radiation #23
one of the techs kept telling me i look just like her daughter-in-law, and she brought in photos. we do look very, very much alike. since i'm adopted, these kinds of resemblances intrigue me. she told me that her daughter-in-law's father was adopted, and they're in dallas, where i grew up. i know my birth mother gave away another daughter before i was born. what are the odds we could be related in some way??
in the waiting room today:
patricia, whose husband has brain and lung cancer, and who often holds a rosary, said she hasn't had a mammogram in years, even though her aunt and cousin had breast cancer and mastectomies. you know i was all over that. she said her husband was having trouble with his eyesight, and the eye doctor didn't detect his problem. later it was discovered that he had a brain tumor behind the eye and also in the lungs. he has lost the eyesight in one eye. she and her husband moved here 4 years ago from san jose. together we lamented the lack of decent restaurants here, especially vietnamese and thai. but we applauded the complete lack of stress compared to the bay area, and the miraculous free parking everywhere. her mother and daughter and grandchild are still in san jose and she's very lonesome for them. i know that feeling--i felt that way until i moved here to live near matt. now i miss one son all the time instead of two. patricia and i discovered we live near each other, and she lives in the same neighborhood as lesley. so we plan to meet for walks and coffee.
hula hooping is fun! and an amazing cardio workout.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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I must get a hula hoop, I saw one in Asda the other day for £2 ($1.25) but was feeling too yuk to get it. Its good that you have made friends. Can you research your adoptive roots, my friend is doing that & has had some amazing results. My aunt has a son in Australia and 2 grandchildrne and they communicate via SKYPE. Each sunday morning they log onto their computers and they can interact face to face... not ideal but ok
dear sara, i found my birth family in 1997. my birth mother and birth father died before i got all the info from the adoption home, but i have one sister and four brothers, in chicago. i flew to meet them immediately! i look just like my mother and sister and one of the brothers. i have lots of photos and medical info about both sides of the family. my sister and i are hoping to get together this summer. she is 60 and has never had a mammogram, which upsets me! especially since our mother and grandmother both had breast cancer, surgery, and chemo, but the cancer eventually spread to the bone and killed them. - you will love the hula hoop!!!! let me know how it goes! xoxox
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