The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert

Minerva, Ohio
I am 39 years old and happily married to Ron, my husband of 16 years. I have 2 sons and 2... Full Bio
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Tweaking the Blog's Music by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I am working on the Christmas music on the blog this morning. As you can tell from the picture - you can expect some Adam Sandler and his Chanukah songs. I know - some of th ... Read on »
Time to Decorate the Tree by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The caption with this picture was, 'Seriously - you are seriously giving me bread?!?!' What a cute Bassett Hound :) Well, I am beginning to feel better. The nose is still r ... Read on »
Sinus Abcess by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer We've all heard of 'Hello Kitty' - meet 'Hell No' Kitty :) This is describing my reaction to the week I have been having. Just when I thought that kidney cancer, an ovarian ... Read on »
A Disappointment.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Sure looks like a sad doggie, huh? Well he is....and so am I this afternoon. I just got an email about a job that I had interviewed for - they have chosen another candidate ... Read on »
'Tis the Season 2 B Jolly :) by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer As you can tell - I am definitely in the Christmas mood. I just tweeked my music player on the blog with some of my favorite holiday songs - there will be more to come. I j ... Read on »
Too Tired for a Cookie.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer This is an ever-appropriate picture....too tired to blog.....and too tired for a cookie :) Had my OB/GYN appointment Friday - no answers to any questions yet though - and sti ... Read on »
Nerves... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Well, tomorrow is the big day - the oft dreaded appointment with the OB/GYN. I have yet to meet a woman that doesn't dread this visit at least on some level. But, I have goo ... Read on »
We Now Have A Book :) by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Well, what started out as putting the blog entries from 2007 into a Word document has become the first in a series of books from this blog. The Accidental Tourist Blog Book 1: ... Read on »
2007 Blog Entries in Word Document by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer For those interested - I have finally managed to copy, paste and format all of the 2007 blog entries into a Word document. I can't say when I will get the same accomplished fo ... Read on »
Diamonds by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Yea - I am sure you are all wondering by now if I am trying for some new kinda record for blogging this week :) If nothing else, the cancer is a good motivator for my writings ... Read on »
Upcoming Doctor Appointment.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer This is the most 'morning' cheer that I can muster so far today. Been a painful night again. Yesterday morning my kidney had me wide awake at 3:30am - at least I got to sleep ... Read on »
Crazy Crazy Medicaid.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer For those not intimately familiar with 'The System' - lets do an overview of Medicaid - or at least from Ohio's perspective since that is the state in which I reside. This is ... Read on »
CT Scan Results.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer This is me - my 1988 senior picture. Albeit, it is permanently set on a wax graduation candle that no longer plays the music and has flattened a bit from spending a few summer ... Read on »
Stress + Kidney Cancer Don't Mix by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Greetings from my, once again, crazy world of kidney cancer. It feels as though the circus is back in town. If you've been following - you know that the pain has gone to the n ... Read on »
National Lampoon's ER Vacation by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Quite the perplexed look on his little face, huh? That is me - consistently dumbfounded by the medical profession. Went to Salem ER last night - and I must say I was very very ... Read on »
A Very Bad Day Indeed.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Sort of like this kitty - I just want to scream. It's a bad pain day - and that is putting it mildly. I have been hurting quite a bit more since last week - today hit a new ... Read on »
The Holidays are Approaching.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Ah - its Monday. And the first Monday of a new month no less. I have high hopes for November....there's Thanksgiving, decorating the house for the holidays, eggnog and chris ... Read on »
Found A New Warrior's Blog.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I found a new Kidney Cancer Warrior blog.....meet Tony Ulrich by visiting: http://www.mykidneycancer.com/my-kindey-cancer-blog.php Tony just started his fight the first of thi ... Read on »
All About Faith.... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Yes - that would be America's Sweetheart, Faith. She really is a little sweety - but she can look downright ferocious when she wants to. As you can see, she hates the vacuum c ... Read on »
Feeling Normal Again... by The Accidental Tourist Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Now that I work from home, my main accessory to any outfit is now my headset. It's funny how quickly you notice the headsets when you are stuck wearing them all the time :) Th ... Read on »