Jul

According to Wikipedia, most of the time when you get called back for a diagnostic mammogram, the likelihood is NOT that you have cancer. For every 1,000 U.S. women have a screening mammogram, about 7% (70) will be called back for a diagnostic session (though they do point out that some studies estimate this number as higher). This I am not liking so far … what it means is that I had a 93% of NOT getting that call … but I did.

About 10 of these will be referred for a biopsy; the remaining 60 are found to be of benign cause. So this means I have a 1 in 7 chance of needing a biopsy after my “further testing” next week.

Of the 10 referred for biopsy, about 3.5 will have a cancer and 6.5 will not. Whoa! Although still in my favor, those odds are not nearly as tipped in favor of the no-cancer side as I would’ve thought.

Of the 3.5 who do have cancer, about 2 have a low stage cancer that will be essentially cured after treatment. The other 1.5 … they don’t say what happens to them. Even more whoa! That means after a positive biopsy (meaning a biopsy that says you have cancer, which doesn’t sound very positive to me), you have essentially a 50/50 chance of have the really bad shit.

Things I already knew and did NOT have to learn in the past 24 hours … I am not the most patient person in the world. Waiting sucks.

Things I have been glad to be reminded of in the past 24 hours … my husband, although not perfect, can be very, VERY supportive and comforting. Not to mention provide great stress relief!

So … there is an 85% chance that I will go back to the Breast Center next week, and everything will be fine. But, there was a 93% chance that I wouldn’t have to go back, and I do … so that 85% is not as comforting as it once was. I guess I will continue to oscillate between calm and panicked for the next four days, 21 hours, and 39 minutes. Not that I am counting…

  

Jul

• #cfttechcamp learning about how to use twitter in my class #
• Back to #cfttech camp today … which would be way better if it started at 10 am rather than 8:30! #
• Very excited about all I have learned at #cfttechcamp ! Still wondering how to integrate it into a class of 300! #
• shout out to all the CFT folks who put on #cfttechcamp for us – learned A TON of useful information, very impressed and appreciative #
• @derekbruff this might be something fun for your class! http://bit.ly/EB840 #
• #cfttechcamp looks like Diigo offers educator accounts which let you set up private accounts for students : http://www.diigo.com/education #

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Jul

• Back to #cfttech camp today … which would be way better if it started at 10 am rather than 8:30! #
• Very excited about all I have learned at #cfttechcamp ! Still wondering how to integrate it into a class of 300! #
• shout out to all the CFT folks who put on #cfttechcamp for us – learned A TON of useful information, very impressed and appreciative #
• @derekbruff this might be something fun for your class! http://bit.ly/EB840 #
• #cfttechcamp looks like Diigo offers educator accounts which let you set up private accounts for students : http://www.diigo.com/education #

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Jul

• #cfttechcamp learning about how to use twitter in my class #

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Jul

Just got an email from Real Simple with the subject line :

I don’t know what kind of kids these people have, but spinach couscous would NOT be kid-friendly in my house!!! In fact, not even sure it would be grown-up friendly…

Maybe if I pureed it in the blender, added food coloring, and mixed it with a ginormous amount of sugar (for the kids) or meat (for Craig)?

  

Jul

A truly bizarre and hilarious and sad little thread from Gizmodo today: http://gizmodo.com/5309337/what-is-the-best-technology-to-use-when-you-film-yourself-having-sex. I have to admit, I laughed out loud at the guy who wrote he had a 60 minute flip camera, but never knew what to do with the other 58 minutes of tape…

One of the most, uh, interesting (?) parts was the polls. They asked people if they had ever filmed themselves having sex:

More of a split than I would’ve thought!

They also asked people what their recommendation for recording equipment would be:

Okay, a few things here … first of all, you spycam guys are just creepy … and also felons, just as an FYI. And a webcam?!! Apparently you people are why my kids can’t surf YouTube unsupervised. As to the people who use their cell phone cameras … wow, you must have a WAY better camera in your phone than I do!!!