ryainsworth
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- Jun 20, 2013
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I had only just started turning last year, had made a handful of pens all slimline, and two small bowls. This spring I was diagnosed with Lymphoma, six months of chemo.......so I decided to challenge myself and try to make pens for all the nurses in the chemo center. I came up with the idea 3 months into treatment so that only left 3 months to get them all done. Week one of the month was 4 days of chemo so turning is out that week as I didn't think the doctor would be impressed with wood particles in my chemo port. The following week is spent in bed sick. So that left two weeks a month to work on pens and one day of turning wiped me out. But I made it. For being a fairly new turner I was pleased with the results. I ended up making 15 pens for all the nurses and staff at the cancer center and they were more than thrilled. Their reaction made it worth the pain and effort that went into it.
