How do you feel?
Hi Cynthia. Today is Tuesday 5/15/07 and I would like to know how you are feeling, if you are in any pain?Can you feel anything different in your body?
At this moment I feel pretty well. I have a constant ache which flares up to be more like a burnig feeling in my left shoulder blade. I keep it at bay with aspirin. That is the first symptom I noticed-I kept having Dan rub my back there, thinking it was a sore muscle. As far as my body feeling different, my right arm deffinetly feels odd. I have a large mass bellow my right collar bone which I am aware of, and you can see it bulging a little if you look. I don't lift or put weight on my right arm, and I don't put my purse on that shoulder. I am worried that this mass will prevent blood from getting in and out of my arm, but for now I can live with the way it feels.
Hi Cynthia
We are all thinking of you here at Sonosite and miss you so much. I really enjoyed going to lunch with you earlier in the month at Crystal Cafe. I was thinking we should have done more lunches, we always laugh so much together. I wanted to thank you and Shalia for helping me find this apartment, it was a real gift. I am so glad I got to meet Shalia, Hilary and Eileen. Your sister gave me great advise when I needed it. Can I visit you this next week if you are up to it? I'd be happy to drive out. I will sneak out of Livescan, no one will ever notice! I want to tell you also that I count you on my short list of "eternal friends", OK? So call me, I'll come over and we can chat.
Sincerely, Cynthia
Reply to this
Cynthia Peterson is my friend and coworker from SonoSite. She took me out to lunch a few weeks ago and we frequently talked about things in our personal lives. She took me to her home when it was on the market and showed me video of her new home when she purchased it. When my daughter moved out of the room she was renting, Cynthia was the next tenant to move in. It is hard for me to reveal my illness to people at SonoSite because all they know of me is my professional persona-the me that is confident, in control, and dressed for success. I don't want them to know that I am not healthy because everyone at the company is vital, bright, exciting, and contributing to the future of the company and the product we believe in. A sick person who's future is in doubt does not seem to have a role in this scheme. I have always felt fortunate to be involved in SonoSite and the excitement of the product because it can make ultrasound imaging available to people by making a portable system that is affordable and easy to learn to use. The company has treated me very well and I have enjoyed being fortunate enough to work there. I don't want to be viewed differently when people find out that I am ill, but of course I will be. There are many people at the company that I admire-so many good people. My professional persona does not include being emotional at work, and I don't think I could maintain my composure under these conditions. This sad news has no place at SonoSite where optimism, innovation and solutions drive people's thinking.
Reply to this