Author Archives: Elizabeth

It’s funny now but at the time, we really did feel like we had waited forever for surgery.  In truth, it was barely a month after my diagnosis.  But as soon as you hear you have a malignant tumor, all … Continue reading →

After we left our first appointment with my surgical oncologist, Dr. T, we at least had a plan of action.  They would set up appointments for me for a consultation with a plastic surgeon and for an MRI, bone scan, … Continue reading →

It was never my intention for this post to take so long to write after my “initial diagnosis” post.  Part of the delay is that I still get fatigued, and if I don’t stop doing things when that feeling hits, … Continue reading →

WARNING:  The next few posts are going to contain a lot of medical and other technical stuff, some of which I may not explain exactly right — I’m a lawyer, not a doctor.  Also, I don’t think there’s anything particularly … Continue reading →

“Wow, you look great!”  I think this is the most common thing I’ve heard since my surgery.  My doctors are more than happy with how my skin is healing (it’s much better than they expected).  My surgeon came in the … Continue reading →

I think I’ve said this sentence about one thousand times over the past few months.  First when I came home from a PR in Paris and strained my hamstring during a six mile run a week later.  Stretching, cryotherapy, acupuncture, … Continue reading →

Goofy Training Week 18 (Note: all running times mentioned herein are objectively slow. I am aware of that. So please don’t comment just to point out that I am a very slow runner. Tortoise/hare and all such as. Also, this … Continue reading →

Goofy training Week  somewhere more than halfway It was cold at the lake Saturday morning.  Not just Dallas cold, real cold.  And just when it looked like the sun might come out and warm things up, the clouds came back … Continue reading →

Goofy training Week fourteen I have had my feelings hurt a few times in the last week (sometimes I’m a little sensitive). By friends. By clients. By loved ones. And relevant to these posts, by a perfect stranger. Saturday I … Continue reading →

Goofy training Week ten, day four This is a slightly delayed post since it is now Week 11, day 3 but this season has been flying by! It’s a little scary to realize that the race is in less than … Continue reading →