What's Up With Jinni
A Journal of a Family's Battle With Breast Cancer

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JINNI'S JOURNAL (N&R)
11/29/04 'I never get sick...'
12/20/04 'The best way to help...'
2/21/05 'Sick and tired...'
3/28/05 'It's your body...'
5/23/05 'Dealing with a setback...'
7/4/05 'Summer is hard...'
9/19/05 'Worries and small blessings'
11/20/05 'I had cancer'
Above article by N&R's Maria C. Johnson
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Sunday, November 28, 2004
 

I spent part of my Sunday working on the "What's Up With Jinni" portion of this weblog in advance of her first N&R column that will be published tomorrow.

Maria J. feels as though, because of the subject matter of the column, many folks will want to contact Jinni directly, so we wanted to provide as many conduits for communication as we could muster without having a bunch of emails show up on her work email.  For simplicity I have added a guestbook to the 'Jinni's cancer' related blog so friends and strangers can come calling and leave thier contact info, encouragement, meatloaf recipes... whatever. Of course comments are enabled as well and I will have her a separate email address set up by the end of the night.

In addition, Jinni's chemo starts this week (Thursday) so we have been busy rallying the "I promise to make meatloaf and drive Jack to hockey or Jinni to the Cancer Center or to paint your house" troops. If you have volunteered, you will be getting an email from us tonight. Neighbor Rachael Roccamora has bravely and graciously volunteered to head up scheduling and we greatly appreciate her and everyone's efforts. If you don't get an email, that means you are off the hook because I didn't keep copious notes during the initial flurry of offers via comment and email and phone calls. There are still some house painting slots open however, just let me know when you can start.

I am headed back to Charlotte tomorrow for the final three week push on the big window job. Barring anymore Queen City opportunities that might crop up (there have been three so far), I'll be back in the day-to-day folds of Greensboro very soon.

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For Jinni Hoggard, on her porch swing in Greensboro, chemotherapy means going public with her cancer and losing the long, auburn hair she loves. (Lynn Hey/©News & Record) w/permission


The weblog entries presented on What's Up With Jinni were authored by Jinni's husband, David. They are reprinted from HoggsBlog and reflect David's view of the family's experiences. Click on the underlined dates on the calendar below to read entries going back to the initial diagnoses in November '04. To read Jinni's Journal, see links below.
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Lasers pin-point the spot of focus of radiation as technicians make adjustments prior to Jinni's final radiation treatment as husband David looks on. David and others had to leave the room when the machine was activated.(Kelly Pace/©News & Record w/permission)

Jinni with son Jesse and daughter, Josie, at their Greensboro home. Another son, Jackson, is not pictured. Chester looks on.(Kim Walker/©News & Record w/permission)

Jinni Hoggard (right) visits with her neighbor, Louisa Lauver, about Hoggfest, a fund-raiser to help with medical bills. (Ki-Eun Kweon/©News & Record w/permission)

Jinni Hoggard with her dog, Frank, and her husband, David, in their back yard. (H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record/©News & Record w/permission)

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JINNI'S JOURNAL
Jinni was contacted by the Greensboro News &Record to write a periodic column during her battle with breast cancer. Jinni hopes that her experiences will help others understand the process of getting through the disease. Online versions of her columns are below. Check back for updates.








Jinni Hoggard (right) jokes with her dermatologist, Dr. Carol Woody, during a checkup before a trip to the beach, where she plans on soaking up the sun. (Kim Walker/©News & Record w/permission)