- How really great to hear that all went well. I am thinking of you today as I go out and horse around with my roses! Best wishes, Mara |
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| Pam Cory Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Dear Jean and Matt:
So glad that's behind you now! Thinking of you both, and I'll call Matt tomorrow and see if you're allowed guests, Jean; also, if you are up for it! |
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| Ellen Mc Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Jean, congrats on making it through the surgery. Must feel weird to have had someone else literally in your head! Sending lots of love your way, Ellen and Will |
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| Danny Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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I don't even know what to say other than I hope the biopsy is negative and you are back to good health and back to work and it all is behind you. We are going to services to say a prayer on Friday. Love Danny and Ellen |
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| Virginia Kean Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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| Dear Jean and Matt,I am so happy to hear that the surgery went well and that you got the top surgeon. Hope you go home soon and recover very quickly!!!Love and best wishes,Virginia | |||
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| Barbara * the rescue cook Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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| Wishing you the very best and very fast healing. Sending energy till yo heal. BB | |||
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| Ellen Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Sending healing vibes your way and am looking forward to gettting back to Sunday walks. |
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| Matthew Garber Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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| Hi Jean,We're so glad that the surgery went well and are looking forward to a quick, comfortable, convalescence. Best wishes!Matt G, Cindy and Lulu. | |||
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