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Fifty Is Five Perfect Tens

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Finishing my 50th Year Around the Sun My 50th birthday came and went in a fairly low-key manor.  I mentioned it in my last blog, so I won't go into detail again, but it was a perfect night out with a few of my favorite people. The cupcakes were literally the icing on the cake! <3  Starting my 51st year of life has proved to be better than last year, but still not the most fun. On February 9th, I met with the Radiologist and he said everything it good, he will see me in about a year. YAY!  Everytime a doctor says more than three weeks, I get excited! The weekend of February 17-19 was a road trip to Tulsa, OK.  There was a group of crafters/tumbler makers getting together for a weekend event at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.  Robert agreed to go, and after we were on the road, I realized why.  A couple of stops in Springfield at Bss Pro and then at Grizzly was on his agenda.  He was like a kid in a candy store. Once we got to the hotel, he was able t...

Post Surgery and Radiation and Beyond

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The Light at the end of the Tunnel In all reality, I started the draft of this blog way back in October and then life just got busy.  So this post will just be a lot of catching everyone up so you can see how everything played out. (I am getting information for this post strictly from my calendar and photos.  So I know I will be missing a bunch!) If you are here for the first time and you want to start at the beginning, click here. Starting Monday, October 24th I took the last two weeks off after surgery and was back to work on the 24th.  All was pretty normal with the exception of some doctors appointments scattered through the week.  I met with Dr. Huq on Wednesday and he let me know that the surgery results all came back clear. (YAY!)  I met with my surgeon on Thursday and we scheduled my follow up mammogram for April. I the midst of all of that, I had a TikTok video go somewhat viral.  It didn't result in a lot of orders, but I realized what kind of con...