Gratefulness From the Afflicted

Top Ten Things to Be Grateful For From The Perspective of a Chronically Ill Person *Disclaimer: Cancer, even when considered curable, is a chronic disease. I am considered No Evidence of Disease (NED), which is as close to cured as a cancery person will ever be. That being said, I have now had the same…

Post-Op

Going to keep this succinct ’cause A) I’m exhausted B) I’m on drugs and C) I can’t sit up to type on the computer, so I’m writing this on my phone. I wasn’t nervous before surgery until the anesthesiologist came in. He talked about the intubation tube that would be down my throat to keep…

Vestigial

In a few days, I will be down either 4 or 6 organs, depending on how you look at it. I will be having a Salpingo-Oopherectomy & Hysterectomy. This means I will be having my ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus and cervix surgically removed from my body by a Gynecological Oncologist. I will break down the…