Dear friends and long-time blog commenters, As you might have gathered over the past few years, I have a career spanning the world of communications and graphic/web design. I am a nerd when it comes to new media. I have long dreamed of transferring The Liz Army off the Blogger platform (an old-school blog platform) and over to a WordPress-run website--and I finally made the switch!

Friends, I am planning something new and exciting to be unveiled soon. Stay tuned!

Get your friends and family with no history of cancer to participate in this study: "The American Cancer Society’s Epidemiology Research Program is inviting men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 years who have no personal history of cancer to join this historic research study. The ultimate goal is to enroll 500,000 adults from various racial/ethnic backgrounds from across the U.S. By

Bob and I at a Giants game in 2009. Those games are cold year-round! My Pseudo Uncle Bob wanted to post this story on my blog but couldn't figure out how to do it. Silly Bob, posting to this blog is for Liz! (And also for Brett when I forget to log out and he's feeling mischievous.) Anyway, interesting story here about turning our stress around for good. Greenbrae doctor says go ahead and worry

Me, taking my last dose of Temodar before bed on April 8, 2011 . As usual, I fell asleep during my MRI yesterday. The technician even asked, "Are you OK in there?" I guess she was used to people responding each time she said, "This next one will take 5 minutes. ... This one will be 2 minutes." Why would I respond when she was waking me up? While I was waiting for the neuro crew to show up and

I'm having my first post-chemo MRI tomorrow. I'm sure I will sleep soundly tonight.

Woah! Check me out... my blog has been quoted in a story from TheHealthCareBlog.com. My part is near the end of the article... but you should read the whole thing. Does America Want Apple or Android for Health Care? By Davis Liu, MDThe future direction of American health care is unclear.  Certainly the cost trend as it exists is unsustainable with health care costs being a major concern of the

Back in November I started exercising again. And then about two weeks ago I hired a personal trainer to get my body back in shape. Of course, I told her about my medical condition, weaknesses and medications I am taking. She's suggesting a new diet and all that good stuff. I'm going to build muscle and be healthier overall. Here's the funny brain damage story: Coach Teresa and I start our first

Woah! Now that I'm done with Temodar it seems like my cancer experience is over--but it's not because I still have cancerous tumor in my brain. WTH! The weird thing (and all you brain tumor peeps know this) is that unless you have an extractable, hard tumor with defined borders, we will have brain tumors forever. Boooooooooo. My brain cancer experience is no longer about surgery and chemo.

The other night I had just fallen asleep and I was being real witty in my dream. So witty that I started having a laughing attack and woke myself up. It was really cool to wake up laughing, but I have no memory of the dream.

Something I'm afraid of: death Something I'm not afraid of: death Funny how that works.

I never get sick of oatmeal and protein shakes. Never. This blog was posted from my iPhone.

Right when you think you're awesome because you're having a good workout, you suddenly heave and want to blow chunks all over the exercise ball because you're on chemo. Good times. Almost done.

I received an invitation to participate as a "survivor" in the local Relay For Life event. As a survivor I'm invited to participate in a "special survivor's lap" around a track. I get a T-shirt and a medal. I do not have to pay money or raise funds to participate in this event. Is it just me, or would you feel weird about this too? Relay For Life is an American Cancer Society program (and

Last month I posted my mantra: It might suck right now, but once it is over you will never have to do it again. I really need to start listening to myself. Over the past few weeks (and maybe last two months) I've been subtly freaking out about the end of cancer treatment. I know I should be celebrating but the end of Temodar makes anxious. I think, "What will happen to me now that this is