It’s been over two weeks since my final chemo. I was honestly expecting to be in a much better place than I am by this point. Not so much. Yes, I do feel somehow better as a whole, but the individual parts seem to be continuing to break down. For example- my eyes and nose…
Month: September 2016
Second Opinion/I Am Never Not Hot
Probably seems a bit odd to seek a second opinion after I have already had 3 surgeries, 4 drains, 4 rounds of chemotherapy and 2 infections. I never felt I needed a true second opinion from a hospital system outside of the one I have been working with. My doctors would always ‘present my case’…
Hurricane Cancer
I am a bit of a scaredy cat. I get spooked really easily (i.e. Phil Collins’ Land of Confusion, which could be blamed for ruining my entire childhood). Mix this with anxiety and you have a cute little cocktail of I cannot even think about that or I’ll never sleep again. Here is a short list…
Live Report from The Chemo Bunker
See what’s happening in this photo? I am simultaneously freezing and wearing a blanket around my face, but also boiling and have an ice pack on my head. Oh chemo, you’re so silly. Let’s discuss ‘Cancer Normal.’ ‘Normal’ is hard to define under any circumstances. When you are talking about statistics, normal becomes a pretty…
Crowning Achievement
This post will be a visual odyssey through my last day of chemo. I’m too verklempt to write much about it today. ⬆️Straight clowny⬆️ ⬆️Feeling chatty⬆️ After a fun lunch high on the the pre-meds with my A-Team of my mom, sister and huz, I came home and have been sleeping ever since. My body…
Chemo Eve (Ho Ho Horrible)
***Pills pictured above clockwise from top left: Prozac (you try navigating cancer without an anti-depressant/anxiety, judgy-pants), Astragalus, My Community Host Defense Mushroom supplement, 2 steroids, Turkey Tail Root Mushroom supplement, Claritin. Not Pictured: Vitamin D, which fell off my head. (And PS- that is a shadow on my noggin not a scary bruise.) So tomorrow…
When You Are Bald, Everything Is a Hat
I am sort of a trendsetter. I am quite sure that after posting this image of me wearing half of a cardboard fruit snacks box as a hat, a trend will be born. I am naturally bald at this point, but have had this bizarre ostrich hair on the top of my head that somehow…
Downward Spiral
2/3 of my kids have been pretty sick with strep etc. for the last 10 days. As a parent, I am in danger of catching their germs. As a cancer patient in chemotherapy, I am fucked. Every day that I have woken up feeling normal I have been amazed. It’s been 10 days. How could…
Uninspired
I haven’t been blogging. I haven’t felt I have had anything of real interest to say. Here are a couple of blog concepts I’ve been tumbling around: More general complaining Cake! My kids have been sick all week. SOS- Feelin’ chubby (see; cake!) Guilt New problem with my arm As you can see, none of…
Women in Labor
***Guest Blog Alert!*** I haven’t been blogging recently cause I am sort of sick of hearing my own voice so my divine sister, Jennie Fauls, has stepped in to guest blog. Jennie is not only my sister, but my cancer shaman. I love her, you will love her too (unless you’re a Trump supporter). Take…
My Breast Friend
So I picked out my boobs this morning. I met with my plastic surgeon to discuss ‘where we are’ in terms of filling the expanders. Started with the bra test where I tried on one of my pre-cancer bras to see how we were tracking in terms of where I started. Oddly, it fit perfectly,…
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