I was scheduled to fly from Salt Lake City to Portland, OR the day after I saw the surgeon. The timing was wonderful as it gave me a diversion and some time to think about the healing plan I needed to follow. I graduated from Myrtle Point, OR high school in 1961. The school was having a 1960's reunion and myself and several girlfriends had planned to meet and spend that time together. Emily Yellot, Joan Crawford, Avis Spires and myself had been friends all through high school. We had graduated 47 years ago!! During that time I had seen Emily 3 times, Avis 1 time and Joan 2 times. We had not kept in touch real well, but when we did it was like we picked up where we had left off. Emily, Joan and I flew into the Portland airport about the same time and took a shuttle to my mom's in Newberg, OR. Mom let us borrow her car to drive the 4 hours on down to Myrtle Point for the reunion. Avis had graciously invited us to stay at her home for the weekend. Oh, my, did we have a good time!!!
After the reunion Emily, Joan and I drove up the Oregon Coast and stayed at a motel on the beach at Lincoln City. We had beautiful weather and lots of "talk" time! Then we returned mom's car and we all flew out of Portland to our various homes.
During our time together we talked about my new diagnosis of breast cancer. It was nice to have the distraction and yet I knew I had some major decisions to make concerning my treatment. The 5 days away went all too fast.
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