Thanks to all my family and friends for their help and support during the last couple of months! I am taking off my hat for you all! My hair is growing back all curly! We had a wonderful time in Israel. Really an incredible country with so much his ... Continue Reading
This morning I received my next Herceptin treatment. The nurse Denise helped me very well and I was quickly done(2 hours). Otherwise, I start to heal from the radiation and my hair is growing back: a very short bold hairstyle!!! During my drive home I photographed some trees with ... Continue Reading
Last week, Adriaan, our son Maarten and I went to Yosemite National Park, which is south of Lake Tahoe and about a 4 hour drive from the Bay Area, where we live. Maarten and Adriaan went up the Vernon Falls and the Neveda Falls, which took them about 5 hours. It was a great ex ... Continue Reading
This week, I would have had an exposition during the “Happymaker” Festival at Koyasan, a sacred center of the Shingon Buddhism. Mount Koya is a 900 meter high plateau surrounded by eight peaks. The eight peaks are thought to represent the eight petals of a lotus in ... Continue Reading
At the moment, I read quite a lot about breast cancer. They have quite some support groups at Stanford Hospital and also in the Bay Area. It is just wonderful to see how much support there is. Last Wednesday, I went to the Breast Awareness group guided by the nurse of my surgeon. ... Continue Reading
Flowers from my sons Roland, Maarten and Arjan and their better halves Cameryn, Mindy and Katie. Thank you so much! Love you all!!!!! . Continue Reading
Two days ago at around this time 3pm I came out of surgery: a lumpectomy. The first thing I did was moving my arm to feel if it was bandaged and it was not! I am so happy about this and thankful, because this means that the cancer hasn’t spread to other lymph nodes. The da ... Continue Reading
I am in the train again on my way to Narita airport to return to the US. Today is a beautiful day and the sun woke me up this morning. We had a wonderful walk on the beach, where so many surfers had already entered the water. There was just enough wind to have some nice waves. ... Continue Reading
For all the people in Japan who are suffering so much, with deep sympathy for the victims, for their terrible losses and for hope in life! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99GyFmnH59s&feature=related . Continue Reading
First, I would like to say how devastating the earthquake and tsunami is for Japan. I was at that moment home in California and am now in Chicago with my youngest son, Arjan. This was all already planned of course. But Adriaan was in our house in Kamakura and felt the biggest sho ... Continue Reading
