Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

You guys are wonderful. Thank you so much for your blogiversary wishes. What a relief if it was to find out that so many people are actually reading this blog. I find that I can’t trust the stats page on Typepad, so I never accurately know what’s going on. Today, for example, it tells me I’ve had one reader since midnight. Your feedback is appreciated and I’ll be sure to make an effort to post more about Marina and Gracee.

I would love to have the opportunity to knit with each of you in person. You have an open invitation to look me up if you are ever in the Vancouver area. Heck, even if you live thousands of miles away and have always wanted to see YVR, knitting is a good excuse. Right Ellen? And Dorothy, you live close enough you have no excuse. OK, I’m gushing here, but it’s meant with all sincerity.

Relieved again – I went in for my second diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound. When the technician applied the gel I was pleasantly surprised at its warmth. Usually it feels like like having ice jelly spread across your breast. I made a comment and she told me I scored brownie points because she saw me knitting in the waiting room! There you have it, another benefit of knitting. After meeting with the radiologist, in what seemed an unreasonably drawn out process, involving gelled up breast and armpit, I was told it was just a new cyst to add to my growing collection of things lumpy. So that’s it for another year. It’s a relief and I do feel well looked after in this system of socialized medicine. But then again, I’m not sick. I really don’t want the opportunity to test the system any more this year.

To keep part of my promise, here is a photo, no caption necessary:

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14 responses to “Relief”

  1. sandy Avatar

    Thank goodness for your great outcome on the test! I am celebrating with you. As is your husband and gracee! 🙂
    xo

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  2. Lene Avatar
    Lene

    I just love the picture of Chuck and Gracee!! And thank God your’re OK. Hope to be able to see you in October at the wedding in Michigan!
    Love, Lene
    PS. It’s an awkward way to contact you – but since I read your blog all the time, and I don’t seem to get through to you via e-mail, I thought I would send you my greetings this way.
    Love again, Lene

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  3. Uli Avatar

    That’s good news about the mammogram. Kind of sad that we’re so close and haven’t had a chance to meet. We should some day…..

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  4. Karen Avatar

    Glad your second test came out ok. I am a lumpy woman too. Yet another thing we have in common….
    I love the napping picture!

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  5. Maureen Avatar

    Looks like someone’s had an exhausting day.
    Very glad to hear your mammogram results came out with nothing to worry about.

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  6. Lorette Avatar

    That is just the greatest news! What a relief.
    And seriously, that’s the best photo ever.

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  7. crazy for yarn in alabama: Darlene Avatar

    I’m so glad your report from the radiologist was a good one….and so glad to see that they are using U/S!! Mammogram is the standard way to go but U/S can definitely distinguish better….espcially if you have dense breasts….sorry…..It’s Saturday…NOT Monday….(I’m an X-Ray technologist)……love the pic of the two “McDreamies!” LOL!! Wish Alabama weren’t so far away I would LOVE to visit your part of the world!!

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  8. Marina Avatar

    That’s great news! You’ve had more than your share of “dramas”!
    Aww, so cute.

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  9. Dorothy Avatar

    So glad for the good news! As much as I hate all those tests, I too feel grateful for the system that allows me to get them. The picture of your babies is precious. Too cute.

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  10. Heather Avatar

    Whew! I’m so glad the news was what you expected and hoped for. It must have been nerve-racking nonetheless. Cute pic!

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  11. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    Li: Terrific news that your test results were a-okay. Julia’s gene test results turned out that she does not carry the gene for breast cancer. That is good news for me to. You take the best pictures, honestly. How adorable is that photo is of Chuck and Gracie! I can tell he really doesn’t like dogs, Ha Ha.

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  12. Stacey Avatar

    Glad your lump is just another in the collection!
    I know how scary the not knowing can be. Go buy some yarn to celebrate!

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  13. Kristin Avatar

    Glad to hear your test came out okay. And I may have to take you up that offer to knit in Vancouver. I’ve always wanted to go there.

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  14. Angela Avatar

    What a great photo, and even better news! Happy belated blogiversary from another Vancouverite!

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