Another Week: Number 46

by | November 12, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

November 6, 2023: Wisconsin Lutheran College seen from the third floor of Froedtert Clinical Cancer Center, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 46 < Previous Another Week Our first week on Standard Time started promisingly. After I mowed the leaves while...

Another Week: Number 45

by | November 5, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

November 1, 2023, 7:38 a.m.: Mitchell School in Racine, Wisconsin after a Halloween night snowstorm. Another Week: Number 45 < Previous Another Week Next > You know how it can take some very careful adjustment to bring a touchy scale into balance, or to get a...

Another Week: Number 44

by | October 29, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

October 23, 2023, 6:55 a.m.: Sunrise looking east from Froedtert Clinical Cancer Center in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, with downtown Milwaukee on the horizon at center, and American Family Field to the right. Another Week: Number 44 < Previous Another Week This was...

Another Week: Number 43

by | October 22, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

October 21, 2023: Autumn in our rainy backyard, Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 43 < Previous Another Week Amy was an outpatient this week — back home from Froedtert’s Center for Advanced Care. but back up to Froedtert on Monday for chemo and Tuesday...

Another Week: Number 42

by | October 15, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

October 12, 2023: Amy Czerniec in her hospital room watching Melissa Villaseñor, Froedtert Center for Advanced Care, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 42 < Previous Another Week Next > This was a week detached. If you’ve ever started to lose...

Another Week: Number 41

by | October 8, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Amy Czerniec waiting for a COVID vaccination at a Walgreens store in Racine, Wisconsin, October 6, 2023. Another Week: Number 41 < Previous Another Week September marked ten years since Amy was first diagnosed with cancer. This year, the disease has been...

Another Week: Number 40

by | October 1, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Late afternoon waterskiing on Brown’s Lake in Burlington, Wisconsin, Friday, September 29, 2023 Another Week: Number 40 < Previous Another Week Next > Rabbit, rabbit. We continue to ride the fluctuations. Amy’s appetite for solid food has waned....

Another Week: Number 39

by | September 24, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Sign pointing to Radiation Oncology in Specialty Clinics Building at Froedtert Hospital, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 39 < Previous Another Week Next > Logistically speaking, our pace through the cancer Habitrail has become more hurried. Amy is on...

Another Week: Number 38

by | September 17, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Amy Czerniec in neuro-opthalmologist’s examination room, Froedtert Hospital Vision Services, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, September 15, 2023. Another Week: Number 38 < Previous Another Week We continue to scurry through our cancer Habitrail — up and down the...

Another Week: Number 37

by | September 10, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

First day of school at Mitchell School, Racine, Wisconsin, September 5, 2023. Another Week: Number 37 < Previous Another Week I always imagine this week as the beginning of a long chute to the new year. Summer is a thirteen-week plateau, floating lazily on peaceful...