Magellan

It's been a scary few months for my friend, Magellan.

About 14 years ago, she was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. She was in a "watch and wait" period for a while and then had to have treatment.  She's been in remission for 8 years now.

In August, she went for a regular oncologist appointment and the doctor found her spleen was enlarged.  That set into motion, test after test.

She had to switch doctor's in between finding out what exactly what was going on because of insurance.

After all the tests were done, she now has a totally different diagnosis which is a form of lymphoma.  They suspect she might have had this all along but the tests weren't as sophisticated  back then as they are now.  Luckily the treatment was the same though.

We were quite stressed at first with the news because it can be aggressive but the kind she has is very slow growing. I went with her for the visits and we saw 4 different oncologists.  Two of them were stem cell transplant specialists just to get in the system in case she would ever need it. 

Right now, she is going to be in a "watch and wait" period again.  The doctors also think she will do well with treatment if/when she needs it.

We were thrilled that she doesn't need treatment now.   It felt like a Christmas miracle ;-)

Friend

Happy Birthday 

Magellan!!!!

Your the best ;-)

Magellan and Me

One time Magellan took me to look for an outfit that I had to buy for an out of town wedding.  On our way home we got off the freeway and all of a sudden we heard this bumpety bump sound.  We realized she had a flat tire.  We pulled off into the first place we could which was a bar parking lot.  Let's just say it was an "adult bar" if you know what I mean ;-)  We called my husband and he came to pick us up.  She didn't have a spare tire and decided she would get the car towed but didn't know exactly when.  We thought we'd go in and tell the people at the bar that we might leave the car overnight so they didn't call the police.   Magellan and I went in the door.  There was another door and we tried to get in but couldn't.  Then we noticed a window but it was tinted black and you could vaguely make out that there was a person behind it.  That was the first time I ever saw anything like that.  It was actually kind of creepy.  When we got outside we couldn't stop laughing. Something tells me we were probably lucky that we couldn't get into the second door.  I wonder if most "adult bars" have this tinted window feature LOL.