Boy did I enjoy June. It was fun and relaxing. I started off the month on a rush. Getting ready for our trip. Then we left. But the week after we came back, I decided that I would relax. I did. Slept late, watched tv–because there was no computer at that time. Did various lazy things.
Mary came on the 26th and we had a very nice visit. It was really fun to talk to her alone. I realized then that we had never had the chance before.
The bad things that happened this month was bad news about my closest teacher friend and a cousin. She informed me after I got back to LA. that she had a lump. We then went through the wait to find out if it was malignant, then the worry about taking it out. The results were positive and she did have to have the lump removed. She did not have to have a mastectomy. She will have to undergo radiation and chemo because of her age. My cousin who is only a few years older than me is dying of cancer. This has brought all the emotions back that I was not able to release when A. died. When I visited C. we had a good cry. It was wonderful to be able to talk, cry and not have to worry about being strong. She did not think I was silly either. In fact, I realize she is my only family link with whom I can be a silly woman.
Today I will be visiting S. and hoping that she is really doing as well as she says. During the month of July, I will be visiting my cousin also. I hope he is still well enough for visitors. My relaxing is drawing to an end.
Remember i’m visiting you… right? you do remember that right? sigh…..
sorry to hear about your friend… cancer seems to be the disease of this decade… hope everything works out.. i hear they are having success with the chemo treatments… Mary’s grandmother went through it and the cancer went into remission… oh well..
love you..
July 3, 2005 @ 2:05 pm-David
sorry, claudia, i had stopped checking your blog regularly… i had checked it all throughout the month of may, and saw no updates… kinda fell out of practice of checking.
July 5, 2005 @ 9:07 amabout cancer… because of my family’s terrible history with the disease, i used to view it as almost a death sentence. but lately i have heard of many people diagnosed in somewhat advanced stages doing really well with treatment. for example, my sister’s best friend’s little sister (she grew up next door) was diagnosed with cancer and went through treatment–but that was three years ago and she is fine now. she even got to go to prom. and then, my grandmother on my father’s side, she was 82 when she was diagnosed last summer, and after 4 months of chemotherapy, she was declared in remission–and still is. they were using a new technique on her. a chemotherapy cocktail, if you will, with multiple medications. anyway, as of february she is fine, and still is, if a bit frailer. but she is 82. so. anyway, my point is–cancer isn’t what i used to think it was. these days, if you are a fighter, you really do stand a chance.
p.s. i had a nice visit with you, too.