Category Archives: cancer

Nervous Breakdown

Posted on June 13, 2009 by francesbarrie

Somewhere in the kitchen of each of the many houses I grew up in was a five inch square metal plaque, hung by my mother and seen by myself and everyone who entered her kitchen daily.  I read it over the … Continue reading →

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An Opportunity to Help

Posted on January 27, 2009 by francesbarrie

Now  that I am feeling healthy again I figure that I need to take advantage of it since I now know how fleeting health and well being can be.   I am registered for 2 triathlons this up coming season … Continue reading →

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Notes from a Mother with Cancer

Posted on January 19, 2009 by francesbarrie

“Ever since you got cancer you are so mean!”   Theses are the delightful words of my teenage son, who truly thinks that because I have cancer I am taking it out on him.  That I am just pissed off … Continue reading →

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Mommy Doesn’t Have Cancer Anymore

Posted on October 24, 2008 by francesbarrie

I glanced down at the clock in my car, saw that it said 5:10, added the five minutes in my head to learn the actual time of 5:15, and announced with bravado to the 4 twelve year old boys crammed in the backseat, … Continue reading →

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The Last Apple Pie

Posted on October 14, 2008 by francesbarrie

I made an apple pie yesterday morning with my daughter. I let her roll out the extra dough and sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top then cut them into pinwheels. I used to do this with my mother and watching my … Continue reading →

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Helpful Hints

Posted on October 11, 2008 by francesbarrie

   The next time you are in a park and someone in running clothes asks to use your cellphone to call their husband because that person just ran 3 miles to a soccer field to see her daughter play a … Continue reading →

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The waiting Room

Posted on October 3, 2008 by francesbarrie

“I think you were right about the Taxol.”   These were the words that dropped from the mouth of my Oncologist as she finished examining me yesterday.   “Your breathing is fine now,,” she continued,”I think it was the Taxol … Continue reading →

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