Author Archives: caryschmidt

one last entry from the big green chair

Posted on May 19, 2011 by caryschmidt

Well, here I sit in the big green chair, one more time—mask on, fighting back the gagging reflex, but thankful for God’s grace. Barring a future recurrence, this is my last time to sit here for chemo-therapy. God has been … Continue reading →

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we press on

Posted on May 18, 2011 by caryschmidt

Tonight in church, two of our teens sang a song that deeply touched my heart. I’ve been familiar with this particular song for probably more than a decade, but tonight it meant something special, so I thought I would post … Continue reading →

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begging for chemo…

Posted on May 16, 2011 by caryschmidt

Well, I woke up today, all mentally zoned for the last treatment. We arrived at Kaiser at about 1pm where the nurse told us we needed to meet with the doctor. Uh-oh. A few moments later, we are sitting in … Continue reading →

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life in concert…

Posted on May 15, 2011 by caryschmidt

The past twelve days probably represented my most difficult post-treatment days yet. I’ve had two good days, thankfully. One of them is today, and the other one was Thursday. Ironically, I had planned to take Dana away for the day. … Continue reading →

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update on treatment #11

Posted on May 9, 2011 by caryschmidt

Just wanted to give a quick update on this past week’s treatment. The worst hit on Saturday and Sunday, along with some new side effects I haven’t experienced up to this point. Sunday afternoon and evening the chemo cave was … Continue reading →

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leaping the wall of treatment #11

Posted on May 5, 2011 by caryschmidt

Treatment #11 happened yesterday. It was moved from Monday to Wednesday due to our Senior High Spring Banquet at Disneyland. For all of my fellow-hodgkins friends who are reading this, don’t worry—it was awesome! It was like a five course … Continue reading →

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hitting a wall

Posted on April 29, 2011 by caryschmidt

Have you ever hit a wall in some aspect of your life? This is something that I haven’t written much about, but walls have become somewhat of a regular occurrence in this cancer experience. First, there’s the physical energy wall. … Continue reading →

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the sufficient grace of God…

Posted on April 26, 2011 by caryschmidt

God has been so good to us! Treatment #10 did it’s usual damage, but God gave strength at all the right times. Thursday night we colored Easter eggs with the kids, Friday we spent some time with some new staff … Continue reading →

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treatment 10… sick…

Posted on April 18, 2011 by caryschmidt

Just got home from treatment #10. I got sick again during treatment. Bummer. I’m in bed prepared to medicate up and knock myself out for the night. I’m wishing I could get ahold of that vasnic stuff that George took … Continue reading →

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resting, writing, restoring… and chemo-reform

Posted on April 15, 2011 by caryschmidt

After an extremely taxing week last week, this week has been good. Up through yesterday I was really weak and fighting off chest infection and sickness. Though I worked a little each day, I tried to mostly rest and get … Continue reading →