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832 steps up the Space Needle, check!
I did it, folks. Climbed to the tippy top of the Space Needle this morning. My time: 10:22. Total donations from the generous souls who...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Oct 3, 2016


My mighty fine mammogram
When I was first diagnosed and while I was slogging through treatment, I figured I'd dread my first several post-cancer mammograms. ...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Sep 24, 2016


Climbing the Space Needle for cancer research
832 steps up the Space Needle. That's what I'm gonna climb on Oct. 2 in the Base2Space fundraiser for Fred Hutch. And to think that...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Sep 11, 2016


My, what a difference a year makes
Many a time over the past few months, I've marveled at what a difference a year makes. Looking back, I can hardly believe how much has...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jul 30, 2016


Hello, hair. I remember you!
About a week ago, I ventured out hatless for the first time since my hair went bye-bye. Walking into the grocery store with my...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Mar 29, 2016


And now for another starting line
With my radiation burn healing up nicely, I had my worst-part-is-over appointment with my oncologist late last week and talked through...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Mar 19, 2016


So over you, radiation
Man, oh man, the last couple weeks of radiation sure tested my resilience. That not-so-bad light pink radiation burn from the first 20...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Mar 2, 2016


Bouncing back, halfway there and other good stuff
Time sure flies when you're having fun — and when you're going through radiation therapy, which is not at all fun, but also not all that...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Feb 9, 2016


Radiation haiku
I'm short on time these days, folks. So here's a haiku that sums up the good, the bad, and the is-what-it-is: Radiation's fine. ...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Feb 6, 2016


Deep breaths (lots of them) through radiation
"When you're ready, take a deep breath ... and hold it." I heard those instructions over a loud speaker during my first of 30 radiation...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jan 20, 2016


Bye-bye, Bell's ... chemo, too!
My, oh, my ... December sure was a blur. I came close to posting a quick update or three these past couple weeks. Instead, I took naps....
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Dec 30, 2015


Talk about a marathon ...
I could barely believe my misty eyes two Sundays ago as Sean crossed the Seattle Marathon finish line WAY faster than he'd ever run 26.2...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Dec 11, 2015


Up, down, up and onward
After some big sighs of relief that I seemed to be weathering my third chemo infusion better than my first two, last week turned on me...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Oct 7, 2015


So far, so good ... and a new 'do!
One week and one day after round one of chemo, I'm feeling remarkably healthy — gratefully so and with a short new 'do I'm calling my...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Sep 4, 2015


All clear, all clear!!!
Big news, people: The CT and bone scans I got today revealed no evidence of cancer anywhere else in my body! My oncologist had said...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Aug 11, 2015
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