What if those bonds were actually ribbons and you could loosen them until they begin to wear out and fall off? Could happen…..❤️🎀
Author: grancerblog
Tamoxifo-real?
Tamoxifen. If you have had a hormonally positive breast cancer, you know way too much about this drug. If you have not had the pleasure of having breast cancer, then you’ve probably never heard this word before. Let me drop some knowledge on Tamoxifen for you so you can better understand. Here are some fun…
“Trick or CANCER”
Here is how my Halloween is going- My husband scored tickets to the World Series last night and took our 7 year old son. The kid fell asleep in the 2nd then puked in the 3rd and they were on the train back home by the 4th. This child has been so jazzed for the…
Heading in to transfer surgery
Grace is headed into her transfer surgery. We will update! In good spirits and everything’s all set!
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…
Call Me Maybe
I have a lot of appointments these days. Between follow-ups with my four active physicians (surgeon, primary doc, oncologist and plastic surgeon) and my physical therapy appointments for the damage to my right arm, I see someone at least three times a week. The hospital I am working with is very good. They have many…
Doula-ing the Doula
I have been a birth doula for over 7 years. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what a doula does, allow me to give you the Cliff’s Notes version. A doula is a person who works side by side with a woman and her family as she navigates pregnancy, labor, delivery and the…
On Cheese And Other Things
Here we are, folks. Today begins the ‘this sucks so bad’ phase of chemo. Yesterday, the day after infusion, was doable, though exhausting. We took our daughter to the American Girl Place for her 6th birthday and she had a blast while I felt increasingly shittier by the minute. Here is a helpful tip: don’t…
Chem-Oh No You Didn’t
First of all, I have been waiting to use this blog post title for over 2 months. Feeling super-awesome to know the time has come. Here is how Chemo Day #1 went down. My husband, sister, mother and I headed to the Kellogg Cancer Center where we met my friend and photographer Katie Gierke of…
Port in, Drain Out
Grace’s chemo port insertion surgery went well with the exception of a pesky eyelash extension complication. And Dr. Winchester took her drain out!!!!
Axillary lymph dissection update
(Jennie writing. These notes go backwards, from most recent update, up top, to earlier this morning, at the bottom.) 12:15pm Surgery is over! Dr. Pesce just came in to tell us, with a smile. She said she found everything she was looking for, placed a new drain…all good! We’ll see her in about an hour,…
Um, Exsqueeze me?
I awoke rather joyless this morning. Sore, restless and cranky. I actually felt a wee bit sick, which I haven’t at all for months. The shiny newness of my recovery period, filled with well wishes and around the clock narcotics, has dulled to a mundane routine anchored mostly by Advil. It was such a beautiful…
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