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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Note from Stacey
In between hospital appointments, Dave and I went to the Stanford dish trail today. It’s called the “dish” because there is a satellite dish at the top of the hill, a well-known landmark in the community. The trail, once a worn, narrow dirt trail is now a wide paved path with a security guard at…
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Note from Stacey
Felix, thanks for dropping by the site. I hope you recover from the over-training. I have started upper-body training now. The head physical therapist, Milenna, is very good at encouraging people. She had me using 4 lb. dumbells and doing sets of 10 of various exercises, plus the pulley machine which exercises the lats. I…
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Note from Felix
Hi Stacey! Good job climbing those 24 flights of stairs. Sorry I’ve been a bit out of touch; been training a lot myself, and have been struggling with the symptoms of overtraining lately. Plus been getting the home ready for sale. I wanted to wish you a great weekend though. Keep up the good work!…
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Note from Stacey
Yesterday was an excellent day. Isa brought over homemade Vietnamese spring rolls and hot and sour soup for lunch, and then we went to the stadium to exercise. It was almost like old times. I was able to climb from the bottom to top three times, the equivalent of 24 flights of stairs. It was…
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Note from Stacey
70 degrees, sunny, and perfect puffy clouds floating overhead…the ideal conditions for going for our nature walk today…but this one had an added twist…Rhona and I foraged for edible plants, which I used in dinner. After about 15 minutes, we came across some elderberry trees, and later found wild radishes and fennel. I was delighted…
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Note from Stacey
70 degrees, sunny, and perfect puffy clouds floating overhead…the ideal conditions for going for our nature walk today…but this one had an added twist…Rhona and I foraged for edible plants, which I used in dinner. After about 15 minutes, we came across some elderberry trees, and later found wild radishes and fennel. I was delighted…
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Note from Stacey
Last night I planned a potluck birthday dinner for one of my best friends, Mark Fletcher. After cooking a steamed chicken dish with Myrna for the party, I had a wave of nausea and couldn’t even keep my pills down. So I sent the food up to Eva’s house with Dave, and stayed home to…
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Note from Stacey
Denise, thanks for your messages. I will be looking forward to your call. You can also try reaching me on my cell phone. No, dog in the picture is not Rupie, Rupie is much cuter! Julie, great to hear that the kids are doing so well in climbing! They must be training hard with their…
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Note from Denise Wirth
Hi Sis, Sophia and I tried to call last night and you were out, but we will try again tonight. Mom emailed me some photos of you and friends and it was so wonderful to finally see your face. You could be a hair model with that luscious hair of yours! And is that the…
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Note from Denise Wirth
Hi Dear Sis, I tried to callyou twice last night (daytime for you) and your phone was busy, you chatterbox! So I will try again today. Riga is crazy due to president Bush’s visit this weekend. Both bridges across the river are closed intermittently and large areas of the city, including the train station, are…