Greetings again from the enchanted land of Colorado. I hope you are enjoying this warm and sunny day, even with the ongoing ground-snow. Lew and I saw the radiation person today in our first appointment in the what’s-next category. Kelley attended on Facetime. Each small visit to the next new doctor takes us further into …
Author Archives: Judith Lavezzi
Booblog #8 February 01, 2023
Finally, and with great relief, I saw the oncologist today, and Lew and I sat in, daughter Kelley was on through FaceTime from her office. So much better to have the reports in, and the Lymph nodes negative that I felt quite wonderful. I had planned on this being good news today. It was. We …
Booblog #7 January 30, 2023
Dear Friends I am writing to apologize. I didn’t write soon enough and some of you worried. It was my thought to not blog on you until I have met with the medical oncologist again, now that I have a pathology report, and we could figure out what all is next. That appointment is Wednesday. …
Booblog #6 January 20, 2023
Done! For now – Out out damned spot! Surgery was yesterday, and I have lazed about the house all day today like a sloth moving slowly. I’ve done nothing but read a book and a half about women spies in the Revolutionary War, and answered a few calls. Talk about a leisurely life! Lew was …
Blog #5 January 17, 2023
Greetings. We are under the threat of a larger snow storm, and it began snowing right when Lew took me out for a really nice dinner. Yummy, and we are both so full of salmon and shrimp, and all the extras at Bonefish. Our day was filled with pre-op stuff, and I will tell you …
Booblog #4 January 13,2023
Booblog #4 January 13, 2023 Hello friends. I am writing, although Friday the 13th is an inauspicious time perhaps. But – today is what I have. It’s been an interesting week of pushing the system. The unknowing was bothersome. I did meet with an oncologist – a medical oncologist, not a radiation oncologist. (Still not …
Booblog #3
Jan 06, 2023, 2 PM Things move fast-but do they go anywhere at all? Humming to oneself… ‘When an irresistible force such as youMeets an old immovable object like meYou can bet as sure as you live Something’s gotta give, something’s gotta give, something’s gotta give’… – sing it Frankie!! Hello Friends, family et al, …
Booblog #2
Paperwork. Thank you all for your concern and all the energy, positive thoughts, and love sent my way. I am so grateful for it. Today was my first surgeons’ meet and greet, and it was interesting to get it all started, even though the road through the thicket is clearly still not clear. The office …
Booblog #1
Hello to you friends and family members alike. Best wishes to you on this New YEAR 2023. As I believe you know, I was diagnosed with breast cancer early in December. This booblog is written in an effort to be in open communication, without secretiveness, to inform and to lower the dramatic burst of my …
To Have an Older Brother
from “Olivia”, new book in final edit If not for Olivia’s brother, named Anthony John on his baptismal records, she didn’t know how she would manage at all. She relied on Tony as her confidant, friend, and intermediary between her and her aging parents. Maria and John Raggio had lost two other babies before Tony …