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Life Beyond The GardenSara On Cancer

Such a Hiatus!

Sara, 11 April, 2011

It has been a long time since I’ve added an entry, and that’s because I have been, and still am, very ill. The cancer returned with a vengeance, ‘lots and …

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GardenLife Beyond The GardenSara On Cancer

A Voyage to Normality

Sara, 15 June, 2010

Today I did something tremendously unusual. I went to visit a professional who attended to my bodily needs – and this visit did not involve any pain, it did not …

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Life Beyond The GardenSara On CancerThe Absurdities of Modern Life

A Followup to the Silence of the Dying entry.

Sara, 7 June, 2010

Wow. I wrote the Silence of the Dying blog, got a great weight off my chest, and then walked off and forgot about it. Since then everything has snow-balled and I …

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Life Beyond The GardenSara On CancerThe Absurdities of Modern Life

The Silence of the Dying

Sara, 22 May, 2010

Many years ago I did an hour long interview on Adelaide radio (with Jeremy Cordeaux, I think, but my memory may be wrong). The interview was supposed to promote one …

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Life Beyond The Garden

Going to sea in a little bitty boat …

Sara, 1 April, 2010

So there I was, sitting in a cab in the middle of Hobart this morning about 7 am, gazing with some noticeable jaw-drop at the skyscraper cruise ship sitting the …

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GardenLife Beyond The GardenSara On CancerSpring Planting 2009

The Disaster.

Sara, 8 January, 2010

Thank you for allowing me my rant. I really, really needed to do that. As Juliet said in the comments, everyone deals with cancer differently, everyone suffers a different kind …

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Life Beyond The GardenSara On Cancer

An Angry Post.

Sara, 15 December, 2009

If you’re not up to reading a really, really angry post, with a few choice words, then please go no further. Before I get started, though, I would like to …

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Life Beyond The Garden

Seth – news from hospital.

Sara, 23 October, 2009

Seth is well and ready to come home.  But I have to choose … I can fit in one more trip today (carrying load-wise) … Do I go pick up the …

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Sara On CancerThe CatsThe Kitchen Renovation

Breathe, Breathe, Breathe …

Sara, 15 October, 2009

Every 3 months I need to be reviewed by my oncologist. So every three months I go through enormous stress. Happily I have just got through today’s appointment so I …

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A Lazy, Extravagant Day

Sara, 3 October, 2009

First of all, thank you to everyone not saying, “Please, please write! We want another book!” LOL Trust me, books are now about fifth place in my life. I have always intensely …

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