This blog documented Michelle McDonough's healing journey as she recovered from Cholangiocarcinoma, or Bile Duct cancer. Michelle was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in December 2008 and passed away on July 6, 2010. This page remains as a memorial to the strength and courage of this amazing woman.


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

That smells good

I didn't get chemo today. My blood counts were too low. My blood counts are so low, the doctor put me on antibiotics as a precaution. Next week is my week off of chemo. I will be having a CT scan to monitor how things are going. My CA 19-9 tumor marker did come down to 192 from 211 after the 1st chemo in this round.

I did get my laptop back. Thank you Bill for putting it all back together and thank you Kelly for letting me us your laptop. A quick update on Kelly. She is back to work after her bouts with dizziness that has kept her off work since July 27th. She still gets some bad headaches, but things are better.

I have been doing some cooking the last couple of weeks. I don't know what has gotten into me. A couple of weeks ago I made Chicken and Potatoes. Then we went to the Farmer's market. I made a homemade peach cobbler with some delicious peaches we got there. I also canned 5 jars of refrigerator pickles. They were good. On Saturday when it was so cold, I made some Tomato Bisque Soup with a recipe from Coopersmith's restaurant here in town. We also went back to the farmer's market on Sunday. This time I made a peach crisp with an oatmeal and brown sugar crust. It was awesome with vanilla ice cream.

Today my former work team was getting together for happy hour. I met them and got a chance to catch up. It was great.

Have a rowdy week.

Michelle


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