Zombie Day

I went to school on Thursday, 11/10 thinking I looked pretty spiffy with my aqua jacket, necklace and earrings, all ready to video my English class lesson of Desiree's Baby for my W&M Clinical Faculty observation lesson.  One of my student's took one look at me and said, "You look like a zombie."  The day went downhill from there!  The video went fine, but when I strolled into government class, three other students confirmed, "You look yellow, Ms. Z, are you ok?"  Friday 11/11 more people, including a teacher friend, said I looked yellow and when I saw the school nurse, she said, "Go right to your doctor!" So, I did.  That's how, at 4 pm on a Friday night I was at Riverside Hospital getting a cat scan and blood tests--all nearly impinging on my arrival at my good friend's 7 pm birthday party! Looking back on it, the whole afternoon became a running joke about me getting to the party on time.  Little did I know what was coming on Monday.

Getting started with the blog!

I have always admired the blog my sister Etta set up years ago to share her life and travels with her family and friends.  Recently as I sat in my primary care doctor's office grappling with a cat scan diagnosis of a "mass on your pancreas," it suddenly occurred to me that the time to start one was now.  I could either curl up in the corner of the doctor's office, wish it would just go away and give in to my fear and anger at what life was dealing me or get up, push on, laugh out loud and livestrong! 

So, Etta set things up and Steph is by my side with "notes" we made as we ventured up to Richmond for my biopsy and treatment. Here we go.  We did laugh a lot, amazingly!