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lexyjane and lulu: September 2014
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Monday, September 1, 2014. Screaming on the inside. Mum is feeling okay - most days now she is only napping for a few hours in the afternoon and she feels well enough to do some gentle exercise and chores around the house. It's good to talk to her in the evenings and find her cheery and upbeat. We know that some tumours don't respond to the chemo at all, and keep on growing. Are Mum's tumours shrinking? We just don't know. I've tried crying too. It doesn't work either. I'm so powerless that even ...I'm a...
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lexyjane and lulu: Honestly, I want to see you be brave...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014. Honestly, I want to see you be brave. I love to sing. In some shape or form, I've done it my whole life. In the car, in the shower, in the kitchen. Occasionally in the supermarket. Sometimes in choirs, and a few times, when I was younger, in musicals. Is this a ridiculous thing to do at my age? And the real kicker, what if I get in front of a teacher and they listen to me sing and say "Ouch! Your voice is so awful that it's not worth even trying! I've put my name down to part...
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lexyjane and lulu: January 2015
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Thursday, January 8, 2015. Everything feels like a bit of a mess, which seems to be a fairly crappy way to start the new year, but it is what it is. I need to throw out a heap of clothes that I don't wear and are mostly just causing clutter, but there is a part of me that keeps saying "what if you lose weight? What if you do more gardening? What if you destroy the other blouse that you actually like that is a little bit like this one? On the Tuesday they took her into surgery and had a look. The join...
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lexyjane and lulu: October 2011
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011. This is what Spring in Brisbane looks like. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brisbane, Qld, Australia. I'm a 40-something IT development team lead. Welcome to a place where I talk about knitting and my family, and the reality of living with Crohns Disease. View my complete profile. Find me on ravelry. Where am I up to? Grumperina goes to local yarn shops and Home Depot. Life With Matty (and other stories). Green apples - a knitting blog. Cambodia Starts to Knit.
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lexyjane and lulu: And the daffodils look lovely today
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Sunday, August 24, 2014. And the daffodils look lovely today. Last Friday was Daffodil Day, the Cancer Council's major national fundraising day. I stumbled onto a banner ad asking for volunteers when I was looking on their site for some information a few weeks ago and thought it was a great opportunity for me to do something - not that any money I helped to raise would be of great assistance to Mum, but future research may prevent someone else's family from going through this. Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
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lexyjane and lulu: September 2010
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Thursday, September 23, 2010. This is not the first yarn I've spun on my spinning wheel, but it is the first that I'm really proud of. It's 19.5micron merino from Highland Felting and Fibre Supplies. Which I hand-dyed with Queen's food colouring before spinning. It is incredibly soft. I'm not certain what this is going to become, but I know it is going to be something for me. I think a nice soft drapy scarf will be nice. Labels: spinning yarn green woohoo I made this. Monday, September 13, 2010. Well, no...
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lexyjane and lulu: And suddenly, everything changes.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014. And suddenly, everything changes. I will warn you that some of this is a bit raw and if cancer and emotions of anger, despair and powerlessness are triggers for you then I'd recommend caution. If you're still with me, I'll tell you a story. The 4th of July was a fairly normal day. The Boy was at his Grandma's for the school holidays, and The Man and I decided to go to the movies after work. She had a portacath. Fitted on the following Monday, and they started chemo the next day.
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lexyjane and lulu: May 2011
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Sunday, May 29, 2011. I suspect that Mum and Dad got none. I make pancakes for myself about once a month, and I still use that recipe. I think it's the only recipe I know off by heart. It's not the best pancake recipe ever - they tend to come out a little bit rubbery - but it's got something no other pancake recipe has - a huge serving of wonderful, happy memories. And the best thing about pancakes nowadays? I get as many as I like and I don't have to fight anyone for them! I'd love to hear your story.
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lexyjane and lulu: February 2014
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Thursday, February 13, 2014. Honestly, I want to see you be brave. I love to sing. In some shape or form, I've done it my whole life. In the car, in the shower, in the kitchen. Occasionally in the supermarket. Sometimes in choirs, and a few times, when I was younger, in musicals. Is this a ridiculous thing to do at my age? And the real kicker, what if I get in front of a teacher and they listen to me sing and say "Ouch! Your voice is so awful that it's not worth even trying! I've put my name down to part...
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lexyjane and lulu: June 2011
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Thursday, June 23, 2011. You know you've done well when. Your Mum, to whom you posted the cardigan you knitted for your Grandma, loves it much that your Dad is concerned that she won't give it to Grandma*! And here, because I have no photos of Grandma's cardigan, is a totally random photo of some lovely oranges from a colleague's backyard tree. Labels: random photos of fruit. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. But I can't prove it to you. I finished Grandma's cardigan last week, sewing on the last of the 12(! Simpl...
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