In her own words
Stacey’s own entries — humor, hospital stays, lungaversaries, and life, in the order she wrote them, with notes from friends woven in, often written in reply to her.
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Recent news
A lot has happened in the last month…some sad, some glad! Some of the sad news is that my friend Gwen passed away; she had a transplant one month after me. She was a loving, affectionate young person and we will all miss her. She suffered a lot all through her life, but I am…
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Rock Climbing
Ciao Stacey! Thanks for all of your guidance and tips re rock climbing. Lead climbing is awesome, but you’re correct in that it requires undivided attention and lots of practice! I’ll be climbing with Mario tonight at the gym – hope to see you there. Again, you’re my inspiration! Climb on!! Libia Busalacchi
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Rock Climbing!
Hi Stacey – Sorry to hear about Jenny’s accident — 50′ fall’? We all need to be so careful, and she’s in my prayers! Hopefully I’ll see you this week at the gym. In the meantime…climb on! Libia Busalacchi
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Scrabble and Duck Tongues
Hi Stacey! Glad Dave is getting better, and that you have been able to entertain yourselves with Scrabble! I got to play a little bit of Scrabble in Panama for one of my Spanish classes, although I’m not sure that was a very effective way to learn new Spanish words since most of the words…
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Social Times
The past couple months I have had some nice times with friends. On March 1st, I helped organize a?birthday party for Cindy Chiu. Cindy is one of my best friends; she was the caregiver/friend organizer while I was on the waiting list for a lung transplant two and a half years ago. Back then, I…
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Good Job!
Hola, Stacey! That is great you are climbing such hard levels! In contrast, last week (actually with Tori) I failed miserably on an outdoor 5.11a in Panama, and then I could not really do anything for the rest of the day. Maybe I should eat some spinach next time. Oh! I guess I too should…
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Spinach Explosion
Hola, Tori! Thanks for the note from Panama. We continue to appreciate this website. As I write, I am covered with spinach from head to toe. I’m not dressing up in costume for some nutrition educational event… no, it was a case of being quite unfamiliar with the vita-max food processor in the new kitchen!…
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Greetings from Panama!
Hi Stacey! It’s great to read an update from you! I’m glad you recovered from the rejection and that your recent cough is nothing too serious. Keep up the journaling 🙂 I may be a bad emailer, keeper-in-touch person, but I do reguarly check in and love to read your updates. -tori
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Health update
Greetings to my long-lost readers! I am sorry for not posting in a while. I thought I’d better get on the ball when my mother said, “Now I only check your website every two weeks, and I’m your mother!” In December and January, I was diagnosed and treated for acute rejection. By mid-February, it was…
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Hi Stacey!
Hi Stacey! Great meeting you at the gym, and thanks for the “She-Climbs” website! You’re truly an inspiration! I’ll be climbing tonight – hope to see you there. Climb on!!